Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

Chapter 415 - 161: Su Zelin, You’re Such a Blockhead!

Another month flew by.

Zhejiang University campus, staff dormitory.

Su Zelin sat in Zhou Fuliang’s home.

Today, Dean Zhou invited him over for tea.

In the past month, this was the third time Su Zelin had come here.

The first time, it was a case of "the drinker’s heart is not in the wine"; they discussed the matter of "New Era contributing to the construction and education efforts at Zhejiang University," and their relationship advanced further.

In his position, Zhou Fuliang is not short of collaborators with benefits in mind, but he is rather cautious in his selection.

He absolutely refuses to consider things that go against his principles.

Those who take the crooked path, are boastful, and may bring trouble upon themselves, Dean Zhou doesn’t plan to involve himself in any sort of beneficial relationship with them.

Even though he had only met Su Zelin once, he could see one’s character through the quality of tea; he found this young man to be steady and seasoned, reserved and low-key, so much so that he kept the fact that he’s the founder of New Era under wraps, to avoid drawing too much attention.

Also, the Zhejiang University vice dean responsible for digital business on campus later visited him as well, and it obviously wasn’t just to express gratitude verbally.

This demonstrated that this young man considers issues from all angles, overlooks no details, and can always make all parties happy.

With such traits, he will definitely be a successful person in the future, and perhaps a very successful one at that.

On the whole, Zhou Fuliang is quite fond of Su Zelin, and since they have a collaboration, he invites him over for tea whenever he has free time.

However, the latter two times were really just mainly for tea.

During this period, the dean’s wife was away for study, leaving Zhou Fuliang alone at home.

While drinking tea, Su Zelin seemed a bit distracted, even slightly slipping in his skill in brewing Kung Fu tea.

"Xiaosu, something on your mind?"

Dean Zhou noticed and asked.

"Thank you for your concern, Dean Zhou. It’s not really a big deal. It’s just that New Era plans to open a few more branches, and for the moment I haven’t figured out which university would be suitable! I’ve had someone inquire about it; rental or transfer of shops is available, but they’re too small, not suitable in scale. New Era won’t do it unless it’s the largest and the best!"

At this point, Su Zelin let out a sigh.

Zhou Fuliang immediately understood.

Turns out this young man was feigning distraction and poor tea-brewing skills deliberately, just waiting for him to ask, so he could give him a lead.

A clever fox he is!

"Haha, now that you mention it, I do know quite a few leaders in charge of this area at various universities, and their campuses are mostly a blank slate in the digital domain. If New Era enters with the same model, I think they would welcome it."

Su Zelin’s eyes lit up.

Actually, he was just casually asking.

He didn’t expect Dean Zhou to agree so readily and swiftly.

This is the power of connections!

A problem that could have been very challenging for him might just be a matter of a few words at Zhou Fuliang’s level.

Of course, Zhou Fuliang simply provided an opportunity for him to make contact with other university leaders, much like when Dai Chuangxing introduced him to Zhou Fuliang. Whether it can be negotiated still depends on himself.

However, this opportunity is already exceedingly valuable. Without Dean Zhou acting as an intermediary, it would not be easy to meet with leaders from other universities privately at all.

With Zhou Fuliang as a recommending person, his weight in the eyes of those leaders becomes different, which naturally makes getting things done easier.

In this way, it’s likely that some more digital store branches can be established, and Su Zelin couldn’t help feeling cheerful, promptly thanking Zhou Fuliang.

Subsequently, Su Zelin’s tea-brewing hand no longer trembled, steady as a machine.

Zhou Fuliang thought to himself that this kid was indeed acting just now.

"Ding dong, ding dong..."

The doorbell rang.

Zhou Fuliang walked over to open the door.

Apart from Su Zelin, there would be other visitors today.

Soon, a girl walked into the living room.

Upon seeing her, Su Zelin was instantly taken aback.

"Qiu Wen?"

This unexpected guest was actually Qin Shiqing’s roommate.

"Su Zelin?"

Yan Qiuwen was slightly moved as well.

But after the moment of surprise, her face quickly regained calm.

Before the New Era Zhejiang University branch opened last time, she happened to bump into Su Zelin beside the under-construction site, and guessed that he probably had formed connections with some leader at Zhejiang University, with the dean naturally included.

"You know each other?"

Zhou Fuliang asked curiously.

"Yes, Uncle, he’s a friend. We’ve met on several occasions."

Yan Qiuwen nodded slightly.

"Uncle?"

Su Zelin was genuinely surprised.

No way, is the president of Zhejiang University actually Yan Qiuwen’s uncle?

This is almost too coincidental!

Zhou Fuliang was similarly astonished.

Friends of Yan Qiuwen, this is rare.

His niece is a true genius with an extremely high IQ, and for an average person, it’s already great if she is willing to say more than a couple of words to you.

There are very few acknowledged friends of hers, possibly only a few roommates at Zhejiang University, because of the frequent contact, living together, seeing each other often.

As for boys, Zhou Fuliang had really never heard of a single friend his niece had made.

For someone like Su Zelin to have only met her a few times but be acknowledged by her as a friend, it indicated one thing: In his niece’s eyes, this boy’s intelligence is extremely high, likely reaching or approaching her own level, otherwise, no matter how long or frequent their encounters were, in Yan Qiuwen’s eyes he would remain just another passerby.

Through previous interactions during meals, Zhou Fuliang had already perceived that Su Zelin was very clever and mature for his age, but even he didn’t associate him with someone as genius-level as Yan Qiuwen.