MTLNOVEL Chapter 65
Chapter 65
At the boys’ dorm in the School of Finance…
Xu Haodong brought four food orders upstairs.
Gao Wenkai and Zhang Guangfa jumped out of bed.
“Didn’t we just place the order? That was so fast!”
By this time, Jiang Zhou had returned from the lakeside.
He lit a cigarette and sat down. “The food street’s right by the school gate, so I set a 20-minute delivery rule.”
Xu Haodong bit into a pancake. “You’re hiring riders and developing the app… Are you even making money?”
“Just building the platform cost me 500,000 yuan. It’ll take time to recoup that.”
“Business always needs upfront investment. But you’ll profit eventually, right?”
“We signed the contracts. I charge 15% to 30% commission per order.”
Gao Wenkai was shocked. “That much? Would the restaurants agree?”
Jiang Zhou flicked his ashes. “How much do you think this fried rice costs to make?”
“Rice maybe 1 yuan… sauces less than 1 yuan… Wait… Only 2-something in cost?”
“And how much did you pay for it?”
“15 yuan! That dumbass charged me 15! I’m gonna kick his ass!”
Jiang Zhou chuckled. “Exactly. I take 3 yuan, he still pockets 10. And I bring him double the customers.”
“Sugoi… Brother Jiang really is a genius.”
Jiang Zhou sighed. “Been doing this for a month, still not making as much as I did when I scammed Fang Youcai. I’m thinking of quitting and going back to scamming.”
At that, the three roommates instinctively scooted away from him.
There’s a saying on the streets: “If Jiang Zhou targets you, even your boxers will get scammed off.”
“Brother Jiang, doing food delivery is fine. It’s safe and steady.”
“Yeah, scamming is too risky. You could get arrested.”
Jiang Zhou stubbed out his cigarette and smiled.
They actually thought I am in this for the long haul?
No way, I don’t have that kind of time.
He was waiting for investment. Swapping projects for capital.
After being reborn, he had tons of ideas.
However, he had no seed money.
He had a million on hand, but could he launch an e-commerce platform?
It’d be gone before the site even went live.
Real estate? What land could a million buy?
A public toilet on Shuijie?
So the priority was using small projects to raise capital.
The food delivery platform was his stepping stone.
After the National Day holiday, he’d expand to Qingbei, Tech, and Normal University,
creating a unified food delivery ecosystem for the entire University Town.
Then he’d bring the project to an angel investment pitch event.
Ele.me got $1 million USD in their first round.
He didn’t want that much, just a reasonable amount.
Jiang Zhou clarified his goals, opened his chopsticks, and started eating.
“Oh right, Brother Jiang, we get off for break tomorrow afternoon. Are you going home?”
“Yeah, I don’t want my mom saying I’ve got no conscience.”
“I’m meeting Yifei before heading home.”
“Yifei? Li Yifei?”
“Stop playing dumb, you gave me her QQ, remember?”
Pfft!
Jiang Zhou almost choked on his noodles.
Xu Haodong was talking about Li Yifei, the green tea b*tch from Chu Yuwei’s dorm.
Jiang had given Xu Haodong her QQ, claiming it was his own alt account.
He didn’t expect them to keep chatting for a whole month!
What kind of unbreakable online love was this?!
“You okay, Brother Jiang?”
“Cough… You’re really gonna meet her?”
Xu scratched his head shyly. “She’s been asking for weeks. I think it’s time.”
“You’ve only been chatting for what, a few days?”
“It’s been a month! And I can’t keep playing hard to get.”
Jiang Zhou took a sip of water. “Haodong, you’d better be careful.”
Xu puffed up his chest. “I think it’ll be fine. She liked me first, after all.”
“Oh, then take this.”
“What is it?”
Jiang handed him a card. “Hospital ad. National Day sale. Half-price hospitalization.”
Xu looked puzzled. “But I’m healthy. Why would I need a hospital?”
“Trust me. You’ll use it.”
“Are you saying someone’s gonna beat me up?”
“No. Love is going to crush you. Really crush you.”
“…What do you mean?”
Jiang Zhou didn’t dare say more. He quickly put down his food and climbed into bed.
Tomorrow was the start of the National Day break. Everyone was going home.
But he still hadn’t gotten anywhere with Feng Siruo.
He had promised his mom he’d bring back a girl prettier than Chu Yuwei.
But Feng Siruou definitely wouldn’t agree now.
She hadn’t even said yes to being his girlfriend yet.
Just let him mooch her songs, without giving anything in return.
Han Rou, Su Nan, Huang Qi…
Forget it, he’d pick one to take home and deal with it, so his mom wouldn’t start thinking he was gay.
Just then, Jiang Zhou’s phone suddenly rang.
He opened it and saw a message on QQ from that guy Guo Wei: “Brother Jiang, what time are you picking me up tomorrow?”
“Damn, I’ve become your personal chauffeur now? And you’re asking so casually.”
“Then I’ll drive! My driving skills are top-notch!”
Jiang Zhou lit another cigarette.
“Forget it. I’m afraid you’ll drive us straight into the river. What about all my girlfriends at school then?”
Guo Wei chuckled.
“Oh right, speaking of girlfriends, I wanted to ask. Did you and School Beauty Chu have a fight?”
“She told you that?”
“Her dad has another case to work on and can’t pick her up. She said she’s taking a long-distance bus home, so I figured you two must’ve fought.”
At this, Jiang Zhou couldn’t help but frown slightly.
Earlier, he had blocked Chu Yuwei because of that campus forum incident.
But he only blocked her for two days before unblocking her.
Still, since then, she had rarely contacted him.
Even when she did, she spoke very cautiously.
“Brother Jiang, did you see the message?”
Jiang Zhou took a drag on his cigarette. “Did she say anything else to you?”
Guo Wei replied, “She said she misunderstood you, wanted to talk to you but didn’t know what to say. She said she still cries when she thinks of you.”
“When did she tell you all this?”
“Today at noon. She was asking how to buy bus tickets and just happened to mention you.”
“Got it. We’ll talk tomorrow when we meet.” Jiang Zhou closed the chat with Guo Wei and opened Chu Yuwei’s chat.
That girl used to update her QQ feed all the time.
But ever since he blocked her, she hadn’t posted a single thing.
“Wait for me at the gate at 7 a.m. tomorrow. Buy some breakfast. I’ll come pick you up.”
Chu Yuwei replied almost instantly, “No need, my dad will come pick me up.”
Jiang Zhou chuckled. “Obviously. I am your dad, remember?”
“No, I meant my real dad.”
“Oh, so Uncle Chu quit being a cop and started driving long-distance buses?”
“Guo Wei told you, didn’t he…”
Jiang Zhou stubbed out his cigarette. “People on those buses love taking off their shoes, especially men. The smell can knock out a horse. And the seats never get cleaned. There are bugs that’ll bite your butt.”
Chu Yuwei responded with an ellipsis. “……”
“If you really feel that guilty, how about chipping in for gas?”
“Jiang Zhou, thank you.”
Jiang Zhou was stunned for a moment. “Thank you?”
She actually said thank you?
Had she ever said that to anyone before?
What is going on today?
Did the sun rise from the west?
He instinctively looked toward the window and immediately saw Xu Haodong’s shamelessly bare white butt.
Ugh! Disgusting!
“Jiang Zhou, are you still there?”
“Yeah. Don’t forget to buy breakfast tomorrow. We’ll go pick up Guo Wei together.”
“What do you want to eat?”
“Two chicken wing rice wraps. They sell them at the food street.”
“Okay. I’ll get up early and buy them.”