Chen Pingjiang, hands in his pockets, leisurely entered the teachers' office,
"Old Zhu, what do you need me for?"
Zhu Guangtong raised his head, smiled, and greeted him, handing over a piece of paper and a pen.
"Entrepreneurship Competition?"
Chen Pingjiang looked at the registration form in his hand with suspicion, both amused and exasperated:
"Do I need to participate in this thing?"
Zhu Guangtong sighed and shook his head,
"Do you think I wanted to call you here? I helped you submit a report to the student department to apply for an office in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Park, but it was rejected. They even suggested you participate in the entrepreneurship competition."
"What?"
Chen Pingjiang for a moment doubted he had heard wrong.
"Who is it? So powerful, not even giving face to you, Old Zhu."
Zhu Guangtong gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"What face do I have? Take this matter seriously. This year's park admission defense meeting has been cancelled. The top eight teams in this entrepreneurship competition can enter the park."
Chen Pingjiang said with shared indignation:
"Not giving face to you, Old Zhu, means not giving face to me, Chen. Then what's the point of me participating? Don't you agree, Teacher Zhang?"
The young married woman sitting opposite Zhu Guangtong pursed her lips and smiled,
"You students are quite rogue."
Chen Pingjiang immediately grinned; he often ran to Old Zhu's office and had a good relationship with the surrounding teachers.
Zhu Guangtong tapped his finger on the registration form,
"This isn't just about my face; it also concerns the face of our School of Industrial and Commercial Management."
"I really don't have time. If they don't give an office, then so be it."
"This is also what the Dean means."
"Uh."
Chen Pingjiang patted his chest firmly,
"No problem, watch me bring back a gold medal for the School of Industrial and Commercial Management and teach these youngsters a lesson."
Zhu Guangtong nodded, leaned in, and whispered,
"Dean Kuang and someone from the student department had a past conflict. Your park admission application was blocked, but there was nothing wrong with their procedure."
Chen Pingjiang understood, signed the registration form, and after leaving the office, thought for a moment and then walked towards Kuang Minghong's office.
"You're here about the entrepreneurship competition?"
Kuang Minghong took off his reading glasses and looked at Chen Pingjiang with a friendly smile.
Chen Pingjiang sighed,
"I talked to Teacher Zhu for a long time, but he insisted I participate. I really have no choice, being forced into it. I've been so busy lately, running both the catering company and the internet company.
The promotional work for the Normal University and Police Academy can't be neglected either. Yesterday I was out running around meeting clients all day. How can I have the time and energy to participate in this entrepreneurship competition?"
Kuang Minghong looked at him in surprise,
"Renren.com's progress is so fast, it has already entered Normal University and Police Academy?"
"Yes, next up are the University of Science and Technology and Agricultural University."
Kuang Minghong was quite satisfied,
"Very good, full of drive, but the foundation must also be solid. I also browse Renren.com when I'm free these days. Some content still needs attention, openly promoting money worship, hedonism, and some even..."
Chen Pingjiang gave an awkward apologetic smile; he knew what Kuang Minghong hadn't finished saying; wasn't it about those pretty big sisters in swimsuits?
"Yes, Dean is right. I'll have people pay attention to content moderation later. Last night, we also deleted and banned some rumor posts. Some students nowadays are simply lawless; they need to understand that the internet is not outside the law."
With Chen Pingjiang's attitude, Kuang Minghong said no more.
"It's just... we are currently facing not only a shortage of staff but also the dilemma of some people not having computers. Dean, you don't know, two or three people share one computer, and when shifting between day and night shifts, one person has to wait idly. Even if we increase content moderation staff, there's no place to operate."
As the saying goes, the crying child gets the milk.
If you don't complain about poverty, how will the leaders remember you?
Besides, since he agreed to participate in the entrepreneurship competition, it's not too much for the academy to provide some support, right?
Hmm, not at all too much.
Chen Pingjiang thought to himself.
"I'll approve ten more second-hand computers for you, but you must win this entrepreneurship competition for me."
Kuang Minghong issued a strict order, not wanting to hear Chen Pingjiang complain about being poor anymore.
Instantly, Chen Pingjiang beamed with joy.
"I am your soldier, tell me where to fight and I'll fight there!"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, although the Entrepreneurship Park at the University of Finance and Economics is doing well and has won awards multiple times in national finance university entrepreneurship competitions, they are all theoretical, with no practical projects. I hope you will be the first."
Kuang Minghong had been snubbed and was holding a grudge, thinking, since you want to follow procedure, then I can only send out Chen Pingjiang.
After seeing Chen Pingjiang off, Kuang Minghong was on his way out to the restroom when he saw Dean Lu Ye walking towards him with a dark face from a distance.
"Old Lu, got scolded at the meeting?"
Lu Ye had just returned from a school meeting and complained to Kuang Minghong as soon as he saw him:
"It's all about the entrepreneurship competition."
Kuang Minghong was puzzled,
"What do you mean?"
"You know this entrepreneurship competition is high-profile; all universities in Dongjiang City must participate. Several projects at the Entrepreneurship Park are a mess; there are no projects good enough to compete with East University and Jiang University."
Kuang Minghong spoke out for Lu Ye,
"East University and Jiang University are 985 universities themselves, and their support for student entrepreneurship has always been stronger than ours. Isn't it normal not to be able to compete? Besides, the projects in the Entrepreneurship Park are reviewed by the student department; what does that have to do with you?"
"That's true, but when the blame comes down, don't all the heads of these departments have to bear it?"
Lu Ye shook his head.
Kuang Minghong put his arm around his old colleague's shoulder and smiled mysteriously,
"What a coincidence, our academy happens to be hiding a golden phoenix."
Lu Ye looked at Kuang Minghong in confusion, not understanding why he was excited,
"What golden phoenix?"
Then Kuang Minghong detailed Chen Pingjiang's entrepreneurship story, and the more he spoke, the brighter Lu Ye's eyes became.
"It's you too, why didn't you say this earlier?"
Kuang Minghong gave a bitter smile,
"Just like you said, those students are good at writing PPTs and business plans for entrepreneurship, but how many actually succeed? This Chen Pingjiang is decent, but he's just getting started. If it falls through later, won't it be my face that's lost? I originally planned to observe for a while, but I didn't expect his company to grow so quickly."
Lu Ye laughed heartily,
"It's also fortunate that Dai Ruiyong over there rejected the application, otherwise this Chen Pingjiang really wouldn't have anything to do with our School of Industrial and Commercial Management."
The student department manages the Entrepreneurship Park.
If Chen Pingjiang successfully enters the park, the honor and credit would belong to the student department.
Industrial and Commercial Management would at most get a small share.
But now it's different; Chen Pingjiang represents the School of Industrial and Commercial Management.
"How about we ask Zhu Guangtong to arrange it later, and we visit his company?"
Kuang Minghong asked.
Lu Ye waved his hands repeatedly,
"I won't show my face."
Kuang Minghong knew exactly what Lu Ye was doing; he was avoiding suspicion, so that Kuang Minghong wouldn't think he was trying to take credit.
So he nodded and started talking about the sixteen second-hand computers approved for Chen Pingjiang.
"What's wrong with that? You're also part of the academy's asset management working group. Besides, these second-hand computers are neither for your personal use nor for Chen Pingjiang's personal use.
Who can gossip? Moreover, we can't let the academy take credit when there are achievements, but only blame you, Old Kuang, when things go wrong."
Lu Ye's voice grew a bit louder.
Kuang Minghong wasn't really afraid of gossip; he was just describing his role in Chen Pingjiang's entrepreneurship from a different perspective.
Getting back to the main topic, Lu Ye asked with some concern:
"Since student Chen Pingjiang is so busy, with both a catering company and an internet company, managing such a large operation alone, wouldn't it be bad if his work delayed the entrepreneurship competition, or if the entrepreneurship competition delayed his work?
Should we ask the Youth League Committee's Zhang Cailong to arrange a few capable students from the student union to help out?"
"I think that's a good idea. Your concern is also my concern. A few students helping to make PPTs or running errands for his company would be fine."
Lu Ye nodded, took out his phone, and called the Youth League Committee Secretary of the School of Industrial and Commercial Management, Zhang Cailong.
(End of Chapter)
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