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    “Jiang Qin, let’s go out for a walk.”

    A series of beeping sounds suddenly rang out, and the silly Racoon NekoSister popped out from the bottom right corner of the computer.

    Jiang Qin opened the chat window, thinking to himself, whose pampered young lady is this, so easily satisfied with just going out for walks all day.

    However, the Xitian branch store had already been open for two weeks now, so the lady boss should make an appearance, even if she doesn’t say anything, just to show her presence.

    “Do you have classes in the afternoon?”

    “No classes.”

    “Then change your clothes and come downstairs, I’ll take you to the neighboring university.”

    Upon receiving the message, Feng Nanshu immediately got out of bed, changed out of her pajamas, and slipped her feet, wrapped in black stockings, into her shoes. She hurried to the balcony.

    At that moment, the dorm room door opened, and Gao Wenhui, who had just come back from fetching water, was holding a copy of the Linchuan Youth Daily and waving it at the little rich girl through the balcony window.

    “Feng Nanshu, your man made it into the newspaper, did you know? Everyone’s talking about it out there. Not to mention, he looks quite handsome!”

    Feng Nanshu was brushing her teeth, mumbling an indistinct “oh” in a soft, gentle voice.

    Gao Wenhui put down the thermos and came to the balcony, leaning against the doorframe with one shoulder, her hand outstretched towards Feng Nanshu’s face: “Do you want to take a look? If you do, call me sister.”

    “I’m going to see the real thing.”

    “??????”

    Feng Nanshu tied her hair into a ponytail, exposing her slender, fair neck, and hurried away from the balcony. “Wenhui, I’ll bring you something delicious when I get back.”

    “?”

    Gao Wenhui was baffled, thinking to herself, what did I say right this time?

    On the other side, after replying to the message, Jiang Qin stretched lazily, got up and left the Entrepreneurship Base, then drove slowly towards the girls’ dormitory.

    It was now deep autumn. The elderly street cleaners were sweeping the fallen leaves from the previous night into piles with brooms, which were then loaded into trucks and taken away, along with the autumn colors.

    Jiang Qin arrived at the girls’ dormitory, where the little rich girl had been waiting downstairs for a while.

    She was wearing a light blue round-neck sweater, her skin glowing with a fair, porcelain-like luster. Her straight, slender legs were wrapped in a layer of thick black stockings. At the moment, she was standing under the maple trees in front of the dormitory, gazing absentmindedly at the falling leaves.

    “Little rich girl, get in the car.”

    Jiang Qin called out, lowering the window.

    “Coming.”

    Feng Nanshu obediently took the passenger seat.

    “Shall we go?”

    “Wait a moment.”

    The little rich girl reached into the armrest compartment, took out a lipstick, and applied a thin layer of cherry red to her luscious lips.

    Watching her movements, Jiang Qin felt his heart sink a little.

    Oh no, the things in the car weren’t forgotten by the little rich girl, she had left them there on purpose!

    Seeing Jiang Qin staring at her, Feng Nanshu’s eyes looked a little dazed, but after a while, as if she had realized something, she obediently held the lipstick up to his mouth.

    The moist lipstick had just glided over the little rich girl’s full, tempting lips, as if still carrying a hint of her girlish fragrance.

    She didn’t mind sharing the same lipstick with Jiang Qin, just as she didn’t mind using the same chopsticks as him, even if the chopsticks had just been taken out of Jiang Qin’s mouth.

    “I don’t need it, my little mouth is moist enough.”

    Feng Nanshu looked at him silently: “My little mouth is the moistest.”

    Jiang Qin felt that if it were any other girl saying that line, it would definitely be followed by something like “don’t believe me, try it,” full of provocative innuendo. But when Feng Nanshu said it, she was simply expressing that her little mouth was indeed very moist, just being straightforward, with a hint of competitiveness.

    “How moist is your little mouth?” he couldn’t help but probe.

    Feng Nanshu glanced at the words on the lipstick: “Moisturizing my lips, stirring your heart.”

    “Heh, you little vixen, trying to topple my foundation. But my forty years of cultivation can withstand it, barely.”

    Jiang Qin felt the conversation was heading in a strange direction and couldn’t continue. So he stepped on the gas and drove out of Linchuan University, heading towards the University of Science and Technology.

    Feng Nanshu was quite clingy with Jiang Qin, but she wouldn’t go out on her own. At most, she would tag along with Gao Wenhui to wander around the campus.

    So the outside world was a new realm for her, and as soon as she left Linchuan University, everything delighted her.

    The branch manager, Fang Xiaoxuan, was happy to see the lady boss come. In her heart, it was the lady boss who had given her the opportunity to become a manager. So she pulled Feng Nanshu along, introducing the business, explaining the new products in the store, and saying that she had recreated the signature taro milk tea flavor according to the recipe left behind by Gao Dawei.

    Feng Nanshu said solemnly that she wanted to taste it, looking as if she was going to evaluate Fang Xiaoxuan’s work, but in reality, she was just craving it.

    However, what made the little rich girl unable to move her legs wasn’t the taro milk tea flavor, but the ice cream machine left behind by Gao Dawei.

    As soon as she saw it, the little rich girl said seriously that she needed to evaluate it too.

    “Lady boss, what flavor do you want to evaluate?”

    “Let’s evaluate them all,” Feng Nanshu said matter-of-factly.

    When Fang Xiaoxuan heard this, she was about to get to work, but Jiang Qin stopped her: “In this kind of weather, who can eat three ice creams at once?”

    The little rich girl pouted: “Then I’ll have a small plain one, thank you.”

    “Xiaoxuan, make her a small one.”

    “But I don’t dare, she’s the lady boss.”

    Fang Xiaoxuan grumbled as she made the ice cream, thinking, you two can show off your couple antics all you want, but why dig a pit for me, a mere worker? If the lady boss wants it, how can I refuse?

    Feng Nanshu’s eyes lit up, as if she was even happier than if she had eaten two ice creams.

    While the little rich girl was fixated on the ice cream making process, Jiang Qin made a call to Wei Lanlan, asking her to gather all the employees from the marketing team, and the nine of them sat in the milk tea shop for a small meeting.

    The marketing team managed by Wei Lanlan was newly established on the side of the University of Science and Technology. The experienced veterans were all left with Tan Qing’s team. This new team had impoverished students recruited by Jiang Qin, as well as ordinary university students recruited by Wei Lanlan, all unfamiliar faces.

    “Boss, everyone’s here,” Wei Lanlan said.

    Jiang Qin nodded: “Have a seat, we’ll have a simple little meeting, nothing too serious, just to get to know each other a bit since I’m not too familiar with you all.”

    The few of them nodded, looking quite tense.

    Actually, this whole situation was quite strange.

    Jiang Qin was now eighteen, a freshman, while the other people present were mostly sophomores and juniors, older than Jiang Qin.

    But when facing Jiang Qin, they all felt a subtle, indescribable sense of pressure.

    “Let’s do another round of self-introductions, starting with Lai Cunqing,” Jiang Qin pointed at the male student recruited by Director Hu.

    Lai Cunqing immediately stood up: “My name is Lai Cunqing, a sophomore in computer science.”

    “No need to stand, just chat casually, this isn’t a formal meeting. Next.”

    “Okay boss, my name is Chen Yali…”

    “Boss, my name is Zhao Yingyi, my hobbies are dancing and singing. With Sister Wei’s help, I’ve already secured a deal yesterday.”

    “My name is Wang He…”

    After a round of self-introductions, Jiang Qin nodded, and then they described the business situation over the past two days.

    The University of Science and Technology was a completely new market, and the merchants were quite proactive, to put it bluntly. They didn’t need to go out and run around. Merchants would come knocking on their door for advertising. This was in stark contrast to Tan Qing’s situation.

    For instance, Zhao Yingyi, the dancing and singing enthusiast, had secured a deal on her very first day in the team.

    A 20,000 yuan advertising agreement was signed, and she immediately earned 200 yuan in commission plus a bonus.

    But in reality, her ability had little to do with landing this deal. It was because the merchant had a strong desire for advertising in the first place.

    Seeing Zhao Yingyi secure a deal, the rest of the team was excited, feeling that the future looked promising.

    However, since they needed to lay the groundwork for group buying, Jiang Qin still hoped they would go out and run more, instead of just entertaining those big-volume users who could afford advertising.

    Everyone knew that forum advertising fees were high, and the commissions were lucrative.

    But the problem was, the University of Science and Technology would eventually become another Linchuan University, where the advertising business would soon be exhausted. What would the marketing team do then? Disband on the spot, or endure hardship?

    This wasn’t realistic, especially since there were so many impoverished students in the team.

    So, small-scale merchants needed to be approached now to pave the way for group buying.

    “From now on, the marketing team’s business will be divided into two parts: one is receiving advertising merchants, and the other is collecting merchant information.”

    “I know advertising merchants are more profitable, but we can’t just pick the big fish to eat. So, I’m going to set a quota for you.”

    “Each of you has to go out and run five merchants every day, regardless of size. This is a hard target.”

    After hearing Jiang Qin’s words, the team members all nodded. After the meeting, Wei Lanlan couldn’t help but ask: “Boss, is Tan Qing’s side also starting to run small merchants? Are forum advertising fees going to be lowered?”

    “Advertising fees won’t be lowered, it’s just preparation for the group buying website. Your side should also pay some attention, even if they can’t afford advertising, give them advance notice that we’ll have a free promotion plan coming up.”

    “Really free?”

    Jiang Qin nodded: “Free entry, commission on sales. You can communicate more with Tan Qing to see how her team is doing it.”

    Wei Lanlan nodded: “Okay boss, I’ll go find her after I finish up things here.”

    As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Qin’s phone suddenly vibrated. It was a call from Cao Guangyu: “Old Jiang, let’s go out for dinner tonight!”

    “You’re buying?”

    “Yeah, I’ll bring my girlfriend, and we can meet up at Juxian Building and get acquainted.”

    After hearing this, Jiang Qin whistled: “Old Cao, you must have spent a fortune to get a girlfriend.”

    “If we’re going to eat, we might as well eat something good,” Cao Guangyu’s voice was full of pride.

    Jiang Qin turned to look at Feng Nanshu: “Add another seat, I’ll bring the little rich girl along.”

    “Sure, it wouldn’t be good if it’s just my date, a single girl. You bring her too!”

    Old Cao’s dinner party was bound to be full of pretentious vibes, especially now that he had a girlfriend, he would undoubtedly show off shamelessly.

    Jiang Qin didn’t want to be ridiculed, so he had to bring the little rich girl along to balance things out.

    Chapter Summary

    Jiang Qin takes Feng Nanshu to the University of Science and Technology branch, assigns tasks to the marketing team to prepare for group buying, and agrees to join Cao Guangyu and his girlfriend for dinner at a fancy restaurant.

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