Chapter 120: 120 Empty Talk And Determination
Bilibili, Zhihu, Didi Chuxing, Dazhong Dianping, Jindong—Wang Heng listed these companies for a very simple reason: in his impression, Penguin Group did invest in them during the first playthrough, and their later development was quite impressive. Either they became new giants, or their stock values doubled.
In other words, whether he proposed the suggestion or not wouldn’t change the future, and it could also demonstrate his prediction ability—simply brilliant.
So over the next few hours, Qin Meng asked Human Resources to quickly handle the onboarding procedures. Wang Heng, who had just left Penguin Company a couple of days ago, rejoined—this time as a part-time employee, but switching from the Game Department to the Investment Department, with even better treatment.
Then, Wang Heng thoroughly explained to Director Qin Meng the reasons why he was optimistic about these companies.
For others, such predictions were like archery with moving targets. But for Wang Heng, it was just firing a few arrows casually, then drawing the targets at the arrow landing spots—nothing could be more relaxed and enjoyable. Armed with knowledge of the future, he expounded on the development trends of mobile internet and economic waves, analyzing the prospects of these companies in a clear and logical manner:
Bilibili’s bullet comments culture and active atmosphere already had a unique differentiated positioning, equivalent to occupying an easy-to-defend, hard-to-attack city. With the strengthening discourse power of the new generation of young people, the expansion of the two-dimensional ecosystem would naturally advance by leaps and bounds…
Zhihu also had a unique entry point and unique atmosphere, capable of capturing a large group of users with extremely strong content creation ability, elevating itself to the top of the contempt chain, outputting massive content, and expanding outward…
Didi Chuxing was even more impressive; it targeted citizens’ daily travel, directly taking the rice bowl from traditional taxis, and using more efficient operations. So as long as safety could be guaranteed, it would be in an invincible position…
Dazhong Dianping addressed essential daily life needs as well. With the development of urban consumption formats like food and shopping, people would inevitably need a relatively credible platform to help them make choices, and merchants would need mobile internet operations…
As for Jindong, that went without saying. Penguin wanted to counterattack Alibaba’s territory; at present, who else could they invest in if not it? After all, at this point in time, Pinduoduo hadn’t emerged yet…
In the end, Wang Heng summarized: “So the reason I’m optimistic about these companies boils down to one thing: they pinpointed the current and future demands of people, and their current operations are also very good—they’re all leaders or number two players in new industries. Even if they can’t profit temporarily, they can still have a huge impact on society. For Penguin Group, even if they don’t bring profit, they can become a moat.”
Qin Meng stared at him, gazing for a good while, finally letting out a long breath and clapping a few times.
“Brilliant! Could you trouble yourself to write these analyses into a written report?”
Wang Heng hesitated for a moment.
Qin Meng added: “It’ll be under your name; I absolutely won’t claim it as my own. The key is, I need to convince other colleagues, and I need a complete set of arguments and evidence. Plus, with such a report, it’ll be much easier for me to apply for rewards or subsidies for you.”
Hmm, money makes everything easier.
Wang Heng smiled: “Of course, no problem.”
Qin Meng reached out to shake his hand and also laughed: “Hahaha, straightforward!”
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After this afternoon’s classes ended, when Han Yixuan walked out of the teaching building, she suddenly stopped at the doorway.
Because she saw a poster on the bulletin board.
“Open research project for undergraduate student participation… in cooperation with Telecommunications Science and Technology University… mobile game market research…”
The young girl’s gaze caught the most important keywords among them.
Beside her, her roommate’s curious voice sounded: “Xiao Xuan, what are you looking at? Do you like games?”
Han Yixuan: “A bit interested.”
Roommate: “But it says they want second year and third year university students; we’re only first year.”
Han Yixuan pointed at the poster: “But look, the one in charge of recruitment is the professor who teaches our class. Asking him should be fine, right?”
The roommate couldn’t help but feel puzzled: “Why are you so insistent? Normally, you don’t seem like you like games, let alone mobile games…”
Han Yixuan smiled without speaking.
The reason for her insistence was of course very simple: to find a reasonable excuse to conveniently go often to the school where Wang Heng was. Then, perhaps she could flank the enemy from an unexpected angle and reach the center of the battlefield!
The roommate suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possibility: “Xiao Xuan, don’t tell me… the boy you like is at Telecommunications University?”
The smile on the young girl’s face instantly froze.
Roommate: “Oh my god…”
Han Yixuan quickly waved her hands: “No, it’s not that complicated; I just want to participate in the research! Study—study is what’s important, you get it!”
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“Professor, I want to participate in that research project.”
After knocking on the office door, Han Yixuan got straight to the point.
“What research project?”
“The one on the poster I saw at the doorway of Building 4 today…”
“Oh, that one!” The professor slapped his forehead. “But they only want second year and third year university students; you’re only first year, doesn’t meet the requirements.”
Han Yixuan argued reasonably: “But I looked carefully at the requirements on it: not only Finance Department students, but also 4.0 GPA in advanced mathematics and mathematical statistics. Those are our first year courses; even if those second year and third year senior male students scored well, they might have forgotten a lot by now. So I think first year students like me are actually more suitable.”
Professor: “But your final exams haven’t even started, and you already think you can get over ninety?”
A 4.0 GPA in this school’s courses was 90 to 100 in the percentage system—nearly perfect scores.
Han Yixuan nodded without hesitation: “I think I can do it. But the signup deadline for this research project is one month; by then our finals will be done, but grades might not be out yet. Could you please give a bit more leeway?”
The professor stared at her for three seconds, finally relenting: “Alright then. The research project starts during winter holiday anyway; adding one more like you and waiting a few extra days is no big deal. But the prerequisite is that your grades in those courses must reach 4.0 GPA!”
The young girl said confidently: “No problem!”
The professor nodded: “Okay, anything else?”
“Won’t disturb you anymore, professor. Work well; I’m off.”
Han Yixuan left the office.
The professor sat there, touching his thinning scalp, and couldn’t help muttering softly: “Sigh, so ambitious and motivated—youth is truly wonderful…”
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To emphasize again: all people, companies, schools, and institutions in this book have absolutely no relation to reality! Yes, please believe the author; this is a novel—do not take it personally…（ kind and innocent smile）
