Chapter 136: 136 The Surprise Appears
The final exam of the last course of the first semester was finally over.
Wang Heng had just walked out of the classroom when he received a phone call.
“Another girl?” Fu Hanwen teased habitually.
Wang Heng didn’t argue, but directly turned on the speakerphone. The voice coming from the mobile phone was a man speaking with a slight tremble; that was Qin Meng: “I’ve exited, at the price of six thousand eight hundred. And you were right, it had only surged back to seven thousand price just two days ago, and now it’s dropping all the way down…”
“So that’s why I told you,” Wang Heng wasn’t surprised at all and said calmly, “exit quickly, don’t go back and kill yourself. At least for the next two years, don’t touch Bitcoin again.”
Qin Meng: “I definitely won’t touch it again! I’ve made quite a bit this time, and I’m quite satisfied. Classmate Wang, have you received this month’s salary?”
Wang Heng: “Yes, thank you.”
Qin Meng: “Haha, no need to thank me, paying salary is what should be done… Then I won’t disturb you, goodbye!”
After hanging up the phone, Wang Heng looked at his roommate beside him and questioned: “Listen for yourselves, is it a girl?”
Fu Hanwen, however, said: “More impressive than a girl!”
Tang Hexing also chimed in: “Yeah, earning money again, impressive.”
Wang Ke: “We just had a big meal last time, so we won’t make you treat us.”
Fu Hanwen: “Little Ke, you’re representing all of us just like that?”
The few people chatted idly while walking, and soon reached the doorway of the teaching building. At this time, they noticed a familiar figure; that was Counselor Teacher Liu.
“You’ve finally finished the exams,” Teacher Liu immediately came over, “Wang Heng, they’re waiting for you over there!”
Before Wang Heng could speak, the three roommates were already curious and asked one after another.
Tang Hexing: “Which side?”
Wang Ke: “What’s this about?”
Fu Hanwen: “Aid?”
“The research project we talked about last time, that’s all…” Wang Heng helplessly explained to the mischievous roommates, then said to the counselor, “No problem, shall I go now?”
Teacher Liu: “Yes, come with me.”
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“Senior sister, are we going inside the Telecommunications University campus?”
In the subway carriage, Han Yixuan and the accompanying senior brothers and sisters didn’t get seats and could only stand. Right in front of the young girl was the person in charge of the Finance University group for this research, a senior female student currently studying for a graduate degree. On the way, she had deliberately gotten close to the senior sister, and at this point their relationship had already drawn much closer.
Han Yixuan put on a polite smile and asked: “Senior sister, are we going to Telecommunications University now?”
The graduate senior sister replied: “No, we’re going to the Internet Domain Company’s branch office.”
“Uh… will we be there for this period of time?”
“Of course, the organizer of this research is the Internet Domain Company.”
“Understood, senior sister.” Han Yixuan nodded, her expression unchanged. But when she looked elsewhere, there was inevitably some disappointment in her gaze.
She had originally thought she could do research at that school, and in the spare time from the task, search for that person’s traces on campus, maybe even encounter a surprise… But now that everything was settled, there was no reason to go to that school throughout the entire research, how could she not be disappointed?
Han Yixuan gripped the armrest in the carriage tightly, lowered her head, and remained silently speechless.
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In the Internet Domain Company’s meeting room, there were now eight students from Telecommunications University seated, as well as a forty-year-old uncle wearing round-framed glasses and exuding a strong tech geek vibe.
“Hello everyone, I’m Wu Yuxin, the lead planner for games at Internet Domain. I don’t like beating around the bush, so let’s get straight to the point. The purpose of this research project is to evaluate young people’s game demand, limited to the direction of mobile games. Everyone, what ideas do you have about the mobile game industry?”
After the planner uncle finished speaking, he scanned around and saw the eight boys sitting upright and still, staring straight at him.
“This is our first meeting today, it’s the brainstorming stage, just say whatever, no need to worry about right or wrong… Oh right, isn’t there someone among you who interned at Penguin Company? Can you share some thoughts?”
Seeing that the group of students was still a bit shy, Wu Yuxin simply named someone, but he had forgotten the exact name of this ‘student who had interned at Penguin.’
Wang Heng stood up, thought for a moment, and then answered with certainty: “Mobile games are a major trend for the future; this market has great prospects. Because everyone’s time is becoming more and more fragmented, sitting in front of a computer playing games for long periods is becoming more and more luxurious. People need more portable game terminals. Moreover, in daily life, deliberately carrying an extra game console versus playing games on a mobile phone—the comparison between the two is very clear, and mobile games have the greatest advantage.”
Wu Yuxin nodded in agreement, but continued to ask: “Then what kind of mobile games do you think will be more popular in the future?”
Wang Heng: “Products that balance gameplay and social needs, more complex than the existing small games.”
Wu Yuxin: “Why?”
Wang Heng: “On one hand, everyone has this demand; on the other hand, technology allows it. In the next few years, mobile phone performance will improve significantly, capable of supporting increasingly massive games. And soon 4G will be fully rolled out, making mobile internet simpler, and traffic costs will continue to drop, so this market will grow explosively.”
Wu Yuxin’s eyes lit up, feeling a pleasant surprise like finding treasure.
These conclusions didn’t sound complex, but predicting the future is always the hardest, especially when stated so confidently? Most crucially, these points were quite close to the industry foresight report made by professionals inside Internet Domain Company. That foresight report was an internal confidential file; this student definitely couldn’t have seen it. So, making such judgments based on his own mind was very impressive.
Wu Yuxin asked with a smile: “Sorry, I haven’t asked yet—what’s your name, classmate?”
“Wang Heng.”
Wu Yuxin nodded, about to say something, but at that moment, the door to the meeting room opened.
“Lead Planner Wu, I’ve brought the Finance University students.” The secretary said as she stepped aside to let the five students behind her enter.
Wu Yuxin: “Good, thanks for your hard work.”
The secretary smiled and turned to leave.
At this time, the long table in the meeting room wasn’t fully occupied. The boys from Telecommunications University were all sitting on the left side of the table, while all the chairs on the right side were empty.
The planner uncle pointed to that row of empty chairs and said: “Classmates, please sit down. I’m Wu Yuxin, the overall person in charge of this research project. The main purpose of this meeting is to brainstorm ideas, and also to get to know each other, so we can cooperate better later. The one speaking now is Classmate Wang Heng; he’s speaking very well. The Finance University classmates can also listen.”
These five students from Finance University consisted of four girls and one boy. Finance University has more girls, so this gender ratio is a bit imbalanced, but it’s normal. Wang Heng wouldn’t be surprised by this.
But a certain familiar face among those four girls made him stunned.
Wu Yuxin: “Classmate Wang Heng, can you repeat what you just said?”
Wang Heng looked at the planner uncle, then at Han Yixuan with a face full of surprise, his gaze extremely complex.
After a long pause, he moved his dry throat: “Okay.”
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