Chapter 198: 197 Invitation From The Imperial Capital
As he walked out of that apartment building, the evening breeze blew towards him, and Wang Heng suddenly felt a chill on his right leg. Looking down, he noticed the traces on his leg wet from sake. At this moment, his slightly dizzy mind also remembered that Lu Qi’s pants were wet from the alcohol too, and she probably needed to change them.
So, should he go back and help Lu Qi change clothes?
“Forget it. It’s not very wet, and the alcohol will dry quickly. She won’t catch a cold.”
After a brief contemplation, he gave up on the idea—if he turned back now, he didn’t know what would happen. After all, had Lu Qi really gotten drunk enough to fall asleep?
Wang Heng walked into the campus and suddenly took out his mobile phone to check airplane tickets to the Imperial Capital.
Tonight, when Qin Meng was singing “the future is long to show one’s skills,” he had faintly felt something. He hadn’t been able to participate in the previous Bilibili and Zhihu investments at all because his own chips were too insignificant. But now, with over three million in savings, he could naturally do something.
He couldn’t touch those popular investment projects, but what about ones that weren’t famous yet?
Walking in the campus illuminated by streetlights and watching a few students ride by on bikes, he muttered to himself: “Shared bicycle, it started as an entrepreneurship project in the campus, right?”
Entering the dormitory building and going up the stairs, Wang Heng kept chasing memories of certain things from the first playthrough. By the time he returned to the dormitory, he had remembered quite a few things.
He fished out the hamster, put it in his pocket, left the dormitory again, and headed straight to the rooftop.
“Not even bringing the cage now, just carrying me like this?”
On the empty rooftop, Wang Heng took the hamster out of his pocket and heard it complain out loud.
Wang Heng looked down at the little thing on the ground and said, “That’s not important. If things go smoothly next, I can rent a house, with one bedroom specially for you. How about that?”
The hamster looked up at him, its little eyes flashing with vigilance: “What do you want to do?”
Wang Heng: “The founder of fof bikes, Wei Kai—do you know his contact information?”
The hamster glared at him: “Can’t you look it up yourself? Don’t always rely on me to cheat!”
Wang Heng: “If I can cheat, why not?”
Hamster: “What if I don’t tell you? Can you find it yourself?”
Wang Heng thought for a moment: “I could search online, but fof probably hasn’t been established long, and it’s unclear if they even have an official website. I might not find their official contact online.”
“Okay…” The hamster shook its head helplessly. “So how do you plan to meet Wei Kai? Just say you’re an angel investor?”
Wang Heng: “I am an angel investor. Wei Kai won’t refuse someone coming to his door. He’s just an ordinary entrepreneur with no money or power right now. He’ll definitely be happy if someone comes to give him money.”
The hamster neither confirmed nor denied it, just saying: “Give me your mobile phone.”
Wang Heng squatted down, unlocked the mobile phone screen, and handed it to the hamster.
The hamster’s two little paws operated on the screen for a bit, then it clapped: “Done. You call now.”
Wang Heng glanced at it—the phone’s dial pad had a string of unfamiliar numbers entered by it. Checking the time on the phone, it was past eleven—seemed not ideal for calling?
So he sent a text message:
【Hello, is this entrepreneur Mr. Wei Kai? I am the manager of the Penguin investment department. I hope to chat with you about your entrepreneurship project. Please call back when you have time. Thank you.】
After sending the text, Wang Heng picked up the hamster and prepared to return to the dormitory to sleep.
But just as he picked up the hamster and hadn’t taken two steps, he heard the urgent mobile phone ringtone. Taking out his phone again, it was exactly Wei Kai’s number from earlier.
“So eager?”
The hamster complained: “You used Penguin’s name, how could they not take you seriously?”
Wang Heng answered the call, and sure enough, it was a young man’s voice on the other end, filled with respect:
“Hello, this is Wei Kai. May I ask… how should I address you?”
“My surname is Wang.”
Wei Kai quickly said: “Okay, hello Mr. Wang. Is it okay that I’m calling now? Am I disturbing your rest?”
Wang Heng: “No problem. I sent you the text first, so if anything, I’m disturbing you.”
There was a moment of hesitation on the other end, then: “Sorry, Mr. Wang, I’m just… Please don’t blame me, it’s just…”
Wang Heng already guessed what the other wanted to say and laughed: “Let’s chat on Q. I’ll send you a photo of my work permit.”
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At midnight, Wang Heng sat at his desk, typing on the computer keyboard.
The dormitory power had long been cut, but his laptop battery could last two or three more hours, so chatting was no problem. And the person he was chatting with was, of course, the founder of fof, Wei Kai.
After seeing Wang Heng’s work permit and desk photo, Wei Kai finally let go of most of his concerns. But after just a few exchanges, a situation arose that stunned Wang Heng.
【Our cycling tour project is progressing very well. On campus, it’s already created quite a buzz, with many classmates signing up with us. Besides routes around the Imperial Capital, we’ve also planned farther ones…】
Reading this text from Wei Kai, Wang Heng was stunned.
Cycling tour? What the hell?
Luckily, they were chatting in a Q window, not on the phone, or Wang Heng’s shock would definitely have shown.
Behind him, Fu Hanwen’s voice sounded: “Teacher Wang, you still not sleeping?”
Wang Heng glanced down to confirm he was using the laptop computer keyboard, not the blue switch mechanical keyboard, then said without turning his head: “You guys sleep first. I’ll control my typing force.”
“Okay… By the way, Xiao Tang, your consciousness has improved today…” Fu Hanwen started chatting with Tang Hexing on the other bunk.
Meanwhile, Wang Heng stared at the screen, cracked his fingers, feeling some melancholy.
He only remembered that fof had been founded by now, but he really hadn’t expected their initial project to be completely different from shared bicycle.
This seemed a bit troublesome…
And Wei Kai was still enthusiastically inviting: 【Mr. Wang, are you in the Imperial Capital? If you have time, you can come to our company for an investigation. Although some of our partners are still students, we’ve accumulated quite a lot of experience in this field and have a lot of enthusiasm for entrepreneurship. As a student at Imperial Capital University, I personally have some connections and resources on campus.】
Although it was his first time as an angel investor, Wang Heng didn’t need to think much to see that the other was just bluffing with empty words. A professional investor would definitely scoff.
No profit model, no solid resources—just a group of students messing around on campus… It looked unreliable no matter how you saw it.
But Wang Heng’s reply was: 【I’m not in the Imperial Capital today; I’ll fly over tomorrow.】
No matter what, this was fof after all. At least go take a look first?
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Next chapter around midnight, then again in the early morning… Why so much to do even on the weekend? Facepalm.jpg
