Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 214: Just a Junior High School Student (Thanks to the Alliance Leader Big Cat, Two Cats, and Three Cats)

Under the guidance of Kong Yuande, Li Yan walked confidently to the "study space" next to the highest dormitory "Yuehua Building".

It’s actually a small bookstore where you can have discussions, with lots of cubicles for everyone to do group work, and I heard that the war for space is far more intense than in a library.

Li Yan was wearing a junior high school uniform, but he was 178cm tall with broad shoulders and muscles. Although his face was childish, he was handsome.

So he walked into the study space, and others just glanced at him and thought he was a freshman in a high school uniform.

According to Kong Yuande, because the "Are You Hungry?" project has benefited the entire dormitory area, there is an area in the study space reserved specifically for them - it is actually very conspicuous, with a simple blue "Are You Hungry?" sign pasted on the wall in the corner.

There is another long sticker next to it:

Research on community ecology construction based on campus food ordering platform application.

"Excuse me, who is Senior Li Kai?"

A fat, dark-skinned man with a crew cut and glasses stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Hello, senior. I'm Li Yan, from New Taipei First High School."

There were some curious looks from the side.

"Oh... Lao Kong told me," Li Kai patted Li Yan, "Wow, are middle school students nowadays so tall and strong?"

"Brother Kai, is this the person you said was coming?"

"He's just a junior high school student."

Li Kai also smiled. "It's okay, it means someone is interested in our project. That's good. Li Yan, right? What's your relationship with Lao Kong?"

Li Yan scratched his head, "We just met today."

"Oh, it's okay." Li Kai said carelessly, "Just watch it first, I'll tell you when I have time."

Then the six of them started to "research", with two computers and a pile of spreadsheets and cards, obviously preparing for tonight's ordering.

Seeing how busy they were, Li Yan was too embarrassed to say anything. She was also wondering if her reputation would not be enough when it came to the college students.

He quietly moved to a corner seat, looked at the various documents on the desk, and tried to sort out the ordering process of "Ele.me" in his mind.

In fact, it is very simple. You will know how it is done if you think about it. Li Kai is an information transfer station. From everyone contacting the merchants and going downstairs to pick up the food, it has changed to contacting him alone and there is no need to pick up the food.

The "ordering system" that Li Kai mentioned is actually just a simple webpage where dishes from different restaurants are placed, waiting for others to place orders and note their dormitory address.

Li Yan is more concerned about the issue of money. After all, this is the most difficult hurdle facing Li Kai's team and requires trust.

Li Kai started with his friends through the early charity meal delivery activities, lost money but gained publicity, and accumulated basic trust, which is a relatively common business routine.

As for the money... Li Yan searched the various documents on the table, quickly filtering out key words.

Suddenly, a slender, broad-shouldered, polo-wearing man with glasses handed Li Yan a few pieces of paper, which read "'Ele.ba' food ordering platform project planning proposal (third draft)".

"Give you some sense of participation."

Wow, these senior brothers are pretty good. Li Yan nodded and leaned against the wall, preparing to read carefully, when he suddenly heard the polo man say:
"Go make five copies and bring them over."

"Where's the copy machine? Double-sided black and white?"

"You're quite a smart guy," the polo man patted Li Yan's shoulder, "Go to the front desk and ask for a copy. The administrator is also from our team. It's free, double-sided black and white."

Li will personally stop this unhealthy trend of openly using public power for personal gain!
Li Yan walked to the front desk, and was met by a very mature senior schoolmate with long wavy hair, bright red lipstick, tight clothes, and a good height.

It's very strange. The front desk is obviously only responsible for printing and copying, and the computer is facing outwards, but the boys who come to print always need the senior sister's help. They only print one or two sheets each time, so the senior sister always has to give them a dime or two in change.

The counter was relatively low, and the senior student had to bend down when looking for money in the drawer, exuding a unique charm that made people unable to take their eyes off her.

Oh, dog man.

Li Yan stared straight ahead at the senior sister and handed over the proposal. "Hello, senior sister. Five copies. They are from Senior Brother Li Kai's team."

To be honest, Li Yan didn't mean to be a gentleman, but on the one hand it was indeed a bit impolite, and on the other hand he was not very interested in the mysterious giant.

But the senior is very interested in the 180cm tall, strong, young handsome guy.

“Oh? I’ve heard of you, but I didn’t expect you to be so tall and handsome.” The senior’s voice was also very mature, the kind that could tear off words like “tsundere” and “loser” just by hearing it.

Li Yan just smiled and said, "Thank you for your compliment, Senior."

"You sound like a little brother." The senior student took the file and said, "Sister likes younger brothers. Are you older?"... Doesn't this sound uncomfortable?

"Fourteen... less than."

"So young? It'll take another four years. By then I'll have graduated. Tsk."

Boys should also protect themselves when they go out.

Li Yan was about to take the document when the senior student suddenly took back her hand and said, "It costs one dollar for five documents. You can give me five dollars and I'll give you the change."

The senior student had a smile on her face and twisted her waist lightly, looking like she was ready to look for it slowly.

See, friends, sometimes girls can also be so proactive.

"Hu Xinyue, stop teasing little boys." Li Kai suddenly shouted, "Li Yan, come here."

Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief and finally returned to the group.

"She's like this. She makes herself look like a succubus every day. When a boy actually confesses his love to her, she turns pale with fear. She's the type of person who talks big." Li Kai shook his head and suddenly realized, "No, you're a junior high school student. Why am I telling you this?"

Perhaps because they felt that Li Yan was quite cooperative, the group of college students felt embarrassed to have him stand by them all the time, so they gave up their seats in the corner and motioned for Li Yan to sit down.

Li Kai seemed to have finished a wave of preparations. He pointed at the computer and said to Li Yan, "Is there anything you want to know?"

"money."

"Oh?" One word attracted the attention of almost all team members.

After all, Linjiang University is one of the top ten universities in China. Although it is not a place full of geniuses, there are still many outstanding students.

Especially for this kind of small team that is actively doing things and not giving up, even though Li Kai seems to be being clever, this is also a kind of cleverness. Only by doing things can we discover problems, solve problems, and truly achieve results.

They encountered many problems in this job that sounded simple, and the most critical one was money.

I thought this junior high school student was just going through the motions to understand the process, and it seems like he has some skills?

"You want to know how much we charge?"

"I see that the prices are clearly marked on the system. I guess you may have two ways. One is to deliver the food to the dormitory, pay with one hand and hand over the food, and then give it to the boss waiting downstairs; the other is that the students who ordered the food deposit the money with you, keep a good account, and you return it to the bosses who deliver the food. The latter sounds more labor-saving, but it requires a higher trust value, and there may also be problems with 'mis-recording'."

"Is it written in the plan?" Li Kai looked at the polo man.

"No... Aren't you still sorting it out?"

"Damn, the kid is really good!" Li Kai patted Li Yan in surprise, "That's what we are doing now, and we are striving to completely adopt the latter."

You are such a little kid...

"Because you're too busy to handle all the delivery and payment, right?" Li Yan analyzed. "Your team only has a few people, and the meals are concentrated at the same time. Once more people order, it's easy to get confused by relying on manual calculations. And there's another problem. Once there's a mistake in the food, we have to communicate through you as the middleman, which is also very troublesome. There's no proper system for all the cooperation, and things can go wrong at any time."

Not everyone has the level of an auntie who has worked in the catering industry for more than ten years and is able to remember clearly “fried noodles slightly spicy, no onions”, “fried noodles without spicy, add ham”, “fried rice with eggs, a little ham, heavier soy sauce and more chopped onions” without a pen. And all of this happens within an uninterrupted ten seconds, while she speaks, she stir-fries over high heat skillfully, and she can still remember who ordered what when the dishes are served, without any mistakes.

It's like a god.

Li Kai said "Hmm" and sat up straight. "This is indeed the main reason that limits our ability to scale up. Every time someone wants to join, they are discouraged by these questions. They think we can't scale up and can only implement it in one or two dormitory buildings at best. But it doesn't matter. We are mainly treating it as a research topic, a social experiment."

"At least you have confirmed one thing." Li Yan said.

"What?" the Polo man actually asked.

Damn, you guys don't know what you have accomplished? Is this really a money-making project?

“It is confirmed that if there is a platform that integrates ordering information and delivery services, people are willing to bear a small delivery fee and choose to order takeout.”

"Oh, this," the Polo man curled his lips, "This is the premise for our project to proceed."

Everyone disagrees with this conclusion.

"As you said, this is the premise for certain things to happen. 'Community ecology construction', building a new catering ecology based on mobile network terminals, is completely conceivable."

Li Kai pursed his lips and thought for a while, "Actually, I've thought about it, but there are too many difficulties. Wow, you little brother are quite amazing."

Not that great... Li Yan shook his head inwardly. The biggest difference between him and this group of college students was that he knew that smartphones would soon become popular on a large scale - this was a rare foresight.

The information gap is both a natural barrier and a magical weapon.

(End of this chapter)