Free Web NovelChapter 658: Chapter 231: Training the Treasure Girl, Bai’s Birthday Anxiety (Seeking Monthly Pass) _2
Seeing Li Yuan holding a guitar, Xia Zhijin’s heart pounded, and she waited with eager anticipation for the song he had written for her.
Li Yuan took a music sheet with lyrics from his backpack. The lyrics had been slightly modified, making it more of a confessional love song.
Handing the lyric sheet to Xia Zhijin and gently stroking her head, Li Yuan spoke affectionately, "Zhijin, I’ve liked you ever since I first met you at the freshman class meeting. Your every frown and smile, every single move you make, captivates me completely.
"Meeting you feels like the happiest and luckiest thing in my life.
"I may not be a perfect man, and I can’t give you all of my love, but I promise I will always love you faithfully, never leave you, until death do us part.
"This song, ’A Little Fortune,’ is for you. I hope you like it."
Listening to Li Yuan’s words, Xia Zhijin held the colorful lyric sheet in her trembling hands. Her large, expressive eyes were filled with emotion.
She murmured softly in response, her gaze firm, "Li Yuan, I’m very lucky to have met you, too!"
Li Yuan strummed the strings, his eyes never leaving the treasured girl before him as he began to sing gently.
[I hear the raindrops falling on the green, green grass...]
[I hear the distant school bell start to ring...]
[Why did I never realize that I had met you...]
[The one who silently guarded me through wind and rain...]
[It turns out you’re the fortune I most want to keep...]
[That decision to fight the world for me...]
[That rain we shared...]
[Oh, how lucky I am!]
...
After writing a modified version of "A Little Fortune" for Xia Zhijin, Li Yuan resumed his life of bliss and pleasure.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October.
Li Yuan fell back into his usual routine. He would occasionally attend his major-related courses or other interesting lectures, spending the rest of his time either handling business at his company or using his free moments to write in the office.
Beyond that, he and Zhong Tingyue were busy checking on the renovation progress, selecting supply channels, and contacting manufacturers for various milk tea packaging and equipment. Opening a brand-new milk tea shop from scratch was no easy task.
Back in 2008, milk tea franchises were still relatively uncommon. After more than three months of being an entrepreneur, starting from August, Li Yuan truly felt how difficult it was to build a business.
Trying to become successful overnight was incredibly difficult. Just establishing a milk tea brand was already this challenging.
Turning a company into a tech giant on the scale of BAT, Huawei, Xiaomi, or ByteDance was a monumental task. It wasn’t something that could be achieved just by talking big and throwing money around. It required meticulous execution on all fronts and an immense amount of effort.
There’s a saying that even a pig can fly if it’s standing in the right tailwind. But if that pig is too fat and not strong enough, the wind might just blow it away to who knows where. And even if the pig is strong enough to take flight on that massive gust, it will still come crashing down eventually if it can’t control its balance or learn how to use the momentum...
Zhihu was a perfect example. It had been half a month since its official launch, and the number of daily active users was already starting to decline. Some of the initial users had already moved past the novelty phase and were beginning to abandon the site. Sustaining long-term, healthy growth wasn’t easy; the platform needed a powerful and lasting appeal.
On October 30th, Li Yuan arrived at the company to tackle new problems that had emerged.
「In the meeting room」
Li Yuan was outlining the new development strategy for Zhihu.
"Zhihu is our company’s first and most successful product. Its popularity is dipping a bit right now, but as Director Lin already explained, we shouldn’t panic. This is a normal phenomenon.
"What we need to do now is figure out how to enhance Zhihu’s appeal. We need to re-engage registered users and persuade those who haven’t signed up yet to do so. The number of internet users in the country has already surpassed five hundred million, and our target audience—the broad demographic from ages 16 to 60—makes up the vast majority of those netizens...
"The plans for attracting new users, creating buzz, and increasing user activity have already been distributed. You must execute them according to our agreed-upon decisions..."
After the meeting, Li Yuan felt mentally and physically exhausted. The company’s development was sapping too much of his energy, and he’d been spending far less time with his three girlfriends lately.
Li Yuan took out his phone and checked the date: October 30th.
Hmm, I was with Little Moon today. Who am I supposed to see tomorrow? I think it’s Zhijin, right?
...
「A-1314, Girls’ Dormitory」
That evening, Bai Weixi was staring blankly out the window, lost in thought. Zhong Tingyue wasn’t in the dorm. Judging by the happy expression on her face before she left, she was probably on a private date with Li Yuan.
Wang Lisha noticed Bai Weixi’s forlorn expression. She walked over and asked with concern, "Weixi, what’s wrong? You don’t seem very happy today."
Bai Weixi forced a smile and shook her head. "It’s nothing."
Wang Lisha sat down, took Bai Weixi’s small hand, and asked, "That’s not true, Weixi. I know you better than that. You’re definitely unhappy. What happened? You can tell me. Did you get into another fight with your boyfriend?"
