Entrepreneurship Base

Over the weekend, Lu Zhou entered a frenzy mode and completed the entire framework of the advertising alliance.

Of course, the framework is just a framework. It still requires subsequent investment of manpower and time to complete the remaining programs.

But the framework is like a foundation. A good program design framework allows subsequent programmers to build the program like building blocks, making the process efficient and yielding great results.

At the same time, a good foundation can also minimize future maintenance disasters and prevent the code from becoming excessively bloated during the continuous process of updates and iterations.

As for Fang Qiang, while familiarizing himself with the documentation and framework, he also made contact with the college and the registration agency.

Registering through the agency was relatively simple. After paying the money, it would take about a week or, if expedited, three days to obtain the company's business license.

They also provided services for financial accounting and auditing during the initial stage of the startup.

Throughout the process of expedited registration and hiring the accounting agency for a year, Lu Zhou spent a total of ten thousand yuan.

Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a little pained, "It's almost twice as expensive as in my previous life. I guess the competition in this field is not as fierce as it will be later."

As for applying for a venue in the college, Lu Zhou needed to prepare some documents and go through a simple interview process with the college's administrators.

Yixian University, the leading university in the Guangnan region, has always been at the forefront in terms of industry-academia research and other fields among all universities in China.

And Lu Zhou remembered correctly that his alma mater already had some relevant policies to support entrepreneurship. As long as the graduates within five years received approval, they could start their businesses on the university's allocated premises.

For the university, it was basically a win-win situation. They just needed to allocate some vacant areas to allow students to start their businesses with peace of mind.

If any of these businesses succeeded in the future, they would naturally favor recruiting graduates from their alma mater, thus solving part of the employment issue. For example, Shuimu Forum in the north still plays the role of a medium for older alumni to recruit younger students.

Furthermore, these successful student entrepreneurs could also become a source of pride for the university, attracting student enrollment and serving as a promotional tool in society, just like Mahua Teng for Zhen University or Qie for Zhenan City.

Finally, if the business grew to a certain scale, they could receive investment from student entrepreneurs and establish a collaborative research laboratory integrating industry, academia, and research.

It could be described as killing several birds with one stone.

Given Lu Zhou's current financial situation, he could easily rent a hundred square meters of office space in the Guangnan University City Science Park.

However, saving money was the priority. Besides, Lu Zhou's company was still in its early stages, and the cost of hiring experienced employees would be excessively high.

By establishing the company in the university's entrepreneurship base, it would be more convenient to recruit current students as interns in the initial stages, reducing a significant amount of labor costs.

And when the company grew and these interns graduated, they could be smoothly transitioned into regular employees, killing two birds with one stone.

On Monday, Lu Zhou brought the necessary documents and headed to the office of the Computer Science Department.

After receiving the application form from the counselor and filling it out, he went to the academic director to verify his student status. The director checked Lu Zhou's academic records and confirmed that he was indeed a graduate of Yixian University, then signed the form and offered some words of encouragement.

However, when he reached the office of the department head, Yuan

Haizhou, he encountered a problem.

At this moment, Lu Zhou was in Yuan Haizhou's office. While holding a teacup, Yuan Haizhou spoke earnestly to Lu Zhou, "Student Lu, I've read your business plan, and it's impressive. The college welcomes students like you to start businesses on campus."

Lu Zhou didn't think much and simply said, "Thank you."

However, Yuan Haizhou's tone suddenly changed. He said, "But, I have reviewed many of these applications, and many of them are well-written. However, the results often turn out to be projects like milk tea shops or delivery services in the entrepreneurship base. Currently, the space in the entrepreneurship base is limited. Your business plan is good in theory, but it's not very practical. Even if I approve it, it won't be easy to pass through the vice president's office."

Lu Zhou was a bit taken aback. In fact, he didn't think starting a business on campus was necessary, but he still spent one or two hours converting his previous document into a business plan. He even laid out the basic framework of the program. However, in Yuan Haizhou's eyes, it seemed unrealistic?

Clearly, this business plan was ahead of its time. After all, only a few people in China could see the big trends at the moment. Yuan Haizhou saw him as someone who aimed too high.

Lu Zhou smiled and didn't directly refute him. Instead, he said, "Director, I think your perspective is biased."

Yuan Haizhou was a bit displeased. He had made his attitude clear, but Lu Zhou was being ignorant. "Oh? I'd like to hear your thoughts."

Lu Zhou made a gesture and said, "Take the example of delivery services that you look down upon. A student at Hujiang Jiao University has already created an online platform using internet technology to provide delivery services for students around Hujiang."

Yuan Haizhou coldly snorted, "So what?"

Lu Zhou gestured in a circular motion and continued, "Just like what I showed earlier, it starts with a point and ends with a complete circle. The essence of the internet is not something fancy or high-end; it should stem from the common needs of most people in their daily lives. Delivery services are exactly that. Most people have experience ordering delivery, but no one has ever found it inconvenient to remember a delivery phone number."

Lu Zhou retracted his hand, crossed his fingers, and continued, "That student at Hujiang Jiao University simply brought together all the local stores on the internet, allowing users who want delivery to choose. At least now, students around Hujiang won't bother remembering phone numbers for delivery; they can simply order online. Currently, Hujiang is just a point, but the whole of China will become the complete circle. Director Yuan, you can only see the point at the moment but overlook the future circle."

He continued to diverge, "Furthermore, let's think about it. The extra two or three yuan that users pay for delivery goes directly to the delivery personnel. When the entire China truly forms a circle, how many job positions for delivery personnel can be created in between? Have you considered that, Director Yuan?"

Yuan Haizhou still thought Lu Zhou was talking nonsense. "Hmph, all nonsense."

Lu Zhou chuckled.

Just as Lu Zhou was about to leave, a powerful voice came from outside the office.

"Xiao Yuan, this young man is not bad. What's wrong with his business plan?" Standing outside the office was an energetic old man.

Lu Zhou looked back and was a little surprised. It turned out to be Academician Zhang Wenxing.

The School of Computer Science at Yixian University had three deans. One dean and one associate dean were in charge of most of the school's affairs. Zhang Wenxing, who was now in his seventies, held the position of associate dean and usually taught a few advanced courses and supervised a few graduate students.

Upon hearing Zhang Wenxing's question, Yuan Haiz

hou's mouth twitched. There were only a few people in the school who dared to call him "Xiao Yuan."

But he didn't want to expose himself too much, so he said, "Old Dean, this student's ideas are too advanced. Many possibilities listed are difficult to prove. It's not allowed to request space without any results."

Zhang Wenxing didn't say much either. After all, he wasn't in charge of the trivial matters of the school. He happened to pass by the office and overheard Lu Zhou's comments while going to the restroom. He found the ideas of this young man interesting.

Lu Zhou looked at Yuan Haizhou with a mischievous expression and confidently said, "Dean, Director. I have already completed the basic framework of the program. Although the actual functions cannot be used yet, the ideas and logic can still be seen. If needed, I can bring out the code repository."

Zhang Wenxing was also surprised, "Oh?"

And Yuan Haizhou, who noticed Lu Zhou's gaze, turned purple and green in the face. He inwardly criticized, "Kid, don't let me find any faults."