FIMA Ch14: Life Off

This Sunday, Xie Qingxiao went home as usual, thinking he would face Mr. Xie Chengfeng’s storm.

But unexpectedly, he was worried for nothing. He heard that Xie Chengfeng had met some merchant in Beijing and had gone to Inner Mongolia. Next, he might go to Tibet and wouldn’t be back for at least a month.

Xie Chengfeng dealt in cultural and artistic artifacts and often traveled far and wide, but this was the first time his departure made Xie Qingxiao so happy.

Who wants to fight and kill every day when they can live a peaceful life?

Thus, under the supervision of his deskmate, Study God Gu, Xie Qingxiao once again plunged into the endless sea of studies and problems.

In the midst of this fleeting time and peaceful study, they, as third-year high school students, could not have imagined that, at the same time, the peaceful internet market was undergoing drastic changes that would soon alter their future lives and entertainment.

Not long ago, with the collaboration of Gu Siyuan, the work group where Jiang Hefeng and the others belonged had already completed all outsourced programs.

By this time, the group of university students had gained a full appreciation of Gu Siyuan’s abilities.

Consequently, it was natural that they reformed into an even more intimate and powerful team.

Next, after researching the current situation of several partner companies, Gu Siyuan decided that they should develop programs and build websites themselves, then negotiate cooperation with the other parties.

At first, everyone scoffed at his idea.

After all, he was just a third-year high school student, prone to wild fantasies.

But soon after, Gu Siyuan sent a rough design and concept to the group, and everyone suddenly decided that it might actually be feasible…

In fact, those big companies’ people weren’t necessarily much stronger than them technically, at most they were more experienced and better at market grasp, but after looking at Gu Siyuan’s plan, they felt it was even more complete and innovative than those they had received from big companies before.

So, let’s start then.

In the internet age, there are countless opportunities to become famous or rich overnight.

There are precedents both domestically and internationally, and they were all top students from elite universities. If others can do it, why can’t they?

In this context, a new company named Yuanxing Technology was born.

The legal representative of the company was Jiang Hefeng, but upon closer analysis, it would be found that the largest investor and decision-maker was a boy who had just turned eighteen according to his ID.

Once the program and website were initially developed, they first sent agents to register with the copyright office, and then Jiang Hefeng and others began promoting it among the student community around them.

Of course, the most important thing was that they sent investment invitations to several companies they had previously collaborated with.

The current website program was just basic; they needed more traffic, more efficient servers, and greater promotional efforts, which were beyond the financial and authoritative reach of a few students at the moment. So, it was necessary to share some benefits.

These were all Gu Siyuan’s past achievements.

Though the timing was advanced by a few years, the effect was equally good, and there were many people with a discerning eye.

Soon, except for one major company that might not have taken it seriously yet, several other big companies quickly gave feedback and wanted to meet with them for detailed discussions.

However, except for the final signing that required Gu Siyuan’s presence, everything else was handled by lawyers and professional managers in lengthy negotiations.

Gu Siyuan opened his phone to check the stock, and fortunately, it was still rising.

Although the website and app were future stable assets, they had no current profits and had even cost him quite a bit of money.

For now, short-term capital accumulation still had to rely on stocks.

When Xie Qingxiao looked up, he accidentally glanced at his phone screen, remembered the long-standing worry in his heart, and couldn’t help but secretly ask, “Do you… do you still have money?”

Seeing his timid look, Gu Siyuan couldn’t help but tease, “No, I’m about to beg on the street.”

Given that StudyGod Gu always had a calm and shrewd demeanor, even when talking nonsense, he was very serious, making it difficult for Xie Qingxiao to judge the truth of his words.

Twenty seconds later.

Gu Siyuan looked at the sudden notification of a red envelope arriving on WeChat.

Five thousand yuan, enough for an ordinary student to live for a semester if spent frugally.

He accepted it, then turned to look at Xie Qingxiao and said solemnly, “Thank you, my angel investor. You will surely be rewarded.”

Xie Qingxiao nodded and said equally solemnly, “Thank you for your blessing.”

“That’s why you’re not clinging to Shen Ting anymore, turns out you’re supporting a freeloader.” At this moment, a voice ruined the mood from behind.

Xie Qingxiao’s smile slightly faded.

Behind him sat Huang Cheng, Shen Ting, and Lu Jiayang’s close friend.

Since he and Shen Ting confirmed their relationship, this guy had always looked at him with disdain.

Initially, Xie Qingxiao didn’t understand why, but now as an outsider, many things slowly became clear.

However, it also made him even more puzzled. Indeed, not a family, not entering a house, Shen Ting and Huang Cheng’s thought processes regarding relationships were equally incomprehensible to him.

Huang Cheng liked Lu Jiayang.

But Lu Jiayang liked Shen Ting.

Moreover, Huang Cheng knew very well that no matter what, he couldn’t compare to Shen Ting, not in looks, family background, intelligence, or even his favorite basketball.

So, he didn’t dare to confess.

Instead, since Shen Ting and Lu Jiayang both had awkward personalities and hesitated to confirm their feelings, the three of them maintained their so-called brotherly relationship smoothly.

But with the appearance of Xie Qingxiao, everything changed.

Ever since Shen Ting got together with Xie Qingxiao, Lu Jiayang had been unhappy most of the time.

The whole world knew they loved each other except themselves.

Huang Cheng knew deep down that if he explained things to the two, all misunderstandings would be cleared, and Shen Ting and Lu Jiayang could happily be together.

But he was unwilling because doing so would mean he truly had no chance.

However, seeing Lu Jiayang sad, he was tormented by guilt and helplessness. So, he criticized Xie Qingxiao, hoping Shen Ting would break up soon, but he never fully explained things to Shen Ting.

He only hoped in his heart that it would be best if the three of them could remain single for life and just maintain a friendship.

However, now Xie Qingxiao had dumped Shen Ting.

Huang Cheng was still unhappy because he noticed that since then, Shen Ting seemed to have become somewhat strange. His relationship with Lu Jiayang not only hadn’t improved but had actually become even more tense…

Xie Qingxiao was naturally unaware of these situations. After saying goodbye to Shen Ting, Huang Cheng and his group naturally rolled out of his world. If it hadn’t been for Huang Cheng’s sudden outburst just now, he would have almost forgotten that there were still such people in his class.

After thinking about it, he glanced back at Huang Cheng and said with a very kind smile, “It’s my money, I can do whatever I want with it. Classmate Gu is also legitimately using his face and brains to live off of someone, even if you’re jealous… it’s useless, the innate conditions are just there.”

Gu Siyuan responded very graciously, “Thanks to my parents for giving me a good face and brain, and thanks to Xie Qingxiao for recognizing my talent.”

“You… you two…”

Huang Cheng’s face turned red.

He didn’t know why, even though he grew up with Shen Ting and Lu Jiayang, he alone looked odd, much worse than the two in terms of appearance, naturally making him far from Gu Siyuan as well.

Not to mention in terms of intelligence, his grades compared to Gu Siyuan’s made others think Gu Siyuan had skipped several exams.

However, Huang Cheng suddenly thought of something and couldn’t help but laugh sarcastically, “Haha, it’s only high school now, giving you guys the chance to sit in front of me. After graduation, we won’t even be in the same world.”

Gu Siyuan naturally understood the meaning behind his words.

However, hearing such big words from an ordinary, even foolish, second-generation rich kid in front of him was quite boring.

Gu Siyuan blinked and said sincerely, “You have a point, after all, if it weren’t for you suddenly chiming in when we were talking, my world wouldn’t have had such a talkative Alpha like you. I hope you won’t do this again in the future, classmate.”

Xie Qingxiao covered his mouth, wanting to laugh but couldn’t.

The timely arrival of the bell for class relieved this awkward situation.

Math teacher Wang Gang fully displayed his specialty in the subject, meticulously timing his entrance with the bell, holding a stack of test papers in his hand as he walked in.

He directly looked at Xie Qingxiao, “Come, distribute the test papers to everyone.”

“Okay!” Xie Qingxiao responded and left his seat to walk to the platform.

Before leaving, he couldn’t help but glance at Huang Cheng, who was full of anger and clenched fists, and at Gu Siyuan, who looked calm but could easily provoke someone to anger with just a few words. For a moment, he couldn’t figure out which of the two was luckier.