122: Chapter 122 Zhou Mingyuan

Seeing Chen Fan waiting at the entrance, Counselor Shen Na hurried forward a few steps, stood sideways between the two leaders, and said with a smile, "Dean Zhou, Division Chief Wang, this is the Chen Fan I told you about. He is a freshman in the School of Management, and he is the one who made 'defend the carrot'."

As she spoke, she gave Chen Fan a wink.

Chen Fan understood, stepped forward, and said, "Hello Dean Zhou, hello Division Chief Wang. Welcome to the company for a visit."

Zhou Mingyuan looked him up and down with a gentle smile on his face, then waved his hand and said, "Student Little Chen, no need to be nervous. Division Chief Wang and I are just here to take a look and get an understanding of the situation."

Wang Yuhong also nodded in agreement from the side, "That's right, don't be constrained; we are just here to look around."

Chen Fan nodded and stepped aside to clear the doorway, "Then please come in, leaders. Let me show you around."

"Then we will trouble you, Student Little Chen," Zhou Mingyuan said as he took the lead and walked into the company.

Wang Yuhong followed behind, his eyes already scanning the layout of the entire office area.

Counselor Shen Na walked at the back, and as she passed Chen Fan, she whispered, "Not bad, you're quite natural."

Chen Fan didn't respond and quickly caught up with the two leaders.

Zhou Mingyuan took the lead and walked in, with Wang Yuhong following behind.

After arriving in the office area, the two leaders looked around at the environment and the employees busy in front of their computers, a flash of surprise appearing in their eyes.

They had originally thought that a company started by a freshman would be a makeshift operation at best—just a few tables, a few computers, and a few people messing around together.

They hadn't expected the place before them to have neat workstations, clear zoning, and employees doing their respective jobs; it actually looked quite professional.

"Little Chen, how many people do you have in your company now?" Zhou Mingyuan asked.

"There are 23 people now," Chen Fan answered truthfully, "but we are still continuously hiring. We currently plan to hire a dozen more."

"Still hiring?" A flash of surprise appeared in Zhou Mingyuan's eyes. A scale of over twenty people was already not small for a company founded by a freshman.

"Yes, because we are about to start our second project, and we will be short on manpower, so we need to continue hiring."

"It seems your company is doing quite well?" Zhou Mingyuan asked casually.

"Yes," Chen Fan nodded.

Zhou Mingyuan glanced at Wang Yuhong, who nodded slightly.

Both of them knew that being able to support over twenty people and still needing to expand meant the company's performance must be very good.

"How is the company's current revenue situation? Can you tell me and Division Chief Wang?" Zhou Mingyuan paused and added, "Of course, if it's not convenient, never mind."

Chen Fan knew that the purpose of the two leaders' visit today was ultimately to see if this company started by a freshman was the real deal—and revenue was the best proof.

"It's convenient. Leaders, and Teacher Shen, let's go to the conference room."

Chen Fan turned to lead the way, taking them to the conference room. Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Yuhong exchanged a glance, didn't say anything more, and followed him in.

In the conference room, the projector was already on, and the screen displayed the backend data interface for 'defend the carrot'.

Qiao Linlin was standing to the side. Seeing them enter, she deftly pulled out chairs and poured a glass of water for each of the two school leaders and Counselor Shen Na.

"Leaders," Chen Fan stood up straight, his voice clear, "our company launched the game 'defend the carrot' on the 20th of last month. As of today, it has been 22 days, with a total of about 5.4 million downloads and a total gross revenue of about 9.3 million. However, various channels will take 30% of this money, so the company will only be able to keep over six million."

He paused and added, "Currently, the game's download numbers are still growing steadily. At this rate, the monthly revenue will definitely exceed ten million."

In fact, Chen Fan had understated it; at this rate, breaking 15 million would be no problem.

The conference room was quiet for a few seconds.

Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Yuhong exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with undisguised shock.

When they heard Counselor Shen Na's report earlier, the download numbers and revenue were less than 1 million at that time. They hadn't expected it to have multiplied several times in just over ten days.

A startup company, established only a few months ago, was able to achieve nearly ten million in revenue—this company was no longer just a "student entrepreneurship playing around" concept.

Moreover, with a net profit of over four million in less than a month, this achievement was enough to turn heads, not just among university student entrepreneurship projects, but in the entire industry.

Zhou Mingyuan leaned back in his chair, let out a long breath, and then laughed, "Good heavens, Little Chen, your company is extraordinary."

Wang Yuhong also regained his composure and couldn't help but exclaim, "Seven or eight million in monthly revenue—let alone student startups, even mature game companies in society don't have many that can reach this number, right?"

"Not many," Zhou Mingyuan shook his head. When he looked at Chen Fan again, there was a bit more appreciation in his gaze, "I told Counselor Shen Na before that for student entrepreneurship, it's not bad if you can just support yourself. I didn't expect you to directly make such a big splash."

Chen Fan smiled, "Just good luck."

"Good luck can't achieve 5.4 million downloads," Zhou Mingyuan waved his hand, his tone carrying a bit of seriousness, "This achievement of yours, among our school's student entrepreneurship projects, is absolutely the number one."

After he finished speaking, he picked up his teacup and took a sip, unable to hide the smile on his face.

A freshman from the School of Management had created a game with a monthly revenue of nearly ten million. If this got out, he, as the Dean, would also have face.

Most importantly, student entrepreneurship achieving results was a concrete political achievement.

Reporting it to the school made it a highlight for the School of Management; reporting it to the province made it a highlight for Chang'an Jiaotong University.

As for whether Chen Fan's company was registered during the summer vacation or after the semester started, Zhou Mingyuan didn't care at all—that slight time difference didn't even count as an issue in his eyes.

Policies are rigid, but people are flexible. Who would nitpick about his company being registered two months early when the student had achieved such results?

"I just heard you say that you already have a next project?" Zhou Mingyuan put down his teacup and brought the topic back.

"Yes," Chen Fan nodded, "The project has currently been initiated, and it will probably take another two or three months to officially launch."

"What's it called?" Wang Yuhong asked curiously from the side.

"'happy elimination'," Chen Fan said, "It's also casual, but the gameplay is a bit different from 'defend the carrot'; it's a match-three game."

Although Zhou Mingyuan didn't play games, he had heard the term "match-three" before, "Is it that kind... where you connect three and they disappear?"

"Yes," Chen Fan nodded.

Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Yuhong were not very interested in the game itself, so after a brief understanding, they didn't ask any more questions.