Chapter 0093: Return

Zhao Fusheng always felt that he wasn't the type of capable person. It was said that one should know oneself, and he was well aware of his own limitations. So he never intended to be a so-called genius.

Advertising relied on creativity. Zhao Fusheng knew that perhaps he could rely on the memories in his mind to become a well-known planner, but the problem was that innovation was sometimes like a ghost—many had heard of it, but few had truly experienced it.

So, after much deliberation, Zhao Fusheng decided to cast a wide net.

Bloom in multiple places, accumulate enough wealth, so that when his advantages faded one day, he could still rely on his previous accumulation to live happily and leisurely.

That was Zhao Fusheng's final decision.

And now, he was about to have his first pot of gold in the true sense.

One million.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng felt much lighter. When he returned to the dormitory, there was a smile on his face.

"What are you smiling about?"

Seeing Zhao Fusheng grinning like an idiot, Tan Kaixuan asked helplessly.

"Nothing. Why are you alone?" Zhao Fusheng asked, puzzled. School officially started tomorrow, and Wen Yu and Wang Zhen had both returned to the dorm, but in just one morning, the two had disappeared.

"Wang Zhen went to see that senior Dong Chenxi, and Wen Yu is off somewhere unknown." Tan Kaixuan rolled his eyes at Zhao Fusheng and pointed at the computer: "Not that I'm saying anything, but why did you buy this thing?"

He knew a bit about Zhao Fusheng's family background. Such an expensive computer—even Tan Kaixuan, given his family's situation, would have to think twice. But Zhao Fusheng had bought one over the summer break, which was simply amazing.

"I took on a job..." Without hiding it from Tan Kaixuan, Zhao Fusheng told him the excuse he had given his parents, and finally said, "Teacher Zheng gave me a bonus of twenty thousand yuan. I gave ten thousand to my parents, kept a little for myself, and bought this computer."

"You're awesome!"

Tan Kaixuan was speechless for a long time, finally spitting out those two words. But he didn't think much of it. The reason was simple: recently, Zhao Fusheng had been getting close to Zheng Yao, and he had changed a lot, reading countless books almost nonstop. In Tan Kaixuan's own words, Zhao Fusheng now was almost a different person from before.

"Alright, how are things with Hu Xia?" Zhao Fusheng asked with a smile.

"Pretty good. You know, she has a good personality. I like her a lot." Tan Kaixuan replied.

Romance in college was relatively simple, not involving other matters. People at this time had just emerged from the naive innocence of the 1980s and 1990s, yet were not as materialistic and realistic as a decade later. They were in a period of ideological transition.

Or rather, the whole society was like that.

The protagonists of the era were still those born in the 1950s, while those born in the 1960s and 1970s, the future protagonists, were still waiting for history's favor.

Zhao Fusheng looked at Tan Kaixuan, recalling his experiences in his previous life, and suddenly felt that maybe Tan Kaixuan like this was not bad.

"By the way, what's up with your webpage? I see quite a few visitors." Tan Kaixuan thought for a moment and asked Zhao Fusheng, "Your summer break seems pretty fulfilling."

After all, he was an advertising student, so his thinking was quite sharp. Since Zhao Fusheng had gone out to meet Zhu Yushi and asked Tan Kaixuan to help maintain the website, he immediately realized that this thing was not simple.

"Don't mention it. I just thought it was fun and wanted to set up a webpage to play around." Zhao Fusheng said to Tan Kaixuan. He didn't intend to hide his plans from Tan Kaixuan, but if he told him now, he probably wouldn't believe it anyway.

"Interesting. I'll set one up too when I have time." Tan Kaixuan said with a grin.

His family background was there. His parents had been in business for years, had saved up a lot of money, and had made a good profit from stock trading. With only this precious son, they naturally spoiled him a bit.

"Setting one up is fine, but I think we should create an address book." An idea popped into Zhao Fusheng's mind, and he casually said to Tan Kaixuan.

"Address book?"

The speaker meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart. Zhao Fusheng's words made Tan Kaixuan pause.

"It's like an alumni directory." Zhao Fusheng explained to Tan Kaixuan based on the prototype of the campus network in his mind, and finally said, "I think this thing is actually quite fun..."

"I think so too. I'll get a computer later." Tan Kaixuan chuckled.

As he spoke, he glanced mysteriously at the door and said to Zhao Fusheng, "By the way, did Teacher Zheng's studio really cooperate with Zhu Yushi?"

After all, Zhao Fusheng had told him before about working for Zheng Yao, but hadn't gone into specifics.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Yeah, Qin Wentao is there too. He's been recruiting interns lately, saying the advisor plans to turn the studio into a company."

Qin Wentao had indeed been doing this recently. Originally, he intended to hire some full-time employees, but later Zhao Fusheng approached him and suggested recruiting interns instead. If an intern's proposal was selected, they could become a full-time contracted planner, and then officially enter the creative department.

The reason for this was simple: for college students, if they could find a stable job before graduation, it would undoubtedly make them more motivated.

And interns could be eliminated at any time.

In other words, every student in the Advertising and Media major at Ninghai Normal University could potentially become a future advertising designer, as long as one of them could produce a proposal that the company needed.

For this formal job, it was believed that these students would surely unleash the most brilliant sparks of thought.

Because of this, Qin Wentao had recently become a celebrity in the dormitory. Many people were asking him how to become an intern in the future advertising creative department.

That's right, even becoming an intern required skill.

Zhao Fusheng hadn't thought that far ahead, but Qin Wentao felt that even recruiting students who couldn't write a proposal was useless—what, were they supposed to do odd jobs? So he simply went to Zheng Yao, and the two discussed it, deciding to recruit only fifty interns in the first batch. The price for participating in this recruitment was to design a proposal.

"These days, there's no free lunch. If you want a job, you have to show some real skill. How else?" Qin Wentao said.

Zhao Fusheng had no objection to this; in his view, it was perfectly normal behavior.

In business, one must act like a businessperson. Some kindness is simply unnecessary.

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"Interns... do you think I should give it a try?" Tan Kaixuan asked Zhao Fusheng.

Rolling his eyes, Zhao Fusheng didn't know what to say about Tan Kaixuan anymore. He always seemed to like trying all sorts of things. Just now he was talking about building a website, and now he wanted to be an intern at Future Advertising. It was really exasperating.

"Give what a try? Just go and focus on your romance." Zhao Fusheng said irritably.

"Look at you, why glare when you talk?"

Tan Kaixuan shrugged, looking completely unconcerned.

After a moment, he asked Zhao Fusheng, "Have you eaten?"

"No." Zhao Fusheng replied.

"Perfect. Hu Xia and I are meeting for dinner. Come with us." Tan Kaixuan said with a smile.

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright."

Although he didn't really like being a third wheel, eating alone was indeed boring, so he might as well be an Edison this once.