This was the first time Lu Zhou saw something so strange. Someone was begging him to give him money, and he had no choice but to accept it.
Well, it was a bit exaggerated, but it was not far off the mark.
According to the Ministry of Education's support policy, students could be given interest-free loans. The school would also take out a portion of the funds and use it as a 1: 1 loan.
For example, if Lu Zhou took a 100,000 yuan loan, the Ministry of Education would pay 50,000 yuan, and the school would pay 50,000 yuan. The money would be interest-free for a year, and after a year, there would be a small amount of interest. However, it was much lower than a commercial loan. It was even lower than the inflation rate!
Of course, this did not mean that Lu Zhou could only take a 100,000 yuan loan.
The school would review the loan amount based on his project, project application, and samples.
The money would not go into his bank account. Instead, it would go directly into the company's account. Every expenditure would be recorded, so it could not be used to buy a car or a house. It could only be used for the project until the loan was paid off.
However, even so, it was still a great help to Lu Zhou. He was burning his own money to run the app. If he continued to grow at this rate, he might not even be able to make it to the end of the year.
Registering a company was not a troublesome thing. It was a loan with no interest, so he should take it!
However, there was a problem. The mathematics department and computer science department were both optimistic about this project, or rather, they were optimistic about Lu Zhou's talent. It was the same.
One side was rich and had nowhere to spend their quota. They could spend 500,000 yuan on it. If it was not enough, the department would discuss it. Anyway, there were not many projects in the second half of the year.
The other side had a lot of projects every year, so their quota was stretched. They could only spend 200,000 yuan at most. However, they had the technology and the computer science department was full of talented people. Any professor could be a consultant for Lu Zhou's project. Lu Zhou would not have to worry about technical problems. They were all big names who had worked as technical consultants for big companies!
This was going to be difficult.
Lu Zhou was leaning towards the latter as it could save him a lot of general points. Also, some things were hard to buy with money. However, the head of the mathematics department was there. He could not be a snitch in front of him, right? Did he still want to stay in the mathematics department?
As for the two departments working together …
Lu Zhou felt that in addition to being honest and handsome, his biggest advantage was that he knew his own limits. Although he was a top student, he didn't think he was so awesome that others would change the rules for him.
At the very least, he wasn't qualified for now.
If the two departments could cooperate, they would not have waited for a student like him to suggest it. The leaders would have taken the lead, just like the "regular army" of the mathematical modeling competition.
Since the two department heads did not mention this matter, it was definitely not easy to handle!
Lu Zhou analyzed the situation rationally. He estimated that this was not just for face, but also for actual political achievements. If any department could incubate a beautiful big project on their own, the leaders would definitely be proud during the year-end assessment or the general meeting …
"Dean Zhang, I'm really sorry." Lu Zhou smiled apologetically and said sincerely, "The Campus Train application has been developed. I can handle the follow-up updates by myself. What I lack now is exactly what Director Lu can give me. "
Although he refused, he still tried to be as tactful as possible.
However, maybe he was thinking too much. Dean Zhang did not seem to care as much as Lu Zhou thought. He was just a bit disappointed.
"Ah, I understand. That's it then … Oh yeah, if you have any computer problems, you can come to me."
However, if the computer science department arranged a professor for you, then don't count on it. Everyone was extremely busy. None of the leaders of the academies would be so free as to use their own reputation to incubate the eggs of the neighboring academies, unless the dean of the neighboring academies personally came over and interceded.
Of course, if you had the ability, you could find a professor or a graduate student from the computer science department. No one would stop you.
"Thank you!" said Lu Zhou solemnly.
"I haven't even done anything yet, don't be polite with me! Oh yeah, keep an eye on the mathematical modeling competition. If you can't get first place, don't come to me. Don't tell anyone that I know you! " Dean Zhang pretended to be serious. He then smiled and waved his hand. He stood up and said, "I still have something to do, so I'll have to go."
"Take care," said Dean Lu with a smile. He then said, "I won't see you out."
"Oh, look at how happy you are!"
The two of them had a good relationship in private since they spoke casually.
Lu Zhou secretly observed and pondered.
After Zhang Zhongjie left, Dean Lu paused for a second before he spoke.
"Lu Zhou, I have a form here. Take it back and fill it out. Remember to bring it to my office tomorrow."
"Okay!"
Dean Lu was satisfied with Lu Zhou's enthusiasm. He nodded and spoke in a tone of voice.
"Also, this project is a good thing, but don't forget your job."
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dean Lu. I've already self-taught my sophomore and junior year courses. I can take the exams now."
"Oh, I know you won't have any problems with the exam. Who told you about the exam?" Dean Lu smiled and said in a joking tone, "I don't care about other students, but I'll set a rule for you. You have to publish at least one thesis in a core journal! If you don't see the thesis, I'll give you a scholarship next year. "
Lu Zhou: "…"
Even though he knew it was for his own good, he still wanted to curse in his heart.
…
The 500,000 yuan loan solved Lu Zhou's urgent problem. At least he didn't have to use his own living expenses to fill this bottomless hole.
In the beginning, he didn't expect so many users to come in. He thought it would be good to have 10,000 users at most. He didn't expect his app to have such a good reputation among university students.
Of course, this also meant that he gave up on another group of users. Because the name of the "Campus Train" app and the options on the interface were not very friendly to non-university students, many of the features were useless.
So far, the total number of downloads of "Campus Train" had reached 200,000, and 310,000 tickets had been successfully booked.
Also, it was rush hour, so the number of users was maintained at its peak.
After the company registration was completed, it took three days for all the procedures to be completed. As soon as the money came into his account, Lu Zhou immediately paid for the server upgrade.
If he wanted to keep users, he had to make sure that he didn't mess with them. It didn't matter how good the features were, he had to make sure that the app didn't lag too much. If the users couldn't get a ticket after a few tries, they might just switch to another app.
Lu Zhou opened the developer platform and looked at the increasing number of downloads.
In a few days, the free recommendation spot in the Android Market would be released, and there would be a new wave of growth. Then on September 10th, the peak of the back-to-school period would begin to subside, and it would depend on how many users there were.
"Next is the updates and maintenance. If I have money, I can hire two programmers to help me. It shouldn't be a problem."
Lu Zhou stretched his back and stared at the screen. He suddenly realized that there were a lot of bug feedback in the unread messages.
This was a big problem, and he couldn't be careless.
Lu Zhou calmed himself down, sat up straight, and opened the unread messages.
"Bug feedback … So many people submitted bugs? Let me take a look. "
[Can you help me look at my thesis? My WeChat.]
[Need to write my thesis, WeChat …]
[I don't care if the Weibo lucky draw is shady, I didn't get it, so it's shady.]
Lu Zhou: "…"
MMP！
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