Time passed by day by day. Lu Zhou basically maintained the same routine as he waited for the results of the mathematical modeling competition.
From Monday to Saturday, he went back and forth between his dorm, classroom, and library. On Sunday afternoons, he went to tutor Chen Yushan's cousin.
With his help, Han Mengqi's mathematics grades were improving at an amazing speed. At the beginning, it was a complete mess. Now, she could at least keep up with the progress of her high school curriculum.
On the other side was the Campus Train app.
Because he did not focus on this, if it was not for the occasional bug feedback, Lu Zhou almost forgot that he was running a small company with a half a million loan.
After the peak period, the number of users of the Campus Train app stopped at two million. These users were like a pool of stagnant water, completely silent.
This was normal. If it was not a holiday, which student would buy a train ticket home?
The monthly cost of renting a cloud server was a few thousand yuan. However, this was only during normal times. During the months of June, September, December, January, and February, the cost of renting a cloud server would be several times more expensive to maintain the normal operation of the app.
As for how to make a profit, to be honest, Lu Zhou did not have a good idea. This was his first time trying to start a business, so there were a lot of things that he was confused about.
His original plan was to increase the number of users of the app and then attract financing. Or he could simply sell it to a large company and make a sum of money.
However, until now, no one was optimistic about his app. Instead, there were a lot of headhunting companies that came to him.
Although a concentrated and young user group was good quality, a group of users that would only "revive" at a specific time was quite poor … This was the conclusion that Lu Zhou came to after he tried to contact venture capitalists on the internet.
Sure enough, for a technician, running a company alone was too difficult.
First, no experience. Second, no energy.
Lu Zhou wondered if he should use the half a million yuan to hire a professional manager. However, the problem was, which professional manager would work for a shell company that did not even have an office?
Emm …
The answer was a mystery.
The company's matters were put aside for the time being. Anyway, all the users were dead, and there was no way to bring the dead back to life.
Finally, at the beginning of October, Lu Zhou received a notice from Teacher Liu that he was going to defend his thesis. His heart, which was originally hanging in the air, finally relaxed.
Generally speaking, those who had obtained the qualification to defend the thesis were at least the first rank in the province, which was the first rank in the district.
According to the rules of the mathematical modeling competition, the organizing committee of each division would send the first prize to the National Organizing Committee. The National Organizing Committee would hire experts to form a national evaluation committee. They would select the first and second prizes from the excellent answers submitted by each division.
If it was the first national prize, there was a chance to win the Higher Education Society Cup and the Matlab Innovation Award.
Especially the former, it was almost equivalent to a championship title.
If the first level of the National University was just to add points for the postgraduate recommendation, then winning the Higher Education Cup would basically guarantee the postgraduate recommendation.
It would be great if he could win the Higher Education Cup, but even if he couldn't, Lu Zhou didn't have any extravagant wishes. His goal was to be the first in the country. If he couldn't even get the first in the country, with the crappy system, he was afraid that the mission would be stuck until next year. Otherwise, he would have to spend points to cancel the mission.
Without wasting any more time, Lu Zhou opened his laptop, inserted it into the USB, and began to prepare the PowerPoint presentation.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Huang Guangming, who was sitting in his seat playing with his phone, went to open the door.
It was the class leader, Tian Jun, who came in with a list in his hand. He smiled and said, "Is your dorm mate Liu Rui here?"
"Yes!" Liu Rui, who was washing clothes on the balcony, yelled and rushed back to the dorm. He even kicked over Huang Guangming's foot washing basin. When he arrived in front of the class leader, he asked, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"
Actually, when he asked this question, he already knew what was going on.
In the morning, Liu Rui said in the group that it was the second provincial prize … Then he decisively left the group. Liu Rui didn't feel anything. So what if it was the second provincial prize. The first year was to accumulate experience, so he could challenge for the national prize next year.
"Congratulations," said the class leader with a smile as he pulled out a certificate from the list, "Second provincial prize!"
When Huang Guangming heard this, he stopped playing with his phone and yelled, "Oh my god, Brother Rui is nutty."
Shi Shang followed, "Nutty nutty, second provincial prize, just one more step!"
Liu Rui quickly glanced at Lu Zhou's direction and asked casually, "Who else in our class won?"
"There's also Luo Rundong, he's the first provincial prize." Tian Jun smiled and said, "Second provincial prize is already very good, much better than those of us who haven't even participated before!"
"No, no, it's just good luck," Liu Rui said as he was overjoyed.
Although he was a bit envious, after all, they were separated by a few dorm numbers and they did not interact much. Therefore, he did not feel that it was unfair for a genius like Luo Rundong.
What really surprised him was that Lu Zhou did not win the prize!
The number one genius in mathematics only got a thank you for participating!
This was a big upset!
This made him happier than winning the prize himself.
No, I have to hold back my laughter.
Liu Rui cleared his throat and pretended to be concerned about his roommate. He then asked the class leader, "Where's Zhou? Did you forget to get your certificate? "
"It's not on my list, I'm not sure …"
Tian Jun was also confused why Lu Zhou was not on the list. Lu Zhou was the top genius in their class. Therefore, he looked at the list several times and could not find Lu Zhou's name. He looked at Lu Zhou and said, "Zhou, how about you ask the counselor? My list might not be complete … "
"Yeah, it doesn't make sense that Zhou isn't on the list," said Shi Shang seriously as he nodded his head.
Even though Lu Zhou's words always made him speechless, he still admired Lu Zhou's learning ability.
In fact, Tian Jun guessed correctly. The list in his hand was indeed incomplete.
The list given to him by the teacher team was the winner list of the teams that signed up through the school's official website.
Lu Zhou was not in charge of the teacher team. Instead, he was in charge of the teacher team, Professor Liu Xiangping. Naturally, the list would not be in the teacher team's hands.
"No need," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head while he was collecting his PowerPoint materials.
The certificate would be sent over sooner or later. He was not in a hurry. He did not understand why these people were in such a hurry to get their hands on this piece of paper.
When Shi Shang saw how Lu Zhou did not seem to care, he misunderstood and said, "How can we do this! What if there's a mistake on the list? "
Huang Guangming also felt that it was a pity. He then said, "Yeah, even Liu Rui got second place in the province. Why didn't you get chosen?"
Liu Rui cursed in his heart. What do you mean I'm second place in the province?
However, regardless of what he thought, he still said, "Yeah, yeah" and acted like he cared.
"There's really no need," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head. He then said, "The certificate will be sent over sooner or later."
Tian Jun was stunned. He then asked in confusion, "… It will be sent over sooner or later?"
"Yeah," said Lu Zhou as he nodded his head. He opened his browser and found the email he just received. He then said, "Professor Liu already told me to prepare for the oral defense. It's fine if the certificate is sent over two days later. I'm not in a hurry anyway."
There seemed to be a misunderstanding.
The atmosphere in the dorm was quiet for about three seconds.
Finally …
Shi Shang said in shock, "F * ck me, Brother Lu is nutty!"
Huang Guangming put his arm on Lu Zhou's shoulder and said, "First place in the province! You're going to enter the national competition! Brother Lu, your treat! "
Lu Zhou waved his hand as if he was trying to get rid of a mosquito. He moved his face away and said, "Go away, stay away from me. I'm not gay. Don't disturb me while I'm editing my PowerPoint. Let's talk about the prize money! "
Tian Jun sighed in relief and closed the list. He then smiled and said, "I knew it. It's weird if Brother Lu doesn't get first place in the province! It's at Professor Liu's place. Okay then, I'll go first. "
Liu Rui: "…"
Liu Rui forced a smile on his face. Actually, he did not want to laugh. Instead, he wanted to cry.
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