197 Invitation from the Imperial Capital
When Wang Heng walked out of the apartment building, the evening breeze blew against his face, and he suddenly felt a chill on his right leg. Looking down, he noticed the stain on his leg from the spilled sake again. At this time, his slightly dizzy head also remembered that Lu Qi’s pants were also wet with wine, and she probably needed to change.
So, should he go back and help Lu Qi change clothes?
“Forget it. It’s not much, and alcohol dries quickly, so she won’t catch a cold.”
After a brief thought, he gave up on this idea—if he went back now, he didn’t know what would happen. After all, was Lu Qi really drunk enough to fall asleep?
Wang Heng walked into the campus and suddenly took out his phone to check flight tickets to the Imperial Capital.
Tonight, when Tan Meng was singing “Showing skills in the long days to come,” he had a faint feeling. He couldn’t participate in the investment of Bilibili and Zhihu before because his chips were really too insignificant. But now, with more than three million in savings, he could naturally do something.
Those hot investment projects were out of reach, but what about those that hadn’t become famous yet?
Walking on the campus illuminated by streetlights, watching a few students riding bikes past, he murmured to himself, “Shared bikes started as a startup on campus, right?”
Entering the dormitory building and climbing the stairs, Wang Heng kept searching for certain memories of the first timeline. When he returned to the dormitory, he had already remembered a lot of things.
Scooping out the hamster and putting it in his pocket, he walked out of the dormitory again and headed straight for the rooftop.
“Now you don’t even bring the cage, just carrying me like this?”
Arriving on the deserted rooftop, Wang Heng took the hamster out of his pocket and heard it complaining.
Wang Heng looked down at the little thing on the ground and said, “That’s not important. If the next thing goes smoothly, I can rent an apartment, and one bedroom will be exclusively for you, how about it?”
The hamster looked up at him, its small eyes shining with vigilance. “What do you want to do?”
Wang Heng: “Wei Kai, the founder of ofo bikes, do you know his contact information?”
The hamster glared at him. “Can’t you check this kind of thing yourself? Don’t rely on me to cheat at the drop of a hat!”
Wang Heng: “If I can cheat, why not?”
The hamster: “Then what if I don’t tell you? Do you have a way to find out yourself?”
Wang Heng thought for a moment. “Searching online is fine, but ofo probably hasn’t been established for long, and it’s unclear if they have an official website. Their official contact information might not be found online.”
“Fine…” The hamster shook its head helplessly. “Then how do you plan to meet Wei Kai? Just say you’re an angel investor?”
Wang Heng: “I am an angel investor. Wei Kai can’t be unwilling to accept someone coming to his door. He is still an ordinary entrepreneur with no money or power. He will definitely be happy if someone comes to give him money.”
The hamster was noncommittal, just said, “Give me your phone.”
Wang Heng squatted down, unlocked the phone screen, and handed it to the hamster.
The hamster’s two little paws operated on the screen for a while, then clapped its paws. “Okay, call him yourself.”
Wang Heng took a look. A string of unfamiliar numbers had been entered on the phone’s dial pad. Looking at the time displayed on the phone again, it was past eleven o’clock, which didn’t seem suitable for making a call?
So he sent a text message to the other party:
【Hello, is this Mr. Wei Kai, the founder? I am a manager of the investment department of Penguin Company. I hope to chat with you about your startup project. Please call back this number when you are free, thank you.】
After the text message was sent, Wang Heng picked up the hamster and prepared to go back to the dormitory to sleep.
But just as he picked up the hamster and hadn’t taken two steps, he heard the urgent ringing of his phone. Taking out his phone again, it was indeed Wei Kai’s number.
“So impatient?”
The hamster complained, “You even brought out the name of Penguin. How could he not take you seriously?”
Wang Heng answered the call. Sure enough, there was a young man’s voice on the other end, and the tone was full of respect:
“Hello, I am Wei Kai. May I ask… how should I address you?”
“My surname is Wang.”
Wei Kai hurriedly said, “Okay, hello Mr. Wang. Will I disturb your rest by calling now?”
Wang Heng: “It’s okay. I sent you the text message first, so if anyone is disturbing anyone, it’s me disturbing you.”
The other end of the line hesitated for a moment, then said, “Sorry, Mr. Wang, I am relatively… please don’t blame me, it’s just…”
Wang Heng had already guessed what the other party wanted to say and smiled. “Let’s chat on Q. I’ll send you a photo of my work ID.”
**
At midnight, Wang Heng sat at his desk, typing on the computer keyboard.
The power in the dormitory had long been cut off, but his laptop battery could last for two or three hours, so chatting was naturally no problem. And the person he was communicating with was, of course, the founder of ofo, Wei Kai.
After seeing Wang Heng’s work ID and workstation photo, Wei Kai finally let go of most of his concerns. But after chatting a few words, a situation that stunned Wang Heng appeared.
【Our cycling tour project is progressing very well. It has already caused quite a stir on campus, and many students have signed up with us. Besides the surroundings of the Imperial Capital, we have also planned further routes…】
Looking at the text sent by Wei Kai, Wang Heng was stunned.
Cycling tour? What the hell is this?
Fortunately, they were chatting via Q window now, not on the phone, otherwise, Wang Heng’s surprise at this moment would definitely be exposed.
Behind him, Fu Hanwen’s voice sounded: “Teacher Wang, you’re still not sleeping?”
Wang Heng looked down, confirmed that he was using the laptop keyboard, not the blue switch mechanical keyboard, and then said without looking back, “You guys sleep first. I’ll control the force of my typing.”
“Alright… By the way, Little Tang, your awareness has improved today…” Fu Hanwen started chatting with Tang Hexing on another bunk.
And Wang Heng faced the screen, counted on his fingers, and felt a little melancholic.
He only remembered that ofo had already been founded at this point in time, but he really didn’t expect that the project they started with had nothing to do with shared bikes.
This seemed a bit troublesome…
And Wei Kai was still inviting enthusiastically: 【Mr. Wang, are you in the Imperial Capital? If you have time, you can come to our company for an inspection. Although some of our partners are still students, we have accumulated considerable experience in this field and are very enthusiastic about entrepreneurship. As a student of Imperial Capital University, I personally have certain connections on campus.】
Although it was his first time being an angel investor, Wang Heng could see without much thought that what the other party sent were empty words of bravado. If it were a professional investor, they would definitely scoff.
No profit model, no solid resources, just a group of students making noise on campus… It looked unreliable no matter how you looked at it.
But Wang Heng’s reply was: 【I’m not in the Imperial Capital today. I’ll fly over tomorrow.】
Anyway, this was ofo after all. At least go and see first.
