Chapter 36

Song Chen's computer room was packed on its first day of business!

The computers ran 24 hours without stopping. Although one or two experienced a blue screen, it was an acceptable minor accident for Song Chen. For Windows 95, and the next mainstream versions 98 and ME, system crashes and blue screens were almost like twin siblings! This issue wasn't resolved until the XP era, when both hardware manufacturing and software programming technologies had matured significantly.

The next day, Song Chen arrived at the computer room at 7 a.m. The shop door was still closed, and the advertisement board placed at the entrance had not been taken inside. Song Chen used his key to open the iron gate and the wooden door. The stuffy air inside almost suffocated him!

Unable to do anything, he had to open all the wooden doors that could be opened. After about half a minute, the air in the room became less stuffy. Looking at the customers, each of them had bloodshot eyes and was still playing with great excitement! Some customers were bare-chested, with their feet on the chairs, directing tanks to attack the enemy base! They probably didn't even know it was already daylight outside!

Song Chen went upstairs and saw Qiu Lin indeed sleeping with a few computer software books in his arms. Perhaps because he didn't have a blanket, he was curled up like a shrimp. Song Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly: This was his mistake.

Qiu Lin was woken up by Song Chen. He yawned deeply, opened his sleepy eyes, and while stretching, said, "Boss, we need to buy mattresses and blankets, otherwise it's impossible to sleep! Also, remember to buy a clock to hang on the wall, I can't keep track of time!"

"Also!" Qiu Lin took out a large stack of neatly organized bills from under the bed and said, "The money has been organized. The change you left me plus yesterday's computer usage fees, all the computers were occupied by students from our school yesterday. Here! 1,300 yuan! I've never seen so much money before! And I've never held so much money before!"

"Ha ha! Good job! What do you want for breakfast? I'll have the shop owner deliver it to you!" For Qiu Lin and Xu Xiaoying's meals, Song Chen chose to have them delivered from an outside restaurant! Of course, on credit! Paid monthly.

Qiu Lin grinned, "Boss, I'm a big eater!"

Song Chen said irritably, "I won't let you eat me out of house and home!"

"Boss is so nice! I'll go get it myself. The shop is just nearby, it's only a two-minute walk!"

"Go quickly!" Watching Qiu Lin sprint down the stairs, Song Chen muttered, "So full of energy! I wonder why I don't have it?"

Sitting at the front desk, Qiu Lin wolfed down a dozen palm-sized buns and a cup of soy milk. Seeing Song Chen writing and pausing, he remembered something, "Oh, right! Xiaoying will come to take over at 8 a.m. today?"

Song Chen, while writing down what he needed to buy today, replied casually, "Yeah!"

Qiu Lin smiled foolishly, "That's great, I can work with Xiaoying from now on!"

Song Chen was speechless. He said irritably to Qiu Lin, "Don't you have a girlfriend? Besides, you two are like the sun and the moon, hardly ever together. What's so great about it?"

"You're right!" Qiu Lin thought for a moment and said reluctantly, "But no matter what, seeing Xiaoying is always a pleasure! You don't know, the girls in the Software Engineering department are few and unattractive, unlike our Xiaoying... Xiaoying is here!"

Song Chen looked up and his face immediately turned grim. Xu Xiaoying's face was pale, her beautiful eyes were bloodshot, her hair was disheveled, and there was a pink mark on her face, which seemed to be a pressure mark from a round rod, indicating she had fallen asleep somewhere! In contrast to the energetic Qiu Lin, she and the night-shifted Qiu Lin had completely swapped roles!

Seeing Song Chen's grim expression, Xu Xiaoying's heart was uneasy. She couldn't explain her reasons, so she bowed slightly and said softly, "Boss, I'm here!"

Thinking of what Zhai Yue said yesterday, Song Chen sighed. He originally planned to wait until the computer room business stabilized before mentioning this to them, but now he thought it was necessary to bring it up earlier to help this girl.

He slowly said to Xu Xiaoying, "If you continue in this state, your health will definitely collapse within a week! You should quit this job!"

"Boss! Don't do this! I won't hinder your business!" Xu Xiaoying's heart was in turmoil, almost breaking down—she still owed Song Chen three months' salary! If she didn't work... how could she pay it back! As she spoke, she knelt down!

She actually knelt down? Not only Qiu Lin, but even the customers in the shop changed their expressions. Song Chen quickly stepped forward to help her up, angry, "What are you doing? Can you listen to me first?"

Sighing, Song Chen looked at Qiu Lin and Xu Xiaoying, shaking his head, "Come with me!"

Upstairs, Song Chen looked at Qiu Lin and said, "I originally planned to mention my suggestion to you after some time, but since Xu Xiaoying is in such urgent need of money, I'll tell you the truth! There's a business opportunity I can give you. Are you willing to take it?"

"Business?" Qiu Lin and Xu Xiaoying looked at each other, and even the student customers couldn't help but ask, "What kind of business?"

"Software development!"

"Software development... what type?" Xu Xiaoying asked nervously.

"Have you been to an internet cafe? In the near future, my friends and I will open a large internet cafe, and I need to develop a billing management software for it!" Song Chen paused, then stared at Xu Xiaoying, "You can complete your studies while developing the software! But you must try to finish it as soon as possible! Of course, the program must not have too many bugs, especially major bugs that are unacceptable, as they would cause significant economic losses to anyone using the system! Can you... do it?"

"Although we haven't tried it, it... seems doable!" Qiu Lin scratched his chin, thinking hard.

Xu Xiaoying bit her lower lip and asked softly, "This... should be doable! But... how much will we get paid?"

Song Chen smiled and said, "I'll pay 100,000 yuan to acquire your software, or... I can give you a percentage of the net profit as a bonus!"

100,000 yuan!

Even in the 1990s, 10,000 yuan was a very tempting figure for salaried workers!

"100,000 yuan is the bonus, and I'll also give you a subsidy during the development process, which you can consider as a salary!"

Xu Xiaoying's face turned red. She pressed her chest, excitedly asking, "Is it true? Is it really true?"

"I'm serious!" Song Chen said calmly, "But one point: the person who develops the software must be responsible for subsequent updates and maintenance! And it must be kept confidential. I plan to use a contract to bind both parties. In principle, the person who develops this software will become my employee!"

"Okay! This is a rare internship opportunity, I won't let it slip. I'll go tell my classmates this good news right away!" Qiu Lin, who said what he would do, was already sprinting down the stairs.

Xu Xiaoying bowed slightly to Song Chen, grateful, "Thank you, boss, for giving us such a good opportunity. We won't let you down!"

Song Chen smiled and pointed to Xu Xiaoying's face, saying, "You look really beautiful when you smile. Don't always look so worried! No matter what happens in your family, you should still have some spirit!"

Xu Xiaoying blushed, forced a smile, and bowed slightly before going downstairs.

He originally planned to ask what had happened in her family, but thinking that even if he knew, he couldn't intervene, he decided to let it go!

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