At 18:50, Xu Xincheng came to the downstairs of a three-story building, the lights on the first and second floors had been turned off, and the first and second floors were leased to a start-up company that made mobile games, which was only founded at the end of last year.

To judge the business status of a start-up company, especially APP companies, game companies and other science and technology companies, you don't need to look at their financial statements at all, you only need to look at what time they work overtime on weekdays and evenings, and whether anyone works overtime on weekends.

Especially for mobile game companies, weekends should be the busiest time for mobile game companies, but now it's not even seven o'clock, and the company has gone without even a single figure, and it is estimated that their current situation should not be so good.

He looked up at the third floor, which was brightly lit.

Next to the building there is a small three-story elevator and a steel staircase that leads to the third floor. The iron guardrails on both sides of the staircase are decorated with eight neon strips, which shine in blue, white and red, illuminating the staircase and adding a gorgeous and shining scenery to the whole building.

Xu Xincheng chose to take the stairs, and as he climbed the stairs, he recalled the experience of Zhou Dedao in founding the company.

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At the beginning of the second half of the senior year, many students have already found jobs, and Zhou Dedao, who has always been unconcerned, has also begun to get anxious.

In fact, under his father's arrangement, during the summer vacation of his junior year and the first half of his senior year, he had already gone to three companies for internships, and also went to his father's company for internships, but he gave up after less than a month of doing each job.

He said that those jobs were boring and boring, and more importantly, he felt that those jobs were not his interests and ambitions, and even if he continued to do them, he would not make a big difference.

During that time, he had been feeling very troubled and confused.

On the first Saturday night after the start of school, Zhou Dedao asked Xu Xincheng to have supper. This is a habit of his, in the three and a half years of college, as long as there is something he can't figure out, the first person he thinks of is always Xu Xincheng.

According to him, first, Xu Xincheng is a good friend and good brother in the first place, and they have formed a deep friendship, and they have formed a brotherly affection; second, Xu Xincheng is always positive, and is good at analyzing and summarizing, and can always give him good suggestions and opinions. Third, at that time, Xu Xincheng had been working in Hongfei's AI business department for more than half a year, and had been promoted to the secretary of the general manager, and was one of the first people in their class to find a job and get the fastest and greatest progress.

In the evening, Xu Xincheng worked overtime until 8 o'clock, took the subway back to school, and after leaving the subway station, he did not walk in the direction of the dormitory building, but went directly to the commercial area located in the west of the school, and came to the restaurant agreed by the two.

In front of the restaurant, Zhou Dedao sat alone at a folding table, on which were placed three bottles of Jiang Xiaobai and two taels of peanuts.

He was holding his phone with his head down, his thumb flicking across the screen from time to time, and at a glance he knew he was reading a novel.

Zhou Dedao has many hobbies, the first hobby is reading novels, the second hobby is watching anime, TV series, movies and other film and television works, the third hobby is collecting the figures of various well-known games, animations, TV series, movies and other character IPs, the fourth hobby is to make friends with others, the most enthusiastic to become a beautiful girl's male girlfriend, the fifth hobby is to play games, the sixth hobby is travel, the seventh hobby is ......

In short, as long as it makes him happy, he likes it.

He also borrowed Xing Ye's classic line "If you don't have a dream, what is the difference between being a man and a salted fish", and changed it to "If you are not happy, what is the difference between being a man and Shar Pei", which is the sentence he most often hangs on his lips.

Xu Xincheng stepped forward and said apologetically: "Thoughtful, I've kept you waiting." I'm sorry! I've got to work overtime again tonight. ”

Zhou Dedao heard his voice, quickly put down his mobile phone, raised his head at the same time, and saw that he had arrived at the table, quickly stood up, and warmly beckoned him to take a seat: "Xincheng, come, come, hurry up and take a seat." ”

After the two took their seats, he looked at the time on his phone and said, "It's okay." We had an appointment at nine o'clock, and there were still a few minutes left. Besides, you're a busy person, and I'm an idler, so even if you really have to wait, it's okay, and you should be. ”

Zhou Dedao has often referred to himself as a "big idler" lately.

In the past six months, watching his classmates find their favorite jobs one after another, watching his classmates who used to play games with him no longer able to play games with him because they have to go to work, watching his girlfriend go to work every morning and have to recharge and study after coming back in the evening, he is too busy to play dramas with him often, watching his classmates and friends find the direction of life one after another, he began to reflect, began to feel lost, and began to call himself a "big idler".

Xu Xincheng knows very well that he usually looks careless and carefree, but he is still motivated in the deepest part of his heart.

The reason why he laughs at himself so much is precisely because he is not willing to do nothing, he is not willing to do nothing, he is ambitious, he wants to change, and he wants to make a big difference.

Xu Xincheng hurriedly said: "Don't be like this, don't laugh at yourself." Everyone's progress is different, and I'm sure you'll soon find your way forward. ”

Zhou Dedao opened a bottle of Jiang Xiaobai, poured a small cup for each of them, raised the cup, and said, "Come, let's take two sips first." The old rules, I did it, you feel free. ”

Xu Xincheng has no habit of drinking, but when he gathers with friends, he can also drink a few glasses, but he has always been very restrained, and those who know him know that if it is liquor, he generally only drinks about one tael at a time, and no more than two taels at most.

After the two clinked glasses, Xu Xincheng took a sip.

Zhou Dedao grunted, drank a whole glass of wine, put down the cup, and poured himself a full glass. He looked at Jiang Xiaobai on the table, stared at the quotations on the two bottles for a while, and said, "I want to collect these two bottles, these quotations are too well written." ”

The quote on the first bottle is:

"More uninteresting than uninteresting is a boring and boring life;

What is more boring than boring is a boring and mediocre life. ”

The quote on the second bottle is:

"Those who work hard may not be able to achieve fame,

But his/her life will not be boring,

His/her life will never be boring. ”

He sighed and said dejectedly: "Xincheng, I have always felt very unhappy, bored, and confused recently!

The experience of four apprenticeships made me understand that those industries are not what I want to do, but I don't want to be like some rich second generations who do nothing all day long, spend all day drinking, that kind of person is despised by everyone, and I don't want to be that kind of person.

I hope that I can start a career like my father, and the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. ”

Zhou Dedao is a superhero fan, one of his favorite superheroes is Spider-Man, the classic line in the "Spider-Man" movie, "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility", is the words he quotes from time to time, which is ranked in his top ten favorite classic sentences.

Zhou Dedao paused and said: "In the past three and a half years, I have played hard, I have played enough, I have played thoroughly, and I am tired of playing!"

I have the ability and resources to make a big difference, to achieve a great career, I don't want to live a life of inaction, if that happens, I will be too disappointed in this era, and even more so in my own life. ”

Yes, we can't live up to this era, let alone ourselves. ”

Zhou Dedao took a sip of wine and said, "The most important thing is not this. Last night, it was past two o'clock in the morning, and I hadn't fallen asleep, you know, I usually fell asleep with my head on my pillow. At half past two in the morning, suddenly, I had an epiphany, and I found the source of my unhappiness. ”

Xu Xincheng asked curiously, "What is the root cause?"

"It dawned on me that the reason why I was unhappy was because all my hobbies were too low. And, all at once, I found a new hobby, a more advanced hobby. The expression on his face suddenly became extremely serious, and he asked, "In this era, the most fun, do you know what it is?"

Xu Xincheng was a little surprised, he rarely made such a serious look, it could be seen that he was serious, and at the same time, the two paragraphs he just said were very strange, if he wasn't a person who knew him well, he would probably laugh out loud after hearing it. However, he knew him well, so he didn't smile, he just shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know.

"In this era, the most interesting thing is to achieve a great career, that is, to become a great person. Zhou Dedao said loudly, his tone was very high-pitched and passionate, and his expression was very generous and heroic.

Xu Xincheng thought to himself: "I really obeyed him, and even achieving a career can be regarded by him as a hobby and a way to make him happy." However, there is nothing wrong with the idea itself, and it should even be said that it is a very good and very positive idea. As he thought so, he asked, "And what are your plans?"

"Today, I thought about it a lot, and now I have decided that I plan to start a business directly and start a company directly. That's the only way I can do something bigger, and that's the only way to have fun. ”

Xu Xincheng was a little surprised, but immediately thought about it, which was also in line with his straightforward and heroic personality and always did-as-it-usual style, he asked, "Do you have any specific ideas?"

"The biggest problem right now is that I don't have any concrete ideas yet, in fact, I don't even have a general direction. That's why I'm asking you out to talk, and I hope you can give me some good advice and suggestions. ”

Xu Xincheng thought about it very seriously and said: "Thoughtful, you are not willing to do nothing and do nothing, but your ambition to make a career is really very admirable."

However, starting a business is not an easy task. In the past six months, I have been in contact with many start-ups, and most of them have had a hard time. You should know that most startups don't survive more than two years.

I know I'm pouring cold water on you, but starting a company is really a very difficult thing, and starting a business is a life-and-death thing. The vast majority of people see the brilliance of a very small number of successful entrepreneurs, but they do not see the loneliness and fiasco of the vast majority of entrepreneurial failures.

Over the years, there has been a wave of college student entrepreneurship, but the vast majority of college student entrepreneurs do not have enough social experience and resources, do not have enough work and management experience, do not have enough business and business experience, if such people venture to start a business, it is not just nine deaths, but ninety-nine deaths.

So, I think it's very ambitious for you to start a business, but you have to be very careful about it. ”