Yukinoshita's Correction Method
Raising your hand makes things much easier. Dong Yunshan bounced around to the rhythm. "One! Two! Three! Four!"
More and more students started dancing on the dance floor. "One! Two! Three! Four!"
"Everyone! Together!" Dong Yunshan raised his hand to direct, "To the left!"
Both on and off stage hopped to the left in rhythm.
"Right!"
The crowd surged like a wave.
Dong Yunshan waved and stepped back. "Forward!"
The crowd leaped forward as if chasing each other.
Dong Yunshan raised her hand and stepped forward. "Backwards!"
The students then jumped backward.
"Huh?" Yui Yuigahama followed on tiptoe, puzzled. "Why am I...?"
"I can't believe it's possible to do that." Saki Kawasaki's expression was complicated. "This is rhythmic gymnastics... My sister's kindergarten used to do this all the time."
Chapter 793 There are clues to follow
As the music changed and the lights flashed, the students no longer needed Dong Yunshan's direction, but swayed to the rhythm.
The youthful energy was captured in photographs, which, after careful selection, were uploaded to the official website along with the promotional video.
"Hmm..." Iroha Isshiki browsed the official website, "Isn't it a bit too formal, making the students feel pressured and afraid to come?"
Komachi Hikigaya tilted her head. "It seems a little..."
"Don't worry about that," Yui Yuigahama, showing her phone screen. "Many classmates are also posting photos from the event on Little Snowflake Chinese social networking site)."
"Ah~~~" Iroha Isshiki glanced at it, then immediately took out her phone and opened the Little Snowflake app. "I've been so busy lately, I completely forgot about this."
After completing internal testing and limited closed beta testing, Little Snowflake has been officially launched on app stores and is currently in the gray-scale release phase.
This means avoiding large-scale promotion and allowing users to grow naturally. This allows the technical team to closely monitor server stability and crash logs, and make timely adjustments to prepare for subsequent iterations and promotions.
When we were working on the magazine before, Iroha Isshiki helped promote Little Snowflake to thank Haruno Yukinoshita for her help.
After the software was released, Iroha Isshiki immediately downloaded and used it.
But at first the content was limited, so she glanced at it briefly and then left it alone.
Later, with work piling up, I had even less time to open it.
[Little Snowflake —Making Beauty Traceable!]
Upon opening the software, a snowflake pattern appears on the startup page, followed by an extremely flat design.
Unlike other software that is bloated with skeuomorphic decorations, Little Snowflake's ample white space and soft color scheme give people the illusion of flipping through a magazine.
Iroha Isshiki Ichiro opens the zoom-in window, enters "Sobu High School Dance Party" in the search bar, and sees a screen full of dance party pictures. Clicking on a picture reveals the students' excited posts, and a swipe of the finger allows you to browse other people's comments.
Compared to the promotional photos on the official website, the sharing on Little Snowflake) is obviously more casual.
Men and women in formal attire covered their faces with cute stickers, but their dazzling joy and excitement were undeniable.
The lighting and composition aren't professional, but they perfectly capture the unique energy of youth.
The comments section was mostly filled with admiration and longing.
Yui Yuigahama frowned slightly when she occasionally caught a glimpse of a less-than-friendly comment, then quickly scrolled past it, pretending not to see it.
Yukino Yukinoshita, who was browsing the official website, noticed her unnatural expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Huh? It's nothing..." Yui Yuigahama answered instinctively, then pursed her lips, "I saw some negative comments... but really very few! It's understandable that people are a bit direct online since we don't know each other."
"If there are any malicious or offensive comments, you can report them directly," Yukino Yukinoshita reminded. "Little Snowflake is positioned as a lifestyle and interest-based community, and maintaining a positive community atmosphere is of paramount importance."
Hearing their conversation, Iroha Isshiki finally looked up. "I originally intended to finish reading and then continue working, but I ended up reading for so long without realizing it."
"The content on Xiaoxuehua (Little Snowflake) is sorted by popularity, freshness, and user relationship, and automatic loading allows browsing to continue indefinitely," Yukino Yukinoshita explained. "The longer you use it, the easier it is to see content you like."
"You can also learn a lot of useful things." Saki Kawasaki showed off her Little Snowflake homepage, "There are quite a few people sharing sewing techniques and bartending creations."
"Following different channels and users will get you more relevant recommendations!" Yui Yuigahama offers a tip: "The more you interact, the more you gain."
Iroha Isshiki asked curiously, "Did Yukino- senpai tell you this?"
"Uh..." Yui Yuigahama's expression was a little unnatural. "Hina Ebina told me about this. She uses Little Snowflake the most. The homepage is full of... those kinds of comics."
"... As expected." Iroha Isshiki felt the need to change the subject. "By the way, does Senior Yunshan have time today? I was thinking of treating everyone to something to eat."
"There probably isn't time today." Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head. "He has other things to do."
Dong Yunshan previously said that everything was going according to plan.
But what happens after that?
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"Of course it didn't go smoothly." Dong Yunshan opened the car door, sat in the passenger seat, and unbuttoned his collar. "Otherwise, would I have come out so quickly?"
The young man in the driver's seat, whose once flamboyant mohawk had been replaced by a more composed middle parting as Cloud Flash Delivery developed, asked, "Brother Shan, shall we go to the next company?"
Dong Yunshan glanced at him. "A-Kun, is Cloud Flash Delivery busy?"
"My name is Suga..." The man with the mohawk from back then, now sporting a small middle part, reminded her somewhat aggrievedly, "I've been doing alright lately, pretty much the same as when I was in Hokkaido, except I've changed from a ranch to a bubble tea and coffee shop."
"A-Kun is more friendly." Dong Yunshan nodded. "Just arrange a driver to come with me, why bother coming yourself?"
"Little Knife and Little Wen are keeping an eye on things at the company. Staying here is less appealing than learning more from Brother Shan," Suga chuckled. "Maybe I can even start a whole company."
"How's the solo karaoke thing I told you about going?"
"It's incredibly popular, the average spending per person has increased, and business is even better." Suga bewildered. "Is singing by one person really that interesting?"
"If it's just for singing, it's quite interesting. One-person bars need to catch up too; the era of the solo economy is just around the corner."
"Alright!" Although he didn't understand anything about individual economics, Suga that he could make money by being obedient.
"Let's drive." Dong Yunshan leaned back in his seat and let out a long sigh. "To Cloud Snow Tea."
As Suga started the car, he asked, "Aren't you going to try other companies?"
Dong Yunshan shook his head. "I never expected to get any investment in the first place."
Suga: "Huh?"
"You won't find the investment you need if you're looking for it when you do," Dong Yunshan said, gazing at the sky outside the window. "You have to clean the windows on a sunny day."
"Then why have you been running around all these past few days...?"
"Investment decisions are largely based on judgment of people. When a partner wants to invest in a project, they usually obtain information through several personal connections—this network of trust is very private and tight." Dong Yunshan tapped his temples with two fingers together. "When I contacted my first investor, many investment institutions already knew about this."
"So...?"
Dong Yunshan narrowed his eyes slightly. "Next, investors should come to me."
Chapter 794 The Right Choice
"Coming right now." Dong Yunshan hung up the phone and instructed Suga, "Take two glasses of Hagoromo Americano to the mall's reception area."
"Yes." Suga immediately got up and went out.
Dong Yunshan waited a while longer at Starbucks before receiving a message from the other party. He then left Starbucks to meet with the other party.
While waiting, Dong Yunshan searched for relevant information about the other party.
WM is a newly established venture capital firm.
The woman with the low ponytail was Yoshida. She was wearing a standard business suit, and her smile was even more standard than her attire.
Yoshida's position at WM is Vice President.
If other high school students encountered this, they might even feel a sense of longing.
But for Dong Yunshan, who understands the workplace, the look she gave the other person was more one of sympathy.
Basically, after five years in the front office of investment banking, you can become a vice president.
In other words, they are the main force doing the work and taking the blame, basically equivalent to junior managers in other industries.
It's really not easy...
"Thank you so much for taking the time to meet me today. I'm Yoshida Ayano." Yoshida handed over her business card with both hands. "Nice to meet you!"
"Hello, I'm Dong Yunshan." Dong Yunshan accepted the business card with both hands, admired it politely for a moment, and then put it away. "Nice to meet you—let's go to the reception room."
Dong Yunshan led the way to the reception room. "Please have a seat, and try our Hagoromo Americano."
"Thank you very much." Yoshida took a small sip. "I often order one for myself; it tastes really good."
After a brief and overly polite exchange of pleasantries, Yoshida asked to see the data that Cloud Snow Tea) could disclose.
Yukino Yukinoshita had already prepared all of this, and Dong Yunshan handed over the folder.
Yoshida took a folder out of his briefcase. "This is the plan we prepared. Please take a look."
The two men each perused their documents, and the reception room fell silent for a moment.
The previous actions had worked. Dong Yunshan quickly reviewed the documents and soon discovered that in addition to the investment term sheet, there was also a preliminary investment agreement and a structural optimization plan.
Similar to the previous simulation with Yukino Yukinoshita, it includes, but is not limited to, signing Non-Interference-in-Operations Undertaking, requiring the establishment of independent directors, increasing governance transparency, requiring confirmation of shareholding, and reducing Haruno Yukinoshita's shareholding ratio...
Yoshida had clearly reviewed the relevant data beforehand and was simply verifying it, hence his remarkably fast browsing speed.
Seeing that she had finished reading, Dong Yunshan didn't continue looking through the folder and put it down.
Yoshida carefully observed Dong Yunshan's expression but couldn't glean any useful information from that overly young face, so he went straight to the point. "Regarding the Cloud Snow Tea project, WM's initial investment plan is 500 million yen."
Such a huge shock would absolutely allow him to... remain completely unmoved?!
Unable to see the shock on Dong Yunshan's face, Yoshida began to try to control his astonishment.
Dong Yunshan hadn't even noticed the investment amount. He'd already made his decision after learning about WM's founding date. "Thank you for coming, but... it's not enough."
Young people are like that... Yoshida suddenly felt a little relieved. "The current data for Cloud Snow Tea is indeed very good, but that doesn't mean it can maintain that after large-scale expansion, so the current amount is already sufficient..."
"Excuse me, I'll interrupt for a moment," Dong Yunshan began. "This amount wouldn't last even a quarter, let alone six months. But what I meant by 'not enough' is... WM isn't authoritative enough."
Yoshida could no longer contain his astonishment and stared blankly at the Dong Yunshan.
If we keep chatting like this... we won't be able to have a proper conversation.
Watching Yoshida leave, Suga couldn't wait to ask his question, "Why wasn't it enough?"
"What Cloud Snow Tea needs right now is a highly reputable, independent third-party investment to act as a regulator and endorse the brand's credibility, thereby alleviating the concerns of future investors." Dong Yunshan tapped his temples with two fingers together. "The amount proposed by WM is insufficient to support Cloud Snow Tea's future expansion plans, but as a third-party investor, they cannot gain the trust of other investors, making it difficult to raise funds again later. The problems they will face then will be even more serious than they are now."
"So all that talk was for nothing?"
"Investors can glean information from my actions, and I can naturally glean information from the plans they prepare." Dong Yunshan stretched. "Clearly, investment institutions have recognized my needs, and this meeting will allow even more people to have a clearer understanding of them."
"This is a process of mutual understanding," Suga said suddenly, "But what if no one comes?"
"The data is right there." Dong Yunshan raised his chin. "The more an investor meets my requirements, the more they feel that future returns are made for them—there's always someone who thinks they are the chosen one."
So... we're going to meet again?
Dong Yunshan took a big gulp of Americano: "Mmm, continue."
"Not enough."
Another person left the reception room.
Suga: "Aren't the credibility of food and beverage giants high enough?"
"Not enough sincerity." Dong Yunshan clicked his tongue. "You want to swallow up Cloud Snow Tea? I might as well just give it to my mother-in-law."
"Not enough."
"Not enough?" Suga couldn't understand. "High reputation, and sufficient sincerity."
"Insufficient capability." Dong Yunshan waved his hand. "They haven't even identified the existing problems with Cloud Snow Tea, nor have they prepared a structural optimization plan, yet they want veto power?"