If everyone is reborn, who will work for capital?

Chapter 53 Game Design Draft Completed

The number of applicants for the "If You Are the One" event has soared, far exceeding expectations.

When Song Qing announced, "The total number of applicants has exceeded 150," office 401 instantly erupted into a small celebration.

Just then, Geng Zhi walked in carrying a large bag of Red Bull. As he distributed it to the team members, he asked, "Senior Brother Song, how many people have signed up for the Double Eleven event so far?"

"It's already 153! And it's still rising!" Song Qing's voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"Slap slap slap—!"

Upon hearing this, Geng Zhi gathered everyone together and led the applause.

The office erupted in applause, with everyone else clapping enthusiastically, their faces beaming with excitement and a sense of accomplishment.

This was the first time since they joined the team that they had truly seen results and gained market recognition, and the sense of satisfaction was incredibly real.

"Thank you all for your hard work and dedication during this time; it has allowed us to take a solid first step."

After the applause subsided, Geng Zhi continued sincerely, "Everyone has worked hard these past few days. Senior Sister Xiaowen has been here every day debugging the matching model, Senior Brother Song Qing and Senior Sister Huang have been staying up late coding and fixing bugs, Beibei and Mingxia... everyone has made a great contribution."

Geng Zhi thanked Sun Xiaowen, Song Qing, Huang Haitang, Shu Beibei, Yang Mingxia, Li Haipeng, and Hao Pengxiang, who left early, one by one.

"Boss, we should be thanking you!" Shu Beibei interjected. "You're the one who 'rescued' Mingxia and me from that boring social club, giving us the opportunity to do something so cool and meaningful!"

"That's right!" Yang Mingxia nodded vigorously in agreement. "I feel like I've learned more and grown more in the past few days than I have in the previous two years combined! Thank you, boss!"

"Junior brother, to be honest," Song Qing pushed up his glasses, grinning from ear to ear, "doing your project is way more exciting than the boss's map navigation project!"

After everyone had finished expressing their excitement, Geng Zhi changed the subject:

"But let's not forget—the revolution is not yet complete, comrades must continue to strive."

His gaze swept over every excited face as he continued, "The overwhelming number of registrations proves that the students trust us. And we must repay that trust with a spectacular event!"

"Only when the entire event concludes successfully will 'Jiaotong University Matchmakers' truly achieve fame. Let's all work together for the next few days and keep up the good work! Go for it!"

"Go for it!!" the crowd shouted in unison, their voices filled with high spirits.

The atmosphere in the office gradually shifted from initial elation to a steady, busy routine.

Even more surprisingly, some sweet troubles began to emerge quickly.

Yang Mingxia, who was busy processing registration confirmation emails, suddenly looked up and asked, "Sister Xiaowen, our activity plan is 32 men and 32 women, but now there are 56 men and 72 women registered... How are we going to select them?"

"Oh right," Shu Beibei counted on her fingers, "We also need to reserve four internal spots for senior Song Qing, senior Haitang, senior Zhang Qinghua, and senior Lü Bo. In reality, there are only 29 boys and 31 girls who can choose."

Huang Haitang exchanged a glance with Song Qing and said, "Song Qing and I won't take up any spots this time. Let's give them to other students. We can be substitute guests; we'll fill in wherever we're needed."

Sun Xiaowen nodded and continued, "Then... what about Lü Bo and the Tsinghua junior?"

"Zhang Qinghua keeps saying he wants to find a girlfriend, so we have to save a spot for him." Huang Haitang smiled and made the decision for her senior brother. "As for Lü Bo... he can be the same as us and be a reserve."

Sun Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, then looked at Geng Zhi, who was packing his schoolbag, instead of making a decision immediately.

"Junior, what do you think the selection criteria should be? Should it be based on the order of application, or should it combine my matching model to select students with a higher degree of compatibility?"

"The registration time is the primary factor, and the matching model is secondary," Geng Zhi said with a smile. "As for the specific balance point, you can determine it based on the data, senior. You are more professional, and I trust you 100%."

"Okay, I understand." Sun Xiaowen felt Geng Zhi's trust and felt more at ease.

Geng Zhi glanced at the time and prepared to leave.

Yang Mingxia then hurriedly asked, "Boss, how should we notify the students who applied but weren't selected? Wouldn't sending rejection letters directly be too discouraging?"

Instead of answering directly, Geng Zhi asked, "Have we recruited enough volunteers for our event?"

"Um... the recruitment progress isn't ideal," Yang Mingxia said, glancing at the records. "Only four people have applied so far, and we haven't even started interviews yet."

She then added, "The recruitment post was made with a regular account before, without highlighting our 'Jiaotong University Matchmaker' identity, so it wasn't attractive enough. If we post it with the official account now, it'll probably generate a lot of buzz."

"Then let's do it this way," Geng Zhi suggested. "Mingxia, you should focus your volunteer recruitment efforts on the students who weren't selected for this event. They've already shown interest in the 'Jiaotong University matchmaker,' so converting them will be much easier."

"That's right! How come I didn't think of that!" Yang Mingxia exclaimed, giving Geng Zhi a thumbs-up. "They were potential customers all along! Boss is brilliant!"

After packing his bag, Geng Zhi said to everyone, "Our team doesn't encourage ineffective overtime. Once you've finished your urgent tasks, go home and rest as soon as possible."

Sun Xiaowen didn't even look up, her fingers flying across the keyboard: "I need to finish matching the first batch of registration data, I'll leave later."

Song Qing's excitement hadn't subsided yet, and he quickly added, "I'll optimize the loading speed of the CP voting ranking page a bit more, it'll be done soon!"

Huang Haitang: "Then I need to keep an eye on Song Qing until he finishes making the changes, and also test the process again..."

For Song Qing and Huang Haitang, working on Professor Qi's project was certainly fulfilling, but it was far less exciting and thrilling than Geng Zhi's To C project, which allowed them to see real-time user feedback and was full of variables.

What they put in was genuine passion.

Yang Mingxia was engrossed in browsing the BBS discussion thread about changing the poster tonight, thoroughly enjoying the gossip, and clearly had no intention of leaving.

Shu Beibei was equally immersed in the excitement of the project's popularity, showing no signs of fatigue.

Seeing this, Geng Zhi had no choice but to tell Li Haipeng, "President Li, I'll go back to study now. Please keep an eye on things here and make sure everyone doesn't stay up too late."

"Okay, Mr. Geng, you can go without worry. I'll keep watch here," Li Haipeng said.

Upon hearing this, Geng Zhi didn't say anything more, but "helpfully" opened the Red Bull on everyone's desks before picking up his bag and leaving office 401.

From this moment on, he wants to establish an image of someone who never works overtime at the company.

The office was bustling again as soon as the boss left.

"We've really lost out this time!" Li Haipeng stared at the numbers still jumping in the back office, heartbroken. "The number of registered users has already exceeded 160! If we hadn't set this early bird price, even if we charged half price at 64 Dragon Coins, we could have made more than 2,500 more by now!"

Shu Beibei rolled her eyes at him: "President Li, let's not worry about small things now! Isn't it better to have more people?"

"The key issue now isn't money," Yang Mingxia said worriedly, staring at the screen. "The number of participants has exceeded the limit by so many. What if that 'good-for-nothing' person sends another pressure message, demanding we add more spots?"

There was a moment of silence in the office after he said that.

Li Haipeng: "Really?"

Yang Mingxia: "Really?"

Shu Beibei: "It's really hard to say..."

Sun Xiaowen: "Beibei, Mingxia, don't think that far ahead. Come help me organize the registration data, I have some fresh juicy gossip for you—first-hand information on high-quality single alumni!"

Upon hearing this, Shu Beibei and Yang Mingxia immediately perked up and moved closer to Sun Xiaowen.

"Beibei, you're in charge of the boys' data. Break down the information fields according to this template and enter them into my model."

"Mingxia, you're in charge of the female characters' section. Follow the same procedure. Let's try to release the first version of the 'CP Pre-Matching Ranking' by tomorrow night!"

"OK!"

……

"Ring ring ring—!"

Just as Geng Zhi stepped out of the science and technology park, his phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was a call from Hao Pengxiang.

Upon answering the phone, Hao Pengxiang's excited voice came through the other end:

"Senior! I've also finished the design drafts for the final level of the fruit game!"