Zhou Xiaoke didn’t mention the Celestial Fortune clothing store.
In the times that followed, the Celestial Fortune clothing store continued to slowly expand at its own pace, as the future world-class conglomerate Celestial Fortune was in its rooting phase, quietly gathering its strength.
This morning, there were two classes, and in the afternoon, there were another two. After the morning classes, Qin Yun and Zhao Kanghao went to the cafeteria for lunch with a few others, and then returned to the dormitory.
As soon as they returned to the dormitory, Zhou Pang quickly turned on his computer and started preparing to upload a new Chapter.
"Zhou Pang, how’s your novel coming along?" Li Hanyu glanced at Zhou Pang’s computer, saw that he was opening the author page, and asked with a smile.
Zhou Pang’s hands kept moving, and he replied with a smile, "It’s going online today at noon."
During September’s military training, he took a leave to stay in the dormitory and work on his novel. It’s been a little over a month and has more than 250,000 words now. It’s going live today.
"Really?" Upon hearing this, Li Hanyu immediately leaned forward.
Not just him, but Zhao Kanghao, Cheng Daxiong, and others also crowded forward.
"Once it’s online, you’ll start making money, right?" Cheng Daxiong asked.
He had specifically looked into this before.
"Yes, there will be money, but how much depends on the results," Zhou Pang replied with a smile.
After continuously updating five Chapters, Zhou Pang kept refreshing the subscription data.
He continued this even during afternoon classes, occasionally checking his phone.
By evening, his initial subscriptions had reached over 500, and by noon the next day, the initial subscription data was released.
900!
This result was slightly worse than Li Hanyu’s initial subscriptions.
"Not bad, not bad, our dormitory is about to have a second big writer," Zhao Kanghao sighed upon hearing Li Hanyu’s analysis of the results.
"Yeah, if you keep this up, you might even surpass me," Li Hanyu said with a smile.
Beside them, Cheng Daxiong looked at them with envy. He had earlier heard Li Hanyu’s analysis, and estimated that Zhou Pang could earn three to four thousand yuan a month.
Qin Yun was observing as well, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Their dormitory was full of talent, suddenly producing two novelists with decent achievements, which was statistically quite unlikely.
He also read novels, and in reality, most novel writers are unsuccessful. Less than one percent can make a living from it.
As the protagonist, Zhou Pang was all smiles and said, "Come on, brothers, today I’m treating you all. Let’s go to the class leader’s place for some spicy hot pot."
"Come on, Zhou Pang, with your novel doing so well, you’re only treating us to spicy hot pot?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Daxiong immediately said.
Zhou Pang laughed, "The salary hasn’t been paid yet. I’ll treat everyone to something good once it arrives."
All six of them from the dormitory set off and arrived at the spicy hot pot restaurant.
"Hey, Zhou Pang, your dorm crew is here?" A staff member said with a smile as they arrived. It was their classmate Lu Xiaofei.
"Xiaofei, busy as usual," Zhou Pang said with a smile.
At this time, Qin Yun was observing the store, which wasn’t very large, possibly only about 30 square meters, with a small kitchen at the back and a few long tables outside. That was the entirety of the spicy hot pot shop’s setup.
There were seven people in front of the small shop, and several people inside were busy taking care of customers.
In the kitchen was a very pretty girl, none other than their class leader Yu Leyao.
Yu Leyao also heard Lu Xiaofei’s voice and came out with a smile, looking outside.
The six picked out some ingredients they wanted to cook and started waiting as Yu Leyao and Lu Xiaofei sat at the table talking to them.
As they chatted, Zhou Pang mentioned his novel and the initial subscription numbers, constantly watching for any change in Yu Leyao’s expression.
But from start to finish, Yu Leyao maintained a slight smile without any change in expression.
"Qin Yun, look at how well Leyao’s spicy hot pot restaurant is doing now," Lu Xiaofei snapped, seemingly displeased with Qin Yun’s previous skepticism about the spicy hot pot shop.
Qin Yun, for his part, was a bit speechless.
"Xiaofei."
Yu Leyao pulled Lu Xiaofei aside and then apologized to Qin Yun.
After eating, the roommates returned to the dormitory, and Qin Yun arranged to meet Xiao Lan.
Upon meeting, Qin Yun habitually held her hand, and they surprisingly ran into Zhao Kanghao and Li Hanyu, whom they had just parted from.
Zhang Xiaoyue and Jiang Yi were with them, and both couples seemed to be heading out for a walk.
Seeing Qin Yun approach, holding Xiao Lan’s hand, Zhao Kanghao and Li Hanyu immediately wore knowing smiles.
Qin Yun greeted them before moving on.
"I knew Qin Yun and his high school classmate had something special," Zhao Kanghao chuckled as they watched Qin Yun leave.
Li Hanyu also sighed, "Qin Yun’s too secretive. We asked him in the dorm and he wouldn’t say anything."
While they sighed, Zhang Xiaoyue seemed a bit regretful.
"Sigh, our Mengmeng will be disappointed."
Before, with Qin Yun single, Lin Mengmeng still had some hope, but now, there’s no chance left.
...
Another day passed, and suddenly Cheng Daxiong wanted to invite both dorms out for dinner.
"Qin Yun, Daxiong is preparing to confess to Rui Chenqi," Zhao Kanghao whispered.
"Confess?" Qin Yun was a bit surprised upon hearing it.
Among the six roommates, Li Hanyu was with Zhang Xiaoyue, Zhao Kanghao successfully confessed to Jiang Yi, and in everyone’s eyes, Qin Yun was also now in a relationship, leaving three bachelors.
To Cheng Daxiong, Liu Xin appeared thin and small, almost like a girl, and Zhou Pang, being quite heavy and only 1.7 meters tall, found it very challenging to find a partner.
But Cheng Daxiong was burly, standing at 1.8 meters tall, and in his heart, he didn’t think he was worse than Qin Yun or Zhao Kanghao.
Back in high school, his grades were among the top in the class, and he even received several love letters.
Of course, Cheng Daxiong wouldn’t bring these up, but that’s what he believed deep down.
Now that Qin Yun and the others were in relationships, he felt a bit anxious.
He had been getting closer with Rui Chenqi.
During a basketball game organized by the class, he had an advantage and even managed to dunk at one point, causing the girls in class to cheer. After that, his relationship with Rui Chenqi noticeably improved.
He now felt confident of his chances of success.
...
In a private room at a restaurant, the two dorms gathered together.
"Everyone, order what you like, no need to hold back," Cheng Daxiong said with a smile, encouraging everyone.
Mostly, Zhao Kanghao had been the one treating everyone, but Qin Yun and Li Hanyu also treated twice.
After all, Li Hanyu was making money from his writing, and Qin Yun had won a car as a prize, so they had money.
"Cheng Daxiong, we’ve been polite other times, but not today," Zhang Xiaoyue said with a smile.