Chapter 150: Security Assurance

Safety was an issue that Lu Mu had given a great deal of thought to for a long time. Although society as a whole was relatively peaceful, it was not entirely without risks. The students registered on 3321 would eventually go to employers' homes to tutor their children under 3321's matchmaking arrangement. Therefore, certain hidden safety hazards were bound to exist. Lu Mu already had a general plan in mind on how to minimize these risks as much as possible.

So, when facing everyone's questions about this, Lu Mu explained, "After a user places an order and remits the payment, we will not immediately notify the student they selected to go for door-to-door tutoring. Instead, we will first send someone to verify the employer's information in person, including their residential address, ID number, and workplace. In addition to this, I have asked the technical development team to launch a daily check-in feature in the backend, which will go live simultaneously when 3321 opens for bidding."

Everyone was very curious about what Lu Mu meant by daily check-in.

Lu Mu then explained in detail, "Daily check-in is a safety reminder feature used after each tutoring session concludes. By then, registered students on 3321 can decide for themselves whether or not to use the daily check-in. The normal procedure is that students must first list and sell their tutoring hours based on their own schedules. Take me as an example: if I feel I can spare twenty tutoring hours this week for auction, and I don't want to serve multiple employers, I will bundle all twenty hours together for sale and fill in the schedule on the website, such as two hours every day from Monday to Friday, and five hours every day on Saturday and Sunday.

"Then, a student's parent successfully wins the bid for my twenty hours. At this point, 3321's part-time staff will first go and register the parent's information, and only after confirming everything is correct will they notify me that I can begin teaching. Before I go to their home to tutor their child tomorrow, I will find a computer, log into 3321, and check in to indicate that I am heading to class. The estimated class time is from 7 to 9 PM. Then, within two hours after the session ends, I need to log back into the website to check in, proving that I have finished today's class, which also signals that they are safe. If I haven't checked in after two hours, we will actively contact them for confirmation. The contact methods will include mobile phones, dormitory landlines, and even directly dispatching other students from the same university to visit."

Xue Jianfeng nodded slightly and said, "That provides a certain level of safeguard, though it's a bit troublesome."

Lu Mu smiled and said, "There's no helping it. Among the registered students on our 3321, the mobile phone penetration rate is only around 33%. If the penetration rate were higher, I would have set up an SMS platform so they could check in via text messages."

Han Xiaoxiao praised, "Lu Mu, what you've considered is actually very thorough. It should be able to ensure the students' safety."

Lu Mu nodded. "Once 3321 takes off and has a larger volume of orders, I will launch a 'Buddy System' feature. This means two or more people heading to the same residential compound for tutoring around the same time slot can travel together as companions. In short, we will definitely find ways to continuously enhance their safety level."

The buddy system proposed by Lu Mu made everyone's eyes light up. This feature allowed two or more students to look out for each other's safety, and it was not difficult to execute. After all, once thousands of students went out to tutor simultaneously, a few of them were bound to end up geographically close to one another.

Li Yawei joked, "Mu-ge, the age gap between a freshman and a high school senior is very small. Aren't you afraid they might get romantically involved behind the scenes? If that happens, wouldn't the parents be furious to death?"

Lu Mu smiled slightly and said, "You probably haven't tried logging into a parent account. After logging in, we have a friendly reminder: to maximize learning outcomes, it is recommended that they choose university student tutors of the same gender as their own children as much as possible. This is the advisory obligation we should fulfill. But if they insist on choosing the opposite sex, and the two of them genuinely fall for each other, that's not something we can stop."

The eleven of them nodded one after another, wondering inwardly how Lu Mu's brain was wired. How could his logic be so clear and his consideration so comprehensive? This was completely beyond the capabilities of an ordinary college freshman!

Especially Zhao Ziqiu, whose adoration for Lu Mu had reached a point of worship. Whenever she watched Lu Mu speaking eloquently, bringing up viewpoints that she didn't understand or had never heard of before yet felt utterly enlightening, she genuinely felt that the boy in front of her was the most fascinating man in the world. To say she was completely infatuated would not be an exaggeration.

In fact, Lu Mu's development of every single feature for Easy Listen, Tieba, and 3321 could be categorized under the purview of a product manager. Lu Mu had worked in technology for a long time in his past life; although he had never been a product manager, he understood some product rules. There were many kickass product managers in his past life, such as Zhang Xiaolong of WeChat. Creating WeChat was already an extraordinary feat, but who could have imagined that he would go on to develop several god-tier features within WeChat, namely "Shake," "Moments," and "Red Packets"?

In Lu Mu's mind, there was still a great deal for him to learn and progress in. Most of the product features on Easy Listen and Tieba were inspired by the product concepts of well-known websites and companies from his past life. However, 3321 was his own true, original creation. Therefore, he held an extraordinary attachment to 3321 and secretly hoped to make it better and better.

Lu Mu set a schedule for his core promotion team: from Wednesday to Friday, during lunch and after afternoon classes, they would continue canvassing residential compounds across Beijing. On Saturday, they would rest for half a day until all bidding ended at 12 PM and the remittance window closed at 2 PM. Then, the team would immediately disperse to visit and verify the information of the paid parents in person, just like they did with the student information. Once confirmed correct, they could notify the students who had been successfully won in the bidding on 3321 to head out for tutoring on Sunday.

Hu Zhengdao, Liu Nian, and Sun Jian from Dorm 606 had all registered their personal information on 3321, while Chen Jia from Zhao Ziqiu's dorm and another girl named Ma Chenchen had also signed up on 3321. The mere thought of being able to tutor others and earn a base salary of 15 yuan per hour made Liu Nian uncontrollably excited. His family's economic condition was extremely poor. Ever since he learned about the 3321 project, he had been dreaming about its launch. He even felt that once he successfully tutored through 3321, the financial pressure on his family would be greatly alleviated. At the very least, he wouldn't need to worry them about any of his school expenses.

The more hope he pinned on 3321, the more worried Liu Nian became. "Mu-ge, compared to Peking University and Tsinghua University, students from our school still lack competitiveness. What if nobody is willing to hire me as a tutor when the time comes?"

Lu Mu smiled faintly and comforted him, "Don't worry, the scenario you're talking about is unlikely to happen. Although all parents hope to find students from Peking University and Tsinghua University, the number of students from those two schools is truly limited. Once we launch the bidding mechanism, the prices for the most elite talents will inevitably be pushed very high. Not all parents possess such strong purchasing power. In the end, the majority of student parents will have to give up on Peking University and Tsinghua University and shift their attention to students from other schools. Besides, if the students from our school have to worry about this, considering we've also expanded to include so many universities that are only slightly inferior to Renmin University, what are the students over there supposed to do?"

These words dispelled the doubts in Liu Nian's mind, and Hu Zhengdao also felt much more at ease. He had shared those concerns as well, but was too embarrassed to ask; it just happened that Liu Nian asked on his behalf.

The wages for working part-time at McDonald's were too low. Though making a little over two yuan an hour was still a decent income for Hu Zhengdao, it was simply too exhausting and failed to reflect his personal value. He had quit his job the day before 3321 launched its offline promotion, and now he was just waiting for 3321 to officially begin bidding.

After the meal, the people from the two dormitories split into groups outside the restaurant. Li Yawei and Han Xiaoxiao left hand-in-hand first; Hu Zhengdao and Wang雅楠 (Wang Yanan) also claimed they wanted to go for a walk and acted alone; Xue Jianfeng told Chen Jia he had some personal business to attend to and scurried off after a brief greeting.

Only three guys and three girls remained at the scene: Zhao Ziqiu and her two roommates.

Those two roommates were terribly clever. The moment they saw this situation, they immediately said, "Ziqiu, you go back to school by yourself. We still have some things to do and aren't heading back just yet."

"Ah?" Zhao Ziqiu hadn't processed it yet, thinking to herself, *Why do all five of you happen to have things to do? Did you just abandon me by myself?*

At that moment, one of the girls said to Lu Mu, "Oh, Lu Mu, our dorm's campus belle, little Qiuqiu, is entrusted to you! You must make sure to safely escort her back to her dorm!"

The other girl chimed in repeatedly, "That's right, little Qiuqiu's safety is all in your hands."

Before Lu Mu and Zhao Ziqiu could react, the two of them waved their hands and sprinted away.

Sun Jian and Liu Nian exchanged glances. A sense of desolation welled up from the depths of Sun Jian's eyes. With a light sigh, he stepped forward, threw his arm around Liu Nian's neck, and waved at Lu Mu and Zhao Ziqiu. "The two of us are leaving first. See you later."

Lu Mu nodded. Anyway, he was definitely going to escort Zhao Ziqiu back to her dorm, and having the two of them tag along really wasn't appropriate.

On the way back to Peking University, the two walked side by side. Initially, neither of them spoke. Lu Mu was still searching for a topic in his mind, but for a moment he didn't know where to break the ice. Suddenly, Zhao Ziqiu said to him, "Everyone has been promoting 3321 these past few days, making me want to register and give it a try to see what tutoring feels like."

Lu Mu was stunned. Looking at Zhao Ziqiu's serious expression and realizing she wasn't joking, he hurriedly said, "You absolutely cannot do that."

"Why?" Zhao Ziqiu asked in surprise. "Although I wasn't the top scorer in the college entrance examination, I still got into Peking University with a score of over 700. Am I really not qualified?"

Lu Mu shook his head. "I'm not stopping you because you're not qualified, but because of the danger."

Zhao Ziqiu was even more puzzled. "Doesn't 3321 already have many ways to safeguard safety?"

"That's different," Lu Mu said very solemnly. "Whether it's identity verification or website protection policies, they can only reduce potential risks. But if the temptation is too great, some people will lose their minds. So you must never try it."

After saying this, Lu Mu looked up and down at Zhao Ziqiu. No matter what kind of clothes this girl wore, her beauty was barely affected. Even though she was wearing very casual leisure wear at the moment, she still exuded an immense temptation, and her tall, voluptuous figure had nowhere to hide. Such a woman was someone Lu Mu would never dare, nor could he bear, to let casually enter the home of any stranger.