Reborn in The Princess Diaries: My Multiverse Empire
Chapter 25 – The First Money
Over the next few weeks, Anshul continued balancing three things at the same time.
School.
StudyFlow development.
And learning about financial markets.
His days were busy, but he didn't feel overwhelmed. Instead, he felt something he hadn't experienced before.
Momentum.
Every small effort seemed to push the project slightly further forward.
StudyFlow's website continued receiving visitors from different countries. Most of them simply downloaded the software and never contacted him again.
But that was expected.
Not everyone who tried a product would respond.
Still, the numbers were slowly increasing.
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One evening, after connecting to the internet, Anshul opened the website statistics page again.
Visitors: 54
Downloads: 12
Three of those downloads were from the United States.
One was from Canada.
Another from the United Kingdom.
The numbers were still small, but they showed something important.
The software was spreading.
And with every new user, the chance of a serious opportunity increased.
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That same night, another email appeared in the StudyFlow inbox.
The sender's address belonged to a small private tutoring center in Texas.
Anshul opened the message carefully.
The owner of the tutoring center had discovered StudyFlow through an online education forum.
After testing the software with a few students, he had a simple question.
"Is there a paid version available for classroom use?"
Anshul paused for a moment.
Until now, StudyFlow had been completely free.
But he had already been thinking about the possibility of selling a school edition.
This was the first time someone had actually asked to pay for it.
He opened his notebook and began thinking carefully.
Charging money required responsibility.
If a school paid for the software, they would expect reliability.
Support.
Updates.
But if the product worked well, this could become the first real step toward building a business.
Anshul wrote a reply explaining that a school edition was currently being developed.
He also asked a few questions about the tutoring center.
Number of students.
How many computers they used.
What features they needed most.
Before sending the email, he paused again.
This conversation might lead to the first real income from StudyFlow.
He clicked Send.
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Two days later, the reply arrived.
The tutoring center had about thirty students using computers regularly.
They liked the assignment tracking feature and the study scheduling system.
But they also wanted something simple.
Reliable software that helped organize student work.
At the bottom of the email, the owner asked one final question.
"What would the price be for a license?"
Anshul stared at the screen.
Pricing software was not easy.
Too expensive, and no one would buy it.
Too cheap, and the value would be underestimated.
After thinking for several minutes, he wrote a simple proposal.
A small annual license fee for the tutoring center.
Affordable for a small institution, but still meaningful.
Then he sent the message.
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The next evening, when Anshul checked his email again, the response was waiting.
The tutoring center agreed.
They were willing to pay the license fee and begin using the school edition of StudyFlow.
For a moment, Anshul simply sat still in front of the computer.
Then a quiet smile appeared on his face.
It wasn't a large amount of money.
Not even close.
But that didn't matter.
Because this payment represented something far more important.
It was the first time someone had paid for something he created.
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That night during dinner, Anshul told his family about it.
His grandfather laughed happily.
"So our young developer has made his first business deal."
His grandmother looked proud.
His father listened carefully.
When Anshul finished explaining, his father nodded slowly.
"That's a good start."
Then he added something meaningful.
"Remember this moment."
"Why?"
"Because the first customer is always the hardest."
Anshul nodded.
He understood exactly what his father meant.
The journey ahead would still be long.
StudyFlow was still a small project.
But tonight, something had changed.
For the first time, the idea of building a real company didn't feel like a dream anymore.
It felt like the beginning of reality.