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Chapter 458 Successful Investment, the Most Powerful Junior College Student in History!

three days later.

Fan Jinshuo, who made a point of setting aside time, boarded a passenger plane bound for Huizhou. On the plane, as she gazed at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, her mind was filled with thoughts of Cao Sheng.

She's not love-struck.

Beneath her alluring exterior lies a career ambition that surpasses that of most women.

After entering the entertainment industry, her ambition was further ignited, even every day.

Seeing this female celebrity, she thought, "If someone like her can be so famous, what makes me inferior to her? Why am I not as good as her?"

Upon seeing that female celebrity, she offered compliments, but in her heart she couldn't help but think: "Isn't she just hooking up with a big shot and having him supporting her?"

She had considered making it in the entertainment industry step by step, but the women in this circle were too jealous. Even though she was so beautiful and didn't compete for anything, she was always targeted, nitpicked, and picked on by those women.

At first, she felt very wronged.

Later, she gradually came to understand that unless she climbed above those despicable people, their exclusion and targeting of her would never end.

Gradually, she also wanted to curry favor with a powerful figure.

They also want someone to support them.

Otherwise, it's too difficult to climb the ladder based solely on ability; there's practically no hope of standing out from the crowd.

Previously, when Feng Xiaogang called her and said he would take her to meet Zhongyuan Yidianhui, she thought her chance had come and she could finally get on the good side of him.

That night, she stared at Cao Sheng's photo online for a long time.

The more she thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed. She felt that if she were to latch onto such a powerful figure, she wouldn't feel wronged at all. She had the illusion of being the female lead in an idol drama.

I never imagined I'd have the chance to be with such a young, handsome, and talented man.

only……

She didn't back down and bravely went for it.

Feng Xiaogang and Cao Sheng, however, fell out.

She won over Cao Sheng, but Feng Xiaogang did not keep his promise to cast her as the female lead in the movie.

After that day, Cao Sheng seemed to stop writing new scripts, making it impossible for her to find a role in one of his films.

She was a little disappointed and gradually regretted giving him her virginity for nothing.

However, reality took an unexpected turn.

His screenplay, "Drishyam," became a huge hit right after the New Year.

It achieved both outstanding box office success and critical acclaim.

He has once again proven the quality of his script.

So she turned her gaze to him again.

She made a special effort to squeeze in time to board a plane to Huizhou, hoping to rekindle their past romance. The saying "Women conquer the world by conquering men" has become very popular online in recent years.

She felt it was time to prove whether that statement was true or not.

Unbeknownst to her, Cao Sheng boarded a plane to Shenzhen that same morning.

When she set foot on the land of Huizhou, the passenger plane that Cao Sheng was on also landed at Pengcheng Airport. At the airport arrival gate, Ma Huateng, Zhang Zhidong and others were already waiting to greet her.

Yes, Ma Huateng finally agreed to Cao Sheng's conditions and was willing to take the gamble.

Give Cao Sheng 10% of Tencent's shares.

Cao Sheng's words were simply too tempting for Ma Huateng.

—The second gift can allow Tencent to completely turn a profit.

Since its inception, no one has ever dared to make such a boast to Tencent.

Countless elites and investors racked their brains but couldn't figure out how to make QQ profitable.

QQ's user base is clearly growing rapidly and is very popular among netizens. The number of people online every day is very large and is increasing.

The pressure on servers is increasing, and companies are investing more and more in servers.

But people just can't figure out how QQ can make a profit?

Is there a registration fee?

Selling lucky numbers?
These methods, among others, were not very effective. In particular, when registration was charged, the number of QQ users stopped growing, which gave Ma Huateng such a headache that he couldn't eat for several days.

The registration fee was cancelled not long after.

Recently, Cao Sheng claimed that he had a way to turn Tencent completely around, but this suggestion would require Tencent to gamble with 2% of its shares.

How could Ma Huateng refuse?

If an unknown nobody said such a thing, he wouldn't care, nor would he gamble with 2% of the company's shares.

After all, this 2% stake is currently worth at least tens of millions of RMB.

The person who said such a thing is Zhongyuan Yidianhui, a top online novelist known for his creativity, who can write novels with originality and often explore new themes.

This made him believe that Cao Sheng might actually be able to come up with a way to turn QQ around.

That's why Cao Sheng made his trip to Shenzhen today.

It's around 3 p.m.

Surrounded by his assistants Cui Xinyu and Wang Jing, Cao Sheng entered the headquarters of Tencent and signed a shareholding agreement with Tencent in the large conference room.

A group of Tencent executives witnessed the event.

There were also reporters from more than a dozen media outlets present, with cameras and video recorders filming the signing ceremony.

Although Tencent has not yet started to make a profit.

In terms of market capitalization, it doesn't rank highly in Shenzhen for the time being.

However, as the leading instant messaging software in China, QQ has long been a key internet company supported by Shenzhen. Therefore, today's share transfer signing ceremony will naturally attract some media reporters.

On the signing table.

After signing the papers, Cao Sheng and Ma Huateng shook hands, smiling at the cameras below the stage, maintaining the handshake gesture for the reporters to take pictures.

At this moment, Cao Sheng felt a sense of accomplishment no less than if he had written a bestselling novel.

Because he successfully bought a ticket to the behemoth that is Tencent.

From then on, even if he were to completely retire, his wealth would continue to grow, and in a dramatic way.

At the same time, the feeling of dreaming is also very strong.

Because... before his rebirth, he was a writer at Qidian, a novel website under Tencent.

And now?

After his rebirth, he first became the largest shareholder of Qidian, and now he has acquired 10% of Tencent's shares. This reverse takeover, which is like going against the grain, makes him feel quite unreal.

This is a miracle that none of the top authors on Qidian (the original creator platform) have ever achieved.

Was the original timeline's divine machine any amazing? Was the Third Young Master any amazing? Was Tomato any amazing?

They are considered legends by countless online novel readers, each with a net worth of hundreds of millions, all of which they built up word by word.

But who among them got shares in Qidian?

Who else acquired shares in Tencent?
No!

No one has ever done it.

And what about Cao Sheng?
After being reborn, he achieved all of this step by step by writing with his own hands.

It really feels like a successful rebellion.

Cao Sheng glanced at Ma Huateng beside him from time to time. He still found it quite incredible that he had met Ma Huateng in person today.

Because Ma Huateng Zhenren doesn't really look like a big shot.

Too shy!

He speaks very little.

He seems like a typical otaku who writes online novels.

However, the memories from the original timeline told Cao Sheng that this person would lead Tencent to the top of the food chain among domestic internet companies.

It's incredibly stable.

There are countless internet company leaders with better eloquence than him, but even powerful companies like Ali in the original timeline have declined, while Tencent remains stable. ...

This evening.

Fan Jinshuo walked alone on the campus of Huizhou Teachers College.

He looked a little depressed.

She finally managed to find time to visit Cao Sheng in Huizhou, but Cao Sheng, this homebody, suddenly left Huizhou. He spent more than 90% of the year in Huizhou, but when she came to Huizhou, he suddenly went to Pengcheng.

What kind of luck is this?
She estimated that her career this year would probably not go smoothly.

What bad luck.

Same night.

Pengcheng.

Cao Sheng attended the dinner prepared for him by Tengxun. After a hearty meal, he was walking with Ma Huateng in the hotel's garden. The garden was surrounded by lush vegetation, with artificial hills, fountains, and young women playing with their children.

Cao Sheng and Ma Huateng strolled leisurely along the garden path, chatting as they walked, like good friends taking a walk together.

Cao Sheng: "Young people care about their image and pursue individuality, so they buy nice clothes and toys, and get haircuts that they think are cool. All these actions are to show that they are different from others, but on the Internet, it is difficult for them to express their individuality."

What I'm talking about, QQ Show, is giving young people a chance to show off their uniqueness. If you give them this opportunity, they will be willing to spend money. Don't underestimate the purchasing power of these young people.

Even if they don't have money on hand, they still find ways to get the funds to buy QQ avatars. I wonder if Mr. Ma ever heard this saying when he was in school: "Don't eat the vegetables when you eat rice, save money for dating?"

Ma Huateng smiled and nodded slightly.

Cao Sheng chuckled, “They might skip meals to date, or they might go to great lengths to make money to buy QQ Show items. In short, we don’t need to worry about their purchasing power; we only need to worry about whether QQ Show items are attractive enough. What do you think?”

Ma Huateng nodded slightly.

The shares were transferred to Cao Sheng, who finally revealed a way to turn Tencent completely around.

But this method made Ma Huateng skeptical.

Because what Cao Sheng said about QQ Show is just too simple.

Too simple.

It involves creating cool avatars and skins, and then selling them to users.

They also said this was a method specifically designed for young people.

Is it really that easy to make money off young people?
He expressed doubts.

He even regretted giving Cao Sheng an extra 2% of the shares because of this suggestion.

Is this suggestion really worth that many shares?
But it's too late to regret it now.

He could only convince himself: Trust Cao Sheng! He'd already given away the shares; if he didn't trust him, he'd really lose out.

……

It was past 10 p.m.

Cao Sheng and the others said goodbye to Ma Huateng and the others. Surrounded by Cui Xinyu, Wang Jing and others, Cao Sheng got into the business car brought by Wang Jing.

He notified Wang Jing, who was in Shenzhen, well in advance of his trip to Shenzhen.

He owns three residential buildings in Shenzhen.

For the past two years, Wang Jing has been managing the business for him. She has been hiring more and more employees and has established a housing rental company in Shenzhen.

The company has more than a dozen vehicles.

When Cao Sheng came to Shenzhen this time, Wang Jing specially brought the company's best business car to pick him up and drop him off.

In the car.

Cao Sheng looked at Wang Jing, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and his gaze occasionally swept over Cui Xinyu.

Before coming to Pengcheng, he had a plan: to transfer Wang Jing back to his side and to transfer Cui Xinyu to work in Pengcheng.

Wang Jing has already been sent to Pengcheng for training long enough.

If I were transferred back to my side now, I could help establish the framework of the head office.

He has invested in quite a few sectors, but the situation has become one of weak trunk and strong branches. The head office has little presence, while the branches below are becoming stronger and stronger.

He himself doesn't usually have much energy to keep an eye on the branch offices.

Therefore, he sometimes thinks about expanding the head office and having it supervise the branch offices.

One of his considerations was to bring Wang Jing back to lead the head office.

As for Cui Xinyu?
His work attitude is quite good, and he is hardworking and conscientious.

However, his work skills are still somewhat lacking.

He recently wanted to change Cui Xinyu's position, and this time when he came to Pengcheng, he thought of having Cui Xinyu take up a position here.

At this moment, Wang Jing smiled and said, "Boss! Since you're here this time, why don't you stay a few more days? You can also check on the work of this branch office?"

Cao Sheng nodded slightly.

Wang Jing: "Then... shall I pick you up tomorrow to go to the company?"

Cao Sheng hummed in agreement.

Wang Jing continued, "Boss, have you carefully read the financial statements I send you every month? I'm confident that this year the rental income here will exceed the mortgage payments on those three residential buildings. In other words, it won't be long before you don't need to pay the mortgage anymore. Hehe, what do you think? If I achieve this goal, can you give me a promotion and a raise?"

She said the last sentence in a joking tone.

There's still room for maneuver in raising salaries.

Promotion?

It seems she can't rise any higher.

After all, Cao Sheng's investments were limited, and the branch offices here already controlled Cao Sheng's greatest wealth.

Unexpectedly, Cao Sheng smiled and nodded, "Okay! I'll consider it."

Wang Jing was a little surprised, "Oh? Really?"

Cui Xinyu was also quite surprised.

But then she realized that Cao Sheng was trying to give Wang Jing a fake promotion.

For example: Wang Jing is currently the general manager of this branch. If she were to be promoted, she could be promoted to "Regional Director".

The job title is different, but the permissions are the same as before.

But they can get a raise just as naturally.

They thought they had guessed Cao Sheng's thoughts and couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing them laughing happily, Cao Sheng also smiled.

I hope that when I announce their job transfers, they will both still be smiling so happily.

Over the next two days, Cao Sheng began to inspect the various aspects of the branch office's operations.

Meanwhile, some media outlets have been reporting on his investment in Tencent.

First, there were media reports from Shenzhen.

It was quickly reprinted and reported by numerous media outlets across the country.

The news quickly spread to the internet.

Various headlines attracted the attention of countless people across the country.

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui invests a whopping $700 million to acquire a stake in Tencent!"

"He made his fortune through writing and has recently acquired shares in QQ's parent company!"

"Just how rich is Zhongyuan Yidianhui? He invested over 5000 million RMB in Tencent."

"Zhongyuan Yidianhui has invested heavily in Shenzhen again. Just how much does he like Shenzhen?"

"QQ welcomes a new shareholder, whose name is Zhongyuan Yidianhui!"

"It is rumored that Zhongyuan Yidianhui has acquired a 10% stake in Tencent."

"The most powerful college student in history—Zhongyuan Yidianhui!"

(End of this chapter)