Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 366 They were like people soliciting customers on the street.

Ding Sanshi looked exactly like the Big Bad Wolf trying to trick Little Red Riding Hood.

'Little Sheep' looked at Ding Sanshi with some fear, and subconsciously looked back at the other contestants who came out.

These geniuses who have reached the pinnacle of their fields all have some shortcomings in their minds.

The human brain is only so big. If there are too many miscellaneous things in the brain, it will affect their achievements in this field.

For example, a math genius may only know math in their entire life and have no interest in other subjects or even matters of the heart.

There was a very funny case in 2011, which was jokingly called the purest master's and doctoral couple by netizens.

This couple, who both worked at a research institute, slept in the same bed for three years after getting married but had no children. When they went to the hospital for a checkup, they discovered that the female PhD student was a virgin.

The doctor found it unbelievable and asked them about their sex life. The result was both funny and sad. In their understanding, having sex meant sleeping in the same room and on the same bed.

To many ordinary people, this is simply unbelievable.

Many people are asking them, "Don't they watch movies? Don't they watch Liu Bei's movies?"

The answer is, I really won't watch it.

Ordinary people cannot comprehend geniuses, much like the emperor's famous question, "Why don't they eat meat porridge?"

If a genius has the thoughts of an ordinary person, then they are destined to be an ordinary person for life.

In their world, their profession is their entire life.

And now, there are dozens of such geniuses.

At first, it was fine when only a few contestants came out, but when dozens of contestants came out, the internet bigwigs in the back row couldn't hold back anymore. They pushed Ding Sanshi, who was blocking the front, several meters away and then shouted.

"Hello, I'm Ma Huateng from Tencent. QQ chat is our product. If you're willing to join our group, you can choose any QQ number you like, with an annual salary of 100,000 plus stock options!"

"I am Ma Yun from Alibaba Group. We are planning to develop a payment processing method and device based on the palm of your hand, which will completely change the domestic electronic payment landscape. Our goal is to make banks no longer dare to bully ordinary people. Anyone who wants to change the banks with us can join us. Our annual salary is 100,000 yuan! Although the annual salary is low, if you choose us, your names will be engraved in the long river of history!" At this moment, Ma Yun, who was squeezed into the corner, also shouted loudly.

Ma Yun's words were very inspiring, and they made the two young people's eyes light up.

A young man looked at Ma Yun and said, "Then how do we conduct the interview?"

“Yes, do you need to take an exam?” another young man asked.

Ma Yun immediately burst into laughter: "This competition is like an interview! As long as you advance in this competition, you'll pass the interview."

"I passed," the young man nodded and said.

“I should be about the same,” another young man replied.

"Come on, I've made a reservation at the Western restaurant upstairs. Let's eat and chat." Ma Yun grabbed one of the two young men by the arm, looking at them with increasing interest, and asked with a smile, "What are your names?"

"My name is……"

"My name is……"

Seeing that Alibaba Group had taken the lead, the other internet giants immediately became anxious.

They would have been content to invite just one person, but they never expected that Ma Yun would actually manage to invite two.

That's absolutely infuriating!
It's worth noting that among the 60 contestants who passed the fourth round of assessments, there were also second- and third-year students, with fourth-year students probably making up only about 30%.

All told, there are fewer than 20 people.

There weren't enough for their family to go around, and that bastard Ma Yun actually stole two of them.

"We search the arc..."

"We, Xinlang..."

This completely threw the scene into chaos, with everyone frantically introducing the onboarding benefits and the group's future prospects.

Ding Sanshi, who had been shoved to the ground, hurriedly got up. He didn't even bother to ask which bastard had pushed him. He rubbed his sore arm and shouted, "We at NetEase also have a vision. Our long-term goal is to give everyone a large-capacity email account and usher the world into the email era!"

"You're talking nonsense. Isn't your vision to develop games?"

"I admire your shamelessness."

"Ding Sanshi's mouth is a lying devil." Before Ding Sanshi could finish speaking, many people started to add insult to injury, making Ding Sanshi so angry that he almost cursed out loud.

There's no way around it; the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

NetEase Group has now been rated by Computerworld as the most well-known website in China, bar none.

Moreover, with over 3000 million email users, Ding Sanshi is essentially sitting on a goldmine of traffic.

Despite the significant drop in NetArt's stock price due to the failure of its online games and financial reporting issues, NetArt has already established itself as an invincible force in the internet industry thanks to its more than 3000 million email users.

Other internet giants are filled with envy when they think of NetEase's massive user base.

At this moment, Ding Sanshi was really getting anxious. He had come to reserve a spot since 1 p.m. If he went back empty-handed, wouldn't he become a laughing stock in the industry?

That conman who looks like an alien could take away two contestants, but he couldn't even take away one.
Thinking of this, Ding Sanshi shouted loudly, "Who wants to join our NetEase? Annual salary of 500,000!"

"Five hundred thousand? Has Ding Sanpang gone mad?"

"He's really getting desperate."

"It's all for the sake of the top internet figure's face." When Ding Sanshi asked for 500,000, all the internet moguls fell silent.

They've already asked for 500,000, so let them take one. Let's not argue about it for now.

When this annual salary of 500,000 was announced, not only did the internet giants fall silent, but the computer geniuses were also stunned.

A generous reward always attracts brave men. As soon as Ding Sanshi finished making his bid, a lean young man wearing a white T-shirt raised his hand and asked, "What kind of work do you mainly do?"

Ding Sanshi said, "Our group has all kinds of businesses. You can choose whichever business you are good at."

The young man said, "Okay, then I'll join."

"Did you pass the fourth round of assessment?" Ding Sanshi asked, somewhat reluctantly.

That's 500,000! It would be a lie to say he wasn't heartbroken. Although he offered 500,000 to save face, he didn't want to be taken advantage of and needed to find out more details first.

The young man said, "If I don't pass the fourth round, then there's something fishy going on in this competition."

The young man's words were filled with deep confidence.

Ding Sanshi looked at the young man and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Tian Chun," the young man replied.

"Tian Chun?" Cheng Yi, standing at the back of the crowd, couldn't help but tiptoe forward to look when he heard this name. Tian Chun.

Although this name is not well-known among the general public, it is very famous within the industry.

He is a Common Lisp programmer, known as the number one Lisp programmer in China, nicknamed "Umbrella Brother," and was once the chief system administrator of NetEase.

He, along with Cai Jingxian, who built Taobao, and Lou Jiaozhu, the first college student to become a programmer, are known as the "Three Musketeers of 21st Century Programming".

Tian Chun's programming skills are among the best in Cheng Yi's knowledge, but Tian Chun also has a major flaw: he loves money.

However, his love of money is the kind that comes from a gentleman who acquires wealth in a righteous way.

He doesn't cheat the poor, he only cheats Ding Sanshi.

He developed a lot of software at NetEase. According to normal thinking, if you work for a company and lead a team to develop software, it should belong to the group. At most, your department will receive some bonuses.

But Tian Chun was different. The software he led the team to develop all required Ding Sanshi to pay extra for it, ranging from $200 to $2000 million per software. At first, Ding Sanshi gritted his teeth and bought it, but in the end, Ding Sanshi could no longer tolerate it. If this continued, this kid would be aiming for $20 million per software. With no other choice, Ding Sanshi had to reluctantly fire Tian Chun.

It can be said that Tian Chun made Ding Sanshi experience the "iQiyi" model in advance, showing him that simply becoming a member is useless; you still have to pay to watch on demand.

However, Ding Sanshi is still secretly delighted to have obtained a genius.

Ding Sanshi laughed and asked, "Are you a senior in college now?"

“I’m 22, so I must be a senior in college,” Tian Chun said. “When will I start the job? I don’t think this competition is interesting anymore, and I don’t want to continue.”

Ding Sanshi laughed and said, "If you can make it into the top ten, I'll give you the position of Chief Technology Officer."

"Top ten?" Tian Chun frowned and said, "Alright, then bring your appointment contract tomorrow."

Tian Chun's absolute confidence made Ding Sanshi realize that he had found a treasure this time.

He immediately took out his business card and handed it to Tian Chun, smiling, "Then I'll come over at 1 p.m. tomorrow to wait for your good news."

"Now that I've made it into the top ten, shouldn't my annual salary be increased?" Tian Chun asked bluntly.

Ding Sanshi paused slightly. He was now seriously doubting Tian Chun's identity. Wasn't it said that geniuses regarded money as dirt? Why was this person in front of him different?

As if reading the doubt in Ding Sanshi's eyes, Tian Chun said casually, "Do you think I'm different from them?"

Ding Sanshi nodded.

Tian Chun laughed and said, "They are only interested in programming, but I am better than them. I am not only interested in programming, but also in money."

"..." At this moment, Ding Sanshi didn't know what to say. He said, "If you make it into the top ten, I'll raise your annual salary to 60. That's already the standard annual salary for our group's president."

"Alright then." Tian Chun nodded slowly.

Ding Sanshi smiled and said, "By the way, I also made a reservation at the Western restaurant upstairs. If you don't have anything else to do, how about we have dinner together?"

"Sure," Tian Chun said without refusing.

As soon as Ding Sanshi and Tian Chunyi left, the competition resumed immediately.

Currently, the highest offer is from C.banner, which offers an annual salary of 200,000 yuan. The other companies are offering an annual salary of 100,000 yuan plus equity.

In this period right after the dot-com bubble burst, phantom shares meant a bubble, purely a way to deceive people.

"Brother, we need to squeeze forward," said a middle-aged man who was also in the last row, just like Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi glanced at the middle-aged man beside him and smiled, "Mr. Li, does Dangdang.com also need talent?"

"You know me?" The middle-aged man was slightly surprised.

"Of course I know you, Mr. Li, you're a big celebrity." Cheng Yi said with a smile, looking at Li Guoqing's surprised expression.

"Am I that famous now?" Li Guoqing was somewhat flattered.

Dangdang.com is only considered average in the internet industry; it's hardly a well-known company.

Li Guoqing said, "Dangdang.com is also facing a bottleneck. Our pain point is the same as Alibaba's. We also need an electronic payment software. The transaction cycle of remittance slips is too long, which seriously affects the transaction volume."

“Developing that requires a huge investment,” Cheng Yi said. “You might as well wait for Alibaba to develop it and then take advantage of it.”

Li Guoqing's face darkened, and he said, "How can that fraudulent company Alibaba compare to Dangdang? They're just empty slogans trying to swindle investors' money, while Dangdang has already made a profit! Our goal is to build China's Amazon!"

Cheng Yi's well-intentioned suggestion made Li Guoqing quite unhappy.

Cheng Yi suddenly realized that Dangdang's strength was now no weaker than Alibaba Group's, and asking Dangdang to wait for Alibaba Group to make a breakthrough was indeed somewhat humiliating.

Before he could even speak, Li Guoqing asked in an unfriendly tone, "You don't look that old. Which company do you work for?"

"I am Cheng Yi, the vice president of Momo Group in Jingzhou City," Cheng Yi said with a humble smile.

"Momo Group? Never heard of it. It's probably a small regional group, right?" Li Guoqing frowned.

"Yes, our business is only conducted within Handong Province." Cheng Yi nodded with a smile.

Li Guoqing said, "Then it's no wonder I haven't heard of it."

Li Guoqing paused for a moment and then said, "Then you shouldn't have come here. Look at these bosses, which one of them doesn't have business all over the country? Your business is only developing in one province, isn't that just a small local workshop? Which genius would want to work in a small workshop?"

"You're right," Cheng Yi nodded with a smile.

Li Guoqing quickly lost interest in continuing his conversation with Cheng Yi. At this moment, Huicong Group also recruited a young man. Seeing Guo Fansheng's spirited appearance, Li Guoqing could no longer contain himself. He squeezed into the crowd and shouted, "Dangdang.com is recruiting technicians with an annual salary of 10 yuan! Anyone interested can come with me. Dangdang.com will definitely become the Amazon of China!"

Li Guoqing's voice was quickly drowned out by the shouts of others. These almost frenzied internet moguls were like prostitutes soliciting customers on the street, constantly changing their tricks to attract the attention of the contestants.

At this moment, Lin Qingyin, who was rather timid, also peeked out of the classroom.

The noisy environment outside kept her from going out.

Upon seeing Lin Qingyin, Cheng Yi quickly squeezed to the front and mischievously shouted, "Whoever comes with me, I'll treat her to some barbecue."

"Don't cause trouble!" Upon seeing Cheng Yi come over to cause trouble, Li Guoqing and several other internet bigwigs immediately became unhappy.

Just as they were about to reprimand Cheng Yi, they heard a soft, sweet voice from the contestant's side: "I, I'll go with you!"

She was a very pretty girl.

To their astonishment, Cheng Yi reached out his hand to the girl, who then ran over quickly and happily took his hand.

"This is possible?" A group of internet moguls were dumbfounded.

Watching Cheng Yi disappear into the elevator with a happy and excited Lin Qingyin, Zhang Chaoyang, the boss of Souhu, couldn't help but say, "Damn it, if they don't know each other, I'll eat three Ding Sanpangs!"

(End of this chapter)