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Chapter 112 Trojan Horse

Chen Cheng was very unhappy with Yang Siqi.

Having been tricked by him once in his past life, Chen Cheng had no idea who he was, especially since he hadn't seen him in the days since his rebirth.

Unexpectedly, this bastard, meeting me for the first time in his life, tried to take advantage of me for free again.

Even the softest persimmon shouldn't be squeezed twice.

Moreover, in his previous life, he was the first person to realize the harshness of the world. He had never had his wages deducted while working as a waiter in a restaurant, but he didn't earn a single penny while working for his senior. This was a huge blow to him at the time.

So he opened his browser, entered the URL of the Galo Forum, and took a look.

The Galo forum was indeed quite popular during this period, with a real-time online user count of 1182 on the homepage.

Chen Cheng checked the traffic data of the Galo Forum on Alexa and estimated that the average daily visitors were around four to five thousand.

It's 9 PM now, prime time. With tens of thousands of students in the school, over a thousand are online, which is quite impressive. Including both new and returning alumni, the number of registered users is estimated to be at least 50,000 to 60,000.

There are already quite a few advertising slots on the Galo forum, the largest being the top banner on the homepage that spans the entire page. Currently, the banner on it is an advertisement for campus SIM card agents.

In addition, there are some small couplet ads, button ads, and banners composed of multiple ads.

These advertisements are mostly from local businesses both inside and outside Jiangnan University.

It seems that Galo Forum has done a pretty good job in commercialization at this stage, at least in that these ad slots can be sold.

Originally, his idea for acquiring the first wave of users for Renren.com was to promote it offline on campus.

The first wave of users is always the hardest to acquire.

Since I happen to be at Jiangnan University, my first step is to figure out how to convert Jiangnan University students into the first batch of users of the campus network.

Originally, he also planned to acquire his first wave of users at Jiang University by doing the same thing as Yang Siqi, who went door-to-door to recruit students.

They could even spend a few thousand yuan to buy small gifts to speed up the onboarding process for the first batch of users.

However, his opinion has now changed.

First of all, if I were to also conduct door-to-door searches, Yang Siqi would have many informants at Jiangda University, and being a competitor, he would definitely find out about it immediately. Given his character, he would certainly try every possible way to obstruct me.

Secondly, once Yang Siqi finds out about his school's intranet, will he immediately organize people to imitate it as soon as his own website goes online?
Yang Siqi is the president of the Computer Science Student Union. Many of the most capable senior students in the Computer Science Department have been recruited by him to work for him. Several senior students who were technical experts behind the Galo Forum later became technical gurus in the industry. Although those people were later betrayed by Yang Siqi, they still have great faith in him now.

Once Yang Siqi starts imitating him, he can easily launch online quickly thanks to his technical skills, and with the popularity already established on the Galo Forum, he can get off to a fast start and surpass himself.

Therefore, Chen Cheng planned to play a ruthless trick and directly drive traffic from the Galo Forum.

If we can directly recruit 10,000 initial users from the Galo forum, the start will be incredibly smooth.

So, he found the website's business contact information on the Galo forum, registered a new QQ account, and added the other party's business contact QQ.
The other party's QQ nickname is Siqi, which suggests that Yang Siqi is personally in charge of monetizing the website.

In the friend request section, Chen Cheng explained his purpose for placing the advertisement.

At 10:30 p.m., Chen Chengxin's QQ suddenly lit up. Yang Siqi accepted his friend request and sent a message: "Hello, are you here to advertise on the Galo Forum?"

Chen Cheng replied: "Yes, I wanted to ask what the price is for the largest banner ad on your homepage?"

Chen Cheng didn't dare use the word "banner" because nowadays, those who can advertise on this kind of forum are all offline merchants, and theoretically, they wouldn't know what a banner is.

If you say it out loud, the other party might think you're a competitor trying to find out your price range.

Yang Siqi quickly replied: "The large banner on the homepage normally costs 500 yuan a day, but there can be a discount if it's for a longer period."

Chen Cheng asked, "What's the lowest price over ten days?"

Yang Siqi countered, "What industry are you in? We also need to consider your industry situation. If it's a website-based product, we don't accept it. Currently, we only accept local physical merchants in Jiangcheng."

Chen Cheng's reaction was not surprising. Everyone has a certain degree of wariness. If it is a competitor trying to advertise, they will usually refuse.

So Chen Cheng replied, "I plan to open a printing shop at Jiangda University. I'll come here to hang up an advertisement for ten days before the opening."

"That's a good idea!"

Yang Siqi replied repeatedly: "It's perfect for a printing shop to advertise here. If you can hang it up for ten days, I can give you a quote of four thousand."

Chen Cheng smiled and immediately replied, "No problem, I'll contact you when needed."

Yang Siqi sent a phone number: "This is my phone number. Feel free to contact me anytime if you need anything. Would it be convenient to leave your contact information?" Chen Cheng replied: "I won't leave it for now. I'll contact you once I've made my preparations."
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The following Tuesday, freshmen officially began classes.

For other students, university courses are something to look forward to, as the learning pace is completely different from high school. Moreover, the knowledge of many professional courses is like a newly met girlfriend. Most students who are obsessed with computers start studying relevant professional course materials as soon as possible.

Chen Cheng didn't feel anything. The professional courses in the first semester of his freshman year were relatively simple, and he could handle them with ease.

After spending half a day as a student loafer, just before the last class ended, the scalper sent him a text message saying he had helped him get a new business license.

Chen Cheng asked the other party to help deliver it to Jiangda University. After class, he went outside the school and got the business license.

Seeing that he had become the legal representative and shareholder of Jietong Company, Chen Cheng felt much more at ease.

It's like a lottery ticket for the Double Color Ball lottery that's about to be drawn, and you've definitely won the first prize.

After carefully storing his business license, company seal, and various documents, Chen Cheng did not immediately return to his dormitory. Instead, he went to the vicinity of the student service center, which had the highest foot traffic on campus, to look for a suitable small shop.

He wasn't just fooling Yang Siqi on QQ yesterday; he genuinely intends to set up a printing shop at Jiangda University.

Of course, his core purpose in setting up the printing shop was to use it as a "Trojan horse" to steal users' information from the Galo forum.

Yang Siqi is cunning; if you don't pretend well, it will be difficult to fool him.

However, although he was cunning, he was still far inferior to Chen Cheng in terms of scheming.

Starting a small printing shop only requires an investment of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. If done well, it can not only recoup costs but also make a profit. Chen Cheng has over 100,000 yuan in funds, which is more than enough to start a printing shop.

Before the printing shop opens, advertise on Yang Siqi's Galo Forum to generate buzz. Once the truth is revealed, we'll definitely catch Yang Siqi off guard.

The Student Services Center is essentially a campus commercial street.

This place not only has various food stalls and supermarkets, but also phone card shops, campus networks, fruit shops, and milk tea shops.

Chen Cheng strolled around and happened to see a fruit shop with a sign that said it wanted to rent out half of its store, probably because business wasn't good and it wanted to cut costs.

The owner was a man in his forties. Chen Cheng chatted with him and found out that the area he could divide up was only about ten square meters, but the monthly rent was three thousand yuan.

However, given that it's a university with tens of thousands of students, it's understandable that the prices in the shops on campus are a bit higher than outside.

The owner had been trying to sublet the space to reduce costs, but because the space was not large, he had not met anyone interested. When Chen Cheng came to inquire, even though Chen Cheng looked like a student, he did not want to miss the only potential customer, so he took out the contract he had signed with Jiang University.

Chen Cheng looked at the contract details. The storefront, which was about 20 square meters, had a monthly rent of 7,000 yuan. The lease was for two years, and the second year had just started at the end of August this year.

Seeing that the other party seemed honest, Chen Cheng discussed with him that the three thousand yuan was no problem, but as a college student starting a business, he didn't know if the business would succeed, so the rent would be paid monthly, and he would give ten days' notice before terminating the lease. He would also split the water and electricity bills in half.

The other party was eager to rent the property as soon as possible to save on costs, so they readily agreed.

Chen Cheng figured that the printing shop wouldn't cost much. He could ask the owner to clear out half of the shop, put up a screen in the middle as a partition, and then run a network cable. The rest would just be buying two computers and two printers.

However, Chen Cheng's real trump card was to buy two scanners and a digital camera, which was the key to the raid.

So he paid the boss a deposit of 1,000 yuan to have the venue prepared.
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In the afternoon, the first day of classes ended.

No sooner had the teacher stepped down from the podium than a slightly older boy walked straight into the classroom from outside.

Chen Cheng recognized the other person as one of the assistants who had gone door-to-door with Yang Siqi yesterday.

Just as I was wondering, the boy walked up to the podium and said, "On behalf of the college student union, I would like to inform you that your class monitor and vice class monitor should come to the lecture hall on the fifth floor in twenty minutes for a meeting. President Yang of our college student union will be conveying the student union's recruitment tasks and the preparations for the welcome party. Please be sure to attend on time."

After saying that, he turned around and left the classroom without waiting for a response.

Yan Ruoxuan, who had some social anxiety, asked Chen Cheng in a low voice, "We're just temporary class officers, do we still have to go to student council meetings?"

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Temporary class officers are still class officers."

Yan Ruoxuan was a little nervous and asked him again, "Didn't the counselor say that we would choose again after the military training ended?"

Chen Cheng spread his hands: "It hasn't been elected yet. Besides, look at the situation in our class. Even if we were to elect someone, you would likely get a high number of votes. I can't say for sure."

"What should we do then..."

Yan Ruoxuan became even more uneasy: "I don't want to go to the meeting with them at all..."

Chen Cheng comforted her, "I don't think it's anything serious. It's just about arranging for class officers to join the student council and then asking each class to submit a program for the evening party. Let's just treat it as a trip, listen to them chat, and I'll treat you to something nice afterwards."

(End of this chapter)