Since they are reborn, they must be supported by the school beauties.

Chapter 153 is fucking brilliant!
Chen Cheng is analytical and believes in logic. Since he judged that Tang Jiakai did not participate in the attack, he believed that Tang Jiakai and Yang Siqi were definitely not on the same side.

So he didn't hesitate to tell the other person his room number and waited for them to come over and meet him.

Tang Jiakai also found it amazing, thinking that the other party might be a senior or even a graduate student, but he never expected that it would be a freshman.

Thinking about how Yang Siqi had spent the whole afternoon berating those freshmen at the printing shop, calling them brats working for the owner of Renren.com, he asked Chen Cheng, "Are you the founder or the person in charge of Renren.com?"

Chen Cheng replied: "Yes, all of them."

Tang Jiakai was even more shocked.

Such a mature and advanced product was actually created by a freshman?

What a genius!
He felt a sense of admiration and immediately replied, "Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

After replying and locking his computer, he immediately got up and left the dormitory.

Tang Jiakai is in Dormitory 2. Go downstairs and turn a corner to find Dormitory 3, where Chen Cheng is.

Arriving at room 205 in dormitory 3, he knocked on the door, and Chen Cheng went ahead to open it.

Tang Jiakai saw Chen Cheng and, not recognizing the person he had just spoken to, was wondering how to ask when Chen Cheng spoke first: "Senior Tang, right?"

Chen Cheng had worked with Tang Jiakai for a period of time in his previous life. Although they weren't very close, he could still recognize him at a glance after many years.

Tang Jiakai looked Chen Cheng up and down and asked him, "Were you the one who was talking to me just now?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng turned around, put the cigarette in his pocket, and said, "Senior, let's chat for a bit downstairs."

"Row."

Tang Jiakai readily nodded, and the two went downstairs together.

Before the dormitory doors closed, Chen Cheng handed Tang Jiakai a cigarette by the roadside, lit one for himself, and said directly, "Senior Tang, I'll get straight to the point. I've heard of you before, and I know you're quite skilled in network security. Tonight, someone created a script to use hundreds of accounts to hoard bandwidth on our school's intranet. The method was rather clumsy. Senior Tang, you have a good reputation, so it shouldn't be your doing."

Tang Jiakai asked him curiously, "Were you attacked today? Did you handle it?"

Chen Cheng nodded and explained the general situation to him.

After listening, Tang Jiakai smiled and said, "It was probably Chen Wei's doing. Yang Siqi forced him to do it this afternoon. He thought you probably wouldn't have a high-end server configuration, and with the high request volume, both the server performance and bandwidth would be fully utilized."

Chen Cheng shook his head and laughed, "The redundancy I left for the server is much greater than they imagined. Moreover, I have already negotiated with the server partner. They have people on duty 24 hours a day who can respond to any new requests. Whether it is server needs or bandwidth needs, they can be resolved quickly. Besides, their attack method is simple and crude. The speed at which they register accounts is not as fast as the speed at which I block accounts. It's painless."

Then, he looked at Tang Jiakai and said frankly, "I developed the campus network by myself, but I've found that I can't maintain it by myself. So I'd like to collaborate with you, Tang, and you can be responsible for the security of the campus network. I can offer you a monthly salary of two thousand yuan initially."

"two thousand?"

Tang Jiakai was somewhat surprised and asked him, "Has your Renren.com secured investment yet?"

Chen Cheng shook his head: "No."

Tang Jiakai exclaimed in astonishment, "You dare to spend money like this without securing investment? Your printing shop must have required a significant investment, at least tens of thousands of yuan. Hiring a few people will cost several thousand more, advertising will cost several thousand more, and I heard you also bought a digital camera, which will cost tens of thousands of yuan. The server and bandwidth costs are also substantial, and you still have to pay me a monthly salary of two thousand..."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Although I haven't received any investment, I am my own investor. It's like I've given myself an angel round, and I can also invest in a Pre-A round next. Money is not a problem."

Tang Jiakai asked in confusion, "Isn't it angel round, Series A, and Series B? What do you mean by Pre-A?"

Chen Cheng said, "It's a transitional phase before the Series A funding round."

Tang Jiakai took a drag of his cigarette and said seriously, "I think you are quite capable. The product logic of Renren.com is something I have never seen before. Even Tencent's QQ can't compare. Moreover, you are very farsighted. You added a human verification to the account registration process, which immediately blocked their way of registering accounts in bulk. They also tried to cover up their registration IPs one by one. They spent a lot of effort registering so many accounts, but you blocked them all with just a piece of code."

At this point, he smiled and said, "I see you're quite knowledgeable in this area, so you don't need my help."

Chen Cheng frankly stated, "If I just wanted to create a website, I could manage to do it even if I worked hard. But what I really want to do is create a social platform like Tencent QQ. I don't dare say it will be as big as theirs, but I dare say that I have the ability and confidence to bring together all the college students in China, as well as everyone who has been to college, to the Xiaonei.com platform and make Xiaonei.com a utopia and ivory tower for Chinese college students."

Tang Jiakai was so surprised that he forgot to smoke the cigarette he was holding.

Chen Cheng continued, "Since we're building a platform that serves tens of millions of people, it's impossible for me to maintain it by myself alone."

"What I need is a professional, large, and efficient team, where everyone is an elite among elites, each with their own responsibilities and area of ​​expertise, and then we can bring everyone together with a complete set of collaborative and driving logic."

“You’re good at generating power, so you’ll be the engine; he’s good at judging situations, knowing when to exert force and when to accelerate, so he’ll be the transmission; I know where I’m going and which road is the best, so I’ll be a good driver.” He paused for a moment, flicked his cigarette ash, took another puff, and continued, “A car isn’t just about being able to move forward; it also needs to be safe. It can’t be stolen, it can’t be robbed, it can’t be hit by other vehicles on the road and lose power, it can’t be damaged by potholes, hail, or falling rocks. So I need a partner in safety, and right now, I think Senior Tang is the most suitable candidate.”

Tang Jiakai suddenly felt a surge of excitement, and his chest seemed to be filled with an indescribable passion.

Undoubtedly, Chen Cheng's words not only demonstrated his personal vision and ambition, but also gave Tang Jiakai an unprecedented sense of direction.

Although the internet was gradually showing signs of development in 2002, it was still a complete mystery for college students like him. But Chen Cheng's words were like a ray of light, suddenly showing him the way forward.

He couldn't help but ask Chen Cheng, "Your Renren.com will definitely develop very quickly. I'm just a college student. In terms of ability, I'm far inferior to those professionals. Are you sure I can keep up with your needs?"

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Whether you can keep up or not, you have to try to keep up first to know."

"The reason I said I would give you a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan initially is that you can think of this initial period as a trial period. During this period, we will work together to adapt to each other. If you can keep up with the development speed of Renren.com, I will definitely give you a higher salary, and I may even give you some stock options. But I can't promise you that. Everything will depend on how well we work together after we start to work together."

Tang Jiakai looked at him, smiled and nodded: "I think you are quite meticulous in your words and deeds, unlike Yang Siqi, who promised to distribute shares to everyone since last year, but has been dragging his feet and has not yet fulfilled his promise."

“Initially, we hoped that he could corporatize the Galo Forum, register a company, and then reflect the shares of the drug that he promised to us in the company’s equity structure, but he disagreed.”

He said that registering a company has many drawbacks. First, it is not flexible enough, and second, it involves additional tax burdens.

"Later, Chen Wei said, if you are not willing to corporatize the forum, then at least sign an equity agreement with us in your personal name first, so that we can feel more at ease. But he also made excuses to refuse."

"I still prefer things to be straightforward, to say what I mean and what I think."

Chen Cheng asked him, "So, is Senior Tang willing to accept this offer?"

"Of course!"

Tang Jiakai nodded without hesitation and said, "It is my honor to participate in the initial stage of a large platform. I am very optimistic about your and Xiaonei.com's prospects. You can tell from your advertising on the Galo Forum that your mind is much better than all of ours combined. In your hands, Xiaonei.com will definitely become a big platform."

Chen Cheng smiled modestly and did not accept Tang Jiakai's praise.

He is well aware of his strengths, which are his understanding of future development directions; as for his professional skills, he is not actually outstanding.

He said to Tang Jiakai, "Senior Tang, I'll grant you access in the backend later. Get familiar with it first. I need to make time to go to the server hosting provider tomorrow. If you're free, we can go together."

"no problem."

Tang Jiakai said, "I'll send you my phone number on the school's intranet in a bit so we can stay in touch."

"it is good."

Chen Cheng then asked him, "Senior Tang, do you have any other talents you know well to recommend? We need people for both front-end and back-end development, and the more the better. I want to quickly build a technical team of at least a dozen to twenty people."

Tang Jiakai thought for a moment and said, "Actually, the strongest person in our undergraduate college right now is Chen Wei. He is the technical partner of the Galo Forum, but it will be a bit difficult to poach him. Yang Siqi promised him shares."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "It won't be long before the Galo Forum runs out of traffic. If he's a smart person, he'll definitely leave the Galo Forum then."

Tang Jiakai shook his head and said, "You can't underestimate the Galo Forum. Although the overall positioning of the Galo Forum is far inferior to your Renren.com, it is still a BBS. Nowadays, college students really need this kind of place to discuss their majors or just chat casually."

He organized his thoughts and gestured as he spoke, “I don’t know how to describe it accurately in words. The Galo Forum is more like an online microcosm of our Jiangda campus. Sometimes when you’re discussing things related to our school, you want to discuss them with people from our school on our own forum, rather than finding a corner on a large platform to talk about these things.”

"It's like the two of us smoking. We can find a secluded spot on the street, enjoy the breeze, and smoke. We can stand or squat, it doesn't matter if there's nowhere to sit. There's no need to go to the Oriental Pearl Tower or the Huangpu River to smoke. You probably understand what I mean, right?"

Chen Cheng nodded and smiled, "I understand what you mean. You think that Renren.com is positioned for college students all over the country, like an ocean that connects all the small lakes. Sometimes it makes people lose the feeling of being in a small lake. For example, crabs from Yangcheng Lake want to stay in Yangcheng Lake and chat with the local crabs while they are in Yangcheng Lake, right?"

Tang Jiakai immediately said excitedly, "That's right, that's exactly what I mean! This is the fundamental reason why forums across the country or in various schools will not be replaced in the near future!"

Chen Cheng had a flash of inspiration, then shook his head and laughed, "Senior, replacing these campus forums is too easy. Putting aside everything else, I only need to open a secondary section on the school's intranet. What should I call this section? I'll call it Fishpond."

"Fishpond?"

Tang Jiakai was completely bewildered: "What does this mean?"

Chen Cheng said, "I will build a fishpond for every school across the country on Renren.com. Every user on Renren.com can not only make friends all over the country and chat with high school classmates scattered all over the country, but also enter their own school's fishpond and chat with alumni behind closed doors."

"In this fishpond, each of us is a 'leisurely fish.' Of course, by 'leisurely fish,' I mean leisurely. When the first-level page is free to roam the vast ocean of the whole country, and the second-level page is a 'leisurely fish' rolling around and splashing water in the fishpond of our alma mater, what role will the campus forum play?"

Tang Jiakai had already envisioned the product's logic in his mind. He listened with great excitement, smashed his cigarette butt on the ground, and exclaimed, "Holy crap! Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

(End of this chapter)