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

Chapter 158 has four words I'd like to give you.

To the surprise of all the taxi drivers in Jiangcheng, the quota they were certain would not be raised again was actually driven up by those out-of-towners themselves.

And it increased by 1,500 in just one day!

This left many drivers who had just sold their quotas feeling extremely frustrated. Who would have thought that the buyers would actually raise prices?
However, for the people of Wenzhou, it is precisely because they are the buyers that prices keep rising.

The lowest-priced chips have been accumulated. Next, with each price increase, those holding the chips at that price level will be wiped out.

The drivers may be complaining, but they haven't realized that whether the price of license plates goes up or down doesn't actually depend on any policy, but rather on whether there are people in the market willing to pay extra to buy them.

Just like in the early days, when pyramid schemes sold leg-shaking machines for a few thousand yuan each, they were snapped up by gullible people all over the country.

Those leg-shaking machines, which are the so-called health care machines that sell for 100 yuan on Taobao 20 or 30 years later and allow you to put your feet on them and shake them from side to side, cost only a few dozen yuan to manufacture. In the 1990s, when the average wage was only a few hundred yuan, they could be sold for several thousand yuan each, all thanks to market sentiment.

Chen Cheng was unaware of Wencheng's actions. He had already completed his position building and had no intention of adding any more shares.

After his afternoon classes ended, he met up with Tang Jiakai and they went to the electronics market together.

The two met at the school gate, and Tang Jiakai asked him, "Have you looked at the backend data?"

Chen Cheng shook his head: "I haven't had time to check yet. I was busy with things at noon. How is it?"

Tang Jiakai said, "Your user acquisition campaign is amazing. You've added several thousand new registered users in just one noon. I just checked again, and the number of registered users has already reached 26,000. At this rate, it's certain to break 30,000 tonight. The speed is too fast; I can't even imagine it."

Chen Cheng nodded. He wasn't surprised. Pinduoduo's marketing model was simple and direct. It was just that he didn't have online payment functionality at the moment. Otherwise, he would definitely open this model to users nationwide. Maybe if he invested tens of thousands of yuan, he could attract millions of users.

He asked Tang Jiakai, "By the way, senior, is Yang Siqi still attacking?"

"Correct."

Tang Jiakai smiled and said, "They were busy all night, just registering users and running the script from different IPs, but your defense logic has already taken down all their accounts. I guess after they find that this kind of attack has no effect, they will be able to guess that it was filtered by you, and they may come up with other methods."

Chen Cheng smiled faintly: "Let them do whatever they want. Once Jiangda Fishpond goes online, the traffic on the Galo Forum will drop to its lowest point. If advertising revenue is greatly affected, their team will definitely fall apart."

The two arrived at the server supplier's office, where Chen Cheng met their boss, a middle-aged man surnamed Zheng, who had reportedly worked as a technician for a telecom operator before starting his own server business.

The server business, to put it bluntly, is what later became known as the sophisticated "cloud computing." Amazon Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and Tencent Cloud all basically operate on this model.

However, these large-scale cloud computing products often have more complete technical teams and their own specialized technologies. They can not only provide servers and bandwidth, but also provide excellent security services. The fact that websites are often invaded by various hackers is largely related to the low security level of cloud services.

Aside from servers, the bandwidth business is very similar to the logic of gym membership card top-ups.

If you only buy bandwidth for one day or one month at the same price, it's the same as a gym membership, which is the least cost-effective option.

However, if you buy for one, three, or five years at a time, the discount is still quite significant when calculated in days.

Chen Cheng swiped 100,000 yuan on the POS machine right in front of Tang Jiakai, which really shocked Tang Jiakai. He thought to himself, "My junior's financial resources are a bit too strong."

After paying, Chen Cheng immediately requested the deployment of two additional independent servers and also obtained all the contact information of the other party's technical personnel. The other party promised that someone would be on standby 24 hours a day.

Chen Cheng introduced Tang Jiakai to them and also asked Tang Jiakai to leave his contact information so that he could directly contact these people if he encountered any problems in the future.

Tang Jiakai asked Chen Cheng, "Shall we go to the commercial street later? I asked someone to help me inquire about a few venues."

Chen Cheng said, "I have something to do later. Why don't you go and check it out first, and we can talk about it later."

Tang Jiakai nodded: "Okay, I'll look into it first, and we'll discuss it in detail later."
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After saying goodbye to Tang Jiakai, Chen Cheng took a taxi to Jiangcheng Hotel to keep their appointment.

Chen Cheng arrived at Jiangcheng Hotel twenty minutes early, where Shen Luning was waiting for him at the main entrance.

Upon meeting her, Chen Cheng asked, "Sister Ning, has Uncle Shen arrived?"

Thinking that Shen Luning's father must be older than his own father, Chen Cheng changed his form of address.

Shen Luning said, "My dad is ordering food in the private room. Let's go in."

Chen Cheng nodded and went with her to the private room where Shen Zhou was.

Upon seeing Chen Cheng, Shen Zhou, who was over fifty years old, stood up and said politely, "You must be Chen Cheng, right? I'm Lu Ning's father, Shen Zhou. I've heard Lu Ning mention you often; she speaks very highly of you!"

When Chen Cheng first met Shen Zhou, he didn't know what Shen Zhou was like before, but now he looked just like Shen Luning, with a tired expression, and must have been having a lot of worries lately.

He bowed slightly and shook hands with Shen Zhou, saying politely, "Hello, Uncle Shen! I've heard Sister Ning mention you many times, and it's great to finally meet you today." Shen Zhou looked tired, but still warmly invited him to sit down.

Several cold dishes and a bottle of Moutai were already laid out on the table. He picked up the Moutai, unscrewed it, and asked Chen Cheng, "Little Chen, would you like a couple of drinks?"

After a slight hesitation, Chen Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have a drink with you."

"it is good!"

Shen Zhou laughed heartily, then took two decanters and poured a pot for Chen Cheng.

He handed the wine to Chen Cheng and said, "Xiao Chen, let's eat first and chat while we eat."

"Okay, Uncle Shen."

After a few rounds of drinks, Shen Zhou got down to business, looking at Chen Cheng and sighing, "Xiao Chen, I'm so grateful for your reminder this time, otherwise I might have been tricked by them. After listening to your analysis, I realized that the investors had been planning to take us all over all along. I've been in business for so many years, but I'm not as insightful as you when it comes to key issues. I'm really ashamed."

Shen Luning, standing to the side, said dejectedly, "I studied finance, and for the past few years I haven't thought about whether there are any traps involved. I even forgot to suggest to my dad that he sign a concerted action agreement with the other shareholders as soon as possible. I guess I've gone stupid from studying too much."

Chen Cheng comforted them, saying, "Uncle Shen, Sister Ning, you don't need to think about things that way. Sometimes, it's the bystanders who see things clearly, while the players are confused. Besides, I'm mainly cautious in business matters because I'm young, don't have much of a foundation, and can't afford to lose. Even Sister Shan complained that I've always been wary of them. I'm just weak and have no choice but to be cautious."

After saying that, Chen Cheng frankly said, "When Sister Shan and the others approached me for cooperation, I was unwilling to reveal anything before the contract was signed, just in case they got my proposal and then kicked me out. Only after the contract was signed did I gradually reveal my proposal."

Shen Zhou nodded in agreement and said seriously, "It's right to be cautious. I wasn't cautious enough, and I was too confident in my relationship with the other shareholders. I always thought we were comrades who would share weal and woe and weather the storm together. Only after this incident did I realize that they didn't actually intend to stand with me through thick and thin."

Chen Cheng asked him, "The other shareholders are ultimately unwilling to sign the agreement to act in concert?"

"Correct."

Shen Zhou nodded and said, "Not only are they unwilling to sign, but they also hope that I will admit defeat as soon as possible. I suspect that Tianyun has already talked to them. As long as I agree to take 20% of the shares to terminate the betting agreement in advance, they will immediately sell their shares to Tianyun to cash out and also help Tianyun complete the acquisition of control."

At this point, he said with some lingering fear, "Luckily you reminded me, otherwise I might have already agreed to Tianyun's conditions. Come, let me toast you, thank you!"

Chen Cheng picked up his wine glass and smiled, "Uncle Shen, you don't need to be so polite. It's just a small favor. Sister Ning has helped me a lot too, so it's only right that I do my part."

Shen Zhou smiled slightly and nodded, then suddenly sighed with a touch of melancholy: "People, when they get to this point, first they hesitate, then they worry about gains and losses. When I rejected them, I felt very relieved, but on the way back, I didn't know if what I did was right or wrong. I also started to worry that if I don't meet the performance target next year, the actual losses might be even greater."

With the lead-ahead sale right in the hands of the investors, Shen Zhou's only two solutions are to come up with more than 60 million yuan, or for the company's performance to buck the trend and rise.

However, he had absolutely no confidence in any of them.

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, as long as we don't admit defeat, there's still a chance. If we admit defeat, we lose everything. Isn't there still six months left?"

Shen Zhou sighed and said, "I understand what you mean, but if we want to turn things around in the next six months, the only way is to improve our business and meet our performance targets. This year, our company's situation is worse than the previous two years, and it's very difficult to do business."

Chen Cheng nodded, put down his chopsticks, and said seriously, "Uncle, doing business sometimes depends on luck. Sometimes it's like rowing against the current, where if you don't move forward, you fall behind. But sometimes a gust of wind blows, and you can keep moving forward even if you're lying on the boat. I suggest you don't rush, stay calm, and look for opportunities."

"Looking for opportunities?"

Shen Zhou looked troubled and pondered, "I just can't think of any opportunities."

Then, he looked at Chen Cheng and said, "By the way, Chen, I have an idea. Do you think it's feasible?"

Chen Cheng said, "Please speak."

Shen Zhou said, "I'm thinking of using my own money to buy back the shares from other minority shareholders, keeping the price within a safe range, and then talking to Tianyun about transferring the shares. Do you think that's feasible?"

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "I have a deep impression of Tianyun Pharmaceutical. They are a well-known pharmaceutical company in China and certainly do not lack funds. If they really want to acquire the shares of minority shareholders, their offer will definitely be higher than yours."

"Moreover, their core objective is definitely to take control of your company, acquire a complete production line, seize the market in the province, and eliminate a local competitor at the same time—a win-win situation. If your shareholding reaches a safe level, they will also change the terms."

"That's true."

Shen Zhou's last hope seemed to have been shattered.

Seeing that he sighed silently, Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, before I came, I roughly analyzed your situation and I have four words to give you."

Shen Zhou looked at him and asked, "Which four words?"
With a smile on his face and a calm and confident tone, Chen Cheng said, "Let's wait for the wind to come."

(End of this chapter)