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

Chapter 174 Starting anew
While Chen Cheng was in class, Lin Zhenbang suddenly called him.

He didn't answer.

Firstly, he was in class and couldn't answer the phone, and secondly, he knew that if Lin Zhenbang called him at this time, it couldn't be anything good.

Lin Zhenbang called Chen Cheng several times, but Chen Cheng didn't answer. So he sent Chen Cheng a text message that read: "Brother Chen, you've really screwed me over!"

Upon seeing the text message, Chen Cheng frowned.

He fears encountering people like this most when doing business.

People say that once you've made a purchase, you shouldn't sell; this is the most basic principle for business people.

Lin Zhenbang himself had been advertising to sell the property, and I came out to take over his business. Moreover, since he was willing to sell, it proves that I must have been the highest bidder at the time.

Even after the transaction was completed, he happily treated people to dinner. Now that the price has gone up, he's sending text messages complaining to himself. What kind of behavior is this?
Given his eagerness to get rid of the company at the time, if I had seized it, he would have sold it to someone else at an even lower price.

It's one thing to regret it now, since regret is human nature, but for him to say that he ruined him is truly bizarre.

Chen Cheng thought for a moment, then didn't reply.

How can I reply? I can't reply.

Should I retract my order and leave it at that?
Or should I reply with a thank you for your understanding?
Or perhaps I'd like to reply with something I didn't expect either?

The other party clearly feels they've suffered a huge loss and might even come to complain. At this point, whatever you say will only make things worse in their eyes.

Lin Zhenbang was furious that Chen Cheng ignored him, so he sent Chen Cheng another message: "Brother Chen, let's not beat around the bush. Sell the company back to me. I'll buy it back at 55,000 per license plate, and the car price will remain the same. You'll make 10,000 per license plate, which is 400,000!"

Upon seeing this message, Chen Cheng frowned even more and replied directly, "Sorry, Brother Lin, not for sale."

Lin Zhenbang was furious.

He's now convinced of one thing: Chen Cheng tricked him, and tricked him badly. So he's desperate to take the company back.

He offered Chen Cheng 60,000 yuan for a buyback, and he felt he was being very generous.

You made 400,000 in just over ten days, what more could you want?

It's only natural that I should make some of the rest, right?
I never expected that after I've been so generous in giving you this opportunity, you would still dare to refuse me. Do you intend to hog all the benefits for yourself?!
Such a big appetite at such a young age, isn't that going too far?
People who can't see things clearly are usually trapped in their own logical fallacy. They don't even realize that there's anything wrong with their thinking. In this case, the problem lies with others.

So, suppressing his anger, he replied again: "Sixty thousand, that's the most! Brother Chen, don't be too greedy!"

Chen Cheng felt disgusted and replied, "Sorry, the company is mine, and it's my freedom to sell it or not."

Lin Zhenbang was still furious when the same phone call came again. This time, the other party went straight to the point, saying, "Mr. Lin, the Industry and Commerce Bureau will be closing in a little over an hour. If you can come and submit the change of registration documents now, I'll give you 85,000 yuan each. This offer is only valid for one day. Once it's gone, it's gone!"

People in Wenzhou know that the vehicle management office is open on weekends and private vehicle registration quotas can still be transferred, but the industry and commerce department is closed on weekends and will not be open again until Monday.

This weekend, their plan is to push the market price to over 100,000.

Given their already substantial profits, a price surge is inevitable, and they won't change their plans because of Lin Zhenbang's forty cars.

If we can't take over Lin Zhenbang's company today, the price will break ten next Monday.

Lin Zhenbang was repeatedly tormented by them, and his mental state collapsed countless times.

In the blink of an eye, the price had reached 85,000. He even realized that if he waited until next week, the price would definitely rise further.

If it rises to 100,000...

He no longer dared to think about it.

Because if the price rises to 100,000, and considering the residual value of the forty cars, the company's value would be over four million, more than double its selling price!
He was afraid that he would become ill from the accumulated depression!

So he gritted his teeth and said to his wife, "No rest today! We're driving all the way back to Jiangcheng! I have to settle accounts with that kid surnamed Chen!"
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Chen Cheng didn't take Lin Zhenbang seriously.

There are no disputes in this kind of business. The contract is in my hands, I have met all the conditions for performance, the company has been transferred to my name, and the paperwork for the forty cars is also in the company's name. Lin Zhenbang can't cause any trouble at all.

Chen Cheng could even forgo the forty cars altogether, simply going through the business registration transfer with the buyer and leaving the soon-to-be-scrapped taxis to the buyer for disposal.

In that case, Lin Zhenbang wouldn't even have a chance to meet him.

After the afternoon classes ended, Chen Cheng first went to a Sichuan restaurant and then talked to everyone at the entrepreneurship base about his ideas for a WeChat official account. Xiao Peng looked at his requirements and listened to his explanation, and he was quite interested in the WeChat official account.

There's no concept of "self-media" yet, but the thought of attracting official accounts from various universities to register an official account on the campus network makes him think it's a very promising opportunity.

Moreover, he wasn't worried that the school was too aloof.

He could tell that once the number of students on the school's intranet increased, the school would definitely pay more attention to this platform.

Just like Jiangda University has always attached great importance to the Galo Forum.

If more than half of the students in a school are using Renren.com, the school will definitely want them to join, even without an invitation.

So he said to Chen Cheng, "Mr. Chen, let's work on this feature next week."

After saying that, he remembered the user acquisition competition and said to Chen Cheng, "The nationwide user acquisition competition has started and the number of users is growing rapidly. It's not even six o'clock yet, but we expect a surge in users starting around seven or eight o'clock tonight. I've already spoken to the people on the server side, and they're deploying three more servers tonight and temporarily increasing the bandwidth for three days to cope with the weekend peak. We've also discussed it and decided to work overtime here tonight, keeping an eye on the backend to prevent bugs from occurring due to too many users, and at the same time, we're trying to get the fishpond online before noon tomorrow."

Chen Cheng thought to himself, "Is my senior going to be working overtime all night?"
I never intended to force everyone to work 996 (9am-9pm, 6 days a week). But everyone's enthusiasm was overwhelming.

The user growth rate of Renren.com is indeed too fast, so fast that every participant is unable to contain their excitement.

Chen Cheng then said, "Since everyone is so motivated, I'll come over later and work overtime with you all. Let's try to get the number of users on Renren.com to over 500,000 over the weekend!"
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It was Friday, and Chen Cheng arrived at the store before Wildness opened for business.

The Su siblings were all there, and Zhao Siyan had also arrived, arranging tasks with the waiters and the hostesses from the atmosphere team.

Upon seeing Chen Cheng arrive, Zhao Siyan quickly greeted the people around her and then immediately came to greet him.

Chen Cheng was surprised to find that Zhao Siyan had changed into a business suit today. She wore a dark blue blazer with a white shirt and a dark blue midi skirt, and she really looked like a public relations manager.

Zhao Siyan approached Chen Cheng and whispered, "Manager Chen, it seems that Sister Shan and Brother Qiang are arguing in the office. We don't dare to intervene. Would you like to go and take a look?"

Chen Cheng asked in surprise, "What's there for the two siblings to argue about? Did they fight?"

"No."

Zhao Siyan said, "But they threw things away."

Chen Cheng clicked his tongue: "I'll go take a look."

As far as I can remember, Su Ziqiang was always afraid of Su Zishan. If the two of them started arguing, it was definitely because Su Zishan was unhappy.

As Chen Cheng arrived at the office door, he vaguely heard Su Zishan shouting inside.

He knocked on the door a little harder and called out, "Gentlemen, am I coming in?"

Upon hearing that it was Chen Cheng, Su Zishan's scolding stopped abruptly, and she immediately ran over and opened the door.

Seeing Su Zishan's face flushed and still angry, and Su Ziqiang curled up on the sofa looking embarrassed, with a broken ashtray and lighter on the floor, Chen Cheng asked curiously, "What are you two bosses arguing about?"

Su Zishan glared at Su Ziqiang: "You tell me yourself!"

Su Ziqiang coughed awkwardly twice and said to Chen Cheng, "Manager Chen, here's the thing. My dad came over before and suggested we open a branch, but you weren't very interested at the time. My dad is a bit of a hasty person and kept urging me to get things done quickly so as not to delay the opening before the New Year. Luckily, my second brother knows some people in society and helped me inquire about two suitable stores that are for sale, so I thought I'd take over these two stores and open a branch."

Chen Cheng held up two fingers and asked in surprise, "Opening two stores at once?"

"Correct."

Su Ziqiang explained, "One is in Jiangdong, not too far from your school, and the other is on the Han River, to the south. Both places have a large flow of people and have some nightclubs and KTVs."

Chen Cheng smiled helplessly: "Alright, it's good that you've made your decision."

Su Ziqiang was a little embarrassed and asked him, "Manager Chen, would you like to invest? My dad and second brother will both invest some this time. I was thinking if you're willing to participate, I'll leave you 10% of the shares."

Chen Cheng shook his head and said with a smile, "Brother Qiang, I won't participate. I'm too busy with so many things right now. It wouldn't be right for me to take your shares for nothing without being able to contribute anything."

Even if Chen Cheng didn't want a 10% stake, opening a branch at this time, especially two, would be suicidal. What good would a 50% stake do if it wasn't profitable?

Su Zishan immediately stated: "I told him that if he insists on doing it, I will not participate. At most, we can use the Wildness brand, but we must be financially independent."

Su Zishan believed Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng had said before that it wasn't the right time yet, and she had promised to listen to him, so she didn't want to get involved in this matter at all.

Moreover, she felt that it was somewhat inappropriate for her father to forcefully push this matter forward. After all, Wildness was on the verge of bankruptcy just last month, and it was Chen Cheng who built up the business and established its reputation. Now, suddenly, he wanted to start anew and open two branches, which seemed a bit like taking advantage of the situation.

And then Ma Lao Er was brought in, which made things even more complicated.

Ma Lao Er is a big shot in the underworld, and Su Zishan always felt that it was inappropriate to have too much contact with him, let alone do business with him.

My dad does business with him because of the special background of the industry, and I don't want to be associated with him at all.

Su Ziqiang wavered between Chen Cheng and the old man, but in the end he decided to listen to the old man.

Because he felt that although Chen Cheng was capable, he was good at getting things done, but not so good at making things bigger and stronger.

But the old man is different. He has a lot of experience in leverage. If things continue like this, he might actually be able to open ten branches across the province next year.

Su Ziqiang was originally just a minor shareholder in this store, so of course he hoped to expand the business.

Knowing that he was insignificant and that saying more would be pointless, Chen Cheng smiled and said, "If Sister Shan doesn't want to participate, then just share the Wildness brand and keep the equity structure completely independent."

Su Ziqiang breathed a sigh of relief. He was also worried that Chen Cheng would be dissatisfied. Although Chen Cheng could not interfere with this matter, the store was still counting on Chen Cheng to continue his efforts and achieve even greater success. The new store was also waiting to follow suit and learn from his advanced experience. Naturally, he could not afford to offend Chen Cheng.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng didn't seem angry at all.

So, thinking he could strike while the iron was hot and settle things, he smiled and said, "Since Manager Chen has said so, then I'll do as you say. The two stores will be registered independently and there will be no equity disputes with this store. However, financially, I may need to withdraw a portion of the profits in advance to invest in the new store, and I will also need to withdraw some every month thereafter."

At this point, he rubbed his hands together and explained with a slightly embarrassed tone: "My dad is a very serious businessman. He could have covered my share, but he insisted that I pay for it myself with my own money. At the beginning, he would lend me a little money, and I would have to pay it back within a year."

"Understandable."

Chen Cheng smiled and nodded, saying, "As long as Sister Shan has no objections, you don't need to discuss this with me."

(End of this chapter)