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

Chapter 183: Isn't saving the country through a roundabout way still saving the country?
Chen Cheng had just finished talking with Tang Jiakai when he received a call from Liu Shiyu.

When the call connected, Chen Cheng asked her first, "Ms. Liu, how did the interview go?"

Liu Shiyu said with a smile, "I passed the first round smoothly, there are still two rounds left."

Chen Cheng said, "Then keep up the good work, I believe you'll definitely be fine."

Liu Shiyu smiled and said, "Thank you for your encouragement. I called to ask if you would be interested in meeting an investment manager from IDG?"

"Investment manager?"

Chen Cheng was slightly surprised, but quickly understood the reason, and said with a smile, "Teacher Liu, are you talking about your father's student?"

"correct."

Liu Shiyu said, "I called him and told him about Renren.com. He had just heard about the product and even registered an account to try it out today. He is very interested in Renren.com and wants to meet you to talk about it. And you don't have to do anything. As long as you agree, he can fly over to see you tomorrow."

Chen Cheng asked in surprise, "Is he in such a hurry?"

Liu Shiyu said, "They must think your product has potential, which is why they're so eager to meet you. Do you want to meet and talk?"

Chen Cheng said, "Of course! I was just worried about not knowing anyone in investment banking, so I have to thank Professor Liu a lot!"

Liu Shiyu smiled and said, "It's just a small favor, no need to be so polite. When is a convenient time for you? Pick a place and have him come to see you."

Chen Cheng said, "How about this, if he comes tomorrow, I'll treat him to dinner tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at Jiangcheng Hotel."

"Row."

Liu Shiyu said, "Then I'll settle down with him."

At this point, Liu Shiyu reminded Chen Cheng, "Let me give you a heads-up: I talked to him today, and it seems his personal authority is limited to no more than two million US dollars. If he wants to push this project forward himself, but can't have too few shares, he can only offer you a valuation of around ten million at most. However, he'll most likely start by discussing it with you from five million. Just keep that in mind, and don't make it too obvious, or it'll seem like I'm being unreasonable..."

Chen Cheng was somewhat touched and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Professor Liu, if IDG really wants to invest, his authority shouldn't be enough."

Because they were still in the dormitory, Chen Cheng didn't explain things too clearly, but he was sure Liu Shiyu would understand.

Liu Shiyu immediately understood the meaning behind Chen Cheng's words. So, Chen Cheng could not accept the valuation of ten million US dollars.

She didn't know why Chen Cheng was so confident, but such a high valuation was practically impossible for a website that had only been online for ten days.

Chen Cheng also knew that, given the current development trend and foreseeable prospects of Renren.com, a few million US dollars would be considered standard practice.

Generally speaking, foreign investment banks are more generous than domestic investors. Ten or twenty years later, domestic investors are still using 10 million RMB as the basic valuation line for angel investment. No matter what you want to do, they will value you at 10 million RMB, invest 2 million RMB to take a 20% stake and play around with it. Then they invest in a dozen or twenty companies. As long as one of them survives to go public, they will make a fortune.

Foreign investment banks share this mindset, but having invested all the way from Silicon Valley, they have accumulated a wealth of experience and are well-versed in various fields. As long as the business model impresses them, even if it's just a PowerPoint presentation, they can invest a million or two dollars to test the waters. They may have just made a billion dollars on their last project, so this amount is nothing to them.

However, Chen Cheng's expectations for himself were much higher than a few hundred or tens of millions of dollars.

Although the current Renren.com does not yet demonstrate this value, Chen Cheng believes that once the paid features are launched, everything will be very different.

Therefore, even if he contacts investors first, he will definitely wait until the paid launch before seriously discussing valuation with them.
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The next day, Monday.

Even before the vehicle management office opened, the area outside was already packed with people trying to buy vehicle registration quotas.

That group of Wenzhou locals were unwavering, and they even brought along a few scalpers who helped them. Besides them, many locals also put up signs at their door offering high prices for their products.

The price offered today is 102,000.

Mr. and Mrs. Lin Zhenbang arrived early in the morning with dark circles under their eyes and inquired about the matter. They were so angry that they couldn't eat anything that morning.

Lin Zhenbang was worried that Chen Cheng would secretly sell the company. After thinking for a long time, he made a decision and said to his wife Liu Li: "Call Xiao Hu and promise him 100,000 yuan to help us get the company back."

Without hesitation, Liu Li immediately took out her phone, found a number named "Zuo Hu," and dialed it.

When she answered the phone, the person on the other end asked, "Sis, what's up?"

Liu Li said, "Xiao Hu, I need your help. If you can do it for me, I'll give you 100,000 yuan."

The person on the other end of the phone reacted as if they'd been electrocuted, asking, "Sis, you're not lying to me, are you?"

Liu Li said, "Why would I lie to you! Some kid cheated your brother-in-law out of his company, and now I want him to return it, but he won't. This afternoon, get a few friends to come to Jiangda University and help me scare that kid. I'll give you 20,000 yuan when we meet this afternoon."

The other party eagerly pressed on, "What time in the afternoon?"

"I'll be there at five o'clock."

Liu Li said, "It's still uncertain what time that kid will come out. If he doesn't come out, we'll have to go in and look for him."

The other party readily agreed, "Okay, I'll tell our boss, and I'll go over later tonight."

Liu Li asked in surprise, "Xiao Hu, what kind of work do you do now? Do you work at night?" The other person replied with a hint of pride, "I'm currently working as a bouncer for the third young master of the Su family's disco."

There aren't many people with the surname Su. In Jiangcheng, if you mention the Su family, anyone with a bit of social circle knows that they are the owners of Jinhan Real Estate.

Liu Li knew nothing about nightclubs, but when she heard that it was the third young master of the Su family, she felt that he was quite impressive. The son of a billionaire must be no ordinary person.
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At noon, Chen Cheng asked Tang Jiakai to arrange a lunch, as he wanted to invite Chen Wei to have a meal together.

The dinner wasn't far away; it was at a Sichuan restaurant.

The Sichuan restaurant's business is so-so. Half of its daily revenue comes from Chen Cheng's team. Even the lunch and dinner of the roommates in the printing shop are provided by the Sichuan restaurant owner.

Before the agreed time arrived, Chen Cheng and everyone held a brief work meeting on the second floor. The routine work meeting was free of formalities. They first checked the current work progress, then confirmed the project requirements and their respective responsibilities, and then checked if anyone had any problems with the progress.

After arriving at the Sichuan restaurant, Chen Wei did not see Tang Jiakai, so he called him.

Then, he saw Tang Jiakai and Chen Cheng come down from the second floor.

Chen Wei had been to this restaurant before and knew there was another floor upstairs. He assumed Tang Jiakai had arranged for them to eat upstairs, so he went straight up to greet them.

Unexpectedly, Tang Jiakai immediately said, "Let's eat downstairs."

Chen Wei was a little puzzled. "What are you two doing up here while we're eating downstairs?"

Thinking about it, she glanced at Chen Cheng a few more times.

Although he knew of Chen Cheng's existence, he had never actually met him.

He used to be Yang Siqi's partner, but he wasn't Yang Siqi's lackey. Whether Yang Siqi was canvassing buildings or causing trouble at the printing shop, he didn't follow him.

So when he saw Chen Cheng, he didn't expect this young man to be the founder of Xiaonei. He only thought that he might be Tang Jiakai's classmate, or most likely a colleague who worked with him on Xiaonei.

Chen Cheng then greeted the boss and asked him to tidy up the corner seat. Tang Jiakai then patted Chen Wei on the shoulder and led him to sit down.

As soon as the three of them sat down, Chen Cheng sat on one side, while Tang Jiakai sat opposite Chen Wei.

The dining table was for four people, so Chen Wei asked Tang Jiakai curiously, "Jiakai, where's your boss?"

Tang Jiakai pointed to Chen Cheng across from him: "This is our boss."

"What?"

Chen Wei was a little confused.

Before Chen Wei and Yang Siqi broke up, they had discussed the matter of the owner of Xiaonei.com.

Although none of them knew who the owner of Xiaonei.com was, they all reached a consensus that the owner of Xiaonei.com must be very rich and must be a master of mine. Perhaps he already has other successful cases outside, but they just don't know about them.

After all, the monthly operating costs of such a website are probably comparable to their annual income. Moreover, they even set up a printing shop, which would cost tens of thousands of yuan even with minimal investment.

Before he arrived, he had already mentally imagined the general image of the owner of Renren.com. He thought that he should be very similar to Lei, the famous senior student at his school, or even the same type of person.

He even wildly speculated that the boss might actually be Senior Lei.

But he never imagined that the owner of Renren.com would be a young man who was not even as old as him.

Seeing that he seemed a little confused, Chen Cheng took the initiative to extend his hand to him and said with a smile, "Hello, Senior Chen, I am a freshman in the School of Computer Science, my name is Chen Cheng."

Chen Wei was absolutely stunned.

He stared at Chen Cheng in disbelief and asked, "You're Chen Cheng?"

Chen Cheng asked him with a smile, "Senior Chen, have you heard of me?"

Chen Wei nodded: "I heard Yang Siqi mention you. He said you were in charge of the campus printing shop, and that you must be working for the owner of Renren.com. It turns out you're the owner of Renren.com..."

At this point, Chen Wei felt his brain wasn't quite working properly, so he tried asking Chen Cheng, "Since you're the owner of Renren.com, then the thing about Renren Printing Club advertising on the Galo Forum before, that must have been your doing, right?"

Chen Cheng said with a frank expression, "That's right, I did it."

Chen Wei was somewhat annoyed and said sullenly, "To be honest, you did handle this matter rather poorly."

"Unrefined?"

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "I added Yang Siqi as a friend and asked him about advertising. I also gave him the price he wanted, and he approved my ad. He thought that my posting of the printing shop's ad would not affect him at all. It was a mutually agreeable cooperation. How did it become that I was being unreasonable?"

Chen Wei looked at Chen Cheng and said, "You're advertising for a printing shop, but your printing shop is promoting your school's intranet. The principle of Galo Forum is not to advertise for any other website. Isn't this a roundabout way of achieving your goal?"

Chen Cheng smiled innocently and asked him, "What's wrong with taking a roundabout approach to saving the country? Does taking a roundabout approach not count as saving the country?"

(End of this chapter)