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

Chapter 184: Vision is the most important quality for entrepreneurs.

Chen Wei was speechless at Chen Cheng's frankness.

He also knew that business competition was all about using one's own unique skills.

If you lack the ability and misjudge the situation or the enemy, it would be quite shameful to blame the enemy at that point.

Chen Cheng could tell that Chen Wei had some feelings for the Galo Forum, and since the Galo Forum was now half-dead, he must have some resentment in his heart.

He was too lazy to explain or persuade the other party. Instead, he asked with a curious look, "Senior Chen, my indirect approach can at most be considered as exploiting loopholes in your rules, but you have been launching direct attacks on the school's intranet. How do you explain that? That's no longer an indirect approach, is it?"

Chen Cheng's words made Chen Wei blush instantly.

In particular, Tang Jiakai was sitting next to him.

At the time, Tang Jiakai broke up with Yang Siqi because he refused to attack Renren.com.

Although he didn't want to do such a despicable thing, he couldn't resist Yang Siqi's coercion and enticement, and finally chose to compromise.

Now that Chen Cheng has suddenly asked, he really has no way to explain himself.

Seeing Chen Wei's ashamed expression, Chen Cheng waved his hand and casually said, "Senior Chen, since we're here to discuss cooperation today, let's not bring up old grievances. I believe Senior Tang has already told you about the conditions I'm offering. If you want to join this team, let's get down to business. What do you think?"

Chen Wei felt embarrassed, and Chen Cheng had just given him a way out, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's get down to business."

Chen Cheng asked him, "I wonder if you're interested in the position and salary of R&D Director? If you think it's acceptable, then we can talk directly about the work ahead. If you have any questions about this position, or about our team and product, you can ask them now, and I'll answer them for you on the spot."

Chen Wei thought for a moment and said, "I'm interested in and can accept the position and salary, but I want to fight for some shares for myself."

At this point, fearing that Chen Cheng might think he was being too arrogant, he added, "It's not that I necessarily want you to give me shares right now. What I mean is that we should set a trial period. If I perform as expected during this trial period, then I hope I can get some shares."

Chen Wei studied cases of internet companies both at home and abroad, and he realized long ago that if he wanted to really make money on the internet, he either had to start his own business and become his own boss, or become a shareholder of a company with potential.

Having shares in hand means having a truly promising future.

No matter how well you perform, you will never achieve financial freedom if you are only earning a fixed salary.

Tang Jiakai shook his head inwardly after hearing Chen Wei's words.

He wanted both salary and shares, but he knew he wasn't qualified to even think about shares yet.

Chen Wei hasn't even joined the team yet, but he's already eyeing the shares. He's afraid Chen Cheng will think Chen Wei is overestimating himself or being arrogant.

Chen Cheng wasn't surprised.

For workers, although their abilities vary, everyone, deep down, wants more and more, which is human nature and understandable.

However, Chen Wei clearly overestimated his own value and underestimated the value of Renren.com.

Xiaonei.com will soon grow into a website valued at over 100 million US dollars. To get even a small percentage of shares on the website, you would have to prove that you are worth millions of US dollars.

So, he smiled but said firmly, "Senior Chen, we can talk about the shares, but not now. It's like you can't start discussing how many children a girl will have for you after you've just met her. That's taking too big a step and putting the cart before the horse."

Chen Wei said, "I have ten percent of the shares in the Galo Forum, which Yang Siqi promised me from the beginning."

Chen Cheng nodded and asked, "Then may I ask if he signed an agreement with you? Now that you've left the Galo Forum, has he bought back the 10% of shares he gave you? Or to put it more bluntly, did those so-called 10% of shares allow you to earn even a penny more? Is there a year-end bonus?"

Chen Wei was speechless.

Yang Siqi's offer of 10% of the shares, though made very readily, is now nothing more than an empty promise; I didn't actually earn a single extra penny from those 10%.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Chen Cheng continued, "Many times, projects are looking for the right people, and people are looking for the right projects. Good projects will constantly encounter many excellent people, but people won't encounter many excellent projects."

"It is said that women fear marrying the wrong man and men fear entering the wrong industry. People are individuals. Only when they encounter the right project can they have the opportunity to take off. If they never encounter the right project, they are likely to remain mediocre."

Hearing Chen Cheng's words, Chen Wei and Tang Jiakai both seemed to be deep in thought.

Chen Cheng continued, "I don't know how long you've been working on the Galo Forum, but I can say for sure that this project is mediocre, even a failure. It's nothing compared to Renren.com, which only took ten days to reach a million users and just one day to overturn all other university student forums in the country. So you'll see, I don't want to destroy the Galo Forum; I want to destroy all websites like the Galo Forum." Chen Wei suddenly looked up, surprised, and asked, "Renren.com already has over a million users?"

"It broke yesterday, and we gained 500,000 new users over the weekend."

Chen Cheng spoke casually, but his expression revealed undisguised confidence.

He then continued, “By the end of this week, I am confident that the number of users on Renren.com will exceed three million or even higher. By the end of this year, it will definitely become a product with tens of millions of users. And now, you have the opportunity to join this project in the very early stages. I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you. If I hadn’t focused my recruitment efforts on Jiangnan University, I probably wouldn’t have considered you at all.”

Chen Cheng's words were not workplace PUA, but rather Chen Wei clearly misunderstood the situation.

Chen Wei's current qualifications, abilities, and potential are far inferior to those of Xiaonei.com.

If he doesn't even realize the potential of Renren.com, he wouldn't want to use it, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to use it well.

Therefore, I must make him see the situation to some extent: there are plenty of talented people who are good at development, but good projects are extremely rare.

After listening, Chen Wei fell into deep thought.

A minute later, he looked at Chen Cheng and said solemnly, "I am willing to join Renren.com and will do my best to fulfill the role of R&D Director!"

Chen Cheng nodded in satisfaction and said, "Now is a critical period for our vigorous development, so I don't plan to give you any preparation time. It would be best if you could start working now."

"Now?"

Chen Wei was a little dazed and said, "No problem today. I can work from my dorm room when I get back. It would be even better if you have a fixed workplace where you can work from home."

Tang Jiakai patted his shoulder and laughed, "Come on, let me take you to the second floor."

Chen Wei was confused: "We just sat down, why are we moving to the second floor again?"

Tang Jiakai laughed and said, "You'll find out when you go up there."

Chen Wei was puzzled, but seeing the two smiling faces, he felt that there must be something he hadn't expected.

So he stood up and said, "Let's go take a look."

As he stepped upstairs, the original structure and layout of the second floor were already in Chen Wei's mind.

But when he went up there, he was surprised to find that the dining table and chairs he remembered were nowhere to be found. Instead, there were desks and computers everywhere, making it look like a studio. There were even quite a few classmates there.

Chen Wei turned around, looking at Chen Cheng and Tang Jiakai in surprise, and blurted out, "Is Renren.com located here?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng nodded: "This place can hold about twenty people. It's currently operating at half capacity. If it's fully loaded, I'll rent the second floor next door. I've already inquired about it. The area next door is about the same size, and the entire second floor is a single concrete structure with few load-bearing walls, so most of them can be knocked down. If we take a few more rooms, we can fit a hundred people."

Surprised, Chen Wei couldn't help but ask, "With such a great product like Renren.com, why don't you ask the school for some preferential policies? At the very least, you can definitely solve the office space problem."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "It's not easy to take advantage of the school. You've been working at the Galo Forum for so long, you should know that once you take the school's benefits and enjoy its preferential policies, you become a startup project supported by the school. If it doesn't take off, that's fine, but once it does, school leaders will come to inspect it from time to time, and leaders from other schools will also come to check it out occasionally. It might even be reported as a classic case and promoted to the outside world. At that time, the founder will be dragged to participate in various activities, meetings, speeches, and interviews by tabloid reporters. It's really too much of a waste of time."

"Besides, I started my business to make money, not to get a position at the school. I can't let those trivial things distract me. So it's simpler and more dignified to spend my own money."

Then, Chen Cheng added, "Oh, by the way, Senior Chen, I hope you can keep the fact that I'm the founder of Renren.com and our startup base a secret. I don't want to make a scene at school."

Chen Wei suddenly realized that Chen Cheng and Yang Siqi were two completely different kinds of people.

Yang Siqi has always adhered to the principles of operating at the lowest cost and maximizing profits. To this end, he has tried to get close to the college leaders and even engaged in some sycophantic activities and posts on the Galo Forum. Looking back now, although he gained some cost benefits, the extra effort he put in was indeed considerable. If he had focused his energy on doing things, the value he created might have been far greater than the value he saved.

Moreover, Yang Siqi's motivation for starting his business, besides making money, was to use the Galo Forum to implement the same system within the school. The Galo Forum deserves at least half the credit for his becoming the student council president.

After reviewing Yang Siqi's entrepreneurial journey, and looking at Chen Cheng, who had just started his freshman year of college, Chen Wei finally realized that vision is the most important quality for an entrepreneur.

(End of this chapter)