Chapter 185 It was actually an acquaintance.

After taking on the position of R&D director, Chen Wei immediately began contacting his most trusted classmate.

In just one afternoon, he assembled a development team of nine people.

Chen Cheng contacted the previous office equipment supplier to add workstations on the second floor of the Sichuan restaurant, hoping they could be put into use tomorrow.

He then held a short meeting with the three directors to determine the hierarchy of authority when problems arise at work.

Although all three of them were directors, Chen Cheng required Chen Wei's development team to unconditionally cooperate with the product director Xiao Peng's requirements, because R&D was meant to serve the product.

As the person in charge of security, Tang Jiakai reports directly to him.

Around 3 PM, Chen Cheng received a text message that read: "Hello Chen Cheng, this is Li Dong, an investment manager at IDG. My plane will be taking off soon. Is our dinner time and place still the same?"

Chen Cheng replied to him: "Hello Manager Li, the time and place for dinner remain unchanged. I look forward to meeting you."

At 5:30, after the last class, Chen Cheng packed up his textbooks and said to his roommates, "You guys go to the printing shop first, I have something to do and need to go out for a bit."

The others readily agreed, but Yan Ruoxuan ran over and asked him curiously, "Chen Cheng, are you going to the disco?"

"Don't go."

Chen Cheng shook his head and casually said, "I made an appointment to have dinner with a friend."

Yan Ruoxuan looked somewhat disappointed and cautiously asked him, "Are you going to have dinner with your high school classmate?"

"No."

Seeing that there was no one else around, Chen Cheng said to her, "An investor came from Yanjing and wants to talk about investing in Xiaonei.com. I've arranged to have dinner with him tonight."

Hearing that he wasn't going to see Lu Youyou, Yan Ruoxuan breathed a sigh of relief. Then she realized that Chen Cheng was going to meet with an investor and asked in surprise, "Someone wants to invest in you so soon?"

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "I'm just a little interested, so I came over to chat. I might not actually vote for it."

Yan Ruoxuan said with a confident look, "Xiaonei.com will definitely succeed. If that investor doesn't have a good eye, I can ask my dad to invest some money in you. He likes to invest money everywhere."

Chen Cheng was a little amused and exasperated. Anyone who married a girl like Yan Ruoxuan probably wouldn't even need much brainwashing; she would be able to move her father's assets back to her own little home little by little, just like a squirrel hoarding nuts.

As he walked out of the teaching building with Yan Ruoxuan, he said to her seriously, "Don't ask your dad for help again unless it's absolutely necessary, lest he think I'm the kind of person with ulterior motives. Besides, Renren.com is doing quite well now. Even if the financing deal falls through, I have eighty taxi license plates that I can cash in at any time, so you can rest assured."

Yan Ruoxuan nodded seriously and said with a smile, "Oh right, you still have a lot of taxi license plates. How much is one license plate now?"

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "The scalper just texted me saying it's already 110,000."

"It's rising so fast!"

Yan Ruoxuan found it unbelievable.

When Chen Cheng later collected forty quotas in small batches, he paid for them all himself, and each quota cost just over 40,000 yuan.

In just about ten days, the number of cases skyrocketed to 110,000, like a rocket launch.

She, who had just been worried that Chen Cheng would lack the funds to operate the school's intranet, suddenly felt much more at ease.

Chen Cheng's taxi license plate was worth nine million, while the cost was only a little over four hundred, which meant he already had a profit of nearly five million.

Relieved, she smiled and said to Chen Cheng, "Then you go see the investors. I'll go to the printing shop to see if there's anything I can do to help."

"Row."

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "I'll treat you to a meal after I'm done with this busy period."
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Because Lin Zhenbang made some harsh remarks before leaving yesterday, Chen Cheng deliberately set off early. If Lin Zhenbang dared to talk nonsense to him again today, he would call the police directly to solve the problem once and for all.

In his previous life, Chen Cheng spent four years at Jiangda University and was quite familiar with the university's basic operating logic. He had reviewed the basic procedure for reporting a crime at Jiangda University. Whenever a police officer was dispatched, it would be from the Jialuo Police Station. The Jialuo Police Station was right next to the school and was basically set up specifically for Jiangda. Whenever a Jiangda student had a problem, the police officers would try their best to mediate. If they couldn't mediate, they would contact the Academic Affairs Office directly.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to contacting the academic affairs office. The disadvantage is that the police will definitely have a clear understanding of the cause and effect of the matter through communication with the academic affairs office.

The advantage is that as long as the fault does not lie with a student of this school, the academic affairs office will protect its own students and will definitely not allow them to suffer any grievances or unfair treatment.

Moreover, Jiangnan University is highly valued by the city government in Jiangcheng, and it can exert pressure on relevant departments when problems arise. This is one of the advantages of being a prestigious university.

Because he was confident, Chen Cheng did not deliberately avoid Lin Zhenbang and walked openly toward the main entrance.

Lin Zhenbang arrived half an hour ago.

He was driving his newly bought Accord, with his wife Liu Li in the passenger seat and three young men in the back. The one leaning forward in the middle was Liu Li's cousin, Zuo Hu.

After graduating from high school, Zuo Hu entered society and became an unemployed person. In his early years, he always wanted to make a name for himself in the underworld, but Jiangcheng was full of hidden talents, and there was no chance for him to stand out.

Later, Zuo Hu symbolically followed a boss in the underworld, but because he wasn't high enough, he didn't become a regular member of the boss's inner circle. He was the kind of idle person who would go to him when someone needed him, just to fill in and earn some pocket money. If no one needed him, he wouldn't get a penny.

These thugs are a bit like extras in the thug world, and Zuo Hu is one of those who is miserable but deeply immersed in the role.

It wasn't until recently that Zuo Hu finally got a stable job, thanks to Chen Cheng, because after Liu Shiyu was harassed at the bar, Chen Cheng specifically asked Lao Si to add a few more people.

The fourth brother had long been following Su Ziqiang as his henchman, so he rarely got involved in underworld affairs. In addition, he didn't have much money, so he naturally didn't have any underlings outside. So he found one of Ma Lao's trusted men and asked him to recommend a few underlings to him.

Ma Lao Er was someone who relied on the Su family for their livelihood, so his men were always willing to do anything for Su Ziqiang. When Lao Si asked for people, Su Ziqiang immediately picked a few decent ones from his unofficial underlings. After all, they were to be assigned to Wildness as full-time security guards, so Su Ziqiang couldn't just pick from his own trusted men. This benefited Zuo Hu and a few others.

Although the job was wild and didn't pay much, it was stable, and it was a place that Zuo Hu couldn't afford before, so he cherished the opportunity and was very proactive in his work.

Today is the first time he has taken a day off since he started working here.

The main reason was that the temptation of 100,000 yuan from my cousin and her husband was too great.

So he found two brothers he was on good terms with and decided to try and earn the money his brother-in-law had.

As students began to emerge from the school gates, Zuo Hu asked Lin Zhenbang, "Brother-in-law, what's the plan for later? What do we need to do? Should we beat that kid up?"

Lin Zhenbang said in a serious tone, "This is at the university gate, we definitely can't go too far, otherwise it will be troublesome if we attract the police."

Then, Lin Zhenbang devised a strategy and said, "When that kid comes out later, I'll take you over to greet him first. Don't say anything, I'll do the talking. If he backs down, then this matter is settled. If he doesn't back down, remember what he looks like, and find a chance to teach him a lesson another day."

"That's it!"

Zuo Hu nodded and made an OK sign.

He's done this kind of thing a lot—scaring people in the process. It's just a matter of acting fierce and saying some harsh words. Anyone who's been around the block is good at it.

After explaining everything, Lin Zhenbang said to the group, "Alright, let's get out of the car and wait at the entrance. We can see clearly from closer up. There are more and more people, so don't look back and miss anyone."

Several people quickly got out of the car and stood on the left side of the school gate.

Lin Zhenbang also specifically instructed Zuo Hu: "Xiao Hu, you guys go wait by the roadside. Don't turn around and that kid won't dare to come over if he sees you."

Zuo Hu nodded and beckoned to his two cronies, "Come on, let's go over there and have a smoke."

After Zuo Hu walked away, Liu Li whispered to Lin Zhenbang, "Can someone like Xiao Hu scare that kid?"

"Try it."

Lin Zhenbang said, "If he can't do it, we'll find someone else. If that really doesn't work, we'll make that kid surnamed Chen promise to compensate us a little after the company takes action. In short, we have to make him cough something up."

As he was talking, he saw Chen Cheng walking towards the school gate.

So he immediately said to Liu Li, "That kid's here!"

Chen Cheng saw Lin Zhenbang before he even left the house. Without slowing down, he took out his phone to call the police.

Lin Zhenbang called out to the roadside, "Little Tiger!"

Zuo Hu, who was smoking, knew that the person in question had arrived. He threw his cigarette butt on the ground and ran over with two of his brothers.

Lin Zhenbang had already approached Chen Cheng and asked him in an unfriendly tone, "Brother Chen, what have you thought about what we discussed yesterday?"

Chen Cheng retorted, "When did I say I needed to consider it?"

Lin Zhenbang was furious.

This is truly giving yourself no face at all.

So, he turned to look at Zuo Hu.

Zuo Hu happened to run up to them.

Zuo Hu never expected that the college student his cousin-in-law stopped was actually Manager Chen from the store.

He was momentarily stunned and subconsciously asked, "Manager Chen?"

Chen Cheng recognized him as well.

Although I couldn't recall his name, I knew he was one of the henchmen that Lao Si had recruited.

He chuckled and asked, "You know Boss Lin?"

Lin Zhenbang was also bewildered and asked Zuo Hu, "Xiao Hu, do you know him?"

Zuo Hu's face was extremely ugly. He ignored Lin Zhenbang and quickly said to Chen Cheng, "Manager Chen, this is my brother-in-law. He asked me to help him with something, and I came over without really knowing what was going on. I didn't expect it to be related to you. I'm so sorry!"

Lin Zhenbang was even more surprised. Wasn't Chen Cheng a college student? Why did Zuo Hu call him Manager Chen?

Chen Cheng was surprised to run into an acquaintance, so he said to Zuo Hu, "You talk to your brother-in-law, I have something to do and I have to go first."

Zuo Hu nodded respectfully and said, "Yes, Manager Chen. Take care, Manager Chen."

Chen Cheng ignored Lin Zhenbang, walked to the roadside, hailed a taxi, and got in.

Seeing Chen Cheng leave in the car, Lin Zhenbang immediately asked Zuo Hu, "What's going on, Xiao Hu? Why did you let him go?"

Zuo Hu looked at him angrily and said, "Manager Chen, I'm the manager of the nightclub, and I'm very close to the young lady from Jinhan Real Estate. You're asking me to scare him for you? Are you trying to kill me?"

(End of this chapter)

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