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

Chapter 261 Confessing to Parents

Seeing Yan Ruoxuan's surprised expression, Chen Cheng confirmed, "Yes, going to America? Why are you so surprised?"

Yan Ruoxuan was a little anxious: "Why do you want to go to America when you're studying so well?"

Seeing that she was just as surprised as Su Zishan, Chen Cheng explained the whole story of his trip to the United States.

Yan Ruoxuan thought that Chen Cheng, like those college students, had an American dream. But after listening, she realized that he wanted to open his website in the United States and use it as a springboard to expand to the whole world.

Although she was usually a bit clueless, she was very talented in her major and knew that Chen Cheng's plan was correct. Most Chinese internet companies and products were imported from the American market, and there were no Chinese internet companies that exported products to the United States.

In her view, Renren.com is definitely Chen Cheng's original creation, a groundbreaking social product for young people of this era, and it will surely attract a lot of attention in the American market as well.

At that moment, she suddenly felt very lost.

Chen Cheng chose career over academics. Judging from the life trajectories of those Silicon Valley tycoons who dropped out of school, once they succeeded in starting a business, they never went back to continue their studies.

Some students simply drop out of school, while others take a leave of absence and eventually drop out.

At that moment, Yan Ruoxuan suddenly realized that the gap between her and Chen Cheng had widened dramatically. If he went to the United States, the two of them would be thousands of miles apart, and not only would they not be able to date, but their time would also be more than ten hours apart.

So she asked Chen Cheng, "Will you come back in the future?"

"Yes."

Chen Cheng said with a smile, "If things go well over there, I can go back and forth between the two places. If they don't, I can come back and focus on the domestic market. Anyway, I can advance or retreat as needed."

"understood."

Yan Ruoxuan nodded and asked him, "If you go to America, which city do you plan to go to?"

Silicon Valley, I suppose.

Chen Cheng said, "We will definitely cluster in the core industrial area, which will make it easier to attract people and gather resources."

Yan Ruoxuan said happily, "So you're going to the San Francisco Bay Area, right? My family has a house there that you can stay in, and we also have a car and a gardener."

Chen Cheng wasn't surprised. Yan Ruoxuan's family was at least a multi-billion dollar tycoon, and it would be abnormal if they didn't own houses all over the world.

He said with a smile, "I'll go there first to find an office space and see where it's suitable to work. Then I'll rent an apartment nearby, which will be more convenient."

Yan Ruoxuan asked, "You're going by yourself?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng said, "There aren't many people available in China right now, so I'm going to go there first to scout things out. I've also arranged for people in China to prepare visas. If needed, we can transfer people from China or recruit people locally."

Yan Ruoxuan added, "Then tell me if you need any help. If I can't help you, you can ask my dad."

"Row."
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After Yan Ruoxuan returned home, the campus of Jiangcheng University suddenly became much less crowded.

Jiangnan University allows students to apply to stay on campus during holidays. Chen Cheng submitted his application to his advisor in advance, so he can continue to live in the dormitory alone.

For him, the dormitory was fine except for being cold, and he was quite happy living alone.

Moreover, the senior students working in the entrepreneurship base on the second floor of the Sichuan restaurant have all applied to stay on campus. Everyone usually stays in the entrepreneurship base, which is equipped with air conditioning and electric heaters, so it is much warmer.

Two days later, Chen Cheng took the theory test (Subject 1) and passed it successfully.

He then went inside to practice driving. Since he hadn't driven a manual car for many years, he practiced clutch and accelerator coordination for a few minutes in the driving school's Volkswagen Santana and was able to drive it with ease.

The instructor could tell from his quick learning pace that he must have known how to drive for a long time. This was not surprising, as some children from certain families have been exposed to cars since childhood. Although they do not have a driver's license, they may have several years of actual driving experience. Young people who have driven tractors in rural areas can pick up the car very quickly.

So, after practicing driving a few times, Chen Cheng took his first driving test (Part 2) and passed it with ease.

Since he didn't really need to practice driving, and he had connections at the driving school, he basically took the tests as quickly as possible. On the day of the road test, he and a bunch of classmates from the driving school sat in the back of a Jiefang 141 truck, taking turns to ride in the test vehicle for the road test. The road test was so simple that each person could only drive for a few minutes, and there was no chance to drive any longer.

After getting his driver's license, it was already close to the Chinese New Year, so Chen Cheng didn't even have time to look at used cars before buying a train ticket back to Fancheng.

When he got home, his parents were happy on the surface, but complained that he came home so late, while other children had been home for half a month and he had just arrived.

Chen Cheng felt the atmosphere had been right, so he simply said to his parents, "Dad, Mom, actually, the reason I stayed in Jiangcheng is because I started a business project recently and have been busy with that."

Mr. Chen asked in surprise, "Start a business? What kind of business? You actually went to work part-time while studying?"

Chen Cheng said, "It's not really about working and studying. I just saw that everyone was starting websites, so I started one too. I didn't expect it to be so successful."

"A website?" Chen's father asked nervously, pressing him, "That won't affect your studies, will it?"

The mother was quite easygoing, saying, "Don't worry about it. That's what our son studied. It's normal for him to work on websites. Sister Liu's son works on websites in Beijing, I think their website is something like 'Just search it on Baidu and you'll know'."

Mr. Chen nodded: "That's Baidu. Baidu search. We use Baidu when we want to look up something in the office."

Then he asked Chen Cheng, "Son, what's the name of the website you made?"

Chen Cheng said, "It's called Renren.com. Dad, have you heard of it?"

"Rennenet?"

Mr. Chen stood there, somewhat shocked, and said, "Xiao Wu, a college graduate who was assigned to our department last year, loves playing on Renren.com the most. He talks about it all the time. There are two other young people like him who also play on this website. Son, are you saying that you made this website?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "At the time, I just wanted to create a website for college students to make friends and upload photos. I didn't expect it to become so popular among college students."

Chen's mother said earnestly, "Son, I think you should focus your energy on your studies. You can do things like this after you graduate."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "My website is now a spiritual haven for tens of millions of netizens. What will happen to them if I stop running it?"

Mr. Chen stared blankly: "Tens of millions of netizens? Son, has your Renren.com become that big?"

Chen Cheng feigned helplessness and said, "I originally just wanted to do this at our school and attract our students to come and play together. I didn't expect that word would spread and the number of people would increase so much that there are now tens of millions of people. In order to meet the needs of so many people, I started some paid services, collected some money, and hired some people to do the work. Now we have several hundred employees."

My parents felt like they were listening to a fairy tale. Their son went to university, studied for half a year, and then started a company with hundreds of employees?
This sounds utterly absurd.

Mr. Chen asked instinctively, "With several hundred people, how much would their salaries be each month?"

Chen Cheng said, "The January salary will be around three million yuan. The average monthly salary in the company is now four thousand yuan."

Mr. Chen was even more puzzled: "Your salary alone is more than three million a month, so how much does your company earn in a month?"

Chen Cheng counted on his fingers: "Just from the website alone, the monthly revenue is about ten million yuan, all from netizens buying memberships and virtual products. The average person spends only one or two yuan. We also have to give 15% to the channel partners. In addition to salaries, our monthly social security costs are about several hundred thousand yuan, and office space and other employee welfare expenses are about two or three hundred thousand yuan. Server and bandwidth costs are also very high. However, we can still make several million yuan in profit every month."

Chen's mother pinched the bridge of her nose and said to Chen's father, "Is the child talking nonsense because he is sick?"
Mr. Chen murmured, "Xiao Wu from our department said that it costs tens of yuan a month to use that school intranet, it should... it should be true, right..."

Chen Cheng also said, "Mom, it's true. That's how it is on the internet. If you create something that doesn't become popular, you might not even earn a penny. But if it does become popular, you might become famous all over the country overnight. Our card and board game platform just launched, and its revenue in January has already exceeded ten million."

The parents were unable to recover from the shock for a long time.

Chen Cheng explained several times, clarifying the background and consequences of his creation of Xiaonei.com.

He described the opportunity to create Renren.com as an unintentional stroke of luck.

He attributed the rapid development of Renren.com to user-driven self-propagation.
He also had his own explanation for the revenue scale of Xiaonei.com, but he never expected that a simple membership model would be so popular.

In short, he succeeded in making his parents believe that his success in building Renren.com to its current level was mostly due to luck.

It's not that my parents look down on their child, but the shock this has brought is just too great. If they told the truth, it would feel like they were looking at a monster. By presenting it as an accidental success, my parents are more likely to accept it.

Not only was it easier to accept, but Mr. Chen even felt that it wasn't because his son had great abilities, but because of the blessings of their ancestors in heaven.

Chen Cheng didn't care about the process, only the result. Seeing that the result was what he wanted, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, he mentioned to his parents his idea of ​​taking a break from school to start a business in the United States.

This time, Mom and Dad didn't make the mistake of prioritizing academics above all else.

Both of them are well into their forties and have both lived through hard times, so what truly drives them is pragmatism.

They valued Chen Cheng's studies because they believed that a good university would allow Chen Cheng to find a good job, or at least a stable, secure job, if not a high-ranking one.

But even if you hold a secure job for life, you might not be able to earn hundreds of millions.

Chen Cheng now has a monthly turnover of over ten million yuan, and there may be even greater development prospects in the future. Under these circumstances, taking a leave of absence from school is perfectly acceptable.

Chen Cheng was relieved by his parents' attitude.

Once they've passed this hurdle, I can move on to the next step.

(End of this chapter)