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Chapter 288, page 0285: [Have you heard of Panda Burning Incense?]

Saturday.

Chen Guiliang had important business to attend to in the morning, so Tao Xue didn't come to the company. Instead, she went to visit her old classmate from Renmin University. She was the unlucky girl who got the top score in the city exam but didn't dare apply to Tsinghua or Peking University.

Chen Guiliang is signing various documents, and Lü Zhihui is about to travel to the Cayman Islands with his lawyer to register the business.

By mid-morning, things were almost done.

Chen Guiliang casually opened a website to read financial news, and the headline of the financial channel was the newly released "2006 Forbes China Rich List".

Chen Guiliang glanced at the list and then casually moved the mouse to the upper right corner to close it.

Forbes clearly doesn't understand China; it's even less reliable than the notoriously unreliable Hurun.

This year, Forbes listed Huang as China's richest man, the one who is about to go to jail.

The list includes nearly 400 people, but only 15 are from the IT industry. It even includes Yang Lan and her husband, whom Forbes says are involved in the internet and media sectors.

Of the top ten richest people, half are involved in real estate.

Ding Sanshi, the highest-ranking figure in the IT industry, is only ranked 12th on the list of China's richest people.

As for Chen Guiliang, of course he wasn't on the list!
Two weeks ago, Chen Guiliang ranked 438th on the Hurun Rich List.

This year, there are nearly 70 people who are ranked 438th by Hurun, all with assets of 8 million RMB... Although Forbes also has a bunch of people with 8 million RMB, none of them have as much as Hurun.

When the Hurun Rich List was first released, some netizens noticed the absurdity of the situation because of Chen Guiliang, and even posted the list image on Haiwainet to make fun of it.

Chen Guiliang's nickname was also changed from "Chen Ten Billion" to "Chen Eight Billion" by some unreliable netizens.

The Hurun Rich List is actually quite normal, because for unlisted companies, the statistics generally only include the last round of financing, and the valuation is discounted to only 60%. Adding Game Science's assets, Hurun estimates Chen Guiliang's total assets at 8 million yuan.

By the way, Zhou Hongwei also has 8 million on the Hurun list, but he was not included in this year's Forbes list either.

Chen Guiliang had barely closed the webpage when Zhou Hongwei called to complain: "Damn it, Forbes is so arrogant. Bro, have you even looked at this year's Forbes?"

"I've seen it," Chen Guiliang said.

Zhou Hongwei said, "Neither of us got in the queue."

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "Not bad, even Wu Ying from Starcom didn't make it in."

Wu Ying, who once dominated both Ma Ying and Jack Ma, had a company with a market value of $260 billion at its peak.

Because mobile phones became dirt cheap, sales of PHS (Personal Handyphone System) phones plummeted. He's doing terribly now, with a net worth of 8 million on the Hurun Rich List, ranking alongside Chen Guiliang.

Zhou Hongwei lamented, "It's a real pity about Wu Ying. Back then, he was a leading figure in China's high-tech industry."

Chen Guiliang said, "He bet on the wrong horse, so he has no one to blame but himself."

Wu Ying believes that China is still relatively backward, with more than half of the Chinese population unable to afford mobile phones. He argues that even if mobile phone prices drop, they cannot fall so quickly.

Therefore, his conclusion was that PHS phones could still be sold for many years.

So while continuing to develop PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology, he also invested in or acquired mobile phone-related technology companies. He planned to complete the transition from PHS to mobile phones in another six or seven years.

Who knew that China's development speed would change so rapidly!

Of course, Wu Ying remains a wealthy man. His personal investments alone include companies such as Zhongke Microelectronics, Hengtong Optoelectronics, Huayi Brothers, and 58.com.

Zhou Hongwei extended an invitation: "Want to play shooting games together next weekend? It's been a long time since I've played live-action CS."

"I'm too busy lately," Chen Guiliang politely declined.

"Boring," Zhou Hongwei said before hanging up the phone, presumably to meet up with others for a shooting game.

Chen Guiliang sat in front of the computer, muttering to himself, "Zhou Hongwei... 360... antivirus... Panda Burning Incense..."

That national treasure that loves burning incense should be arriving soon.

Anyone who lived through that era has heard of the Panda Burning Incense.

This thing even made it onto the CCTV Evening News.

Chen Guiliang had a painful experience; his graduation thesis was destroyed by Panda Burning Incense! He had to rewrite it in the end.

Having been reborn and still running a company, I have to be on guard.

Six months ago, Chen Guiliang had spoken with Guo Feng and Dong Qianqiu, and even asked them to consult more professional people. Then he issued a series of orders, leaving the employees somewhat bewildered.

For example, updating Microsoft system patches as soon as possible. Internal file transfers must use the Jingkai Collaboration Platform; randomly plugging in USB drives is prohibited…

Jingkai Collaborative Platform is an enterprise information software developed by Wang Zhidong after leaving Sina. Previously, at a Peking University alumni entrepreneurship forum, Wang Zhidong took the opportunity to promote his product. Chen Guiliang agreed to a three-month free trial, and has been using it for a fee ever since.

Panda Burning Incense also tampered with webpage file code and game client. To address this, Chen Guiliang hired several programmers to develop a real-time webpage monitoring system and a game client self-verification module.

Chen Guiliang called Ao Yanchen to his office: "Starting today, no one is allowed to bring USB drives to the company. I will decide when to lift this ban."

"Are you doing this to prevent someone from stealing the documents?" Ao Yanzhen asked, confused.

Chen Guiliang said, "I guess so. During the preparation for the IPO, we have to be careful in everything we do."

This reason cannot be used in Game Science.

It's fine to play the role of a prophet; I can just say I was alerted by a friend at the antivirus software company. The Panda Burning Incense virus sample was discovered last month. In a few days, Rising Antivirus will also receive the virus sample.

However, most computer users do not pay attention to it, and this virus continues to mutate.

Around noon, Chen Guiliang drove to the People's Congress.

"Senior, we're here!" Tao Xue waved from the roadside.

Chen Guiliang drove over and parked the car.

Tao Xue introduced, "This is my high school classmate, Li Qian. She was the top liberal arts student in our city this year, but she was conservative in her college application and didn't apply to Tsinghua or Peking University. Li Qian, this is senior Chen."

Li Qian said with a smile, "Does Senior Chen even need an introduction? The principal has mentioned him countless times."

Tao Xue said, "It's not just the principal. The owner of the bookstore outside the school keeps saying that he knows Chen Guiliang. He even said that Chen Guiliang won the first prize in the essay competition because he often buys books from him."

"Haha, I've heard the shop owner mention it too. I usually buy my copy of 'Reader' from him," Li Qian laughed.

Chen Guiliang smiled and said, "Get in the car, I'll take you to eat."

The two girls sat down, and Tao Xue suggested going for Western food. Chen Guiliang found a reasonably priced restaurant.

Chen Guiliang also had some things to do in the afternoon, so after lunch he sat with them for a while. He planned to let the two girls go shopping on their own, and then take them back to school after he finished his business.

Tao Xue was very understanding: "No need, it's not far anyway. We can walk back ourselves. Senior, go take care of what you need to do, we can't let you interfere with your work."

"How about we send you back to Renmin University now?" Chen Guiliang said.

Li Qian said, "We need to walk around here a bit more."

Chen Guiliang drove back to the company, but instead of going upstairs immediately, he called Li Jian.

The two only met once and exchanged phone numbers. After that, Chen Guiliang's contact with him was limited to inviting Li Jian to join the school's intranet.

Upon receiving the call, Li Jian was still a little confused: "Mr. Chen, hello, have you written another song?"

“No,” Chen Guiliang said, “Do you still remember the original singer of ‘The Wind Rises’?”

Li Jian said, "I remember, she was quite pretty."

Chen Guiliang inquired, "She likes traditional music. What do you think would be a valuable gift for her? I know you like collecting records."

Li Jian thought for a moment and said, "It's a commemorative CD transcribed from Abing's original steel wire. It was recorded last year, and there are only a few dozen copies nationwide."

"How do you get your hands on it? How much does it cost?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Li Jian said, "It's not expensive. The regular version costs two or three hundred yuan and can be bought in many places. There are only a few dozen commemorative editions, which cost about twenty or thirty thousand yuan, but no one is willing to sell them yet."

"Brother, don't tease me. Tell me one that I can buy." Chen Guiliang was both amused and exasperated.

Li Jian asked, "Then don't mention traditional music, but name a modern singer she likes."

Chen Guiliang said, "Luo Dayou and Sun Yanzi."

"Then let's send Luo Dayou's autographed first edition vinyl record of 'Zhi Hu Zhe Ye'," Li Jian suggested.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Is this thing easy to make?"

Li Jian said, "Anyway, it's easier to get than the commemorative edition of Abing's. A signed one costs around 10,000, depending on the situation, it might fluctuate by 2,000 or 3,000. At most, it can sell for 15,000. If you can afford 25,000, I'll help you contact a music store in Taiwan. Also, you'll have to pay for the airfare and accommodation separately. They'll definitely deliver it directly; they can't mail this stuff."

"Then I'll leave it to you. Call me if you need anything," Chen Guiliang promised.

Li Jian smiled and said, "Okay. I'll help you contact them right away, but the timing is uncertain. If the music store doesn't have one themselves, I'll have to help you find another buyer."

Chen Guiliang said, "I don't want to bother two people. Could you help me get a record player that can play vinyl records?"

“This is easy, just wait and see,” Li Jian readily agreed.

Girls need to be coaxed and given enough emotional support; Chen Guiliang felt he had neglected this aspect.

After finishing his work in the afternoon, Chen Guiliang drove over to pick up Bian Guanyue.

Bian Guanyue seemed to have forgotten everything, still chatting and laughing as usual, but not mentioning Tao Xue at all.

Upon arriving at the house jointly registered in their names, Bian Guanyue happily went to buy groceries and cook, as if she were already experiencing married life ahead of time.

Chen Guiliang didn't mention the vinyl record gift; he planned to surprise her later.

It's already the end of November.

The Panda Burning Incense virus has begun to spread on a small scale, and antivirus software such as Rising has also implemented specific measures to combat it. The impact is not significant yet, but the virus has entered a period of rapid mutation.

You're getting more and more amazing!

Chen Guiliang summoned Dong Qianqiu and Guo Feng, instructing them to assign someone to keep a close watch on the Panda Burning Incense and its variants. He even notified Tao Chenggang.

Li Jian hadn't even gotten the vinyl records yet when Chen Guiliang was already off to receive the Beijing Top Ten Outstanding Youth Award and was also going to take this year's CET-4 (College English Test Band 4).

He studied intensively for a month and now finds passing the CET-4 exam a breeze.

(End of this chapter)