Ningcheng University School of Information and Engineering.
Gu Qingqing smiled, rejected another boy asking for her contact information, packed her things, and left.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Gu Qingqing followed Tan Jincheng's suggestion to learn more about the internet, often auditing classes at the School of Information and Engineering for this purpose.
Engineering schools are mostly male, and the few decent-looking girls were long since taken by senior students.
So, when a girl with an excellent figure and appearance from another department suddenly arrived, it naturally attracted a pack of wolves howling wildly.
However, it was a pity, the flower already had an owner.
Whenever she recalled September 17, 2005, also the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and her visit to Tianyi Square in Ningcheng that morning, Gu Qingqing always felt that this year was full of various unexpected events.
She unexpectedly met a big boy through a senior student, unexpectedly worked for him, and then an unexpected attempt to inquire about some information from him led to a deepening of their contact.
After more contact, the development of things was no longer within Gu Qingqing's control.
She even followed him to Hucheng out of curiosity to see celebrities, and they spent two months together during the summer vacation.
Of course, the entire process was primarily work-oriented.
Until the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, everything changed.
Rewind to the morning of September 17.
After Tan Jincheng said, "Be my girlfriend," Gu Qingqing was completely stunned.
It was the first time a boy had confessed to her, and it was someone she secretly liked.
To say she wasn't happy would be a lie, but deep down, she also had significant concerns, primarily the mismatch in their identities and statuses.
Tan Jincheng was a young rich man with assets exceeding ten million.
He was also handsome enough.
If his identity were exposed, he would certainly not lack female companions.
Although he now lived no differently than an ordinary factory owner, that was just because he hadn't yet realized his true identity.
She had heard her father say when she was little that wealthy people with industries held very high status in the local area; ordinary people dared not easily provoke them, and whatever they wanted, as long as it wasn't too excessive, they could easily obtain it.
The reason wasn't how much money they had, but because their industries could solve many local problems.
Helping others solve problems was also helping themselves solve problems, making money seem less important.
If, as he said, he could grow his industry to an annual output value of 1 billion within five years, that would be an incredible achievement, and his own status would rapidly climb.
She knew she couldn't keep up with his pace no matter what.
Would he still like her as much then?
On the other hand, she was only a sophomore now, with two years left until graduation.
These two years would definitely be focused on academics, so was it a bit too early to define their relationship at this point?
As for outside gossip, Gu Qingqing didn't care much, because she could say with a clear conscience that when she first met Tan Jincheng, her family was still much better off, and she wasn't dating him for money.
What attracted her most to Tan Jincheng was his good looks, his gentle and considerate way of treating people, and his enigmatic talent and work ability.
But fortunately, that omnipotent man had considered all these worries.
"Human nature cannot withstand tests. I only know that I like you now. I can't guarantee if I'll like you this much in the future, but none of that matters. What matters is that we believe in our feelings now."
"Also, you don't have to worry about this at all. As long as you're confident enough, maybe one day you won't like me anymore and you'll dump me?"
"Furthermore, what I meant by talking about dreams and such earlier is that these next few years will be focused on my career. We can maintain a relationship, but it's impossible for us to be together every day like other couples, so it's unlikely to hinder your studies."
Yes, if I'm confident enough, why should I worry about these things?
I can study hard and start my own business in the future.
Moreover, with such big dreams, it's impossible for him to be together every day like campus couples.
A light rain was falling from the sky.
Gu Qingqing walked with an umbrella towards the school bus stop.
The School of Information and Engineering was on the North Campus, and the School of Foreign Languages was on the East Campus, about 3 kilometers apart.
In the past, when the weather was good, Gu Qingqing would ride her electric scooter.
Just then, the sound of a car horn "Beep, beep, beep" came from behind Gu Qingqing.
Immediately after, a familiar voice came through the lowered car window:
"Beautiful lady, need a ride?"
Gu Qingqing turned around to see Tan Jincheng.
A little delighted, she stepped forward and asked,
"How come you're here?"
"To pick you up. Come on, let's go eat,"
Tan Jincheng smiled.
Skillfully getting into the passenger seat and placing her backpack in the back, Gu Qingqing turned to Tan Jincheng and said,
"I mean, how come you had time to come today? It's not the weekend."
"Oh, I saw it was raining quite heavily around noon, and I figured you probably didn't ride your scooter today. Anyway, I didn't have much to do this afternoon, so I came to check."
Gu Qingqing said with a hint of mischief,
"Didn't you say you were focusing on your career? How can you have nothing to do? You're being disingenuous."
"Heh, little girl, you don't understand, do you? I'm waiting for you. If I go too fast, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up."
"Pfft, I don't believe you, you're just being disingenuous."
Despite saying that, Gu Qingqing was exceptionally happy inside.
Even the most rational girl yearned for these little surprises in a relationship.
Their last meeting was on the weekend four days ago.
"What have you been learning? Tell me about your recent study achievements."
"Haven't learned much, just started to understand these things, not even at an introductory level."
"No hurry, take your time. You still have two years. If you can learn something and build some connections in the School of Information by the time you graduate, I'll give you a surprise then."
"What? You want to support me in starting a business?"
"Yes, I'll be your angel investor then. How about it?"
"Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"What am I afraid of? Besides, aren't I here?"
Since Gu Qingqing had ideas for internet entrepreneurship, it wasn't impossible to make some arrangements without affecting her main studies.
It was still the PC internet era, and capital hadn't formed a true monopoly; it was a free-for-all.
However, by the time Gu Qingqing graduated, it would be 2008.
Should 2008 be considered the first year of 3G? And Android entering China should be 2009, which also meant that the PC era was entering its twilight.
The timing was just right.
After graduation, she could start to lay out plans for the mobile internet.
In the early stages, she could develop discreetly, slowly accumulating technology, and it might come in handy at the right moment.
The mobile internet era was an era of giants.
In terms of burning money, Tan Jincheng certainly didn't have the ability to compete with giants.
However, it wasn't impossible to carve out a path with a small cost by taking a different approach.
Figures like the "Two Mas and One Zhang" would eventually come to the forefront.
It would be impossible to stop them halfway.
Forget about the two Mas; accumulating more shares of Xiaoma's company was the real deal.
Xiaoma's company's stock rose quite well in September.
Now with money in hand, the money previously lent to Shanchi in his personal name could be repaid.
With the relaxed schedule in September, buying stocks was a no-brainer.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tan Jincheng entrusted a stockbroker in Xiangjiang to purchase another 100,000 shares of QQ at a price of 7.8 Hong Kong dollars.
He currently held 200,000 shares of QQ stock.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, QQ's growth continued to be astonishing, currently exceeding 9 Hong Kong dollars, with a market value exceeding 1.8 million Hong Kong dollars.
As for Maotai, Tan Jincheng also didn't give up.
In August, Maotai had a dividend payout and bonus share issue: 5 yuan dividend for every 10 shares, and 2 bonus shares.
After the dividend, the Maotai shares held in the account reached 5,400 shares.
So Tan Jincheng directly used the dividend cash plus over 200,000 transferred funds to purchase another 4,600 shares, bringing his total to 10,000 shares.
At its peak, the market value alone exceeded 20 million yuan, and coupled with historical dividends, that was truly no small sum.
However, Maotai actually had a high bonus share issue, which was somewhat unexpected for Tan Jincheng.
He remembered media promoting Maotai as always paying dividends but never having secondary financing after listing, so what was this high bonus share issue?
But never mind that.
A high bonus share issue at a stock price of forty or fifty yuan was essentially giving out money.
However, Maotai's growth was much weaker compared to QQ.
Tan Jincheng bought it around 47 yuan, and even now, Maotai's stock price was only about 48 yuan, and it looked like it was going to fall further.
Unlike QQ, where the first purchase earned 70% and the second also yielded 15% profit.
In terms of stocks, Xiaoma's company was more generous.
Unlike Old Ma, whose company's stock shouldn't be touched, and even the stocks he invested in shouldn't be touched.
The corporate style determined the investment styles of the two companies.
QQ could funnel traffic to its invested companies; giving money when needed, and resources when needed.
Therefore, companies invested by Xiaoma generally thrived.
Old Ma's company, however, was different.
The companies he invested in were all for funneling traffic to the Taobao ecosystem.
One creating blood, one sucking blood, naturally led to different outcomes.
As for Brother Zhang's company, he was currently still in university, so there was no immediate need for strategic planning.
Of course, if there was an opportunity, he wouldn't let it pass.
Investing in a few shares of Xiaoma's company and exchanging them for resources later if needed would also be a good idea.
These three companies, if they didn't focus on their main business, certainly couldn't beat them and the capital behind them.
Learning from Durant, if you can't beat them, join them, is one method.
Besides this somewhat embarrassing idea, there weren't no other methods.
If one were to ask whose money was the most profitable to earn, it was undoubtedly women.
Money could also be made from women on the internet.
In his previous life, two apps thrived remarkably well despite being besieged by giants.
One of them not only thrived but also had a significant influence by 2023.
That was a certain book app that Brother Zhang wanted to acquire for 20 billion USD but failed.
Tan Jincheng's internet strategy wasn't for making money, but for gaining a certain degree of media influence, which would be more beneficial for promoting his own brand.
Investing in a certain sound app was the best way.
If that didn't succeed, a certain book app was also a good channel.
If Gu Qingqing could get ahead and create that certain book app, and it developed along the same trajectory as in his previous life, it might be a very good negotiation tool.
If he was fortunate enough to spend this life with Gu Qingqing, with him as an industrial giant and her as an internet elite, it would certainly make for a fine story in the business world.
(End of chapter)
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