At the end of December, a heavy snow fell, blanketing the entire University of Finance and Economics campus in silver, making it exceptionally enchanting.
Early in the morning, Blue Knights in blue battle robes, riding electric scooters, shuttled through every corner of the university campus.
Although Renren Waimai had not yet expanded nationwide, it had deeply cultivated the market in major universities in Dongjiang, creating an extraordinary industry chain.
Currently, Renren Waimai had genuinely changed the lifestyle of university students in Dongjiang.
At that time, many freshmen who had just entered the university were particularly curious about it.
After trying it, they decisively chose to lie flat.
Why bother running far to get food when you can wait for it to be delivered to your dorm, especially after a snowfall like this?
At ten in the morning, when classes officially began.
While teachers in various classrooms were lecturing enthusiastically, large loudspeakers in every corner of the university simultaneously blared out.
Some teachers were reluctant to stop, but the loudspeaker's volume was too high, so they had to give up.
For a moment, all the teachers and students in the school obediently pricked up their ears, listening to the broadcast.
"At nine o'clock this morning, Mr. Chen Pingjiang, founder and chairman of Renren.com, returned to his alma mater. University Party Secretary and President Ning Yongde met with Chen Pingjiang and his entourage."
"Both parties held discussions on establishing the Dongjiang University of Finance and Economics Innovation Fund Project. As the initiator of the Innovation Fund, Chen Pingjiang donated ten million yuan to the fund, and President Ning Yongde presented Chen Pingjiang with a donation commemorative plaque."
"President Ning thanked Chen Pingjiang for his support of the University of Finance and Economics' development.
He stated that the University of Finance and Economics has a 'constantly evolving' and innovation-advocating cultural tradition, and the University of Finance and Economics Innovation Fund will play a leading role in fostering a stronger innovative atmosphere within the university.
Renren.com has developed rapidly in the past year, and we look forward to even better future development for the new generation of outstanding Dongcai alumni represented by Chen Pingjiang."
"Chen Pingjiang stated that as a sophomore student currently studying at the University of Finance and Economics, he received high attention and support from leaders at all levels of the university during the initial stages of his entrepreneurship. Without the university's help, there would be no Renren.com today."
"The Dongcai Innovation Fund was officially launched in January 2008, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship projects by students, graduates, and faculty members of the University of Finance and Economics through philanthropic means.
The fund's investment stage is seed funding, with a single investment not exceeding 1 million RMB. The fund is also open to other alumni for donations. Additionally, to support the university's faculty and talent team development, Chen Pingjiang donated 5 million yuan to the Nankai Talent Development Fund."
"It is reported that Renren.com completed its Series B financing on December 25th. This round of financing totaled a record-breaking 875 million US dollars, including 250 million US dollars in Class B shares and 625 million US dollars in Class D shares.
After financing, Renren.com's valuation has exceeded 4 billion US dollars, making it a leader among unlisted internet groups in China..."
This was a rare school-wide broadcast.
Usually, news broadcasts would take place around four or five in the afternoon, during non-class hours.
But the University of Finance and Economics chose to broadcast at ten in the morning, making its intention clear.
The resonant sound of the huge loudspeakers even reached the neighboring universities, making the leaders of those universities a bit envious.
After about ten minutes, the school-wide broadcast finally stopped.
Just as the teachers were about to resume their lectures, they found the classrooms abuzz with chatter, unable to quiet down.
They simply gave up on lecturing and let the students discuss to their hearts' content.
"Oh my goodness, although I've always heard that our senior Chen Pingjiang is amazing, I never expected him to be this amazing. His net worth is conservatively estimated to be over 15 billion, that's terrifying."
"I just secretly checked. According to this year's Forbes rich list, senior Chen Pingjiang can rank in the top thirty, and he's the youngest on the list."
"It's incredibly impressive to have such a senior. Every time I talk about him with someone, I feel so proud."
"Good thing I applied to our school this year, haha. I guess next year's admission scores will go up even more."
Unlike other students in the university, the students of Industrial Management Class 4 had mixed feelings upon hearing this news, mainly because they were classmates with Chen Pingjiang and were the group of people who had the most contact with him in the university.
Most people had a great impression of Chen Pingjiang and were proud of his achievements.
However, some felt uneasy, wondering how, as classmates in the same class, their lives could be so disparate.
......
As soon as Chen Pingjiang finished work, He Zhiyu sent a Rolls-Royce to pick him up.
One never visits a temple without a purpose.
Given their relationship, He Zhiyu had no need to go to such lengths, so Chen Pingjiang figured there must be other people involved.
When they met, it was just as Chen Pingjiang had expected.
Not only were He Zhiyu, Liu Cheng, and others present, but also Zhong Chi, the president of Dongxing Sub-branch, and Shi Zongfang, the key account manager, whom Chen Pingjiang had met at the company before.
Seeing Chen Pingjiang frown, He Zhiyu quickly seized the opportunity to go to the restroom and explained to Chen Pingjiang.
"Old Zhong has approached me several times, and I couldn't really refuse him. The main reason is that the property speculation group that Old Liu, Old Wan, and I formed previously borrowed some money from their bank because our funds were a bit short.
Now he's coming to me for a favor, what do you say... it's also my fault, I have a loose tongue. One time when I drank too much, I talked about you."
Chen Pingjiang just smiled at this:
"President Zhong really is ubiquitous. Since that's the case, let's make the best of it."
Hearing him say that, He Zhiyu breathed a sigh of relief and gave a thumbs up:
"Brother, you're loyal."
Those in business all have debts of gratitude that they can't simply escape.
If He Zhiyu didn't help Zhong Chi this time, there would be more trouble later.
"Chairman Chen, please don't take offense. Today, President Zhong and I begged Mr. He for a long time before he agreed to help with the introduction. Please don't blame him."
Shi Zongfang, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, had a wisp of hair falling down, making her look even more feminine.
With the button at the waist of her suit fastened, her prominent chest appeared even larger.
After visually assessing, Chen Pingjiang came to a final conclusion.
36D!
Shi Zongfang, holding a wine bottle, walked to Chen Pingjiang's side, bent slightly, and chuckled as she filled his decanter.
An intense fragrance wafted to Chen Pingjiang's nose, and in his peripheral vision, Shi Zongfang's snow-white cleavage was completely unguarded, deep and bottomless.
Chen Pingjiang gave a wry smile.
People often say that men go bad when they have money.
But sometimes, it really isn't the men's fault.
Sugar-coated bullets are everywhere.
Can you dodge them once, and dodge them every single time?
Bad people want to corrupt you, using this to test officials.
How many officials can resist?
Chen Pingjiang nodded noncommittally.
Since President Zhong had already found He Zhiyu, there was no way Chen Pingjiang wouldn't grant him this favor, but he wasn't in a hurry to state his position.
Old Zhong also wasn't in a rush.
He didn't mention the deposit at all, but instead spoke volubly about the stock market and the real estate market.
The atmosphere gradually became lively.
When talking about housing prices, He Zhiyu and the others seemed very excited.
Just as Chen Pingjiang had said, the domestic capital reservoirs were the stock market and real estate.
After the stock market crash, a large amount of capital poured into real estate.
Although it wasn't obvious yet, many properties in first-tier cities had already started raising their prices.
This woman, Shi Zongfang, was truly exceptional.
Or rather, anyone who can become a key account manager must have some real skills.
What made Chen Pingjiang curious was that such a person was not in a main branch, but in a sub-branch below it.
Every frown, smile, and movement exuded feminine charm, enough to make every man's heart ache with desire.
If one were to find a model.
It would be Gong Xinliang, who played the beautiful and sexy female secretary Miumiu beside Fan Wei in Feng Xiaogang's movie "If You Are the One".
Did you think she was making some kind of insinuation?
Sorry, that was just her unconventional body language.
After a few rounds of drinks.
President Zhong finally revealed his thoughts:
"Mr. Chen, our sub-branch is still short of 200 million yuan for this year's deposit target. I hope you can give us an opportunity to let our entire bank serve you. At the same time, I guarantee that this money will not be moved around arbitrarily; you can transfer it out whenever you wish."
Everyone's movements paused, and the laughter stopped.
After stringing everyone along for a while, Chen Pingjiang finally nodded:
"President Zhong has found the right person today. I must give face to Old He, Old Liu, and Old Wan. I can satisfy your request, and I hope you will take good care of them in the future."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Chi's face lit up with excitement.
He quickly said,
"Thank you, thank you! As for Old He, you can rest assured; as long as I'm around, there will be no problems at all."
Compared to Zhong Chi's joy, He Zhiyu and the other two exchanged glances, their expressions not looking very good.
Chen Pingjiang's words just now were unintentional on the speaker's part, but intentional on the listener's, as if he was giving them a hint.
To be honest, among the three of them, Wan Qiping in particular had the most right to speak about Chen Pingjiang's character.
"To be grateful and seek to repay kindness" was a very fitting phrase for Chen Pingjiang.
Just that initial order of 128,000 yuan made Chen Pingjiang remember it, and subsequently, Wan Qiping also got into higher circles and earned money beyond his imagination.
But favors cannot be squandered like this.
Especially since He Zhiyu had long planned to be irrevocably tied to Chen Pingjiang.
At that moment, he secretly warned himself that he could never do such crappy things again, otherwise Chen Pingjiang would definitely not include him in his plans anymore.
On the way back, Chen Pingjiang refused Shi Zongfang's offer to give him a ride.
This woman was very formidable; she appeared to be a socialite on the surface, but in reality, ordinary people couldn't get into her car.
Her intentions were very pure and blatant, and getting involved would be a big trouble.
......
The next day, Tian Hongrui brought good news.
After three months of waiting, DNF finally obtained its publication license.
This meant that the well-prepared online game company could launch at any time.
"How is the progress of the national channel rollout currently?"
Chen Pingjiang asked.
Tian Hongrui was still excited:
"It's all ready. The nearby provinces and cities are channels we've laid out ourselves, and for more distant provinces and cities, we've found powerful local agents. Our field promotion staff cannot cover those areas in a short time."
Chen Pingjiang nodded:
"Then let's set it for January 8th. There aren't many days left. During this time, prepare advertisements for all regions and launch them all at once. Also, coordinate the preliminary promotional work with the Renren.com Business Group."
The launch of DNF held extraordinary significance for Chen Pingjiang and Renren.com.
This was a genuine cash cow.
Although they had waited so long for the publication license, Tian Hongrui's speed was still very fast.
The DNF official website was launched as early as November, followed by a closed beta test that same month.
Subsequently, a second internal test was completed by early December. (Internal tests can be conducted even without a publication license.)
It could be said that DNF currently had everything ready, lacking only the final crucial condition.
The next day, the DNF official website announced:
"Open Beta Press Conference on January 5th, Official Open Beta on January 8th."
(End of Chapter)