Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 176 Cooperation finalized and data center established
"Mr. Chen, when will we return to China?" Liu Weimin found Chen Pingjiang and asked the question.

A group of people have been in South Korea for three days, and there has been no movement. Many people are puzzled. The initial negotiations have ended in failure, so why don't they leave?

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "Why, isn't it good to let you experience the feeling of paid vacation?"

"It's good, but I feel a little uneasy about taking this money."

I don't have any work every day, I just eat, drink, play, go out, and get paid for free, how can it be bad?
A group of people didn't know what Chen Pingjiang was up to.

Even from their perspective, they feel that the possibility of Renren wanting to be the agent of DNF is close to zero.

However, what was unexpected was that the situation took a turn for the better on the fifth day.

Neople's Li Shixin took the initiative to contact Chen Pingjiang through an intermediary and expressed his willingness to have further discussions with Renren.

When Chen Pingjiang heard this, he knew that the matter was settled.

The chaebol Samsung lives up to its reputation.

After all, in South Korea, people's birth, aging, illness and death are all controlled by the chaebols.

In its previous life, Tencent had no confidence in agents until it followed Samsung’s path.

At present, Chen Pingjiang is ahead of Tencent.

When they returned to the familiar conference room, Li Shixin and his entourage had a different attitude towards Chen Pingjiang, becoming more amiable.

"Mr. Chen, after our last meeting, our company's senior management unanimously agreed that your company is the most sincere and hopes to establish a cooperative relationship with your company."

Li Shixin stopped being pretentious. Anyway, their American master, Samsung, had agreed. As a puppet, what else could Neople say?
Before Chen Pingjiang could say anything, the other members of the negotiation team beside him showed surprise on their faces, with their mouths opened so wide that they could almost swallow a whole tea egg.

what's the situation?
In just a few days, the attitude changed completely.

Did Mr. Chen perform some magic?

But I haven’t seen Chen Pingjiang go out these days.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and raised his eyebrows: "What about the two solutions your company proposed last time?"

Li Shixin smiled awkwardly: "No need, no need. Mr. Chen's sincerity has shown your determination. I believe that no matter which company spends so much money and then fails to operate it well, what's the difference between that and throwing money into the water?"

"As Mr. Chen said, Shanda had no relevant experience before becoming the agent for Legend, but it still helped Legend become a popular game. In addition, Renren, owned by Mr. Chen, is a social networking site with great potential and has excellent publicity channels. We believe you have considerable strength."

Wow, this expression changes so damn fast.

Before Chen Pingjiang could say anything, Li Shixin had already found an excuse for Chen Pingjiang.

The problems before were not called problems!

Previous problems now have solutions!

Sounds dreamy, right?

This kind of thing is unimaginable in a normal sovereign country, but it does exist in the deformed society of South Korea.

There was once a real example.

Two American soldiers went to a Korean restaurant to eat. There were no seats available, so they asked the Koreans to stand up and give up their seats. They first went to a Chinese couple, but after they identified themselves, the American soldiers kept saying sorry. Finally, they went to a Korean couple at the next table and asked them to give up their seats and leave.

Absurd?
What's more, there are countless rape cases committed by American soldiers in South Korea every year, but I have never heard of any soldier being punished by law.

South Korea's wartime operational command is still in the hands of the commander of the US forces in South Korea, not in the hands of the South Korean president; all previous South Korean presidents have not had a good end, and the United States is also behind this... It is impossible for South Korea to be free of US infiltration.

Samsung's influence in South Korea is even more incredible. Can you believe that the sales of a chaebol can account for a quarter of a country's annual GDP?

No matter how serious a crime the head of a group has committed, the final result will always be amnesty.

Samsung is permanent, but South Korean presidents come and go.

Some people joke that there are three inevitable things in Korean lives: death, taxes and Samsung.

Neople gave in and everything went smoothly afterwards.

In the second half of the meeting, the two sides conducted detailed consultations on matters such as cooperation terms, market promotion, and technical support.

In the following days, the two parties quickly and smoothly finalized various details and signed the agency contract.

The speed was so fast that Liu Weimin couldn't react. Liu Weimin, who has been engaged in cross-border business negotiations for a long time, knew too well how long it would take to negotiate normal details, which would take at least half a year.

But why is it so fast this time...

This incredibly young Mr. Chen has extraordinary power behind him. After returning to the hotel, Chen Pingjiang found Shen Nanpeng and gave him a thumbs up as soon as they met.

"Old Shen, awesome! The contract has been finalized. It went so smoothly that I find it incredible."

Shen Nanpeng said with a smile: "This is the case in South Korea. In fact, Tencent has also put pressure on Neople through Samsung, but the level is not as high as ours."

Chen Pingjiang nodded and continued, "The next step is to build the server, promote the game, and establish sales channels for point cards. By the way, you have to help me recruit some people who specialize in game development."

Shen Nanpeng changed the subject: "This time Renren paid 100 million RMB. With the subsequent game promotion, you don't have much money on hand, right? Are you going to raise the B round of financing soon?"

Chen Pingjiang took a deep look at Shen Nanpeng and said, "Not so fast. The advertising fees from the major manufacturers cooperating with Renren Qiangchewei have been paid back one after another, and our financial situation is relatively healthy. After the game is launched, funding will not be a problem. However, I want to build a data center in Dongjiang."

Internet Data Center (IDC) is a sub-field of Internet infrastructure. It is a computer room that configures servers and network connection equipment, and is a carrier for data storage, analysis, and computing. In the Internet era, various Internet application content and data are generated on user devices, transmitted through communication networks, and stored in data centers.

As the number of visits to Renren.com continues to grow, the need for centralized placement and maintenance of equipment and resources such as servers, hosts, and export bandwidth has increased dramatically. In addition, Chen Pingjiang personally attaches great importance to data security, so building a data center is quite necessary.

Most importantly, this involves Renren's next strategic planning.

Once Renren Farm goes online, with its popularity four or five times that of Renren Parking Space, Renren will be completely unable to cope with its current server scale.

DNF also requires a large number of servers. Chen Pingjiang doesn't want to follow Tencent's old path and let DNF become stuck.

As Renren stores more and more videos and pictures, the current number of servers is becoming increasingly insufficient.

Of course, with the advent of the Internet era, new concepts such as cloud computing and big data will emerge in the near future.

Currently, Renren's computer room has reached the point where it has to be expanded, but due to limitations in space and electricity usage, expansion is difficult.

Therefore, building a data center is a must.

Shen Nanpeng was shocked: "What scale do you want to build? If it is a normal scale, the land, buildings, and various licenses and hardware facilities, all of them will cost at least eight figures, and at most hundreds of millions."

"At least 1000 racks in the first phase." Chen Pingjiang thought for a while and said.

Shen Nanpeng was almost dizzy from the torment he was receiving from this young man in front of him.

First they are making games, and now they are building data centers.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "Don't look at me like that. Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba are all working on their data centers. Security is the most important thing for social networking, and in the future, it will involve virtual assets in online games."

Shen Nanpeng nodded: "You are right, I don't intend to stop you, but you are short of money and I have the opportunity."

Venture capitalists are afraid of companies that are not short of money, otherwise they won't get a single ounce of profit. The companies that can make money at a glance but have no tickets are often the most troublesome for them.

Shen Nanpeng is willing to invest in high-quality companies like Renren.com, but when it comes to junk companies, don't even think about taking a dime out of his pocket.

The capital market is so cruel and real.

After exchanging views with Shen Nanpeng, Chen Pingjiang attended the private party hosted by Li Shixin as scheduled.

On the surface, it was to celebrate the successful signing of the contract between Renren and Neople, but in fact, Li Shixin also wanted to win over Chen Pingjiang.

The party was held at a private villa halfway up a mountain in Seoul.

What Chen Pingjiang didn't expect was that he met some familiar faces at the party.

At first he wondered why he saw familiar faces in a foreign country, but after thinking about it he couldn't help laughing. Aren't these some of the local idols who later became popular?

This is not news in South Korea.

Quite a few have been exposed.

Most Korean artists, both male and female, have faced many irresistible hidden rules, such as slavery contracts, low income, serving the powerful, drinking and sleeping with people, forced plastic surgery and weight loss, and some have even chosen to commit suicide due to the unbearable pressure.

Although there are relatively few popular groups from the three major brokerage companies involved, there should be too many other idols of general status in the circle.

For example, Zhang Ziyan complained in her suicide note that she had been used as a social tool by the agency since she entered the industry, and was forced to accompany drinking and sleeping with powerful people. She said that she was forced to accompany drinking countless times, and was forced to accept sexual harassment and abuse from many people. She was forced to sleep with 31 people more than 100 times. Such an experience could not be avoided even on the anniversary of her parents' death. If she disagreed, she would be beaten. In order to let the big guys have fun, she was even forced to undergo sterilization surgery...

Another example is Korean actress Lee Eun-joo. Whenever the company needed her to socialize, she was offered to the rich and powerful for entertainment and play. She was only 25 years old when she committed suicide. She was at the prime of her life but could not bear the torture. In her suicide note, she wrote: There is no point in continuing to live. I feel like I am not a human being anymore!

More than 60% of female artists have been asked to sleep with men, and more than 45% have been asked to drink with men. The bigwigs in the political and business circles can play with them at their will.

Li Shixin's enthusiasm towards Chen Pingjiang now made Chen Pingjiang himself feel a little annoyed.

He solemnly introduced Chen Pingjiang: "Everyone, Mr. Chen is a true business star in China. At the age of only 5000, he already has his own business empire, and his net worth has reached billion won."

As Li Shixin finished his words, Chen Pingjiang felt that the way those idols looked at him just now was a little different, as if they wanted to eat him alive.

(End of this chapter)