Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 179 Chen Banxian predicted the stock market crash
The main planner of this "daughter-in-law being stolen" incident was Chen Pingjiang.

The current domestic Internet regulation is far less strict than in later generations. In another ten years or so, if Chen Pingjiang dares to do this, he will probably be sent to jail to work on a sewing machine.

In this era of wild growth of Internet companies, everyone’s pants are full of shit.

The social software that were once popular focused on "dating" and "borderline".

This kind of network event may seem low-level, but it is really useful and instantly attracted traffic from the entire network.

Other stories with similar themes include "Brother Sharp", "Jia Junpeng, Your Mom is Calling You Home for Dinner", "The Story of the 13-Yuan Spicy Malatang", and "The Bronze Beard Gate".

Among these, many of the hot events at the time were eventually confirmed to be artificially hyped.

If the "wife being stolen" incident made BMW and Chery more visible, then the "Jia Junpeng, your mother is calling you home for dinner" incident was what made World of Warcraft so popular.

In just three days, the number of hits has reached 781.8 million, and the number of replies has reached 30.2, and the number is still rising. The Jia family's "relatives and friends" have come out in droves. Many netizens have also taken advantage of the topic to derive various secondary creations and spoof pictures. This slogan has appeared in various places.

You think it might be that "the player named Jia Junpeng was having so much fun playing the game that he forgot to leave. His mother had no choice but to ask for help from a friend who knew Jia Junpeng, and the friend posted a notice in the game."

In fact, World of Warcraft was in a state of suspension at that time. After NetEase stabbed 9City in the back and snatched the agency, it was unable to open the server for a long time. However, it did not want to lose players, so it came up with a marketing event to keep the game popular.

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Yan Liming was very efficient. Not long after he got to work the next day, he called Chen Pingjiang and asked him to go to the district government for an interview.

The person who received Chen Pingjiang was Wujiang District Mayor Che Qihui.

Just as Chen Pingjiang and Yan Liming had imagined, Che Qihui smiled broadly when he heard about such a good thing.

In the subsequent negotiations with Chen Pingjiang, they also showed considerable sincerity. Not only did they give Renren preferential treatment in terms of taxation and electricity usage, they also sold a large piece of land at a very good price.

Chen Pingjiang ran excitedly to see the land, and only then did he find a sense of belonging.

"Finally, we don't have to move back and forth to change locations anymore."

Chen Pingjiang felt that he had gotten a great bargain, and so did the Wujiang District Government.

Although an Internet company cannot bring about a bunch of upstream and downstream enterprises like a physical factory, it can quickly raise various economic indicators in the location.

In addition to large amounts of taxation, the employees of these large Internet companies are either high net worth individuals or solid middle class.

With the arrival of these people, various supporting facilities, such as restaurants, shopping malls, and residential areas will also come.

The economy of a region will be revitalized.

On an invisible level, this is also equivalent to a business card of Wujiang District and a window for external publicity.

When Wujiang District goes out to attract investment, the bosses will ask what well-known companies are there in your district?

Everyone can proudly answer, "We have Renren."

It is not new for some places to protect local enterprises. Otherwise, how did the name "Nanshan Pizza Hut" come from?

There was once gossip that in order to protect merchants from other provinces, a highway was closed due to a standoff.

There are also rumors that when a big boss in Beijing was competing with another big company in business, more than 30 JCs from other provinces suddenly came to the company. The big boss was shocked and quickly told the driver to turn around and go to the airport, and flew to Hong Kong.

All these things show how strictly local governments protect these major taxpayers and pillar enterprises.

Normally, you can’t even get something in Wujiang District by begging for it, but I didn’t expect that someone would actually come to my doorstep on their own initiative. I woke up smiling in my dreams.

As for the subsequent specific matters that needed to be coordinated with Wujiang, such as obtaining various certificates, paying land fees, and conducting project bidding, Chen Pingjiang left all the messy things to his subordinates to worry about.

Chen Pingjiang went to meet Tian Hongrui, the vice president of The9 who was hired by Shen Nanpeng to be in charge of specific business.

Shen Nanpeng's speed was so fast that Chen Pingjiang had to give him a thumbs up. Although this guy later became unreliable and ran away to Po County, at least he could still provide Chen Pingjiang with some resources for now.

"Welcome, welcome. You must have been tired after the long journey." Chen Pingjiang met Tian Hongrui at the Sheraton Hotel.

He had a standard square face and looked very capable, with an air of elegance in his bones, which made Chen Pingjiang quite satisfied.

Before coming here, Tian Hongrui had already obtained relevant information and learned about this future big boss through various channels, but when they actually met, he still had to marvel at the fact that people are really incomparable.

Chen Pingjiang's youth is simply enviable, which means that as long as he does not make any mistakes, he will have at least 60 years to lead Renren.com to greater glory.

Sixty years may not seem like a short time, but it is actually not a short time.

"It's okay. I don't dare to delay along the way. I just want to get to Dongjiang as early as possible and get into work mode as quickly as possible." Tian Hongrui said with a smile.

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "Renren and I welcome you. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders. Renren has no experience in acting as an agent for online games. You must not only build organizational structures at all levels, but also connect with the Korean side to try to get the DNF game online in the shortest possible time. The company will provide you with all the necessary resources to assist you in your work."

Chen Pingjiang spoke very frankly, which made Tian Hongrui feel very valued.

In fact, this is also what Tian Hongrui values.

Second to none, above ten thousand others. This may sound exaggerated, but it is the reality.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen! I have made preparations before I came. Now that I am here, I will definitely do my job well and live up to your earnest expectations."

Tian Hongrui is well aware of Renren's current situation. It is almost penniless in the field of online games, but it is precisely this that makes him more motivated and can further highlight his abilities.

After having a meal with Tian Hongrui, Chen Pingjiang came to the private club where he played mahjong with He Zhiyu and others last time.

As soon as he sat down, he was surrounded by He Zhiyu, Liu Cheng and Wan Qiping.

Several people had expressions of relief and fear on their faces.

"Boss Chen, I give in. If I weren't twice as old as you, I would have to call you Brother Chen."

"Yes, luckily we listened to you last month and sold all the stocks we had, otherwise we would have been stuck with all the stocks."

He Zhiyu nodded in agreement: "The A-share market has been falling like crazy these past few days. I heard that some people have jumped off buildings. They embezzled public funds to speculate in stocks and ended up going bankrupt."

During this period, the moods of the three people were like a roller coaster.

In the beginning, they were more or less skeptical about what Chen Pingjiang said, especially since various indexes were still rising while they were selling stocks. There was even a point when the three of them thought that Chen Pingjiang had made a mistake and that the market would not fall sharply.

But when Big A started to collapse in the past few days and all the relatives, friends and colleagues around them were beating their chests and stamping their feet, He Zhiyu and the other two felt a mixture of hope and fear.

If I had hesitated even a little bit at the beginning, I might not have been able to escape and would have been trapped inside.

It would be fine if you were just stuck, but who doesn’t add some leverage when trading stocks these days?

If your position goes bankrupt with leverage, it will be forced to close, which means you will lose everything.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and took a sip of tea. "I thought some people wouldn't listen to me. Don't worry, don't be lucky. This big drop won't end so soon. Don't think you have reached the bottom and start clamoring to buy at the bottom. To put it bluntly, this big drop is not technical, and the market sentiment will become more and more pessimistic."

Wan Qiping grinned and said, "We are not stupid. We are not going to be stubborn even with a reminder from a 'half-immortal' like you."

"Well, I'll listen to you this time and even tell some colleagues and friends around me." He Zhiyu said.

"It's right not to tell them." Chen Pingjiang put down his teacup and said, "Not to mention that in such a hot bull market, if you ask people to sell out, not only will they not believe you, they will also think you are a fool or have some ulterior motive. I'm even more afraid that everyone will believe it, and eventually it will spread to ten people, ten to a hundred people, and in the end you will all be implicated."

This was also a test from Chen Pingjiang to the three of them. If they couldn't even keep their mouths shut about such a small matter, then they would simply not be allowed to play with them in the future.

"I called you here today to ask which city's real estate you are more optimistic about?"

Chen Pingjiang said without hesitation, "First-tier cities are fine, but try not to take out loans or take out as little loans as possible. If you run into risks, you will die without a single drop of blood."

Many real estate speculators keep taking out loans and mortgages, using all their money to buy houses.

Once a black swan event or housing price regulation occurs, the capital chain will be broken and you won’t even know how you died.

Chen Pingjiang personally disdains to speculate in real estate, but he doesn't mind letting people around him take advantage of this wave to make some money.

Anyway, those who speculate in real estate in this era are not limited to He Zhiyu and the other two.

"You don't need to hold on to it forever. The three of you can form a real estate speculation group. It will be easier to negotiate the price together, and then you can get in and out quickly."

After the A-share market crash, He Zhiyu and the other two obeyed Chen Pingjiang's every word and dared not say a word. They were even more afraid that Chen Pingjiang would not play with them.

(End of this chapter)