Reborn: Billionaire in College

All eyes turned to look at Yan Yan.

While appreciating this beauty, everyone was also looking forward to her speech, which in turn became a window for everyone to understand Yan Yan.

Everyone wants to know what kind of person the chairman’s wife is.

It is no exaggeration to say that Yan Yan has been waiting for today for a long time and has made sufficient preparations for today.

Although she had a slight social anxiety, she knew that she could not retreat in this situation today.

Fortunately, she has been leading Xiaohongshu for several years and has improved her eloquence.

Recalling the first meeting that year, when Yan Yan looked at the crowded room of employees, she was so nervous that she couldn't speak, and she didn't know where to focus her eyes.

Yan Yan picked up a glass of water and said with a smile: "You are all Pingjiang's friends, childhood friends, college classmates or business partners. Some of you knew him before I knew him, and you have been with him longer than us. In comparison, I am an outsider, so today I am also honored to be able to integrate into this 'big group'. Thank you very much for your help to Pingjiang over the years. Just like Pingjiang said, his success is inseparable from everyone. Today I am using water instead of wine to thank everyone. I hope to become friends with you in the future, and we can get together more often and share happy times."

The flawless words made everyone's eyes light up.

She did not use the title of the chairman's wife to suppress others, but tried to integrate into the larger group with a low-key and humble attitude. This in itself is worth mentioning.

"Sister-in-law, we also toast you and wish you a long and happy life together."

"Count me in. I missed the wedding. Don't forget to celebrate your baby's full moon next time."

"..."

Everyone quickly stood up to show their support, actively raising their cups and drinking them all.

Miao Bingwei, the oldest among the group, said to Chen Pingjiang with emotion: "Boss Chen!"

As soon as he said this, Chen Pingjiang joked, "One drink for a fine. I just said that we are all friends here today. There is no such thing as generals or directors."

Miao Bingwei was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll punish myself."

He drank another glass and then said, "Your sister-in-law is definitely a good match for you. She is a lady from a noble family and very graceful."

Only you know whether the shoes fit you or not, but outsiders have been able to notice some clues for many years.

In Miao Bingwei's opinion, Yan Yan is definitely suitable for Chen Pingjiang.

I don’t know about it privately, but I can definitely bring it out.

And this is very important for Chen Pingjiang who is in such a position.

Just like the mistress in the feudal era, she would not accept anyone who was not from a scholarly family.

Being petty, having a bad temper, and not being able to speak are all big taboos.

Everyone ate and drank, and after three rounds of drinks, they were having a great time.

While people like Gao Songbin and Zhao Shaoyang liven up the atmosphere, Chen Pingjiang also makes jokes from time to time.

Everyone shares the interesting things encountered in life and work.

From memories of the past to visions of the future, from small things around us to international situations.

But no matter what the topic is, Chen Pingjiang can always explain it clearly and logically. It seems that there is no field he doesn't know.

This was enough to make everyone admire him. During the drinking party, Chen Pingjiang firmly occupied the spotlight.

Yan Yan's beautiful eyes were always paying attention to Chen Pingjiang, watching her husband commanding everything.

When the girls had almost finished eating and drinking, they went to the small office next door to chat, leaving Chen Pingjiang and the other men to continue drinking.

Li Xiwenyan, who had a poor alcohol tolerance, soon lost consciousness and was in a daze.

Zhao Shaoyang, Dai Sheng and Gao Songbin were playing finger-guessing games with all their might, while Zhou Guanghan watched with a silly smile.

Chen Pingjiang watched the three people playing finger-guessing games, and suddenly asked Miao Bingwei beside him: "Miao, how have you been recently..."

He deliberately left the words half-finished, which immediately startled Miao Bingwei. He thought, Director Chen is indeed a man of sharp eyes, nothing can escape his eyes, and immediately smiled bitterly and touched his nose.

"To be honest, I have been struggling with this issue recently. I have been thinking about it for a long time and still don't know how to choose, let alone how to tell you. Since you mentioned it today, Pingjiang, I will tell you about it."

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "You talk, I'm listening."

Although Chen Pingjiang likes to delegate power, he has a clear view of everything going on within the group and has full control.

Miao Bingwei's recent abnormal behavior did not escape his eyes, and he was able to keenly capture the changes in Miao Bingwei's mentality from it.

"Me!" Miao Bingwei thought for a moment and started: "I have been a little absent-minded recently. Maybe it's because of having a baby, or maybe it's because of the trivial matters at home, or maybe it's because I don't have the same mood as before. In short, I feel a little lazy, and I don't have the same drive and motivation for work as before. When I started a business with you before, I could be carefree and selfless, but now I just want to get off work early and go home to spend time with my children and wife. At the same time, I have to admit that I am gradually feeling powerless at work. Although I am more responsible for the overall work now, to be honest, I am not very satisfied with the work results of the past six months. Based on this, I am also considering whether to retire. I have gained a lot from following you, and I don't know if I should still occupy a position. But I am reluctant to leave everyone, and I am reluctant to leave my comrades who have fought together."

Miao Bingwei spoke very slowly, often pausing after each sentence to think carefully about what to say next, and taking a sip of wine from time to time.

But as he spoke, his eyes gradually turned red and his expression showed some guilt and self-blame.

After listening to this, Chen Pingjiang remained expressionless for a long while, thinking about how to respond.

What Miao Bingwei said was not a big problem if you really think about it. It can only be said that he has entered a new stage in life and his state of mind has changed.

When you have nothing, you can only fight your way forward.

But now that I have money, status, family and children, I have more concerns.

Even old soldiers must return home eventually.

There are many such people in the workplace, and Miao Bingwei is not the only one in Renren.com. It's just that Miao Bingwei's down-to-earth personality makes him more self-blame, while others act very calmly.

After a startup company successfully goes public, many people receive large amounts of stock dividends, and some of them always choose to retire and enjoy life. This is not unique to Renren.

No company can escape this.

When Renren successfully went public that year, it was immediately hit by a small wave of resignations.

It is not easy for Miao Bingwei to persist until now.

After thinking for a while, Chen Pingjiang finally spoke: "I can't answer this question for you, but I can give you my attitude. First of all, Renren has achieved phased success, and you don't have to put so much pressure on yourself. In the past, you regarded work as your whole life, but now you just need to treat work as work. If you choose to stay, I, Chen Pingjiang, will definitely welcome you, but if you choose to leave and enjoy life and return to your family, I can understand. If you can't make up your mind now, then I suggest that you maybe apply for an MBA or study at a famous foreign university for a period of time to calm down and answer this question later."

From Chen Pingjiang's perspective, answering in this way has already been the most kind thing he could do.

If you want to stay, I want you to; if you want to leave, I understand; if you can’t make up your mind, then don’t make a decision for now.

Letting Miao Bingwei go is not in line with Chen Pingjiang's nostalgic character, and will also make other founders feel disheartened.

Miao Bingwei's current working status is indeed not suitable for his current job.

Making his attitude clear and giving the choice to Miao Bingwei is already the best option.

Calculating his age, Miao Bingwei is already over 35.

Chen Pingjiang recalled that several years later, Internet companies had a 35-year-old rule. Internet companies generally did not tend to hire employees over years old.

Although this is not an explicit rule, it is an unspoken rule.

The main reason for this phenomenon lies in the rapid changes and development trends of the Internet industry, as well as the company's considerations on cost control and pursuit of efficiency.

The Internet industry is a rapidly changing and developing industry, which requires employees to have the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and new models. Young employees are generally considered to be more dynamic and innovative, and can better adapt to this rapidly changing environment. Older people have poorer learning ability and more trivial matters, making it difficult for them to focus all their energy on learning and work.

From the perspective of cost control, as employees get older, they may face pressure from family, health, etc., and may need to take leave to pick up their children.

Chen Pingjiang has always wanted to make Renren less competitive and become a company that is warm to its employees.

But this actually conflicts with the management system to some extent.

You have to admit that companies sometimes need fresh blood.

Young people are very motivated and have strong learning abilities.

Although the older people are experienced, there are also some old scoundrels among them who just live from day to day.

This problem has actually become a problem that companies such as Renren and even Orange Technology need to face collectively.

Miao Bingwei was deeply moved by Chen Pingjiang's explanation.

It is not easy for a big boss to say such words.

It is very humane to let yourself "treat work as just work". Other bosses treat their employees as beasts of burden.

"Mr. Chen, thank you. I understand. No matter what, I will adjust my status as soon as possible and coordinate the relationship between work and family. If it really doesn't work, I will choose to retreat to the second line and go to study for a while."

Chen Pingjiang nodded and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He won't have much time to wait for Miao Bingwei. Although he is nostalgic, he must be responsible for the group. Miao Bingwei's position is very important. If he is not good enough, someone else must take over, otherwise the company's performance will be affected.

"Boss, Lao Miao, what are you talking about? Your expressions are so serious." Gao Songbin's face turned red from drinking, and he turned around and asked with interest.

"Nothing. I'm just chatting with Lao Miao about family matters. You guys drink yours." Chen Pingjiang waved his hand, motioning them to continue.

"Brother Chen, do you want to go sing karaoke later? The atmosphere is so good tonight."

Chen Pingjiang rolled his eyes in annoyance. Before he could say anything, Gao Songbin said disdainfully, "Are you stupid? How can the boss take his sister-in-law, who is pregnant, to such a noisy place?"

Zhao Shaoyang laughed awkwardly: "Today is a special occasion. It's a rare occasion for us to get together, and the atmosphere is so good."

Chen Pingjiang snorted coldly: "I will send your sister-in-law back first, and you can send the address when the time comes."

"YES!"

"Haha! Okay, drink hard today and work hard tomorrow."

"Brother, just say the first half of the sentence, and forget about the second half."

Yan Yan's group of women also came over from next door at this time, and said with a smile: "You guys go and have fun, we sisters are going to the bar in the university town to sit and reminisce."

Chen Pingjiang: “…”

Wow, it turns out these women have projects.

Implicitly, Yan Yan became the leader of this group of people.

No matter how troublesome Wan Yuqian is, Yan Yan's halo is still there.

…………

The next morning, Chen Pingjiang was in a daze when he went to work.

Last night we went to a KTV and sang until two in the morning. We sang as much as we did in our school days, but we drank and didn't call girls.

Sing "Glory Days", "Friends", "Hard to Read Sutra", "Thousands of Miles Away"...

Forget the time, forget the identity, forget the worries.

It is rare for Chen Pingjiang to have such relaxing time now, which is why he wants to sing.

Even if I wanted to play, I would be troubled by the fact that I had no one to accompany me. Last night was just the right time.

In the parking lot, Chen Pingjiang met Wen Yan who got up early to go to work.

After meeting, Wen Yan greeted Chen Pingjiang: "Mr. Chen, good morning, have you had breakfast?"

Chen Pingjiang nodded, feeling emotional, as they were in the minority after all.

Everyone forgot their identities and jobs after drinking, and after sobering up this morning, life returned to normal.

"I can't eat in the morning. I have no appetite."

"That won't work. You must eat breakfast." Wen Yan said warmly.

"Okay, let's go to the cafeteria to eat later."

The two chatted as they entered different elevators.

Chen Pingjiang entered the elevator reserved for the chairman, and Wen Yan entered the elevator reserved for senior executives.

After entering the office, Xu Rui had already prepared tea and was waiting on the side.

Chen Pingjiang sat down and took a sip of the tea. It was just the right temperature.

"Mr. Chen, your schedule for today is: meeting with brokerage representatives headed by JPMorgan Chase in the morning, having lunch with them at noon, having a telephone conference with the person in charge of AutoNavi Southeast Asia this afternoon, and meeting with Zhang Yiming and his friends in the evening. Oh, by the way, Mr. Tian has applied to you to poach a few people, but it can't be considered poaching in detail."

When Chen Pingjiang heard this, he looked up curiously: "What's going on?"

"The other party used to be a game developer at Tencent. A group of people resigned and wanted to start their own business. Mr. Tian wanted to take over their studio."

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "What is the name of the studio?"

"Game science?"

"What? What's your name?"

Xu Rui was startled and thought he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly repeated: "Game Science." But in his heart he was wondering if there was anything special about this company and why Mr. Chen reacted so strongly.

nonsense!

Isn’t Game Science the studio that made “Black Wukong Myth”?
If you calculate the timing, it's no wonder that these people just resigned from Tencent and planned to start their own business. (End of this chapter)