Rebirth: Growing Up Together

In the past period of time, many buyers who are interested in 16 website navigation have appeared one after another.

In fact, before hao123 was acquired, buyers had already contacted him.

At that time, their tone was quite arrogant. They asked Xu Cheng if he could sell it for 200,000 yuan. When Xu Cheng refused, they thought he was crazy and asked him, "How long will it take you to earn 200,000 yuan?"

Xu Cheng calculated, "If I don't reject too many ads, it might only take a year."

After hao123 was acquired, the 16 URL navigation that ranked in the top 265 of Alexa became extremely popular, and the only one that could be ranked alongside it was Cai Shengwen's .

Cai Shengwen later became a well-known venture capitalist and chairman of the American Bald Xiu Xiu.

Among the buyers who made offers, there are many big names.

One of them is Li Xingping. After selling hao123, he saw its value and started to think about 16.

There are also people like... Pang Dongsheng. This person is rather mysterious, but if you mention the gangster 2345 he created, I'm afraid many people will clench their fists. He also saw the value of 16.

However, the quotations from these two people were relatively low, which made Xu Cheng feel like they were here to sneak attack and cheat. Xu Cheng ignored them. Anyway, there were quotations from big companies, such as Google, 360, and Penguin...

The talks with Xu Cheng went most smoothly. They all felt that the quote was very suitable. It was a team that had just started not long ago and did not have many people.

Their goal is, "Start with 6 people and destroy Baidu!"

In this era of the Internet where venture capitalists won’t ask you “what will you do if Penguin copies you?”, what he said was not a joke…

It’s the company called Sogou.

Their CEO Wang Xiaochuan conceived a strategy to direct traffic around the globe, a three-stage rocket model - input method, browser and search.

Even Xu Cheng now has to doubt whether this person is also a reborn person. This vision is a bit too broad.

In the end, the price he offered was around 300,000, in yen.

Xu Cheng never dreamed that the 16 he created would be the predecessor of the future Sogou website navigation.

There's a feeling that the world line has really been stirred up in the dark!

This time, Xu Cheng can get the money he wants, and Wang Xiaochuan already had plans to do website navigation.

He has already calculated that at least 30% of Baidu's traffic comes from hao123.

Now I directly inherit 16, saving time and energy, and can catch up with Baidu faster.

So it’s a win-win!

The two parties began to discuss the transaction process, signing the contract, subsequent maintenance of the website, program handover method, etc.

Xu Cheng was quite satisfied. With the money from selling the website, he could help his father again.

Xu Jianghe can definitely be considered a young and promising man now. At the age of less than 40, he can already hold his current position, which is simply a miracle in the eyes of many people.

Moreover, with his current contributions and foresight in many things, it is only natural that he gets the position of chief engineer.

But he has never been able to move up one step. To put it bluntly, he does not have a strong backing, does not have enough power, and his words are not very effective.

The era of smartphones is already very close. If Xu Jianghe was not in a high enough position at that time, he would have missed a lot.

Xu Cheng must hurry up and push Xu Jianghe up again, his power must be great enough.

In this way, in the era of smartphones that suddenly arrived and changed rapidly in a year or two, Jing'an Communications, which Xu Cheng had placed high hopes on, would have the opportunity to keep up with the pace of development and take the lead in the industry.

If one day I could become the youngest son of a wealthy family or the eldest son of Jing'an Communications...

It’s so cool.

As for starting his own business, the uncertainty is still too high and it is too early for him. It is more sensible to choose such a stable, convenient and high-return investment first.

After choosing an auspicious day, Xu Cheng briefly told Xu Jianghe about the 16 website.

I thought it was interesting at the time, so I just did it casually, and later posted it online. I didn’t expect it to go viral…

They concealed the timeline a bit, saying that it took several years, maybe 5th or 6th grade, to get this thing looking like something.

Time is an ambiguous concept that is basically impossible to find out in today's underdeveloped information age.

Although Xu Jianghe was very surprised, he really couldn't find any doubts.

After all... this kid has always been interested in the Internet and computers.

To put it simply, a URL navigation is just a simple personal website that can be made by any computer enthusiast and does not require any technical skills.

Nowadays, there are many showy science and engineering men who build a website for their girlfriends to record their daily life or give her a little surprise as a gift.

Finally, Xu Jianghe came forward and signed the contract with Sou Gou.

The end of summer.

[Ding, your $30 balance has been received! ]

The whole family was so excited that they went out to have a hotpot meal to celebrate.

"Mom, how do I spend this money?"

He Ying picked up a piece of blanched beef tripe for Xu Cheng with chopsticks and dipped it in sesame sauce. It smelled really good.

"What to spend? I'm not in a hurry to do anything. Of course I'm saving it for you, so you can use it to get married in the future. Don't worry, this money is yours because you earned it yourself. Your parents won't let you touch it."

"Uh."

Xu Cheng explained helplessly, "Mom, money saved is doomed. We just learned about investment and financial management in the political class a few days ago, such as government bonds and stocks. I think it is better to invest this money."

Xu Jianghe looked at him and said, "You are not familiar with stocks yet, but if it is a long-term investment, I have an idea..."

"what?"

The mother and son looked at him in unison.

Xu Jianghe blushed a little, "As for equity, buy some of the equity of other people in our company. Look at what we bought at that time, I don't know how many times the value has increased now."

Xu Jianghe proposed the idea himself, which saved Xu Cheng a lot of trouble. He was happy to see it happen and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay, I agree! This way, Dad, you will definitely have a greater say in the employee stock ownership meeting in the future!"

Although I really wanted to go all in, my parents were more cautious and decided to leave 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in the account for emergencies.

Coming out of the hot pot restaurant, the family felt refreshed.

From being a worker on the verge of being laid off a few years ago to now, without realizing it, the family assets have reached seven figures.

Xu Cheng clearly discovered that his parents had some new qualities that he had never seen in his previous life.

He felt that maybe... this was a kind of self-confidence!

The cicadas' chirping gradually faded away.

The long, hot summer is over.

September, the golden autumn, arrives with the arrival of the second semester of junior high school...

Chapter 117 Sorry, I've already promised someone else

If it was Xu Cheng from the previous life, then the end of the summer vacation would definitely be filled with the classics: one person, a pen, one night, and a miracle.

There are also things like secretly tearing off a few pages of summer homework, or just filling in the blanks...

He still finds these little tricks funny when he thinks back on them now.

The teaching content of the second year of junior high school has changed significantly compared with the previous ones. After all, the first year of junior high school is more like a transition stage from elementary school to junior high school, and students can still rely on what they learned in elementary school, but this is no longer the case in the second year of junior high school.

As the pressure of study increases, everyone begins to seek more campus life to relieve their stress.

Unfortunately, there are not many campus activities in No. 3 Middle School, except for boring essay competitions and speech competitions. After all, this is a middle school that pursues student academic performance as its primary goal.

Such depression, coupled with the restlessness of adolescence, causes many students to begin trying to taste the forbidden fruit. Once they become a couple, they will even distribute wedding candies in the class in an orderly manner.

Apart from studying, even if other people are alone, they still find it interesting to eat melons, gossip, and talk about couples.

Driven by the good learning atmosphere, Li Qiuyang has been working hard recently. At least he is trying to keep up with his homework and courses.

"Orange, have you finished the homework for this unit in the math workbook?"

"I have written it. Do you want to copy it? Here."

"Hey, I'm not copying. I'm just asking how much you calculated for the last question."

"That fill-in-the-blank question?"

Seeing him nod, Xu Cheng stroked his chin and recalled for a while, "1, I calculated it to be 1."

"Are you 1? I'm 0! Are you really 1?"

Xu Cheng: ???

Li Qiuyang had an expression of disbelief. He was very proud of himself for a long time after he figured out the problem. "Chengzi, did you remember it wrong? Open the exercise book and take a look."

Seeing Xu Cheng's unhappy expression, Li Qiuyang quickly lowered his head and said, "I must be wrong. I shouldn't have questioned the monitor. If the monitor says it's 1, it's definitely 1."

Xu Cheng was too lazy to pay attention to him.

This class was a class meeting, and Brother Qiang was very efficient in conducting class meetings. He could say everything that needed to be said and scold the students that needed to be scolded in just a few minutes. He finished all these things quickly, just to teach math for another thirty minutes.

Halfway through the class, Xu Cheng felt the leg of his chair being kicked, and he knew it was Lin Wanzhou sending a signal from behind.

He turned his head slightly and immediately felt something poking his back. He reached out and took a ball of paper in his hand.

[Xu Cheng, I want to participate in the debate competition that the teacher just mentioned.]

Lin Wanzhou should be talking about what Brother Qiang just talked about, something about the Jinghai City Reading Festival Primary and Secondary School Debate Competition.

Xu Cheng, who hadn't paid much attention to it just now, suddenly realized that perhaps Lin Wanzhou's interest in debating started from here.

Pick up the pen, write the note and hand it back.

[Got it. I'll sign you up then.]

[No, no, one person cannot sign up. The debate competition requires four people, so we have to form a team.]

【What should we do? 】

【Come and be my second debater, I will treat you to milk tea (milk tea.jpg)】

[Are you conscripting men? ]

[I think no one seems to be very interested... and the monthly exam is coming up soon, so I'm sure not many people will be willing to participate...]

【Then at least drink a cup of real milk tea. 】

When Lin Wanzhou heard Xu Cheng's words, her little leather shoes crossed over happily.

Although his whole body was very hard, Xu Cheng's heart was still very soft...

After a while, Xu Cheng handed over another ball of paper, and Lin Wanzhou opened it stealthily.

[There are still two spots left. Who are you going to look for? ]

[Guo Zining and I have already agreed that she will be the third debater, and then we can call Xiaoyu to be the fourth debater.]

Xu Cheng scratched his head.

[What kind of configuration do you have... Guo Zining can't even win an argument with Li Qiuyang, and Yu Yu... I'm afraid she will be so nervous when she gets on stage that she won't even be able to speak...]

[We still have you, you have to be our backbone! ]

[No... who are you guys? You want me to lead them? (Angry.jpg)]

【（Pig head）】

【（Pig head）（Pig butt）】

That's it.

After class, Lin Wanzhou patted Xu Cheng on the back and told him to go to Class 3 to find Yu Yu.

When they were in school, the two of them were very careful to keep their distance. Apart from occasionally being shameless under the desk, there was basically no behavior that crossed the line.

After calling a classmate from Class 3 for help, Yu Yu quickly trotted out from the classroom door.

"Xiaoyu, did your teacher talk about the debate competition?"

Yu Yu was stunned at first, then nodded woodenly.

Lin Wanzhou said excitedly, "Let's go to the competition together! A debate team needs at least four debaters. I am the first debater, Xu Cheng is the second debater, and one of my friends is the third debater. We still need a fourth debater. If you come, we can sign up."

"what?"