Chapter 69

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In Song Chen's initial plan, he did not intend to rent a business office building but instead planned to rent a large residential apartment for office use! However, to achieve the goal of attracting talent, he chose a more formal business building.

Xiao Nan Building is a newly opened office building, conveniently located between Song Chen's home and Dongou University, very close to his home and only a five to six-minute drive from the Hyatt Bar. Compared to the future price of two or three ten thousand yuan per square meter, it now costs less than a thousand yuan! Song Chen barely managed to resist the temptation to buy a couple of floors as the company headquarters! But he knew his funds were very tight, and he couldn't waste money on real estate.

Therefore, he rented the entire 16th floor of the office building at a price of 100 yuan per square meter per year, with a 5% annual increase, a 20-fold penalty for breach of contract, and a five-year lease term. After signing the agreement with the real estate company and paying the first year's rent and property fees, which amounted to over a hundred thousand yuan, Song Chen invited Chen Daobang and the nearly completed internet cafe decoration workers to prepare for a simple renovation of the office building.

The busy days made time fly by, and before he knew it, it was the end of the month.

Xu Xiaoying, who had been working tirelessly for love, successfully developed the QQ Beta test version with the integrated chat room code, along with Zhang Dayu and Liang Qicheng. Although it did not have the function to save friend information to the server, it still had the powerful feature of offline messages, which prevented users from losing all their friends when they used the internet cafe.

Song Chen, with his experience from his previous life and over a month of business experience, had become increasingly slick and worldly. He brought the application for a trial server from Tide Company, along with the company's business license and ID card, to the telecommunications company. Once again, Song Chen used his persuasive skills. The telecommunications manager, naturally welcoming the customer, was stumped when Song Chen requested a free trial of the 'maximum' bandwidth!

Song Chen slowly and calmly said, "Don't look at my young age, but my friend has a big background. You might not know, but the provincial party secretary is my friend's grandfather..."

The manager looked at Song Chen with suspicion but, seeing his young face, muttered to himself while maintaining a warm smile. "Alright, I'll try to get you a two-month free trial of the bandwidth! ... But we must sign a long-term cooperation contract! The consequences of any breach will be your company's responsibility! Is that okay?"

Tian Qiao didn't face such difficulties! Song Chen muttered to himself but nodded very agreeably.

In the afternoon, Song Chen rented a taxi and successfully delivered the server to the telecommunications machine room, marking an important step toward his core business.

On December 28, 1997, QQ was uploaded to the server and made available for download on the main download websites. For Song Chen, passive waiting was never what he wanted. Due to the free trial of the Chenxing Internet Cafe billing system, internet cafes of all sizes in Dongou City were very willing to promote QQ software, installing it on each computer. Even internet cafe owners from other regions heard the news and downloaded the Chenxing Internet Cafe billing system for a trial! Along with the built-in advertisements in the internet cafe system, the market promotion of QQ was extremely effective!

Of course, more local internet cafe owners also realized the inherent advertising value of internet cafes as a platform! Therefore, they were very open and enthusiastic about Song Chen, who was doing them a favor. If they knew that Song Chen owned 10% of Chenxing Internet Cafe, their attitude would have been different.

In addition to pre-installing QQ software in internet cafes of all sizes in Dongou City and placing QQ promotional ads, he also asked Zhao Lin to design a QQ promotional poster. The advertising company made a 2x5-meter banner, which was hung at the entrance of the stairs of the soon-to-open Chenxing Internet Cafe, catching the attention of passersby on the busy street. The cute Q-boy and Q-girl on the cartoon background left a deep impression, especially on the young.

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"Dongsheng! Wang Shi has gone to Beijing! We can finally make a big move!"

Song Hua, who was just over forty, had been blessed with good fortune recently. Besides his young wife giving birth to a chubby baby boy a month ago, the most exciting news was that the iconic figure in the real estate industry, Wang Shi, had been summoned to Beijing by the Premier. This was a clear signal to anyone paying attention to the real estate industry.

Of course, the only small worry was how to handle the relationship with his eldest son. Every time he called his ex-wife to ask his son to come for dinner, she would always say that the son didn't want to come! Hmph, who knows if it was the son who didn't want to come or if she didn't want the son to come?

Shi Dongsheng, about forty-eight or forty-nine years old, was several years older than Song Hua. However, due to Song Hua's business acumen and the early capital gap, Shi Dongsheng realized that being Song Hua's assistant was more beneficial to the shareholders! After serving as the company's vice president for several years, Shi Dongsheng had a desire for a second entrepreneurial venture. He sold half of his shares in the Great Song Group to Song Hua and his brother Song Ji and sister Song Fen, and went back to his hometown to start a leather and textile factory, which was quite profitable.

Therefore, Shi Dongsheng, who owned only 8% of the Great Song Group, had already withdrawn from the internal management of the group, except for occasionally paying attention to the group's finances. Because of this, Song Hua always seemed particularly happy when he saw his "cellmate" friend.

A young and beautiful secretary in her early twenties entered gracefully with a teapot and teacup, making Shi Dongsheng secretly admire his friend's private life while also feeling a bit envious.

After the secretary finished brewing the tea and left, Shi Dongsheng leaned back on the sofa and said with a smile, "Why are you so interested in real estate? You've only been in it for a few years! Do you have a good project?"

"Real estate is very profitable!" Song Hua smiled and nodded, picked up a large map of Dongou City from the table, and pointed to a huge piece of land between Liming West Road and Aiden Bridge Road. "A friend told me that the government plans to sell this land through a public tender! Because of its size, I plan to team up with Yang Jinchang, the chairman of Dongou Hotel Group, Wang Zuoyong, the chairman of Shangcheng Real Estate Development Company, and Cai Ding, the chairman of Dongou Limao, to bid for the land and then use it to secure financing from the bank for commercial real estate development! What do you think?"

"I know Yang Jinchang and Wang Zuoyong, we've worked together before, but who is Cai Ding, the chairman of Dongou Limao?" Shi Dongsheng asked in surprise.

"He's my brother-in-law's father. Don't look at his age; he's a very cunning old fox! And he's also the president of the Chouzhou Dongou Chamber of Commerce, with a high reputation!"

"The location is good! But even with a partnership, our company will have to invest two or three hundred million... " Shi Dongsheng sighed, looking at the map. "Everyone will have to put in their last penny!"

Song Hua said dismissively, "Trust me, this project will be a big success!"

Shi Dongsheng nodded and smiled, "I trust your judgment! When is the tender?"

"This month, the 20th!"

Shi Dongsheng nodded and said, "That gives me enough time to raise the funds! I can borrow a bit from my hometown friends; I can probably come up with ten to twenty million!"

Seeing Song Hua nod, Shi Dongsheng hesitated for a moment, then picked up his teacup and said casually, "Ahua, there's an internet cafe called Chenxing that's doing very well recently. Do you know about it?"

"Chenxing Internet Cafe?" Song Hua was slightly stunned and asked in surprise, "I think I've heard of it somewhere. What's the matter?"

It seemed that only his old friend was kept in the dark, making him a laughingstock! Shi Dongsheng sighed inwardly and carefully chose his words, "Speaking of this internet cafe, my youngest son has a share in it!"

"Oh! I remember now! Haha!" Song Hua laughed and said, "Yang Jinchang mentioned it to me, and I still don't understand what he was trying to say. He just mentioned that his son also has a share and is the major shareholder! At first, I thought he was showing off! By the way, Wang Zuoyong's eldest daughter also has a share! It's quite a successful partnership!"

Shi Dongsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, suddenly feeling that he shouldn't have meddled.

"What's wrong? Is something not right?" Song Hua looked at Shi Dongsheng with puzzlement, sensing that his expression was strange, almost pitying and regretful.

Shi Dongsheng carefully chose his words and explained the internet cafe investment plan step by step, as he had heard it from his son. Song Hua listened intently, holding his teacup. After his old friend finished, he nodded and said, "It's a very smart plan! I don't know how profitable the internet cafe industry is, but just the way the capital is operated is very similar to real estate! In simple terms, it's like getting something for nothing! Being able to use such tactics flexibly, Yang Jinchang's son is impressive!"

Shi Dongsheng fell silent again. Helplessly, he decided to be straightforward, "Ahua, how long has it been since you last contacted your son?"

Of course, he was referring to Song Chen. Song Hua's eyebrows raised, and his expression showed both displeasure and helplessness. He sighed, "Why bring up that scoundrel? Just mentioning him makes me angry. The last time at the city hospital, when his brother was born, he said in front of me and his uncle and aunt, 'In three years, I'll make you look at me differently; in six years, I'll make you regret; in ten years, I'll step on the Great Song Group!' Sigh!"

At this point, Song Hua sighed, not noticing Shi Dongsheng's extremely strange expression, and said with a bitter smile, "Things have come to this, and I don't know what to do! He doesn't want to come home for dinner... Forget it, when he's had enough, he'll come back!"

For Song Hua's self-comforting words, Shi Dongsheng inwardly sneered. Almost everyone knew that Song Hua's young wife, though young, was deeply scheming and couldn't tolerate her stepson! When he had enough, would there still be a place for Song Chen in the Song family? At this point, it was unclear whether his old friend was just venting or putting on a show!

But that didn't matter anymore! Shi Dongsheng didn't want Song Hua to be made a fool of again, so he said, "The internet cafe investment plan wasn't Yang Jinchang's son, it was your son, Song Chen!"

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