Compared to the family gathering that Xie Feibai mentioned, Cheng Ran is actually more concerned about Xie Qian's SiTong website. Since the broadcast of the French World Cup last year, SiTong has grown extremely rapidly, and the huge number of visits is like a bright light in the dark night, extremely ostentatious.
In today's Internet, the number of visits is undoubtedly a display of the blood and vitality of a website. For foreign capital currently competing in the Internet, this is more like a window.
Now many parties abroad are actually paying close attention to the development of China's Internet. They are very curious to know what will happen to this country with a weak foundation but a huge population base in the face of the Internet era in the years since the reform and opening up.
The Stone Company was built with the reputation of "the largest Chinese online community in the world", but most of the visits come from China. These traffics have allowed some keen international capitals to smell the huge opportunities that may be inspired on this continent across the sea.
Many such investors want to enter this continent.
Now Xie Qian has just concluded the merger with Huayuan Information Network, the largest Chinese community network in North America. Soitong has a window to access the domestic Internet, and Huayuan wants to come over. With the money needed for the development of the website in hand, the US$15 million investment it just received has already caused a sensation in Zhongguancun in China.
Strictly speaking, Sitong has created many firsts. It should be the first time that a Chinese Internet company has received such a large amount of money from foreigners. This was still a new thing in Zhongguancun where everything was still in its infancy and various businesses were just emerging.
This merger also directly pushed Situng to the forefront. Situng is now very popular and its value has skyrocketed. Especially after the news of "financing" after the merger was released, it could not be stopped and tens of millions of dollars wanted to come in.
Cheng Ran was surprised that Xie Qian actually ran back to Rongcheng at this time. Logically, he should be a very popular and busy person now, with a long line of people waiting to see him every day. However, it is also possible that he is traveling around to meet people.
Cheng Ran is still quite interested in the current situation of Sitong.
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Before going to Xie Feibai's house, the results of the 10th Middle School final exam could already be checked by phone, but the person who answered the phone was not using a high-end score checking system, but the class teacher Sun Hui.
Long before the holiday, Sun Hui announced his phone number, which he would use to inform students who called to check their scores on the day the scores were released. So one can imagine that Sun Hui always has a transcript in his hand, and whenever he receives a call from a student, he will flip through the transcript and report the scores.
However, Sun Hui still pointed out that the time for checking scores is limited to the three working hours after the results are released, and students should not be disturbed during naps and nights. Despite this, there are still students who call him to ask about their scores outside the specified time, and some even call seven or eight days after the results are released. Sun Hui scolds them, but in the end he will take out the wrinkled report card from his trouser pocket and read it to the students.
When Sun Hui heard Cheng Ran calling, he said, "It's Cheng Ran, wait a minute... Well, you got a total score of 663 in this exam. Keep up the good work. You're fourth in the class and thirty-sixth in the grade. You've made progress compared to the last exam."
Sun Hui spoke in a relaxed tone. He did not have much hope for this transfer student who was ranked 108th when he first entered the school. Although he passed the transfer exam, it was after all a high school in Shanhai City. From Sun Hui's perspective, there were dozens of high schools in the province similar to Shanhai No. 1 High School. They might be the best in the local area, but as long as they were not the most famous ones, the level of the others was actually not that good. The top students would probably be in the middle level if they were placed in the top ten middle schools. So, to be honest, Cheng Ran's initial ranking was not unexpected to him.
In fact, he would privately make a spreadsheet for his students before each exam. Every test score of each student would be listed in the form of a curve function, which was clear at a glance. Even if there was only room for improvement of a few places, he would talk to the student, chat with him/her, understand his/her family situation, and check on his/her condition, so as to summarize how to improve the score.
Cheng Ran went directly from 108 to 38.
On Sun Hui's report card, there is a peak line that has never existed in the whole class, and Sun Hui thinks that even if the whole school is put together, there will not be such a peak line. So Sun Hui has been keeping his hands off and has not talked to Cheng Ran. He is still in a daze and most importantly, he probably doesn't know what to talk to him about. Do you think you should have room for improvement? As a teacher who has been teaching for more than ten years and has seen countless students struggling at their limits, isn't this a bit too much
After a pause, Cheng Ran asked again, "Teacher Sun, do you know Jiang Hongshao's grades?"
"Didn't I tell you not to ask about other people's grades? This won't happen again... Jiang Hongshao, 685th place, this score makes you the undisputed number one in our class, and also the number one in the grade."
After thanking the head teacher, Cheng Ran looked at the gap between himself and Jiang Hongshao. To be honest, at this level, the difference between masters is really just a hair's breadth. One point means you can actually jump over a spot and move closer to the front position. However, there is still a gap of 22 points between him and Jiang Hongshao.
Although she was a little unconvinced, Cheng Ran still wanted to pull Lao Jiang over to ask her how she had done it and why she had lost the points. Could she have avoided losing them
But it's only thirty-sixth place, which is only two places higher than last time. Cheng Ran has experienced it firsthand. The fierce competition ahead of him makes it very difficult to move forward.
Cheng Ran hung up the phone. Sun Hui was actually still partying with friends at this time. The people over there were also talking about the current demise of the Lei Wei Gang. Speaking of the legend of Fu Long, Sun Hui was a little silent. As Cheng Ran's class teacher, he listened to his friends vividly talking about how arrogant the Lei Wei Gang was, and then how it suddenly took a turn for the worse, and how Cheng Feiyang and the veterans of Fu Long Company were not afraid of violence, and finally talked about the hidden connotation of the demise of the Lei Wei Gang, the result of the promotion of many parties. After all, Fu Long Company has developed so rapidly from nothing to something in a short period of time. The foundation behind this is very profound, and there may even be a backstage.
Sun Hui thought again of the young man who had been in the storm, but he was so nonchalant from beginning to end.
This transfer student in my class... seems to be quite extraordinary.
Many years later, when Sun Hui became the center of attention at many banquets, he told this idea to everyone he met.
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After knowing his own results and Jiang Hongshao's results, Cheng Ran was still ridiculed by Old Jiang.
"It seems like I'll need more tutoring in the future... After thinking about it, it might be because of Feng Shui. Maybe if I take tutoring at your house, the effect will be different." Cheng Ran hinted.
Jiang Hongshao was unable to reply for a moment. She was probably a little unprepared for Cheng Ran's sudden shot. After a moment, Jiang Hongshao said, "In order to achieve the Feng Shui effect, shouldn't you still use my chair in my room, at my seat?"
Cheng Ran said, "I think we can give it a try."
"Wake up."
Jiang Hongshao's voice was gentle, but she followed it with a sigh, which made Cheng Ran's heart burn. "Cheng Ran, work hard, because only after you work hard will you know..."
"The gap in IQ is unbridgeable."
"When you come back from the capital, I'll let you know in person whether the gap can be made up." Cheng Ran bared his teeth. After the holiday, Lao Jiang went to the capital, and it seemed that he would spend the Spring Festival there this year.
"Hehe, I have to spend the Spring Festival with grandpa, and I will be back after the festival."
"I remember you once said you would give me a surprise after the exam, right? What was that?" Cheng Ran remembered this point.
"Well, a surprise is... How can it be called a surprise? I won't tell you."
The tone and gesture that Jiang Hongshao would only express to him was still ringing in his ears. Cheng Ran smiled and said, "Then, spend the New Year over there. Take care."
After a moment's silence, she whispered, "You too."