Later, Xie Feibai called and described Wang Yulan's state after the party that day, saying that she was not in the right state at all. The problem was that from beginning to end, she did not even ask about Cheng Ran even to his mother, with whom she used to talk about everything.
"This is the biggest problem. I know my cousin. If she really asks about you, it means she has let down her guard. The problem is how can she show weakness in front of me? She definitely doesn't want me to see this side of her. She never believes that I can do anything. The people around me are all rotten. For example, if you tell her about the Tianxing Dojo, she will say it's a black internet cafe. If I say you have good grades, she will say I'm bragging. In essence, she just enjoys the feeling of looking down on me from a high place."
Listening to Xie Feibai's relaxed tone on the phone, Cheng Ran could feel the pleasure he felt after experiencing long-term repression and finally gaining the upper hand one day.
But then again, he felt very excited to be able to help Xie Feibai. Thinking of Xie Feibai's cousin who had been dominating for a long time, he thought that she should be more restrained in treating Xie Feibai.
Xie Qian came to Rongcheng to discuss business, and meeting Cheng Ran was just a side job, but it helped Xie Qian to determine the company's strategic direction. Zhou Wenwu and Feng Shan, who didn't know the whole story that day, must have been confused.
Zhou Wenwu might suspect that Xie Qian was deliberately playing tricks on him. From an outsider's perspective, it was probably hard to believe that a high school student could have any real influence on an Internet elite like Xie Qian who could call the shots.
In fact, Cheng Ran's biggest gain from having dinner at Xie Feibai's house was that he got to know Xie Qian's Tonglang Company, and eventually he embarked on the path of the company he was familiar with in his previous life.
As for this name, Xie Qian later called and said, "The reason why I think it's good is that it means 'Tonglang' means 'same wave'. Just imagine, if you run into an acquaintance in an Internet cafe and ask him/her, 'Are you here to surf the Internet too?' He/she answers, 'Tonglang Tonglang!' It has a sense of the world and is in line with today's trend!"
Cheng Ran was speechless about this.
But Cheng Ran also knows that the current hustle and bustle will also encounter a cold wave. According to the current operating trajectory, it is estimated that Tonglang Company will be listed next year, and what will follow will be the cold winter of the bursting of the Internet bubble.
A large number of Internet companies have suffered heavy losses and gone bankrupt, and Tonglang Company, one of them, will be the first to bear the brunt.
Even if it follows the trajectory of a company similar to Tonglang Company in the previous life, the stock price may fall to around one dollar. The most important thing is that under this turmoil, the internal shock and upheaval will occur. The poor performance of listed companies is not only due to the overall environment. If a company loses private control, it will inevitably be put under the spotlight of investors. Human nature has always been afraid of losses and needs someone to take the blame. As the head of the company, Xie Qian may also lose his control of the company under this backlash and usher in a major ups and downs in his life.
Cheng Ran actually thought about whether he should remind Xie Qian. But in fact, even if he reminded him, would it change the final result? He might be able to make Xie Qian adjust the company's strategic core with just one sentence, but it would be impossible for him to stop his current steps. That was no longer something Xie Qian could control.
This is his choice. Since he embarked on this path, he can't stop and there is no turning back.
The entire company is snowballing towards going public. To be honest, how many opportunities does a person have in his lifetime to stand at this point and do such a thing? This event may even lead to a chapter in the history of Chinese Internet companies.
Not many people have such an opportunity. Xie Qian is the core, but he is also swept up in this huge force. It is a group of people, a group of forces, and countless human natures are involved. If he wants to stop now, then he will be the first to be expelled.
In this case, I believe he would not follow Cheng Ran's opinion. Secondly, Cheng Ran knew about the similar company's trajectory in his previous life, and the company did not go bankrupt in the end. Even if the stock price was only a few dollars, it still held on. It is not necessarily impossible for Xie Qian's Tonglang to create the same miracle.
Furthermore, the division and turmoil within the management involved in this is not something that can be changed by personal will. Cheng Ran will certainly remind Xie Qian, but if the old situation repeats itself, taking a step back may not be a good idea. There are actually plenty of opportunities.
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In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is here.
Because the big family is in Shanhai, Cheng Ran's family will eventually have to go back to Shanhai to celebrate the Spring Festival. As the New Year approaches, Cheng Feiyang and Cheng Ran have arranged things in Rongcheng, and the family packed up and returned to Shanhai.
Although Shanhai's house is not occupied most of the time, Xu Lan still goes back occasionally, for example, when she goes to student gatherings or when Shanhai's old colleagues and friends get together. Xu Lan will go back to Shanhai and tidy up the house.
At that time, there were no housekeeping companies, and there was no concept of hiring people to clean the house, so after Cheng Ran returned, the whole family worked together, wiping the windows, wiping the tables, mopping the floor, and changing the quilts. Cheng Ran was tired after returning home for a day, and sometimes he saw Cheng Feiyang taking down the screens at home and squatting in the toilet to wash them. He thought to himself that his father was now the president of Fulong Company with annual sales of over 1 billion, so how could he do such things so smoothly, without any awareness of his wealth.
This is ultimately the influence of his previous life of hard work and simplicity as a soldier. Cheng Feiyang doesn't usually look like the CEO of a large company. Only the attitude of others in the company can perhaps reflect his current status.
After returning to Shanhai, old friends naturally gathered together for a lively gathering. Yu Xiao, Liu Ying, Yao Beibei, Yang Xia and others had already made arrangements for the Spring Festival holiday.
We grew up together, and we have never been apart for such a long time. After not seeing each other for a long time, we have changed a lot. Yu Xiao has grown taller, and she is even taller than Cheng Ran. Liu Ying is more intellectual, Yao Beibei, who has always been sharp-tongued, can actually put on makeup, not to mention that she looks a little charming when she puts on makeup, and Yang Xia looks more graceful. When we return to Shanhai Fulong Courtyard, we hear the most praise from adults for the girls of the Yang family, saying that girls change a lot when they grow up, and they are getting more and more beautiful.
Many people, such as Liu Kehong and Zhang Xin, who were his old friends, were more reserved when facing Cheng Ran. Later, after hearing Yu Xiao's story, Cheng Ran realized that the situation in Fulong, Rongcheng, was also constantly reported back to Shanhai. Now Cheng Feiyang was a little high and mighty in his old company, although Cheng Feiyang was still very friendly to his old subordinates and the employees he knew in the company. However, he could not withstand the speculation and self-imposed limitations among people.
Many people felt that Cheng Feiyang was no longer the same as he was before, especially with his presence in Rongcheng. Now that Fulong Company had grown to such a large scale under his influence, people naturally looked at him as a high-ranking decision-maker. Old colleagues in the previous company now felt that they were at a different level. Under these subtle influences, some of his former friends in the old company naturally felt a little restrained towards Cheng Ran.
This guy Yu Xiao is still so heartless.
When everyone went to KTV, Cheng Ran also saw friends from the old company yard. There were many people, but they were not so relaxed. Some people would bring friends from nearby private rooms to meet Cheng Ran, and some of them would also show signs of flattering him in front of him.
Cheng Ran felt that this was what growing up was all about. Some things, the simplicity of being young and not being bound by one's identity, would suddenly disappear at some point in time.
But when everyone was singing in the KTV, Cheng Ran seemed to remember the last year when he left Shanhai and moved to Chengdu. Everyone went to Sihai Shengyan for dinner and went to KTV again. Yu Xiao sang "Friends" and "True Heroes", and Yang Xia sang "I Suffer the Cold Wind for You". He also remembered the flower bed under the flower tree and the time when he and Yang Xia said goodbye to each other.
And now, time has passed, but it seems like it happened again yesterday.
Yu Xiao sang "Sad Pacific Ocean", Yao Beibei sang "Good Mood", which was quite standard, and Yang Xia sang "Red Bean" amid the crowd's cheers.
The lyrics float in the air, "I haven't boiled the red beans for you yet, turning them into lingering wounds. Then, sharing them together, I will understand the sorrow of missing you better..."
After the song was finished, everyone applauded. In the brief silence without music, Liu Ying circled her mouth with her hand and said loudly, "Cheng Ran, Yang Xia likes to ask about your situation in No. 10 Middle School the most!"
As a result, Yang Xia, who had just finished singing and was about to sit back on the sofa, blushed and said, "Hey!" He had to chase after him, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Someone started to make a noise, "Hongdou sang this song just for you!"
Then I don't know who started singing first, someone echoed in fearlessly, "Sometimes, sometimes, I believe that everything has an end... There is a time to meet and a time to leave, nothing will last forever!" The voices were in unison, and the quality was uncertain, mixed with laughter to stir up trouble.
It’s not over yet. Next, a group of people started to sing along with laughter, as if they would all die tomorrow if they didn’t sing the last tune. So even though their voices were different and their throats were hoarse, they all sang with the momentum of a school chorus. They linked shoulders and even crawled on others’ backs and stretched their necks. “But sometimes, I would rather choose to linger and not let go, until I have seen through all the scenery… Maybe you will watch the long flow of water with me!”
Then Yang Xia rushed over fiercely, chasing and kicking Yu Xiao. Yu Xiao was kicked directly in the buttocks and fell into the arms of the big man Xie Dong, who threw him to the ground.
The scene was chaotic and full of laughter.
Finally, Yang Xia sat back on the sofa, next to Cheng Ran. Cheng Ran felt the sofa sink, and then Yang Xia's voice came over, "It's all made up, don't really believe it."
Cheng Ran nodded and smiled, "What did you say in your last letter? 'It is better to part while we are still laughing than to be disappointed with each other in resentment one day. So, goodbye?' And now, what a coincidence, I bump into you again."
Yang Xia was stunned, his face suddenly felt hot, and he glared at me.
"Don't be so proud, I haven't forgiven you yet."
However, this glare had no lethality at all. Instead, it made her rosy cheeks stand out, like the reflection of the sunset on a clear pond.
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