In 2000, when Cheng Ran was reborn and drew the comet's orbit diagram of the year it intersected the Earth on the cultural wall, Comet Hale-Bopp had been on its journey for four years.
In the cold and lonely universe, these four years may be just an indistinguishable, fleeting moment, just like thousands or tens of thousands of years.
However, for the life on this planet, four years are enough from birth to death, from immaturity to maturity. It can be calm or turbulent.
In the first year of the new century, China's upcoming entry into the WTO has become a major topic at the macro level. Some senior Asian politicians have predicted that if China participates in world trade and financial activities in the future and does not shift its two major development centers of education and economy, China is likely to become the world's second largest trading country and achieve its goal of becoming a modern economic power by 2050.
In fact, it only took 20 years for China to become the biggest winner in the world trade system after joining the WTO.
The various changes and disputes brought about by the upcoming entry into the market are surging. In many open competitive fields, domestic enterprises will compete with multinational companies and participate in the more stringent international market competition.
At this time, power groups linked to the interests of multinational corporations surfaced. Fulong Company encountered such a sniper attack during its trip to the United States. At the same time, the political turmoil caused by the southwest border where Rongcheng is located, and its impact and consequences, have indeed affected and changed many things...
The danger of the road ahead seemed to be gradually becoming apparent.
What lies further in the distance is a bigger storm brewing in the future.
So in this cold winter of Nasdaq, Cheng Ran began to build high walls and store up food.
It was in April that the number of people online at the same time on CQ reached 100,000. The number of registered users during the same period was 5 million. CQ had officially defeated all ICQ-like competitors in the same field and remained in first place. During this process, Cheng Ran, apart from defining the general direction of the strategy (which was actually the only thing he could do), basically handed over everything to Li Mingshi.
And precisely because of some understanding of the CQ prototype in the previous life, Cheng Ran, to a greater extent, used that framework to define the development of CQ. He even crossed out some of Li Mingshi's radical strategic moves.
The popularity of the game "Spirit Realm" has created a lot of cash for CQ. Now, through the trading system of various Internet cafes, records are often refreshed. When an event monster or area is opened, you can often see many people squatting in the Internet cafe with red eyes.
Of course, "Spirit Realm" may also be overtaken by other products in China's increasingly advanced game market, but the first-mover advantage has laid the foundation for the Matthew effect of the "Spirit Realm" game, which will continue for a long time in the future. Even if the game market will be flooded with various products in the future, CQ's "Spirit Realm" will always have a place.
Cheng Ran rejected Li Mingshi's idea of investing more energy in the game business, and told him that the game business and section are only for CQ's main business to attract money. This section is about quality rather than quantity. If CQ gets confused and starts to act as an agent for the development of other game products while ignoring the construction and development of the main business, it will eventually be more trouble than gain. Therefore, in the game business, CQ only needs to upgrade the dual-end system of "Spirit Realm", dig deep into the game experience, and strive to maximize the playability, rather than simply competing with new engine technology and graphic effects.
In Cheng Ran's prediction of Li Mingshi, although the gaming industry can indeed create products that become famous for a while and games can become classics, they cannot be eternal.
"Games are only a secondary demand for entertainment, and cannot be compared with instant messaging, which is the most essential social demand in the information age. Therefore, we must distinguish between the primary and the secondary. Humans are social animals. They will dialectically express themselves through communication with the environment. Socializing is almost everyone's nature, and it is closely linked to the most fundamental needs of human beings. No matter how society and the world develop, a game may become outdated, but the interaction between people and the outside world and between people is an eternal theme."
“If we master connectivity, we master the future.”
Cheng Ran would also do things like wielding a big stick to hit Li Mingshi's team if they might go astray.
"Besides, even if we want to enter the game business in the future, we still have to focus on the Lianzhong platform. On the other hand, we also have our good friend Yubi Company." Facing the strange expressions of Li Mingshi and others, Cheng Ran hurriedly clarified, "I'm not planning to acquire Yubi one day and kick that French woman out to avenge her... I'm just looking for an opportunity to buy some shares, have some say, make money together, and go to their company and slam the table in front of them when there are bugs in the game!"
Well, although the tables that are about to be broken can be stacked as high as ten floors.
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Perhaps as a form of compensation, the first phase construction project of the main exhibition hall of Jiang Hongshao's sister-in-law was given to Yanhua Construction, the construction company of Xu Lan and Zhang Wei Yanhua Real Estate.
My mother's Yanhua Real Estate took a completely different path from most real estate developers from the beginning. It was not simply a developer that snowballed and used capital operations to pursue profit maximization. Because of Xie Houming's relationship at the beginning of its establishment, it not only had its own construction company, but also a design company, forming a trinity.
This means that there are higher requirements for the coordinated operation of the whole and each department, and the management level of the enterprise must reach a certain level in order to be able to operate it.
This is actually the implementation of Xie Houming's iron-fisted approach. Zhang Wei and Xu Lan have a whole team of people who have followed Xie Houming in fighting for state-owned asset investment and managing and rectifying large enterprises. These are backbones who have experienced actual combat, rather than mediocre people who are trained in medicine and can only talk on paper.
Therefore, there are really not many companies in Chengdu that dare to start and layout like Yanhua Real Estate. The direct benefit is that the company's overall coherence is stronger, the quality is excellent, and the achievements in these three aspects are also in line with the brand building, which is more conducive to establishing a brand.
This is not an exaggerated marketing ability, but a real overall aggregation ability. If Li Yun's international exhibition center project is taken over and constructed, Yanhua Construction, which was formerly the fourth company of the Construction Engineering Group that undertook many municipal projects, will definitely be among the top 20 private construction companies in China.
Undertaking key municipal projects and influential projects like the International Convention and Exhibition Center is also the most effective way for a construction company to rise. Looking at the top ten private construction companies in China, all of them have such a deep "municipal construction" background.
Of course, from another perspective, the vision and calculation ability of this young lady from the Jiang family are also very accurate.
Sometimes, if Cheng Ran compares the two, he can get the money for a project like the exhibition without caring about the livelihood of his industry. However, the key links in project establishment, land acquisition, interest balance, resources and connections are not something he can handle now.
Therefore, when facing the young lady of the Jiang family, one has to admit that she is very powerful in this field.
In many aspects, Cheng Ran is actually lacking now. Although he occupies the future development path, the high-level power he can actually borrow is Xie Houming's field and level. His father may have a wider path, but after all, it is separated, and it is not something he can get specifically. Now it seems that he really needs to go through some high-level gold medal amulets and channels to escort his future career.
After all, the threat posed by Liu Gao's collective power and some deeper powers behind them is real.
The other party was able to stir up a storm in the southwest, even affecting Jiang Yueqin and the things behind her. Although this might be due to the interference of a character like Liu Gao, the shock caused was indeed shocking from the perspective of some bystanders who had grasped the context.
If Cheng Feiyang had not made adjustments to cope with the situation, such as restructuring its shareholding system and tightening its internal and external forces, Fulong Company would have probably suffered this blow and would never have recovered.
The real problem is right before our eyes.
We need more energy.
CQ is still growing, but neither CQ, Bluedot, Alibaba Group, nor Tianxing Music can bring such energy in a short period of time.
Cheng Ran's high school career is about to end...
The next stage is about to come with the beat of the Breaking Formation Drum.
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Xie Feibai was hesitant to speak on CQ. During their recent chats, Cheng Ran could feel the difference in Xie Feibai. Xie Houming and Zhang Wei were often not at home, so his grandmother came to live with him to look after him. She would not say much when he was disobedient, and would wait for Xie Houming to come home to settle the score. Xie Feibai was miserable, but he could not be too lenient or too serious with his nagging grandmother. Sometimes he even dared not disobey her at all. It was not that he was afraid of Xie Houming. He had been beaten by Xie Houming since he was a child. Xie Feibai knew all the moves and routines of Xie Houming who would kick him a few times when he lifted up his pants. He was used to being hit by the moves, and most of the time he could achieve the state of being a thick-skinned vegetable with a mind that was detached from worldly affairs.
But don't think that her grandmother is just a nagging old lady. As a retired professor of Yunnan University, she was once a student of Southwest Associated University. Unfortunately, she only studied in the School of Science for two years and was a junior sister in the fourth grade. But at that time, she had met many seniors whom she admired. However, this old lady who would fly a special trip to meet with the living alumni every time the alumni association of the Associated University met, never mentioned those old classmates who are now mostly famous or unattainable in administrative level. She usually nags about family matters, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Only the greetings from people on the phone who call from Beijing, other places or even overseas during the holidays show her difference.
Sometimes Xie Feibai would discuss business with Cheng Ran in a serious manner, talk about the history of games, argue about some viewpoints, physics concepts, and even discuss some exercises. It was hard to say how he changed from the person who used to swear all the time and had a hostile look on his face to what he is now. The two of them had communicated normally in the past, but this time his concealment aroused Cheng Ran's interest. After repeated in-depth investigation, Xie Feibai explained that it turned out that on the way home from Tianxing Dojo that day, he passed by Northwest Middle School and seemed to see a familiar person, who had been bullied in junior high school before, but he didn't know where he went after transferring to another school. Unexpectedly, the other party transferred to Rongcheng.
Cheng Ran asked you how you bullied him. Xie Feibai couldn't remember the details, but he probably felt that the other party seemed very aloof. Sometimes when he saw that group of people walking together, he always looked down on them. When they did something bad, the other party would always speak righteously when they saw it, as if they were on the side of reason and would not let them off. In the words of the time, he just couldn't stand this person and thought he was hypocritical and sanctimonious. In particular, Xie Feibai once went to warn a girl who liked to gossip. In fact, nothing happened, it was just that Xie Feibai's reputation was scary, and the girl cried when they met. As a result, the boy stood up for him, thinking that he was bullying the girl. I remember that Xie Feibai was so angry that he simply vented his anger on the one who stood up, and finally threw the other party's Feili shoes into the sewer. The boy probably really realized that might is right, and later he didn't dare to "stand up" to them. But the more he shrank, the more those bad friends around Xie Feibai became more and more aggressive, and later the student transferred to another school.
"What a mess you've done..." Cheng Ran was speechless, "Since you've met me, just go and apologize."
"Apologize?" Xie Feibai was stunned for a moment on the other end, and finally responded, "How is that possible!"
Then he went offline.
Looking at Xie Feibai's black and white avatar, but actually invisible to Cheng Ran, he knew that his words might have taken root in Xie Feibai's heart.
Tianxingdao Hall, Biancheng Road, Ximian Street, Northwest Middle School.
In the last three months before graduation, Xie Feibai's school attendance rate has been declining sharply. Skipping classes is a common occurrence for Xie Feibai. He often comes to Tianxingdao Hall and often walks a short distance in the afternoon to Northwest Middle School. He has seen that man several times.
It was like there were some thorns, right there. Xie Feibai heard a lot of things later. Strictly speaking, the boy named Zhao Heng was not forced away by them. His father was an engineer in Shanhai at that time. In that era, engineers were considered intellectuals in the eyes of others. They had status and were respectable. He often taught his son to be upright. It happened that Zhao Heng also had good grades and was well-known in the area. It was said that his family education was excellent. As a result, Zhao Heng's father cheated on his wife. In his junior high school year, the incident was reported to the unit and ruined his reputation. His father took an overdose of sleeping pills and sincerely wanted to die, but he could not be rescued. His mother took him to another school alone.
When Xie Feibai was in high school, he learned the whole story from a student from the other party's former unit.
Now I see that boy again.
It seemed that there was not much change from the past. One day, Xie Feibai saw him walking over and jokingly greeting people naturally.
He didn't know why he came to find the other person, but it seemed like he was spying on him. There seemed to be something that could be said to be worried in his heart, but seeing that the other person was so normal without any change, it seemed that the disturbed part of his heart was calmed down a little.
At this moment, I felt annoyed when I thought of Cheng Ran’s evaluation.
"You are the mess." Xie Feibai threw the cigarette butt and walked forward. Just as he passed the entrance of the alley, someone suddenly jumped out from the side, and some force acted on his waist, but in fact the impact and momentum were not great. Xie Feibai was stunned for a moment, but as if by magic, he did not adjust immediately as he did in previous fights. He staggered to the side for two steps, and the person who came over kicked him on the back, knocking his tall body to the ground.
In front of me was the boy from that year and three or two people who looked like classmates, shouting "Is it him? Is it him?"
Xie Feibai wanted to stand up, but his movements and reactions were slower than usual. The opponent rushed over, forming a siege, kicking and kicking him, and squeezing through the gaps between the people around him to kick him.
This is a market town, and some passers-by stopped here, including middle-aged ladies and some middle-aged people who were shopping with their hands behind their backs, but they were all bystanders who didn't care about anything.
Xie Feibai's center of gravity was unstable, and the opponent kept kicking and kicking him, trying to knock him to the ground. However, even if he lost his balance, he would support himself on the ground with his hands and not fall down. This made the opponent angry, and he hit him harder, and Xie Feibai's palm was rubbed bloody.
He had learned Sanda and had experienced many actual combats, and his skin was thick and tough. In fact, in this situation, compared with similar situations he had encountered before, except for the unexpected suddenness, everything else was nothing. The opponent kept attacking him, and some even jumped up and kicked him on the head, but Xie Feibai was still half-sitting on the ground, not falling down. He protected his head with his hands and looked at Zhao Heng through the gap, and the opponent was also looking at him.
Those are eyes of hatred.
The other person came over with a wooden stick, the kind of carpenter's stick, long and square, thick, with edges on all four sides. He came in front of him and asked, "Do you remember me? Do you remember me?"
When Xie Feibai said sorry, the other party was obviously stunned for a moment, his fierce eyes were mixed with complicated emotions, but he was also disturbed by the insults from the people around him. Then Xie Feibai felt a buzzing in his head, and his left eyelid suddenly darkened. The pain made him unable to hold on any longer and he fell to the ground. The other party hit him with a few more sticks, then threw the sticks on the ground and left.
After a long while, Xie Feibai stood up from the ground. People around him were actually watching, but they didn't think of calling the police. It's no wonder they were indifferent. This kind of thing actually happens frequently around the middle school. Seeing blood today was more scary, but no one wanted to cross the fixed boundaries of life and call the police to get themselves into trouble. But the student looked a little miserable at this time. The blood on his forehead flowed over his left eye and wet his chest. His body was a mess.
I don’t know if he was crazy, but he was still smiling when he raised his head.
"I knew he was unreliable..."
However, the sad thing is not that he was beaten, but that the person who used to pretend to be noble but was actually secretly convinced, now has the same eyes as him and has become the person he used to be.
Some things seem to be irreparable.
However, the other party's hesitation in raising the stick diluted the fierce struggle, but was it really... impossible
He did not fight back. It was not that he could not beat them. So, Zhao Heng must have known about it. He said sorry again. Although he was hit on the head, it was just a little bit short of a concussion and probably did not hurt any bones. The other party clearly held back when they hit him later... So, the other party just couldn't save face. He had already understood his good intentions.
Xie Feibai had an air of indomitable pride, so the other party must have received and understood his apology.
He felt extremely awesome in front of Cheng Ran.
Ahaha, I'm such a fucking genius.
On the other side, people running out of the alley whispered, "Why did he say sorry just now?"
"You heard it, I did."
"I see... He is just cunning. He knows he is going to get beaten up, so he said this on purpose, hoping that we will let him go."
"I see! You're such a seasoned veteran!"
"Damn it, this guy is so treacherous! It's not unfair! He deserves it!"
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The news that Xie Feibai had his head broken and had to go to the hospital for five stitches spread all over the circle of friends. Cheng Ran was also stunned when he heard the news. When he went to see him, Xie Feibai pointed at the white gauze on his head and said to Cheng Ran, "See, this is the price of an apology."
Cheng Ran asked, "Do you feel like you've lost out?"
Xie Feibai made a pose that later generations would call Uncle Ge’s paralysis, “I just felt like everything was going smoothly! So cool!”
In fact, although Xie Feibai said that he hit his head accidentally, his father could tell at a glance that he was definitely in a fight. In this regard, Xie Houming and his wife, who were supposed to be the public security department following up on the case within a limited time, did not pursue the matter further and both accepted his statement that he hit his head.
To some extent, taking responsibility is also a form of growth.
It wasn't that Xie Feibai couldn't move around in the hospital, it was just that his mother insisted that he undergo a full set of examinations, so he had to be trapped in the hospital temporarily. However, Xie Feibai didn't have time to be alone with Cheng Ran. On the one hand, there were people visiting him constantly, and on the other hand, his grandmother was there, bickering with Xie Feibai from time to time. On the one hand, she said that Xie Feibai shouldn't be stupid, but his parents didn't take good care of him since he was a child, and he fell down every now and then, and as a result, his good genes were ruined to this point.
Then he said to Cheng Ran, you are the son of Cheng Feiyang of Fulong Company. I heard that you have good grades and are among the best in No. 10 Middle School. You are a good child, great, and your father is also great. Tell your father that we support him. The country needs him to run an enterprise like this, so there is hope and a future! Do a good job, we ordinary people are watching, who really does practical things and does things that are beneficial to the country and the people, no ambiguity!
Although Grandma Xie Feibai claimed to be an ordinary person, in fact, the channels through which she obtained information were not lacking in academicians of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering. Not to mention the members of the previous senior officials' committees, there were also alumni of the vice-chairmen and chairmen. What's more, an old classmate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who had a good relationship with the old lady was a member of the expert advisory group of Fulong Company. Not to mention the origin of the Cheng family and the Xie family, just the things that Cheng Feiyang did made these scholars and intellectuals who had experienced that era stand in awe.
As for Cheng Ran, whose father is a hero and whose son is also under the microscope, there are actually some people who are keeping their eyes on this person who may consider whether he is qualified to take over in the future.
Now the old lady looked at Cheng Ran kindly and earnestly, "You have a heavy burden and task. Now you need to continue to acquire knowledge, equip yourself, and strengthen yourself. This is my expectation for you."
If this statement were said to anyone else, it would inevitably sound wrong, but for this old lady who had experienced the era of living in a thatched hut to hide from air raid sirens, the calmness and grandeur contained in these words, as an advice to the younger generations, are not wrong at all.
Cheng Ran hurriedly thanked her. After the old lady left, Xie Feibai looked a little lonely. "Cheng Ran. I often heard grandma nagging about what she said when I was a child... But gradually, for about ten years, I haven't heard it again except today."
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