2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 348 The Beautiful CEO Who Went Viral Online
Yiwu.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gu Yanning had a rare day off, and was able to go home to reunite with her family and have a reunion dinner.

However, it wasn't all rest, because she also returned with a mission.

After dinner, Gu Yanning put down her bowl, went back to her room to get her digital camera, and prepared to go out.

"What are you doing? Why are you taking out a camera so late at night? It's not time to take pictures of the moon yet." Gu Yuxin looked at his sister, who was about to change her shoes and go out, completely bewildered.

"I have something to do, I need to go to my uncle's house."

"what's up?"

"Work."

"Weren't you back for the Mid-Autumn Festival? Why are you still working so late? Qingqing gives you so little money, do you have to work so hard?"

"Haha, you'll find out how much money I give you tomorrow. I don't need you to give me pocket money anymore."

After saying that, Gu Yanning stepped out the door with cheerful steps, leaving behind a family of three looking surprised.

"Dad, Mom, should we go to Uncle's house to see what she's doing?"

"Let's talk about it after we've cleaned up the table."

Kaixin.com has just successfully raised funds, and apart from the CEO, who in the entire company has time to rest? Gu Yanning, the CEO's assistant who stayed behind, naturally didn't get a break. She claimed that coming back for the Mid-Autumn Festival was just a side trip.

Her main task upon returning was to take some photos of Gu Qingqing when she was a child, along with some recent photos provided by Tan Jincheng, and to upload them to Gu Qingqing's account album on Kaixin.com.

Orange Technology focused its publicity efforts on Gu Qingqing in response to Kaixin.com's successful fundraising.

A junior college student, a beautiful CEO, and a net worth of 50 million yuan—each of these labels alone might not be particularly sensational, but the combination of the three will definitely become a viral sensation on the internet.

Just like how Flashpoint's marketing department often takes it upon itself to make a fuss about Tan Jincheng, Orange Technology also used this tactic this time in order to attract more users, and again without Gu Qingqing's knowledge.

Tan Jincheng knew this, of course, but he didn't intend to tell Gu Qingqing. On the contrary, he cooperated with Gu Yanning.

The legal representative and CEO of Orange Technology is Gu Qingqing, and the technical director is Cheng Hao. These are the two people currently in the public eye.

Tan Jincheng mostly stays behind the scenes; unless you pay special attention or dig deep, no one really knows what connection he has with Orange Technology.

Tan Jincheng's knowledge of Orange Technology was limited to attending the Flash Group's press conference and meeting with investors, as well as some local governments that wanted to attract Tan Jincheng to invest and build factories there.

However, like Tao Qinian, this group of people only had a small website. Although it was popular, it didn't hold much appeal for them.

The two families lived not far apart, and Gu Yanning soon arrived at her uncle Gu Hongshun's house. The couple were eating mooncakes alone at home, watching the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

“Hey, do you think we should have another child like Xiao Tan’s parents did?” Gu Hongshun, who was bored at the party, suddenly said to his wife, Li Jinzhen.

Li Jinzhen was taken aback, then said, "Are you crazy? Don't you know how long you last? Why are you having children?"

The middle-aged couple, let alone now that no one is around, even if someone is around, they can be completely uninhibited. These words immediately enraged Gu Hongshun.

"That's because you're tired, and besides, what does that have to do with having a baby!"

"Do as you please. If you want to have a baby, go find someone else. I'm already 44. Why would I give up a perfectly good life to take this risk with you?"

"You said that."

Li Jinzhen curled her lip: "I said it, but I don't think you have the guts."

Gu Hongshun was furious. He really didn't have the guts. If he were to give his daughter a half-brother or half-sister, not only his wife, but also his daughter and Xiao Tan would not let him off the hook.

Seeing her husband's angry expression, Li Jinzhen smiled again: "Just bear with it for two years. After Qingqing graduates, we'll urge them to get married and have children, then they won't be lonely anymore."

“Oh, she’s surnamed Tan too. We were planning to keep Qingqing at home, but it seems like that’s not going to happen.”

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, why think so much? Let Qingqing have a couple more children, and we can take care of one of them."

Gu Hongshun suddenly had a whimsical idea: "Hey, what do you think about having Xiaotan and Qingqing have a couple more children, and then letting one of them take the surname Gu?"

It wouldn't be fair to say they preferred sons to daughters, otherwise the couple wouldn't have only had one child. But for their generation, there was a strong desire for a grandchild to take their surname. Their previous plan was to keep Gu Qingqing at home and find a husband for her.

That opportunity is obviously no longer available.

Li Jinzhen thought for a moment and said, "I think it's a good idea. Those rich and powerful people even change their children's surnames. Xiao Tan has so many assets now, she should be able to learn from them."

"Right? I've thought about this before too; hehe, I've already thought of names for the kids. If it's a girl, I'll name her Gu Junyi, and if it's a boy, I'll name him Gu Junhao."

If Tan Jincheng were here, he would definitely be speechless. This father-in-law is really too idle, and his thoughts are far ahead.

Giving him a farm to keep him occupied was the right thing to do. This topic ended with the arrival of Gu Yanning. As soon as Gu Yanning entered, she asked her uncle and aunt to bring out all of Gu Qingqing's childhood photo albums, intending to take a bunch of pictures of them.

They didn't say it was for publicity, only that Tan Jincheng told them to do it, so the couple didn't suspect anything.

Children from well-off families have many photos preserved from childhood. Children from rural areas may not have such opportunities. In fact, even Tan Jincheng doesn't have many photos from his childhood.

Life was actually quite tough for those born in the 1980s when they were young.
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October 7th, Saturday, the last holiday of the National Day holiday.

Orange Technology and Qiming Venture Partners jointly announced that they have reached an agreement on financing. Qiming Venture Partners will participate in Orange Technology's Series A financing with US$400 million, acquiring a 15% stake in Orange Technology.

Qiming Venture Partners valued Orange Technology (formerly Kaixin.com) at over US$26 million, equivalent to RMB 2.13 million, marking the birth of another internet company with a valuation exceeding RMB 100 million!

Ordinary netizens don't really know anything about the actual controller of Orange Technology, and some might even say they don't know who Orange Technology is.

Many people know about Kaixin.com and the almost wildly popular Happy Farm, but if you ask Orange Technology, they'll be completely clueless.

When it comes to promoting this to the outside world, it's natural to do so under the name of Kaixin.com, as this makes it more recognizable.

After a day of buzz and promotion, the hot keyword "Kaixin.com" with an estimated value of 2.13 million yuan climbed to third place on Baidu's hot keywords list on the last night of the National Day holiday.

At the same time, the School of Foreign Languages ​​of Ningbo University quietly posted on its official website, "Congratulations to our student Gu Qingqing for winning Series A funding for her university student entrepreneurship project, Orange Technology!"

Wealth is always a focus of attention.

Those who frequently take holidays are probably familiar with the term "holiday syndrome".

On the last night after the long holiday, I hadn't adjusted my sleep schedule and it was almost always difficult to fall asleep.

$4 million is an attractive figure, both now and more than a decade from now, especially considering that this figure came from a website that only went live in July.

If you can't sleep, just go online, play games, browse the news, or play some casual games.

It's worth mentioning that within a week of its launch, the first batch of deeply engaged users of Happy Farm are already showing signs of becoming "addicted."

Some users have already started stealing vegetables in the middle of the night.

Once the news has been circulating, it is easy to see. In this day and age, there is a service similar to a news subscription, where websites cooperate with mobile operators to push text and a small amount of picture news to mobile phone users on a monthly subscription basis.

Believe it or not, this business is quite good. Many websites make money this way, which can be considered a unique product of the 2G era.

"Wow, Kaixin001 was founded by a junior in college? And by a woman?"

"Ningbo University School of Foreign Languages? Holy crap, and not even a computer science major? Are you kidding me?"

"Brothers, hurry up and check out the Ningbo University forum and Kaixin.com, there's some good stuff there."

"I just checked, and the CEO of Kaixin001 is really beautiful, a female CEO indeed."

"Don't go to Tieba, this CEO has an account on Kaixin.com, and she has photos of herself when she was a child."

"Could this be a front man? It's so mysterious. The major shareholder of Orange Technology is Chengyue Co., Ltd., a company I've never heard of."

"It's possible. How could a college graduate start an internet company outside his major and make it a hit?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, stop talking so much nonsense. A young, rich woman with a net worth of 5000 million, the kind with photos, don't you want to see her?"

"If you like it, post more."

The next morning, Gu Qingqing's recent photos appeared on major websites. Some media followed up, some netizens reposted them spontaneously, and of course, the energetic college students also shared them.

Students at Ningbo University, especially those from the School of Foreign Languages, never expected that a celebrity would be living right next to them!

They also saw the news online. As for the official website of the School of Foreign Languages, who in their right mind would look at the official website?

Along with Gu Qingqing, the term "big boobs" quickly became a buzzword across the internet. Leaders at Ningbo University, especially the School of Foreign Languages, were both excited and speechless about the nickname.

Oh well, big breasts are fine. As long as it raises our profile, it will attract more students and make recruitment easier next year.

Together with Tan Jincheng, Gu Qingqing is still in Tan Family Village, where life is relatively peaceful. She is unaware that she has become a sensation online.

Tan Jincheng was waiting for the staff from Flash Technology to arrive. The Flash Wangjiang Industrial Park project required him to stay in his hometown for a while longer until the project was finalized before returning to Ningbo.

As for Gu Qingqing, she originally planned to go back today. As the CEO of Orange Technology, she would have many things to do after the financing, and she certainly couldn't be away from her post for a long time during working hours.

However, Tan Jincheng considered that although today was a weekday, it was also Sunday, and it was also the day for publicity. It would be better for her to stay in the countryside and maintain an air of mystery, so Gu Qingqing stayed an extra day.

(End of this chapter)