The penniless son of the penniless ...

Chapter 201 Leon: Can the French team win the championship? That's nonsense!
Instead of just giving Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two young students, a lot of money at once and recruiting them as their own, Google planned to wait until the San Francisco District Court issued a fine of up to $2250 million to Google because its engine secretly tracked users' Internet habits, and then lend a helping hand to "rescue" the two.

Through this opportunity, he established "true friendship in times of adversity" in their hearts. Only in this way could his position as an investor in Google and his relationship with the two founders become unbreakable and they become true "friends". This laid the foundation for Zhang Junfeng to continue investing in Google and become a major shareholder.

The two games launched by Penguin Company in faraway Shenzhen have received a lot of praise and popularity from players. Even the installation discs of these two games in the electronic product market have been snapped up by many young people. Even under the self-recommendation of netizens, more and more netizens have been attracted by the wonderful gameplay of these two games, and gritted their teeth to buy them and install them to play.

The number of registered users of the Little Penguin instant messaging software has exceeded an astonishing 2.85 million in a short period of time, and the data is still growing with no sign of stagnation.

This situation also made Ding Lei of NetEase and Lei Jun of Kingsoft Software Company exclaim. Before this, they had never thought that there would be a software that could almost "catch all" those netizens in China. It was really too incredible!

Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun of Kingsoft Software decided to borrow Penguin's tactics, refer to and learn from the tactics and products of foreign Internet companies, develop their own similar products, and seize a wave of domestic market share. After several days of discussion and screening, they finally set their sights on antivirus software.

Based on their analysis of the current situation at home and abroad, they boldly predict that as the popularity of computers continues to increase in the future, the demand for installing anti-virus software on computers will also increase. They want to take advantage of the window period in this field in China and launch their own anti-virus software first. Perhaps they will be able to gain a large number of installed users like the little penguin of Penguin Company!

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On the other hand, the construction of branches, processing plants and even shopping centers of Elephant Group, Sanshang Department Store and Five Star Department Store in Longguo has also been officially put on the agenda.

The main reason is that the products sold by the three companies quickly opened up the consumer goods market in Longguo through the powerful transportation capabilities of Hanjin Shipping Company.

Especially for some young people who have money in their pockets and are very curious about foreign goods, processed foods and fashionable clothes from Korea are much more fashionable and upscale than the simple packaged goods produced by those time-honored factories in China. Often when there are new Korean foods and fashionable clothes in shopping malls, those young people will "get wind of it" and they will be sold out in just a few days.

San Shang Department Store, which originally had a not very optimistic financial situation, successfully opened up the market in Longguo. After its sales performance continued to rise, President Song Minyan also made a prompt decision to increase the transportation and sales of products to Longguo, striving to obtain more financial profits in the shortest time, thus reversing the company's financial situation in one fell swoop.

Although Vice President Liang Guangyu tried many times to disrupt Song Minyan's actions, he was successfully stopped and counterattacked by Song Minyan who was prepared.

...Inside the general manager’s office of Goldman Sachs Group’s Korea branch.

Zhang Junfeng glanced at the latest French World Cup schedule and suggested to the enthusiastic Leon John, "How about it? Do you want to play the World Cup with me this time and see which football teams can get the top three in this competition?"

Hearing what Zhang Junfeng said, Leon John subconsciously answered, "The champion must be the Brazilian team! They were the champions of the last World Cup in the United States. The chances of other countries beating Brazil are very small! And their lineup is quite luxurious, with strikers Ronaldo and Denilson, midfielders Rivaldo and goalkeeper Leonardo Araujo..."

Listening to Leon John's complete knowledge of the Brazilian team's members, Zhang Junfeng smiled and said jokingly, "In that case, why don't you try and bet that the Brazilian football team can win the World Cup this time?"

"...Of course that's no problem. I'm planning to ask someone to go to a European bookmaker and place a bet on Brazil winning the championship. The stakes are $50!"

At this point, Leon John couldn't help but ask Zhang Junfeng about his opinion on the game and his favorite football team. Zhang Junfeng responded casually, "Let's go with the French team. They are the host of this tournament, so maybe they will be favored by the 'Goddess of Luck'~!"

"Hahaha, Zhang, you are kidding, right? With the strength of the French team, it will be difficult for them to even make the top three in the World Cup. How do you expect them to beat a strong football team like Brazil? How is that possible?" Leon John, a veteran football fan, was quite dissatisfied with Zhang Junfeng's weird answer. This was simply a blind bet. What's the difference between this and just throwing money away?
Zhang Junfeng didn't get angry, he just smiled and said, "Since you don't think the French team is good, let's give it a try. I will bet 500 million US dollars that the French team will win the championship. As for the Brazilian team, it should only be the runner-up. I will bet 200 million US dollars. If I guess right, I will use the winnings to treat you to a big meal~!"

Hearing Zhang Junfeng's words, Leon John was not ambiguous and also said that he would treat Zhang Junfeng to a banquet after winning, and he always believed that his judgment was correct. Then he contacted the relevant channel contact person in front of Zhang Junfeng and consulted about the specific operation of betting and supporting the team.

（注：1998年的世界杯比赛，小组赛每支队伍踢三场比赛，算上1/8、1/4、半决赛和决赛一共7场比赛。张俊峰和莱昂·约翰所说的下注取得冠军，也就是一直押注一支队伍直到最后的决赛。）
After seeing that Leon John really took the bait and opened a specific account with him at a European bookmaker and bet on their favorite teams, Zhang Junfeng finally relaxed completely. As long as he followed the steps and waited until the end of the World Cup to win the championship, the French team would bring him huge profits. Even after deducting the high taxes, Zhang Junfeng would still be able to make a fortune from this rare opportunity. It was quite stable to earn hundreds of millions of dollars.

Leon John, who firmly believed that Brazil could defend its title, might have to pay the price for his persistence this time. He hoped that the result of Brazil's failure to defend its title would not make him so heartbroken that he could not breathe or sleep.

(End of this chapter)