Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

At first, Mr. Ma only regarded Wang Feiyang as a "money-giving boy," but after spending the last two days with him, he not only looked at Wang Feiyang with new respect, but even admired him a little, feeling that he had learned a lot from Wang Feiyang.

In particular, Wang Feiyang offered some insightful opinions on the future development of the Internet. He didn't say much, but every word was precious!

I suggest renaming OICQ to QQ, making the current skinny penguin "fat," and establishing a game department within the company to distribute overseas online games...

This is practically pointing out the path the company should take in the future! If Wang Feiyang weren't so young and about to go abroad to study, President Ma would feel he would gladly give up his position as general manager to him!

Wang Feiyang knew perfectly well that what he had said was just to help Tencent avoid some detours. Even without his guidance, Ma and the others would have simply thought of it a little later, but they hadn't missed the opportunity.

His investment in Tencent can be seen as him leaving himself a "way out".

Even if he fails to make a name for himself in Moscow or achieves nothing at all, he can still return to China and live a carefree life as a super-rich man with his Tencent shares.

Just register your name at Tencent, and you don't have to do anything every day; you're living a retired life ahead of time...

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After returning to the provincial capital, Wang Feiyang finally understood what it meant to be carefree and relaxed!

Ever since the day he was reborn, he's been on edge. He borrowed money to buy lottery tickets to make his first fortune, placed orders to prepare to become a middleman, and kept an eye on Tencent's situation, waiting for the right opportunity to invest and become a shareholder...

Now that things have settled down, he has done everything he could and should have done, and things have gone relatively smoothly.

There's nothing important to do during my time in China; I just need to wait until the end of December to fly to Moscow.

Once we got there, it was a whole new world!

In early December, as soon as Teacher Wu arrived at the meeting room, she announced with a beaming smile, "Everyone has completed all the formalities. The company has sent someone to the embassy in the capital to help you with your visas. If all goes well, you will officially depart at the end of this month!"

Although Wang Feiyang and his team knew there wouldn't be any problems, they were still happy when things actually came to fruition.

They've missed half a year, so they'll only be able to do a six-month foundation course when they get there. But that's okay, the foundation courses there start anytime, as long as you pay the fees...

The training will continue until December 20th. After that, everyone will go home and rest for a while, and then wait for a phone call to inform you of the specific departure time. At that time, you will meet here, and someone will take you to the Capital Airport to fly to Moscow.

Although the fees charged by study abroad agencies are not cheap, they really provide excellent service. You don't have to worry about anything. Once you have prepared the necessary documents and certificates, they will handle all the procedures and even buy your plane ticket!

Upon arrival in Moscow, someone from their team will pick you up from the airport and help you with enrollment procedures and accommodation until you officially enroll.

After class, the group started discussing what items they should buy in advance to take to Moscow.

In fact, Teacher Wu has already introduced the list, and even gave everyone a "must-have items list," which includes a long, thick down jacket, a thin blanket, common medicines, tableware, simple seasonings, a rice cooker, etc.

You read that right, the rice cooker is specifically listed as a must-have!

The universities there don't have the large, affordable cafeterias like those in China. There are only small restaurants in the teaching buildings of each department, which are not cheap and only provide lunch. So most students, including Russian students, have to cook for themselves.

Each floor of the dormitory building has a communal kitchen for students to use free of charge when cooking.

"I guess we can buy most things there. Moscow is such a big city, there's nothing we can't buy, there's no need to bring everything from China. Things like pots and pans are too much trouble to bring, and blankets and stuff like that, it feels like we're moving house!" Zhang Liang said nonchalantly.

"That's true, my two large suitcases are already full, there's no room for anything else," Guo Juan complained.

Hu Xiaoyun wasn't worried at all; she probably thought that problems that could be solved with money weren't really problems.

However, Wang Feiyang was experienced; he had learned his lesson in his previous life.

I didn't bring a down jacket because I thought it would be too much trouble. I did bring a short, sporty style down jacket, but a long one would take up too much space.

But when I got off the plane in Moscow, I was stunned. Late December is the coldest time there, with temperatures dropping to minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius!

The clothes I was wearing felt like they were instantly frozen through, chilling me to the bone!

Later, when he wanted to buy a down jacket at the local mall, he found that the prices were too expensive, often costing five or six hundred or even thousands of US dollars. At that time, Wang Feiyang's monthly living expenses were only one hundred and fifty US dollars, so naturally he couldn't afford it...

The main reason was that they had just arrived in Moscow and were unfamiliar with the local area. They went to high-end shopping malls in the city center, which were full of luxury brands, and the prices were naturally unaffordable for poor students like them.

He made do with the short down jacket he brought from China, and he wore it for two or three years. Later, Wang Feiyang developed arthritis...

Seeing that Zhang Liang and the other two didn't seem to care, Wang Feiyang advised, "I've heard that prices in Moscow are extremely high. Many things that are cheap in China are incredibly expensive there. So bring as much as you can from China as possible. Anyway, there's transportation, and you don't have to drag your suitcase around to catch the train, so it won't be too much trouble. You can bring 30 kilograms of free luggage on the plane, right? I've already prepared a super large suitcase."

"That's true. I've also heard that the cost of living in Moscow is particularly high. I'll pack my things again and bring more." Guo Juan was quite receptive to advice, especially Wang Feiyang's words, which were more convincing.

Zhang Liang remained unconvinced and planned to only bring items that were difficult to buy in Moscow, and buy the rest there, as Hu Xiaoyun had the same plan.

Seeing that good words were useless against a stubborn devil, Wang Feiyang stopped talking. It wasn't until Zhang Liang arrived in Moscow and was "beaten" by the local prices that he finally realized his mistake.

You try to compare yourself to Hu Xiaoyun in everything, but can you even compete with her?

Of course, Zhang Liang was unaware at this point that his family's financial situation was completely different from Hu Xiaoyun's; he thought the two families were in similar circumstances.

But Wang Feiyang knew that in his previous life, after they arrived in Moscow, Hu Xiaoyun's family spent more than five hundred US dollars to send her a small box of daily necessities via international air express!

The whole dormitory building was in an uproar because the items inside weren't worth much money. It was too extravagant to spend so much money to have them delivered.

Don't you have any idea what their conditions are, and what Zhang Liang's are?

Wang Feiyang never knew exactly how wealthy Hu Xiaoyun's family was, or why she went to study in Moscow.

After graduating from preparatory school, we all went to different departments and even lived in different dormitories. We basically didn't see each other much after that.