Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

"I also brought a laptop, but unfortunately I haven't applied for a network cable yet. Feiyang, could you help me apply for one in a couple of days? That would make it much easier for you to go online," Hu Xiaoyun said, not to be outdone.

"Hehe, given the Russians' efficiency, it'll probably take a month or so from your application to activation. You'll have to wait a while," Liu Yingying said with a slight smile.

These are all rich women!

He could buy a laptop costing 20,000 or 30,000 yuan without hesitation, even though Wang Feiyang now has a net worth of hundreds of thousands of yuan, he really couldn't bear to part with it.

The main problem is that laptops these days have such weak performance and terrible price-performance ratio. They are far inferior to building your own desktop computer. A desktop computer with the same performance may only cost a quarter of the price of a laptop, or even less!

Of course, the convenience of a laptop is unmatched by a desktop computer.

Seeing that Hu Xiaoyun and Liu Yingying seemed to be vying for attention, Wang Feiyang quickly smoothed things over, saying with a smile, "That's great, but I don't need to go online that often, just a quick look every few days is enough. I might have to trouble Yingying for a while."

He wasn't online to chat or play games; he mainly went online to check the various company matters sent to him by Tencent. Although the company was still a small one on the verge of bankruptcy, CEO Ma had recently contacted several large foreign venture capital firms and was discussing financing. As the company's fifth-largest shareholder, Wang Feiyang also needed to express his opinion and offer reasonable suggestions.

This matter cannot be taken lightly, because according to Wang Feiyang's understanding, in his previous life, Tencent only had one round of financing before its IPO!

This happened in early 2000, when Xiao Chao and IDG jointly made the investment.

After securing this round of funding, Tencent embarked on its meteoric rise, quickly monopolizing the domestic instant messaging market and becoming a true industry leader!

Later, in 2001, when the South African MIH Group invested in Tencent, it was not actually a financing deal, because Tencent was already flush with cash at that time. So the MIH Group simply acquired the shares held by Xiao Chaoren and IDG, as well as some of the founding team's personal shares, and became Tencent's second largest shareholder.

After that, Tencent never raised any more funds until it successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange!

Therefore, this round of financing, which is about to begin, is very important to Wang Feiyang, as it will determine how much his 10% stake will be diluted!

It's clear that he currently lacks the funds to prevent his shares from being diluted, even if the jeans sell very well; that amount of money is far from sufficient for a tech company's financing needs.

So all he can do during this round of financing is to encourage Mr. Ma and the other shareholders, to convince them that Tencent's future is very bright, that Tencent's shares are valuable enough, and that they absolutely mustn't be sold off cheaply...

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"What's the trouble? You treated me to dinner today. Feiyang, you can just come to my room whenever you need internet access. I live next door to you."

As Liu Yingying spoke, she glanced at Hu Xiaoyun and thought that this girl was overestimating herself. In terms of looks and figure, she couldn't compare to her at all. What made her think she could compete with her?

Hu Xiaoyun was a little anxious, feeling that she had fallen behind, but she didn't know how to turn the tide.

Guo Juan, who was next to her, was closer to her and also disliked Liu Yingying a bit. It's understandable; pretty girls generally don't have good interpersonal relationships among other girls...

She smiled and said to Hu Xiaoyun, "It doesn't matter where you go to access the internet. Anyway, you'll be able to get a network cable in a month, and Feiyang doesn't need to go online every day."

But after eating Fei Yang's cooking today, I feel embarrassed to even go into the kitchen myself.

"How about we start eating with Fei Yang and Zhang Liang from now on? We came in the same batch, so we're already pretty close."

Then, Guo Juan turned to Wang Feiyang and asked, "Brother Feiyang, what do you think?"

Before Wang Feiyang could speak, Liu Yingying immediately interjected, "Then count me in too. It's troublesome to eat alone, and it'll be more lively with more people."

"Huh?" Wang Feiyang had a headache; the conflict was about to shift onto him.

The most sensible thing to do now is to either agree to everything or refuse everything, so Wang Feiyang laughed and said, "Then let's all eat together. It's just a matter of cooking a couple more dishes, but you can't just eat for free; you all have to help out. By the way, Brother Zhang, do you want to join us for dinner?"

Zhang Zhongguo waved his hand, "Forget it, I won't join in the fun. Besides, my meal times are irregular, and sometimes I don't get back until very late."

The three girls exchanged a glance and then simultaneously turned their faces away.

Seeing that Wang Feiyang had agreed, Zhang Liang was probably the most excited of all.

Liu Yingying, Hu Xiaoyun, and Guo Juan are all his "targets." He doesn't care which one he can win over. His first target was naturally Hu Xiaoyun, and his second target was Guo Juan.

Now Liu Yingying has overtaken her to take first place, so Hu Xiaoyun and Guo Juan will have to "inconvenience" and their rankings will be moved down...

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After the meal, the three girls offered to help clear the table, while Wang Feiyang and Zhang Zhongguo continued chatting while carrying beer bottles.

Zhang Zhongguo is a straightforward person. Today, when we were having a good chat, he told me all about his experience of running a stall in the market without holding anything back.

Of course, there was a bit of boasting in his words, after all, even the smallest boss is still a boss!

According to him, because he shares a stall with others, that is, two families rent a shop together, he can reduce the cost by half. In addition, he sells the goods entirely by himself and does not hire a translator, which saves him another expense!

All things considered, I can earn about two or three thousand US dollars a month through hard work.

Although it's not much, it's more than enough to support himself. And who knows, once he's saved up enough money in the future, he might be able to expand his business even further.

Zhang Zhongguo's short-term goal is to be able to ship goods domestically himself, instead of buying from those big bosses to resell, because the profit margins are too low.

He had it all planned out. By the summer of this year, he should have saved around $30,000, which would allow him to return to China, find a reliable manufacturer to partner with, pay half the cost of a batch of goods, and test the waters...

At this point, he patted Wang Feiyang on the shoulder forcefully and laughed heartily, "Brother, you're much more impressive than me. The goods arrived before the person did. That guts... tsk tsk, I can only say I admire you!"

Wang Feiyang shook his head and smiled wryly, "Sigh, don't even mention it, this batch of goods might just be stuck with us!"

"It's alright. Who can make a fortune right away in business? If you don't like it, you can do what I did and start by getting goods from other people to practice. Although you won't make much money, the risk is also small," Zhang Zhongguo comforted him.

"We'll see then. I think Russia is such a big country, and the consumption levels vary. Good quality goods will always sell!" After saying that, Wang Feiyang picked up the bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

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