Chapter 1401

Chen Baojia left, and it was Qin Chuan who saw her off.

It is unknown what the two of them said, but it appeared that Chen Baojia had given up on her thoughts regarding Qin Chuan. Even if it hadn't been like in the original drama, where Wang Ying and Qin Chuan pretended to be a couple to resolve the awkwardness...

However, before leaving, Chen Baojia came to find Wang Yan again, said some aimless things in a cutesy voice, left Wang Yan's phone number, and also left her ID for Youxiang Net, adding him as a friend.

Before boarding the plane, she even called Wang Yan to say she was about to fly away from the capital, chatting about this and that for a few moments.

Chen Baojia said, let's keep in touch often in the future...

Wang Yan started getting busy again. Aside from his daily fun with Xiao Qianxi and chatting idly with Wang Ying and the others every day, he spent all his time handling work.

The "Top 100 Campus Beauties" voting event came to a perfect conclusion. Wang Yan invited the top ten beauties by final vote count to the capital and personally took a set of portraits for them—black and white, color, full-body, half-body, and close-ups—specially setting up various lights, renting clothes, and so on. The finished products were uploaded to the campus forum section, with a separate hyperlink created to record the top three beauties of each school, as well as the top ten on the overall list.

Of course, the photography was secondary; the main issue was the future of these ten girls. Entertainment companies had long been impatient; never mind the top ten, they had even approached those beauties ranked in the twenties and thirties.

However, in order to protect the rights and interests of these students, Wang Yan sent messages to them in the background, explaining some of the contract traps of entertainment companies and implicitly mentioning some of the filth. He couldn't take care of everyone, so he could only fulfill his duty to warn them.

As for these top ten, regardless of looks or figure, it could be said that they were all the best of the best. If one had to compare, Xiao Qianxi and the others would be inferior compared to these ten.

Wang Yan explained various issues to them face-to-face and clarified the conditions he had already negotiated with entertainment companies. Of course, he also mentioned the shell entertainment company he had already established, laying all the conditions out in the open.

He believed these girls were smart, but he was afraid they wouldn't understand clearly.

The final result was no surprise: five girls chose to go to external entertainment companies, four girls chose to go home, stating they didn't want to develop in the entertainment industry, and the last girl foolishly chose Wang Yan's entertainment company...

The campus beauty event had a huge effect on Zhiwo Net. After the event ended, because of the promotion in various aspects, the spread of vote-soliciting, and spontaneous dissemination, Zhiwo Net's registered users surged by four million, reaching over twelve million.

This was actual phone registration, users who had verified their personal information, not fake data. Of course, the data Wang Yan announced to the public was twenty million...

In fact, even twelve million was quite frightening; after all, the total number of internet users in the country at this time was only over forty million, though it was growing by the millions every month. It was equivalent to a quarter of all internet users knowing about Zhiwo Net and browsing it to varying degrees.

And after the campus beauty selection event passed, the surged users didn't leave; instead, they were attracted by Zhiwo Net's rich forum sections. Here, there was someone to talk about whatever one wanted to talk about. Even if it was just pure bickering, there were people willing to accompany them in the argument. At the same time, there was also a public review section for various things for internet users.

This review section was the top priority, because before Zhiwo Net users bought things, they would habitually come here to see reviews of related products; they would even actively start one if there were no reviews, waiting for a period of time.

But Zhiwo Net had a million daily active users, all of whom could get online; they couldn't all be in internet cafes. The consumption level was very complete; relatively popular brands on the market all had reviews on Zhiwo Net, and even high-consumption high-end brands and luxury brands were there, though it was hard to say if they were real or fake.

Bragging and disguising a virtual self was something some people liked to do; what they had seen, heard, or heard legends of, true or false, were all treated as their own experiences and knowledge.

But the reviews of popular brands on the market were still relatively fair.

At the same time, paired with the review system, the video column for reviewing computers that Wang Yan had previously opened also started testing these reviewed items; currently, it was mainly concentrated in the electronic digital field.

Wang Yan didn't dare touch other things; there were too many counterfeit and shoddy goods, and being innocent was also a crime...

However, recently in the review system, the voice against milk powder was relatively high, and Wang Yan had already prepared to arrange personnel to conduct relevant testing on various milk powders...

And these, undoubtedly, drove Youxiang Net again. Currently, Youxiang Net had already made a deep link with Zhiwo Net. Besides the advertisements Zhiwo Net targeted at users in cities where Youxiang Net was opened, it also simultaneously integrated the review system.

Just like Zhiwo Net's offline consumption, Youxiang Net was the same principle. In the reviews of related products, consumer reviews on Youxiang Net had a higher weight and would be interconnected with product reviews on Youxiang Net's side.

Browsing products on Youxiang Net, Zhiwo Net's review system had categories that would also be posted; one could hyperlink to jump and browse details, complementing and promoting each other.

Also affected by this, Youxiang Net's order volume recently hit new highs repeatedly. The cities that had been opened all reached a daily order volume of over a thousand, with the capital being the highest, breaking through two thousand, and Shanghai second, also having over fifteen hundred orders. The total platform order volume exceeded five thousand orders and was advancing toward ten thousand orders.

And thanks to the good reputation, reaching this point now, it had already started to spread. Besides various online influences, in real life, people were also happy to recommend Youxiang Net to relatives and friends.

Of course, it was mainly large items; otherwise, it was consuming several hundred yuan together, saving shipping costs, and also taking advantage of the online price being slightly cheaper than offline. So don't look at Youxiang Net's low order volume, but the average price of each order was very high, basically all several hundred yuan. If the daily transaction order volume reached over ten thousand, the sales volume would be at least two million.

And in fact, the current five thousand-plus orders already had sales of over two million; this was something offline malls couldn't compare to.

Only a few people in urgent need of some medicine or something would pay expensive shipping fees, equivalent to same-city flash delivery.

For large items, consumers were also willing to pay shipping fees. After all, easily several hundred or a thousand yuan, Youxiang Net guaranteed that the product was intact and delivered into the room; compared to the delivery and installation fees of tens of yuan, or at most a hundred or eighty, it seemed very worthwhile.

Especially the most important point, which was that with the increase in consumers, more and more problems appeared with various products, which very well highlighted Youxiang Net's after-sales service; consumers didn't need to bicker with manufacturers at all.

If there was a problem, find Youxiang Net's after-sales, call to make an appointment for a time, and they would arrive on time; small problems were solved on the spot, and if parts needed to be replaced, they could also be solved the next day; as for those that couldn't be solved, the product was taken away directly.

If they still wanted the same model, a new one would be delivered the next day; if it was in the morning, it was very likely to be delivered in the afternoon. If they didn't want the same model and wanted to change to another product, it was directly deducted according to the price at the time of consumption; if they bought a more expensive one, they added money, and if they bought a cheaper one, they got a refund. There was absolutely no messy nonsense.

All problems would be docked by Youxiang Net with the manufacturer; compared to individuals, of course, Youxiang Net, which was also based on the company, had more room for negotiation, and what they said was more effective and more valued.

With daily sales of two million, if you speak loudly to me, I won't blame you, but with daily sales of ten million, tell me, what do you call me?

At this time, there were few direct operations or factory direct sales; even if there were, it was Huang He running away with his sister-in-law; the channel that could sell products on a large scale was the real boss...

Similarly, also borrowing from public reviews, more people claimed offline restaurant consumption vouchers, one thousand orders, two thousand orders, three thousand orders...

The bosses of small and medium-sized restaurants in the capital were all crazy; Zhiwo Net's phones were about to be blown up, all saying they wanted to cooperate with Zhiwo Net.

Wang Yan of course started to promote it; the success of five hundred restaurants had already explained many problems. He immediately sent more personnel to expand in the capital, but to settle in Zhiwo Net, there were still standards; at least hygiene had to pass, there had to be a place for dine-in, and mobile vendors with business licenses certainly wouldn't work. This had to be confirmed one by one.

At the same time, it also spread out of the capital, spreading in the Jin-Ji region, as well as the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta regions. Wang Yan even personally ran to other places to lead and train the team.

The terminal also started charging fees, a deposit of five hundred yuan. Wang Yan really didn't touch this money; he took it to the bank to buy wealth management products, and the return was quite considerable; it counted as a reserve fund.

Currently, Zhiwo Net's revenue had three parts: commissions from local life services, advertising fees from Youxiang Net, and commissions from products sold through Zhiwo Net jumping to Youxiang Net. Besides this, other brands and manufacturers looking for Zhiwo Net to advertise were all rejected; it was still very pure.

Promotion in many places, even if it had started to make a profit, was always spending more than it earned; money was spent like flowing water, and it would bottom out in less than two months.

Near the summer vacation, Wang Yan started to intensively contact venture capital again; Zhiwo Net and Youxiang Net had both reached the time when they needed funds. In fact, Youxiang Net had reached it long ago, but Wang Yan was not very satisfied with the price, which was why it had been dragged on until now.

After intensive multi-round negotiations, Zhiwo Net's second-round valuation was finally two hundred and eighty million US dollars, selling twenty percent of the shares, financing fifty-six million US dollars, over four hundred million red notes. This was also the last round; after spending this money, Zhiwo Net could go public.

And Youxiang Net, relying on the achievement of monthly sales breaking one hundred million after dragging it on for a period of time, was valued at one hundred and fifty million US dollars in one round, also selling twenty percent of the shares, financing thirty million US dollars, over two hundred million red notes. This money would be used to develop the market and build a cross-regional warehousing, logistics, and distribution system.

These were all decided during the summer vacation...

Xiao Qianxi went home because Wang Yan said she couldn't go back for the New Year this year. Xu Lin also went home; she was the treasure of the family, and they were all thinking of her.

After a few days of vacation, the bored Xie Qiao still dragged Lu Qianran to work. Wang Ying seemed to have learned the lesson from the winter vacation and firmly refused to have separate contact with Wang Yan; if Xie Qiao didn't come, she wouldn't come, absolutely not giving Wang Yan a chance to get his hands on her.

But Wang Ying would eventually come, which once again proved the contradiction in her heart.

"This time you've really become a billionaire with a net worth of over one hundred million, Wang Laoban, how does it feel?"

In the company at the technology park, the day after signing the contract, Wang Ying came to the company with Xie Qiao and others, and just saw Wang Yan sitting there writing and drawing, and asked very casually.

"Correction, little rich woman, it's a net worth of about two hundred and fifty million US dollars, equivalent to about two billion red notes." Wang Yan raised his head and raised his eyebrows at Wang Ying and the others.

"You're too exaggerated." Xie Qiao couldn't help but exclaim, her mouth slightly open.

Lu Qianran had a similar reaction: "Wang Laoban, I didn't expect that after a few days of not seeing you, you have actually become this prosperous. You must lead the poor to get rich later and take care of us poor people."

"Easy to say, easy to say." Wang Yan laughed, rubbing his chin as if thinking, and said, "Still missing a bed warmer, do you have any ideas?"

"I'm just destined to be a maid, Wang Laoban, Qiaoqiao can do it, she definitely has no problem warming the bed."

"Go, go, go, annoying." Xie Qiao blushed instantly and started playing around with Lu Qianran.

Wang Yan's smiling gaze fell on Wang Ying. Their eyes met, Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, Wang Ying glared at him fiercely, but couldn't help but blush slightly.

She seemed to lean over very naturally: "Writing and drawing, what... are you doing?"

Noticing that Wang Ying paused for a moment, Xie Qiao asked with concern: "What's wrong, Wang Ying?"

Wang Ying's hand slapped Wang Yan's back fiercely, and she even pinched some skin, but her face remained calm: "You come and see, you'll know after reading it."

"What is it?" Muttering, Xie Qiao and Lu Qianran leaned over and saw the mind map on the paper, which wrote about Zhiwo Magazine, photography, entertainment, fashion, and other different categories, followed by some small characters, writing the general theme.

The two of them looked at the relatively detailed plan. On this side, Wang Ying took the opportunity to hammer Wang Yan twice fiercely, then slapped away Wang Yan's salty pig hand, pointed with her small hand, and her face was full of warnings.

Wang Yan shrugged, raised his hands in surrender, and stopped acting weird.

"Wang Yan, are you really going to run a magazine?" Xie Qiao asked in surprise.

"So you thought I was bragging to you and teasing you before?" Wang Yan said, "Go register the company in a few days, run it when school starts, and rent a studio nearby at that time, you can just go there to work."

Wang Ying asked: "Why not at school?"

"The financing money will arrive one after another in three days, each company has over one hundred million in funds, and there will be more and more employees, so it's not appropriate to continue to hang out with the school. But we won't move away from here, just keep the current situation, and only go to the new office location when recruiting new employees."

"Have you chosen a place?"

"There are not so many requirements, as long as the place is big. Anyway, it's all temporary; after developing, we will definitely build our own headquarters. I've been reading books on architecture recently, and I plan to design it myself at that time."

"You really have ideas." Lu Qianran gave a thumbs up.

"Bold! There is no bed-warming maid like you."

"No, I didn't agree." Lu Qianran pulled Xie Qiao, "Here, here, she is the bed-warming maid, I am the one serving outside the door."

Wang Ying said gloomily: "Sometimes those serving outside the door have to go in..."

"Ah?" Lu Qianran was a bit dazed.

"Stop it." Wang Yan waved his hand, "This conversation is a bit improper, I am a serious person."

Now the three women rolled their eyes together.

Wang Ying was just about to speak when Xie Qiao's phone rang. After saying a few words, she hung up the phone and looked at Wang Yan: "Qin Chuan said Sister Qianqian is hospitalized, I have to go see her, are you going?"

"Hospitalized?" Wang Yan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, I guess it might be taking the little hooligan to see the parents, the parents don't agree, and they are throwing a tantrum; it might even be faking illness. You go and explore the condition; if I judged wrong, send me a message, if I guessed right, then forget it, just tell me the gossip later, let me have some fun."

"Okay, then I'm leaving." Xie Qiao responded.

Lu Qianran looked at the smiling Wang Yan, and her face couldn't help but blush again: "I'm leaving too, I'll accompany Qiaoqiao to see."

After saying that, she also ran away in a panic.

"I'm also..."

Wang Ying also wanted to leave, but Wang Yan had already grabbed her hand...

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