Chapter 329: Amazon Explodes in the West, 6 Million, 1.2 Billion US Dollars

When Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was twenty, he was still an ordinary college student.

When Buffett was twenty, he didn't even have ten thousand US dollars in his pocket.

When Bill Gates of Microsoft was twenty, he had just sold the scheduling system he wrote, with a net worth of at most a few tens of thousands of US dollars.

Even Zuckerberg, regarded as a North American business genius, only successfully listed Facebook at the age of twenty-eight, and with a 28.4% shareholding, instantly became a super-wealthy tycoon with a net worth of nearly 30 billion US dollars.

Yet now, someone actually possesses three super-unicorn enterprises (valued over 10 billion US dollars each) and three unicorn enterprises (valued over 1 billion US dollars each) at the age of twenty, with personal book wealth reaching 50 billion US dollars.

At first, netizens in the Lighthouse Country thought it was fake news, but after some investigation, they fell silent.

After all, the Alexa smart speakers they use come from Sister Chengzi Technology; this product sells extremely well in the European and American markets, so it cannot be faked.

After Time Magazine noticed this hot news, it thought briefly and immediately dispatched staff from its Shanghai City branch to Xucheng City to interview Chen Yansen.

Furthermore, the relevant report will be published in the American edition of Time Magazine, directly facing North American users.

It must be known that in the past, entrepreneurs, sports celebrities, or international movie stars from the Huaguo mostly appeared on the Asian edition of Time Magazine, with weak international influence.

At this moment, a clever person suddenly appeared, dug up all of Chen Yansen's Weibo photos, preemptively registered an account on Facebook in his name, and posted a status update as him.

"Hello! Friends in the Lighthouse Country, I am Chen Yansen, founder of Senlian Capital. It is a pleasure to meet everyone. On October 31, I will draw 1,000 lucky fans from among my followers and gift each one an Alexa smart speaker."

Besides the greeting, several high-definition personal photos of Chen Yansen were uploaded.

In an instant, it was like a huge boulder crashing into a calm lake!

The fan count of the 'Chen Yansen' Facebook account skyrocketed at a rate of 1,000 to 2,000 per minute, reaching 1.9 million by the end of the day.

Actually, Zhou Shouzhi had established an office in San Francisco to connect with the North American sales channels for Alexa smart speakers; after local staff verified with headquarters, they quickly received a negative response.

After the news reached Zhou Shouzhi, he didn't think much of it and instructed his colleagues in the Lighthouse Country to send a notification letter to Facebook customer service.

The next morning, North American netizens woke up to find that the 'Chen Yansen' account had been banned.

The official reason given was that the user had violated regulations by using someone else's information.

The implication was that this 'Chen Yansen' was an imposter.

But a huge crowd of netizens was still waiting for the Halloween giveaway; now that the free smart speakers were gone, they instantly turned their矛头 toward the founder of Facebook.

"Zuckerberg only had over 20 billion US dollars at twenty-eight, which is not even a fraction of Chen Yansen's wealth; could it be that he is jealous and therefore banned the other person's account?"

Such an absurd reason could not hold water, but people in the Lighthouse Country have different thought patterns; they filled in the blanks themselves and 'confirmed' this speculation.

Although some netizens said that Zuckerberg had no need to ban Chen Yansen's account, no one paid attention to them.

Even when Zuckerberg attended an event, some media rushed up to ask: "May I ask, Mr. Zuckerberg, did you order the ban on the Facebook account of the founder of Senlian Capital?"

Zuckerberg looked completely baffled, having no idea what was going on; after his assistant explained, he realized and said with a smile: "That account impersonated someone else's private information. Facebook has always emphasized the protection of user information, so upon discovery, we immediately banned the account."

He did not mention the letter sent by Senlian Capital, but casually advertised his own product.

Although this was the truth, netizens in the Lighthouse Country still did not buy it and stubbornly pinned the blame on Zuckerberg's forehead.

On the other side.

Ye Qiuping, who received the call from Time Magazine, was stunned at first, then a smile of joy appeared on her face.

In her view, the higher the heat surrounding Chen Yansen, the more beneficial it would be for Sister Chengzi phones to open up markets in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and North America.

Thinking of this, she immediately took the elevator to the door of Chen Yansen's office and knocked on the door.

Most ordinary people have a psychology of admiring strength; those Lighthouse Country people who knelt and licked the fake 'Chen Yansen' account were no exception, and neither was Ye Qiuping.

The stronger Chen Yansen's ability, the more she was infatuated with him.

【34】 "Come in!"

"Come in!"

A familiar and deep voice came from inside the room.

Ye Qiuping then turned the doorknob, pushed the door open, walked in, and said while walking: "Boss, Time Magazine wants to conduct an in-depth interview with you."

"The Asian edition?" Chen Yansen looked up, leaned back in his chair, and asked skeptically.

"The American edition." Ye Qiuping smiled faintly, gazing intently at Chen Yansen, a hint of admiration flashing in her eyes. "Zhou Shouzhi just called me, saying that someone in the Lighthouse Country impersonated my information and registered an account on Facebook. Judging by the dissemination effect, it's actually quite good. Indeed, before entering the North American mobile phone market, we should build a self-media promotion matrix on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You take charge of it."

Chen Yansen frowned slightly and gave the order directly.

"Okay, Boss. Additionally, the people from Time Magazine are on their way and are expected to arrive at the company at 3 PM this afternoon."

Ye Qiuping reminded softly.

"I know. Isn't the photography studio on the first floor still not dismantled? We can reuse it perfectly."

Chen Yansen nodded slightly.

The reason he accepted the Time Magazine interview was not to show off; it was merely to pave the way for the Alexa smart speaker and Sister Chengzi phones.

Free traffic resources; why not take them if they are free!

"Mm, I understand." Ye Qiuping smiled lightly and voluntarily stepped out of the office.

Afterwards, she turned back to the Brand Department, registered accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in Chen Yansen's name, and with a mischievous sense of humor announced: We will collaborate with Amazon, eBay, and the Walmart online Shangcheng to draw 5,000 Alexa smart speakers for fans on each of the three platforms as a benefit for followers.

The draw time is 8 PM on Halloween, October 31, consistent with the draw time of the previous imposter.

Netizens in the Lighthouse Country initially thought it was another imposter, but after seeing that Chen Yansen had registered accounts on all three platforms, they followed with half belief and half doubt.

Until someone consulted Twitter customer service and received a positive reply, they had even less doubt.

Logically, Sister Chengzi Technology only has one smart speaker product in the European and American regions, with total sales of only 4 million units; as the company boss, even if Chen Yansen had some heat, he could not attract too many fans.

But the fake 'Chen Yansen', relying on 1,000 Alexa smart speakers, managed to gain 1.9 million followers in a single day; let alone 5,000 prizes.

In less than 24 hours, Chen Yansen's cumulative follower count on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram reached 7.4 million.

What was unexpected was that the attention attracted by the prizes was not the majority; over seventy percent of netizens were curious about his entrepreneurial journey.

Because before this, YouTube bloggers introducing his resume clearly told netizens that this Asian billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions was born in a remote small city in Huaguo, his father was a bookstore owner, and the school he attended was only one tier better than a community college in the Lighthouse Country.

To summarize: no money, no degree, no background; he completed a life turnaround in just two years.

Giving people the illusion that "I could do it too!"

People in the Lighthouse Country admire the strong, and they admire even more those who became strong from nothing.

The next day, Chen Yansen's overseas fan count broke the 10 million mark, and with the existence of the lottery event, it gained two to three million fans every day.

October 29, Monday.

On the cover of Time Magazine's Americas edition appeared a portrait of Chen Yansen, facing forward, seated calmly in a chair, perfectly revealing his sharply defined features.

His eyebrows were like swords, his eyes like stars, his expression bright and deep, his face radiating an aggressive intensity.

The headline read: thenewkingofhua'sinternetindustry, the new king of Hua's internet industry.

With the traffic boost from Time Magazine, by October 30, Facebook followers reached 10.7 million, Twitter 7.4 million, Instagram 3.1 million; if unfiltered, total overseas followers exceeded 20 million.

Before the awards were even announced, Alexa smart speakers saw sales surge across Europe and America, peaking on October 30 with a single-day sales volume of 300,000 units.

Inventory on Amazon, eBay, and Walmart's online Shangcheng sold out completely; immediately afterward, Chen Yansen's "fans" flocked to physical stores—Best Buy, Walmart, and department stores—to continue their buying spree.

Not only was Chen Yansen stunned, but even local media in the Lantern Nation were baffled—they never imagined an Asian entrepreneur they had never met could command such astonishing influence in Europe and America.

Some speculated that perhaps Chen Yansen's "penniless" family background was viewed by overseas audiences as the epitome of an entrepreneur, a miracle of the internet age.

At this moment, domestic media finally caught on, flooding Sister Chengzi Tech's branding department with interview requests—from print and television to internet portals—all treating Chen Yansen's $50 billion net worth as a hot topic for hype.

Suddenly, the way Virtual Academy students looked at Chen Yansen changed; previously, they had merely thought Senior Chen was worth billions and relied on his wealth to get ahead, but now, learning his fortune had quietly reached a terrifying $50 billion, they instantly felt the vast gap between people, the unevenness of the world.

As Chen Yansen walked through campus, he was stopped more and more often by junior and senior students, so he had Lao Gao find him a standalone villa in Virtual City; for the past few days, he either stayed at Ye Qiuping's home or in the guest rooms of the Sky Garden.

Throughout the entire late October, Alexa smart speakers sold 2 million units across Europe and America, bringing total sales to 6 million units with prior sales, generating $1.2 billion in revenue.

Seeing this, Ye Qiuping immediately released promotional materials for the Chengzi C series and Qingcheng D series phones; photos of Chen Yansen holding a phone went viral across the entire internet.

Meanwhile.

Cheng Wei received Sequoia Capital, Thinking Capital, and IDG Capital at Digital Valley in Yanjing, jointly negotiating the Series A funding for DiDi Bikes.

(End of Chapter)