novelraw Chapter 434 : Saving Money to Buy Original Shares
Chapter 434 : Saving Money to Buy Original Shares
Chapter 434: Saving Money to Buy Original Shares
Chen Fan entered his busy period.
After Ding Dian recovered from her injury and returned to work, Chen Fan accompanied her to the club that day.
He also took the opportunity to hold a meeting for all management in the club's large conference hall.
The meeting had only one agenda item, which was to ensure that everyone in the club was prepared for the club's opening on October 1st.
It was now August, with just two months left until the opening.
Unlike the low-key opening of Medal Club last time, Chen Fan didn't plan to keep a low profile this time.
He wanted the club to become an overnight sensation on its opening day, making sure all Yunhai residents remembered the name Medal Club.
So Chen Fan assigned several tasks at the meeting.
First, contact all Yunhai media including print media, starting from September, to build buzz for the club's opening a month in advance.
On the opening day, Chen Fan demanded that all print media's front page headlines be used to advertise the club.
Second, continue to strengthen internal staff training to ensure no mistakes occur after opening.
Third, Make everyone understand that this Medal Club opening is completely different from previous club openings.
This time it's a thorough upgrade, and in the future the club will only allow VIP members to participate.
In other words, Medal Club will only provide services for high-end members in the future.
Chen Fan required the entire company, including all management, to start using all connections now to scout and contact all possible potential users.
On the opening day, if a customer brought by a club employee successfully purchases a VIP card, that employee will receive a corresponding performance bonus.
Chen Fan's terms were quite generous, 200 yuan per person.
Just bringing in five VIP customers would mean 1,000 yuan. That's nearly half a month's salary for many ordinary employees.
This news made all the club employees excited and eager, rubbing their hands in anticipation.
Fourth, Chen Fan emphasized the safety issue.
The club will conduct another detailed inspection of all venues before opening to ensure no accidents occur.
After the meeting, Chen Fan kept Ding Dian behind for a private chat.
Ding Dian asked directly: "You recruited Guo Wendong?"
"You know about that?" Chen Fan nodded with a smile: "To be honest, what do you think of his personal abilities?"
Ding Dian thought for a moment and gave an assessment.
"He's better than me."
Chen Fan laughed, "Your honest opinion? Not just flattery between friends?"
Ding Dian glanced at Chen Fan.
"Guo Wendong, apart from his somewhat difficult appearance, I think he's strong in all other aspects."
"In university, he won scholarships every year, and was even sought after by major high-tech companies at graduation."
"But he's quite ambitious, maybe not easy to control."
Chen Fan smiled.
"I prefer a wild wolf to a tame sheep."
Ding Dian was very curious: "How did you persuade him?"
Chen Fan asked with a smile: "He didn't tell you?"
Ding Dian shook her head: "He wouldn't say, told me to ask you."
Chen Fan thought that at least Guo Wendong could separate public and private matters clearly.
So Chen Fan explained his plans to establish a new company.
Ding Dian opened her mouth wide, staring at Chen Fan in a daze.
"Are you serious?"
"What's wrong?"
"Boss, you already have a club and an internet company, can you really handle more?"
Chen Fan smiled: "One should work hard while young. I'm planning to retire before 40 anyway."
Ding Dian shook her head speechlessly, feeling she understood Chen Fan less and less.
"By the way, have you chosen the car I asked you to pick?"
Ding Dian raised an eyebrow: "You really plan to give it?"
"Of course. I keep my word."
Ding Dian thought for a moment and said: "Any car under 500,000 yuan is fine?"
"Of course."
"You said it, so I'll choose then."
Chen Fan smiled.
"Once you've chosen, let me know quickly. Then you can drive it to and from work, it'll be safer too."
Ding Dian's eyes flickered as she looked at Chen Fan: "I didn't realize you cared about me so much."
Chen Fan: "Nonsense. If you get injured again, who's going to manage the club for me?"
Ding Dian pointed to the door.
"Get out."
This guy really... Just when there was a bit of emotion, he immediately ruined it.
Before leaving, Chen Fan remembered another thing.
"Oh right, there's one more thing to tell you."
Chen Fan explained about asking Guo Wendong to negotiate with S.H.E and Jay Chou for commercial performances.
"Keep this to yourself for now, just be aware of it."
Ding Dian stared blankly at Chen Fan.
"Have you calculated how much money you'll be spending in a month on media, newspapers, and celebrity performances?"
Chen Fan was quite nonchalant.
"It's fine. Money is just numbers, we'll earn more if we run out."
"Besides, I can spend money but I can also make money, right?"
That wasn't wrong. Since returning after the New Year, several products from Feifan Technology had been continuously making money for Chen Fan.
Security Guard, antivirus software, plus small games from the studio, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were raking in money daily.
Perhaps no one knew that Chen Fan, still a university student, already had a personal net worth of 400-500 million yuan.
Of course, Chen Fan didn't plan to let this money rot in the bank.
He already had a new plan.
Next year will be 2004, soon to be 2005, when Baidu and Tencent will go public successively.
Chen Fan planned to use at least 200 million yuan to purchase original shares of these two companies.
It's no exaggeration to say that at this time, as long as one can get original shares of these two companies, when Baidu or Tencent go public, selling them immediately would mean 10 to 100 times return on investment.
In his previous life, anyone who held original shares of these two companies basically achieved financial freedom after Baidu and Tencent went public.
Of course, original shares of these two companies weren't easy to buy, almost all were distributed through internal channels.
For Chen Fan to get original shares, he might need to think of other ways.
With over a year left, Chen Fan had enough time.
Additionally, Chen Fan hadn't forgotten that he had another connection with Baidu.
Go Navigation Home, previously created by Chen Fan, currently occupied over 60% of the market share, far surpassing the second-place hao123.
This website had no meaning for Chen Fan, it was created solely to sell to Baidu.
And in the current situation, Baidu would definitely be interested in Go Navigation Home.
Next, it was just a matter of waiting for Baidu to contact him.
In his previous life, hao123 was acquired by Baidu, and its creator earned over 50 million yuan plus some original shares.
This time, Chen Fan's selling price definitely couldn't be lower than 50 million yuan...
Thinking about this, Chen Fan couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Boss? Boss?"
Sitting across the conference room, Liang Shichu couldn't help but call out twice.
He didn't expect that the boss, who was chatting with him just a moment ago, would suddenly zone out mid-conversation.
And who knows what good things he was thinking about, even smiling to himself.
"Huh?"
Chen Fan snapped out of his reverie and looked at Liang Shichu sitting opposite him.
"Ahem, where were we?"
Liang Shichu quickly reminded him: "You were talking about the company's future layout, which areas you plan to expand into..."
"Oh."
Chen Fan sat up straight, pondered for a couple of seconds, then lightly coughed.
"What do you think about starting a video website?"