novelraw Chapter 523 : Overnight Fame, Known Throughout the World
Chapter 523 : Overnight Fame, Known Throughout the World
Chapter 523: Overnight Fame, Known Throughout the World
"《Breaking News! China's Largest Navigation Website Go Navigation Home Acquired by Baidu for 50 Million Yuan!》"
"《50 Million Yuan Acquisition! Baidu's Big Move to Acquire Navigation Home》"
"《50 Million Yuan for a Website, China's Most Brilliant College Student Emerges!》"
Overnight, news about Baidu's acquisition of Navigation Home spread like wildfire. Newspapers, media, online forums, everywhere was filled with reports about this news.
One stone stirred a thousand waves.
Internet users were also in a frenzy.
This news was truly explosive.
There were several points that perfectly attracted netizens who love to watch the excitement.
First, the acquirer was Baidu, a big company known to netizens, and the acquired was Go Navigation Home, which everyone often used.
Second, the acquisition price was very high.
Some media revealed that in addition to the 50 million yuan spent to acquire Go Navigation Home, Baidu also included a portion of original shares, the exact amount of which was unknown.
50 million yuan, in an era when the average house price in first-tier cities was only 5,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter.
50 million yuan was undoubtedly a huge sum.
Third, the founder of Navigation Home was a newly graduated college student.
To attract eyeballs, some media took a different approach, focusing their reports on introducing this mysterious founder of Navigation Home.
Although Baidu didn't provide the person's real name, the information about a Chen surname male from Yunhai, a Yunhai University student, self-employed entrepreneur, insider in the internet industry...
Wasn't this information obvious enough?
It was sufficient for sharp media reporters to dig out all the inside stories.
First of all, there weren't many internet companies from Yunhai University, and only one had become famous in the past two years, which was Feifan Technology.
Secondly, Feifan Technology had once used its products to heavily promote Go Navigation Home.
Moreover, although the general manager of Feifan Technology was Liang Shichu, almost all local media in Yunhai knew that the behind-the-scenes founder of Feifan Technology had the surname Chen, and some even knew Chen Fan's information.
So, in less than half a day, Chen Fan's information was posted online.
This time, netizens who saw the information were shocked again.
So it was him.
It turned out he wasn't an ordinary person, but someone who had already made a name for himself in the internet industry.
Chen Fan, 23 years old, Yunhai University graduate, founder of Medal Club.
Speaking of Medal Club, many netizens were quite familiar with it.
Medal Club had indeed become a hot topic online recently.
First, the club's owner had predicted the popularity of S.H.E and Jay Chou in advance, signing their endorsements as early as 2000.
He waited until 2003 when they became truly famous before promoting it, which directly made Medal Club famous overnight.
Secondly, Chen Fan was also the behind-the-scenes founder of Feifan Technology.
Feifan Technology might be unfamiliar to many, but speaking of its products, Feifan Antivirus, Feifan Security Guard, and the currently popular mini-game 《Blood Battle on Shanghai Beach》, each one was a hit product on the internet.
So it was him!
At this point, many people immediately had a look of realization.
According to media reports, Go Navigation Home was created by Chen Fan during his college years.
In just two to three years, it jumped to become the website with the highest market share, and was finally successfully acquired by Baidu.
Some media, seeing that readers liked this kind of news, even dug out Chen Fan's entrepreneurial journey.
During his freshman year, he created Yuming.com, which was acquired by Wanwang for 5 million yuan in less than half a year, thus obtaining his first bucket of entrepreneurial funds.
Then he opened two internet cafes in succession, which immediately gained popularity among college students with their stylish decor, clean environment, and advanced business concepts, being full every day.
After that, he bought a nearly bankrupt amusement park and transformed it into a club, which was the predecessor of Medal Club.
Then came the creation of Go Navigation Home and Feifan Technology.
Of course, the media didn't forget to gossip, reminding that one of Chen Fan's internet cafes had been demolished, unexpectedly earning him millions in demolition compensation.
The grudge between his first club and the Zhao family of Yunhai was also dug out.
In the end, Chen Fan not only came out unscathed but also got several million yuan from the Zhao family for free, and received 200 to 300 million yuan in demolition compensation from the government.
Even worse, some online media, in pursuit of click rates, even dug out information about Chen Fan's college girlfriend Su Ruochu, which was truly without bottom line.
After reading these reports, everyone was stunned.
It turned out that this guy's acquisition of Go Navigation Home wasn't just dumb luck at all.
He was a genius.
Look at these experiences one by one, his four years in college were more exciting than some people's entire lives.
Before graduating from college, he had already accumulated over 100 million yuan in wealth, a veritable multimillionaire.
Especially those two unexpected demolition compensations, which made many people drool with envy.
This was truly a chosen one.
In some people's eyes, Chen Fan was the type of person blessed with good fortune.
Capable, powerful, insightful, plus maxed-out luck stats.
Such a person would succeed in whatever he did.
Chen Fan's name also entered the eyes of some big shots for the first time.
At least, everyone knew there was such a person as Chen Fan.
For ordinary netizens, what they were more interested in was Chen Fan's wealth.
That was 50 million yuan.
Enough to spend for a lifetime.
If previously people might not have had a concept of Chen Fan owning a club,
Now tell them Chen Fan earned 50 million yuan.
Well, it immediately became very intuitive.
This damn guy had truly become famous overnight.
Many people saw the reports about Chen Fan.
His good friend Guo Shuai saw it and immediately called Chen Fan.
"No need to say anything, brother, come to the bar tonight and drink till we drop."
The brothers from dorm 519 also saw it. Wu Di, who had just become a civil servant, called Chen Fan.
"No need to say anything, dad, if you need any help from your son in the future, just ask."
Ma Xiaoshuai was even more direct, calling Chen Fan to say: "Do you want to pack up and go somewhere to avoid the limelight?"
"You should install another layer of security doors at home."
"I think the plan to hire bodyguards can also be put on the agenda now."
The girls from the associated dorm 326 also saw it, Li Jiao and Liu Qianqian had mixed feelings.
In their freshman year, they had once had crushes on Chen Fan, and even took action, but were decisively rejected by Chen Fan.
This was the so-called destined to meet but not to be together.
Professor Chen from Yunhai University saw it and immediately bought several copies of newspapers to put in his office, preparing to collect them.
It turned out that what he said to Chen Fan last time was conservative.
This kid had already been a multimillionaire.
Liang Shichu of Feifan Technology saw it.
Sitting in his office, he recalled how Chen Fan had casually told him that he wanted to use the Feifan Antivirus platform to help increase the download volume of Navigation Home.
Had he already foreseen all this at that time?