novelraw Chapter 669 : Young People Sure Know How to Have Fun
Chapter 669 : Young People Sure Know How to Have Fun
Chapter 669: Young People Sure Know How to Have Fun
2004 was finally coming to an end.
Regarding New Year's Day, Chen Fan had originally planned to spend it with Su Ruochu in the capital.
However, when they spoke on the phone, Su Ruochu said they only had a 3-day holiday for New Year's.
During that time, she also had to participate in the school's New Year's Eve party, while Chen Fan's company had scheduled their annual party for the day before New Year's Eve.
There was a scheduling conflict between the two.
Su Ruochu comforted Chen Fan, saying it was okay, since there were only about 20 days until the winter break anyway, and they could see each other then.
These days, Chen Fan was indeed so busy that he barely had time to catch his breath.
First, he had been working behind the scenes to thoroughly reorganize the businesses acquired from the Zhao family.
Among them, after taking over the Zhao Group's building, Chen Fan immediately had Feifan Technology move in completely.
Currently, Feifan Technology was expanding its personnel rapidly, with at least 300 employees now.
The two floors they had been renting before were completely insufficient.
Now that the entire company had relocated to the Zhao Group building, the office space was much more spacious.
Chen Fan had also specially designated an entire floor of the building as territory for the Starry Sky studio.
The gaming department would be a key area for Chen Fan's future development.
So it was never wrong to allocate office space for it in advance.
The Zhao Group building had always been known for its opulence, so basically nothing inside needed to be replaced. They could move in and start working right away.
However, the "Zhao Group" sign was replaced with "Feifan Technology".
Many people who saw this scene often sighed inwardly.
A new era was about to begin.
In addition, Chen Fan also held behind-the-scenes shares in many of the Zhao family's entertainment businesses.
Chen Fan didn't put these in the spotlight, but instead handed them over to Guo Shuai and Luo Wenjie.
The two of them, along with the management team, took a long time to completely overhaul several large nightclubs.
If nothing else, at least all kinds of illegal business practices were strictly prohibited.
Because there were so many venues, Chen Fan was already considering whether to establish a dedicated company to manage them.
As for who would manage this area in the future, Chen Fan had other plans for Guo Shuai, having already set a position for him.
As for Luo Wenjie, Chen Fan wasn't quite sure if Brother Jie could handle the venues.
After much consideration, he decided to wait until after the New Year to decide.
In late December, Yunhai city released a government announcement.
It was a government report on the future development plans for Nansu Town.
Anyone who read this announcement understood that Nansu Town was likely to prosper in the future, set to be developed into a transportation hub connecting Yunhai with surrounding cities.
To this end, many old state-owned enterprises in the urban area and even factories with pollution issues would be gradually relocated there.
Many businessmen sensed an opportunity and sprang into action, poring over maps to see if they could make a big profit from Nansu Town's future development.
As they looked, many people suddenly discovered.
There was already a high-end residential complex being developed in Nansu Town.
Upon checking the developer.
Qifan Construction.
Owner: Chen Fan.
Holy crap!
A group of entrepreneurs were completely stunned.
What's going on?
The announcement had just come out, and Qifan Construction's residential complex was already nearly built?
Looking at the start time of the construction, it had begun almost a year ago.
Many people immediately cursed out loud.
Did this kid Chen Fan have inside information?
But that shouldn't be the case. A year ago, it wasn't even certain if the Yunhai city leadership had this plan.
After some inquiries, everyone finally understood what was going on with this residential complex.
Many couldn't help but sigh that this Chen Fan... indeed had some great luck on his side.
As for the former owner who had sold the company and land before Qifan Construction's acquisition, he was probably already vomiting blood in frustration by now.
Just because of this one announcement, not only was Chen Fan's residential complex guaranteed to sell, but the land value alone had increased at least several times over.
However, Chen Fan soon gave everyone another big news story.
Because on the day before New Year's Eve, Chen Fan booked the largest banquet hall in Yunhai's biggest five-star hotel, and then had all the employees from his various companies hold their first annual company party there.
Many people were not unfamiliar with the concept of annual parties.
However, in most people's impressions, annual parties were nothing more than handing out some benefits.
Better companies would directly give out 100 or 200 yuan in bonuses, or distribute some welfare products, or at worst, give out rice, noodles, grains, and oil.
It was the first time anyone had heard of someone like Chen Fan directly booking a banquet hall in a five-star hotel, gathering all employees together to eat, drink, and have activities.
Especially since everyone was treated equally, whether you were a company executive or a janitor, everyone could participate.
This time, not only did Feifan Technology, Qifan Construction, and Medal Club participate, but also employees from Guo Shuai's bar and even the almost forgotten First Encounter internet cafe in the university town.
The annual party started at noon that day and lasted until the evening.
Anyone who had been to the scene exclaimed that it was eye-opening.
First of all, the standard of hospitality at each table showed that their boss was definitely generous.
The food was a standard set meal worth about 800 yuan per table, and the drink was Wuliangye, the same for employees and high-level executives alike.
In addition, there were various performances carefully prepared by each department at the annual party venue.
Interspersed were award ceremonies and lucky draws.
Some scenes from the annual party were photographed and posted online, immediately becoming a hot search topic and causing a sensation.
Let's put it this way, in 2004, Boss Chen's rewards for outstanding employees were high-end mobile phones worth over 6,000 yuan.
The lucky draw prizes started at a minimum of 100 yuan, then 500 yuan, 1,000 yuan, mobile phones, TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, you name it.
There was also a final grand prize, the Annual Best Contribution Employee Award.
It was awarded to an ordinary computer engineer from Feifan Technology.
The prize was a brand new Jetta car worth around 100,000 yuan.
When the photos from the annual party were uploaded online, netizens went wild.
What does it mean to be rich?
This is what it means to be rich.
What does it mean to be generous?
This is what it means to be generous!
Online, netizens usually have an attitude of resentment towards the wealthy.
But regarding Boss Chen, most people were full of admiration and respect.
Rich and generous, with genuinely good treatment of employees, who wouldn't respect that?
With such a boss, which employee wouldn't want to follow him wholeheartedly?
For a time, the internet was filled with all kinds of comments, with people already starting to inquire about the conditions for joining Chen Fan's company.
Of course, there were also some women asking if Chen Fan was married? Did he have a girlfriend?
On the Tianya Forum, a post titled "How to Marry Boss Chen" had over a thousand replies, showing just how enthusiastic netizens were.
As for other Chinese entrepreneurs and bosses who saw Chen Fan's operations, their feelings were quite mixed.
Some thought, no wonder he's in the internet business, his marketing techniques come one after another. Throughout the year, Chen Fan's name had never disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Tsk tsk, as expected of young people, they really know how to play the game."