Yiwu.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gu Yanning rarely had a day off, able to return home to reunite with her family and enjoy a reunion dinner.
However, it wasn't entirely a break, as she had come back with a task.
After dinner, Gu Yanning put down her bowl, went back to her room to get her digital camera, and prepared to go out.
"What are you doing? Why are you carrying a camera out so late at night? It's not time to photograph the moon yet, is it?"
Gu Yuxin looked bewildered at his sister who was about to change shoes and go out.
"I have something to do; I'm going to Uncle's house."
"What is it?"
"Work."
"Didn't you come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival? Still working so late? How much money is Qingqing giving you that you need to work this hard?"
"Haha, you'll know how much money tomorrow. You won't need to give me pocket money anymore after this."
With that, Gu Yanning cheerfully stepped out, leaving behind a bewildered family of three.
"Dad, Mom, should we go to Uncle's house and see what she's doing?"
"Talk after the table is cleared."
Kaixin.com had just successfully raised funds; no one in the entire company had time to rest except for the CEO. Gu Yanning, the staying-behind CEO assistant, naturally had no time off.
Her coming back for the Mid-Autumn Festival was merely an excuse, just a convenient stop along the way.
Her main task for coming back was to take some photos of Gu Qingqing's childhood, and additionally, with some recent photos provided by Tan Jincheng, she was preparing to upload these to Gu Qingqing's Kaixin.com account album.
The successful funding of Kaixin.com was promoted by Orange Tech with a focus on Gu Qingqing.
A junior college student, a beauty CEO, worth half a billion yuan. Individually, one label might not be a sensation, but the combination of the three would definitely become an internet sensation.
Just as Flashdrive Marketing Department often took the liberty of using Tan Jincheng for publicity, Orange Tech this time, to attract more users, also used this trick, and similarly, without Gu Qingqing's knowledge.
Tan Jincheng, of course, knew, but he didn't intend to tell Gu Qingqing. On the contrary, he even cooperated with Gu Yanning.
Gu Qingqing is the legal representative and CEO of Orange Tech, and Cheng Hao is the technical director. Currently, these two are the ones in the forefront.
Tan Jincheng is mostly hidden behind the scenes. Unless one pays special attention or digs deep, no one would truly know his connection to Orange Tech.
Tan Jincheng's connection to Orange Tech is only known by those who saw Flashdrive Group's press conference and investors, as well as some local governments that want to attract Tan Jincheng to invest in building factories.
However, these people, like Tao Qinian, thought it was just a small website. Although it was popular, it held little appeal for them.
The two families didn't live far apart, and Gu Yanning arrived at her Uncle Gu Hongshun's house shortly. The couple was at home, quietly eating mooncakes and watching the Mid-Autumn Festival gala.
"Hey, do you think we should also have another child like Xiao Tan's parents?"
Gu Hongshun, finding the gala boring, suddenly said to his wife Li Jinzhen.
Li Jinzhen was startled, then said:
"Are you crazy? Don't you know how long you last each time? Why would we have another child?"
Middle-aged couples, let alone being alone now, could speak freely even with others present. These words immediately made Gu Hongshun furious with embarrassment.
"That's because I'm tired, okay? Besides, what does that have to do with having children!"
"Suit yourself. If you want to have a child, find someone else to have it with. I'm 44 already; why would I risk my good life to go on this adventure with you?"
"You said that."
Li Jinzhen pouted:
"I said it, but I don't think you have the guts."
Gu Hongshun was instantly choked with anger. He really didn't have the guts. If he really brought a half-brother or half-sister to his daughter, let alone his wife, his daughter and Xiao Tan wouldn't let him off the hook.
Seeing her husband's choked expression, Li Jinzhen laughed again:
"Just bear with it for two more years. Once Qingqing graduates, we'll urge them to get married and have children. Then we won't be lonely."
"Alas, but they'll still be surnamed Tan. Before, we planned to keep Qingqing at home (for an uxorial marriage). Now it seems there's no chance for that."
"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings; why think so much? When the time comes, let Qingqing have two more children, and give one for us to raise."
Gu Hongshun had a sudden thought:
"Hey, what if Xiao Tan and Qingqing have two more children, and one of them takes the Gu surname?"
It's not that they favored boys over girls; otherwise, the couple wouldn't have had only one child.
But for their generation, they somewhat hoped to have a grandchild bearing his surname. Their previous plan was to keep Gu Qingqing at home to find a son-in-law.
Now, naturally, there was no longer this opportunity.
Li Jinzhen thought for a moment and said:
"I think it's fine. Those wealthy and influential people even deliberately change their children's surnames. Xiao Tan now has so many assets, it should be acceptable for him to learn from them."
"Right? I've thought about this before. Hehe, I've even thought of names for the children. If it's a girl, she'll be named Gu Junyi, and if it's a boy, he'll be named Gu Junhao."
If Tan Jincheng were present, he would surely be speechless. This father-in-law is truly too idle and thinks far too ahead.
Getting him a farm to give him something to do was the right move.
This topic ended with Gu Yanning's arrival. As soon as Gu Yanning entered, she asked her uncle and aunt to bring out all of Gu Qingqing's childhood photo albums. She was planning to re-photograph them one by one.
She didn't say it was for publicity, only that Tan Jincheng told her to do it. The couple didn't have any suspicions.
Children from well-off families since childhood have many photos preserved. If it were a child from the countryside, they might not have had such an opportunity. In fact, even Tan Jincheng didn't have many childhood photos.
The lives of those born in the 1980s, in their childhood, were actually quite difficult.
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October 7th, Saturday, the last holiday of the National Day.
Orange Tech and Qiming Venture Partners jointly announced that they had reached an agreement on financing. Qiming Venture Partners participated in Orange Tech's Series A financing with 4 million US dollars, acquiring 15% of Orange Tech's shares.
Qiming Venture Partners gave Orange Tech, or Kaixin.com, a valuation of over 26 million US dollars, equivalent to 213 million RMB. Another internet company valued at over a hundred million yuan was born!
Ordinary netizens didn't actually know much about the actual controller of Orange Tech, and could even be said to not know what Orange Tech was.
When Kaixin.com and Kaixin Farm, which was almost trending, were mentioned, many people knew about them, but if asked about Orange Tech, they would look bewildered.
Regarding external publicity, it was naturally promoted in the name of Kaixin.com, as this would be more recognizable.
After a day of fermentation and publicity, the hot search term 'Kaixin.com valued at 213 million yuan' topped Baidu's hot search list at third place on the night of the last National Day holiday.
During the same period, Ningcheng University's School of Foreign Languages quietly posted on its official website:
"Congratulations to our student Gu Qingqing for the Series A funding received by Orange Tech, a university student startup project she participated in and founded!"
Wealth, no matter when, is always a focal point of attention.
Friends who often have holidays should know the term 'holiday syndrome'.
On the last night of a long holiday, not adjusting one's routine back and being unable to sleep is almost the norm.
4 million US dollars, whether now or a decade or more later, is a very attractive figure, let alone these numbers appearing for a website that only launched in July.
If you can't sleep, just go online, play some games, browse the news, and 'steal vegetables'.
It's worth mentioning that Kaixin Farm, which launched a week ago, already showed a tendency to be 'addicted' among its first batch of deeply engaged users.
Some users had already started getting up in the middle of the night to 'steal vegetables'.
News that had fermented was easily seen. In this era, there was a service similar to a news subscription, where websites cooperated with mobile operators to push text and small image news to mobile users on a monthly subscription basis.
Surprisingly, this business was quite good. Many websites profited through this method. This was also a unique product of the 2G era.
"No way, Kaixin.com was founded by a junior college student? And a woman?"
"Ningcheng University, School of Foreign Languages? Damn it, and not even a computer science major? Are you kidding me?"
"Guys, quickly go to Ningcheng University's Tieba and Kaixin.com! There's good stuff there."
"I just went and saw, Kaixin.com's CEO is really beautiful, a beauty CEO!"
"Don't go to Tieba! This CEO has an account on Kaixin.com; even her childhood photos are there."
"This wouldn't be a straw man, would it? How can it be so mysterious? Orange Tech's major shareholder is Chengyue Co., Ltd.; I've never heard of this company."
"It's possible. How could a college student establish an internet company across majors and even make it popular?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, why so much nonsense? A young rich woman worth 50 million yuan, and with photos; don't you want to see that?"
"Love to see it, post more."
Overnight, by the next morning, Gu Qingqing's recent photos had already appeared on major websites, with media following up, netizens spontaneously reposting them, and, of course, the energetic university students.
Ningcheng University, especially the students of the School of Foreign Languages, hadn't expected there to be a celebrity right beside them!
They also saw the news online.
As for the official website of the School of Foreign Languages, who among ordinary people would check the official website when there's nothing important?
Along with Gu Qingqing, the term 'Bo Da' (big breasts) suddenly resounded across the internet.
The leaders of Ningcheng University, especially the School of Foreign Languages, were both excited and somewhat speechless about this nickname.
Forget it, so 'Bo Da' it is. As long as it increases visibility, this can attract more students, making next year's admissions work easier.
Together with Tan Jincheng, Gu Qingqing was currently still in Tanjia Village, relatively peaceful, and still unaware that she had become an internet sensation.
Tan Jincheng was waiting for Flashdrive Tech's staff to arrive.
The Flashdrive Wangjiang Industrial Park project required him to stay in his hometown for a while longer, and he wouldn't return to Ningcheng until the project was fully finalized.
As for Gu Qingqing, she was originally planning to go back today. As the CEO of Orange Tech, there would be many tasks after the financing, and she certainly couldn't be away from her post for a long time during working hours.
However, Tan Jincheng considered that although today was a workday, it was also a Sunday, and secondly, today was the day of the publicity explosion. It would be relatively better for her to stay hidden in the countryside to maintain a sense of mystery. So Gu Qingqing stayed for an extra day.
(End of Chapter)