You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 159 Misfortunes never come singly
Zhang Pingyi saw Qin Shaoyan entering the door and hurriedly came up to him and said in a low voice: "You are from the city and want to take a look at our Olympic publicity website."

"It's okay." Qin Shaoyan said very calmly, giving Zhang Pingyi a smile, "I'll handle it."

The person sitting on the chair put down his pen, stood up, smiled, and said hello to Qin Shaoyan, "Hello, are you the person in charge of the company?"

"Hello, hello." Qin Shaoyan smiled with a smile on his face and held the other person's hand enthusiastically. "My name is Qin Shaoyan. I am the CEO of Sentinel Technology Co., Ltd. I welcome the leaders of the city to inspect and guide the work. It is a great honor."

"Hello, Mr. Qin, I am not a leader." The other party said gently, "My surname is Zhang, and my name is Zhang Wanli. You can call me Lao Zhang or Zhang Wanli."

If your boss is polite to you, don't take it seriously.

How could Qin Shaoyan call the other party by his name?

Qin Shaoyan said somewhat cautiously, "Leader Zhang, what are your instructions for this visit."

"You should call me Lao Zhang. It's awkward to call me a leader." Zhang Wanli smiled, "I work in the city, just running errands. I can't bear the title of leader."

"I heard people say that there is an Olympic publicity website on the Internet. Everyone said it was good. I also checked it out. It is indeed very good."

"At that time, Comrade Zhang Pingyi was going to do his graduation project, but he had never thought about what he wanted to do." Qin Shaoyan continued to recall, "I had an idea at that time and said let's build a public welfare website and test the new technology."

"Then I accidentally saw information about the Olympics in the newspaper, and I casually decided to do publicity for the Olympics."

"We thought about it and decided that we should rent a professional server. Then we found out that the most common server costs 20,000 yuan a year."

"It's not easy for you to build a website." Zhang Wanli nodded, "Then you all solved the funding problem yourself?"

"Okay." Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi, "Go and ask someone to make tea."

"There is a situation that I have to report to the leader." Qin Shaoyan hesitated, "In the beginning, two charity-minded bosses saw that our website was in trouble, so they donated 650,000 yuan to use it for the maintenance of the charity website."

"I didn't think much about it at the time. Later, when we made money, we felt it was a bit inappropriate, so we returned the donation."

Zhang Wanli smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous. It's not illegal for you to do charity."

"No, absolutely not!" Qin Shaoyan quickly denied, "We have records in the background that you can view. There is not a single advertisement on the entire website."

"You are very careful in your work." Zhang Wanli praised, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​starting this website?"

"Yes, they were all returned." Qin Shaoyan said quickly, "Not even one cent is too much. We don't think it's appropriate to accept social donations."

"I came here today because I want to know about this website. Is it convenient?"

"Well, that's right." Zhang Pingyi also echoed, "Boss, we are all introverts."

"Convenient and convenient!" Qin Shaoyan nodded quickly, "Comrade Zhang Minyi and I built this website in our spare time. If you want to ask anything, just ask us directly. We will tell you everything we know."

"No need to bother, just boiled water will do." Zhang Wanli glanced at Zhang Pingyi who was about to leave, "Comrade Zhang Pingyi, come and sit down too."

From Olympic publicity to game software development, this transition was quite big. Zhang Wanli didn't understand what this idea was for a while.

"Those free servers have too little space, and the public welfare website will crash if there are too many people visiting it."

Zhang Pingyi echoed from the side, "It's the end of July."

"Yes, we made a small game and sold it, and then we made some money before we started the website." Qin Shaoyan said a little embarrassed, "It is very expensive to build a website, especially renting a server is very expensive. ”

"We were too young and inexperienced at the time, so we relied on momentum." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "We didn't even have a computer at the time. The entire website was completed on a computer in an Internet cafe, and the server was a free portal server."

"No problem, I'll take you to see the server's background data. You can see various records and data there." Qin Shaoyan stood up immediately and enthusiastically led Zhang Wanli out of the reception room.

"We are all responsible for the expenses ourselves. Normal maintenance is done by employees who voluntarily sign up. I, Zhang Minyi, and Chen Guangxia." Qin Shaoyan said with his fingers, "In order to save server costs, we directly put the public welfare website on the campus network server. Yes, this part of the expenses will be borne by the campus network.”

Zhang Wanli put down the pen in his hand and asked: "Can you trouble the two bosses to introduce the data of this website?"

"It's okay to go back." Zhang Wanli nodded, "What about the normal maintenance of your website?"

Zhang Wanli was a little surprised, "They all went back?"

"Call me Lao Zhang." Zhang Wanli said with a smile, "When was your website established?"

Qin Shaoyan was overjoyed, "I feel at ease with the leader's words."

Zhang Minyi agreed and sat down next to Qin Shaoyan in an orderly manner.

"Game software development?" Zhang Wanli looked at Qin Shaoyan in surprise.

"It's okay if you don't." Zhang Wanli's expression softened and he warned carefully, "You must pay attention to this matter, otherwise you will be in great trouble."

"Then let's sit down and talk."

"It was probably at the end of July last year. Check the background records of the website at the specific time." Qin Shaoyan pretended to remember hard, "All our data is recorded in the background and stored on the server. You can check it anytime you want."

"Please rest assured, leaders, we have a bottom line. The purity of the public welfare website cannot be tarnished." Qin Shaoyan said decisively, "We always keep this in mind."

Zhang Wanli lowered his head and wrote a few words quickly on his notebook. Suddenly he raised his head and asked with a serious face: "Have you ever used this charity website to conduct commercial activities?"

Zhang Wanli picked up the pen, opened the notebook and looked at Qin Shaoyan, a little strange, "Don't be so nervous, let's just chat casually."

"It includes the number of visitors to the website every day, the access time, and what operations were performed."

"Oh, that's great." Zhang Wanli glanced at the two of them, "Mr. Qin, won't you disturb your work?"

"Don't bother, don't bother."

"No, our campus network was built nearly a month later." Qin Shaoyan quickly explained, "We didn't plan to build a website. We started by studying game software development."

Zhang Wanli was a little curious, "Your idea is quite unique. I see that you are an Internet company. Didn't you want to start a website business at the time?"

"Well, I'm not nervous." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "This is our first time dealing with the leader. I am usually introverted and not good at words. If I say something wrong, please forgive me, comrade leaders."

"Zhang Pingyi, call Senior Brother Chen to my office and ask him to adjust the background data and send it to my computer."

While talking, Qin Shaoyan introduced Zhang Wanli into his office.

As soon as Zhang Wanli entered Qin Shaoyan's office, he looked up and saw various group photos hanging on the wall.

Some are domestic and some are foreign.

Zhang Wanli didn't know the other foreigners, but he saw Bill Gates taking a photo with Qin Shaoyan at a glance.

After all, he still knows the world's richest man.

Then Zhang Wanli saw Qin Shaoyan taking a group photo with the leaders of the Press and Publication Administration, and looked at Qin Shaoyan again in surprise.

This person doesn't seem to be simple. Qin Shaoyan said casually with a smile, "This was taken when I was giving a report to the leaders at the printing office."

"Do you know Mr. Qin well with the leaders of the edition office?" Zhang Wanli asked curiously.

"We make games and are managed by the publishing office. We are not familiar with each other, but we have frequent contacts." Qin Shaoyan said modestly, "We worked with the publishing office a while ago to launch Chinese games overseas, and our company is responsible for connecting with North American publishers. Yes, it was also praised by the leaders of the edition.”

"Oh?!" Zhang Wanli said with a smile, "Your company may not look big, but it is very powerful."

"Our company is quite famous in the world's game industry." Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds, "The games we produced are sold all over the world, with 20 million copies sold, and we also won the North American Game Award."

"We also won an award at this year's international exhibition, received an exclusive interview from Xinhua News Agency, and were published in the newspaper."

Zhang Wanli was really shocked at this time. Being interviewed exclusively by a reporter from Xinhua News Agency showed that this person was very extraordinary.

Qin Shaoyan pointed casually, "Take a look at our trophy."

"This is the Golden Keyboard Best Standalone Game Award in 2003, and this is the Golden Keyboard Most Anticipated Game Award in 2004." Qin Shaoyan placed two gold-plated keyboards in front of Zhang Wanli, followed by various newspapers and group photos.

Zhang Wanli looked at the shining golden keyboard "China PCgame NO1!" in surprise, and then looked at the reports and photos in various newspapers and magazines.

"Mr. Qin has achieved so many achievements at such a young age. He is really a rare talent." Zhang Wanli praised him sincerely, "He can be both a gamer and a website developer. It's amazing."

Zhang Wanli casually picked up a newspaper and glanced at the reporters from Xinhua News Agency.

This Qin Shaoyan is talented, famous, and has such a huge career, so he is definitely not a swindler.

The Olympic publicity website should be reliable in his hands.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wanli felt relieved.

Soon Zhang Pingyi took Chen Guangxia into the office, and then called up the server background data on Qin Shaoyan's computer.

Zhang Wanli looked at the background information above attentively while copying notes in his notebook.

"Why is this data so high? One hundred thousand people visit it every day." Zhang Wanli pointed to the access data in the background, and then asked seriously, "Is this data true and reliable?"

Chen Guangxia was stunned for a moment, and replied calmly: "Of course it is true. This data is not high. At our peak, we had 800,000 people, and the server almost crashed."

Zhang Wanli was very surprised, "How was this done?"

"It's the campus network. I use the campus network to attract traffic to public welfare websites." Qin Shaoyan replied, "In order to promote public welfare for the Olympics, we often advertise on the campus network."

"Because the users on our website are all college students, they are very enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings and often visit the Olympic charity website to learn some Olympic knowledge."

"We will also do some daily sign-in activities. For example, if you insist on signing in every day, you can get a charity expert title on the campus network."

"Sometimes we will also hold some prize-winning quizzes on a regular basis to test everyone's Olympic knowledge. Those who get full marks will receive gifts."

Zhang Wanli frowned, "Didn't this cost a lot of money?"

"Not much, only two to three million." Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "I have included these in the campus network activity funds."

"What's more, it is our corporate responsibility and obligation to promote public welfare causes."

"Our website users are all college students. They will be the backbone of the future society. Guiding them to actively participate in public welfare undertakings is also the goal we have been working hard to achieve."

"Mr. Qin's words are good." Zhang Wanli smiled and wrote down the notes, and warned: "The money spent must be listed separately."

Qin Shaoyan glanced at Zhang Wanli in surprise, "You won't reimburse me, so what's the use of me listing it?"

Afterwards, Zhang Wanli asked a few more small questions, and felt very satisfied after Qin Shaoyan answered them one by one.

"It's delaying Mr. Qin's work." Zhang Wanli shook Qin Shaoyan's hand vigorously, "Let's leave our contact information. I may also ask Mr. Qin for some information."

"No problem." Qin Shaoyan quickly took out his mobile phone and saved each other's phone numbers with Zhang Wanli. "If you have anything to do, just ask the leader."

Zhang Wanli put away his phone and looked at Qin Shaoyan with a smile, "Your website is very good. Mr. Qin is interested."

Until Zhang Wanli was sent away, Zhang Minyi was still a little overwhelmed. He looked at Qin Shaoyan nervously and asked softly: "Are you okay?"

"What can happen?" Qin Shaoyan laughed, "The leaders all said that our website is doing well."

Zhang Pingyi was still a little worried, "What's going to happen?"

"What can happen?" Qin Shaoyan comforted, "If you want to recruit someone, there is an opportunity in front of you."

"How to recruit people?" Zhang Pingyi frowned, "Why are you still thinking about this now?"

"Didn't I do this for you?" Qin Shaoyan glared at him, "I promised you back then. I keep my word, and I will definitely do what I promised you."

"It's not that easy." Zhang Pingyi shook his head, "You just come over and take a look, and you think about recruiting. I think you are more confused than me about wanting to join the army."

"What's so difficult about this? There's still a chance to help the leader." Qin Shaoyan smiled.

"Senior Brother Chen, please arrange for two people to build the sign-in function of the Olympic publicity website, otherwise you won't be able to fool me next time you come to check."

"Okay." Chen Guangxia agreed.

Qin Shaoyan just turned around and saw Zhang Pingyi holding his mobile phone with a confused expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Qin Shaoyan frowned.

"Then what..." Zhang Mingyi swallowed nervously, "Boss Tian and Boss Wang have arrived in the capital. They said they have something very important to see you."

"Fuck!" Qin Shaoyan's face suddenly darkened.

……

Zhang Wanli got in the car, picked up his cell phone, found a number and dialed, "Lao Fan, I'm Zhang Wanli."

"I have something to ask you. Who was at the publishing office when we were at the party school?"

"Send me his phone number and I'll find out something."

Zhang Wanli hung up the phone and Lao Fan sent a message. Before he could call, the phone rang.

He glanced at the signature and quickly answered, "Secretary, I'm Xiao Zhang, you said... okay, I'll go back right now."

After putting down the phone, he immediately told the driver, "Hurry back to the municipal committee."

(End of this chapter)