My son is a reincarnated soul; I overheard his inner thoughts and became the richest man.

"Zhongshen Chinese Website? Hmm, isn't that the literary platform that Xiaotian and Yuanyuan were working on? It seems it's already quietly launched."

Chen Feng clicked the mouse casually.

The browser quickly redirected to the homepage of the Gods Chinese website.

"The UI design is incredibly advanced," Chen Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

In 2003, major portal websites wanted to fill the entire screen with highly saturated color blocks and flashing banners, creating a screen full of light pollution.

However, the layout of Zhongshen Chinese website is a breath of fresh air. The interface is clean and neat, and the categories are easy to understand. It is not tiring to look at at all.

Looking at the rankings again, Chen Feng was secretly surprised.

Several of the top-ranked popular books have all surpassed one million clicks.

In the years before broadband was widespread and people were spending all night in internet cafes, this data was absolutely remarkable.

"Why not seize the day and go check out my son's two companies today?"

Chen Feng stroked his chin.

Just two days ago, Lin Wan had informed him that the several viral internet songs sent by Zhongshen Entertainment were performing like money-printing machines, whether on the iMusic streaming platform or the mobile ringtone download platform.

They've really taken a big bite out of the lucrative SP value-added services market.

Having made up his mind, Chen Feng closed the webpage, got up, and walked out of the chairman's office.

Once downstairs, he instructed his driver, Jiang Ming, to start the Audi and head straight for Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

After setting off, Chen Feng took out his phone and skillfully dialed his cousin Chu Yuan's number.

"Hey, Yuanyuan, what's the address of the company you two started?" Chen Feng asked directly as soon as the call connected.

On the other end of the phone, Chu Yuan paused for a moment, then quickly replied, "Cousin? Our company is in the Dingchi Building outside Jiaotong University, room 802 on the eighth floor. What happened?"

"Nothing much, I just happened to have some free time today, so I thought I'd drop by and check out your office. What's wrong, not convenient for receiving guests?" Chen Feng joked with a smile.

"Huh? Cousin, you're coming in person?" Chu Yuan was startled.

"Yes, Lin Wan just confided in me that the songs you guys made are making a killing in the ringtone market, so naturally I have to check it out."

"Alright then," Chu Yuan reluctantly agreed. "Cousin, just come over here. Call me when you get downstairs, and I'll take the elevator down to pick you up right away."

"Why bother? I know the address, I can just go up myself, it's about a half-hour drive."

"Okay, cousin."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yuan sat in her swivel chair and muttered to herself, "Why did my cousin suddenly decide to check up on me? Should I send Xiao Tian a text message to let him know?"

On second thought, Xiao Tian is currently suffering in his junior high school classroom, listening to lessons with a heavy heart, and his hair will turn white anyway.

Anyway, the company is on the right track, so let them come.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The Audi came to a smooth stop in front of the Dingchi Building.

Chen Feng told Jiang Ming to rest in the car, and then walked into the building alone.

Upon reaching the eighth floor, I walked a few steps down the corridor and found room 802.

Two brand-new bronze plaques hang on the wall outside the door: "Zhongshen Network Technology" and "Zhongshen Chinese Website", with the website's pinyin domain name printed below.

Chen Feng pushed open the glass door and strode inside.

"Sir, who are you looking for?"

At the workstation by the door, a female editor who was typing away on her keyboard noticed someone enter the room and immediately looked up to ask.

The surrounding employees also stopped what they were doing and looked at the uninvited guest in a suit with puzzled expressions.

Just as Chen Feng was about to speak, Chu Yuan heard the commotion outside and rushed out of her private office like a gust of wind.

Upon seeing that it really was Chen Feng, she quickly waved, "Cousin, come in quickly!"

Chen Feng nodded, gave the female editor who was asking the question a friendly smile, and stepped inside.

Just then, the door to another office next door was also pushed open.

Su Jin walked out carrying several reports and bumped into Chen Feng. She exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Chen? What brings you here?"

Chen Feng was also taken aback when he saw a familiar face: "Teacher Su?"

Seeing this, Chu Yuan quickly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Cousin, let me tell you the truth, Teacher Su is now the editor-in-chief of our website and a legitimate company partner."

"Oh? I see."

Chen Feng suddenly realized and nodded with a smile.

"Cousin, let's not talk outside, let's go into the office." Chu Yuan said, turning to Su Jin, "Teacher Su, come on in, I have something to ask you."

"Okay." Su Jin was actually quite nervous, very curious as to why the richest man would suddenly come to visit.

The three filed into the office, and Su Jin closed the glass blinds tightly behind them.

"Cousin, what would you like to drink? The temple is quite basic, we only have Nestlé instant coffee and Lipton tea bags..." Chu Yuan rubbed his hands together, a little embarrassed.

Chen Feng waved his hand and said casually, "Just pour me a glass of water."

"Okay!" Chu Yuan had a water dispenser in his office, so he turned around and took a disposable paper cup and brought it over.

at the same time.

In the office lobby just a door away, the employees were in an uproar, whispering and gossiping like crazy.

"Hey guys, don't you think... that cousin that President Chu just brought in looks really familiar?"

"Of course he looks familiar! The more I look at him, the more he reminds me of someone."

The male editor next to him pushed up his black-rimmed glasses. "And just now, Editor-in-Chief Su called him Mr. Chen. Think about it carefully, what's the name of the richest man in the country right now?"

"Surname Chen? President Chu is his cousin... Good heavens! Isn't Chen Feng the chairman of Fengtian Technology?!"

"Damn! No way? The richest man is coming to inspect a small, run-down company like ours?"

"Quickly search for photos online and compare them!"

Several young people frantically opened their browsers and typed their names into the search engine.

As the webpage slowly loaded, a high-definition half-body photo of the person attending the mobile phone launch event appeared on the large CRT monitor.

The entire office area instantly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"Amazing! Exactly the same!"

"My goodness, the richest man is actually our CEO Chu's cousin?!"

"This is unbelievable! With a backer worth tens of billions, why would President Chu come and work hard with us to start a business? His background is simply incredible!"

"Hey, you guys think this richest man, Chen, might actually be our real big financial backer?"

"I'm pretty sure it's true. President Chu is still a sophomore in college, and Editor-in-Chief Su gets a fixed salary from school. Where are they going to get millions to come here and get involved in the internet industry?"

"Our company buys servers, rents high-end office space, and pays authors a buyout fee of 30 yuan per thousand words plus full attendance bonuses. Who can withstand this rate of money burning?"

"If the richest man really is our behind-the-scenes boss, this is absolutely a sure thing! We don't need to worry about the funding chain breaking at all; we can just close our eyes and go to all the major BBS forums and communities to poach users and generate traffic!"

"Yes, yes, with a company worth tens of billions backing us, our livelihood is practically guaranteed. Even if we run out of money, President Chu can just ask, and the funds will be available in no time."

The employees outside were whispering amongst themselves, but the scene inside the office was quite different.

Chen Feng took a sip of the warm water in his paper cup, looked around at the glass partitions and whiteboards, and said with a smile, "Yuanyuan, the company is set up quite well, it looks very professional."

Chu Yuan scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed: "Cousin, please don't tease me. This is just a makeshift team cobbled together. Apart from a few programmers and a few reviewers, the administrative and financial statements were all cobbled together by me using Excel."

"All startup teams are like this, don't underestimate yourselves."

Chen Feng put down his water glass and casually dropped a piece of business gossip, "You know Tencent, right? A few years ago, I went to Shenzhen to see Jack Ma, and he and his group of people were working in a dance studio that was less than 30 square meters."

"There are only five partners in total. In order to liven up the community atmosphere, Boss Ma even had to personally change his profile picture to a girl's and chat with netizens on OICQ in the early days. Look how fast they've developed now."

Chu Yuan chuckled upon hearing this, and the tension she felt in front of her richest cousin immediately dissipated.

Chen Feng changed the subject, his gaze falling on Su Jin beside him: "Teacher Su, I'm really curious, how did you get on this pirate ship? Was it Yuan Yuan who dragged you in, or were you tricked into joining by my Xiao Tian?"

Su Jin was stunned on the spot, her eyes filled with astonishment.

Chu Yuan was so shocked that she stammered, "Cousin...you...you knew all along that this company was set up by Xiao Tian?"

"I'm not stupid."

Chen Feng chuckled. "Last time at home, when you suggested putting a few viral internet songs into Fengtian Technology's ringtone service, you two were exchanging glances like crazy. Add to that names like 'Zhongshen Entertainment' and 'Zhongshen Chinese Website,' which reek of chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur)... a quick check of the business registration information, and who else could it be but them?"

Chu Yuan awkwardly covered her face.

Su Jin had recovered her composure by now and explained softly, "Mr. Chen, to be honest, I happened to overhear them talking about their business plans at a fast food restaurant last time. Although Xiao Tian is young, he has a very clear understanding of the business logic of monetizing the Internet, and his ideas are extremely mature. I was completely impressed by his talent, which is why I decided to follow him and try my luck."

"This kid has always been precocious for his age, full of ingenious ideas." Chen Feng nodded, neither confirming nor denying.

Then, he pointed to the door: "Getting back to the point, there's a sign for Zhongshen Chinese Network hanging at the door. Xiaotian basically poured all his hard-earned money into this novel website?"

"That's right."

Chu Yuan immediately switched into work mode and began to report earnestly, "The website has only been online for a month, and we spent a lot of money on pop-up ads on Hao123 and Sina.com, which have had an excellent effect on driving traffic. Currently, we have over 100,000 registered readers, and the number of signed authors is also skyrocketing."

"Next comes a crucial moment. On the first of next month, we will officially launch the VIP paid reading section. Readers will need to purchase virtual currency through China Post prepaid cards or online banking transfers to subscribe to subsequent chapters. At that time, we will be able to find out exactly how many users are willing to pay to read the book."

After listening to Chu Yuan's detailed explanation of the VIP system, Chen Feng nodded to himself.

He knew perfectly well that this disruptive approach to the industry was definitely a copy of the mature business model from the future.

In fact, Chen Feng was unaware of just how murky the online literature world was at that time.

Following the actual course of history, another long-established literary website in the industry is currently making intensive preparations to launch a VIP paid subscription system on the 10th of next month.

However, relying on his precognitive information advantage, Chen Xiaotian directly issued a death order, forcibly bringing forward the VIP launch time of Zhongshen Chinese Network to the first of next month!

With just a nine-day time difference, Zhongshen Chinese Network snatched the historic title of "the first paid reading platform on the entire internet".

Not only that, Chen Xiaotian also had Su Jin and Chu Yuan wield large sums of money, using high-priced buyouts and full attendance benefits to poach the top talents that their competitors had painstakingly cultivated, a rather ruthless tactic.