Reborn in 2010, the AI in my mind is too powerful.
Chapter 49 Rising to Fame
The first thing Chen Yiran did when she woke up the next morning was to check her account on her phone.
The money hadn't arrived yet, so Chen Yiran lay helplessly on the bed, letting Jasmine do the work in her mind.
It wasn't until after 10 o'clock that East West Bank finally called.
The customer service representative on the other end of the phone informed me in a very sweet tone that the $2 million had already been transferred to the company's account.
With this first pot of gold finally secured, Chen Yiran was no longer excited; a sense of boredom arose within her.
"Sigh, it's only two hundred million US dollars. In the end, I'm not after money. I'm after technology, brain-computer interfaces, and the future of humanity."
[Yesterday you discussed with me in great detail whether, after getting involved with a brain-computer interface, it's possible to achieve mechanical ascension or control the US nuclear arsenal. All things considered, the possibility of you being the destroyer of humanity isn't small.]
"Don't undermine me. Now that we have money, we don't feel so rushed. Starting a business so quickly would be exhausting. Maybe we should take a break first."
In reality, once the company is established and we have more staff, you won't need to do much.
Chen Yiran ignored Jasmine and went to play with Pidan in the yard.
After returning, I opened various news websites.
TechCrunch, a leading blog in internet technology, has published news that Microsoft has acquired an AI-Powered Code Editor for $200 million from 18-year-old Chinese students.
It contained various "insider" reports, which basically explained the situation very clearly. Because it was linked to Chen Yiran's GitHub account, the name chenyiran has also been reported.
There are already over a hundred comments below, most of which are shocked by the age. Several Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and technologists are also discussing whether the Jasmine No. 1 is worth the price, offering a variety of opinions.
Several other major news websites also mentioned this in their technology sections, some even reposting the TechCrunch news.
GitHub's backend messages are flooded with interview requests from various tech media outlets, including Wired, The Verge, Forbes, and Business Insider.
TOM also sent a message congratulating Chen Yiran on her success.
Chen Yiran also sent a thank-you email, as choosing the right lawyer was crucial. Otherwise, things might not have gone so smoothly, and the price wouldn't have been so high.
He thought that was about it, after all, the technology industry wasn't a very big circle, and his amount wasn't a particularly large one in this industry.
However, he underestimated the advantage that age brings. After lunch, Xu Li called.
"It's you! It's you!"
The question seemed nonsensical, but Chen Yiran knew what he meant. He calmly replied, "If you're referring to the matter of selling it for 2 million US dollars, then I am indeed the one!"
"Wow! I knew you were a genius, but I didn't expect you to be this amazing. 2 million US dollars! With that, you don't need to go to school anymore, right? You can just start your own business? Or maybe you can just retire and enjoy your retirement."
"I'll retire at eighteen! I'll probably start a company, and I won't be going to school anymore. Where did you see this news? You don't seem like someone who follows the news. Could it have already spread to China?"
"Renren.com? Some Chinese students at Stanford are talking about it, and it's all over Renren.com now. You haven't been on it in a long time, if you go on now, the news will probably be everywhere."
By the way, Renren.com is currently at its peak, almost as popular as Facebook among international students, with messages spreading incredibly fast.
Xu Li then reminded him, "Take it easy. If it doesn't work, get a different phone number. Send me the new number via email later. Someone on my end has already contacted me about your situation, but I ignored them. It seems a lot of international students in Delaware have received these. Who knows, your phone number might get leaked later."
"Damn, so many people know my phone number. It seems like I can't hide it anymore. Okay, I'll go get a new number right away."
After quickly hanging up the phone, Chen Yiran drove to get a new phone number.
Xu Li was right; they had already started receiving calls from unknown numbers on the way. Chen Yiran didn't answer any of them and then simply switched to airplane mode.
It was still ATNT, and I got a new number without any problems. On the bus, I gave my new number, starting with 650, to people I knew well.
Chen Yiran doesn't plan to discard this Delaware number 302. With money, it's not like you can just keep anything. He has a slight hoarding tendency, not severe, but with his current net worth, it doesn't matter if it's more serious.
Hannah was very excited during dinner that evening. She never expected to find such a great boyfriend so easily.
An excited Hannah unleashed an astonishing level of initiative, and the two fought fiercely all night long, not waking up until the afternoon the next day.
Chen Yiran didn't wake Hannah. He had just grabbed something to eat when he received a call from his elderly mother, asking him to video chat with her right away.
"Mom and Dad, why are you up so early? And why do you need to video chat today, even though it's not Thursday?"
Chen's mother chuckled and said, "Why do you think that is? My son is successful, can't I not video chat with him?"
Mr. Chen explained from the side, "That software you sold, did you get it sorted out? It's even on the news in China, we knew it was you the moment we saw it."
"Oh, I don't know, let me take a look."
Chen Yiran opened Sina Weibo.
In 2010, Weibo did not have a trending topics list, but in the hot topics section, "18-year-old Chinese student sells a technology for 200 million US dollars" was already ranked third.
He clicked on it and saw that the most shared post was from a tech blogger who translated the core content of a TechCrunch article and added his own comment: "An 18-year-old Chinese student, self-taught in programming, created a product that Microsoft acquired for 13 billion RMB. Please remember the name Chen Yiran."
There are already hundreds of comments, with all sorts of opinions.
"A genius! The pride of the Chinese people!"
"18 years old? What was I doing when I was 18?"
"It's always someone else's child."
Selling technology to Microsoft? Isn't that helping the Americans?
"Upstairs, can you stop dragging patriotism into everything? What's wrong with someone making money legally?"
"Has anyone figured out who this person is? Which school do they go to?"
At this time, the internet was characterized by a lack of order, and spies were a very basic operation.
Scroll down, and you'll find that his information has been pieced together by resourceful netizens.
Someone posted his perfect TOEFL score information, the source of which is unknown, possibly some public record from the University of Delaware's language program. Someone else discovered his connection to the Shougang Group (a major state-owned enterprise in China). Others said he was admitted to the University of Delaware's bilingual program, took the TOEFL himself, and then went to Silicon Valley.
No photos yet. But the name and school are all listed.
Chen Yiran closed Weibo and opened Tianya. There were posts there too, in the workplace section, with an even more outrageous title: "Incredible! A 18-year-old Beijing guy sold his technology to Microsoft for 13 billion!"
Chen Yiran felt that things were getting a bit complicated if things continued like this.
"Mom and Dad, you two need to be careful. My name and school have been exposed online. In a couple of days, the phone at home might start ringing off the hook."
Chen's mother calmly said, "It's alright. I've already notified your two uncles. If there are too many calls, we'll all turn off our phones for a few days. If we can't afford to offend them, we can at least avoid them. Your father already told his workplace about this today. Their workplace is just full of trouble. Our workplace doesn't have so much trouble."
Mr. Chen, head held high with considerable pride, said, "I'm the leader, of course it's troublesome. Yiran, let me tell you, we have to write a personal affairs report every year. The situation of our spouses and children must be written down. Look, at the beginning of this year, I wrote that my son was studying overseas. How am I supposed to write this year? My son earned 2 million US dollars overseas."
Reporting this will only make things more complicated, and your mom said that with this news spreading like wildfire, your workplace will definitely know in a couple of days, so I shouldn't wait to be asked and should proactively confess. I already spoke with someone in my workplace's organization department about this today.
Chen's mother said in a low voice, "It's still a bit troublesome, mainly the issue of borrowing money. Although my colleagues are all state-owned enterprise employees and generally don't have any major difficulties, there's always the possibility that some shameless people will ask us for money, like to buy a house or for their children's school district. It's quite annoying. Fortunately, our relatives are all decent, otherwise we would avoid trouble altogether."
Chen's father was an only child, and Chen Yiran's grandparents had passed away early, so it could be said that his father's relatives didn't keep in touch much anymore.
Chen's mother has two maternal uncles, and her maternal grandparents are also alive, but they're all doing quite well and don't really need any help. However, with colleagues, it's hard to say; with so many people, there are bound to be some idiots.
Chen Yiran asked, "Then what should we do? Why don't you two just quit your jobs and retire?"
Chen's mother quickly objected: "No, no, what's the point of retiring now? Keep working as long as you can. It just means you'll have to live a very relaxed life from now on, especially since your father is letting you just coast along. Actually, once you start earning money, your company will probably know that we won't be working very hard, so they'll probably just let us have it easy."
"Alright, it's up to you. Keep an eye out for houses, buy a decent one and move in."
"When you come back, you can help me choose something. Aren't you planning to start your own business? Since you don't have to go to class, come back for a visit."
"No, no, I'm only halfway through my green card application, and I need to get the company sorted out before I can start a business. I haven't even hired anyone yet. In the tech industry, if you're one step behind, you'll be behind in everything. You guys can choose yourselves, and I'll send you the money later."
We chatted for a couple more minutes and then ended the video call.
I need to wake Hannah up quickly; I have an appointment with a beautiful real estate agent tonight, so the dog walk will have to go to Hannah.
I wonder if his current net worth of over 100 million will make the beautiful real estate agent broaden her horizons a little.
Chen Yiran felt a great sense of accomplishment if she could straighten her out.
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