r suffering injuries, even if your parents sue us, it won't amount to much. And by causing trouble here intentionally, your guardians, your parents, will also bear responsibility! Haha."As she spoke,...Chapter 58: What Did He Say

Note: In the year 2000, most internet companies failed in China's dot-com bubble, with only a tiny fraction of about ten percent managing to survive.

In this era, Joyo.com, which would later be acquired by Amazon, was just founded and became one of the earliest pioneers in this business model. Even earlier, in 1999, China's first e-commerce platform, "eBay.cn," was registered.

Meanwhile, Ma Yun, who would go on to found Taobao as a future giant, established Alibaba Group at that time and quickly became the world's largest B2B online marketplace. In October 2000, he was even named one of the "Future Leaders" in commerce by World Economy.

Also around this time, China’s E-Commerce Association was officially founded, marking the true arrival of the internet e-commerce era in China.

In this period, while giants that would later become household names were rising up according to Su Cen's future memories, he was merely a student from Class 3, Grade 2 at No. 27 High School in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, with several small businesses, not even considered wealthy.

With the arrival of China’s internet e-commerce era, Su Cen began to realize that he should do something regarding this future massive market.

To Su Cen, establishing a business entity that could rival Alibaba Group in this time was too unrealistic considering his current environment and reach. The greatest limitation and need would be technology; forming a team like Ma Yun's would only be possible if he were currently at one of China’s top universities nurturing the best talent in this field.

Furthermore, ensuring team loyalty and establishing leadership are things that take time and effort. However, his current environment restricts him from advancing in this direction as his life does not have an extraordinary future awaiting him.

The most dramatic aspect of Su Cen's present was pursuing his sister’s boyfriend, who only had a small team at the university focusing on computer programming. Despite their boasts about their technical capabilities, Su Cen knew they were far from capable.

Even if he possessed ideas for Renren and Taobao,

ironically, not all forward-thinking concepts applied to this year he had traveled to.

The most obvious道理, is like trying to achieve a system of people's democracy in a society under an autocratic monarchy, which is simply courting death.

In the current era, these factors still constrain the difficulties in implementing Su Cen's vision for the future.

With personal computers not yet widespread and expensive internet fees, the intranet systems of various universities are weak and inadequate. The user base is far from mature; even if he personally intervenes, Su Cen cannot guarantee success in promoting his applications on these platforms.

After all, he has only been reborn once, not representing that everyone in this world will collectively become mentally impaired due to his advanced thinking. He believes he lacks Li Hongzhi's ability to deceive a large group of people.

This is another case hanging in the air; too high to reach but too low to disdain. Ultimately, it boils down to him having limited leverage.

After leaving the restaurant, Su Cen wrote down all the ways he could find Deng Songqi's home phone number and dormitory contact information. He also left his own contact details and signaled for them to maintain communication, as he was very interested in their club and studio concept.

In an era where most students couldn't afford mobile phones and had to rely on the doormen or women downstairs in university dormitories to shout messages, college students were relatively naive. At least Deng Songqi was such a student. Hearing about the promising future Su Cen described, which included many innovative ideas he had never heard before, left him excited and clarified why Zeng Na highly praised her brother.

Furthermore, as Su Cen kept calling them "old guys", an invisible connection was created between them, allowing Su Cen to naturally know how to interact with Deng Songqi and make him interested in him too.

This made Deng Songqi treat Su Cen like a brother. The only regret was that if he could win over Zeng Na, then he would truly become one family with Su Cen. Although it still seemed far off, at least they had taken the first step, which was undoubtedly a good omen.

During the holiday period, regarding Shushan Stationery Factory, Su Cen proposed expanding production scale and establishing an entirely new system to overturn existing stationery marketing models. Dealers would be divided into levels: provincial capitals or municipalities as primary dealers; these would then develop secondary city-level dealers across each province, while secondary level dealers in turn would foster county-level dealers.

This would form a "pyramid" sales model, binding the interests of every tiered dealer together. The recruitment and formation of these dealers were conducted through two channels: one was online networks and local yellow pages; the other involved staff specially sent by Shushan Stationery Factory to negotiate with potential and capable merchants under the "Join Shushan Plan".

As Lin Guangdong's campus consumption magazine team began seeking provincial cooperation, preparing to further promote this model and market influence, Big Banana Campus Consumption Magazine had already gained a certain level of influence. Of course, even though it was currently summer vacation—a relatively quiet period—there were no worries as the previous campus consumption feature pages heavily promoted Shushan Stationery.

Due to its unique and innovative designs and thoughtful products, Shushan Stationery attracted many current high school and university students; thus, Shushan's reputation was unparalleled, clearly emerging as a new star in Chengdu's pen-making industry with strong growth potential.

Su Cen asked Xiao Jiang to write about the philosophy, culture, and ideas of Shushan Stationery Factory. If everything previously mentioned regarding Crab Gate… Upper Sect were nonsense, now Su Cen needed these things to serve as a facade and attract dealers.

In Rongcheng, Shushan Stationery Factory was in contact with Zeng He, who felt somewhat honored. In order to assist in achieving the strategic plan of the Shushan brand, Shushan was willing to fund the renovation of the storefront that Zeng He opened, naturally using prominent Shushan logos. Of course, Zeng He gladly accepted this offer and signed a plan agreement for opening three more branches at the end of the month.

During Su Can's summer vacation, Shushan Stationery Factory was busy visiting dealers in cities like Chun City, Hunan Province, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai who expressed interest in Shushan stationery, engaging in continuous negotiations.

Zhao Mingnong was quite surprised. On one hand, he had to堅守大本營，確保每支筆經過四十八道工序生產出來的精湛工藝毫無質量問題；另一方麵，他還需要奔波各地，兩個副廠長已經不夠用了。王明那邊也不住地給趙明農打電話慰問。趙明農就道，“冇事！我老趙多少年冇這麼風光過了，現在我們的品牌已經走出了本省，吸引到了不下六個省市的一級經銷商，要知道走出四川省，那可是當年我們禮品廠的最終目標啊！”

Now another issue擺在蘇燦麵前 was that with the establishment of the Shushan interest system, it was time for Shushan Stationery Factory to undergo reforms. It had always been under Dacaos Group, which inevitably受限於集團政策。且四六分的利潤，若是日後蜀山做大做強了，這麼多錢白白流入大接建工，而不是掌握在自己的手上，還是讓人心疼啊。

Fortunately, Su Can's father was now the general manager of Daxi Group. The plan to relocate Shushan Stationery Factory and transfer all employees should be put on the agenda.

The profits from various industries were now in Su Can's hands, holding capital that he wouldn't have access to in his future life. However, Su Can knew that in the eyes of real giants, such as some internet companies emerging in 2000 during the dot-com bubble period, this amount of capital was not enough to fill even a day's worth of their spending.

In August, Wang Bo officially took office.

The three individuals—Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and Lin Zhouwu—also formally transferred back to the headquarters at No. 27 High School in Rongcheng.

They no longer lived in the municipal party committee residential compound but instead resided in a villa area of Rongcheng Garden. This was Wang Bo's home purchased by his family in 1998 in Chengdu, a two-story house with a forty-square-meter platform on the second floor and a lawn for the residence at the base of the building. From the second floor, they could see the Green Sheep Avenue.

After moving, the trio lay haphazardly on the sofa, not wanting to move at all. After some time, Lin Zhouwu said, "Let's meet Su Can tomorrow; I am too exhausted today even to lift a finger." The other two agreed with him simultaneously.

In Jili Di's bar,

When Su Can and Tang Wu entered, Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and Lin Zhouwu stood up in unison, cheering loudly for them.

Su Can still felt a bit disappointed. Recently he had been very busy, but he finally managed to meet with Tang Wu. He originally wanted to go on a date alone with her, doing something romantic like flirtation or cuddling. Unfortunately, his plans were disrupted by the arrival of Wang Weiwei and the other two demons.

Wang Weiwei and Lin Zhoutuo couldn't resist approaching and hugging Su Cen.

Walking with Tang Wu under the willows on ancient embankments, passing through dazzling sunlight, suddenly entering a dimly lit bar, they saw several familiar yet nostalgic faces. Pure friendship, as if reborn in another life, touched their souls, reminding them of their camaraderie in Xiahai.

Friendship can be like this: perhaps there can be long periods without meeting, looking back on years gone by, and even not keeping in touch for a long time, forgetting each other's voices or appearances. But when sitting together, simply exchanging glances, reading the same magazine, and saying nothing, it feels as if they've been talking for ages.

That was precisely how things were now.

Su Cen curled his lips and said, "Hey, many people are looking at us. Don't let them suspect that we have some kind of abnormal friendship!"

"Damn it, you brat!" Lin Zhoutuo punched Su Cen's shoulder but felt warmth in his heart.

Indeed, many were looking this way, but not because three men were hugging; rather, they were staring at two tall women facing each other.

In that moment, the gazes of these two women left everyone around them uncertain of what was transpiring. It was like a standoff atop a lofty peak, astonishing yet devoid of any hostility.

This fleeting moment left everyone's hearts strangely empty. Lin Luoran sat down with a smile and said, "I've been hearing about you from Su Cen for a long time. The funniest part is when I once asked him who was prettier: me or you."

Su Cen's hand trembled, and the ice cube he had just picked up dropped into the bucket with a splash!

Tang Wu glanced at Su Cen beside her and smiled, "Is that so What did he say"

At twelve o'clock today, double voting for monthly tickets ends. It's an extremely valuable opportunity; I hope my brothers will check out my personal library and vote if you have any monthly tickets.

I am deeply grateful for every single vote, as it motivates me greatly.

Let's move forward together.ool.The son of the Provincial Committee for United Front Work Department was beaten; this would not do!Due to this matter, an urgent meeting was called by the school management who required each homer...