Chapter 49 : Unsatisfactory Offer
Chapter 49: Unsatisfactory Offer
The email from the other party was simple.
It just said they had a business matter they wanted to seek cooperation on, and asked if the addressee could provide a personal phone number.
Chen Fan didn't have a mobile phone or a phone card.
So he directly replied with an email on the spot.
Stating that he was the creator of Yuming.com, and if they had any questions they could contact him via email.
Soon, the other party's second email came back.
This time they directly stated that they were a certain technology company, and wanted to inquire whether Chen Fan's Yuming.com was interested in being sold.
It wasn't Wanwang.
Chen Fan was a bit surprised.
He didn't beat around the bush either, and straightforwardly asked,
"How much are you prepared to offer?"
"300,000 yuan."
Seeing this offer, Chen Fan nearly burst out laughing.
Although in his previous life he didn't know how much Yiyu.com was sold for.
But a rough estimate would definitely be over a million.
This guy directly offered 300,000 yuan upfront, he must think Chen Fan was a clueless rookie to be deceived.
Chen Fan directly replied: "Sorry, I don't cooperate with people who lack sincerity."
Soon, the other party's email came again.
"Then what price are you asking for?"
"At least 5 million."
Chen Fan stated a rough psychological price.
As a result, this directly angered the other party.
"5 million? Why don't you just go rob someone?"
"Do you really think money on the internet is that easy to make?"
"I was going to help you out because I thought your website was decent and had potential."
"Do you know how much 300,000 yuan is?"
"If you miss this opportunity, you'll definitely regret it later."
Chen Fan laughed.
"Thank you for your interest, rest assured, I won't regret it."
After replying, he directly blocked the other party.
For a company that was so arrogant, Chen Fan had no interest in continuing to talk with them.
After leaving the internet cafe, Chen Fan bought two 50 yuan phone cards from a nearby store.
When he got back, he first called Su Ruochu's dorm room, and the two chatted on the phone for the first time, as if they had endless things to talk about.
In the end, Sun Hao, who was eagerly waiting for his girlfriend's call, was pacing back and forth in front of Chen Fan, almost kneeling and kowtowing.
Seeing Sun Hao's pleading expression, Chen Fan finally smiled and said a couple more sentences to Su Ruochu before hanging up.
But then when he checked the balance, it had already dropped by half.
Chen Fan shook his head speechlessly.
"Talking on the phone with a girlfriend is too expensive."
At this time, Ma Xiaoshuai came out of the bathroom and jokingly said,
"Fourth Brother, I just overheard your conversation with your girlfriend, you two are really way too polite with each other, not passionate at all."
"Look at our Third Brother, every time he talks to his girlfriend he keeps saying 'dear' over and over..."
Just as he was saying this, the phone rang, and Sun Hao immediately pounced on it.
"Hello, dear..."
"Hey, don't get mad, it was just my roommate who was on the phone earlier..."
"Okay, okay, I apologize."
Chen Fan smiled at Sun Hao, then said to Ma Xiaoshuai,
"We pursue a Platonic kind of love, unlike Third Brother and his wife."
Ma Xiaoshuai sneered.
"Just wait till the day you and your girlfriend go to a hotel, be sure to remember what you said today."
Luo Wenjie, who was lying on the bed listening to mp3, jokingly said, "Maybe when Fourth Brother goes to a hotel with his girlfriend, they'll be reciting GRE vocabulary words."
"GRE words? I know some too."
Ma Xiaoshuai immediately opened his mouth.
"Oh, yeah! Fucky me, nose bee..."
"Get out of here!"
Chen Fan laughed and cursed at him.
On the side, Sun Hao, who was on the phone, looked like he was about to cry.
"Dear, listen to me, I really wasn't watching adult movies in the dorm..."
...
As the military training entered the later stages, the training tasks obviously became more strenuous.
In order for the final military training demonstration, everyone had to repeatedly practice marching in step, kicking in formation, shouting slogans...
As the one in the very front row as the model trainee, Chen Fan was held to even higher standards. After shouting slogans for two days, his voice became hoarse.
He didn't really like it, and wanted to privately ask the instructor to switch him out.
But the instructor flatly refused.
Determined that Chen Fan performed the best, and encouraged him to absolutely give it his all and shine on the last day.
With no choice.
He could only continue to work hard at practicing.
These days, Chen Fan would take time to go to the internet cafe every day to check his email.
Afterward, three more companies expressed interest in buying Yuming.com.
These three companies were obviously much more reliable than the first one.
But the prices they offered left Chen Fan unsatisfied.
After discussing a few times, in the end they could only part ways unresolved.
One of the companies offered up to 880,000 yuan.
But Chen Fan still rejected them.
To be honest, Chen Fan felt a bit conflicted.
Was his asking price really too high?
There was no detailed report online about how much Yiyu.com was actually acquired for in his previous life.
But based on Chen Fan's experience, it was definitely not less than 1 million yuan.
Otherwise, Boss Yao would have definitely lost big.
Chen Fan was still waiting.
Because Wanwang, who acquired Yiyu.com in his previous life, still hadn't contacted him yet.
September was about to end soon.
He didn't believe they could continue dragging it out.
On September 16th, it was a sunny day.
The military training that made people both love and hate it was finally over.
In the morning was the military training demonstration, with all the formations neatly shouting slogans as they passed in front of the main viewing stand.
The school leaders and training instructors were seated on the stand.
When it was the turn of the students from the marketing major of the Business School, Chen Fan and another male student from the class, as the model trainees, marched in the front of the formation with vigorous strides.
"March in step..."
"Eyes right!"
"Powerful three phrases, dare to be first, vigorous and dashing, bravely forward!"
As the formation passed in front of the main viewing stand, the students in the formation, one by one, strained their voices, veins bulging out, shouting the slogans loudly.
Even the students who normally deeply loathed the military training could feel a strong sense of collective honor at this moment.
"Eyes front...march in step!"
As the formation passed the main viewing stand, all the students secretly let out a sigh of relief.
In the final evaluation, Chen Fan's company ranked second place.
In the morning was the military training demonstration, while in the afternoon was the military training singing competition.
The songs Chen Fan's formation selected were "Unity is Strength" and "The Yellow River Cantata".
During the previous training, the instructor had only one requirement, the pitch didn't need to be accurate, but everyone had to shout out their voices.
So when Chen Fan's formation took the stage, the first line "Unity is Strength" came out with a shout that seemed to shake the entire parade ground.
After straining their voices to shout through the two songs, the group lined up and left the stage.
In the final evaluation by the leaders, Chen Fan's third company unexpectedly managed to wrestle a third place award from those art students of the music academy.
Everyone was even more satisfied with this unexpected joy.
At 5pm, when the singing competition ended, it also meant the military training had finally concluded.
The counselor announced that after finishing dinner, everyone could come to the parade ground to watch the evening gala, as the school would be holding a welcoming evening party.
Chen Fan had no interest in the gala, so after eating dinner, he slipped out of the school gates alone and headed straight for the internet cafe.
But the whole night, Chen Fan didn't receive a single email.
Feeling a bit dejected, he got off the computer and returned to school.
Walking on campus, he could still hear the singing from the welcoming evening party at the distant parade ground, as well as the cheers from the students.
It was a lively atmosphere for everyone else, but Chen Fan couldn't feel happy.
He was thinking, if Yuming.com couldn't be sold, did he really have to keep waiting?
Time waits for no one, he had to figure out some other way to make money first.
He couldn't just hang all his hopes on one tree.
Right now he had 50,000 yuan in hand, which came from Boss Yao of Yiyu.com.
50,000 yuan was not a small amount in this era, even if it wasn't considered a lot.
If he wanted to use it as startup capital to start a business, then he really needed to plan it out carefully.
Just as Chen Fan was walking with his head down, deep in thought about returning to the dorm building.
At the bottom of the dorm building, he unexpectedly ran into a familiar figure.
"Senior Tian Yuan?"
Chen Fan smiled and greeted him.
"Senior, are you here looking for someone?"
Tian Yuan smiled at Chen Fan.
"I'm here looking for you."
"Looking for me?"
Chen Fan was a bit surprised.
"Senior, you were looking for me? What's the matter?"