Chapter 0275: Mutual Benefit

Cause and effect are extremely simple, but between them, people are willing to fill in all sorts of dazzling distractions. Once sorted out, they see splendor as weeds and traverse rivers as dry land.

Chen Tianqiao never imagined that at Ninghai Normal University he would run into an old hand like Zhao Fusheng, just as Zhao Fusheng never imagined that a big shot of this level could also be at his wit's end and stretched thin.

That was a big shot who later casually sold a company for hundreds of millions, yet now he was worrying over a few hundred thousand.

At the thought, a smile couldn't help but curl at the corner of Zhao Fusheng's mouth.

"Mr. Chen, if you're willing, you can first pay me a deposit of three hundred thousand, and then we'll sign an agreement," Zhao Fusheng said calmly to Chen Tianqiao. "If MyHome doesn't reach five hundred thousand users within a month, the agreement is void, and I'll naturally refund the money. But if it does, you'll have to go find venture capital and then give me twenty percent of that, which is three hundred thousand US dollars."

He paused, then smiled. "Of course, the website will naturally be yours."

This was the best solution Zhao Fusheng could think of, since he wanted to sell the website and Chen Tianqiao indeed wanted to buy it. Although he had no money now, the guy had connections to secure venture capital.

In Zhao Fusheng's view, that was enough.

Moreover, with that deposit of three hundred thousand, Zhao Fusheng could keep the website going for another two months.

Given the current growth rate, breaking five hundred thousand users was no problem at all.

In a sense, both Chen Tianqiao and Zhao Fusheng were egoists at heart; if their own interests weren't guaranteed, they wouldn't cooperate.

So, after Zhao Fusheng made this suggestion, Chen Tianqiao hesitated for less than ten seconds before nodding decisively: "Okay, when can we sign the contract?"

This kind of agreement was undoubtedly very favorable to him, or rather, it was a win-win situation.

Under such circumstances, Chen Tianqiao had no reason to refuse.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "Anytime."

Chen Tianqiao thought for a moment: "How about this, I'll contact a lawyer, and later we'll sign the contract in the lawyer's presence, that's more appropriate, don't you think?"

"Naturally," Zhao Fusheng nodded. He himself didn't intend to play any private agreement games. A gentleman's agreement only exists between two successful people, and right now, neither he nor Chen Tianqiao were successful; they were still entrepreneurs.

A contract is more binding than a verbal agreement.

After seeing Chen Tianqiao off, Zhao Fusheng said to Wang Zhen, who had been hiding in the room: "Come out."

Wang Zhen came out, still gesturing with his fingers: "One dollar equals eight point two, ten dollars equals eighty-two..."

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "What, can't figure it out?"

His face full of excitement, Wang Zhen jumped with joy: "That's three hundred thousand US dollars, three hundred thousand!"

Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "That's just over two million four hundred thousand. Look at yourself."

Then he said seriously: "Let me make it clear first, you can only get twenty percent for buying a house or something; the rest of the money has to be saved. I plan to do other things."

Wang Zhen grinned: "I know, you're the boss, I'll do whatever you say."

He wasn't stupid. In just a few months, Zhao Fusheng had helped him earn nearly one hundred twenty thousand US dollars, equivalent to over nine hundred thousand RMB, and all he had done was come up with an idea and handle website maintenance.

No matter how simple-minded someone was, they would know that following Zhao Fusheng would bring more good things.

In fact, honest people are the easiest to succeed. The reason is simple: they don't have so many bad intentions or so many tricks up their sleeves. In the eyes of an honest person, if they do something right and get benefits, they will keep doing it.

Now, in Wang Zhen's view, since Zhao Fusheng had helped him earn so much money, following Zhao Fusheng from now on would surely let him earn even more.

If Zhao Fusheng knew what he was thinking, he would probably not know whether to laugh or cry, but he had to admit that this was actually the simplest and most effective way to succeed.

But he did have other ideas. In Zhao Fusheng's view, rather than giving all the money to Wang Zhen, it was better for him to hold it and do something useful.

Of course, the prerequisite was that Wang Zhen was willing to do so.

But now it seemed that although this guy appeared honest on the surface, he was actually quite shrewd.

"How about this: when Chen Tianqiao's venture capital comes through, I'll keep five hundred thousand of your money as a loan from me, and later I'll convert it into shares in the new company," Zhao Fusheng said to Wang Zhen after thinking it over.

Wang Zhen nodded: "Mm-hmm, you're the boss."

The guy was already dizzy with joy and completely didn't care what Zhao Fusheng said.

Zhao Fusheng sighed and decided not to waste words with him; anyway, he didn't understand.

As they say, a man of great wisdom often appears slow-witted. Wang Zhen was probably like that.

After calming down Wang Zhen, who was too excited to know what to do, Zhao Fusheng left and called Zheng Yao.

"How are the statistics on Brain Gold coming along?"

The website matter was basically settled; the rest depended on Chen Tianqiao's ability. Zhao Fusheng had never doubted his capability—after all, the man was a big shot who built an empire with his bare hands. What Zhao Fusheng needed to do now was quietly wait to collect the money.

Of course, if Chen Tianqiao later offered to pay advertising fees to wo123, Zhao Fusheng wouldn't mind at all if he gave a higher price.

Money is like a beautiful woman: the more, the better. No one would complain about too many beautiful women surrounding them, whether in the past, present, or future.

Of course, unless that beautiful woman is your friend's wife and you're as close as siblings, then that's an exception. After all, not everyone likes to sing hip-hop all night.

"It's selling like crazy!" Zheng Yao said cheerfully to Zhao Fusheng. "Zhu Yushi called me personally to express his thanks and said that for all his companies in the future, we will be the first choice for advertising planning."

Zhao Fusheng chuckled. That was just talk; taking a businessman's words as heartfelt was a sign of water in the brain.

He knew that any businessman was someone who would give up everything for profit.

Zhu Yushi was being so polite now only because Zhao Fusheng's planning had brought him enough profit. Once he found that advertising was no longer useful to him, he would abandon Future Advertising without hesitation.

In this regard, a certain richest man did it particularly well; Wanda's turnover rate was there for all to see.

"Don't bother with him. He wouldn't say that if sales hadn't multiplied several times," Zhao Fusheng said.

Zheng Yao laughed: "Yeah, according to the information I got, sales of Brain Gold have at least quintupled, and there's still a growing trend."

Zhao Fusheng nodded. If even that effect wasn't achieved, then his efforts would have been wasted.

"What, do you want to take on a job?" Zheng Yao asked curiously.

Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "I'm not interested in planning lately. Keep an eye on Aipu Mobile and let me know if anything comes up."

Zheng Yao nodded: "Got it."

Hanging up the phone, Zhao Fusheng let out a long breath. He knew very well that in the future, the real economy would become increasingly difficult, and the internet economy would be the main event.

The internet economy does not use past experience to speculate about the future, but uses future wisdom to guide the present. Past experience becomes an obstacle to the internet economy—this is a problem many people understand, so everyone is basically crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Even that big shot in Hangzhou was the same.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "It's still too early."

He knew very well that under the current situation, even if his money were multiplied tenfold, it would still be difficult to build up the e-commerce sector.

What he could do now was quietly wait for an opportunity to plant his own flag among the giants like Taobao and JD.com.

Stretching his body, on the second day of the millennium, Zhao Fusheng walked on the campus of Ninghai Normal University, full of confidence and hope, because he knew that the road ahead lay at his feet.

A beautiful life begins with unremitting effort.