I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

"What's the big deal? The financial industry is already rotten and stinking, what big thing can come out of it?" Chen Xi shook his head when he thought of the outrageous operations in his previous life.

The private rules of this industry are so chaotic and ridiculous, especially the supervision, which is almost zero.

"Haha, it seems that you are not optimistic about certain departments. At this conference, some entrepreneurs will stand up and say a few words. You can also go up and make a speech then."

"Me? Forget it. What do they want to say? What will happen if they say it? It might even cause unnecessary trouble. I don't want to cause any trouble for you."

"It's okay. I'll attend the meeting first and see what those people say. It won't be too late to make a decision then..." Feng Jialun touched his chin and kept looking at Chen Xi. The weird look made him feel a little uneasy.

"Your girlfriend is quite pretty. The hotels under the Dajiangnan Group are very famous in the first-tier cities across the country, especially in Shanghai. This time they have acquired Qiye. Maybe they will become the number one in the national hotel industry in the future." Feng Jialun turned his gaze to Zhao Lingshan again.

"Brother Feng, you are too polite. Our family is just a small company, and we are far from the number one." Zhao Lingshan replied modestly.

"That's incredible! If you two get married in the future, it will be a powerful combination. You will graduate in about a year. Have you thought about your career path after returning home?"

"Ah, I've thought about it..."

Chen Xi hesitated to speak. He wanted to restart the project from his previous life in Huajing, but was considering whether to cooperate with Feng Jialun.

"Well, let's talk about this after you graduate. Go to the meeting tomorrow." Seeing that Chen Xi didn't want to talk more, Feng Jialun nodded and ended the topic.

After walking out of the office building, Chen Xi lit a cigarette on the side of the road, took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Jiang Yun.

"This guy is really weird. Why do you think he would help you? And he's doing so much business overseas." Zhao Lingshan was full of questions.

"How would I know? When investors invest in projects, they first look at the theme of the project and secondly, they look at the strengths of the other party. Maybe I consider both."

"You are so conceited. I always feel that he has other intentions." Zhao Lingshan reached out and hit him.

"Don't be suspicious all the time. He must have a purpose, but it depends on whether it is beneficial or harmful to me. If it is beneficial to me, then we can continue to cooperate." Chen Xi took a deep puff of cigarette, picked up his mobile phone and made a call.

Not long after, Jiang Yun's car drove over.

Now he is the boss of a branch company and has even bought a car. At his age, and in Huajing, he can be said to be in a very prestigious position.

"Master, Madam, please get in the car." Jiang Yun reacted quickly. When he saw Zhao Lingshan, whom he had never met before, he immediately thought of a name to address her and opened the car door for her.

Zhao Lingshan looked at this clever man and immediately smiled.

"How is the media company going?" In the car, Chen Xi asked Jiang Yun while playing with Zhao Lingshan's hand.

"Master, look, I already drive an Audi. Do you still need to ask? I have done everything you asked me to do."

"Don't be complacent. Technology is constantly developing, and advertising is also constantly changing. My family started out doing outdoor advertising. Now the streets are full of advertising screens. When you open your computer, every web page and software is covered with posters of various products. In a few years, there may be new changes."

"Ah? Young Master, are you worrying too much? I really can't think of any changes in the future." Jiang Yun didn't quite understand what Chen Xi was talking about. According to his understanding, if the advertising industry is to change again, it will take at least several decades.

"You know about YouTube in foreign countries, you need to watch ads before you can watch the video you want to watch. This is a change. Maybe some software for daily life videos will be released in the future, similar to the kind that turns daily pictures on Facebook into videos..."

"Master, how much data is needed to watch videos on a mobile phone? Most people can't afford it. Besides, watching videos on mobile phones is so laggy nowadays that no one would watch it."

"When I saw you last time, you were still very smart. Why are you so stupid now? Is it because you have been living a good life for too long that your brain has become dull? I think you should go to a branch in a remote area to train yourself."

"Don't...don't, sir. I discuss orders with the CEOs of various companies every day. I don't have much time to think about these things now, but I will adjust myself..." Jiang Yun begged for mercy immediately after hearing Chen Xi's words.

"I just made an appointment with Mr. Xing from Tianya Forum. We can put some of our ads there."

"Ah? That outdated website. They probably can't even afford the advertising fees."

"We advertise for them for free, help Tianya get more business, and then use their online advertising fees to make up for the loss..."

"..." Jiang Yun didn't know what to say after hearing this. It sounded like a losing deal.

But he did whatever the young master said, which was what a good subordinate should do.

Inside an office building, Xing Tian sat in the boss chair, looking through the glass at the empty office outside, feeling helpless.

Back then, the Tianya Forum was extremely powerful, but with the rise of other websites and stricter network management, some of the content in their forums was completely removed, causing those who originally wanted to seek excitement to leave in disappointment.

There used to be several most popular sections in the Tianya Forum, and the supernatural section, game section, funny picture section, and novel section were the most popular among users.

But now, due to policy reasons, no one is interested in the supernatural area and the picture area.

After the rise of several novel websites, few authors have submitted works to the novel section.

In the previous life, the Tianya Forum could have been popular for a few more years thanks to the eyepatch incident. However, the appearance of Chen Xi changed everything.

A few years ago, the company had hundreds of millions of yuan in funds in its account, and Xing Tian was full of energy and was ready to go public. But now he is struggling to even maintain the company, which is a world of difference.

"Why hasn't he come yet? I'm so anxious." Xing Tian looked out the glass again and lit a cigarette anxiously, trying to relieve his irritable mood.

"Master, we have been sitting here for twenty minutes, why haven't you gotten on yet?" In the parking lot, Jiang Yun looked through the rearview mirror at Chen Xi, who was flirting with Zhao Lingshan in the back seat, and asked.

"Oh? Has it been that long? Then let's go upstairs. That guy must be getting impatient."

"..."

Chen Xi looked at the time and it was almost time, so he opened the car door.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, you're finally here." A few minutes later, Xing Tian suddenly stood up from his chair and walked quickly to the door. Seeing this former Internet boss being so polite to a young boy like him, Chen Xi couldn't help but want to laugh, but he still calmed himself down and shook hands with him, saying, "Mr. Xing, I was just talking about something somewhere else, so I'm a little late. Please forgive me."

What are you talking about? He was flirting with a woman in the car. I have to learn from the young master's acting skills.

Jiang Yun couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm glad that people are here. Please come this way." Xing Tian made a gesture of invitation towards the sofa and poured tea himself.

"Mr. Xing, you are here..." Looking at the empty company, Chen Xi asked knowingly.

"Oh, it's already time to get off work, so I'll let them go. Forcing employees to work overtime is not what a good boss would do."

Haha, you are more pretentious than me.

Chen Xi looked at Xing Tian who was pretending to be cool, but did not expose him.

"Boss Xing, this is Jiang Yun, the general manager of my media company in Huajing. I brought him here today to discuss cooperation."

"Ah? This...what is the relationship between our forum and the media company?" Xing Tian looked confused.

"Oh my god, the forum has no exposure now. There should be very few new users. Old users will leave one by one sooner or later. This is not a solution. If you want people to know about your website, you must promote it vigorously."

"Well, Mr. Chen has a point, but the content of our website doesn't seem to attract young people right now."

"Then change it. Replace all the previous administrators. I've seen your forum. The administrators are conservative. I don't know what they do every day. Such people are here just to slack off. The website needs innovation. Your novel section has great potential, but there is no payment. Authors work hard, not to starve. The original authors may have uploaded some articles on a whim, but without income, many people will not be motivated to serialize, which has also led to a number of short stories on your forum, and most of them are discontinued. In the supernatural section, due to the review, some scientific explanations can be added, so that it can be easily published. As for the funny pictures, it can be made into a paid emoticon package DIY workshop, and the authors can benefit from the sale of copyrights. Users can download it on it, so as to stimulate others to create..."

"My God, Mr. Chen, your words really opened the door to a new world for me." Xing Tian excitedly spilled all the tea in the cup.

Everything on the Tianya Forum is basically free. Apart from recharging to get points to upgrade your level and show off, the only income is from advertising. Chen Xi's idea is undoubtedly to change the charging model of the Tianya Forum.

However, all these reforms require a lot of money to maintain. Judging from the current funds in the company's account, if nothing is done, it can only last for another month. Moreover, Xing Tian still has debts owed outside, which makes him very anxious.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet. When we first met, I talked to you about the Overseas Returnees Association. I now announce that the Overseas Returnees Association will officially cooperate with the Tianya Forum. As for the matter of acquiring the Tianya Forum that we discussed before coming here, I wonder if Mr. Xing has considered it."

"Of course, I have thought about this a long time ago. Mr. Chen, the price you offered is very fair, and my position has not changed. The most important thing is that Tianya Forum has not changed its name, which is what I value most. I don't want to change the name of the company I founded with great effort. In fact, someone wanted to acquire us a long time ago, but at that time Tianya Forum was just becoming very popular..." Xing Tian stood up and shook hands with Chen Xi excitedly.

Finally, the external debts could be paid off.

I knew earlier...

I should have sold the Tianya Forum before...

This is what Xing Tian is thinking about now.

However, the good ideas that Chen Xi brought to him rekindled hope in the boss's heart.

After all, who wouldn't want to seize the opportunity to make a comeback?
"Master, isn't it too much to spend 20 million to acquire Tianya?"

More than two hours later, the three of them walked out of the office building. Jiang Yun couldn't help but speak until they got into the car.

"Not much. You know, in the past, others had to pay hundreds of millions to acquire Tianya." Chen Xi waved his hand.

"But it was very popular back then, but now it's just a crappy website that's about to go bankrupt."

"First, it's worth the price. Second, Xing Tian still has foreign debts. If you don't help him, who will have the heart to work?"

"But, Master, this forum will require further investment. Can it be profitable?"

"Hey, don't always think about how much money this project can make in the short term. Open your phone and click on any large website. These websites are most likely to lose money. You need to think about how to use it well and combine it with other projects... In the early days, Tianya Forum relied on online advertising, value-added services, and online and offline activities to increase revenue..."

Chen Xi introduced Tianya’s previous profit model to Jiang Yun.

Online advertising is divided into targeted advertising and traditional advertising placements.

Tianya Forum has become the first choice for major advertisers due to its huge popularity and accurate user positioning. Enterprises can choose appropriate advertising positions according to their own characteristics and use the forum's high-quality discussion environment to allow brands and consumers to interact with each other. This segmented advertising model is not only efficient, but also more accurate than traditional advertising, and has become the first source of income for Tianya Forum.

As for value-added services, it is the VIP membership system, where members can enjoy more privileges and services, such as priority viewing and publishing of content, thereby increasing the platform's revenue source.

As well as paid reading, some high-quality content or in-depth articles are set as paid reading to meet the specific needs of users. Well, this high-quality content used to be played around to attract people.

There are other virtual goods that can also be purchased for a fee, but they are not very attractive.

Tianya Forum often likes to hold various online and offline activities, such as offline gatherings, online topic discussions, etc. These activities not only enhance user stickiness, but also bring additional income to the platform through ticket sales, sponsorship cooperation, etc. However, with the decline of the platform, offline activities have long been cancelled.

Chen Xi plans to cooperate with the Overseas Returnees Association, integrate Wushang's resources, and create an overseas e-commerce company. He will then use the Tianya Forum to conduct data analysis and precision marketing.

However, all of this is just laying the foundation for Huajing's future projects.

What he wants is not something that can make money directly, but to prepare modules that can be combined one by one, just like playing with building blocks.

Future opponents will be too powerful, and we must find partners who can resist them.

Chen Xi once thought that if Aba Aba had won the project at that time, he would definitely have been beaten down by the other party, not to mention him at that time.

He and Feng Yun were like ants in front of each other. (End of this chapter)