After Zhang Xinyue moved out of dormitory 403, it was equivalent to being cut off from Class 4 of Industrial Management.
She hadn't seen or contacted Chen Pingjiang for a long time, and being inherently proud, she disdained appearing before Chen Pingjiang at this time.
What she didn't expect, however, was that with the rise of Renren Network, Chen Pingjiang instantly became a campus celebrity.
Students might not know who the principal or dean was, but most had heard Chen Pingjiang's name.
Ever since Zhang Xinyue learned that Renren Network was founded by Chen Pingjiang, she also developed a strong interest in social networking sites, browsing them whenever she had time.
Ma Lingli rushed into the dorm and whispered in Zhang Xinyue's ear for a long time.
Zhang Xinyue's eyes widened in surprise:
"Is that true?"
"How could it be fake? Lots of people saw it. By the way, are you really not going to make a move? Chen Pingjiang has already started playing the hero."
Zhang Xinyue shook her head:
"What isn't mine, I don't want. What is mine, others can't take away."
Ma Lingli helplessly covered her forehead:
"I've never seen anyone as stubborn as you. But it's alright, Chen Pingjiang probably only had to go because of his role as class monitor. From his demeanor, I don't think he's someone a little vixen like Cong Nini can win over. Although it might sound a bit rude, Cong Nini truly deserves a good dressing down."
At this very moment, the person in question, Chen Pingjiang, was dozing in his office.
He had been tirelessly busy recently, with more and more tasks accumulating as the year-end approached.
Not just him, the entire Renren Network was incredibly busy.
While other businesses walked on two legs, Renren Network directly transformed into a crab monster.
Renren Network operations, web game development, food delivery platform project, Renren Network promotion, advertising sales, and food delivery platform partnership negotiations were all blended together.
Fortunately, as a startup company with all college student employees, everyone's work enthusiasm was high, which allowed them to manage.
"Knock, knock!"
The knocking sound startled Chen Pingjiang awake, and then Miao Bingwei walked in.
"The food delivery platform has largely taken shape. Next, we'll start testing. If you have time, come take a look."
"Alright, I'll be right there."
After rubbing his face and smoking a cigarette to stay awake, Chen Pingjiang rushed to the technical department.
The technical department, under Wan Yuqian's continuous recruitment, now had twenty people.
It must be said that Miao Bingwei's hard skills might not be the strongest, but he was best at reproducing the images in Chen Pingjiang's mind.
As soon as he saw the food delivery platform's homepage, Chen Pingjiang nodded with satisfaction.
"It's not bad, but for the rating system, besides rating merchants, it should also be possible to rate delivery riders, as they are also part of the sales chain."
After carefully trying it out for about ten minutes, Chen Pingjiang said,
"We can do a small-scale internal test, having our employees act as consumers, and collaborate with a single vendor to conduct a real test."
Miao Bingwei thought this was a good idea, as more people participating in the test would lead to better identification and resolution of problems.
"Junior, everyone's here."
Wan Yuqian's voice rang out from outside, announcing the meeting.
Rushing again with Miao Bingwei to the conference room, the heads of various departments and teams were already waiting.
Chen Pingjiang didn't waste any words and went straight to the point,
"It's almost the end of November. Today, we're holding a progress review meeting. Please report the problems you've encountered so far, and we'll solve them together. Human Resources, please start."
Seeing her name called, Wan Yuqian immediately sat up straight and opened her notebook:
"A comprehensive recruitment and training system has been established, salary reform is complete, and the performance appraisal system is being implemented. The recruitment of station managers has significantly accelerated since receiving the school's recommendation letter, and three station managers have now been onboarded after selection."
Chen Pingjiang nodded, his gaze turning to Gao Songbin.
"Our team can finish offline promotion in Xianlin University City by the end of the month, achieving full coverage of all universities there. However, we've encountered a small issue in negotiations with partner merchants for the food delivery platform.
A few high-quality stores believe our commission is too high, and they feel their current business is good enough, not needing online sales. Of course, these are a very small minority."
Chen Pingjiang was unconcerned:
"In the future, online food delivery will be a major trend. As life accelerates, people will vote with their feet for more convenient options. A few uncooperative businesses can remain uncooperative; future data will teach them a lesson."
Gao Songbin hesitated before continuing:
"Do you need me to assign people to focus on those? Most stores are interested in our platform, even some older ones. They clearly understand that indoor dining is limited by space, table count, and turnover rate, so the delivery portion is extra income for them. Only those few whose kitchens are already overwhelmed have rejected us."
Chen Pingjiang smiled and shook his head:
"Completely unnecessary. For them, no matter how many more orders they get, they can't handle them; no matter how much more traffic, they can't manage it. They'll only come back to us once their business is genuinely affected. Besides, we're pressed for time and short on staff right now. We need to secure merchant resources before launch and don't have time to waste on them."
When it was Li Xi's turn, he pulled out his prepared documents,
"The sales team is generally stable. We expect the number and value of contracts signed next month to exceed this month's. I also spoke with some businesses about the newly launched job search section, but they aren't very interested for now. Firstly, it's not yet graduation season, and secondly, they believe the section's traffic still needs to be observed."
"That's easy to handle," Chen Pingjiang said after thinking.
"We'll open corporate accounts for them, invite them to post recruitment information in the job search section, and won't charge them for now. Once we've built up the traffic, then we can harvest the leek... and it'll be fine."
"Now that you've all spoken, I have something to say," Chen Pingjiang cleared his throat.
"By the end of the month, our registered users should break a hundred thousand, completely covering Xianlin University City. This is our first year working together, and I plan to hold an annual meeting on New Year's Day.
It will be a reward for everyone's hard work over the past few months, a look forward to 2007, and a celebration of Renren Network's solid first step. In addition, I will invite some school leaders, partners, loyal Renren Network users, and station managers from various universities to maintain relationships and weave dreams."
"Great, great! If that's the case, it really is necessary to hold one."
"Just thinking about it makes me excited. I used to see big companies give out computers and phones at their annual meetings, hehe, will we give them out too?"
Chen Pingjiang rolled his eyes directly,
"There's barely a month left. I plan to make the scale a bit grander, with food and performances. All your departments need to prepare acts and rehearse."
Those who had just been cheering fell silent, one by one complaining endlessly.
"Heartless boss, we're all so busy, and we have to study for exams next month. Where will we find time to prepare acts?"
"Why don't we just hire people to perform, and we'll just be in charge of eating and drinking?"
"..."
The annual meeting wasn't a sudden whim for Chen Pingjiang.
It was mainly because many of Renren Network's current employees were university students who would go their separate ways during the holidays, only to meet again a month later.
There were also numerous leaders and partners.
Chen Pingjiang didn't have the time or energy to visit each of them individually for New Year greetings, so he simply gathered everyone together for a big event.
(End of Chapter)
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