"What are you looking at? It's so colorful."
On Sunday, after Gu Qingqing played with Tan Jinyue in the living room for a while, she followed the little one's walking direction to the study, only to see Tan Jincheng staring blankly at the colorful screen on the computer.
Tan Jinyue, who wasn't afraid of strangers, had become more and more familiar with Gu Qingqing over the past two days and could already call her "Jiejie".
"Looking at stocks,"
Tan Jincheng replied, coming back to his senses.
"You bought stocks too? How much did you buy?"
Gu Qingqing asked, a little shocked.
Buying stocks these days wasn't a good thing.
In fact, even a decade or so later, buying stocks wasn't considered a good thing.
There was a saying,
"No matter what sins you committed in your previous life, trading stocks in this life will clear them all."
Therefore, no one else knew about the stocks Tan Jincheng bought except himself, not even Zhang Xupeng, with whom he talked about everything.
Seeing Gu Qingqing's expression, Tan Jincheng also smiled,
"Don't be scared, I just bought a little to understand it. Shanchi Technology will definitely go public in the future, and I can't be completely ignorant about this stuff; that definitely won't do."
Gu Qingqing also realized at this point that with Tan Jincheng's current wealth, losing money on a few stocks wasn't a big deal.
So she curiously stepped forward and asked,
"Then what did you buy? Did you lose or make money?"
"I lost money for a year, but now I've somehow made 38%,"
Tan Jincheng said, pointing to the computer screen.
"How much is that?"
Gu Qingqing didn't understand this either, but 38% was already a significant figure.
"I bought 50,000 shares of Maotai, and it's been trapped for a year. Now there's some good news, I've made 12.5 yuan per share, which is 875,000 yuan."
"Made so much?"
Gu Qingqing was a little shocked.
"Haha, yeah, it's truly amazing."
Tan Jincheng also laughed heartily.
Although it wasn't a lot of money, driven by the mindset of a "leek," he was still very happy.
QQ's stocks also made money, but it was far less impactful than the A-shares closest to him.
Damn, after trading stocks for two lifetimes, I've finally made money.
After being beaten for several years as a "leek," I've finally turned things around with a cheat!
He had just seen the announcement regarding the reason for Maotai's surge.
The announcement, as he had seen in his previous life, was issued after the stock was suspended, meaning someone had known the news in advance again.
And the reason for the increase was quite bizarre: a high stock dividend and capital reserve transfer.
Maotai would implement a stock transfer while distributing dividends, and the amount was quite large: 10 shares for every 10! Compared to this, the first dividend of 3 yuan per 10 shares was negligible.
However, after the ex-dividend date, meaning after the share split, Maotai would have another dividend distribution, this time even more, 5.91 yuan per 10 shares, which made it rather interesting.
He hadn't expected Maotai to have such a substantial stock transfer.
This was beyond Tan Jincheng's memory, and he was lucky enough to catch it.
Does this mean I'll have 100,000 shares after the transfer?
Damn, isn't this practically free?
What luck!
Not only did I make over 800,000 yuan, but I also gained 50,000 additional shares.
The two dividends will also yield 74,100 yuan, and holding for over a year means no tax.
That's good, very good.
He didn't know how high it would go after resuming trading, but the dividend, or ex-dividend date, was set for May 19th, with the second dividend on May 24th.
After May 24th, he would just reinvest the dividend money.
This time, Tan Jincheng wanted to buy a bit more, at least another 100,000 shares; what a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
As for the capital needed to buy 100,000 shares, Tan Jincheng truly wasn't lacking in this regard.
With 38% profitable Maotai shares, whether it was pledging, financing, or raising a few million from other sources, it would be effortless.
When money reaches the hundred-million-yuan level, and there's a lot of cash flow, one truly doesn't lack money.
Investment projects of a few million yuan are really just small change.
"You should play with this less; just understand it, don't put too much effort into it."
Seeing Tan Jincheng so pleased, Gu Qingqing couldn't help but jokingly scold him.
"What's wrong? Starting to manage the household already?"
"Who's managing the household? My dad said that people who trade stocks make little money and lose a lot. If a company is making money, who would want to go public and share shares with others?"
"Haha, our dad isn't entirely wrong, but you can't generalize. Finance has its benefits; it depends on how you use it. For example, Shanchi Technology will definitely go public in the future. The money raised from going public can be used to develop new projects, such as investing in R&D to create better products. This is called 'finance feeding back into the real economy.'"
"Finance feeding back into the real economy?"
"That's right. Money raised in the financial market can be reinvested in local construction or scientific research. For example, our company now has automotive production qualifications, right?
If we want to build cars in the future, or expand into new businesses, then the money Shanchi Technology raises through listing can be used for these purposes, which is beneficial for the company's development."
"When can Shanchi Technology go public?"
"It's still early for an IPO. If we follow the normal procedures, it would require at least three years of regular operation and meet certain profitability standards. Normally, Shanchi Technology would go public at the earliest in 2009."
This was the fastest estimate, but there wasn't much benefit in listing in the next two years.
The stock market would reach a historical high in 2007, and then be very sluggish in 2008 due to the global financial crisis.
Therefore, listing in 2009 or later was actually the best choice.
First, earn the most profitable years from electric vehicles, accumulate a certain amount of capital.
The 2008 financial crisis had a significant impact globally, but not so much for our Guo Jia.
The 4 trillion stimulus plan brought great development opportunities for the domestic economy during this period.
All industries developed rapidly, which was also a major opportunity for Shanchi Technology.
Before the introduction of the 4 trillion stimulus plan, honestly engaging in real estate investment and not touching finance was the best approach.
"You're looking at stocks and thinking about all this? I feel like you're deceiving me. Why did your excited look when you said you made money seem so unlike that?"
"Really? You're overthinking it. Of course, I'm happy when I make money."
This girl is too smart; she saw right through me.
It seems I should look at stocks less often in the future.
But then again, you really shouldn't look at them too much.
The more you look, the more annoyed you get, and you might sell them off any day.
Buying and playing dead is the true path to success.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's discuss something serious,"
Tan Jincheng quickly changed the subject.
"What serious business?"
"Chenzi Technology, of course. Aren't you interested in that?"
"You have an entry point?"
When this was brought up, Gu Qingqing stopped thinking about stocks and was indeed successfully drawn in.
New energy vehicles are different from traditional fuel cars.
In the future, car manufacturing will be inseparable from the internet, as technologies like intelligent driving assistance, autonomous driving, and remote control all rely on it.
The trend for future cars is from electrification to intelligence, and Tan Jincheng knew this.
Therefore, no matter how cars are manufactured, they cannot bypass the internet, which is why Chenzi Technology was established.
Chenzi Technology is currently nothing; how to enter the market is the key.
"Hmm, yes, I have an idea. How about games?"
Tan Jincheng smiled.
In the Web 2.0 era, Android and smartphones were still several years away.
At this time, most people primarily accessed the internet via PCs, and making games was one of the best ways to earn money.
QQ's future breakthrough was actually here as well.
"Games? Like Legend of Mir and Fantasy Westward Journey?"
Zhang Xupeng had been addicted to Fantasy Westward Journey for a while and would occasionally recall at gatherings his past experiences playing Legend of Mir with Tan Jincheng after class, so Gu Qingqing was not entirely unfamiliar with online games.
"The two types you mentioned, one is agency, the other is self-developed. Neither is suitable for us. For agency, others might not be willing to license good games to an unknown small company like ours, and even if we got the license, we couldn't afford the agency fees.
As for self-development, that's even harder. Independently developing a large-scale game would definitely not work out without several years, and by then, the opportunity would be long gone."
Legend of Mir seemed to have been acquired with a huge agency fee initially.
Later, it appeared that the two parties fell out over failed negotiations for agency fees, and that Boss Chen simply created an identical operation himself, leading to many years of lawsuits.
Coupled with reasons such as hacks and other factors, this game ultimately collapsed under internal friction and various external influences.
In Tan Jincheng's view, the agency model isn't particularly good.
Before his rebirth, "Pig Factory" had a falling out with Blizzard over their agency agreement, leading to misfortune for both parties, including gamers.
It was a complete loss.
For games, self-development is more suitable.
Even if you "modify" someone else's like QQ did, at least there will be far fewer disputes in subsequent operations.
"So what do we do? How else can we break through?"
"There are still ways. We won't make large-scale games like those. We can make some mini-games, like 'Dou Dizhu' in Lianzhong, or other similar games. The investment cost for these isn't high, and even if they don't become popular, we won't lose much money."
"Oh, so you want to use a small investment for a big return, not planning to invest too much money in Chenzi?"
Gu Qingqing said, suddenly enlightened.
"Exactly, using a small investment for a big return. That's the foundation of our survival."
The development difficulty and cycle for mini-games should be relatively shorter, and the required talent not as exaggerated.
Programmers, artists, and some other technical personnel can essentially get the job done.
Although Tan Jincheng didn't understand technology, he had foresight.
In 2006, there was no Happy Farm, no Plants vs. Zombies, and certainly none of the smartphone era games like Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, Temple Run, or Talking Tom Cat across the entire internet.
Just by developing these mini-games, Chenzi Technology would be able to establish itself on the internet, earning substantial cash flow and reputation.
The first mini-game Tan Jincheng was currently preparing to develop was Happy Farm.
As for it being adopted by QQ later; no problem, he could either sell it to them directly for a high price, as it was essentially a cash-grab type of game.
(End of Chapter)