Chapter 431: Reunion and Parting

Xu Cheng actually has quite a lot of enemies.

First it was Penguin, a big company that had suffered a loss at the hands of Xu Cheng. Penguin spent a lot of effort to buy QQ Farm from Xu Cheng, but it didn't expect that not only did it lose the money, but it also made a wedding dress for Hapi.com. Naturally, Nanshan Pizza Hut was thinking about this, and now that it has the opportunity, of course it wants to get involved and step on Qingzhou.

Then there is Sina. As the biggest competitor of Sina Weibo, Qingzhou has always been a thorn in their side. Although they have lost to Qingzhou in all aspects and the number of users is far from comparable to Qingzhou, they will naturally be very happy if Qingzhou Weibo can suffer a defeat this time and fall from the position of the number one social networking site in China.

Apart from these two biggest enemies, the rest of the enemies were all caused by Xu Jianghe.

As a popular mobile phone manufacturer in China and an entrepreneur with top domestic traffic, there are naturally many people who are jealous of Xu Jianghe, and naturally there are also many people who vent their anger on Xu Cheng this time.

In addition, Qiao Yiming's reputation had spread - he was half of Qingzhou's founder, a talented boy who was no less talented than Xu Cheng, half of Qingzhou's R&D department, and the chief contributor to the great success of the Weibo project...

These titles became Qiao Yiming's golden signboards at this time. The "Wanshan Computer System Co., Ltd." he founded formed a sharp contrast with the cold and quiet Qingzhou lobby, and became a destination that many investors flocked to.

They missed the rise of Qingzhou in the past, but now that Wanshan is rising, Qingzhou is like a giant beast that is about to fall. Everyone wants to use Wanshan's knife to pounce on Qingzhou, suck his blood and eat his flesh.

As for the projects operated by Wanshan, they are at loggerheads with Qingzhou.

Just like the name of the company, it corresponds to the poem "The light boat has passed through ten thousand mountains". The ten thousand mountains clearly intend to regard Qingzhou as an opponent, and they want to trap Qingzhou's small boat like ten thousand mountains.

Therefore, the project is basically the same as Qingzhou.

It is also a microblog and social media platform, and Qiao Yiming named it Wanke.com.

March.

Yanjing.

Xizhimen.

"Boss, how much is this?" Li Qiuyang looked towards the stall curiously.

"Nai Pi, 3 cups for 10 yuan." The clerk in white chef's clothes introduced Li Qiuyang, "Little brother, you are from another place, so just drink it. This is our specialty. I have never said it is not delicious."

After hearing this, Li Qiuyang became eager to try it.

"3 cups for 10 yuan, how many cups for 5 yuan?"

"2 cups for 5 dollars." Seeing that the young man was interested, the clerk said happily.

Li Qiuyang thought for a few seconds.

"Then give me two 5-dollar ones."

Shop assistant: “???”

Damn it, you look chubby and like an honest man, but you are so cunning in doing things. Who did you learn this from?

I stood on the side of the road drinking the milk skin for a while, and then a stylish black Mercedes-Benz SUV stopped by the roadside.

The main driver's door was pushed open, and Qiao Yiming, wearing sunglasses, got out of the car with a smile, "Long time no see, Qiu Yang, why didn't you tell me you came to Yanjing? I drove directly to the airport to pick you up."

Li Qiuyang glanced at him.

"I came here by train."

"Let's go." Qiao Yiming stood in front of him and said, "Quanjude roast duck will be arranged for you today. Get in the car. Where is your luggage?"

"I didn't bring any. I didn't plan to stay here any longer." Li Qiuyang casually threw the milk skin box in his hand into the trash can, "Old Qiao, take off your sunglasses."

"You took off your sunglasses?" Qiao Yiming was a little puzzled. Thinking that Li Qiuyang might want to see what he looks like now, he took them off with a smile, "My, my, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I shouldn't have worn these sunglasses."

"Come closer."

Li Qiuyang waved at him.

Qiao Yiming was stunned for a moment, thinking that perhaps Li Qiuyang wanted to get closer and take a closer look at him, so he moved closer.

"Is that all right?"

"Closer."

“…”

There was less than one meter between the two people.

The next second, Li Qiuyang's expression suddenly changed.

Boom.

Qiao Yiming only saw Li Qiuyang raise his arm, and then his vision went dark immediately, his eyes felt sore and tears welled up immediately.

"Li Qiuyang, you are fucking sick!"

"Qiao Yiming, I was really blind. I treated you as a brother in the beginning. How disgusting."

Li Qiuyang said this viciously, then walked to the right.

Qiao Yiming held onto the electric pole and raised his head to glance at his back.

"You're not eating?"

"I'm going back to school, and I have to catch the bus."

"You came to Yanjing just to punch me?!"

"yes."

Li Qiuyang stood on the side of the road without even turning his head and waved to stop a taxi.

The commotion here attracted a lot of people's attention. A kind-hearted person came over and asked Qiao Yiming if he was okay and whether he wanted him to help hold down Li Qiuyang and call the police.

"No need, it was my brother who called me."

Qiao Yiming tried to take a few steps forward. His left eye was already blue.

"Li Qiuyang, don't think that I am the one who is sorry to Xu Cheng. Go ask Xu Cheng first. Ask him how he treats me and whether he considers me a friend."

Li Qiuyang opened the door of the taxi and stepped on it with one foot. After thinking for a while, he got out again and glanced at Qiao Yiming.

"I have known Xu Cheng for more than ten years, and he has never treated any of his friends unfairly."

After saying that, he turned around and got into the car. The door slammed shut, and the taxi drove forward and soon disappeared at the end of the street.

Qiao Yiming stood there alone, covering his aching eyes, and did not leave for a long time.

…

Magic City.

In Xu Cheng's office.

"Boss Xu, four more people are leaving Weibo." Bian Zixin reported to Xu Cheng, "Wanshan has been trying to poach our people with high salaries recently, and the salaries they offer are ridiculous, basically two to three times ours. And on the website side, many of Weibo's paid services are provided free of charge by Wanke.com, and their advertising and trending search prices are also much lower than ours. It's not an exaggeration to say that they don't charge any money."

"interesting."

Xu Cheng smiled and said, "This is because he is rich and powerful. He doesn't treat money as money. He wants to use our resources to exhaust us."

Qingzhou’s financial crisis was no secret to the top executives. Qiao Yiming naturally knew about it, so he simply chose the simplest and most effective approach.

Wanshan is the investor's treasure, with a steady stream of capital injections, while Qingzhou is like a traveler in the desert with only a bottle of water left. As the two sides gain, Qingzhou will soon die of thirst.

"Boss Xu, what should we do now? Many of our advertisers want to terminate their contracts with us." Bian Zixin asked with a frown, "And where did you take Sister Su Yu? The company is in such a difficult situation now. Without her, many things really can't be done."

"Okay, Sister Bian, Sister Su Yu has her own things to do and can't come back for the time being, but she told me that she believes in your ability, and I also believe that you can handle the affairs that originally belonged to her very well." Xu Cheng looked at Bian Zixin seriously and said.

After hearing his words, Bian Zixin was moved by Su Yu and felt more confident.

"Have Gong Zhengxiong and Zheng Zhihao arrived?"

“We’re already here.”

"Then call the top management to a meeting."

"Okay, Mr. Xu."

Weibo is now managed by Gong Zhengxiong and Zheng Zhihao.

The meeting went smoothly. Xu Cheng's orders were firm and almost shocking.

"A strike against Wanshan Computer Systems Co., Ltd. will be set up, with Bian Zixin in charge."

"Wanshan poached Qingzhou's employees, and Qingzhou poached Wanshan's employees back with higher salaries."

"Wanke.com's value-added services are low-priced, and many are free."

"Then Qingzhou's price is even lower, and it has more free items than Wanke.com."

"Wanke.com charges less for advertising, and the price of hot searches is low."

"Then Qingzhou's advertising fees will also be lower. The price of hot searches will be adjusted downwards along with the fluctuations of Wanke.com."

"In a word, I spend more money than Wanshan, but I earn less money than Wanshan."

"If Wanshan is going crazy, then Qingzhou will be even crazier."

"If Wanshan doesn't make money, then Qingzhou won't make money either."

"Wanshan wants to fight."

"Then fight."

"Keep fighting until total victory!"

Xu Cheng said this with a loud and clear voice, slapping the table.

…

Spring is here and flowers are blooming.

May.

Magic City Art Museum.

"Over there, over there." Lin Wanzhou pointed. Xu Cheng raised his head and looked in the direction she pointed. He immediately saw the slender figure of Yu Yu.

"Long time no see, Xiaoyu."

Lin Wanzhou greeted him with a smile, and Yu Yu nodded softly.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

She said this to Lin Wanzhou, and her beautiful eyes deliberately avoided looking at Xu Cheng.

Even though I looked at him a few times, he was evasive.

Xu Cheng praised naturally, "You are amazing, Yu Yu, you have already held an art exhibition. Now we can say that you are our great painter friend."

"It was organized by my senior sister. Only a few of the paintings were drawn by me..." the girl whispered, "The teacher said that it would be better for me to show my face like this."

"Your teacher is really good to you. It seems that it was not a wrong decision to let you become his disciple." Xu Cheng said with a smile.

When he was in high school, Yu Yu became a disciple of Feng Xinqing. As a domestic master of calligraphy and painting, Feng Xinqing loved this apprentice very much and took good care of him in his painting career. At least until now, Yu Yu has been doing very smoothly.

"Where is your painting?" Xu Cheng asked.

Lin Wanzhou suggested, "Why don't we guess and see who can guess it first."

"Okay, then don't talk about Yu Yu first, let's guess for a while."

"Um."

Yu Yu raised his head and looked at the two of them.

I have some small expectations for these two best friends who grew up together.

The walls were covered with paintings, and many people were browsing quietly. Xu Cheng and Lin Wanzhou also looked at them one by one. Some of the paintings were in a more open style, revealing more skin, and Lin Wanzhou blushed slightly.

"Did you draw this, Yu Yu?"

Lin Wanzhou asked, pointing to a painting of a graceful peacock.

Xu Cheng looked over there. The painting showed a peacock with a red mouth, dark eyes, a thin neck and a big chest. It looked lifelike, but alone and seemed sad.

The peacock is an auspicious bird. Chinese paintings of peacocks usually show them in pairs. Peacocks in pairs also symbolize perfect love.

But this painting only has one peacock, which seems a bit strange. There is no harmonious and beautiful image, but a feeling of loneliness and sadness.

“I drew this…”

Yu Yu nodded.

Lin Wanzhou poked Xu Cheng with his arm and said, "Well, can you guess it?"

"What are you still guessing? Aren't the names of the creators written underneath these paintings?" Xu Cheng said helplessly.

"You're really boring. Why don't you just not watch it and guess for a while."

"All right."

Xu Cheng glanced at it for a few times, his gaze lingering for a long time on a picture of a blue whale.

"Is this the one?" he asked Yu Yu.

"Um."

The girl nodded.

Xu Cheng stood in front of the painting with his arms folded. "When a whale falls, all things come to life. Life should be like a roc rising, and death should be like a whale falling. I like this painting very much."

Yu Yu looked at his profile, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

…

at night.

Magic City.

A western restaurant.

"Your schedule is too rushed this time. I was thinking of taking you to play in the Magic City for a few more days."

Hearing that Yu Yu was going to take the high-speed train back tonight, Lin Wanzhou felt a little regretful.

"I'm already very happy to meet you..."

Yu Yu stuttered, then looked at Xu Cheng again, "I, I heard... Qiao Yiming..."

"You don't have to worry about these things." Xu Cheng interrupted her with a smile, "This plate of steak is cut, Miss Lin, Yu Yu, do you want my help?"

“No… no need…”

Looking at the two people across the table, Yu Yu shook his head and took out a scroll from his bag.

"This, this painting is for you..."

The two took it and took a look. It was the painting that Xu Cheng saw in the afternoon.

Yu Yu explained.

"The painting Zhou Zhou likes... has an unlucky meaning, so I won't give it to you..."

"Thank you, Xiaoyu." Lin Wanzhou said gratefully, "I have a gift for you too."

She took out a pocket watch from her bag and handed it to her. Yu Yu opened it. On one side was the time and on the other side was a small photo. It was a group photo of her, Xu Cheng and Lin Wanzhou.

"I took this photo when . I'm giving it to you. I hope our friendship will last forever."

The three of them clinked their glasses.

After dinner, Xu Cheng drove Yu Yu to the airport.

What's strange is that not only did Lin Wanzhou not sit in the passenger seat, he also took the initiative to ask Yu Yu to sit in the front, saying that he felt a little dizzy after drinking red wine and wanted to sleep in the back.

After the car had been driving for a while, Xu Cheng saw from the rearview mirror that Lin Wanzhou was sleeping soundly in the back seat.

"Yes... I'm sorry Xu Cheng..."

After being silent all the way, Yu Yu suddenly spoke.

Xu Cheng held the steering wheel and looked at her.

"Sorry for what?"

"That time...I shouldn't have..."

The girl's beautiful peach blossom eyes reflected the flickering lights of the traffic, dotted with colorful stars.

"Don't take it to heart." Xu Cheng whispered.

"I told my mother-in-law...from now on, I am willing to be Aunt He's daughter..."

"?"

Xu Cheng glanced at her in surprise.

"You don't have to be like this, Yu Yu."

"It, it has nothing to do with you... Aunt He has been very good to me. Over the years, she is indeed like a mother to me..."

“…”

All the way in silence.

The girl asked in a hoarse voice until the airport buildings gradually came into view.

"Xu Cheng...if I had known you earlier...would things be different now?"

“…”

The boy did not answer. After a long pause, he suddenly smiled and talked about other things.

"When I was very young, probably in kindergarten, I liked reading books in Xinhua Bookstore."

"You know, the Xinhua Bookstore in Jinghai is on Bayi Road, a very old one."

"It hadn't been renovated yet at that time. It still had its original layout. It had three floors, an elevator, and a large French window on the first floor."

“When there are no seats available, I sit in front of the French window.”

Listening to his story, Yu Yu's eyes gradually widened.

She looked towards Xu Cheng, her expression gradually filled with disbelief.

Xu Cheng continued talking.

"At that time, there was a little girl who went out with her grandmother and often sat on the other side of the window, reading my books through a large glass window."

"I read a lot of comics, and I'll always remember that summer."

Yu Yu had already covered her mouth tightly with her little hands, and something kept flickering in her eyes.

Xu Cheng turned his head and looked into her eyes.

"It's you."

The car stopped in front of the airport.

Yu Yu unbuckled his seat belt and leaned forward weakly.

"Yu Yu."

"…I'm fine."

The girl rubbed her eyes and sat up again. Her expression looked strong, but the sparkling light on her eyelashes revealed her feelings.

“Are we there yet?”

She looked outside, then picked up her bag, opened the car door and got out.

Only then did he turn around and forced a beautiful smile into his mouth.