Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

The real frenzy happened in the competitive environment of 2016 and 2017.

This year, Cheng Zhu's main goal is internal refinement.

If he can achieve his own [Cold Start goal], that's enough.

This year, he doesn't have high demands for daily active users on [Youuqu].

He will continue to invest money, but he definitely won't pour tons of it in this year.

Because that would only yield twice the effort for half the results, which doesn't align with the market reality.

As for the [Algorithm] that [TikTok] was famed for in the previous era, it also has to be built on a large user base and continuously refined.

This thing can't be accomplished by internal hermit-like development within the company; that's pure bullshit.

Therefore, participating in [Dianping]'s financing next month is no big issue.

"It's also good to grab more shares early."

"It will also make things much easier when perfecting [Youuqu]'s layout in the future," Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

He never would have guessed the unexpected benefits that would come with Cousin's sudden appearance.

Based on his initial thoughts, if [Dianping] raised funds next time, getting $20 million US Dollars would be good enough.

Looking at it now, he can invest a little more next month.

After all, [Persistent Visit] has been quite profitable lately, and increasingly so.

"Alright, Ning Bao has done a great job!" The man conveniently ignored Shen Minglang and Jiang Wanzhou in his mind.

He needs to find an opportunity to reward her properly.

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[Youuqu] will launch officially at twelve noon.

The next morning, Shang Qi woke up early, having spent the whole night in a daze, always in a half-dream, half-awake state.

He even had a bizarre dream.

In the dream, young Cheng Zhu was smiling at him.

"[Paipai]? Good name," Cheng Zhu said, then raised his hand to lightly pat Shang Qi's cheek, patting twice.

Wen Ting, lying beside, rubbed her eyes, her voice slightly drowsy, "Awake?"

Shang Qi didn't go home last night but came directly to Wen Ting's place.

Now, he could only rely on sleeping with Zhang Sixing's ex-wife to fill the void of his inner frustration.

So, having a weakened body constitution, he rarely managed to stand up last night.

"Old Zhang, oh Old Zhang, your boss is quite impressive!"

"But your wife still can't get any good from me!"

This is someone you treasure, haha, hahaha!

Shang Qi found limitless psychological superiority and pleasure in this.

"I asked you to call your husband last night, why didn't you?" Shang Qi frowned, glancing at Wen Ting, whose strap had slid down on her right side.

"Even if I called, it would have been useless," Wen Ting said.

"What does that mean?"

"Can't get through."

"You tried calling the past two days, and he hasn't answered?" Shang Qi asked.

"He blocked me," Wen Ting looked down, a hint of hatred flashing in her eyes.

"What's going on?" Shang Qi was puzzled.

Wen Ting bit her lower lip and didn't answer.

Shang Qi forcefully pushed her shoulder, shouting loudly, "I'm asking you, what's going on!"

The graceful Wen Ting glanced at him, knowing he was about to throw a fit.

But she still didn't answer.

"Give me your phone," Shang Qi reached out his hand.

Seeing Wen Ting not moving, he shouted again, "Give me your phone! Didn't you hear?"

"I'm not going to say it a third time!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Ting finally handed him the phone, saying, "In the messages, see for yourself, I'm going to brush my teeth."

After getting up and entering the bathroom, she glanced in the mirror.

The reflection stared back at her with incomprehensible complexity.

Soon, she heard a sound outside.

Her phone was slammed onto the bed by Shang Qi, who also cursed: "Shit!"

The superiority and pleasure he felt last night seemed utterly ridiculous in light of these message contents.

No way, no way, do you still think I care about this trash?

They've already said: your love is trash, and so are you.

If you love trash so much, then savor it slowly.

After getting up, neither of them had breakfast before heading to Tianyun Capital.

Shang Qi had a morning meeting to attend, needing to discuss with the other partners about the removal of [Paipai] and gather ideas from everyone.

Throughout the car ride, they didn't speak a word.

After the morning meeting ended, the other partners at Tianyun Capital said they would try to find other avenues.

While undeniably difficult, everyone agreed to see if there were still possibilities with Chen Jianwen.

The whole morning, Shang Qi and Zhao Qing made several phone calls, talking almost every half hour.

Zhao Qing was even more anxious than Shang Qi, continually expressing: "It's inconvenient to call Chen Jianwen directly, he might get annoyed, but I can call Liu Huabing, right? He's the one who set it up, let him as the middleman ask Chen Jianwen what's going on."

"What time is it? Wait a little longer, and call later," Shang Qi instructed.

Zhao Qing found it reasonable, thus endured in agony.

As the time approached, Zhao Qing immediately called Liu Huabing.

But there was no answer!

"I called, but no one picked up," Zhao Qing quickly informed Shang Qi.

"Hmm? Try calling again in half an hour," Shang Qi felt a growing sense of foreboding.

Half an hour later, Zhao Qing called twice again, still no answer!

This gave both a sense of the seriousness of the situation from a different angle.

Not answering is somewhat ordinary for Chen Jianwen.

But even Liu Huabing, a relatively familiar middleman, not answering indicates just how bad the situation is!

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so avoided by Liu Huabing either!

"Chen Jianwen must have told him something! Damn it!" Shang Qi cursed internally.

But after venting, he sat despondently in his chair.

Staring out the floor-to-ceiling window, Shang Qi's gaze gradually became dazed.

He had no idea how long [Paipai] would be removed.

Half a month?

Or a month?

Or perhaps... even longer?

He really wanted to slap himself!

"[Paipai]... Done for." This was the only thought left in Shang Qi's mind.

And at twelve noon, [Youuqu] went online as scheduled.

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(ps: Based on everyone's voting on names, the one with the most votes was [Youuqu], so I copied it! Please vote~)