At 7:45, the two boarded the plane, and at 9:10, they landed. After landing, Shen Fang finally felt relieved. As soon as they exited the Shenzhen Airport gate, they saw Pony Ma's signature yellow minivan.

Shen Fang patted Shen Kun: "Where are you? Let's go."

The two walked up to Little Ma, who was reading a novel with a cigarette in his mouth. Shen Fang tapped on the glass, and Little Ma looked up, surprised and delighted, before quickly opening the door and getting out.

"How come you're here so quickly? I thought you'd have to wait a while."

Shen Fang hugged Xiao Ma Ge: "Brother, you're lucky. There were no delays on the way. I was really scared the whole way."

Little Ma asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Shen Fang kicked the fat man: "Damn it, this son of mine is carrying a bag of Japanese adult films. I'm afraid the security check will find out."

Upon hearing this, Brother Ma immediately became interested and looked at Shen Kun: "Little Fatty, do you have any of Aoi Sora's videos? The ones sold in Shenzhen are all pirated, they get blurry and smudged after just a couple of views."

Shen Kun chuckled lewdly: "Brother Ma, I didn't expect we'd be kindred spirits, hehe. I have plenty here, including 36F, hehe."

After saying that, Shen Kun was about to take out a CD from his pocket. Shen Fang quickly stopped him.

"No, let's talk about it at the company, damn it..."

Little Ma nodded: "Indeed, business is more important, let's go back to the company first."

Shen Fang and Shen Kun got into the car, and Little Ma offered them cigarettes. After lighting one, they sped off to the Tencent headquarters, driving at least 100 miles per hour. The ride was quite bumpy for Shen Fang. To be honest, Shen Fang had only ridden in Little Ma's car twice, and both times he felt that there was a reason why Tencent hadn't abandoned QQ Speed ​​despite its lack of popularity.

Little Ma led the two into the company, and the receptionist smiled when she saw that it was Shen Fang.

"Hey, handsome guy, you're here again! It's great to see you here. Our company is just waiting for your investment. We're almost unable to pay salaries right now."

Shen Fang teased, "Sister Li, you haven't resigned yet? The company is almost going to go under, why don't you hurry up and find another job?"

The receptionist smiled and took out a ball of yarn to start knitting: "I'm not short of money. The people here at Penguin are easy to get along with and speak nicely. I love it here. It would be great to retire here. Besides, handsome, aren't you here to give away money? If you come, our company will be saved."

Shen Fang patted Xiao Ma on the shoulder: "Xiao Ma, aren't you going to do anything about this? Your front desk staff are so arrogant, slacking off right in front of you, the boss."

Little Ma tugged at Chen Fang's arm and whispered, "Ahem, our company's storefront belongs to Sister Li."

Shen Fang looked at the receptionist and said, "Damn, a rich second-generation, awesome. Hey, Sister Li, you're busy, I have something to do with Brother Ma."

The receptionist, Sister Li, waved her hand with a smile: "Go ahead, go ahead, Xiao Shen, you'd better think of a way. If our company continues like this, we'll have to close down. Where am I going to find such an easy job then?"

Shen Fang smiled and said, "Alright, don't worry. Even for your sake, Sister Li, I'll definitely come up with a good solution."

Little Ma brought Shen Fang and Shen Kun to the office, where the four top executives of Tencent were sitting.

Zhang Zhidong, Zeng Liqing, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan

The four were overjoyed to see the God of Wealth arrive: "President Chen, you've finally come! With you here, our penguin is saved! With you here, the sky over our penguin should change color!"

Shen Fang: ...Where did you four learn those witty remarks from?

Zeng Liqing smiled: "I saw it in a movie. How was it, Mr. Shen? Are you satisfied? I heard from Brother Ma that you went to the Beijing Film Academy? Do you want to be a director in the future?"

Shen Fang chuckled mischievously, "We mainly want to see the red sofa."

Chen Yidan asked in confusion, "Huh? What's a red sofa?"

Zeng Liqing grinned mischievously: "It's the unspoken rules, you know."

Chen Yidan instantly understood: "President Shen is truly a remarkable person, liking this, tsk tsk, I like it too. It's a pity I don't have the money, otherwise I would..."

Shen Kun smiled and pulled a large stack of CDs from his pocket: "Hey everyone, I'm here on behalf of my third great-uncle to deliver some gifts to you."

Zhang Zhidong asked in confusion, "What's this? A movie DVD?"

Little Ma beat him to it: "Hehe, Japanese adult films."

I'll poke it!!!

Zhang Zhidong and his three companions immediately began to scramble for it. If you were to suggest going to a club, these people might not be interested, but if you were to suggest watching porn, then this group of IT guys could be said to be enjoying the ultimate experience.

After receiving the spoils, Little Ma distributed cigarettes to everyone.

Little Ma lit a cigarette and looked at Chen Fang: "Brother, I called you over here today because I want you to help me solve this predicament and think of a solution."

Shen Fang smiled at Brother Ma: "Brother Ma, I've already come up with a plan. Now I'd like to ask you a few questions."

What are Tencent's advantages over other internet companies?

Zeng Liqing: "Of course it's the number of downloads. Our total number of downloads has reached 68 million."

"It seems that during the dot-com bubble, the number of Penguin users actually increased instead of decreased. That's good news."

Chen Yidan adjusted her glasses: "But it's no use. We have a user base but we can't monetize it. We're just burning through money."

Zhang Zhidong nodded: "President Shen, Brother Ma said you are still willing to continue investing. You and we have a good working relationship. We feel a little reluctant to let you invest more money now. Even if we invest another 30 million, we still can't solve the problem if we can't find a way to make a profit."

I've already figured out how to monetize Chen Fang's smile: "This time I'll invest another 15 million for your development of monetization projects."

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