One day, several people claiming to be from MIH's China office walked into Tencent's Shenzhen office. MIH is an investment company under the South African media giant Naspers. This was the first time Pony Ma and his team had heard of MIH and Naspers.

Wang Dawei, MIH's representative in China, had a habit of visiting local internet cafes whenever he arrived in a new city. He noticed that everyone's desktop had a program called QQ, leading him to believe that QQ must be a very powerful company. The fact that everyone's business cards also had their QQ numbers printed on them further fueled his curiosity. Pony Ma (Ma Huateng, founder of Tencent) showed Wang Dawei a user growth chart, telling him that approximately 500,000 new users were being added every day. Thus, MIH began discussions with Tencent regarding investment. MIH valued Tencent at $6 million and hoped to become the company's largest shareholder. Tencent's team strongly opposed relinquishing control of the company but were very pleased that the company's valuation had increased 11 times compared to the previous year.

The following is the preface: Little Ma found Chen Fang again, and Chen Fang saved the penguin. The penguin stood up, truly stood up.

Riding a horse in the spring breeze, I can see all the flowers of Chang'an in a single day.

Shen Fang placed a bottle of imported French champagne on the table for each of the four main characters—Little Ma, the Four Heavenly Kings, Zhang Xiaolong, Fatty Ding, and Shen Kun.

Shen Fang stood up, hands on his hips, and said smugly, "Hey guys, wanna have a good laugh?"

Little Ma laughed sheepishly, "That's not a good idea, these clothes are very expensive."

Fatty Ding glanced at Little Ma with amusement: "Little Ma, this is the time for you to be proud. Stop pretending. You didn't pay for these clothes."

Little Ma chuckled and said, "Hey guys, let's have a good laugh."

Everyone stood up and frantically shook the champagne.

"I'll count to three, three, two, one."

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang."

Champagne was splashing everywhere in the room. The $800 bottle of champagne was sprayed around carelessly, and Little Ma's glasses were covered with a thick layer of foam. The eight guys laughed and danced as the champagne was sprayed on them, having a great time.

The waiters outside were dumbfounded. Who were these people?

Eight people, cigarettes dangling from their mouths, stood side by side with their arms around each other's shoulders, overlooking the Hong Kong skyline from the 32nd floor of a high-rise building.

Brothers, let's unite as one and push the penguin to the top! We must stand at the very top!

The eight brothers, united in purpose, walked down the main road, soaking wet, laughing heartily and singing loudly.

The curious reporters quickly snapped photos of the eight people. Recently, Pony Ma and his ilk have been very popular. Today is the day Tencent went public, and its stock price soared after listing this morning. The eight Tencent brothers are riding high!

After taking several photos, I finally managed to capture a particularly artistic one. Shen Fang looked at the sky with a wicked smile, Little Ma looked into the distance with a smug expression, the Four Heavenly Kings were also all smiles with their arms around each other's shoulders, Fatty Ding, the greasy guy, was pulling Zhang Xiaolong, the tech geek, together with a wicked grin, and Shen Kun was looking at the ice cream shop not far away.

Years later, this photo was posted online, causing a huge uproar. Many commented that the combined net worth of these eight people was estimated to exceed 2 trillion yuan. It was later made into a film by Peter Chan, a partner of Tencent, and achieved considerable box office success upon release.

Suddenly, Chen Fang sang a line.

"How many true friends does a person have in this world, and how many friendships can last?"

Little Ma glanced at Shen Fang, laughed heartily, and added a comment.

"Today we part ways, shaking hands, but our friendship will always remain in our hearts."

The Four Heavenly Kings, Ding Pangzi, Zhang Xiaolong, and Shen Kun, sang together: "Today we must part for now, but we will surely meet again someday. Even if we cannot meet, we will always be friends. Though mountains may separate us, we know in our hearts that our friendship will never change..."

The crowds on the streets of Hong Kong, seeing the eight men dressed smartly, laughing and singing with such high spirits, thought they were filming a movie. They all asked, "What movie is it? I definitely want to see it sometime."

There's no way around it; Hong Kong movies are all filmed on the streets.