provincial capital.
The senior students Guan Baiyu sought out finally helped him create a local forum.
Guan Baiyu used to frequent online forums in his past life, where people exchanged various information.
The forum is now being run according to his requirements, and it's doing a very good job.
The next step is promotion. If we're going to promote, let's start with internet cafes and take it slow. He's not in a hurry anyway.
Guan Baiyu treated his seniors to a meal to thank them for their help, and afterwards gave them red envelopes.
"No need, no need, it's nothing at all," the senior students said one after another.
They use the computers in the private rooms of Baishi Internet Cafe every day, and the cost of those private rooms must be enormous.
They spend most of their time playing games and haven't done a proper job with the forum. They feel guilty asking them for money now.
"You've troubled us for so long, how can you not accept the money?" Guan Baiyu forcefully handed them the red envelope.
After receiving the money, these people felt even more embarrassed. After thinking it over, they asked Guan Baiyu, "Guan Baiyu, is there anything else you want to do? We can do it for you for free."
"No more for now," Guan Baiyu said.
The expressions on these people's faces became even more conflicted, as if they wanted to say something but were too embarrassed to.
Guan Baiyu asked, "Is there anything else?"
They looked at each other, then gritted their teeth and said, "Guan Baiyu, we want to make a game. Are you interested?"
Setting up a forum is very simple. Right now, there are no people on the forum, it's just an empty shell, so it doesn't require any cost.
But making games is no simple matter.
They weren't even confident they could make the game.
"You want to make a game?" Guan Baiyu asked thoughtfully.
“Yes!” the group replied in unison.
Guan Baiyu said, "I can invest in you, and I can also help you attract investment."
These people were overjoyed to hear Guan Baiyu's words.
After having dinner with them, Guan Baiyu went to the private room booked by Liang Qinxuan's rich second-generation friends.
Guan Baiyu knocked on the door and only went in after receiving permission. But as soon as he entered, he was stunned.
Inside the private room, Liang Qinxuan held a can of beer, his face full of melancholy.
"What's wrong?" Guan Baiyu asked.
While playing a game, one of Liang Qinxuan's friends casually remarked, "It's nothing, I just broke up with my boyfriend."
A person playing the game next to him said, "Yeah, it's nothing, he just broke up with his girlfriend."
"You two beasts! I'm heartbroken, I'm so sad, and you're still playing games!" Liang Qinxuan glared at his two friends.
One of the two friends said, "What else can we do? Help you kidnap your girlfriend back?"
Another said, "Yeah... there's nothing we can do! And I've also broken up with my boyfriend."
Liang Qinxuan said, "How can your heartbreak be the same as mine? This is my first love! You've probably had several relationships by now!"
"Date a few more relationships, experience a few more heartbreaks, and you'll become more composed," Liang Qinxuan's friend said.
Liang Qinxuan pounced on him... and unplugged the man's computer.
The man snapped, "Liang Qinxuan! I haven't saved my game yet!"
The two of them started fighting.
Guan Baiyu: "..."
Guan Baiyu asked someone next to him and learned that Liang Qinxuan had been spending all his time in internet cafes lately and was ignoring his girlfriend, which led to their breakup.
Liang Qinxuan wasn't the only one who got dumped; there were others among them who were dumped by their girlfriends, or who dumped their girlfriends altogether.
Guan Baiyu: "..." This breakup was too casual.
However, Liang Qinxuan seemed genuinely heartbroken.
After they finished playing, Guan Baiyu asked, "A few senior students from our school want to make a game. Would you like to invest?"
"Making games? How much investment is needed? I'll invest!" someone said.
Others chimed in, "Yeah, how much investment is needed?"
"I don't have much money left, too much won't do!"
"I can throw points too!"
...
Guan Baiyu and his senior classmates only wanted an investment of... 20,000.
Guan Baiyu chatted with these people and easily secured 100,000 yuan in investment for them. They even said that they would invest more later if they saw the finished product.
Guan Baiyu told several senior students about the news, and then began to draft contracts and so on.
He would also invest some money and become an agent for these senior students.
He didn't know much about making games, but he knew that if he did it well, he could definitely make money.
That evening, after Guan Baiyu finished showering, he called Shi Zhen and told him about it.
Shi Zhen also knew nothing about games, only that while the industry was rejected by parents, it was also extremely lucrative, especially mobile games later on.
Unfortunately, he had never played it and knew nothing about it.
Wait a minute, it's not like he's never played anything before. He's played some small games like Star Elimination, Connect Four, and Gold Miner.
It can't be said that he played it. Some people he knew at the time, like Zhao Qiujuan, would play it, and he had seen it and knew a little about it.
Shi Zhen then recounted everything he had managed to recall with great difficulty.
He didn't want to hang up; he wanted to talk to Guan Baiyu a little longer.
Shao Baitong's appearance made him uneasy.
That feeling, as if my heart was being violently squeezed, was particularly unpleasant.
Shi Zhen talked on and on to Guan Baiyu for a long time, but eventually ran out of things to say.
Guan Baiyu laughed: "Brother, do you miss me? Don't want to hang up?"
"You guessed it." Shi Zhen's voice was deep and magnetic.
Guan Baiyu said, "Then let's not hang up the phone, let's just sleep like this."
Phone bills are really expensive these days. Whether you're making or receiving calls, it costs 60 cents per minute.
However, given their income, they aren't short of money.
"Okay," Shi Zhen agreed.
Guan Baiyu held the phone next to his nose so that his breathing could be heard.
He remained motionless, breathing for an hour, while keeping his eyes fixed on the phone.
Shi Zhen is acting strangely.
Shi Zhen usually doesn't like to talk too much on the phone, so why is he rambling on and on today? What happened?
Guan Baiyu's breathing rate remained unchanged, but he was thinking about many things.
He hadn't slept, staring at his phone for a long time, and quietly listening to what was happening on the other end of the line.
There was no response from the other end of the phone, so he turned over and deliberately threw the phone down as if he had accidentally dropped it off the bed.
Shi Zhen's voice came through the phone: "Xiao Yu?"
Guan Baiyu narrowed his eyes slightly.
The phone call didn't end, and the room became quiet again.
Guan Baiyu closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep.
On the other side, Shi Zhen and the others heard no more sound from Guan Baiyu's side, so they turned off their phones and went to sleep.
He didn't sleep well that night.
The next day, Shi Zhen thought about it and asked Duan Hongming for the information of the person who had broken his leg at Shao Baitong's construction site. He then drove to J City.
Duan Hongming did not know where the person was renting.
Fortunately, the population wasn't as large as it would be later, and people didn't live in high-rise buildings, so it wasn't difficult to find someone. After some inquiries, Shi Zhen found the lame man.
He now makes a living by sorting through scrap yards.
When Shi Zhen arrived, he was sitting in a chair, sorting through the waste paper collected by the recycling station, neatly stacking it one by one...
The man looked to be in his thirties. His left leg had been amputated, and his trousers hung loosely below the waist. He was extremely thin, which made his facial features very distinct.
On that thin face, there was a pair of dark, deep eyes.
Shi Zhen stood there and looked at him for a while.
Shi Zhen's car and he himself seemed out of place at the scrap yard. The scrap yard owner was somewhat surprised to see Shi Zhen, but the man looked up at Shi Zhen, then lowered his head and continued working.
Shi Zhen walked straight up to the man without beating around the bush and said directly, "I have a grudge against Shao Baitong. I heard about your situation and want to help you. Do you need it?"
The man suddenly looked up at Shi Zhen, then abruptly threw down the half-finished cardboard he was sorting and let out a "Ha!"
Immediately afterwards, he picked up a stick from the side, used it to stand up, and said, "Yes, I need it!"
Shi Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "Where do you live now? How much do you earn here?"
They have jobs... He can't just take them away and then pay them less than what they earn working here...
The man replied, "Let's go first, we can talk in your car."
Shi Zhen was somewhat puzzled, but he still led the man into his car.
The man was quite dirty, but he was even dirtier back then... Shi Zhen didn't seem to mind and let him sit in the passenger seat.
He was about to talk to this man when the man said, "Go somewhere with fewer people."
Shi Zhen started the car and drove to a secluded spot before stopping and looking at the person sitting in the passenger seat.
Before Shi Zhen could speak, the man said, "Speak, what do you want me to do... Well, as long as you send me to Shao Baitong's side, you will definitely get what you want."
Shi Zhen's heart skipped a beat when he heard what the man said.
He realized the man had misunderstood, and understood why the man had insisted on coming to such a deserted place before speaking to him.
He felt a little unwell.
He had experienced that person's feelings.
When he was in despair, he hoped that someone could lend him a hand.
Shi Zhen said, "I don't intend for you to do anything... How much do you earn a month working at the scrap yard?"
The man was puzzled, then said, "My uncle's scrap yard doesn't need any workers. I went there to help him and lived there. He even provided food and gave me 100 yuan every month."
“I’ll offer you a job. My construction site needs someone to guard the gate. You can go over there and keep watch for me. I’ll pay you 600 yuan a month, including room and board.” Shi Zhen said, “And your leg… I’ll find someone to get you a prosthesis.”
Now that prosthetics are available, even if a person still has a knee, they can still walk after getting a prosthetic.
The man was stunned, looking at Shi Zhen with confusion: "What exactly do you want me to do?"
Shi Zhen said, "I told you, I don't want you to do anything... Once you're on my construction site, work hard. As for Shao Baitong... even if you want revenge, don't do anything illegal or criminal. It's not worth sacrificing yourself for a scumbag."
If that's the case, a police officer once told him that he gradually calmed down during the time he was detained.
Now... Shi Zhen said this to the person opposite him.
The man opposite Shi Zhen was speechless.
The person in front of him looked much younger than him, but... he was looking at him with loving eyes!
That look was really strange.
Previously, this man in the car came to him and even said that he had a grudge against Shao Baitong. He thought that this man wanted him to help kill Shao Baitong, but it turned out that this man really wanted to help him?
Shi Zhen sighed and said, "I'll take you back. Pack your things and then come with me."
Shi Zhen took the man back, and after a while, the man got back into the car carrying a small bundle.
He had no doubt about Shi Zhen and followed him.
Shi Zhen knew why he was like this.
In short... he felt that he had nothing left to be swindled away from.
On the way to Changxi City, Shi Zhen chatted with him.
Duan Hongming found out about such a person, but he didn't know much about him, only that his name was Hong Zhiqi.
Hong Zhiqi looks to be in his thirties, but he is actually only twenty-five.
He had the accident two years ago at Shao Baitong's construction site, when he was only twenty-three.
He was a local from J City, but his family lived in the countryside. He had a girlfriend but didn't have the money to get married, so he went to the city to work on a construction site. As a result, his leg was injured by a falling object.
Shao Baitong refused to pay for medical expenses, so his parents pooled their money and eventually had his leg amputated.
He became crippled, so his girlfriend naturally broke up with him. His brother and sister-in-law were unhappy that he had spent a lot of the family's money, and they also felt that if he stayed at home, the family would likely have to support him for the rest of his life. So they tried to make him leave in various ways.
He left home and made a living on his own.
When Shi Zhen looked at Hong Zhiqi, Hong Zhiqi was also looking at him.
When the accident happened at Shao Baitong's construction site last year, he actually thought about seeking revenge, but he couldn't find anyone, and it was also very inconvenient for him as a cripple... And afterwards... he still wanted revenge.
When he met Shi Zhen, he thought his chance had come, but Shi Zhen only offered him a job.
Although Hong Zhiqi is in his twenties, he is probably still full of immature and childish ideas, probably because he has been traumatized.
Shi Zhen was a little afraid that one day he might do something foolish and could only try his best to comfort him.
Hong Zhiqi: "..." The person opposite him looks more and more kind... This person is clearly younger than him, so what is this, talking to a junior like an elder?
When Shi Zhen went to J City to find Hong Zhiqi, Guan Baiyu had already returned to Changxi City.
When he arrived in Changxi City, he went to Shizhen Company, but only saw Duan Hongming: "Where is my brother?"
"The boss went to J City."
Guan Baiyu frowned: "What's he going to do?"
After asking, Guan Baiyu added, "Wait... tell me in detail what happened these past few days."
Shao Baitong's matter wasn't a trade secret, and Shi Zhen's trip to J City was to do good deeds. Duan Hongming told Guan Baiyu the whole story.
Guan Baiyu finally understood why Shi Zhen had suddenly started sticking to him.
Shao Baitong.
So that's who it was.
He was aware of the grudges between Shi Zhen and Shao Baitong in his past life, but he wasn't involved in their business rivalry.
He can't get involved in this matter, and he doesn't have the time.
As a result... he was unlucky and eventually died at the hands of Shao Baitong.
Guan Baiyu said, "I'm going home. When my brother comes back, tell him."
He didn't sleep much last night, so he's going back to get some sleep now.
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