Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 356. Words spoken are like water spilled; they cannot be taken back.

Zhou Shouzi was Cheng Yi's pre-selected best candidate for overseas expansion.

Currently, Shouzi Chow is still serving in the military. Once Shouzi's military service ends next year, Cheng Yi plans to have his elder brother, Cheng Jian, make three visits to invite Shouzi Chow to become the president of the Atari Group in the United States.

Now that Cheng Yi has met Lin Hua, who has the same temperament as Zhou Shouzi, he is also somewhat excited.

"Brother Cheng, are you even listening to me?" Lin Hua felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Cheng Yi looking at him strangely.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "I'm listening, please continue."

Lin Hua nodded slowly and said, "Since we are doing charity, we can't do it in a big way. We need to leave some space for the public to discover it on their own. If we actively promote it, it will be inferior and we will be accused of putting on a show."

“My suggestion is that we first quietly contact the local district and county governments, then quietly start building school buildings. Once we’ve built a certain number, we can have some media outlets suddenly discover this, and then spend money on promotion for large-scale dissemination. This way, we can gain fame while avoiding any suspicion of grandstanding,” Lin Hua said.

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "You politicians are the ones with the most cunning."

Lin Hua smiled sheepishly and said, "People's hearts are hard to fathom. We should be careful, lest we end up getting ourselves into trouble instead of catching the fox."

“Yes, that’s feasible.” Cheng Yi agreed with Lin Hua’s suggestion.

Lin Hua continued, “You can leave the communication with the district and county governments to me. I have dealt with them a lot and I know their rules. But I still suggest that we take responsibility for the construction of the school buildings ourselves. This way we can ensure the quality of the school buildings. If we are going to donate, we should donate the best quality. Although our purpose is to put on a show, it is for the children to use after all. We absolutely cannot cut corners to save costs.”

After saying this, Lin Hua looked directly into Cheng Yi's eyes, waiting for Cheng Yi's reply.

“It’s feasible.” Cheng Yi nodded again.

Seeing no hesitation in Cheng Yi's eyes, Lin Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he fears most is that Cheng Yi will cut corners to save costs.

There's a huge difference between building a Hope Primary School with shoddy workmanship and using genuine materials.

If you cut corners, a Hope Primary School can be built for 200,000 yuan.

But if you're going to build it with real materials, it will cost at least 500,000.

According to Cheng Yi's plan, they want to build 100 Hope Primary Schools across the country, which is a huge investment of 50 million yuan.

Nobody's money comes from thin air. Would anyone really throw away a huge sum of 50 million for a mere empty title?

Cheng Yi said, "Brother Lin, what I want to do is not simply to build schools."

When Lin Hua saw Cheng Yi finally start talking about the project, he stared at Cheng Yi with a serious expression.

Since his last direct confrontation with Cheng Yi, Lin Hua has been observing Cheng Yi.

As Cheng Yi's actions became increasingly outrageous, Lin Hua's impression of him improved.

Although it wasn't quite at the level of mutual respect between heroes, Lin Hua genuinely admired Cheng Yi. He admired Cheng Yi's courage to fight against heaven and earth. Whether it was verbally abusing a master of Chinese studies at the Foreign Languages ​​University or overpowering the Handong branch of the Starcom Group, Cheng Yi's actions were all unbelievable.

Even Huang Fei said that Cheng Yi had a rough and unruly demeanor, which complemented Lin Hua's hypocritical and treacherous behavior.

Cheng Yi said with a serious expression, "If I said that I really want to do this well so that children in impoverished mountainous areas can go to school, would you believe me?"

Lin Hua remained silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."

"You have a good eye for people." Cheng Yi chuckled. "I'm actually conducting an experiment in the education sector. I want to see if it's possible to achieve teacherless education."

"Education without teachers?" Lin Hua asked in surprise. "You want to replace teachers with electronic textbooks?"

Lin Hua slowly shook his head and frowned, saying, "That's impossible. Besides, you said you wouldn't get involved in the education sector, which is the premise for me to become your deputy."

“If it were just about building a school, that would be too simple. But whether a school can be successfully established involves far too many factors,” Cheng Yi said. “I really want to take charity to the extreme. I not only want to build these 100 schools, but I also want to support these 100 schools and make these 100 Momo Elementary Schools a well-known brand.”

“I understand, you want to hedge reputation!” Lin Hua instantly understood Cheng Yi’s intention. He pondered for a moment in a low voice and said, “On one side is Momo Internet Cafe, and on the other side is Momo Elementary School. Once the reputation hedging takes effect, the reputation of Momo Internet Cafe will also improve.”

Lin Hua looked at Cheng Yi and said with a puzzled expression, "I really don't understand why you're so determined to hold onto internet cafes with such a bad reputation? With the strength of your Momo Group, wouldn't it be better to switch to any other industry than running internet cafes?"

“Our chairman has a thing for internet cafes, and we can’t dissuade him,” Cheng Yi said with a laugh.

Since it involved personal hobbies, Lin Hua couldn't say anything.

He just felt sorry for Momo Group. If Momo Group could have given up the infamous internet cafe industry and turned to those sunrise industries, it would have gained both fame and fortune.

Lin Hua said, "How about this, I'll go back and come up with a plan first, then we'll meet again to discuss it. Once the plan is finalized, I'll go to those impoverished counties to find the land."

“Alright.” Cheng Yi nodded, extended his hand and smiled, “Brother Lin, wish us a resounding victory.”

"Yes!" Lin Hua gripped Cheng Yi's hand tightly.

After finishing their conversation, Cheng Yi bid farewell to Huang Fei and left.

Back at Momo Group, Cheng Yi first reviewed the reports submitted by various companies that morning.

Momo Group has now become the largest technology group in Handong Province, with monthly profits reaching 300 million yuan. Especially after the Momo virtual item trading website gained momentum, Momo Group's financial statements have become even more impressive.

Since the last time Shengda Group clashed with them in the virtual item field, Shengda Group has not launched any major offensives. Their game equipment trading website has maintained a 37% market share, and has maintained a state of non-interference with Momo Virtual Item Trading Website.

Now all that's left is for Ji Yubing and his team to complete the 1225 plan. Once the 1225 plan is finished, the foundation of the campus network will be complete, and there will be so many things to do. After taking over the gold mine of universities, their Momo Internet Cafe can then unscrupulously expand into the national market.

Cheng Yi organized these reports and his gaze fell on the reports from Momo Virtual Item Trading Network.

Looking at the 2071 Momo Internet cafes on the report, Cheng Yi hesitated slightly.

2071, that is the total number of districts and counties in the country.

Huang Wenrong moved all the Momo Internet Cafes to every district and county he visited. Not only that, he also established a complete financial and legal team in every prefecture-level city.

"Old Huang..." For some time now, Cheng Yi had been hesitant about whether to launch the plan to help Huang Wenrong find his daughter. Personally, he couldn't live without Huang Wenrong, and Momo Group couldn't live without him either.

If the plan is launched now, and bad news comes, Huang Wenrong will definitely collapse completely, and at that time, Momo Group's financial work will be greatly affected.

In his past life, Huang Wenrong's courage to live was to find his daughter. Although he never found her, the fact that he hadn't found her was a source of hope! No bad news was good news.

Huang Wenrong often joked with Cheng Yi when they were drinking that he had a dream last night in which his daughter was adopted by a wealthy family and lived a very happy life.

Although this was Huang Wenrong's fantasy, it was also his motivation to live.

tangled...

Cheng Yi paced back and forth in his office, his mind racing with all sorts of possible scenarios.

After the completion of 2071 internet cafes, Huang Wenrong did not urge them to hurry up, but Cheng Yi knew that Huang Wenrong was thinking about implementing the plan at all times.

This was also Cheng Yi's promise back then.

Cheng Yi stood by the window, smoking one cigarette after another. He smoked three cigarettes before finally making up his mind, gritting his teeth and saying, "Damn it, what's said is said, I'll risk it! I'll find them!!"

He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and then made a phone call to Luo Shengyi.

Luo Shengyi clearly didn't expect Cheng Yi to call him first. He hesitated for a long time before answering and said with a smile, "Boss Cheng, how have you been?"

"Everything's fine." Cheng Yi laughed heartily. "I heard President Luo got promoted again?"

Luo Shengyi snorted inwardly, but still said politely, "Not at all, I'm just a working-class person."

Luo Shenyi guessed that Cheng Yi must be concerned about contract renewal.

They now have only four months left on their contract with Momo Group. After four months, Momo Legend will announce its shutdown.

Whenever he thought of this, Luo Shengyi felt a sense of anticipation.

Once they reclaim the authorization, Momo Legend will essentially be their product, and they can simultaneously reclaim the Legend market in Handong Province.

I'm getting a little excited just thinking about it.

Having already prepared his refusal, Luo Shengyi smiled and asked, "Boss Cheng, what brings you here?"

Cheng Yi said, "Here's the thing, my friend's daughter has gone missing, and I'd like to ask you to help with a game quest to find the little girl. In return, we can help you with intensive advertising in all 2071 internet cafes across the country. We'll help you with the advertising for as long as this quest lasts. What do you think?"

Luo Shengyi hadn't expected Cheng Yi to make such a request, but being always cautious, he adhered to his motto of refusing if he wasn't sure, and directly refused, saying, "Boss Cheng, our Legend isn't like those small vendors who can just put up whatever they want. Besides, we have over 100 million registered users and millions of peak concurrent users, so we're already a household name in China. We don't need any promotion or advertising for now."

Cheng Yi wasn't surprised when Luo Shenyi refused.

The reason he made that call was simply because he had a sliver of hope.

After all, making this call leaves a sliver of hope; not making the call leaves no hope at all.

Luo Shengyi laughed and said, "By the way, Boss Cheng, are you planning to sell your virtual item trading website? We can offer you a high price..."

"Click!" Cheng Yi hung up the phone before Luo Shengyi could finish speaking.

On the other end of the phone, Luo Shenyi angrily slammed his phone onto the sofa and cursed, "Damn it! None of these internet cafe owners have any manners!"

Since Shengda refused, Cheng Yi had no choice but to settle for a middle-ground strategy.

They instructed 2071 Momo Internet cafes to hold several events giving away game equipment and to post photos of Huang Wenrong's daughter on virtual item trading websites.

The reward for finding even the slightest clue is the three skills: Flame Slash, Summon Divine Beast, and Ice Roar!
Help find the little girl and you'll be rewarded with three divine weapons: the Judgment Sword, the Ancient Jade, and the Free and Easy Fan, plus permanent free internet access!

Cheng Yi quickly devised a strategy to find the missing person, and then had Shi Lei distribute it to the managers of each Momo Internet Cafe.

This missing person notice is so novel, and it's even linked to the popular game Legend. For example, the total price of the three legendary skills has already exceeded 10,000, and the prices of the three divine weapons are even more outrageous, especially the Judgment Staff, which costs as much as 30,000.

The notice had just been posted at the entrance of 2071 Momo Internet Cafes when it attracted the attention of a large number of Legend players.

If we can help find this little girl, wouldn't that mean we'd have internet freedom?
This news quickly became the focus of discussion in many internet cafes.

In games like Stone Age and Legend, the world chat is also buzzing with talk of Huang Wenrong searching for his daughter.

Time passed day by day, a full week went by, and still no clues came.

Although no news is good news, this was indeed too agonizing for Huang Wenrong.

For the past week, Huang Wenrong has been somewhat absent-minded. Every now and then, he would go to the computer to check the chat group of the person in charge of Momo Internet Cafe.

When he went to prison, his daughter was only three years old. He has been in prison for ten years, plus this past year, his daughter is now fourteen. Girls change a lot as they grow up, and finding his grown-up daughter based on just a photo of her when she was three is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Liangliang, we only have six yuan. Even if we go to the county town, we won't be able to use the internet for more than a few hours. Let's go back and collect broken glass." On a narrow path along a steep mountain cliff in Shudao County, Tianyuan City, Sichuan Province, two boys around fifteen or sixteen years old chatted as they skillfully traversed the cliff.

The boy named Liangliang said, "There's no future in picking up broken glass. A while ago, Hu Zi got a Shura weapon in Legend and sold it for several hundred yuan."

Liangliang's eyes were bright, and even though he was dressed in rags, he still had a sunny disposition.

The two boys climbed over the cliff and walked for more than two hours along the rugged and difficult mountain path before finally arriving at the edge of the county town.

Shudao County is one of the poorest counties in Sichuan Province. It was once described in a poem as "The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than ascending to heaven." Due to its extremely treacherous terrain, Shudao County was almost isolated from the outside world. Even the county seat of Shudao County was not as prosperous as the towns and villages of ordinary counties.

There are only three rudimentary internet cafes in the district, each with just over a hundred computers.

The two boys arrived at the entrance of an internet cafe called Jimmy with ease. They clutched the banknotes in their hands tightly and waited in line with anticipation for others to get off the computer.

(End of this chapter)