Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 372 This young man doesn't seem like a good person!

Ma Yun and Wang Juntao did not surprise Cheng Yi; what surprised him was Bao Yueqiao.

In this era, Bao Yueqiao was definitely a super boss in the gaming industry. Even Chen Tianqiao would call him Brother Bao when he met him.

As early as 2001, Bao Yueqiao's Lianzhong Games became the world's largest gaming website.

Lianzhong Games was the first internet company to use a 100M dedicated line, and it has been one of the most active companies in the past two years.

They hold a national competition almost every month, and they also have a deep partnership with China Mobile and China Unicom. Their Lianzhong Shenzhou online gaming internet cards are available all over the country.

Bao Yueqiao himself was just named one of the top ten IT figures in China. Those who were named with him were the top people in China, such as Qiu Bojun and Liu Chuanzhi. In this selection, neither Xiao Ma nor Ma Da were even qualified to be nominated.

Bei Yueqiao and Nan Tianqiao, these two prominent overseas Chinese, practically controlled half of the single-player and online game market in China.

It seems that this competition is what attracted this important figure. However, Cheng Yi was somewhat surprised that Ma Yun was able to contact Bao Yueqiao. Logically speaking, Ma Yun should not know a big shot of Bao Yueqiao's level.

In Cheng Yi's development plan, Bao Yueqiao's Lianzhong is also an extremely important part.

He led Lin Qingyin directly to the three of them and said with a smile, "The three of you, would you like to share a table?"

"?" Bao Yueqiao and the other two looked at Cheng Yi and Lin Qingyin with puzzled expressions.

Ma Yun was in the middle of a lively discussion when he was interrupted, and he gave Cheng Yi a displeased look.

After just one glance, Ma Yun asked in confusion, "Huh? You look familiar. Have we met before?"

"I met him at the Jin Mao Tower today." Cheng Yi brought up Ma Huateng's name and said with a smile, "I went there with Mr. Ma Huateng."

"Oh, right, right, I remember now." Ma Yun's eyes lit up immediately, and she smiled, "We're all in the IT industry, sit down, sit down."

"Brother Ma, do you know each other?" Bao Yueqiao asked curiously.

"We've met once before," Ma Yun smiled, looking at Cheng Yi and asking, "Brother, how about you introduce yourself?"

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "My name is Cheng Yi, and I am the temporary president of Xiaonei.com Technology Company."

"Xiaonei.com Technology?" Bao Yueqiao was surprised to hear this, and Wang Junfeng next to him also looked at Cheng Yi with some surprise.

Bao Yueqiao and his team at Lianzhong Games frequently held events at universities, and he was very familiar with the rapidly rising campus network technology.

"You said your name is Cheng Yi?" Bao Yueqiao suddenly felt that the name was very familiar.

"Mr. Bao, you don't know this guy, do you?" Wang Juntao joked.

Judging from Cheng Yi's age, he is only in his early twenties, an age that they would consider to be just a child.

After thinking for a while, Bao Yueqiao suddenly asked, "Do you know Chen Tianqiao?"

"Chen Tianqiao?" Wang Juntao and Ma Yun were both surprised.

How did this involve Chen Tianqiao?

Chen Tianqiao is currently at the height of his power and influence; ordinary people simply cannot catch his eye.

Bao Yueqiao said, "At the beginning of the month, the National Cyberspace Administration and the National Cultural Industry Association asked Lianzhong and Shengda to jointly organize a seminar on the Internet industry and online games. When I was chatting with Mr. Chen of Shengda after the meeting, he mentioned the name Cheng Yi."

Cheng Yi smiled shyly and said, "I bet President Chen didn't say anything good about me, did he?"

Upon seeing that Cheng Yi actually knew Chen Tianqiao, Ma Yun and Wang Juntao couldn't help but re-evaluate Cheng Yi.

The people Chen Tianqiao talks about most are either his benefactors or his enemies.

Whether they are Chen Tianqiao's benefactors or enemies, they are certainly not ordinary people.

Bao Yueqiao laughed and said, "It's not exactly bad talk. He said you're very shrewd and that you made him suffer a great loss."

"!!!" Ma Yun and Wang Juntao were shocked again.

This young man actually caused Chen Tianqiao to suffer a great loss.
Looking across the country, China Overseas has gathered the most shrewd and calculating group in the country, and Chen Tianqiao is far ahead of this group. It sounds a bit like science fiction to think that Chen Tianqiao can suffer a loss.

Ma Yun's small eyes gleamed as she asked, "What exactly did you do to Chen Tianqiao that caused him such a big loss? Tell me about it."

Wang Juntao laughed and said, "Brother, you're amazing!"

Cheng Yi sighed with an air of sophistication and said, "How could I let President Chen suffer a loss? It's all because of that Legend game. Before Legend was released, our group just wanted to make a game to play, so we bought the agency rights for 250 million for a year."

"Good heavens, you can even be a distributor for Legend?" Wang Juntao said in a trembling voice, "You must have made a fortune!"

"I never expected it to be so popular," Cheng Yi sighed. "If I had known that Legend would be this popular, I wouldn't have become the distributor."

"..." Wang Juntao and Ma Yun's expressions stiffened slightly.

This young man is really good at putting on an act. Does he even speak like a human being?
Sensing that Wang Juntao and Ma Yun's smiles had vanished, Cheng Yi said earnestly, "I'm telling you the truth. Our group was only thinking of doing small-scale things back then, but we didn't expect Legend to suddenly become so popular. This has left us in a mess, renting servers and recruiting employees. It's been quite a hassle. We can't even give up now, since it involves the interests of millions of players."

"Brother, isn't this just a disguised form of showing off?" Wang Juntao said with a wry smile.

As the former largest e-commerce website in China, Wang Juntao must be feeling bitter. His 8848 went from a market value of 300 million to 30 million in less than a year. Such a huge drop can really make people despair.

Fortunately, he cashed out and left when the market value was 300 million.

Cheng Yi glanced at Ma Yun first, then said very seriously, "I'm telling you the truth. I'm actually not interested in money. The happiest time for me was when I was running that small internet cafe in Jingzhou City."

“Brother, you’re getting more and more outrageous,” Ma Yun couldn’t help but say. “I don’t believe there’s anyone in this world who isn’t interested in money.”

“I don’t believe it either,” Wang Juntao echoed.

“I’m somewhat inclined to believe it.” At this moment, Bao Yueqiao spoke up: “Haven’t you watched TV? Their Xiaoneiwang Technology has been donating to Hope Schools. In Sichuan Province alone, they’ve donated more than 60 million yuan and helped the local area build a cross-river bridge and dozens of kilometers of provincial highways.”

"?" Ma Yun and Wang Juntao were shocked again. They swore to God that they had never been so shocked in their lives.

Aside from watching the evening news on time every day, they rarely watch any other programs.

Although they didn't watch many TV programs, they knew that Bao Yueqiao wouldn't fool them.

Ma Yun looked at Cheng Yi and said, "Brother, what are you after?" "Nothing, I'm just not interested in money." Cheng Yi's smile was so innocent that Ma Yun and Wang Juntao believed him.

This kid really doesn't seem to be interested in money.

However, this made Ma Yun and Wang Juntao a little angry.

It seems like fate has a way of playing tricks on people; the less interested they are in money, the more money they seem to make.

The more obsessed a person is with money, the less money they make.

Who can I talk to to reason with you?
"Boss, bring another serving of barbecue for this table, and this meal is on me," Cheng Yi shouted to the barbecue stall owner.

"Okay." The boss replied and immediately arranged for someone to prepare the skewers.

Cheng Yi picked up a grilled gluten and handed it to Lin Qingyin, saying with a smile, "Try this, it's delicious."

"Okay." Lin Qingyin nestled close to Cheng Yi without saying a word. She took the grilled gluten and ate it slowly.

This was the first time she had ever sat down to eat at a table with strangers, especially three oddly-looking middle-aged men. Lin Qingyin was extremely nervous.

Cheng Yi, in a very familiar manner, placed the grilled skewers on the table in front of Lin Qingyin, grabbed a skewer of kidney, and began to eat it heartily.

Seeing that Cheng Yi didn't treat them like outsiders, Bao Yueqiao and the other two couldn't help but exchange glances, their eyes filled with joy.

When a person becomes rich, their actions will be interpreted by others.

Just like Cheng Yi eating their barbecue skewers now, in the eyes of Bao Yueqiao and the other two, Cheng Yi is a typical generous and forthright person.

They enjoy associating with generous and wealthy people.

Ma Yun spoke first: "Brother, let me introduce myself first. My name is Ma Yun, and I am the founder of Alibaba. Although our company has only been in operation for a few years, it is developing very well. Our vision is to make it easy to do business anywhere!"

Cheng Yi glanced at Ma Yun and asked, "So, have you made a profit?"

"Not yet," Ma Yun said somewhat embarrassedly. "If we solve the online payment problem, we can become profitable in no time."

"This online payment issue involves too many things, and it's not something you can handle in a minute," Cheng Yi said, immediately throwing cold water on the situation.

Ma Yun said sullenly, "Yes, that's why I invited President Bao and President Wang out."

"Are you trying to attract investment?" Cheng Yi asked.

Ma Yun shook his head and said, "No, we have plenty of funds right now. The only thing we lack is technical personnel. Our company really started in 2000, and we don't do business involving high-tech internet technologies, so we are extremely short of programmers."

“These days, top-notch programmers are incredibly valuable. If you really want to hire a top-tier programmer, you’ll have to ask Kingsoft or China Software Group,” Cheng Yi said.

Ma Yun said helplessly, "I went to see Lei Jun, the president of Kingsoft, but he thought I was daydreaming."

Cheng Yi frowned and said, "Lei Jun is a senior programmer. If even he thinks you're daydreaming, is it possible that you really are daydreaming?"

Ma Yun was stunned.

For the first time in his life, he actually had a slight doubt about what he wanted to do.

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "Mr. Wang must know this all too well, right?"

Cheng Yi looked at Wang Junfeng.

Wang Junfeng's 8848 e-commerce company had just gone bankrupt and was in a period of decline. Upon hearing Cheng Yi's question, Wang Junfeng immediately said, "Indeed, it's very difficult to develop e-commerce in China. It's just a vague and ethereal concept."

Cheng Yi continued to press his advantage, saying, "President Ma, I think you should take advantage of the group's current financial abundance and shift your focus to games. Chen Tianqiao is making so much money that he's practically numb. Games are profitable on the same day they're launched, and it's a sure-fire way to make a fortune."

Ma Yun fell silent immediately.

He silently drank a glass of beer, his eyes slowly hardening, and shook his head, saying, "I'm not going to make games; I'm determined to make e-commerce a success!"

Cheng Yi wasn't surprised when his attempt to fool the other party failed.

If Ma Yun could be so easily swayed, then Alibaba Group in her previous life would have died long ago.

Strictly speaking, every leader of a startup team is a fanatic; they are all determined to succeed no matter what.

Ma Yun poured Cheng Yi a beer and said, "Mr. Cheng, you guys make games, you must have a lot of talented programmers, right? Could you lend me one or two to tide me over?"

"Of course not," Cheng Yi refused resolutely. "How can we easily lend out such a vital national asset to others?"

Seeing Cheng Yi's "What are you thinking?" look, Ma Yun said without getting annoyed, "President Cheng, you do charity work because you think that making games is immoral, right? Actually, you are also doing charity by helping me. The payment tool I want to make is not for our Alibaba Group, but to make life more convenient for people all over the country. As long as we succeed, the blessing will be greater than doing a million good deeds."

Ma Yun's words are very persuasive. When he speaks, his eyes are particularly bright, and every word he says is spoken with conviction, which increases the credibility of his words.

Seeing Ma Yun's behavior, Cheng Yi truly regretted not bringing Du Yusheng along.

Du Yusheng should really be shown what a top-tier language master is.

Lin Qingyin, who was standing to the side, couldn't hear anything wrong; she just thought the skewers were a bit salty.

Ma Yun's eyes remained fixed on Cheng Yi without the slightest flicker or avoidance, making it difficult for even Cheng Yi to discern whether his words were sincere or merely an act.

If it's about performance, then Mr. Ma is the undisputed Oscar winner.

Seeing Cheng Yi seemingly lost in thought, Ma Yun turned to Bao Yueqiao and said, "Mr. Bao, could you spare a few senior programmers for me? Mr. Wang has already transferred all the programmers from his company to me. I just need to find a few more senior programmers to start developing this greatest payment software. Once the software is successfully developed, your Lianzhong can also end the old model of cooperating with operators and achieve true online payment."

Bao Yueqiao was indeed persuaded by Ma Yun. He said with some concern, "Mr. Ma, even if I help you develop it successfully, you still can't prevent others from imitating and copying it."

"Others can copy my software, but they can't copy my hardships, nor can they copy my relentless passion for moving forward," Ma Yun said earnestly. "My software can absolutely change the whole country."

Cheng Yi hesitated for a moment, then picked up the beer Ma Yun had poured for him and drank it all in one gulp. He said, "To be honest, your company is too weak. Even if you force it, it will take two or three years to achieve the function you mentioned. I think it would be better if you developed this software to do good deeds, so why don't we, Xiaonei.com Technology, act as the go-between? We have money and manpower. If we take the lead, the good deeds will be done even more quickly and effectively."

"You guys do it???" Ma Yun was taken aback.

He'd only ever heard of copying ideas, never of taking the whole thing away.

This young man doesn't seem like a good person!
(End of this chapter)