I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 204 I Investigate Myself

Filled with intense curiosity, Su Cheng clicked on the [Ferryman] account homepage.

He discovered that the bigwig hadn't posted the latest research on business investigations, but rather an analysis of a chapter of the Tao Te Ching and his personal subjective opinion.

In particular, the entire text states that "suffering makes people progress".

The whole article is basically about mindset and way of life, encouraging people to be self-reliant and constantly strive for progress.

The content has both problems and flaws, but it's not a major issue either.

If there's a problem, there are quite a few of these "chicken soup" or "chicken soup-like" articles in the database.

There's no problem with saying it's "chicken soup for the soul"; it definitely contains practical information and can teach people something new.

Su Cheng's feelings are different; now, she gets PTSD whenever she sees the word 'suffering'.

He is now very curious about the true identity of [the ferryman].

Since everyone's accounts used nicknames instead of real names, Su Cheng couldn't be sure who this person was.

However, based on the time he posted and the time he registered, he should be a very senior figure within the Dihao Group.

Wait.

A peculiar idea suddenly flashed through Su Cheng's mind.

"The more I look at this post, the more it seems like something an old man would write."

Did that old bastard steal someone else's account and post this?

Hmm... unlikely.

Although Old Deng is both bad and stupid, he's not the kind of person who steals other people's credit. That's not his style. What belongs to someone else belongs to them.

That leaves only one possibility.

The account [Ferryman] originally belonged to the old man himself!
The article was filled with words like suffering, self-reliance, and progress, giving Su Cheng ample reason to suspect that it was written by Lao Deng.

"Grass."

That means that the "Ferris wheel effect," including those pain experiments and pleasure experiments, were all conducted by Old Deng?

"Worthy!"

Is it really such a coincidence?

Su Cheng found the old man's post in the vast database, studied it carefully, and even followed him.
Su Cheng flipped back to the thread about the "pain experiment".

The post has been featured and included in the archives, and due to its age, it has long been locked by the database administrator, making it impossible to comment, like, or perform other actions.

The most important conclusions of the "Happy Ferris Wheel" and the "Pain Survey" are about research on pain threshold, pain tolerance, and so on.

The final result is that, given a longer timeframe, there is not much difference between those who suffer and those who are ordinary or lucky.

Su Cheng does not deny the correctness and rigor of this result.

But right.

The idea and motivation behind your so-called "education through suffering" that you're giving me probably came from this experiment, right?
Su Cheng: ???
I'm using this experiment for business, and you're messing with your son?

I'm totally impressed!
What do you mean by "there's not much difference"?
Experiments have proven that it is indeed temporary, but you've stretched the time span to a year and a half, why not to ten or twenty years!
These are the very differences that create feelings of inferiority during adolescence!

Junior high and high school are only three years long.

Is this something that can be bought back with money?
No child is as rational as him. He doesn't have what his classmates and playmates have, so he'll really feel inferior!

They won't even let you buy a yo-yo, which only costs a few dollars!
Su Cheng often paid attention to how others viewed him when he was a child, and he was particularly concerned about other people's opinions of him, which caused him a lot of pain for a long time.

Su Cheng becomes particularly sensitive, especially when facing new people or strangers.

He would even subconsciously record the tone of voice, facial expressions, and other behaviors when interacting with himself.

This is how feelings of inferiority and sensitivity arise.

The old man's investigation was fine, but he used it in the wrong place.

Doesn't he know that ten seconds can destroy a person's ambition?!
Once a person loses their ambition, what great achievements can they expect to accomplish?
Damn it!
This discovery infuriated Su Cheng, and he immediately unfollowed [The Ferryman].

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Anyone who wants to watch can watch!
That's not disgusting enough!
It took Su Cheng two or three days to calm down.

Day three.

Ye Li suddenly knocked on the office door and found Su Cheng.

"Sister Chestnut, is something the matter?"

"Yes, have you been in a bad mood these past few days?"

"No...it's probably because my uncle is on his period."

"That's good. We've received orders from the group."

Ye Li handed a written order from the group headquarters to Su Cheng.

Su Cheng took it and looked at it with a puzzled expression.

After reading it, Su Cheng was even more puzzled.

What is this?
Is the group going to acquire "Heart Signal"?
"Yes, it is said that some of the group's forward-looking departments discovered 'Heart Signal' and then found out that our Shengyue had received consultations from 'Heart Signal' and was in charge of handling the case. Therefore, the group's investment matter has been handed over to you for full responsibility."

The written order from headquarters did indeed say that, directly listing Su Cheng's name and assigning him to be in charge of the matter.

Needless to say.

It's that old man's doing again.

How could the group headquarters possibly notice "Heart Signal"?

All that talk about forward-looking departments is utter nonsense.

Zhao Peng and his team are still coding and developing new features; they haven't rolled them out yet.

It was all because of me that the old man saw the potential of "Heart Signal".

They thought they could make a lot of money, so they wanted to invest in the acquisition.

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Nausea.

Su Cheng didn't even need to think to know that, given the old man's nature, when he took over the "Heart Signal" case, he was definitely thinking about how to trip him up and increase the operational difficulty.

Now they want to invest in acquiring shares to make money.

So you, old man, have played both the good guy and the bad guy?
This dedicated liaison officer is responsible for many things, including financial status, operational status, accounting status, and the underlying equity structure.

We need to investigate both the public and the private aspects.

After clarifying everything, I will then step in to negotiate with Zhao Peng and his team regarding the investment.

The group's credit line for Su Cheng is between 1000 million and 3000 million yuan. Anything more would require reporting.

Su Cheng seemed to have discovered a blind spot.

Does that mean he's investigating himself?

He talked to himself?

Su Cheng was initially somewhat resentful when she received the order.

The old man only discovered "Heart Signal" because of him; he was just using Su Cheng to make money.

However, seeing that the group had given Su Cheng such high authority and quota, allowing him to be fully in charge, he felt somewhat excited.

OK OK.

Su Cheng was furious but had nowhere to vent her anger.

He is both the exclusive liaison officer representing the Emperor Group and one of the major shareholders of "Heart Signal," so he can make decisions for Zhao Peng.

Su Cheng has a lot of room to maneuver.

Isn't this just like giving him money?

Ye Li had to remind Su Cheng: "You should think carefully about Wang Zhiying's matter. Do you want to report it? Are you sure you can take responsibility for it?"

Ye Li almost forgot about Su Cheng if she hadn't mentioned it.

Wang Zhiying also used a proxy to create a firewall for herself.

But her firewall wasn't working.

It's the same whether it's there or not.

Is having a distant relative hold shares on your behalf really a firewall?

It was found very easily.

If he couldn't be fooled, how could he possibly be fooled by the financial experts around the old man?

"Yes, I understand. Sister Chestnut, let me think about it."

Ye Li explained the pros and cons to Su Cheng.

Wang Zhiying violated the group's principles, and if Su Cheng helps cover it up, it might not be found out for a while.

But if the Ministry of the Interior sends an investigator like Wei Qing to investigate, then Su Cheng will definitely not be able to hide it anymore and will absolutely be dealt with.

Su Cheng will face either punishment for "covering up" or "negligence." Neither punishment will be light.

With this past record, Su Cheng may never be included in the list of candidates for mid-to-senior level personnel again.

Therefore, Ye Li told Su Cheng to think things through and that it would be best to expose Wang Zhiying.

"You have no vested interests with her, so don't get involved in this mess."

Ye Li knew who Wang Zhiying was.

She wasn't worried about Su Cheng taking money from her or accepting bribes; she was just afraid that Su Cheng would hear a few nice words from Wang Zhiying and then keep the matter a secret from her.

"But Sister Chestnut told me this. If I expose her now, won't she hold a grudge? It'll feel like I'm backstabbing her."

Ye Li: ???
She knew it!

"Are you stupid? She's telling you this just to tie you to her!"

"Why don't you send a report to headquarters right now, saying that you're avoiding suspicion because of your friendship, and ask headquarters to replace you with someone else?" Ye Li's blood pressure was about to rise from Su Cheng's attitude.

"No, no, no, let me think of a way to have the best of both worlds."

Su Cheng hurriedly explained.

If he submits a report, his father will definitely have some doubts.

If someone is to be replaced, it's highly likely that Ye Li will be chosen as the exclusive liaison officer.

When Ye Li investigates, she'll find that not only does Wang Zhiying have shares, but he does too. Ye Li will then be in a difficult and passive position. So it's best for her not to get involved and to know nothing at all.

"Then you figure it out yourself, I can't be bothered with you."

Ye Li pouted, crossed her arms in a "defensive" stance, and stormed out of Su Cheng's office.

have to.

My aunt is angry again.

However, Ye Li's words also make sense.

Wang Zhiying's identity is an open secret with her father. Whether Su Cheng reports the matter or not, it basically doesn't escape his eyes.

We definitely need to report it.

But the key is how to handle his relationship with Wang Zhiying, and how to talk to Wang Zhiying.

Su Cheng called Zhao Peng and asked him to invite Wang Zhiying to the company first, as there was something she wanted to discuss with them.

After quickly packing her things, Su Cheng arrived in northern Beijing.

When Su Cheng arrived, Wang Zhiying had not yet arrived. Zhao Peng warmly welcomed Su Cheng to the public conference room, pouring tea and offering cigarettes.

Zhao Peng is the kind of person who understands things very quickly.

He has been reviewing the optimization plan provided by Su Cheng over the past two days, and now he can understand it to a great extent.

Traffic splitting increases the matching rate among users and improves the user's product experience.

Zhao Peng felt that the user experience was very important.

It's not just dating apps.

Some users on short video platforms even add a parenthesis to their ID or personal profile, which reads something like "xx get lost, I hate xx, xx don't bother me".

She has a bit of a princess complex.

If Zhao Peng were also a user, he would be annoyed by this.

Because you're not that charming!

Is it really possible for someone to start licking right away? No way!
Does adding that line make their vanity explode if someone tries to flatter them?

Zhao Peng's explanation of this mentality is roughly: 'I've already written "Don't bother me, xx," and people still come to me; I'm just too charming...'

Secondly, there are mini-games.

Fun mini-games like Gomoku and Pictionary can help increase interaction rates. For users who are not good at chatting, these games can help them find topics to talk about and quickly break the ice and build rapport.

Another measure is to add "WeChat", "V", and long numbers to the prohibited word list.

Preventing users from migrating to other software actually conflicts with their strategy.

Because there is no Facebook social network, users must add other mainstream social media platforms and then view each other's Moments to get to know each other better.

But if you ban it, how will users add it?
It took Zhao Peng several days to figure out the meaning behind Su Cheng's actions.

The main purpose is to avoid users being verified (V) right away.

They have numerous user case studies proving that once users add them on WeChat, that's it.

Everyone checks each other's WeChat Moments.

Oh, you're only visible for three days.

Hey, I'm also only visible for three days.

Then everyone just lay dormant in the list.

Even if it's not visible for three days, but rather your Moments are open for a month or half a year, it's still easy for things to become dull, and the final result is similar to being a "corpse lying down".

It's not that we can't add it.

It's to prevent users from adding it too quickly.

Otherwise, the two will most likely become an invalid match.

Regarding the email from Su Cheng about retention rates, Zhao Peng felt that Su Cheng's analysis was very insightful.

There is really no need to worry.

Retention rate issues are also an inherent disadvantage of these quick dating apps.

People leave once they find a partner, and then download it again after breaking up.

These two behaviors can cancel each other out, although it may not be apparent in the short term.

Su Cheng has a long-term vision, and her analysis is extremely accurate.

Zhao Peng was deeply impressed by Su Cheng's abilities and wisdom, and believed that Su Cheng could lead "Heart Signal" to even greater success!

Su Cheng asked curiously, "Hey, where's your good buddy? I haven't seen him today?"

"President Su, which one are you referring to?"

"The one who looks quite energetic."

"Pan Shuai?"

"I think that's the name." Su Cheng didn't remember the name very well, but she had an impression of this person.

Su Cheng even confronted him last time.

Zhao Peng took a couple of breaths, trying to figure out how to explain it to Su Cheng.

He had been pondering the "corporate culture" that Su Cheng had mentioned for the past few days, and Zhao Peng agreed with some of the points.

“I gave him some money and kicked him out.”

"Huh? He kicked it out?"

"Yes, because last time..."

Zhao Peng explained why he did this.

He knew that Pan Shuai had a tough time, and that no one like him could endure it. It was normal for people to offer their opinions.

But what if it were a different situation?
If the company hadn't encountered a crisis, Pan Shuai would likely have been the first to jump out and offer his opinions.

Although Pan had fought alongside him for several months and they were brothers in arms, it was unacceptable for him to constantly disrupt morale.

Now that "Heart Signal" has secured funding, it will gradually get on the right track and slowly grow bigger.

Having someone like this in the team is detrimental to unity and seriously hinders development. Finally, regarding the company culture aspect, I was actually referring to Zhao Peng; I didn't expect him to act so quickly.

Su Cheng was initially surprised, then gave Zhao Peng high praise: "Not bad, you're good!"

“I paid for the shares myself, and Pan Shuai’s shares will be under my name from now on,” Zhao Peng explained. “I haven’t told you and President Wang about this yet.”

"That's a minor issue, it doesn't matter." Su Cheng was very curious about Pan Shuai's attitude at the time.

"It's a real shame about him, but I think his regret is just an act; he's just eager to take the money and leave."

"I see... So how much did you give?"

"Hmm... I think it's quite a lot. I feel we can't treat him unfairly."

Zhao Peng made a hand gesture to Su Cheng.

Su Cheng pouted after reading it.

Row.

That's quite kind.

Zhao Peng is a person I can get along with.

(End of this chapter)