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Chapter 511 The dust has settled, the contract is in hand! (Second update!)
A surge of pride welled up within him, and Catroya suddenly realized that learning wasn't such a bad thing after all. Moreover, with the help of words and pictures, he suddenly discovered that he actually had a talent for learning.

He was actually able to guess some of the meaning from these obscure and difficult English words.

I really am a genius.

It's a pity that most of my teachers from back then are dead, otherwise I would definitely go and have a good talk with them.

Just as Carter was studying diligently, his phone chimed and shut down.

Staring at the black screen, the Mexican gangster slowly raised his head and looked out the warehouse window, only to find that the moon had already moved to the other side, and it was already late at night.

After standing up, checking the warehouse, and greeting the others, Carteroya went to his quarters in the warehouse, charged his phone, and went to sleep.

A few hours later, he reappeared in the sunlight, full of energy.

During the day, these smuggling gangs would allocate supplies for sale at night, but he was a minor leader who didn't have to personally take action and could direct operations remotely.

Instead of remotely directing operations as usual, he assigned the work to his subordinates and went to the bookstore to buy an English dictionary.

Back in the warehouse, I grabbed my phone, found a quiet corner, and started studying.

He found a quiet place to lie down, opened the app, and, based on his viewing history, found yesterday's article again.

I'll start relearning the content.

This time, instead of studying frantically like he did last night, he slowly swiped his finger, preparing to go through the material once again.

The further he read, the more terrified he became, because it contained detailed explanations of a large number of small arms, as well as artillery, tanks, and various chemicals and bombs.

With the weapon details explained, the following content covers how to handle various problems.

Positional warfare, urban warfare, and skirmishes.

The enemy's firepower is stronger than ours, our firepower is stronger than the enemy's, and the firepower of both sides is equal.

Nighttime, rainy day, under the sun.

They even have special operations.

Just as he was looking at it with pleasure, a system notification popped up:
[At the author's request, this article requires payment. Please pay a copyright fee of $50 to read the remaining content. After paying the copyright fee, this account can view and download the content anytime, anywhere!]

Looking at the dialog box, Catroya took a deep breath, and shakily tapped the payment button. After a series of redirects, he was taken to online banking payment.

Then, he sadly discovered that he didn't have online banking.

The reason for not having online banking is simple: because I don't have a bank card. And the reason for not having a bank card is even simpler: I don't have a formal job, so the bank won't issue one.

Moreover, there is strict internal management within the gang.

To avoid giving rival gangs and the military any leverage, gang members are generally prohibited from using bank cards and corresponding online banking.

The bosses can use it because they use information they obtained from who-knows-where to open bank accounts.

After trying for a long time and finding that he couldn't get the rest of the content, Catroya sat down with a frustrated look on his face, lowered his head, and took deep breaths of fresh air.

At the same time, I was also asking myself, do I really want to miss this opportunity?

After a long while, he suddenly raised his head, gritted his teeth, took out a small safe from under the bed, and then took out a few banknotes from the safe and stuffed them into his pocket.

I went out with my phone in my hand.

The bosses can use other people's identities to open bank accounts, and I'm at least a middle manager, so getting two people's identity information shouldn't be a problem!

If you want to do it, just do it; opportunity favors the prepared!

Once outside, he headed straight for the Polanco district, a wealthy area with many rich people and middle-class residents.

These people have some spare cash and regular jobs, so banks are very willing to help them set up online banking accounts.

After waiting at an intersection for a while, Catroya quickly found a target: a woman who looked to be in her thirties.

The woman had impeccable makeup and wore a professional gray suit, an outfit rarely seen in Mexico.

Having chosen his target, he followed at a distance. When the woman entered a secluded street, he quickly caught up and stopped her.
"Madam, I have a small favor to ask of you. Could you do me a favor?"

The woman retreated to the wall in a panic, looked around, and finding no one nearby, she saw that Caterpillar looked fierce and menacing. She nodded slightly in agreement.

Then, the woman reluctantly began to unbutton her clothes.

As soon as she untied the first button, a brand-new phone screen was handed to her. Next to the phone was a $100 bill, and Catroya's voice followed:

"I need your help to pay for something online."

"It costs $50, this is $100, and the remaining $50 is your tip."

Realizing she was being asked to do this favor, the woman laughed in exasperation, letting out two cold snorts before reluctantly taking the phone.

After fiddling around for a while, I discovered that I also had this app on my phone.

Then I took out my iPhone, fiddled with it for a while, and found the same article and the same page.

After confirming everything, he took Catroya's phone, navigated through the screen, entered his bank card information, received a text message, and filled in the verification code.

After paying the $50, the woman grabbed the bill, snorted, and left. As she walked to the corner of the street, she spat on the ground.

Catroya didn't care about the woman's departure; he was only interested in the contents of the article.

He found a sheltered spot nearby and began to read the rest of the contents.

He read very quickly, and soon he reached the end of the article.

Finally, there are a few sentences written by the author, or rather, a short story.

Teacher, where are we going?

Go to America!

Why go there? It's so far!

Because there, dreams reside, and there are opportunities to realize those dreams!

Looking at the final contents, Catroya fell into deep thought.

Why is this thing so unpredictable?
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Lin'an ByteDance Company.

Zhang Yiming sat in his office, enjoying a rare moment of leisure. Some time had passed since the software was launched.

I've finished all the work I needed to do, so now I'm not so busy anymore.

The glass kettle in front of him was boiling, and the hot water was bubbling inside. He picked up the kettle and poured the hot water onto the purple clay teapot in front of him.

Prepare the cup, rinse the tea leaves, and brew the tea.

Each project was completed in one go. Finally, he picked up his teacup and slowly brought it to his lips. Before he could even take a sip, the door was pushed open, and Fei Bing, the head of the technical department, walked in with a document in hand, his face beaming with excitement.

"Just now, our number of domestic users surpassed 200 million!" "Our overseas users have also surpassed 2000 million!"

"Later on, we will be able to see which of our loyal users are and which are casual users. We can also analyze their interests and preferences and then recommend content more accurately."

Across from him, Zhang Yiming raised the teacup he was bringing to his lips and made a clinking motion: "Calm down!"

"From the day we started the project, you should have known that we were destined to succeed."

"You need to stay calm about a project that's bound to succeed!"

"Come, sit down, and tell me about the device models of these users!"

Fei Bing plopped down, placed the documents in his hand on his left, and pushed them in front of Zhang Yiming:
"Our software has too many functional requirements, so phones that claim to be smartphones but are not actually smartphones are excluded."

"And because it's Android, Nokia, which has the largest sales volume in China, is not within our compatibility range."

"The new users this time mainly come from Lenovo, HTC, and Samsung, primarily mid-to-high-end users of these three brands."

“We collected the statements from this group of people, and what they said most was all about showing off, especially those who had Samsung phones.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yiming silently withdrew his hand from the teacup.

Fei Bing didn't notice this slight abnormality. He picked up a cup of tea from the table, moistened his throat, and continued:
"Secondly, there are niche brands like Coolpad and Meizu."

“This group of people is very active. Judging from the age information they filled in, most of them are between 18 and 26 years old.”

"Their main focus is on work, as well as various emerging hobbies, such as anime, games, and movies."

"I think we can add more related video content."

Hearing this, Zhang Yiming looked up: "I asked President Lin before, and he said that it was a separate project that would be executed by another company."

"It has nothing to do with us for the time being!"

"After you finish your tea, go back and analyze the increase in users and their various habits during this period, and then compile a report."

"President Lin has been discussing cooperation at the West Lake Hotel these past two days. He's paving the way for our future. We should give President Lin more leverage at this time."

"Okay!" The tea was a bit hot, so Fei Bing took it, blew on it twice, then drank it all in one gulp. He left the documents he had brought with him and turned to leave.

The next morning, he appeared before Zhang Yiming with the report he had compiled overnight.

At this moment, Zhang Yiming had changed into a black suit, and he looked exceptionally capable.

After receiving the report, he quickly checked it to make sure there were no basic errors before heading to the West Lake Hotel with the documents in hand.

West Lake Hotel.

After several days of negotiations, Lin Yi and Yang Jun's team finally reached an agreement with the three major telecommunications companies in Yue Province—China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom—on the details of the project implementation and the contract.

After all the procedures were completed, only signing the contract remained.

Sitting down at the conference table again, Lü Liang appeared particularly happy, because after several days of negotiations, they had managed to reduce the cost further, bringing the telecommunications fee down to 91.4 billion.

China Unicom has the most aggressive pricing strategy because they have the fewest users.

They pushed it down to 90.2.

Only China Mobile's price not only didn't decrease, but actually increased, reaching 99.45.

Therefore, Zhao Jianghe, who was on the move, kept a dark face and didn't want to say anything.

Catching a glimpse of Zhao Jianghe's dark face out of the corner of his eye, Lü Liang raised his right hand and lightly tapped the other man's elbow: "Where's the contract! Who are you trying to impress with that long face?"

"You have over 4000 million users, and you get customer complaints about poor network traffic every day."

"Wouldn't it be better to spend some money to upgrade now?"

After speaking of Zhao Jianghe, Lü Liang looked at Lin Yi and Yang Jun opposite him:
"President Lin, President Yang, today is the day to sign the contract. I wish the project a smooth progress and a pleasant cooperation. Let's begin signing!"

"Once the documents are signed, get the project started immediately!"

As he spoke, he opened the document in front of him, which was thicker than the palm of his hand, found the first signature spot, and signed his name.

He began to act, and Lin Yi and Yang Jun on the opposite side also began to act.

However, they had to sign more copies than the people on the other side.

After the bosses finished signing their names, the person next to them immediately picked up the company seal and slammed it down on the signature area.

Sign your name and stamp it.

The scratching of the pen never stopped, and the thumping of the stamp never ceased.

It took a group of people from morning until noon to finally finish signing and stamping the contract agreement.

After signing and stamping, the parties cross-checked each other to ensure that no signatures or seals were missing before they began to distribute the contracts.

After the documents were signed and put away, Lü Liang's secretary, who had been standing guard by the door, finally came over. She glanced at Lin Yi first, then stood next to Lü Liang and said in a voice that everyone could hear:

"Mr. Lü, someone came to the reception room an hour ago."

"He claimed to be Zhang Yiming, a manager at Lin'an ByteDance, a subsidiary of Xiaomi Heavy Industry."

He said he was coming to deliver a document!

"Shall we invite him in now?"

"Since you're one of President Lin's people, you must have something urgent to discuss with him. We won't bother you any longer, we'll be leaving now!" After signing the contract, Lü Liang just wanted to go back and rest as soon as possible. He was almost 60 years old and simply couldn't keep up with the young man on the other end. But the boss was there, and they had connections, so he couldn't just leave him hanging. He could only stay and endure it with him.

Zhao Jianghe and Chen Mingyang shared the same thought. After exchanging a few polite words, they packed their things and prepared to leave.

Across from him, Lin Yi smiled naturally upon hearing that it was Zhang Yiming, and then invited the three of them to stay:
"The three of you don't need to leave in a hurry. Actually, the things that our General Manager Zhang brought are probably related to you as well."

After extending the invitation, Lin Yi looked at Lü Liang's secretary and said, "Please bring him in!"

Secretary Lü Liang glanced at Lin Yi, then at Lü Liang, who nodded slightly to him. He then turned and left to bring Zhang Yiming in.

Less than a minute later, the two appeared in front of the conference room. Zhang Yiming greeted them with a smile and then handed the documents in his hand to Lin Yi.

After flipping through the title and table of contents, Lin Yi placed the document on the conference table and pushed it in front of Lü Liang and the others:
"The three of you, this document contains the records of the software we developed with the Lin'an Municipal Government after its launch."

"You can take a look!"

"I think the usage data from these people is enough to prove the foresight of this project."

Upon hearing these words, Lü Liang and his companions, who were just about to leave, immediately turned their attention to the document, reached out and grabbed it, and the three of them huddled together to open and study it.

After reviewing the table of contents, they immediately turned to the page showing usage duration and related traffic usage calculations.

As soon as they turned the page, they saw a series of terrifying statistics.

Those terrifying numbers may seem insignificant to others, but to these telecom operators, they represent a fortune.

(End of this chapter)