Back to 2008: I Helped My Dad Become the Richest Man

Chapter 79, Happy Ranch, launched, igniting a nuclear bomb across the entire internet.

Xu Yang met Chen Junming the following afternoon at a coffee shop downstairs from Tencent's Shenzhen headquarters.

Chen Junming seems to be doing well.

He was wearing a sharp casual suit and a brand-new Longines watch on his wrist.

Upon seeing Xu Yang, Chen Junming showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Hey, Mr. Xu, what brings you all the way to Shenzhen?"

Xu Yang stared at his smug face and gritted his teeth.

But remembering Luo Xiyuan's instructions, he took a deep breath and sat down.

"I'm here to discuss a business deal with you," Xu Yang said, getting straight to the point.

"Business?" Chen Junming feigned surprise. "Mr. Xu, I'm now with Tencent. We're competitors. What kind of business could we possibly be discussing?"

"My boss wants to buy what you have."

"Your boss?" Chen Junming was taken aback for a moment, then realized, "Oh, you mean that... the legendary, General Manager Luo?"

He smiled, picked up his coffee, and took a sip.

"What does she want to buy? She doesn't want me to switch jobs back, does she? That won't do. The treatment Tencent gives me is something you can't afford."

"She doesn't want you to go back." Xu Yang took a document out of his briefcase and pushed it in front of Chen Junming. "This is what she wants to buy."

Chen Junming picked up the document with a puzzled look.

That was a contract.

The title reads "Business Information Procurement Agreement".

He glanced at it once, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

The contract was very simple.

Party A, Roche Group.

Party B, Chen Junming.

Procurement target: Tencent, QQ Farm and QQ Ranch project team, all version update plans, feature iteration schemes, and marketing strategies for the next six months.

At the bottom of the contract, in the column for the purchase amount, there was a number written on it.

Three million.

RMB.

Chen Junming stared at the number, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

"What—what does this mean?" His voice changed.

"It means it's clearly written in the contract." Xu Yang leaned back in his chair, looking at him coldly. "My boss said you're a smart man. A smart man should know how to choose."

Chen Junming's hands were trembling.

He had considered selling company secrets.

But he didn't expect the other party to arrive so quickly and so directly.

And the price he offered was one he simply couldn't refuse.

Three million!

The annual salary Tencent offered him, including stock options, amounted to just over a million yuan a year.

Now, all he needs to do is nod and sign.

This three million is his.

This amount of money is enough for him to buy a decent house in Shenzhen outright.

Chen Junming was torn between his inner thoughts and his own.

Reason told him that this was illegal.

If discovered, they will not only be disgraced, but may even go to jail.

But another voice was tempting him madly.

"What are you afraid of? You'll do it so secretly, who would know?"

"With this money, you can retire early!"

"The Luo Group is currently being attacked from both sides by Baidu and Tencent. They won't last much longer. You're trying to find a way out for yourself!"

Chen Junming looked up at Xu Yang.

"How can I guarantee you'll pay for what you take?"

Xu Yang smiled.

Chen Junming has taken the bait.

"Our boss values ​​integrity above all else," Xu Yang said. "It's all clearly stated in the contract. Once you sign, we'll pay a deposit of one million. After we verify that what you've given us is genuine, the remaining two million will be transferred to your designated overseas account within a week."

Overseas accounts!

Upon hearing those four words, Chen Junming's last bit of hesitation vanished.

The other party had even thought of his escape route.

"Okay—" he squeezed out the word through gritted teeth, "I—I did it."

Three days later, Luo Family Village.

Luo Xiyuan received an encrypted email in her inbox.

There are dozens of documents in the email.

It contains detailed records of every aspect of Penguin's farm and ranch products for the next six months.

They even clearly stated when they planned to release new items and how much they would price them.

Luo Xiyuan read through all the documents from beginning to end.

Then organize the files into categories.

A portion of it was sent to Ye Yu in the product department.

The accompanying sentence read: "From now on, our version updates will always be a week ahead of theirs."

The other part was sent to the marketing department.

The accompanying message read: "We knew all their promotional strategies in advance. You all know how to counter them, right?"

After doing all this, Luo Xiyuan sent Xu Yang an email.

"Transfer the remaining two million."

"Also, tell Chen Junming: It was a pleasure working with you."

"We welcome him to continue providing us with valuable information in the future."

She knew that once this happened the first time, it would happen again.

Chen Junming is completely under her control.

Meanwhile, in Shanghai, the Five Minutes Company had entered a state of near frenzy.

The product and technology departments were brightly lit, and no one had left the company for 72 consecutive hours.

The ground was littered with instant noodle boxes and empty Red Bull cans.

Everyone's eyes were bloodshot.

But everyone was on edge.

Because they are doing something that everyone thinks is impossible.

In just three days, they managed to create a new version that would normally take a month to develop.

On the last night before the scheduled launch.

Ye Yu stood in front of the whiteboard and gave a final pep talk to everyone.

Her voice was completely hoarse.

"Guys! One last test! Once it's done, we'll go live!"

"Our boss, that little girl who's only fifteen, is now in Luo Family Village, watching us!"

"Baidu, Tencent, those so-called giants are all watching us!"

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Everyone thought we were doomed!

She picked up a bottle of Red Bull and took a big gulp.

"But today, I'm going to tell them!"

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"We will not only survive!"

"We will win!"

"And, win it, win it beautifully!"

She threw the empty can on the ground.

"Online!"

"Online!"

At Ye Yu's command, technical supervisor Zhao Peng pressed the last Enter key on the keyboard.

In that instant, you could hear a pin drop in the entire office.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the data screen in the monitoring backend.

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

On the screen, the curve representing the number of people online at the same time began to climb at a visible rate.

One hundred thousand.

Five hundred thousand.

One million.

"Server — Normal!"

"The database is stable!"

"User login — No issues found!"

The technical staff reported the situation one after another, their voices trembling.

Become!

They held on!

Meanwhile, the entire Chinese internet exploded instantly.

All users playing Happy Farm received a pop-up notification.

"Dear Farmer, your farm has been successfully upgraded to 'Happy Ranch'! The brand-new breeding system is now officially online!"

Go claim your first free pet!

"Holy crap! Can we raise chickens now?"

"Really? Let me see!"

"Not only can they raise chickens, but they can also raise cows! And they can even steal milk!"

Countless players flocked to the game immediately.

To their delight, they discovered a brand-new pasture next to their familiar vegetable garden.

You can build chicken coops and cowsheds inside, and feed all sorts of cute little animals.

You can also steal a few freshly laid eggs from your friend's ranch, just like you used to steal vegetables.

The moment this brand-new gameplay was launched, all users' attention was instantly drawn back.

Happy Ranch instantly flooded social media platforms, forums, and chat groups.

"Haha, I finally stole the eggs from Xiaoli's house upstairs!"

"Can anyone tell me how to raise a dairy cow?"

"I need a guide on how to prevent dog theft! My milk is almost gone!"

The users who had left due to the launch of Happy Farm in Baidu have returned without hesitation at this moment.

It even brought in more new users.

Because everyone noticed.

Happy Ranch's gameplay has already left all similar games on the market far behind.

While others were still imitating how to grow vegetables, they had already started teaching netizens all over China how to herd cattle.

Baidu Headquarters, Game Division.

The person in charge, Li Zhiqiang, looked at the rapidly declining user data curve in the backend, his face turning ashen.

"What's going on?! Where are our people? Where are our users? Where did they all go?" Li Zhiqiang roared at his subordinates.

A product manager answered nervously.

"Mr. Li, they... they all went to play Happy Farm."

"Happy Ranch?" Li Zhiqiang was taken aback. "What's that?"

"It's Happy Farm, the new version released early this morning. They—they added a breeding system."

Li Zhiqiang immediately opened the Happy Ranch page.

When he saw the complete and socially interactive farming system, he was completely stunned.

He finally understood where he went wrong.

They thought that by spending money and creating more exquisite art, they could wear down their opponent.

But from the very beginning, the other party never intended to compete with them on the same level.

While they were still figuring out how to make the vegetable growing system more sophisticated, the other party had already developed the breeding system.

This was a one-sided crushing defeat.

"copy!"

Li Zhiqiang squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth.

"Immediately! Right now! Gather the manpower! Take over their Happy Ranch, exactly as it is!"

"But—Mr. Li, this will take at least a month."

"A month?" Li Zhiqiang slammed his fist on the table. "Waiting a month will be too late! I don't care what methods you use! Half a month! Within half a month, I want to see chickens being raised in our Happy Farm!"

Meanwhile, Luo Xiyuan, far away in Luojia Village, was on a bus heading to the provincial capital.

Outside the car window, the fields were desolate in winter.

Luo Xiyuan's phone kept vibrating.

It was a series of text messages from Xu Yang, Ye Yu, and others, announcing the good news.

"Mr. Luo! The number of concurrent online users has exceeded six million!"

"Mr. Luo! This morning's revenue has already exceeded three times that of the same period last year!"

"President Luo! We won!"

Luo Xiyuan looked at these text messages, but her face remained expressionless.

She simply replied with two words.

"receive."

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Then he put his phone on silent and put it in his pocket.

Luo Xinde, who was driving next to her, looked at his daughter with some confusion.

"Daughter, you've won such a great victory, why don't you seem happy at all?"

"Dad, this was just a skirmish." Luo Xiyuan shook her head. "We only temporarily repelled one wave of enemy attacks."

"So—what's next?"

"The real battle is about to begin."

Luo Xiyuan looked out the window, and on the distant horizon, she could already see the outlines of the provincial capital's high-rise buildings.

"Dad, do you know what you're afraid of when it comes to doing business?"

"What is it?"

"You don't know when your opponent will strike, or from which direction."

Luo Xiyuan knew that giants like Baidu and Tencent wouldn't just let it go so easily.

They will definitely retaliate in a more frantic and costly manner.

She must find a stronger backer for herself and the entire Rothschild Group before their next attack.

This powerful backer is located in the provincial capital.

Besides taking Mr. Liu to see a doctor, she had an even more important purpose in coming this time: to firmly grasp this powerful backer in her own hands.

The car slowly drove into the provincial capital's Union Hospital.

Luo Xinde parked the car and helped Grandpa Liu out of the car.

Luo Xiyuan followed behind.

She looked up and glanced at the huge red cross on the hospital building.

Then she took out her phone and dialed a number she had never called before.

The phone rang three times before being answered.

A steady, middle-aged man's voice came from the other end.

Hello.

"Hello, County Chief Zhou." Luo Xiyuan's tone was neither humble nor arrogant. "I am Luo Xiyuan from Luo Family Village."

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