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Two absurd days passed, and Jiang Yizhou himself found it unbelievable that he was such a jerk. But a jerk is a jerk; as long as he wasn't caught with a cleaver, he would fulfill the promises he made.
He slowly woke up from his dreams. Song Rushi had already taken her things and cleaned up the traces, as if nothing had ever happened, except for the missing piece of the bedsheet.
Jiang Yizhou packed his belongings. The day's plans had already been set; in the afternoon, he would go through the port to Deep City across the way. Of course, it was also a routine inspection, which he was quite interested in. Ma Huateng had brought along a few people whose names he could remember.
He gently pressed the doorbell of Song Rushi's room. Jiang Yizhou didn't wait long before the door opened, but the cold expression on her face told him that things were not looking good. He guessed that he must have touched a nerve somewhere.
"Sister Ru Shi? Good sister?" Jiang Yizhou tentatively called out, only to be met with a flurry of playful punches. These punches were no different from a spoiled child’s tantrum; he protected his face and let her hit him as she pleased.
"You still! You still have the face to say those three words?" Song Rushi said, unable to suppress her resentment.
She had been constantly dealing with this immature yet somewhat reasonable guy for work, helping him develop to where he was now. Surprisingly, Song Rushi didn’t mind this feeling too much. So in Jiang Yizhou's probing attempts, she acted like an older sister tolerating a mischievous younger brother. However, this sisterly role felt different because she had feelings for him.
But later developments far exceeded her control; she couldn't maintain her dignity in front of him, especially during their intimate moments when he called out to her like that.
Feeling the man's impulsiveness and dependence on her, along with her reflections on reality afterward, left her feeling confused.
Seeing his expectant face again—although what he expected was for her to stay by his side and for her body—made her feel somewhat pleased despite its childishness.
"Usually just call me As such or sister! And... absolutely do not allow you to come out!" Song Rushi said fiercely while tugging at his ear.
"Got it, got it, sister. Is this okay?" Jiang Yizhou readily complied and sweetly called her sister.
"Don't play these kinds of games anymore. If there's something, just tell me directly. Testing each other is really hurtful! Have you finished packing your luggage?" Hearing Jiang Yizhou call her that made Song Rushi feel more immersed in her role, as if she truly were a supportive older sister.
Through the port between Deep City and Hong Kong, Jiang Yizhou now had all his documents prepared. He was concerned about encountering unnecessary trouble, as his trip to the United States had been delayed for quite some time due to issues with his passport.
Although obtaining a visa was relatively easy, he had always lived honestly in the countryside and had only visited government offices a few times. It was impossible for him to have a passport. Some procedures, even with connections, had a minimum time limit. Now that his household registration had been moved to the capital, he met the requirements for both high-tech units and property investment.
After passing through the port, the two of them arrived at the Shenzhen Branch of Zhengyi Technology located in Seg Innovation Park. Here, Jiang Yizhou encountered someone who recognized him—Chen Yidan.
When Jiang Yizhou asked how he got into the company, Chen Yidan cheerfully replied, "It was Zhi Dong who approached me. The benefits here are great and the prospects are good. He asked if I wanted to come on board; my superiors are him and Ma Huateng! I thought it sounded good, so I quit my job and came to help establish this branch!"
It felt as if he were in a place where "the locals are naive and money is abundant," but Jiang Yizhou couldn't show that. The more people they brought in, the better he liked it; ideally, he wanted to bring in all those historical figures from the past.
"You can recruit any talent you find for the company; the more, the better!"
Then he listened as Chen Yidan talked about Ma Huateng's network paging plan. Jiang Yizhou was surprised that they were already starting trials so quickly. The main purpose of the branch was to seek cooperation and promotion with local telecommunications departments, negotiate network paging services with paging stations, and collaborate on advertising with Qi Chinese Portal.
With Jiang Yizhou's technical support from elink Company in the United States, they could quickly launch the Chinese Portal and rapidly capture market share. This was the fastest-growing part of their business and the only one that could generate revenue.
In 1997, mobile phones were still in their early explosive growth phase; their relative numbers compared to pagers were not significant, and there were few mobile phones that supported Chinese text messaging. Aside from advertising, there weren't many good profit-making methods on the Internet; domestically, payment systems were still problematic.
This made Jiang Yizhou reflect on the inertia of history; after all, infrastructure is not something that ordinary people can influence. Without internet speed, everything related to the Internet would come to a halt.
"Based on several pilot paging station operations, it seems that user enthusiasm is not very high. Compared to other existing network paging services on the market, Qi does not have any outstanding advantages!" Chen Yidan summarized the recent performance and expressed some concern that Jiang Yizhou might reject Ma Huateng because of it.
Zheng Yi is basically relying on the funds invested by Jiang Yizhou to sustain itself. According to the estimates of the number of internet users and the Portal advertising business, there is no concern about not being profitable.
It seems that Ma Huateng is somewhat stubbornly insisting on internet paging, which has been his old business for several years. In fact, the business he initially wanted to pursue when starting out was also an internet paging system.
Jiang Yizhou doesn’t have much to say; he will have to wait until he returns to the capital to talk with Ma Ge in person. After all, this path has historically proven to be wrong, and signs of this are now becoming evident. It is indeed time.
……
Back at home, a somewhat anxious Ding Zhengnan opened her computer to check for a reply from Jiang Yizhou. There were only a few simple sentences, which left her slightly disappointed. However, since he said so in the message, he would surely follow through.
Although she felt a bit nervous during their first meeting, she could sense his awkwardness as well. Later, while resting together, Ding Zhengnan teased him a bit.
But due to her understanding of him, even though she firmly believed she could touch his heart with sincerity and they had successfully entered a romantic relationship, Ding Zhengnan sadly realized that Jiang Yizhou's promises might be the biggest commitments he could make for her.
She began to resent Jiang Yizhou's virtue of keeping promises because it meant he wouldn’t easily make commitments. Consequently, anything beyond those promises was something he couldn’t do.
What did Jiang Yizhou promise? To accompany her for the rest of his life, just her alone, or others as well? Was it out of charity and responsibility, or love? For her, who had lost herself to Jiang Yizhou, these questions suddenly became sensitive.
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