Chapter 0319: Slowly Unfolding

A certain gentleman once said: talent doesn't naturally exist in this world; it's only when enough money is given that talent emerges.

Of course, that gentleman's coffin lid is barely holding down, because in Zhao Fusheng's memory, in the future many people would often say that some Mr. So-and-so said such and such.

In fact, the man never said it at all; it's just those idiot experts blathering on all day.

In Fan Baobao's view, Zhao Fusheng wasn't really much of a talent, because she never felt that this guy, who was often bullied by her and occasionally tricked her, was particularly outstanding. Yet somehow he became an advertising designer.

This left Fan Baobao a bit confused.

But fortunately, her nature was to not think about things she couldn't understand, so Zhao Fusheng didn't have to worry.

Back home, Fan Baobao, who hadn't slept well the night before, went to bed, while Zhao Fusheng went upstairs, turned on the computer, and started maintaining the website. In the morning, Dong Guoxiang had called him, saying he could return to school soon.

Zhao Fusheng thought it over and agreed.

He would just have Fan Baobao go home to stay; after all, once he left, the girl probably wouldn't continue living here anyway.

Now the traffic on the wo123 navigation page was getting higher and higher, and Zhao Fusheng's workload was considerable. He needed to check all the links on the page every day, see if there were any bad sites, and also check if any new pages had been updated.

"Hmm?"

At that moment, Zhao Fusheng noticed a message from a user contacting the admin in the website backend.

After reading the content, a smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Fusheng's mouth.

Chen Tianqiao never expected that wo123, which had been heavily promoting MyHome, would stop the promotion starting February 1st, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

At first, he didn't pay attention, but when his brother, who was in charge of technology, reported that the website's user growth rate had suddenly dropped by fifty percent, he realized how terrible this was.

Initially, he thought it was because of the Spring Festival, but his brother gave him a negative answer. According to Chen Danian, the navigation page wo123 had an incredibly strong ability to guide users; even if only one-tenth of the people noticed the ad, it could make an ordinary website famous.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianqiao quickly contacted the admin of wo123 and offered a price, hoping to get the same advertising treatment as before.

"Wait a bit longer," Zhao Fusheng said with a faint smile. He had Chen Tianqiao's phone number; since he was going to Shanghai soon, they could meet and talk then. At the same time, he wanted to use these few days to make the soon-to-be richest man understand that many things weren't as easy as he thought.

Of course, Chen Tianqiao could also cooperate with other websites, since some navigation pages similar to wo123 had appeared, but the problem was that none of them were as famous as wo123, and users preferred pages that were easy to use.

And wo123 was undoubtedly the fastest and most convenient.

So Zhao Fusheng was fully confident and not afraid that the soon-to-be richest man would give up on cooperating with him.

Sitting in front of the computer, Zhao Fusheng opened OICQ and saw the Spring Festival greetings Pony had sent him. The other party also asked if he had any specific directions for the suggestions he had mentioned last time.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Zhao Fusheng replied to the greetings and told him some things he knew about email and chat rooms, then said, "I might go to Shenzhen recently; we can chat when we meet."

After saying that, Zhao Fusheng logged off.

As for what that person thought, it had nothing to do with him.

Sometimes people's curiosity is piqued by unknown things. If Zhao Fusheng had told everything he knew about QQ's future development now, the other party might not have taken him seriously. But if he only revealed a little each time, it would be very attractive to Boss Ma, who was still a technical talent.

A technical person is usually very meticulous, meticulous enough to thread a needle. Boss Ma couldn't possibly fail to see that what Zhao Fusheng revealed to him was just the tip of the iceberg.

So Zhao Fusheng was looking forward to their meeting.

Zhao Fusheng remembered reading a report on success studies that said: The poor only teach you how to tighten your belt, card buddies only urge you to play cards, drinking buddies only urge you to drink, but successful people only teach you how to succeed. The greatest luck in life is not finding money or winning a lottery, but having someone who can lead you to a higher platform. In fact, what limits people's development is not IQ or education, but the life circle and work circle you are in. The so-called noble person is someone who broadens your horizons and leads you into a new world. Whether tomorrow is brilliant depends on your decisions and actions today.

If Zhao Fusheng had read this kind of thing before the age of thirty, he might have been easily fooled, but as he matured, he understood that these chicken-soup-like words were completely useless.

If you aren't strong enough yourself, you can't integrate into others' circles, just as you can't expect a multimillionaire to look at a beggar with respect.

After spending most of the day maintaining the webpage, Zhao Fusheng went downstairs to find Fan Baobao already watching TV on the sofa.

Seeing Zhao Fusheng come down, Fan Baobao looked up and said, "Is it useful for you to fiddle with that webpage all day?"

Earlier, Zhao Fusheng had mentioned that he had set up a navigation page, but Fan Baobao hadn't taken it to heart. A webpage, what use could it be?

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "Who knows? It's just for fun."

There was no need to say certain things now; even if he did, no one would believe him.

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Time passed quickly. As the saying goes, dumplings on the first day of the new year, noodles on the second, and on the third and fourth, people stroll the streets. In the northern regions of the year 2000, although the economy lagged behind the south, the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival was no less lively, and as people's living standards improved, their demands for quality of life also increased.

This was evident from the booming business at Wanda Mall.

As Mother Zhao put it, it was as if people were shopping for free, with crowds of people.

Especially the counters selling gifts and health products, which were in short supply. Brain Gold, a high-priced item costing several hundred yuan per box, was sold out, which showed the trend.

Naturally, Zhao Fusheng was very happy. The better his family's business, the better his father's future development. He looked forward to seeing what brilliance his father, who was taking a different path in this life, would shine.

As time went on, the day for Zhao Fusheng to leave home for Shanghai drew nearer.

Dong Guoxiang returned to school from home on the sixth day of the new year. Originally, Zhao Fusheng wanted him to wait a few more days, but he didn't agree.

Zhao Fusheng certainly liked to use such conscientious people. In the workplace, if a person lacks ability, they can find other ways to compensate, but if they don't work hard, there may be no way to save them.

Originally, Zhao Fusheng planned to have Dong Guoxiang stay in the villa, but after thinking it over, he decided against it. After all, this was his own house, and having Dong Guoxiang stay would be inconvenient.

He simply gave the keys to Dong Guoxiang, saying that he had rented it through connections and temporarily placed the server for the wo123 navigation page there. Dong Guoxiang could come every morning to work and leave when done.

Dong Guoxiang had no objection to this. He still had three or four months until graduation, so he could stay in the dormitory; the school wouldn't kick him out.

As for Fan Baobao, after Zhao Fusheng told her that Dong Guoxiang would come every day to maintain the webpage, she decisively chose to move back home.

After all, there was enough space at home now, and she wanted to spend more time with her sister and mother.

Zhao Fusheng thought it was reasonable and didn't object. He helped Fan Baobao move her things back home, then bought a plane ticket to Shanghai to meet Tan Kaixuan. Originally, he wanted to buy a train ticket, but after checking the prices and availability, he found that soft sleepers were unavailable. Taking a hard sleeper to Shanghai for twenty or thirty hours would leave him exhausted, so he gritted his teeth and bought a plane ticket.

On February 9th of the year 2000, Zhao Fusheng boarded the plane to Shanghai...