Chapter 0665: Ambition

It is often said that life is like a painting, except some people's lives are landscapes in ink wash, while others are sketches.

Clearly, neither Zhao Fusheng nor Tan Kaixuan wanted Wang Zhen's life to become a gray expanse. In their view, using some means to salvage Wang Zhen's life was worth a try.

To put it another way, in Zhao Fusheng's eyes, helping Wang Zhen this time was, first, to ease his own conscience, and second, to win over a loyal ally.

He had too few reliable people at his disposal; one more person meant one more ounce of strength. Especially someone with a known background like this was even rarer.

“Should we inform Wang Zhen's parents about the appeal?” Tan Kaixuan thought for a moment and asked Zhao Fusheng.

“Tell Wang Zhen first. Tell him that no matter how many years he gets, he must appeal—just refuse to accept the verdict.” Zhao Fusheng considered. “Don't worry about the money; it won't cost much anyway, at most we'll need to pull some strings. You go talk to his parents and tell them we'll cover the expenses.”

“Well…”

Tan Kaixuan hesitated slightly. Clearly, Wang Zhen's extremely difficult parents gave him little confidence.

“Don't worry. No matter what, they are Wang Zhen's parents.” Zhao Fusheng patted Tan Kaixuan on the shoulder and said with a smile.

In fact, he could understand Wang Zhen's parents. After all, they had more than one child. In their eyes, Wang Zhen's life had completely lost hope. Rather than waste more money and energy on him, it was better to focus on raising the other child, who might still have a chance to succeed and later help support the family.

Zhao Fusheng was even certain that if Wang Zhen's younger brother ever made something of himself, his parents would surely demand that he help his elder brother.

Perhaps this was the fate most rural “phoenix men” had to face: the whole family's resources were poured into raising one person to success, and once that person succeeded, he had to bear the burden of the entire family.

Sometimes, there really was no way around it.

“Alright then, I'll contact them right away.” Tan Kaixuan nodded to Zhao Fusheng.

The next morning, Tan Kaixuan didn't go to the company but instead made a special trip to the detention center to see Wang Zhen. Although each visit cost two hundred yuan, Zhao Fusheng felt the money was well spent.

As for himself, he went to Brilliant Network Technology Company.

According to the previous decision, after Brilliant Network Technology Company was established, the my123 website was also merged into it. Qian Dongliu kept Zhao Fusheng's instructions in mind, never disclosing this matter publicly, but he did allocate a separate office for Dong Guoxiang.

“Brother Qian, has there been anything going on at the company lately?”

Zhao Fusheng strolled around the company while asking Qian Dongliu.

As the boss, he naturally had to appear at the company for an inspection. He didn't yet have the reputation and status of those big shots, so he couldn't afford to stay away from the company all the time while employees still worshipped him like a god.

“Everything is fine. The internet café business is doing very well. As you instructed, we prioritize customer experience. The customers have responded positively. Although our fees are a bit higher, they'd rather come here than go to those small internet cafés.” Qian Dongliu replied cautiously.

Faced with his young boss, he dared not underestimate him in the slightest.

There was no helping it—Zhao Fusheng gave people an immense sense of pressure. No matter what industry he entered or what he invested in, his judgment was always incredibly accurate.

If a businessman's first successful investment could be attributed to luck, then after two, three, or even more successes, the feeling he gave people was like the weight of a mountain.

In fact, facing him, one couldn't help but feel an unconscious tension.

Just like Qian Dongliu at this moment, he was terrified of doing something wrong that Zhao Fusheng would point out, which would be embarrassing.

After all, there were several department managers following behind him.

Zhao Fusheng nodded, smiled with satisfaction, then glanced at the somewhat nervous Qian Dongliu and waved his hand: "You don't need to be so nervous. I trust you when it comes to handling things."

With these words, Qian Dongliu's mood lightened considerably, and even the department managers behind him let out a collective sigh of relief.

In any workplace, the thing people fear most is the boss changing his mind from one day to the next—today this boss says one thing, tomorrow another boss changes it to something else, and the ones who suffer are the subordinates.

Now that Zhao Fusheng was satisfied with Qian Dongliu's work, it meant they didn't have to worry about the boss overhauling the company.

"As for the navigation webpage, ask Dong Guoxiang what he needs and fully support him." Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to Qian Dongliu: "Administratively, he's under the company, but he reports only to you. If anyone in the company tries to interfere with his work, fire them directly, understand?"

This was a necessary precaution. If someone had other ideas, Zhao Fusheng worried that Dong Guoxiang wouldn't be able to handle it in his absence.

Qian Dongliu's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected Zhao Fusheng to value the navigation webpage so highly. He quickly nodded: "Don't worry, I'll arrange it right away."

Zhao Fusheng nodded, waved his hand to let Qian Dongliu and his people leave, and walked into Dong Guoxiang's office.

"Senior, busy?"

When Zhao Fusheng entered, he saw Dong Guoxiang busy at work and asked with a smile.

Dong Guoxiang was startled, saw Zhao Fusheng, and smiled: "Fusheng, you're back."

"Yeah, back to take care of some things. How is everything? Getting used to it?" Zhao Fusheng smiled and asked Dong Guoxiang.

As one of the earliest followers, Zhao Fusheng was quite satisfied with Dong Guoxiang—he had no ambition, was a pure technical talent, and devoted himself entirely to website construction and maintenance.

If there was any flaw, it was probably that he wasn't shrewd enough, having almost been fooled by Su Xia before.

But that also made him a reliable person in Zhao Fusheng's eyes.

After all, as a boss, when evaluating subordinates, one looks not only at ability but also at other aspects. If a subordinate is too perfect, any boss would feel uneasy deep down.

"It's okay, just suddenly moving into such a big office, I'm a bit unaccustomed." Dong Guoxiang touched his head and said sheepishly.

He had previously rented his own place, and now that the servers and computers had been moved to the formal company, he really wasn't quite used to it.

"It's fine, you'll get used to it. If you need anything, just ask Qian Dongliu. I've already told him to fully support you." Zhao Fusheng patted Dong Guoxiang on the shoulder and said to him.

Zhao Fusheng valued the navigation webpage, this goose that laid golden eggs, quite highly.

After all, it was the most likely thing in his hands to be monetized at the moment.

Unless Zhao Fusheng was crazy, how could he not take it seriously?