Chapter 0919 The Essence of Business

A true merchant distinguishes clearly between his business and his life.

Because business is one's own, while life is shared with family.

To be fair, Zhao Fusheng had no idea how to make games, whether online games or web games—he was completely clueless. There was no helping it; even if he had picked up some programming skills, his level was only enough to fool outsiders. Applying it to a high-end industry like software development was a joke.

But that didn't stop Zhao Fusheng from guiding Dong Guoxiang and his team in the right direction.

He might not have eaten pork, but he had seen pigs run.

At the very least, Zhao Fusheng had seen far too many web games in his previous life.

Of course, strictly speaking, Xiaonei wasn't a web game but a social networking site.

But in Zhao Fusheng's view, he could combine the strengths of Xiaonei and Kaixin, tell Dong Guoxiang about it, and let him improvise.

As for the legendary Facebook, Zhao Fusheng hadn't even considered it. Or rather, in his mind, he could invest a little money in Mark Zuckerberg, but he never thought about taking a dominant position.

The reason was simple: that was in the United States.

Why had Facebook always been targeted domestically, unable to pass review despite its owner's efforts to show goodwill? The reason was simple: its headquarters were across the ocean.

In the end, Facebook was an American company. It didn't need to kowtow to China's wishes. Even if there were slanderous remarks about China on Facebook, the domestic side could do nothing about it.

To put it bluntly, even if someone cursed on the platform, the domestic side could only swallow it, because you couldn't force Facebook to delete user comments the way you could demand Sina Weibo to do so.

By the same token, Americans wouldn't allow a Chinese person to control Facebook.

Rather than wrangling over it later, it was better to clarify one's position from the start.

That was Zhao Fusheng's true thought now.

When a person's goal was clear, he naturally wouldn't have so many random ideas; he could just head straight for his target.

That was Zhao Fusheng's current state. His aim was to use web games to raise funds and cash out, so he would focus wholeheartedly on making web games well, because only then could he achieve his goal.

"Fusheng, can what you said really work?" Dong Chenxi asked Zhao Fusheng after Dong Guoxiang left.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Zhao Fusheng, but Dong Chenxi always felt his idea was a bit fanciful.

Online games were all the rage now, and everyone's eyes were on them. Yet this guy Zhao Fusheng had set his sights on web games. Even though he was her boss, Dong Chenxi felt she should remind him.

Zhao Fusheng immediately laughed: "What, no confidence in me?"

Dong Chenxi was different from Dong Guoxiang. The latter had always been used to following Zhao Fusheng's instructions over the years, while Dong Chenxi more often independently ran a company. So her thinking ability was stronger.

For Zhao Fusheng, he didn't particularly prefer either's working style, because both Dong Chenxi and Dong Guoxiang were people he trusted. He just needed to explain things according to each person's characteristics.

"It's not that I don't have confidence in you. I just think, are we taking a bit of a risk? After all, the first person to eat crab doesn't necessarily get the benefits," Dong Chenxi said to Zhao Fusheng with some worry.

That was her honest opinion. In Dong Chenxi's view, in the internet industry, not every pioneer got a return. Countless entrepreneurs had fallen in the dawn before success. Before the internet bubble burst, there were too many failed tech entrepreneurs to count.

Now that things were finally looking up, Dong Chenxi was genuinely afraid Zhao Fusheng would choose the wrong path.

Zhao Fusheng laughed freely: "What's there to fear? We're not investing much. You just keep an eye on R&D spending. Dong Guoxiang will transfer the previous studio income over later; you handle it."

He paused, thought for a moment, and said: "Also, you need to find someone to take over the maintenance of the my123 navigation page as soon as possible. Since Dong Guoxiang and his team are diving into R&D, the website maintenance will be your responsibility."

Dong Chenxi nodded, then frowned slightly: "Is that navigation page really that important? I remember you seemed to value it a lot from the very beginning back in school."

Zhao Fusheng chuckled, revealing a mysterious expression: "Don't worry about that. Trust me, this navigation page will surprise me one day."

Dong Chenxi was skeptical; clearly, she doubted Zhao Fusheng's words.

But even so, Zhao Fusheng knew she would carry out his instructions carefully, because that was her habit.

Leaving the company, Zhao Fusheng took a car home. Fan Baobao had been idle lately and had taken on quite a few ads; Yang Panpan accompanied her out of town, so she wasn't home.

"Let's just make do with a meal for two," Zhao Fusheng said to Zhang Qian with a smile.

Zhang Qian nodded: "Okay, so who's cooking, you or me?"

Winking, Zhao Fusheng laughed: "Forget about your cooking. I'll do it."

There was no help for it. It wasn't that Zhang Qian couldn't cook, but most of what he made was a hodgepodge stew. It tasted okay at first, but after a while, it really got tiresome.

So Zhao Fusheng preferred to cook some home-style dishes himself rather than trouble Zhang Qian.

There were ingredients in the fridge, and Zhao Fusheng quickly made dinner.

After eating, the two sat in the room watching TV.

"I remember someone mentioned that you know Zhou Feifei?"

Zhang Qian suddenly asked Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng was startled, then recalled the female star he had met twice when she was drunk. He nodded: "I know her. Met a few times. She's quite interesting."

He paused, looking at Zhang Qian curiously: "What, do you like her?"

He really hadn't expected Zhang Qian to be a star-chaser. Originally, Zhao Fusheng had thought the man was so taciturn he wouldn't even date.

The fact that he had ended up with Yang Panpan was already beyond Zhao Fusheng's expectations.

And now Zhang Qian was asking about Zhou Feifei, which made Zhao Fusheng even more curious.

Was this guy hiding some secret from him?