After spending the night in Lin’an, he returned to Shanghai the next morning.

Boss Ma called, intending to rush back to the company to take him on a tour, but Su Yehao simply said it wasn't necessary.

These companies were gradually getting on track, with the management responsible for specific work, the assistant's office responsible for supervision and coordination. When encountering decisions or funding issues, they would contact Su Yehao for advice, and the work system was already well-established.

Even if Su Yehao personally stepped in, he might not be able to do better than the current arrangement, so there was no need to knock on anyone’s door.

Currently, the factors limiting the scale of companies like TaoBao and tot are simply the insufficient number of active internet users. Unless computers were distributed for free, it would be difficult to change this.

Most middle-aged and elderly people's lifestyles were already fixed. They weren't interested in new things like the internet. The younger generation was starting to come into contact with the internet, but most of them didn't have the opportunity to access it freely. This made the number of internet users look good, but the number of active users was low. They could only be patient and wait slowly.

Huangzuan Computers had just launched an entry-level office computer at the end of July this year, reducing the price to 4,999 RMB, and internet access fees were also being reduced again and again.

Even so.

For ordinary families, the price of a computer still seemed too expensive.

The popularity of internet cafes had been a great help to Su Yehao, otherwise the monthly active accounts of tAt instant messaging software would probably be reduced by another ten million.

Last year, someone on the tot portal website tried to develop an internet cafe management system, directly integrating all of Su Yehao's products into it, and pairing it with a free management system to be installed on computers in major internet cafes.

This system saved Su Yehao at least 500 million RMB in advertising and promotion expenses.

On the Huangzuan Computer Company side, since the middle of last year, the person in charge, Chu Jun, in order to stimulate sales and clear inventory, even cooperated with several banks to specially customize a low-interest "internet cafe loan."

As long as someone opened an internet cafe and purchased a certain scale of Huangzuan computers, prepared the necessary documents, premises, etc., they could easily obtain a loan from the bank to pay for the purchase of the machines.

It had to be said that this trick was quite clever, greatly lowering the barrier to opening an internet cafe, and at least helping Huangzuan Computer sell hundreds of thousands more products, mainly high-performance gaming versions.

The hundreds of thousands of computers in internet cafes could add nearly several million active internet users. If minors' access to the internet wasn't restricted, there would probably be even more.

Referring to the success story of Subor learning computers, Chu Jun had recently been busy tinkering with gaming computers, streamlining the functions to only allow surfing the internet and playing some web-based mini-games. The product price was expected to further drop below 3,500 RMB.

If they went crazy with advertising at that time, recording some learning CDs, there might be a chance to attract some parents to buy them.

However, when the plan was submitted to Su Yehao, he wasn't optimistic about the learning computer project.

One was that he was worried that the performance would be too poor, affecting Huangzuan Computer's reputation and creating a negative impression among minors that "Huangzuan computers are industrial waste."

The second was that even if such computers were bought back by parents, they might not be connected to the internet.

A standalone computer was of no help to Su Yehao at all. On the contrary, it might lead to a decline in future computer sales, prematurely losing a portion of potential users.

There were many such desperate attempts. For example, the tAt instant messaging product had entered the computer courses of primary and secondary schools through Su Yehao's connections in Si Jiu City, but unfortunately, many schools treated computer classes as mere window dressing, using them as standalone machines with the network disconnected, and they were often occupied by math, language, and English teachers.

This was very realistic.

Even if Su Yehao was more awesome, he couldn't do anything about it.

The current situation of developing the internet in the mainland was probably to take one step at a time, trying to seize every market that could be seized…

After sending Yin Liuli and her daughter back to Shanghai.

Su Yehao had lunch with them, and afterward, he rushed to the airport to take a plane to Peng City.

Miss Vera, after being teased by Su Yehao, was feeling restless and savoring the moment, but found that this guy had slipped away.

For the past two days, she hadn't been feeling quite right.

She kept telling herself that it was just an accident and that she must keep her distance in the future, but she couldn't help but think of Su Yehao from time to time, recalling what had happened in the attic.

Don't think that Vera was already twenty-four years old. In terms of emotional life, she was actually not as good as some girls who had just come of age. She had never experienced the beatings of society and had no life experience to speak of.

When faced with emotional problems, she couldn't even find someone to consult, which made Vera a little distressed.

Because her two best friends were Jiang Yu and Zhao Yimeng… If she asked them, wouldn't she be walking into the line of fire?

She wasn't stupid.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Vera was wearing an apron and creating oil paintings, occasionally spacing out, not knowing what she was thinking about.

At this moment, Su Yehao walked in and asked with interest:

"I see you smiling one moment and frowning the next. Could it be that you're thinking about some handsome guy, like me perhaps? Seeing that you're not young anymore, you're about to miss the age when you should be in love. Why don't you grit your teeth and follow me? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of talent to become an old maid in the future?"

Vera suddenly turned her head, her expression a little surprised. Realizing that he was teasing her, she wrinkled her nose and replied, "Thank you, but no need. I heard that your aunt has been traveling around the world. If I really can't find a suitable person, living like her would be great too."

"...I'm standing here, a whole person, and you've completely ignored me?"

Su Yehao brushed her words off and continued, "If you're afraid of being discovered by someone, perhaps we can be together secretly, like meeting once every month or two. We used to correspond by email, and no one found out, didn't they?"

Vera blinked her eyes and said, "I remember there's an idiom called 'burying your head in the sand'? Your suggestion doesn't change anything, does it?"

Su Yehao had already figured out something. He found that he should be a little more assertive when dealing with a white rabbit like Vera. If he discussed these topics with her, it might take years to get any results.

So.

Without saying a word, Su Yehao walked up to Vera, boldly planted a kiss on her face, and hugged her without letting go.

Vera's mind hadn't caught up yet, and she was indeed stunned.

Just as she was about to open her mouth, her lips were blocked again. Su Yehao opened his eyes and looked at her up close. He could see the girl's long eyelashes trembling, as if she was in a state of great confusion.

Her waist was slender enough to be grasped in one hand. Su Yehao, not being polite with Vera, slapped her bottom lightly and then said calmly:

"I'm informing you, not discussing it with you. You haven't just met me today. How could you not know how shameless I am? Today, I'll give you a lesson. Besides 'burying your head in the sand,' there are also idioms like 'shameless' and 'brazen.'"

"???"

Vera bit her lip and whispered, "Really shameless."

At the entrance of the studio, Linda Yun was about to come over to inform Su Yehao that Mr. Tang had invited him to dinner tonight.

She saw the scene just now and was shocked.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of when these two had hooked up under her nose.

This made Linda Yun start to have a headache. As his secretary, she really couldn't arrange the time. She originally thought that Su Yehao had restrained himself, but she didn't expect him to still be that familiar playboy…