Since becoming one of the world's top three richest people, Su Yehao had found that everything he did went exceptionally smoothly.

For example, projects such as Emperor Crab Island in Casino, 1997, or the Changjiang Power Generation Group and Apple Intelligent Company, were remarkably fast from the initial proposal to completion, requiring almost no effort.

It seemed that as soon as he mentioned something, others would carefully consider its feasibility and earnestly research and discuss it.

After all, Su Yehao's strength was obvious. No one doubted his ability to come up with enough investment, and cooperating with him often led to greater success.

This situation, though very easy, unfortunately made his days seem less challenging. It was becoming difficult to recapture the passion he had when he first started his business in 1997, and he was even starting to feel a little weary.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with things going smoothly in business.

Su Yehao also found some small hobbies for himself, such as going out to sea to fish for big fish with fishing boats. He also planned to invest in building an open-air racetrack near the Fanling golf course in the Northern District, with a total length of about seven kilometers, where he could occasionally go for some fun in the future.

On August 11th, Su Yehao had just returned from a fishing trip with strangers. His arms and legs were sore and weak, as if he had been beaten.

Facing sea fish weighing dozens of kilograms, whether it was bigeye tuna, skipjack tuna, amberjack, or hairtail, it wasn't easy to catch them. Although the dilapidated fishing boat wasn't very comfortable, competing with others to catch fish was obviously much more interesting than amusing himself alone.

Linda Yun was waiting for him at the pier. After meeting him, she smelled a strong fishy smell. The secretary said with disgust,

"Ew, the smell of sweat mixed with fish. Do you want to find a place to take a shower before going home? Nangong Tian's mother is here today. You're too undignified like this."

Su Yehao was wearing sun protection clothing. He smelled himself and found that the smell was indeed strong.

He said with a smile, "It smelled like this on the boat. My nose seems to be failing. I've been busy fishing, so I didn't care about these things."

Linda Yun looked around and asked him curiously, "Where are the fish?"

"Sold them. I sold them directly to the captain. The 2,000-dollar ticket for the fishing spot allowed me to earn back 1,300 dollars by selling the fish. It's like spending 700 dollars to buy two days of fun. It's a great deal."

Su Yehao pointed to the foam box in the bodyguard's arms and added, "Oh, right, there's also a prey that was entangled with me, a big octopus that was caught together. I'll chop it up and make fish balls when I get home."

"...Don't rush to make fish balls. Many computers were attacked by a virus today. Our company's anti-virus software didn't work. It's said to be a new virus called Blaster."

"A computer virus?"

"Yes, many people's computers have problems with the Microsoft operating system. For example, Word and Excel can't be used, or they can't copy and paste, or files aren't displayed. Although this is a problem with the Microsoft Windows operating system, there have been articles commenting that our Yinhai Duba (Silver Sea Anti-virus) is useless."

After listening to Linda Yun, Su Yehao shook his head. "A new virus. It's normal for it not to work, right? Is there anything worth caring about? Do you need to report it to me specifically?"

Linda Yun continued, "The problem has been solved now, but the discussion on the Internet is a bit heated. Moreover, according to Assistant Zhuang Wei, some experts have publicly stated that you dominate the Internet industry in the mainland, which is not conducive to competition and development. She asked if you need to have public relations respond to it."

Su Yehao said with a wry smile, "What's there to respond to? It's a fact that I dominate the industry, but my companies have achieved their market share with real money. It's impossible for me to voluntarily give up a portion of the market share just because of a few words from an expert. The market is there. Whoever has the ability can grab it. Besides, the higher-ups don't have any objections. Paying attention to him will easily attract unnecessary attention."

Linda Yun pinched her nose, stood two meters away from him, and said again, "But behind this matter, there may be hostility from your competitors. Even if there's no problem this time, if it continues to develop over time, it may prompt the higher-ups to take action and issue some anti-monopoly laws."

Looking at her with a strange expression, Su Yehao asked, "Did you figure this out yourself?"

"...No, someone just reported it. I listened for a while in Assistant Zhuang Wei's office and felt that it made sense."

"Oh, that's no wonder."

"..."

Linda Yun gritted her teeth, feeling a little underestimated. Fortunately, she was still relatively self-aware, so she didn't think there was anything wrong. On her own, she wouldn't have considered such deep-seated conflicts.

Su Yehao remained calm, got into the car, took off his sun protection clothing, and took out a short-sleeved shirt from his bag.

While putting on his clothes, he told her, "How can you do business without offending people? Even two small shops across the street from each other want the other to go bankrupt as soon as possible. The mainland's anti-monopoly laws aren't perfect. The main ones, such as tobacco, electricity, petroleum, and steel, are all in the hands of the government. Even if my Internet companies are punished for monopoly, I'll have already earned back the fines by then."

"So you're really not going to do anything about it?"

"Find some agents to guide it a little. How do you know that those who say I'm monopolizing aren't playing some crooked tricks because they can't beat me in normal competition and want to force me to open up my own moat? Companies like Yahoo and eBay don't take other local Internet companies seriously at all now. They can easily spend a little money to acquire shares in a batch of high-quality companies. Without me suppressing them, local Internet companies won't be any better off. Most of their shares will be taken away by venture capital companies."

Su Yehao wasn't lying. Looking at the Internet giants of his previous life, many claimed to have controlling stakes, but in reality, most of the shares were in the hands of foreign companies and foreign investors.

They seemed to still have a say, but the profits they earned couldn't be retained. Only the facade looked slightly better.

However, according to the current situation, Su Yehao was undoubtedly the biggest obstacle for Internet entrepreneurs in the mainland. If they couldn't cooperate with his companies, it would be difficult for them to grow and develop.

People didn't pay much attention to this aspect when the industry was in a downturn a few years ago. Now that the mainland's Internet market has begun to recover, there are suddenly more voices targeting Su Yehao.

There's no doubt that judging from the equity structures of tAt, tot, Taobao, and other companies, they are typically eating alone, which easily invites resentment.

Su Yehao also understood this.

Therefore, he was now considering whether he should throw out the slightly weaker tot, first raise a sum of money in the mainland, continue to develop for two or three years, and then go directly to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for listing, or list simultaneously on the A-share market and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

In this way, if anyone wanted to make trouble, it wouldn't just be targeting Su Yehao. The interests of other shareholders would also be damaged, which could enhance the ability to resist risks.

After thinking about it slightly, he felt that it was indeed time to find allies. Other companies were racking their brains to run outwards, while he was leaving the benefits in the country.

Comparing the two, even if it was just for the sake of setting an example, it was estimated that it could avoid a lot of trouble. As long as the higher-ups didn't take action, nothing else was worth worrying about...