That night.

Nothing to do.

Took Nangong Tian out for snacks in Central, then went to see a movie.

A police and gangster movie.

The trading between the buyer and seller used TVT instant messaging software, with many close-up shots. The sponsorship fee of six hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars was well spent.

It was a pity the advertisement was placed in this movie. The plot was too terrible, obviously a bad movie.

There were only a dozen or so viewers in the entire theater, half of whom were brought by Su Yehao, including the driver and bodyguards.

Su Yehao had been away from Hong Kong for so long, but there weren't many affairs to handle.

Putting aside the land and real estate investments, the development speed of tAt, tot, and Yinhai Software has been particularly slow recently.

He does internet business in the mainland and knows something about data.

For example, the total number of mainland netizens is said to have exceeded 1.17 million, with more than 300,000 people directly accessing the internet, and more than 800,000 people using dial-up. However, judging from the actual number of users, there are obviously not so many.

Some people may have tried using computers, but due to various limitations, they hardly have the opportunity to go online in their daily lives. A large part of those four or five hundred thousand computers are equivalent to decorations, mainly used for processing documents and decorating office desks.

New computers are expensive, and many second-hand computers eliminated from abroad have flowed into the mainland. The user experience is quite "touching."

Perhaps they can still connect to the internet, but sometimes buyers never thought about going online at all.

Some schools are catching up with the trend and have added computer courses.

However, those students can basically only use computers that are not connected to the internet, and learn how to operate them under the guidance of teachers. That's all.

These types of users are probably also included in the category of "netizens," and they may have some misunderstandings about the internet.

Anyway, the growth rate of users of products such as tAt and tot is minimal. Su Yehao can run the company step by step without worrying too much. There are not many competitors, and there is no place worth investing money in. He can only be patient and wait for the opportune moment to arrive.

Some tAt users in Hong Kong have switched to the international version of TVT.

The importance of the tAt department has therefore decreased. Seeing that the valuation of TVT, which was founded later, has risen to about 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, many tAt employees want to follow in John Zhou's footsteps and go to Silicon Valley to work, get promoted, get raises, and receive bonuses.

In the Pengcheng branch that Su Yehao established in advance, the Hong Kong employees who were dispatched have gradually been replaced by mainland programmers. The user experience of TVT has also gradually surpassed tAt, which is limited to the mainland. For example, features such as "people nearby" and personal photo albums have not yet been updated on tAt, mainly because it is temporarily sufficient.

When competitors appear, or when the number of users reaches a certain scale, they can directly transplant features from the international version of TVT.

If all the features are opened up too early, users will lose the sense of surprise.

In the international market with tens of millions of netizens, it is necessary to do everything possible to seize the market, preferably to keep pace with ICQ and share the market equally.

This is not because he treats them differently. It is indeed because the market in the north is not mature enough.

Even if a personal photo album function is launched, the internet speed must be able to handle it. If it takes a long time to load a picture, the user experience will be terrible. It would be better not to have it at all.

The good news is that the north has skipped the accumulation stage and is preparing to go directly to broadband.

It is expected that with the decrease in internet fees and the increase in internet speed, the day when the number of netizens will explode will not be too far away.

The movie he watched with the little girl was really boring, full of old routines, with no highlights.

Sitting in the movie theater, Su Yehao was thinking about other things. He suddenly had an idea and sent a text message to his assistant, Zhuang Wei, asking her to contact a consulting company to produce a forecast report on the scale of the mainland internet market and to investigate the progress of broadband network construction.

Immediately afterwards, he also asked Koko's venture capital headquarters to arrange for people to conduct in-depth research on internet start-ups in Japan, South Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan, especially in the fields of online games and e-commerce.

He hadn't paid attention for two months, and it was possible that there would be surprises.

It was true that he liked to be lazy, but he still had to keep an eye on things. For example, a certain English teacher in Lin'an is currently working on an official outsourced website development project. It is possible that one day he will suddenly have a flash of inspiration and create Alibaba.

Regarding these talented people, Su Yehao was wondering whether he should recruit them to his command.

If he gathered the two Mas, plus Lei Bu Si, who was already working for him, as well as Mr. Zhang of Soufu and Ding Sanshi of Wangyi, one day in the future, his subordinates might be full of strong people, and he would be able to enjoy being called the "Godfather of the Internet."

However, this might allow these ambitious people to come into contact with internet enterprise development concepts that surpass the times, and use his platform to develop a network of contacts. It was possible that he would be raising a tiger cub.

Considering the current situation, it is difficult to completely widen the gap and it is easy to be caught up.

Su Yehao felt that it would be better to suppress this idea for the time being, at least until he had gained a firm foothold in the market. It would not be too late to enjoy the pleasure of being a talent scout then.

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The next day.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and it looked like it was about to rain.

Su Yehao made the excuse that he had to talk about business and went out early, arriving at the Mount Nicholson neighborhood on the Mid-Levels before 7:50.

He told the bodyguards to find a place to rest and drive the car elsewhere.

He entered the neighborhood alone, went to Building 1, took the elevator straight to the top floor, and opened the door with his key.

The duplex luxury apartment had been cleaned in advance, almost like a newly renovated house. You couldn't tell that Nong Qingying had lived here for more than half a year.

After returning home from the movie last night, he logged into tAt and received a message from Jiang Yu. Regarding the invitation to meet at eight o'clock this morning, she only replied "ok".

The feeling of being sneaky made Su Yehao's mouth dry. The so-called guilty conscience referred to him now.

On the way upstairs just now, he was afraid that the elevator would suddenly open and he would accidentally bump into Master Jiang.

It would be too normal to accidentally press the wrong button and go upstairs instead of downstairs. There was indeed a possibility of a chance encounter.

He found a bottle of mineral water, took two sips to calm his nerves, and then took out his mobile phone to call Jiang Yu.

It was already eight o'clock, and the phone was ringing, but no one answered.

Soon.

Jiang Yu sent a text message, which read, "My dad is still at home, wait a moment."

This wait lasted for more than half an hour.

During this time, he also took a shower.

When Jiang Yu came to the top floor and opened the door, Su Yehao found that her hair was still wet. She seemed to have just taken a shower as well, and had a milky fragrance of shower gel.

It was really a meeting of minds.

They chatted simply for a few words, but whatever they said seemed inappropriate.

Moreover, she had prepared specially before going upstairs, not only taking a shower, but also putting on light makeup.

What were they waiting for?

He took Jiang Yu's hand, found a guest room at random, and closed the curtains.

Outside, thunder rumbled.

She was usually afraid of thunder, but today she only felt especially nervous. Jiang Yu didn't even have the mind to pay attention to the thunder...