tAt, an instant messaging program, quietly went live in the mainland.

Thanks to Silver Sea's promotion, the number of downloads exceeded eight hundred within a little over an hour.

The number of registrations was inflated; some people would register multiple times to choose a good number. Anyway, the numbers weren't valuable, and Su Yehao was too lazy to set rules. As long as the users were happy.

Maybe someday, when short numbers become valuable, he could even recover some of the zombie accounts and auction them off.

Of course.

It was still too early to consider these things. The key now was how to survive and steadily occupy the majority of the market share.

Even though the product positioning was copied from a certain penguin, Su Yehao still didn't dare to say with certainty that he could replicate its success, so he still had to worry about things like finding online commentators to shamelessly promote his product on various forums.

To this end, Su Yehao decided to spend three million RMB to create a team of online commentators who would be paid "fifty cents per post."

Since it wasn't a good thing, to avoid a dark history, he decided to find an agent to help and was trying to expand the number of employees through open recruitment.

The Hong Kong market was too small.

Before, Su Yehao wasn't interested in developing in Hong Kong, and his attention was focused on the program's development.

But this time, his attitude was completely different.

As soon as the product went live, in order to cheer up the Hong Kong employees who had come to a new place, he specially booked two tables at the golf club and personally went to accompany them for dinner.

Undoubtedly, the employees' attention was mostly on Nong Qingying.

This woman was too beautiful. Sitting next to Su Yehao was really distracting. The employees were just envious.

They couldn't help it. They knew exactly where they stood compared to Su Yehao. It was a complete and utter crush…

Nong Qingying was used to everyone's attention.

It was like this when she was in school, and even more so after she grew up. Although it was annoying, she couldn't very well wear a veil every time she went out, so she got used to it over time.

She was holding a wine bottle and asked Su Yehao, "Is this 52-degree Maotai good?"

"No baijiu (white liquor) is good. Only old men like it. You should just drink cola. Tonight, we're celebrating the launch of the product and the opening of the Pengcheng branch. Let's all get drunk!"

Su Yehao said the last sentence to the employees at the table.

Before he could call the waiter, someone had already volunteered to open the bottle and pour him wine.

Although Hong Kong people are carefree and unruly, the culture of drinking is also time-honored. Everyone was eating under Su Yehao's roof, so they had to show him respect.

Su Yehao picked up the wine glass and smelled the aroma of Maotai. He casually asked the waiter, "I didn't look at the menu just now. How much is a bottle of this wine?"

The female waiter was wearing a white shirt, black vest, short skirt with black stockings, and a pair of high heels.

She knew that the people she was serving today were all from Hong Kong, so she didn't think Su Yehao was ignorant. She smiled and said, "It sells for three hundred and eighty here at our club. If it's an old wine that's more than two years old, it's fifty yuan more. It's very cheap compared to red wine."

She took the initiative to mention red wine in order to subtly remind him that she could get a bonus for selling some expensive red wines and foreign wines.

Su Yehao didn't notice this.

He continued, "It's expensive to sell it at your place. It should be cheaper outside, right? What's the cost price per bottle?"

After speaking, he looked at the female waiter. He saw that the girl's expression was unnatural. She replied to Su Yehao, "It's indeed a little cheaper outside, but we provide a very good environment and service here. You can bring your own wine next time you come to eat. We won't stop you."

Hearing this.

Su Yehao smiled dumbly and shook his head, "I'm not saying your wine is expensive. I really just wanted to know the market price. I'll give you two hundred as a tip. Can you help me ask about the purchase price?"

After speaking, he took out his pocket and handed her two hundred yuan.

Under the waiter's bewildered gaze, Su Yehao didn't explain.

He saw the girl take the tip and go out to inquire about the news.

Good wine can be collected, and the appreciation rate is not small. Su Yehao had a temporary idea, thinking that he might be able to hoard a batch of wine in advance and store it for a long time as a collectible.

He just bought so many bare-bones apartments, which were suitable for use as warehouses.

The income from the annual appreciation of old wine might be better than the income from renting out the renovated houses. However, he had bought more than ninety houses today, and they were all very large, so it wouldn't be easy to fill them.

Profit was secondary. Su Yehao just thought it was interesting. He took the lead in raising his glass and shouting everyone to eat and drink together. The topics of conversation were nothing more than the local customs of Pengcheng and some work-related issues.

At present, the company was small, and there were few users, so there weren't many troubles.

Su Yehao didn't mention any long-term plans to them. Soon, everyone was chatting about their own things. The company often had dinners, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

The female waiter went out for a few minutes and quickly came back. She leaned down and whispered to Su Yehao, "I asked a friend. The purchase price is one hundred and fifty yuan, and the goods are from a distributor."

"Oh, thanks. Get me a few bottles of mineral water. This wine is really spicy."

Su Yehao nodded slightly. There was a distributor in the middle who earned a cut, and it was sold for one hundred and fifty yuan, which meant that the ex-factory price should be even lower.

If he were to take a large batch of goods and directly customize a batch from the winery, it was possible to get it for one hundred and twenty or thirty.

In the future, even new wine from recent years could be hyped up to two or three thousand, not to mention old wine from the 1990s. He expected that the profit would be thirty or forty times higher, which was probably not a problem.

He thought about it in his head and secretly remembered the business opportunity.

Nong Qingying asked him what was wrong. Su Yehao lied that he was buying wine to give to his maternal grandfather.

Although he didn't mind taking his woman to earn more money, investing ahead of time again and again wouldn't be good if he did it too many times. Buying a lot of wine and hoarding it for no reason seemed very abnormal.

He could buy wine and hoard it for fun. If he was taking others to earn money, he should just go through normal financial investment and didn't need to ask for trouble.

……

During the meal, he unexpectedly received a call from Baoya Jun (Bucktoothed Jun).

Baoya Jun was on the other end of the phone, excitedly saying, "Hao Ge! Guess who we met today!"

"I've seen stars before, and you don't need to call me. If you meet my family, you don't need to notify me..."

Su Yehao thought and analyzed, and said again, "Could it be an acquaintance from high school?"

"Smart! Zhao Yimeng! She actually came to Hong Kong University and asked me about you. Want to ask her out for a meal?" Baoya Jun's tone was excited.

Su Yehao was stunned.

It hadn't been long since he last met Zhao Yimeng. He didn't know if the university in England was on winter vacation. He said, "I'm in Pengcheng, starting a company to do business. Maybe next time. If you have nothing to do during the holidays, come and find me to play. I'll take you to pan for gold and get rich."

"What's there to do in Pengcheng? We've already arranged it. We're going to Hawaii for a vacation and pick up blonde chicks! The goddess of my dreams asked about you, but you're so calm. You've really fallen in love with someone else, Hao Ge. Can I chase her then?"

After Baoya Jun said this, He Shaofan and Zhugan could also be heard clamoring to speak.

The three of them rented a villa and lived together for a long time.

Su Yehao said helplessly, "I can't even do it, how can you have a chance? Give up, her parents are all sharks. It's even harder than picking up a popular TVB actress."

After hearing this, Nong Qingying looked at him with curiosity.

Su Yehao's body stiffened, and he waved his hand with an awkward smile, indicating that it had nothing to do with him...