"Not really," Ye Zhi waved her hand. "It's the same as I said, the businesses are different. Users of Taoxun won't stop using Taoxun to communicate just because they log into Zhiwei. Zhiwei still can't replace Taoxun in that regard."
"I completely agree with that," Zhan Ruoqing nodded. "Taoxun's chat software is very good for sending pictures and files. I heard that many small and medium-sized companies that don't have internal communication software use Taoxun's chat software as a substitute!"
"So you don't need to worry. Account authorization will also benefit our future cooperation," Ye Zhi continued.
Zhan Ruoqing was persuaded. Seeing that Yao Hongbo seemed to have been neglected and couldn't get a word in, Zhan Ruoqing took the initiative to ask, "Vice President Yao, do you have a Taoxun account? Let's add each other; it'll be convenient for contact."
"Yes, yes," Yao Hongbo took out his phone. He asked for Zhan Ruoqing's account and sent a friend request directly.
Looking at the incoming request, Zhan Ruoqing froze. She asked uncertainly, "Vice President Yao, your nickname is... 'Seal Heart Lock Love'?"
The air immediately became awkward.
Yao Hongbo: ???!!!
Now, even Ye Zhi looked at him in surprise, never expecting that Yao Hongbo, a middle-aged man, would have such a trendy online name.
"Wait, President Zhan, this is a misunderstanding," Yao Hongbo was flustered and explained haltingly, "This is my son's account! Last night he asked me to go to the office to find a gold card. He was afraid I'd forget, so he logged into his Taoxun account on my phone. You know, Taoxun accounts can directly log into the 'Revisiting Journey to the West' game. I forgot to log out of his account..."
Yao Hongbo wished he could go home right now and beat up that little brat!
He's so young, just starting junior high, sealing hearts and locking love?! He needed to let that kid properly experience what profound paternal love felt like!
"Children these days are indeed precocious and knowledgeable," Ye Zhi said, suppressing a smile, to ease the awkward atmosphere.
"Yes, yes," Zhan Ruoqing quickly added, "Vice President Yao, let me add you then."
Yao Hongbo hurriedly switched his login account and soon added both of them as friends.
"Vice President Yao, do you have any opinions regarding account registration?" Ye Zhi asked.
"President Ye, I actually have some thoughts," Yao Hongbo hesitated before finally speaking. "Taoxun Chat does have a very wide audience, but most of them are mobile users. As for desktop chat software, the most widely used is still Qianbai. So my suggestion is, besides Taoxun, we can also talk to Qianbai and get their account authorization!"
After speaking, Yao Hongbo looked at Ye Zhi somewhat nervously.
He would never have dared to propose such a suggestion when he was at Qianbai. But now that he was at Zhiwei, and they valued him so much, he dared to boldly express his opinion.
However, Taoxun and Qianbai were rivals. Would Ye Zhi accept this proposal?
"This proposal is excellent!" Ye Zhi agreed. "Desktop users are already accustomed to using Qianbai's chat software. If we can get Qianbai's authorization, it would be a very good start for Zhiwei! Moreover, Zhiwei is in a neutral position. As the daughter of the Zhan family, you can go to F... find your father and brother; they will help facilitate it."
"But," Zhan Ruoqing said with difficulty, "I just had a falling out with my brother..."
"Then let Vice President Yao go. Those investors pushed him out, so they feel somewhat guilty towards him during this time. Vice President Yao can take this opportunity to ask for more benefits; the effect won't be as good after a while," Ye Zhi suggested.
Yao Hongbo: ...
Should he have spoken up? Wasn't this just creating more work for himself?
However, Ye Zhi didn't object to his proposal at all, which again showed her broad vision.
The few of them discussed other issues. Then, Ye Zhi checked the time and got up to leave.
Zhan Ruoqing and Yao Hongbo escorted her. Seeing the elevator arrive, Yao Hongbo couldn't help but ask the biggest question on his mind during this period, "President Ye, can I ask what Taoxun's big move is?"
"What big move?" Ye Zhi looked at him blankly. "Taoxun has been optimizing logistics, strengthening services, and upgrading systems recently. These are all routine matters, no big moves."
Yao Hongbo: ...
So, this was entirely his misunderstanding, and Taoxun didn't have any big moves at all?
Yao Hongbo remained dazed, showing no reaction even after Ye Zhi left.
Seeing his dejected expression, Zhan Ruoqing couldn't help but ask, "Vice President Yao, what's wrong?"
"Nothing..." Yao Hongbo said with a sense of despair, "I'm still too young..."
Zhan Ruoqing didn't quite understand. She nodded, "Exactly! In our internet companies, we need to keep a young mindset!"
Yao Hongbo: ...
Should he consider resigning? Forget it...
She gave him too much.
*
Yao Hongbo soon visited Qianbai and discussed account authorization.
Zhan Ruoqing had also approached Zhan Li, and with Zhan Li's help from behind the scenes, and no objections from other investors, the matter was quickly settled.
Yao Hongbo also chatted with Shi Fan. Qianbai's self-operated business had proceeded as planned, but it wasn't going smoothly.
Recently, Feitong had been renting a large number of warehouses across the country, causing warehouse rental prices to soar. With the high costs, Qianbai could only consider reducing the number of warehouses. Now, Shi Fan was still troubled by warehouse rentals.
Yao Hongbo expressed his deep sympathy but offered no further help. He had already resigned, so what did Qianbai's fate have to do with him?
Time quickly passed to the weekend. Ye Yongxian and the other two drove to the hillside villa.
Seeing them take out many gifts from the car, Ye Zhi chided, "Dad, Mom, you really shouldn't bring gifts when you come to my place."
"You're overthinking it," Ye Yongxian said speechlessly. "These gifts are for the neighbors. We're here to help you build good neighborly relations!"
"Dad, don't worry, my neighborly relations are excellent!" Ye Zhi patted her chest and guaranteed.
"You?" Liu Lingyu looked at her disbelievingly.
"Ignore her. Let's go, we'll visit those neighbors together and ask them to look after our daughter," Ye Yongxian picked up the gifts.
"I'm telling the truth..." Ye Zhi looked innocent.
The two ignored her. Liu Lingyu asked, "Which side should we start with?"
"Let's start with the farthest ones," Ye Yongxian said. "By the time we finish delivering them, it'll be time for dinner. Come over here quickly, you brat, and help carry things!"
Ye Yuzhe: ...
Fine, fine, he was probably just a gift rack.