Chapter 1 The Maid's Thoughts

The next day, bright and early.

The cleaning lady came to the apartment to help make breakfast and gave Jiang Yu a strange look.

She thought to herself that the lives of rich young masters were indeed different. They used to live in such a big apartment with just two people, and now they had found another beautiful young girl.

The hired cleaning lady was a woman in her forties.

She also had a daughter at home, and at first, she always felt that both Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu had fallen from grace.

While tidying up, she noticed the Rolls-Royce car keys by the door, as well as the top-quality bird's nest and shark fin that Nangong Tian's mother had bought through someone, with an invoice showing more than one hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

The cleaning lady then thought that if her daughter could live this kind of life in the future... it might not be bad.

At least life would be comfortable, without having to mop floors and wash dishes all day like she did, barely earning any money and only able to live in a cage home in an old building in Sham Shui Po.

Rather than mingling with small fish and shrimp all day, it was better to enjoy life comfortably.

However, thinking of her daughter's rough appearance, the cleaning lady sighed and felt that there was little hope.

It wasn't her fault for being so realistic; it was just that this kind of life was too superior.

A few days ago, when Su Yehao wasn't home, the manager in charge of these two buildings even came to visit with gifts and chatted with the cleaning lady.

He said that to make living more comfortable, they planned to repaint the walls of the corridors, replace the greenery and corridor carpets, and reserve two parking spaces for Su Yehao at the main entrance where parking was most convenient.

According to what the cleaning lady heard, the big boss behind this real estate development company knew Su Yehao's parents and had specifically given instructions.

Recently, the security guards had been patrolling more frequently.

The surveillance cameras at the entrance of the corridor had also been replaced with the latest models. In the cleaning lady's eyes, these were undoubtedly the best proof of power and influence.

It was just a pity that her daughter couldn't catch such a wealthy young master…

Nangong Tian didn't have class in the morning, and Su Yehao planned to skip class and go to the company. Driver Ni, who had already arrived for work, knew Jiang Yu and sent her to school first.

She had fallen asleep as soon as she got into bed last night, and only now did Nangong Tian start writing down grudges in her little notebook.

She told him with a smile, "Brother Hao, you're so fast. I only mentioned inviting Jiang Yu to stay last time, and you really brought her over. Men are indeed unreliable. Have I been too lenient with you, making you think I'm easy to bully?"

"Am I not good to you?"

Su Yehao remained calm on the surface, smiling casually, "It's really just because I feel sorry for her. After all, she's my sworn younger sister. Once the school helps arrange her dormitory, Jiang Yu will move out again. Don't overthink it."

"Really? That's not how it is in TV dramas. Maybe one day you'll have too much to drink, or sleepwalk in the middle of the night, and accidentally go into the wrong room."

Nangong Tian blinked, clearly testing him.

Su Yehao reached out and pinched her nose, jokingly saying, "You little jealous pot, if you don't have any tolerance for others, how can I trust you to be the head of the family? Reflect on yourself and write me a thirty-thousand-word self-criticism."

"Tch. You're the one with bad intentions, and you're blaming me instead. I'm not talking to you anymore…"

It was clearly a complaint, but it didn't seem threatening at all.

Ever since she said she needed a few days to calm down, which caused a rift in their relationship, Nangong Tian hadn't dared to throw a tantrum again.

Even when she was in the right.

After all, her Brother Hao was too outstanding and easily targeted by others. Even without leaving any gaps for others, she was already struggling to keep up.

If she really gave up her position, she was worried she wouldn't be able to come back in the future, so after thinking it over, she had to settle for second best.

Besides, Su Yehao had been really good to her recently. Nangong Tian wasn't really angry or anything, just being her usual adorable, spoiled self...

After dropping off Jiang Yu first.

After Driver Ni returned, he took Su Yehao and Nangong Tian to Central.

They could see that under the Donghuang Group's office building, a moving company was busy moving luggage. On the lobby bulletin board, there were suddenly many notices of lease terminations and transfers.

The financial crisis was showing signs of expansion, already having some impact on the property and stock markets in Hong Kong, but it wasn't too serious yet, with changes occurring quietly.

With his mind temporarily focused on tAt and Silver Sea Software, Su Yehao didn't dare to play around with shorting stocks or currencies.

The prospect of speculative profits was certainly great, but the risks were also not to be underestimated. He knew exactly how much he was worth, so he didn't pay particular attention to the financial aspects.

The "old employees" A Qiang and A Dai exchanged knowing glances and winks after seeing Nangong Tian.

They only had admiration left for the young Su boss.

They didn't need to help with program development, so they were currently transferred to the marketing department, mainly responsible for online forums, organizing internet commentators, and advertising for the tAt chat room.

They had a total of six people under them, who had been spending their days in forums, registering thousands of accounts.

It could be considered that they were earning the salary Su Yehao paid them by secretly promoting tAt chat room.

Every time he came to the company, Su Yehao would ask the same question.

Now, project director John Zhou had learned to take the initiative to say:

"Good news, boss! Eighteen hundred new downloads overnight. Last night at eleven thirty, the peak number of concurrent users exceeded eight hundred. At this rate, the four-digit accounts won't be enough in a week. It seems that advertising in the forums is very effective!"

"Really? Stay calm. It's not enough to just attract users, we need to see if it can spread by word of mouth and increase the number of users spontaneously. Congratulations, you're one step closer to getting your bonus at the end of the year! I'm paying tonight, let's all go out for dinner again!"

Having progress was better than having none.

Su Yehao had figured it out. The number of computer users in this era couldn't compare to the future. He couldn't expect his company's new product to be an instant success.

He couldn't say that the product was performing poorly based solely on the data from being online for just over a week. It was too early to tell, and it would take time to accumulate.

Anyway, no matter what, the general direction of development was right, and the top priority was to develop a more complete product.

After calling John Zhou to the office and privately asking about the signing of confidentiality and non-compete agreements, he learned that it had been handed over to the cooperating law firm for arrangement, and the details of the supplementary contract would be drafted soon.

As for the employees, they were all new employees, and he hadn't heard of anyone wanting to leave.

As long as the benefits and treatment were good enough, with a small increase of a few hundred dollars in salary, he believed there wouldn't be any problems.

As for the newly recruited employees, the confidentiality and non-compete clauses would be directly added to the employment contract. Several headhunting companies were busy contacting talents working in Silicon Valley, and the big plan to poach talent was still continuing.

Just after sending John Zhou away, Su Yehao received a call from his father.

Su's father happily told him on the phone, "My dear son, I've reached an agreement with someone in Pengcheng. All that's left is to pay the money. You're in Hong Kong, right? Let's invite your mother out for a meal at noon?"

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On the side of tAt Network Company.

Su Yehao believed that the promotional work he could do had almost all started.

There were currently many ongoing plans.

First, distribute leaflets and contact bus stops to place advertisements.

Second, arrange for teams to enter campuses, spend money to find computer class teachers to help, and also carry out some publicity work.

Third, relying on his status as a Yahoo shareholder, he bought some search engine advertising space at a discount.

Fourth, arrange for internet commentators to enter major forums to advertise, and contact forum administrators to find suitable website advertising space...

That's how the money was being spent, and the daily expenses were very considerable.

Su Yehao even considered investing in a custom movie, titled something like *Searching*, with the plot focusing entirely on the tAt chat room.

However, due to the large investment, he hadn't made up his mind yet and wanted to wait and see.

No wonder people liked to call the process of starting an internet business "burning money". This industry was indeed too expensive.

Regarding this, one could only say that Silver Sea Software's situation of being on the verge of bankruptcy was not unjustified. How could its scale compare to Microsoft? It was simply a boxing champion bullying a five-year-old child, not on the same level at all.

After spending more than half an hour handling company affairs.

Nangong Tian stayed with Su Yehao in the office, not feeling bored.

While flipping through a magazine, the little girl saw an advertisement for a movie, looked up, shook the magazine in her hand, and asked him:

"Will you accompany me to see this movie in a few months, during Christmas? It's a Hollywood blockbuster with a scary investment. It says they specially blew up a large ship for filming."

Su Yehao immediately thought of something and asked, " *Titanic*?"

"That's right, how did you know? I want to stay in Hong Kong for Christmas so I can put up a Christmas tree at home. It would be best to go somewhere for a few days of vacation. We still haven't had a chance to go to Santorini, which we talked about last time. We could also go skiing in the Alps or Hokkaido."

It was only late September, and Nangong Tian had already started planning for Christmas.

*Titanic*, a full sense of the era came to the fore. This big ship had been approved and started filming long before Su Yehao's accident, otherwise it might have been blown away by his butterfly wings.

Fortunately, Su Yehao's influence wasn't that great, and the changes he had caused were limited.

Logically speaking, his existence would inevitably lead to deviations in the future, such as whether the future BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) would still appear was hard to say.

Holidays, just thinking about it gave Su Yehao a headache.

The shadow of watching three movies in a row in the short term would probably appear again. More importantly, he was unable to be in multiple places at once, and it was difficult to decide who to accompany and who not to accompany.

He could usually find reasons to get around it, but once the holidays came, the girls would have expectations, which would be difficult to handle.

Su Yehao sighed inwardly while saying, "I've also seen the advertisements in the newspaper. I'll accompany you to see it then, okay? The company may have activities during the holidays. When people are on vacation and resting, it's the best time to promote marketing and attract customers. Otherwise, let's find another time, how about November? You can take leave from school anyway."

"Sure, I don't care."

Nangong Tian suddenly changed the subject and asked Su Yehao, "How long is Jiang Yu planning to stay this time? Don't you know the principal? Can you ask them to help arrange a single room?"

"I'll ask the principal next time I see him. Why are you still thinking about this?"

Su Yehao skipped this topic and continued, "Oh yeah, give my mom a call and ask her if she wants to have lunch with my dad. Are you free? Come with me? My parents know you, I'll take you to freeload a big meal."

He had met Su Yehao's parents before.

However, the situation was different now. They were living together, which inevitably felt like meeting the parents in advance.

Interrupted by such a heavy topic, Nangong Tian instantly forgot about Jiang Yu and quickly waved her hand, saying, "Forget it, you go eat with them, I'll just grab something. I have to go to class in the afternoon."

"What's the big deal about meeting your future daughter-in-law? I guess they already know you're living with me, there's no need to hide it."

Su Yehao had thick skin, and with his mental age, he wasn't afraid of his parents at all.

He had never thought of letting others control his life, especially in terms of emotions.

"..."

Nangong Tian's face was filled with nervousness, and she said softly:

"Then I really can't go. I'm not ready yet. Anyway, there's always a chance to meet, let's talk about it next time..."