Reborn in the red age

"Didn't I tell you to wait at your place? Who told you to come to the port to pick me up?"

Sitting in the little mixed-blood's car, Li Qingfeng frowned and looked at the little mixed-blood holding the steering wheel with dissatisfaction.

“Who told you not to come visit me for two consecutive years?” The little mixed-blood looked at Qingfeng Li with resentment, and said resentfully: “You clearly promised me that you would come to America to visit me twice a year.”

Even though it was just a transaction at first, after all these years, Qingfeng Li is not a cold-blooded animal and there is more or less some affection between him and the little mixed-blood.

Now, when he recalled the promise he made when he returned from America, he couldn't help but feel three points shorter in front of the little mixed-blood boy. He touched his nose, his eyes were a little evasive, and he was obviously lacking in confidence.

"That was the past. There have been too many things going on in the past two years. As you know, there have been various situations in China. I really can't spare the time."

"Last year, your family of four went to America to celebrate the New Year, and you sent me to Japan to study chips."

"That's because we really need you to go on an inspection, not to send you away on purpose."

No one would believe Qingfeng Li's excuse, let alone the little mixed-blood boy.

Although this excuse was a bit far-fetched, it was also a positive answer. The little mixed-blood bit his lip, and the resentment in his eyes subsided a little, but he still had a stern face and was in a bad mood.

Li Qingfeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was thinking rapidly and soon he came up with a way to deal with the little hybrid.

The Batumi Agreement is about to be dissolved, and the country is about to usher in a window period of international embargo. I had planned long ago to move the chip company under the name of the little hybrid back to the country this year, but I had been keeping it a secret from the little hybrid. This time it is just the right time to use it to deal with the resentful little hybrid.

He frowned and pretended to think for a long while, then pretended to have made up his mind and said, "How about this, I'll go back to handle the business in America after the New Year, and you can stay in Hong Kong from now on. We're both in China, and we can meet anytime."

"Really?"

Upon hearing that he could stay, the little mixed-blood's eyes lit up instantly, and the resentment on his face disappeared, replaced by a look of surprise.

"Of course, I keep my word. This matter will be done after the new year." Li Qingfeng looked into the eyes of the little mixed-blood and said it with such determination.

The little mixed-blood was so excited that he almost couldn't hold the steering wheel. He tried to calm himself down and said sourly: "If I stay in Hong Kong, aren't you afraid that your wife will know about my existence?"

"What's there to be afraid of? My word is law in this family. Even if she knows, what's the big deal?"

Although Li Qingfeng spoke in a firm tone, he was actually a little nervous in his heart, fearing that some gossipers who were jealous of others would go and complain to Hu Jiabao.

The little mixed-blood saw his guilty conscience and said teasingly: "Then I want to live in the capital, where it will be closer to you."

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"The conditions in the capital are not good. You probably won't be able to adapt. You should live in Hong Kong. The living conditions here are better."

"Hong Kong is Hong Kong, I really can't get used to the life in the mainland if I go there." The little mixed-blood didn't expose Li Qingfeng's excuse, and asked about the American chip company instead: "What about the chip company under my name? Let Sun Kangmei be the general manager?"

Hearing the little mixed-blood asking about the chip company, Li Qingfeng straightened his expression, because the highlight was about to begin.

The chip companies in the United States have developed well in the past two years. At the beginning of 93, a -micron production line was put into operation. Although it is not the most advanced -micron production line, it is still the mainstream process technology in the world.

Although the Batumi Agreement has been dissolved, sending advanced equipment and technology from the United States to China is still relatively sensitive.

It would be fine if the little mixed-blood girl, as the largest shareholder and founder of the chip company, cooperated. But if she was unwilling to cooperate, then Qingfeng Li would be in trouble.

"Since you are going to live in Hong Kong in the future, why not just move the entire company to Hong Kong? It's close and convenient for you to manage it, so you don't have to be bored at home."

On the surface, Qingfeng Li said this very casually, but he kept his eyes on the little mixed-blood, carefully observing her reaction after hearing this.

After hearing what Qingfeng Li said, the little mixed-blood's eyes lit up, and he agreed to the request without any hesitation.

With excitement on his face, he said: "Okay, moving to Hong Kong is indeed a good idea. I was thinking about doing something in Hong Kong in the future. Now it's good, it's still my old business."

He didn't expect the little mixed-blood would agree so readily. This instantly relaxed Li Qingfeng's originally nervous mood and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the happy little mixed-blood, Qingfeng Li felt a little ashamed, thinking that he had judged others by his own standards.

The next day, after waking up in the apartment that the little hybrid had bought before, Li Qingfeng did not go to the company. Instead, he drove with the little hybrid to Mount Kellett to buy a luxury house as the little hybrid's future residence.

In the next few days, after accompanying the little mixed-blood to finalize the decoration of the new house, he left the little mixed-blood behind and went to the Lemon Company's headquarters building in Central.

After being given a few days off, He Guangqin received the news from Li Qingfeng and followed the company's driver to the downstairs of the little mixed-blood's apartment to pick up Li Qingfeng and take him to the headquarters.

Sitting in the passenger seat, He Guangqin observed Li Qingfeng through the rearview mirror several times, and couldn't help but be curious about the identity of that woman.

Li Qingfeng, who was resting with his eyes closed in the back row, felt that someone was peeking at him.

After a slight cough, Qingfeng Li opened his eyes and said softly, "Xiao He, do you want to ask about the woman who came to pick me up a few days ago?"

He Guangqin was just curious, but he was not stupid, and he didn't dare to ask about his boss's private life.

Hearing Li Qingfeng's question, he immediately started to play dumb: "Woman? What woman? Didn't I take you back to your residence that day?"

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Li Qingfeng was stunned. Is this young man's desire to survive so strong?
After a moment of silence, he continued, "What if Teacher Hu asks me about my situation in Hong Kong when I go back?"

"You were busy at work every day, and I sent you back to your home on the Peak alone at 11 or 12 o'clock at night."

"We can't always work overtime, right? We still have to celebrate the New Year."

"After the business banquet, I will send you home alone. During the Spring Festival, I have the honor to invite you to my home to celebrate the New Year with my parents." Li Qingfeng was very satisfied with He Guangqin's answer. He nodded with satisfaction, did not continue asking questions, and began to close his eyes and rest again.

They hadn't seen each other for two years. When they met this time, Li Qingfeng almost lost half his life. He needed to rest whenever he could to replenish his energy.

Fang Wanzhen, who received the news, went downstairs with a group of company executives to greet them. As soon as the convoy stopped downstairs of the company, the back door was opened from the outside.

After getting off the car, Li Qingfeng stood under the headquarters building which had been newly built less than two years ago. Looking at the building with 75 floors above ground and 5 floors underground, with a total height of 339 meters, reaching into the sky, he shook his coat and felt deeply moved.

The headquarters has rented a house in Hong Kong for so many years and finally succeeded in purchasing a property and settling down there.

Fang Wanzhen came up to him with a smile and said, "Chairman, you are finally here. If you don't come to the company again, I will go find you."

"Don't look for it, it will come naturally when it's time to come"

Li Qingfeng greeted all the company executives one by one, and said to Fang Wanzhen with a smile: "This is my first time in the headquarters building. Mr. Fang, please introduce it to me."

"no problem"

Fang Wanzhen led Li Qingfeng into the building with a smile, and introduced the interior environment to Li Qingfeng as they walked.

"Our building is 339 meters high and has floors. It is the tallest building in Hong Kong. Since the office space of the headquarters is somewhat redundant, in order to improve asset utilization, we are considering renting out the floors below to other companies."

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Upon hearing that the vacant floors were to be rented out, Li Qingfeng quickly interrupted Fang Wanzhen's introduction.

The chip company in America is about to move back. If they rent out the vacant offices, where will they work?
Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "I have other arrangements for the idle office areas at the headquarters. There is no need to rent them out. Let them be idle for the time being, so that we don't have to evict the tenants when we need them."

"Okay, then the company headquarters is not considering renting out for the time being. I will continue to introduce it to you."

Although Fang Wanzhen didn't understand what arrangements Li Qingfeng was going to make, she naturally had no objection to her boss's words.

"The office area of ​​the headquarters is divided into four areas, namely floors 33 to 39, floors 43 to 49, floors 53 to 59, and floors 63 to 69."

"The 70th, 71st and 72nd floors are used as the balance floors of the building and are not used. The top three floors are used as office areas for the company's senior executives."

"The 31st and 32nd floors are used as the company's restaurant, and the rest of the floors are used as recreational areas for employees. We have designed fitness facilities including standard basketball courts, badminton courts, table tennis courts, etc. inside the building for all employees to use free of charge."

Listening to Fang Wanzhen's explanation, Li Qingfeng nodded continuously. Not bad, not bad. The headquarters' space utilization rate is reasonable, and it has the style of a major Internet company in later generations.

After simply browsing a few floors, Qingfeng Li went straight to the electronic game department.

Now the revenue of Lemon Company's various businesses has stabilized, but as it officially enters the Internet era, the revenue will gradually begin to decline.

In the next few years, both lemon companies and chip companies will have to spend a lot of money on research and development, and now they are in urgent need of finding a new source of profit.

As a money-making tool in the Internet age, games naturally appeared in Li Qingfeng's sight.

In the meeting room of the Electronic Games Department, Li Qingfeng asked Xu Wangyuan, the director of the Electronic Games Department, "I heard that you are developing a strategy online game that can accommodate multiple people online at the same time? What is the current progress?"

"Yes, we are developing a graphic massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the Western magic world. The plan is to allow up to thousands of players to interact online at the same time."

Talking about the game currently under development, Xu Wangyuan's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he introduced it to Li Qingfeng with his hands and feet dancing: "This game completely meets the current game concepts on the market. In our concept, players have a very high degree of freedom in the game."

Listening to Xu Wangyuan's story, Li Qingfeng silently moved his chair back.

When this guy talked about games, his saliva was flying everywhere. Li Qingfeng was afraid that his saliva would get on him.

“For example, players can study magic, practice swordsmanship, become a brave adventurer, and explore the dangerous suburbs; or they can choose to become a merchant and engage in manufacturing and trading in the city.”

As Xu Wangyuan continued his narration, Li Qingfeng could not help but nod his head frequently. The design concept of this game was similar to the popular web games of later generations. It seemed to be very promising.

After Xu Wangyuan finished his explanation, Li Qingfeng frowned and asked, "After listening to you talk so much, the design idea of ​​the game is correct, but you haven't talked about the progress of this game."

"Um, Chairman, to be honest, it is quite difficult to develop this game with the current technology. Right now the game's progress is less than 50%," Xu Wangyuan scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

Li Qingfeng nodded in understanding. He did not ask any nonsense questions like technical difficulty, but instead asked about the operational ideas and how to create profits for the company after the game was designed.

With Lemon Company's current strength, no matter how difficult the game is, as long as they are willing to invest resources and polish it slowly, they can finish it. It's just a matter of time.

Online games are different from stand-alone games, where you can directly sell game discs. Online games require server maintenance, which is an ongoing expense and is not suitable for development in the form of selling game discs.

"What we are considering for the time being is a monthly subscription system. Game players need to purchase our monthly card and use the monthly card to redeem game time. In this way, as long as players keep playing our game, we can continue to make profits," Xu Wangyuan spoke out his ideas on game operations.

Li Qingfeng shook his head and disagreed with Xu Wangyuan's operational ideas.

Monthly and annual subscriptions were common operating models in the early days of online games.

However, this form has a big drawback. Players' freedom is limited. For some users who only have time to play games occasionally, this charging model is not very cost-effective.

After thinking about it, Li Qingfeng proposed the concept of point card operation for future games: "Replace the monthly card with a point card. After the user purchases our point card, there is a certain amount of points on the point card. When playing games, the points will be consumed according to the online time. When the points are used up, the player needs to buy a point card again to continue the game."

"In addition, we can design some paid props in the game, such as cool special effects, clothes, etc. Players can use the points in the point card to purchase our paid props."

Xu Wangyuan's eyes gradually brightened as he listened to Li Qingfeng's words, and he quickly wrote down the key points in his notebook.

After Li Qingfeng finished speaking his thoughts, Xu Wangyuan slapped his thigh fiercely:
"It's brilliant, it's really brilliant, Chairman, your idea is amazing" (End of this chapter)