Chapter 117 - 116: This Software Is Simply Incredible
Chapter 117: Chapter 116: This Software Is Simply Incredible
With a single thought, Lu Feng exited the game world, returning to his villa with the USB drive and the software’s source data.
He took out his phone, just about to call his cousin Yang Ming to ask about the network company, when a call came in from that very same cousin.
After answering the call, he found that his cousin had surprisingly already arrived outside the villa. When he came in, he had someone with him—it was none other than Master Kai.
Master Kai had Chu Chen with him as always. The moment he entered, he greeted Lu Feng, "President Lu, congratulations. Sales for the electromagnetic rice cooker are booming. It’s the hottest viral product right now. Plus, the reviews are excellent. As long as you guarantee the quality, the Qingfeng electromagnetic rice cooker will soon dominate the market."
Lu Feng smiled in response. "Master Kai, you should be congratulating yourself, too. You’re a major shareholder in the electronics company, after all."
"Then the joy is mutual!" Master Kai was clearly in an excellent mood as he spoke. After all, he owned a 20% stake in Qingfeng Electronics Company, and he was also the distributor for the regions surrounding Tianzhou City.
He knew the production cost of the Qingfeng electromagnetic rice cooker, and he knew even better how high the profit margin was on a single unit that sold for 20,000.
The more popular the Qingfeng electromagnetic rice cooker became, the more money he made.
Lu Feng then asked curiously, "Master Kai, what brings you here with my cousin today?"
Master Kai smiled and explained, "Well, I’ve been keeping up with news about you, President Lu. I heard Mr. Yang was helping you register a network company and had even posted job listings on online talent markets. I thought I might as well just sell a network company I own directly to you. This company mainly develops software and games."
"Master Kai, you own a network company? Why sell it all of a sudden?" Lu Feng asked, his tone a mix of curiosity and cautious probing.
For a network company, acquiring a complete, existing company was actually the best option. Hiring from scratch was often the second-best choice.
That’s why the rise of network companies was often accompanied by mergers and acquisitions. An established team familiar with the business was leagues ahead of a newly recruited ragtag crew.
The difference in efficiency and the resulting economic gap could be terrifyingly large.
One only had to look at the two giants, Penguin and Fox, to understand this. Their histories were histories of mergers and acquisitions.
Master Kai’s company already developed software, which perfectly overlapped with the business Lu Feng wanted to pursue. He could just have this company’s team take charge of the smart mobile assistant software.
Compared to registering a company, then recruiting, training, building proficiency, and waiting for the team to sync up... this would save an incredible amount of time.
At this, Kate sighed. "President Lu, not every investment is a winner. Some people come to you for investment and promise you the world. And some of them are so silver-tongued that even I couldn’t help but be persuaded to invest."
"But who knew the guy in charge would suddenly turn into such a screw-up? He got obsessed with a female streamer, spent a fortune helping her in some PK battle, and embezzled company funds. Then, afraid I’d have him sunk in the sea, he fled overseas. Isn’t he a freaking bastard?"
"Uh..." Lu Feng couldn’t help but want to make a snarky comment.
’You yourself said he was afraid you’d have him sunk in the sea. Wouldn’t he be an idiot *not* to run?’
Under these circumstances, he really could take over Master Kai’s network company. After all, he didn’t need the company to develop any software; they just needed to handle operations.
As for games, the game world was so far ahead of the real world—how many hit games had been released during that time? He could just have Cheng Sisi produce them and let the game team run them.
This would save a massive amount of time in the early stages. Later, if he wanted to diversify, he could recruit more talent and have them develop some software and games independently.
But that was a matter for later.
With that in mind, Lu Feng asked, "Master Kai, so how are you planning to sell this network company?"
Master Kai was direct. "President Lu, I don’t want money. Don’t you have those pieces of jade from before? I’ll trade you this network company for one of them. A big shot has a birthday coming up, and I need a gift."
At that moment, Yang Ming nodded at Lu Feng, indicating that he had already looked into the state of the network company.
"Deal!" Lu Feng agreed readily, not bothering to calculate the precise value of the company versus the jade with Master Kai.
The jade was practically free for him anyway, so he didn’t care. He would just consider this another transaction to build goodwill with Master Kai.
Besides, he and Master Kai were partners. With the huge future profits from the electronics company, Master Kai wouldn’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs by trying to screw him over on a deal like this. There was no need.
Master Kai had clearly come prepared. He took out a contract and handed it to Lu Feng.
Along with it was a file with information on the network company. Lu Feng accepted both the contract and the file and began to look them over.
Judging from the contract and the company information alone, there were no problems at all, so Lu Feng signed his name on the contract.
Afterward, Lu Feng walked over to a cabinet where he kept the jade pieces he had brought out from the game world.
He picked up the smallest, lowest-quality piece and handed it to Master Kai.
After all, Master Kai hadn’t specified what size or quality he wanted, and the company he was offering was one with major problems.
Master Kai naturally didn’t say anything. He picked up the jade, looking quite satisfied, and then said to Lu Feng, "President Lu, shall we go take a look at the network company now?"
"Whatever you say, Master Kai." Lu Feng nodded. He left the villa with Master Kai and they drove to a commercial building in Tianzhou City, entering a company called Yu Run Dream Chasing Network.
As soon as he entered the company, Lu Feng saw employees with panicked expressions on their faces.
After all, their founder had run off.
Now, their futures were all uncertain.
They might even be fired today.
And tomorrow, they’d be unemployed and looking for work.
In a first-tier metropolis like Tianzhou City, unemployment was a terrifying prospect for young people like them.
It could even mean running out of money after a month or two of job hunting, then having to pack up and slink back to their hometowns, making up some excuse about pursuing development opportunities back home.
A young man in a suit ran over in a panic, addressing Master Kai with the utmost respect. "Master Kai, you’re here. Please, what’s going to happen to us?"
He was the company’s vice president, so he knew the company’s situation best. He also had a vague idea of who Master Kai was.
The company’s fate now rested on a single word from Master Kai. If he decided to wash his hands of it, the company would have no new funding for R&D, and the outcome was easy to imagine.
Master Kai spoke directly to the man in the suit. "From now on, this President Lu is your boss. You’ll follow his orders for everything!"
This made the young man immediately turn to Lu Feng. He quickly processed the news and said respectfully, "President Lu!"
At the same time, he breathed a small sigh of relief. It was always a good thing when someone took over the company.
Master Kai then turned back to Lu Feng. "President Lu, the company is yours now. I’ll have the ownership transfer documents prepared and sent over to you tomorrow!"
Master Kai had said tomorrow, and sure enough, the ownership transfer documents and other files were delivered into Lu Feng’s hands the very next day.
After receiving the documents and certificates, Lu Feng went to Yu Run Dream Chasing Network with his cousin Yang Ming. The moment he stepped into the company, he said to Yang Ming, "Cousin, have this sign changed to ’Qingfeng Network’ tomorrow!"
"It’s already being taken care of," Yang Ming said with a smile.
As Lu Feng and Yang Ming arrived, the young man in the suit from the previous day hurried forward. "President Lu, you’re here!"
"You’re Wang Kai? The Vice President of Projects?" Lu Feng had read his file. He continued, "Gather everyone from the software project department in the conference room for a meeting."
"Yes, President Lu!" Wang Kai received his orders and immediately went to carry them out.
With a new boss taking over, he naturally had to make a good impression. Otherwise, he could be replaced at any moment.
Before long, Wang Kai had gathered everyone from the software development project into the conference room.
The programmers also watched their new boss, Lu Feng, with nervous expressions.
Wang Kai hurriedly asked, "President Lu, should I start by reporting on the progress of our company’s software development?"
Lu Feng shook his head. "Put a halt to the software you’re developing. I have a new piece of software that I need you to immediately set up a server for, upload the source code, and then handle its operation and promotion."
As he spoke, Lu Feng took out the USB drive containing the smart mobile assistant software and slid it across the table to Wang Kai.
Wang Kai was visibly stunned as he caught the USB drive. He hadn’t expected the new boss to shut down their project immediately.
After all, anyone willing to take over the company should have done so because they saw potential in their project. They should be focused on the project’s progress after the acquisition.
But the new boss had produced his own software; he clearly wasn’t joking.
Wang Kai immediately grabbed a laptop, plugged in the USB drive, and opened it. He saw the software inside, along with a description of its features.
When he read the feature description, he was completely astounded. "These functions... How is this possible?"
His exclamation drew the attention of the others.
"President Wang, what’s wrong?" a programmer asked, confused.
"See for yourselves!" Wang Kai said in a daze.
The programmers crowded around, and when they saw the software’s feature description, they were all completely dumbfounded.
The described features of the smart assistant software were simply incredible.
Could software like this really exist?
Moreover, the description claimed that it could be used on all brands of mobile phones and all mobile operating systems.
Wang Kai immediately said, "Everyone, take out your phones! Let’s install this smart assistant and see!"
Hearing this, the programmers hastily took out their phones, connected them to the laptop, and began the installation.
Their faces showed a mixture of disbelief and an indescribable sense of anticipation.
The software’s described features were simply unbelievable.
But they would only know if it truly had those unbelievable effects after installing it!