Chapter 168: Gu Yifan: This Is Called Borrowing and Homage

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Gu Yifan: This Is Called Borrowing and Homage

When Gu Yifan suddenly stopped at the door of the private room, Wang Shouren quickly halted as well.

He snuck a glance at Gu Yifan and saw his brow furrowed, as if deep in thought. Not daring to interrupt, he could only stand there silently and wait.

Su Qinghe was also taken aback for a moment. She gently tugged on Gu Yifan’s sleeve and whispered, a little confused, "You... what’s wrong?"

Hearing Su Qinghe’s voice, Gu Yifan snapped back to his senses.

He turned to look at Su Qinghe and shook his head slightly. "It’s nothing. Let’s go in."

With that, he took her hand and led her into the private room.

Su Qinghe’s brow furrowed slightly, but it wasn’t a good time to press him. She suppressed her curiosity and didn’t say anything more.

After the three of them were seated, Wang Shouren quickly called a waiter to have the food served.

Since Gu Yifan still had to drive, he declined Wang Shouren’s suggestion to order alcohol.

The dishes arrived quickly, and the three of them began to eat and chat.

Of course, while there were three of them, it was really only Gu Yifan and Wang Shouren who were talking.

Su Qinghe sat quietly beside them, taking small bites of her food. Whenever she saw Gu Yifan’s bowl was empty, she would silently add more food to it.

A total feeding pro!

Wang Shouren, who was sitting to the side, took it all in. He was incredibly envious of the great relationship between his boss and the boss’s wife, and at the same time, he secretly began to wonder if he should find a girlfriend too.

After all, he’d been single since birth for over thirty years, relying solely on the company of his own five fingers to get by.

He had plenty of theoretical knowledge but no real combat experience. It was honestly a bit embarrassing to admit.

Logically speaking, with his status and means, even without a girlfriend, he should have had plenty of contact with places like clubs and back alleys. But being a bit of a germaphobe, he had always avoided them like the plague.

This had led him to become a "solo trainee" for decades, silently practicing the art of ambidextrous self-reliance every day for comfort.

Strictly speaking, despite being in his thirties, he was still an old virgin.

Before this, he had always thought that with the company of his own five fingers and the art of ambidextrous self-reliance, he was perfectly fine on his own.

But today, under the relentless assault of public displays of affection from Gu Yifan and Su Qinghe, his resolve was shaken.

In the middle of their conversation, Gu Yifan noticed that Wang Shouren had suddenly gone quiet and seemed to be zoning out.

"Old Wang? Old Wang...???"

He frowned and called out several times before Wang Shouren finally snapped out of it.

"Huh?"

"President Gu, I’m so sorry. I suddenly thought of something and zoned out. My apologies," he said quickly, a bit embarrassed.

Gu Yifan shot him a glance but didn’t dwell on it.

"President Gu, did you just say we should directly copy the framework of Kuxiu Live and Feihuo Live for our Madou TV?"

"Is... is that really a good idea?"

Wang Shouren continued, picking up their previous topic.

After he finished, Gu Yifan couldn’t help but roll his eyes. "Hey now, ’copying’? Why make it sound so ugly!"

"Can you call it copying when it’s just business? It’s called ’learning from’ and ’paying homage’!" he said nonchalantly.

"Er..."

Wang Shouren was at a loss for words.

"Haven’t you heard of Shen City’s Penguin?"

"You probably know better than I do how Penguin got its start, right?"

"Old Wang, you need to learn from our predecessors. Besides, we’re just studying and replicating their methods!"

"Every debt has its debtor. If you’re going to blame someone, blame Penguin!"

Gu Yifan spouted this shameless nonsense with a perfectly straight face.

Wang Shouren: "...-_-||"

He shot a strange look at Gu Yifan, who was spouting nonsense with a straight face, and noticed that he wasn’t even the slightest bit red in the face.

He couldn’t help but feel emotional.

’To be honest, my boss is so thick-skinned it’s unreal!’

’If it were me, I could never bring myself to say something so shameless!’

’Sigh...’

’No wonder I’m not a boss. Turns out my skin isn’t thick enough!’

Wang Shouren lamented inwardly.

However, since his boss had put it that way, what else could he, Wang Shouren, say?

’In the end, I’m just an employee. I’ll do whatever the boss tells me to do.’

’Even if it is a bit unethical!’

’Whatever!’

’Every debt has its debtor. If any trouble comes, they can just go find my boss!’

he thought to himself.

Afterward, by tacit agreement, neither of them brought up the matter again.

...

About twenty minutes later.

GASP...

Wang Shouren first sucked in a sharp breath, then stared at Gu Yifan across from him in utter shock.

’In just twenty-some minutes, my boss has really given me one surprise after another!’

’And his business instincts are terrifyingly sharp!’

’The ideas Gu Yifan casually mentioned during their conversation... any single one of them could probably make someone a fortune!’

’No wonder he became a boss at such a young age!’

’As expected!’

’There’s a reason he’s so successful!’

Wang Shouren thought to himself.

After dinner, Gu Yifan continued to chat for a while about the future direction of the internet and the company’s future positioning.

’Listening to a wise man for a moment is better than ten years of study!’

By the end of the meal, Wang Shouren felt he had benefited immensely.

He felt that compared to his boss, Gu Yifan, his own perspective was just too narrow.

...

「Nine-thirty at night.」

Under Wang Shouren’s reluctant gaze, Gu Yifan and Su Qinghe got into the car.

"Um... Old Wang, I probably won’t have much time to be at the office. I’ll have to trouble you to take care of things there," Gu Yifan said, rolling down the car window to face Wang Shouren.

"Of course, President Gu. Don’t worry, I’ll look after the company!"

"Also, when I get back tonight, I’ll organize everything you mentioned this afternoon and start implementing it tomorrow!" Wang Shouren said, nodding seriously.

After their interactions this afternoon, he was truly and deeply impressed by Gu Yifan.

He even had a feeling that it was only a matter of time before Yihe Technology would take off.

’As long as I cling tightly to Gu Yifan’s leg, I’m bound to achieve great things in the future!’

"Good."

"But you don’t need to be too stressed. I’ll be in Jinling for the next few years. If anything comes up at the company that you can’t handle, just give me a call."

"Of course, just don’t call me for every little thing," Gu Yifan added casually.

"Oh?"

Wang Shouren’s eyes lit up slightly.

’Does that mean I can regularly communicate with the boss about the company’s situation?’

’At least it won’t be like before, where the boss would disappear for what felt like centuries!’

After a moment’s thought, Wang Shouren quickly said, "President Gu, you just said you’ll be in Jinling for the next few years. You can’t just be a hands-off boss the whole time! You have to come to the company more often!"

"After all, you’re the backbone of the company!"

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