My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 287: Taking a Stake

Chapter 287: Chapter 287: Taking a Stake

The campus was quiet with not a soul in sight.

But because Zhou Shuyan’s voice was with her, Lu Youxi didn’t feel afraid even though she was walking alone in the dark and deserted campus.

Zhou Shuyan had an additional layer of meaning; although he trusted the safety of Jing University,

he was still afraid of the million "what ifs."

By keeping on the phone with Lu Youxi, he would know right away if any danger did occur.

At that point, the gates in front wouldn’t be able to stop him.

It seemed there were endless topics between Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan.

Now, Little Pink Book was no longer a secret for Zhou Shuyan. Since Lu Youxi was idle on her walk, she shared her plans with him.

"Once Ji Deyi and Pei Jingyuan sleep off the alcohol tomorrow, I will have them start looking into the mobile app," said Lu Youxi. "Now that Chengzhou’s phones can install electronic navigation, there is no reason they can’t handle a third-party client, right?"

Zhou Shuyan raised his eyebrows, surprised that Lu Youxi had such plans.

"Did you mention these ideas during your interview?" Zhou Shuyan asked.

"I talked about them a bit," said Lu Youxi. "But the ideas were not yet mature, so I only skimmed over them."

Zhou Shuyan chuckled, no wonder Xiang Shihong appreciated Lu Youxi so much.

"If Little Pink Book officially cooperates with Chengzhou, you will want to develop a mobile version and will need to collaborate with Chengzhou. Then, you can use Chengzhou’s systems to test it on new products in advance," Zhou Shuyan planned to bring this up at tomorrow’s meeting.

As they talked, Lu Youxi, without realizing it, arrived at the foot of her dormitory building.

Fortunately, she made it back before the dormitory doors were locked.

Lu Youxi breathed a sigh of relief, entered the dorm building, and told Zhou Shuyan, "I’m in the dormitory building."

"Alright, I’ll hang up after you get into your dorm," Zhou Shuyan said.

The hallway lights in the dormitory were all still on, and the light from the dorm rooms spilled into the corridor through the windows above the doors.

The noise of the girls chatting and playing loudly emanated from within the dorms.

So, Lu Youxi wasn’t scared at all anymore.

She quickly reached her dorm room, and as she opened the door, she told Zhou Shuyan, "I’m in my dorm now."

The moment she opened the door, the lively chatter from inside the dorm reached Zhou Shuyan’s ears through Lu Youxi’s phone.

"Alright," Zhou Shuyan, finally reassured, bade Lu Youxi goodbye.

After hanging up and turning around, he saw his Bentley parked by the roadside.

Zhang Tianhai stepped out of the car, "CEO."

"You’ve made quite the effort to come out this late," Zhou Shuyan approached and said.

It was late, and it was indeed difficult to hail a cab at the Jing University entrance.

"It’s early for my bedtime, and besides, this is my job," Zhang Tianhai said with a smile.

Normally, he wasn’t busy. He didn’t have to drive Zhou Shuyan around much during the day.

Occasionally, he’d run errands for Zhou Shuyan, and the rest of the time, he was free.

*

Afterward, Lu Youxi was busy with the cooperation with Chengzhou.

Chengzhou participated in Little Pink Book’s beta test, pointed out some usability issues, and Ji Deyi and Pei Jingyuan continuously updated and improved it.

Then came the public test phase.

Chengzhou incorporated Little Pink Book into Chengzhou’s browser navigation.

They gave Little Pink Book a prominent position and opened a user feedback section.

Through user surveys, they constantly collected problems in the user experience of Little Pink Book.

With Chengzhou’s support and the massive exposure from the Chengzhou browser, Little Pink Book’s user base and daily page views grew every day, even reaching the targets set by Chengzhou ahead of time.

This made Chengzhou see the potential in Little Pink Book’s growth.

Xiang Shihong, holding the summary report on Little Pink Book, went to Zhou Shuyan’s office.

It was Zhou Shuyan who had said that for important decisions related to Little Pink Book, it should be brought directly to him.

Except for Shen Yanqing and Yan Lixu, who was later secretly made privy to the truth by Shen Yanqing, other people at Chengzhou Technology were still unaware of Lu Youxi’s relationship with Zhou Shuyan.

Xiang Shihong thought that Little Pink Book was just too outstanding, warranting personal attention from Zhou Shuyan.

"CEO," Xiang Shihong entered Zhou Shuyan’s office, handed him the report, "This is the performance summary since the launch of Little Pink Book. It’s quite impressive and shows great potential for development."

"We have discussed it in the meeting and believe Chengzhou can increase support and investment in Little Pink Book, but this exceeds the scope of our initial support plan," Xiang Shihong said. "We cannot just invest; so, if we could become a shareholder or even a major shareholder of Little Pink Book, then we could invest more confidently."

Zhou Shuyan smiled and said, "Our goal is to support new entrepreneurial teams, not to swallow them up."

"That’s not what I meant," Xiang Shihong quickly explained. "It’s just a matter of taking a share, and besides, with our funding, I believe Little Pink Book could develop even faster and better."

Zhou Shuyan felt that Lu Youxi would probably not agree.

Just as he would not interfere with Lu Youxi’s decisions, as long as Chengzhou Technology’s decisions were sound, Zhou Shuyan would not interfere with them either.

Zhou Shuyan nodded and said, "You can contact Little Pink Book to discuss it. But don’t be insistent. Each company has its own development plans. Although Little Pink Book is just starting out, you can see that Lu Youxi is a person with a lot of ideas and plans. If she doesn’t want too much interference from Chengzhou, you shouldn’t press the issue."

"If she refuses, continue to cooperate with Little Pink Book as before. Don’t hold any grudge because they refused," Zhou Shuyan reminded.

"Of course," Xiang Shihong hastily said, "We all are professionals. If we acted so domineeringly, Chengzhou Technology’s reputation in the industry would have been ruined long ago. Without that, what right do we have to be willingly called the industry leader?"

"Fine, go ahead and take care of it," Zhou Shuyan nodded.

While Xiang Shihong, carrying the report, headed back to Chengzhou Technology, Zhou Xueyi had already received news about Chengzhou Technology’s interest in investing in Little Pink Book.

Inside Zhou Xueyi’s office, Cao Zhijie informed him about the matter.

"Oh?" Zhou Xueyi’s eyes lit up. "It seems Chengzhou Technology is quite optimistic about Little Pink Book."

"Yes," Cao Zhijie nodded. "Little Pink Book has a strong development momentum right now, and with Chengzhou browser and Chengzhou navigation as platforms, Little Pink Book reached over ten million daily active users within a week of launching on Chengzhou’s navigation, and the daily active user count is now approaching fifty million."

Keep in mind, the Internet’s proliferation is far from what it will be in the future.

Not many users could freely access the internet from their homes, broadband costs were high, and most had to connect to the internet via a telephone line, which was very inconvenient.