Chapter 86: I should comfort her first
His family had sent him from Beijing to make fortunes, the internet was a goldmine!
Zhou Hongwei also piled on enthusiasm.
“Our 7348 browser leads the market, backed by Yahoo China!”
Yahoo China’s decline was now impossible to hide, so as CEO, Zhou Hongwei was desperate to trade equity for fresh capital.
He was already planning to launch an antivirus, 370, designed to crush Rising and Kingsoft by being completely free.
By burning cash and exploiting its uninstallable nature, it could force-install countless programs onto users’ computers.
Soon, 370 would dominate the domestic market.
Everyone knew 7348’s reputation for shady tactics, Yan Feilei included.
But he saw potential in this ruthless approach.
With his connections, any fallout could be easily managed.
The West Lake Summit was chaotic, pleas for investment, heated debates, endless self-promotion.
Yet the Big Three, NetEase, Sina, and Sohu, remained the focal points.
Tencent and Alibaba also drew massive attention.
Some reporters had already rebranded the “Three Titans” as the “Five Titans.”
Li Mo surveyed the scene, knowing he stood to gain the most from this summit.
Tencent and Alibaba’s reputations were about to skyrocket to unprecedented heights.
“Brother, I feel like Tencent’s user base will hit 10 million soon!”
Li Mo shook his head.
“That’s too conservative. By New Year’s, we’ll have at least 80 million users in China.”
Tencent’s growth was no longer incremental, it had reached a chemical reaction phase.
After this summit, expansion would explode exponentially.
Soon, he would begin monetizing Tencent across all fronts.
A true golden age for Tencent was dawning.
“Really? Then my QQ number must be worth a fortune!”
“Of course. Yours is 99, if you sold it, people would fight to pay a million.”
Su Qingyan’s cheeks flushed. She would never sell it.
That number held special meaning between her and Li Mo.
“I’d never sell it, just like Mom would never sell the one you gave her.”
Hearing this, Liu Pingping felt warmth in her heart.
Li Mo had been so good to her. That QQ number symbolized a son’s pure love for his mother.
When a colleague once offered to buy it, she refused without hesitation.
Like a daughter’s keepsake, she would never part with it.
But then she remembered Li Mo’s closeness with Bai Lulu, how he’d seemed eager to call her “Mom.”
Jealousy surged again.
Sensing Liu Pingping’s mood shift, Li Mo sighed inwardly.
Once they returned to Shenzhen, he’d have to comfort her properly.
With women, emotional reassurance was key.
Seeing her like this left him unsettled too.
Just then, Yin Deli spotted someone in the distance, Li Mo.
Mid-conversation with Bao Yueqiao, he froze.
He never dreamed he’d encounter Li Mo here.
He and Wu Lulu had urged Su Xiaoxiao to divorce her “mediocre” husband.
Yet here Li Mo was, at an elite internet summit, seated beside two stunning women?
Could a man transform from a nobody to an industry titan so quickly?
It felt surreal. If Wu Lulu were here, she’d recognize them, especially Su Qingyan.
“I need to tell my wife… so she can inform Su Xiaoxiao.”
“This is insane. How drastically fortunes can change…”
The West Lake Summit concluded spectacularly!
From this day forward, the industry would remember Alibaba and Tencent, the two rising stars.
The “Five Titans” label spread rapidly, and the Five Tigers cemented their reputations.
By the next evening, back in Shenzhen, the Five Tigers were still buzzing with excitement.
Li Mo returned home while Su Qingyan, exhausted from the day’s events, went to bed early for school.
He needed to unwind.
“I almost forgot about Mom’s situation.”
Guilt washed over him as he recalled Liu Pingping’s jealousy.
“I should comfort her first.”
He headed toward Liu Pingping’s room.