On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Suosuo ran to Jiang's house excitedly early in the morning. She didn't want to stay at her uncle's house any longer. In addition to her aunt's constant nagging, the way her cousin Luo Jiaming looked at her also made her very uncomfortable.
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She is not a simple little white rabbit like Jiang Nansun. She has been accustomed to the eyes of the opposite sex since she was a child, and she can naturally distinguish clearly what those eyes mean.
It was only after arriving at the Jiang family that Zhu Suosuo noticed that the atmosphere in the Jiang family was a bit strange. But what was strange about it she said again, she just felt that the Jiang family's attitude towards Qin Hao was different from before.
"Suosuo is here." Grandma Jiang saw Zhu Suosuo coming to the door with a gift, and waved to her happily.
Zhu Suosuo had no choice but to temporarily put aside his doubts and came to Grandma Jiang.
"Happy New Year, grandma. I wish you a long life, good health, and happiness every day."
Grandma Jiang was in a particularly good mood. She took out the red envelope she had prepared in advance and stuffed it into Zhu Suosuo's hand.
"Well, grandma also wishes you to become more and more beautiful and meet a good husband in the future."
Zhu Suosuo subconsciously glanced in the direction of Qin Hao, and couldn't help feeling depressed. She had met her husband, but she might not be able to be with him for the rest of her life.
"Happy New Year, Suosuo." Jiang Nansun couldn't wait to hug his good sister after Zhu Suosuo paid New Year's greetings to his grandma.
Zhu Suosuo rested his head on Jiang Nansun's chest and rubbed it affectionately: "Happy New Year, you don't know that I have missed you so much these past two days, but I have to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, so I only have time to come over today."
Qin Hao could only shake his head when he saw this scene. If he and Jiang Nansun had not broken through that level of relationship, he would have doubted whether they were Lily just because of their close appearance.
Zhu Suosuo also noticed Qin Hao's gaze, but raised his eyebrows provocatively and pulled Jiang Nansun upstairs to whisper.
Jiang Nansun also had a lot to say to Zhu Suosuo, and also had a secret to share with her.
However, just after Jiang Nansun took Zhu Suosuo back to the boudoir and told Zhu Suosuo about her and Qin Hao's affairs.
Zhu Suosuo seemed to have been hit hard in the brain.
Although she had long expected this day to come, when it actually happened, Zhu Suosuo still found it difficult to accept it. In fact, even she herself couldn't figure out who she was feeling sad for.
Is it Qin Hao? Or Jiang Nansun? Or both?
"Suosuo, what's wrong with you? Don't be angry. It's that bad guy. He's a scoundrel. He hurts me so much." Jiang Nansun thought Zhu Suosuo was complaining that he was angry that he had hidden something from her. After all, they had sex when they were children.
I swear, there are no secrets between each other.
Only then did Zhu Suosuo come back to his senses, and he pretended to be angry: "Huh, it's been two days. You didn't tell me until I came to the door. If I don't come, do you plan to keep it secret from me?"
Jiang Nansun dodged Zhu Suosuo's tickling attack and stepped back with a smile, explaining: "Oh, Suosuo, you can't blame me entirely. How can I say this kind of thing on the phone? No, I will do it as soon as you come."
I confess to you, please forgive me."
Zhu Suosuo raised his chin and hummed: "No, I will punish you."
Jiang Nansun tried to fool him by acting coquettishly, but Zhu Suosuo was extremely resolute this time and refused to accept her trick at all.
"Okay, you tell me how to punish you." Jiang Nansun could only appoint.
Zhu Suosuo smiled evilly and pushed her down on the bed, then covered her with a quilt: "Tell me the detailed story."
This is also a little habit among their best friends. If there is something inconvenient to say, they will cover it with the quilt so that both parties cannot see each other's face, and there will be no psychological burden to say it.
Jiang Nansun's face immediately turned red, and he shyly tugged on Zhu Suosuo: "I'm going to die. How dare you say such a thing."
"No, I have to listen. This is punishment and there is no room for negotiation." Zhu Suosuo used his own tickling method, and Jiang Nansun soon lost the strength to resist.
Forced to have no other choice, Jiang Nansun could only blush, hide himself completely in bed, and try to remember.
"Oh, how do you say this..."
Zhu Suosuo thought for a while: "Well, it started from that night."
"That night, he held my hand and started kissing me..."
"Be more specific, what does it feel like when you kiss."
"Ah? Do you want to say this too?"
"uh-huh."
Zhu Suosuo listened to Jiang Nansun's story. Unknowingly, her breathing began to become heavy, her mouth became dry, and her face became hot. Unknowingly, the scene of Jiang Nansun and Qin Hao's night began to appear in her mind.
After a while, Jiang Nansun's figure suddenly changed into her own. Later, she saw herself and Jiang Nansun embracing each other in white bodies, and Qin Hao's figure getting closer and closer from the darkness...
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Zhu Suosuo's fantasy came to an abrupt end.
Jiang Nansun jumped out of bed like a rabbit, and asked with a flushed face: "Who is it?"
"I."
Qin Hao's voice came from outside the door. Zhu Suosuo was startled and almost fell off the bed.
Jiang Nansun slowly recovered, straightened his messy hair, and opened the door.
Qin Hao noticed that Jiang Nansun's hair was a little messy, Zhu Suosuo's face was flushed, and the quilt was scattered on the bed. He couldn't help frowning and said to the two of them suspiciously.
"You shouldn't be carrying my back..."
Before Zhu Suosuo opened his mouth, Jiang Nansun stopped, grabbed the soft flesh of Qin Hao's waist, and said angrily: "What are you talking about?"
"That's right, Nansun and I have been together since childhood, and you are the latecomer." Zhu Suosuo also plucked up the courage to retort.
After saying this, Zhu Suosuo still seemed to be declaring his sovereignty, he put his arms around Jiang Nansun's waist and went downstairs.
Unable to bear it anymore, Qin Hao decided to give this guy who was trying to steal a woman from him some color.
While the three of them were going to the supermarket together, while Jiang Nansun was picking fruits, Qin Hao whispered behind Zhu Suosuo: "Have you thought about that question clearly?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What?" Zhu Suosuo didn't react for a moment, but as soon as the words came out, he thought of what Qin Hao meant, and he felt embarrassed and annoyed.
"No wonder Nansun said you are a scoundrel, you are simply vulgar!"
Zhu Suosuo was so angry that he chased Qin Hao and cursed.
Jiang Nansun thought the two were joking, so he didn't think much about it and continued to pick fruits with a smile.
In the next few days, Zhu Suosuo basically stayed at the Jiang family, so Qin Hao was driven to the guest room to rest. No man could bear to have his wife occupied, but with Jiang Nansun protecting her, Qin Hao also
We can only write it down in a small notebook for Zhu Suosuo for the time being, because she will have to pay off her debt.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Dai Qian went abroad again. Qin Hao did not show up at the airport to see her off, because today happened to be the day when the Youth Home officially started construction. As the boss, Qin Hao naturally had to take charge of the company.
Employees lined up one by one to enter Qin Hao's office to receive red envelopes. At this time, Qin Hao truly felt the scale of a company with a hundred people, and he was reluctant to hand out red envelopes.
The end of the year is the busiest period for Youth Home, with a sharp increase in business volume and an increasing demand for housing. The company's business data has also begun to recover from the Spring Festival cycle.
Qin Hao knew that it was time to start Series B financing.
However, just when Qin Hao was about to officially announce the news of the B-round financing plan, a sudden person disrupted Qin Hao's rhythm.
On this day, Qin Hao had just arrived at the company, and before his butt was even hot, he received a strange phone call.
"Hey, are you Mr. Qin from Youth Home? I am Li Jun, director of Penguin Investment Department. I heard that Youth Home is going to conduct B-round financing recently, and we Penguins also want to participate. Can we chat?"
Qin Hao was shocked. When working on the Internet in China, there are three things that cannot be escaped: life, death, and penguins.
In 2013, Penguin was already the dominant company in China's Internet industry. The only companies that could compete with Penguin were Alibaba and Baidu. Of course, Baidu will fall in a few years, and then it will be a situation where the two heroes will compete for hegemony.
Qin Hao had thought that Penguin would be interested in the Youth Home. After all, after the 3Q war, Penguin began to change its strategy, from doing everything to buying everything. Anyway, Penguin has a lot of money and has traffic like QQ in its hands.
At the entrance, WeChat's business has begun to take shape. Under the carrot-chocolate-and-big-stick policy, it is difficult for any Internet company to resist such temptation.
"Okay, when is it convenient for Director Li?"
Yes, Qin Hao is no exception. You must know that what currently hinders the development of Youth Home is not only the housing supply, but also the users. At present, most of the users of Youth Home are spread through word of mouth among users, and this model is obviously
This has severely restricted the development of the Youth Home, and also prevented the Youth Home from obtaining a better valuation.
If Penguin can join in the B round, Qin Hao believes that the valuation of Youth Home will be at least ten times higher in the next round of financing. This is the main reason why venture capital institutions favor Internet companies.
The value does not lie in fixed assets, but in users and future possibilities.
"Is it okay tomorrow at noon?"
"no problem."
After finalizing the time, the other party simply hung up the phone.
Liu Xin on the side immediately lit up after hearing the word "penguin".
"Penguin also wants to participate in our Series B financing?"
Qin Hao nodded with a smile: "Don't be too excited. We are still just beginning to figure it out. Stay calm. Don't let the outside world know about it if the negotiation fails and it will affect the valuation of the youth home."
I have to admit that this is a fact. At this time, Penguin has been able to influence the judgment of major venture capital institutions.
Liu Xin looked at Qin Hao's calm expression and felt a little emotional for a moment. Her boss didn't look like a young man in his twenties. If he had been someone else, he would have jumped up. That was the olive branch extended by Penguin.
Here, just as Liu Xin left, Qin Hao's cell phone rang again. Looking at the caller ID, it was Zhu Xiaohu.
"How's it going? Did you receive the New Year's surprise?"
Qin Hao was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately came to his senses: "Did you find Penguin Investment?"
Zhu Xiaohu said with a smile: "Otherwise, what do you think? I blew you up to the sky at the penguin. How about it? What do you say over there?"
"Penguin will send someone over tomorrow, let's make some contact first," Qin Hao replied casually.
Zhu Xiaohu was happy: "Okay, you can still keep your composure, but there is one thing I think you can take advantage of."
“WeChat Pay?”
"..." Zhu Xiaohu was silent for three seconds before uttering two words: "Smart."
Then Zhu Xiaohu hung up the phone.
The next day, around ten o'clock in the morning, Penguin's people arrived as promised, very punctually.
The leader was Li Jun, who had a phone call with Qin Hao yesterday. Qin Hao took Li Jun around the company as usual, but unlike Zhu Xiaohu, he mainly focused on the programming department of Youth Home.
It’s no wonder that Penguin focuses most on its online business capabilities. Whenever a new idea appears, Penguin can process it and make it its own. It may not be better than the original version, but it is definitely on par.
Of course, Qin Hao is not worried that Penguin will copy a Youth Home, because the real core competitiveness of Youth Home is not online, but offline. Even in 2022, Penguin's offline sales capabilities can only be used
It's hard to describe it in one word. When the two sides were about to fight, Qin Hao was not afraid.
However, according to Penguin's wealthy character, Penguin is more willing to spend money to invest as long as the other party doesn't kill him to prevent Penguin from entering. Why bother to fight and kill something that can cost money? Penguin doesn't lack the money anyway.
After the visit, Li Jun led the Penguin team into the conference room following Qin Hao.
Li Jun looked at each other and several subordinates, and then one of them said to Qin Hao: "Mr. Qin, our Penguin Investment Department is very interested in the youth home project, and we hope to participate in this project."
Qin Hao didn't speak. Liu Xin beside him said with a smile: "Of course, we are currently preparing for the B-round financing..."
However, before Liu Xin finished speaking, the other party shook his head and said: "I heard that Youth Home's share of the B-round financing is only 20%. This share is too small for Penguin's strategic investment. We hope to get additional
At least 15% of the shares, or cancel the B round and Penguin will take over entirely."
Liu Xin was immediately shocked by the other party's wealth. You know, according to the current valuation of the Youth Home, it is at least 1.5 billion, and 20% is hundreds of millions, but the other party did not even blink an eyelid.
one time.
Qin Hao shook his head secretly. Liu Xin was still too young after all, and it was her first time as a senior executive, so she didn't have enough confidence, so Qin Hao took the initiative to take up the topic.
"I cannot accept these two options."
Li Jun was obviously surprised by Qin Hao's answer, and said with a sullen face: "Oh, I think Mr. Qin should know what it means to get Penguin's investment."
Qin Hao looked at the other party without showing any signs of weakness: "Of course, this means that from now on, we will never get investment from Alibaba."
Li Jun was shocked and looked at Qin Hao suspiciously, thinking: Could it be that Ali had contacted the youth home in advance?