Chapter 444: Smooth Sailing Relationships (Part 1)

The visitor was none other than the famous Ma Huateng.

Zhao Qingfeng scrutinized him carefully. The young guy indeed looked youthful, his demeanor both reserved and brash, not much different from twenty years later.

Ma Huateng was also sizing up Zhao Qingfeng.

The two were separated by about 4 or 5 years in age. He had thought himself quite accomplished at a young age, yet out of nowhere, this guy had appeared.

After exchanging handshakes and pleasantries, talking about this and that,

Ma Huateng suddenly turned the conversation towards Zhang Yuxin, “Ms. Zhang, long time no see. How come you’re here too?”

That remark almost choked Zhang Yuxin.

What, just because I’m bankrupt, I don’t qualify to attend the Internet Summit?

The organizers had made it very clear when they called me; they wanted me to share my lessons of failure, to add to the experience of the younger generation.

Of course,

The organizers certainly didn’t put it so bluntly, and Zhang Yuxin had agreed on her own.

But she hadn’t expected Ma Huateng to be so ‘inconsiderate’.

It’s not surprising, after all, when Tencent was just born, it had competed with Zhang Yuxin.

As for the outcome, of course, free beat paid.

Zhang Yuxin awkwardly nodded, just about to say something.

Zhao Qingfeng was quicker, “Mr. Ma, Ms. Zhang is here to share her valuable experience, which for you and me, is a treasure more precious than gold. Your question seems a bit too short-sighted, doesn’t it?”

To rebuke when necessary.

After all, Lexin and Tencent were sworn enemies.

Ma Huateng scoffed, “Mr. Zhao, I wasn’t asking you. Why the rush to answer? I understand now, meddling in everything is your style, isn’t it? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have created something like Lexin to compete with my QQ.”

The two had barely met before the atmosphere turned tense and peculiar.

Fortunately, just after they finished, other bigwigs also entered the door one after another.

There was Li Yanhong from Baidu, Zhang from Sohu, Ding Sanshi from NetEase, and the most heavyweight of all, Chen Daqiao from Shanda Group, soon to top the national wealth list.

“Is this Zhao Qingfeng?”

“So young!”

“Hey, Mr. Zhao, didn’t expect you to have such a baby face and still look quite handsome.”

“Little Zhao, I, Old Chen, really admire you. In less than half a year, you’re about to catch up with Tencent, which has been established for several years. Are you planning to surpass us Shanda too, hahaha!”

Zhao Qingfeng could be said to be the most eye-catching new star at this conference.

Despite the other tycoons’ achievements, none had managed to increase their company’s market value to over a billion in just six months.

Surprisingly, Chen Daqiao was very optimistic about Zhao Qingfeng.

Ding Sanshi and Old Zhang from Sohu firmly sided with Ma Huateng, while Li Yanhong from Baidu wavered, acting diplomatically to avoid offending anyone.

Soon,

As the bosses of other small and medium-sized internet companies arrived, everyone proceeded to the grand auditorium on the second floor.

Since all attendees were significant figures, the summit was only scheduled for one day.

The auditorium had a detailed agenda.

The theme revolved around ‘Technological Progress, Economic Leap.’

The process was straightforward,

Starting from the opening speech to an overview of the overall economic situation of the internet, followed by official interpretations of future policies, expert industry analysis, and finally, speeches by the tycoons.

But.

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