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date="2021-11-22"

title="78.Chapter 78"

weight="148832"

series = ["Back to the Years When My Father Was in School"]

mode = "manual"

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On the board of directors, Lu Jian sat at the end of the long table, listening to the directors’ report, his brows turned into the word "Chuan".

I didn't expect at all that those little boys could persist for so long, and... their persistence caused the Lu Group to face an unprecedented financial crisis.

"Mr. Lu, I really don't understand why we must be against the stars."

"Our company's performance has declined sharply this quarter, and it is really inappropriate to stalemate with them."

Everyone knows that fighting against the stars is detrimental to others, but no one dares to really say it.

Several directors also expressed dissatisfaction with Lu Jian’s decision, and said, “Even if they are small companies, but they have a huge market, and they are all young people, they are going to go bankrupt at first sight. Some time ago, they had a two-year anniversary. Many people actually support the souvenir crowdfunding project..."

"What is crowdfunding?"

"do not know..."

"Have not heard."

"Young people's new stuff."

Lu Jian's face became more and more gloomy. Originally, he thought that it would take minutes to destroy such a small company as Xingchen, but he didn't expect that it had been delayed for several months, and they could still support...

He underestimated the kid Shen Kuo.

Meng Zhining was right, young people should not be deceived. Lu Jian saw the shadow of himself when he was young.

In addition, Lu Zhen also made him feel surprised and pleasantly surprised.

Lu Jian's mood is really complicated now. On the one hand, he has an inexplicable joy when he sees his son's growth. On the other hand, he is very unwilling.

The Lu Family has a big business, how could it not be able to deal with such a small company!

"If they go all out, how long can they last?"

After calculating, the financial manager said to him: "It will not exceed half a month at most, but Mr. Lu, our losses are also..."

"The last half month." Lu Jian stood up and patted the pen in his hand on the table: "If they can persist, I will stop."

One night two weeks later, when the moon was buried in thick clouds, Lu Yan came out of the recording studio and received a text message from Shen Kuo——

"Sorry, I let you down."

A large part of Lu Yan's heart was empty, and the breeze in early summer was warm and soft, but she felt bitterly cold.

A few company colleagues behind him went down the stairs and patted Lu Yan on the shoulder: "Go singing at night, do you want our little queen to be together?"

"No, no, I still have something to do." Lu Yan walked the street and quickly recruited a taxi.

After half an hour, the taxi stopped at the gate of the Star Company.

You can already see the trend of collapse. All the office buildings around are shining brightly with neon lights, but the building in front of you is as dark as a trapped beast.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the company was empty. Only Liang Ting and his office were still lit with faint lights.

The door of Shen Kuo's office was hidden, and a blue light gleamed from the cracks in the door.

Lu Yan gently opened the door and looked at it. The files on the desk were piled up like a mountain, and the only light source in the room came from the computer screen.

Shen Kui lay asleep on the sofa, propped his head with one hand, one leg was hanging down, and the other leg was exposed outside the eaves of the sofa. The black suit was half drooping on him.

He closed his eyes, his long eyelashes lightly covered his eyelids, and his breathing was gentle and steady.

He is too tired.

Lu Yan suddenly felt that it was good, at least, he could finally get a good night's sleep.

She didn't wake him up, and walked gently to the computer on tiptoe. There was a dialog box on the computer screen—

notice:

"Dear users, when you see this message, it means that Xingchen Software is about to go offline, and I would like to apologize on behalf of all the remaining employees of Xingchen for the inconvenience caused.

Each of us is like the stars in the night sky, brilliant, but far away and lonely. The stars connect each star and have been with you for 692 days, and we are about to stop here.

There are still twelve hours before the software goes offline. During this time, it is left for you to say goodbye to each other or leave other contact information.

But believe me, this is not the end. The end of the world is far away, see you in the future. "

———————— Shen Kui

Lu Yan felt sore in her throat. She clicked on the message board under the announcement. In just half an hour, netizens had made tens of thousands of comments——

"What! Stars are going offline? Can't be used anymore? My God! Why is this happening!!!"

"Xingchen is offline, I will lose a lot of friends, they are all strangers that I don't know in reality."

"I can't bear it, I really can't bear it, I finally upgraded from asteroid to constant star, 55555."

"It has become a habit to log in to the stars every day, and all my friends are also using the stars, boss, do you really want to be so cruel, cry."

"I don’t look good. In reality, I don’t have enough friends, and I don’t dare to talk to people. I’m afraid that others don’t like me. I will lose them if they go offline."

...

Lu Yan pulled down all the way, wailing in the comment area. It can be seen that the user group is almost all young people, expressing their anger, dissatisfaction and sadness...

In this era, Internet social networking is in its infancy. Although social software is more than one star, these social tools are generally not good enough and have many flaws.

In this case, the stars appeared. From the very beginning, Shen Kui developed a variety of social methods and games for the young market. At the same time, he also took into account his feelings. Almost as soon as he appeared, he took the position of king and occupied the entire market. .

There is hardly any social tool on the entire network that can match the huge audience of Xingchen.

If nothing happens, what a splendid sea of ​​stars will be placed in front of him.

Lu Yan looked at these reluctant comments, full of guilt. To a certain extent, Xingchen's offline has an inseparable relationship with her.

Shen Kui chose her between her and his career.

Lu Yan wiped the corners of her eyes vigorously, walked to Shen Kui, covered the slipped suit jacket on his body, lowered her head and kissed his forehead lightly.

Walking out of the company's door, Lu Yan took out her mobile phone and called Ms. Susan in Batu.

"Ms. Susan, last time you mentioned to me about the renewal of the two-year contract. I have considered it and I am willing to renew it."

Before Susan was happy, she heard Lu Yan say: "This time, it will last forever."

On the other end of the phone, Susan was silent for a long time: "Let's talk, what are your conditions."

......

In the early morning, the warm sunlight slanted into the room through the white gauze curtain, Shen Kui blinked and woke up.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing that came into view was Lu Zhen's big iron face, and he almost kicked him over.

Fortunately, Lu Zhen flashed fast.

Shen Kui sat up and saw Liang Ting Ye Jiaqi and them all coming, and several classmates who had followed them after graduating from university gathered in his office.

Shen Kui looked at his watch. It was seven o'clock in the morning, and there were still two hours before the software went offline.

They gathered here so early, and everyone's expressions were very heavy, but it was a bit of a sad farewell.

Shen Kui took off his watch and put it on the table.

"Wait, then."

The boy Mei did not speak, and each stood in the office.

At eight o'clock, Cao Zhida, who looked like a dog in suit and leather shoes, came back.

As soon as he saw him, Lu Zhen didn't get angry, grabbing the mop, and drove people away.

"What are you doing again!"

This time, Cao Zhida brought two bodyguards with him, protected him and sat on the sofa in Shen Kuo’s office. He smiled and said, “I’m here to witness the historic moment when your stars are officially down. Why, not welcome, I also brought champagne. Well, to help you celebrate!"

After he finished speaking, he really took out two bottles of champagne wrapped in gold foil and put them on the coffee table.

Ye Jiaqi murmured uncomfortably: "The villain is determined."

Isn't it the villain's right? Seeing Cao Zhida's tail is almost up to the sky.

Shen Kui ignored him, sitting silently at the table, waiting for the time to pass.

No one at the scene spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely dull.

Cao Zhida played with the watch on his wrist and said leisurely: "It's eight to forty. It's better to get off now. It's a waste of time to sit here and wait."

No one paid any attention to him.

He continued self-consciously: "Wait, wait, anyway, sooner or later, you have to go down, the last 20 minutes, oh no, fifteen minutes, I see what other waves you can make."

No one paid attention to him, he pulled his tie a little awkwardly, turning his head and looking out the window.

In the last five minutes, Cao Zhida spoke again: "Actually, there is no need to be too sad, haha, after you go bankrupt, everything including your design will be auctioned off, and Xingchen will still operate online at that time, but just change the owner. "

Shen Kuo’s slender fingertips landed on the carriage return of the computer keyboard, and said lightly: "Cao Zhida, do you really think that after we go bankrupt, you can get the stars?"

Cao Zhida looked at him suspiciously: "What do you mean."

The corner of Shen Kui's eyes raised slightly, and a faint smile: "I, Shen Kui, never make wedding dresses for others."

Cao Zhida locked his eyes on the tips of his fingers that fell on the enter button, and a little bit of misfortune rose in his heart. He remembered in a daze that the first time Shen Kui participated in the TXPC competition, the award-winning design was a self-destructing program.

He instantly understood the meaning of Shen Kuo's eyes.

"You, do you want to destroy the stars? Are you crazy?" Cao Zhida stood up excitedly: "You have done things for so many years before you make them, so you have the heart to destroy them?"

He looked at Lu Zhen and Ye Jiaqi, their expressions were calm, they seemed to have expected it, and they accepted it peacefully.

"A bunch of lunatics! You guys are really crazy!"

Now Cao Zhida is really scared. Before, he waited for Shen Kui to press Enter, but now, he was afraid that he would press Enter.

Once pressed, there will be no more stars in this world

"Shen Kuo, don't, don't be impulsive, think about it again, this is your painstaking effort! It's a pity to ruin, we Mr. Li said, we can come up with this number and buy your stars with this number!"

He stretched out his hand for eight to eight million.

"The money is enough to pay off all your debts."

Several teenagers did not take these eight million in their eyes. What they are destroying now is just a piece of software, not stars, stars are engraved in their minds, as long as they want, they can cooperate and make a piece of software. The "stars" that are exactly the same or even more optimized.

Therefore, the self-destruction procedure is not a moment of youthful spirit, but the result of careful consideration.

They won't get the stars cheaply for others, get the huge market they finally saved, even if they say goodbye temporarily, but they are confident that they can make a comeback.

Lu Zhen picked up the broom and was eager to try and chase people away. In the last few minutes, he didn't want this pesky to ruin the atmosphere here.

Shen Kui closed his eyes and began to count down in his heart. The fingertips that fell on the keyboard's Enter key couldn't help but increase his strength...

However, at this moment, the office phone rang suddenly.

Everyone felt annoyed at the same time, Ye Jiaqi took the call and said with a bad attitude: "No matter who it is, there is no time for him!"

After saying this, Ye Jiaqi suddenly fell silent, listening to the phone, his face changed again.

After a long time, he hung up the phone and said to Shen Kui: "We...have funds!"

Lu Zhen put down his broom and couldn't believe his ears: "What's the matter?"

"Someone wants to invest in the stars!" Ye Jiaqi couldn't restrain his excitement: "Our capital chain can be made up!"

Shen Kuo's fingers that fell on the Enter button suddenly returned, and a thin layer of thin sweat appeared on the palm of his palm.

Undoubtedly, this large investment from Batu has solved the urgent needs of Xingchen.

Not only Shen Kui and Lu Zhen they breathed a sigh of relief, but the star users on the entire network also breathed a sigh of relief.

They can't bear to destroy the social account that has been operating for almost a year. For them, Xingchen is not only a social software, but also the only connection for them to become friends with strangers.

As Shen Kui said, everyone is like a star in the sky, shining and lonely.

The stars are like dense cobwebs, which have drawn closer the connection between each other. From then on, the stars in the sky are no longer lonely.

However, Shen Kui couldn't let go of his heart. He knew that Batu couldn't invest in the stars for no reason.

After dinner, Lu Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, playing the psp game console, Shen Kui leaned against the door, staring at her back in a daze.

The little girl was wearing his large white T-shirt, her petite figure was lined up more and more exquisitely and childishly.

The white T is very old. It was worn by him in high school. It is no longer worn now, but Lu Yan likes this dress very much. When she moved before, she deliberately kept this T-shirt and Shen Kui didn’t wear it anymore. She wears it as pajamas.

Although the offset print on the chest has completely faded, Lu Yan always said that this dress has the smell of Shen Kui when he was young.

"Ah, I lost!" Lu Yan thumped the head of the bed excitedly, turned her face to see Shen Kui standing by the door, she blinked and sat up: "What are you looking at?"

Shen Kui looked at her deeply without speaking.

He was wearing a creamy white home clothes, soft light enveloped him, with a gentle temperament.

Most of the time Lu Yan saw him, he was in a professional suit, and it was rare to see when he slackened his daily routine.

His dark and deep eyes made Lu Yan inexplicably guilty. She pulled her hair behind her ears, looked down at her psp screen, and looked at Shen Kui: "You...what do you think of me like this."

Shen Kui walked to the bed, his eyes fell on her game console, and asked softly, "What are you playing?"

"The game, I always lose, I haven't won a hand."

Shen Kui took the game console, helped her clear the level in twos or fives, and handed it back to her again: "You won."

"Hey...?"

She looked at the words "Successfully Cleared the Customs" on the screen, then looked at Shen Kuo.

Why is it that men don’t understand, what she wants is not a game to win, she wants to win by herself!

Lu Yan asked hesitantly, "Do you have something to say?"

Shen Kui took her hand and traced the lines of her palm with his fingertips.

"You helped me again."

"Uh."

Just know, can't hide it from him.

At the beginning, when he was a poor university student with nothing, Lu Yan helped him pay 3,000 yuan in tuition.

Later, Shen Kui bought several properties without discussing with her, and wrote all her names.

"Then this time, what should I use to thank you?" His hot and humid breath slapped her neck with a touch of sweetness.

Lu Yan's spine sprang up for a while, moved to the corner, and looked at him in horror: "No, no, you are welcome, I... I am not entirely for you, and my dad..."

Shen Kui looked at her, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised, and he leaned in and kissed her lips gently, sealing the rest of her words in his throat.

He unbuttoned his neckline and said softly, "Lu Yan, do it."