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Chapter 240 New Year’s greetings
The arrival of his parents made Qin Shaoyan live a life of eating and waiting to die. Three meals a day were prepared and he just had to wait to be called to eat.

Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are tired, and be nagged by your parents when you have nothing to do.

Apart from being disliked for not working, the most talked about topic is when will I find a partner.

No matter how Qin Donghai and Xun Xiaohui mocked and criticized him, Qin Shaoyan just acted like a loser. He agreed readily but actually didn't take it to heart.

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the faint sound of firecrackers could be heard.

Qin Donghai and Xun Xiaohui have already started to get busy, and the sound of chopping meat can be heard in the kitchen.

Amid the clatter of pots and pans, Qin Shaoyan sat up from the quilt and yawned.

Leaving the warm bed quickly woke him up, and he quickly put on his clothes and got out of bed.

The house Qin Shaoyan rented did not have floor heating. The room was heated entirely by heating pipes and radiators. The room temperature was far less warm than that of a newly built house with floor heating.

After leaving the bedroom, Qin Shaoyan washed up. Listening to the noises coming from the kitchen and the fragrance wafting out, he couldn't help but lean over to take a look.

My mother has already kneaded the dough, greased the chopping board with oil, kneaded the dough, cut it into pieces, and then patted it into long strips.

The oil in the pan is already hot, put the noodles in one by one.

The white noodles were immersed in the golden hot oil and expanded rapidly. As the chopsticks stirred them, they rolled and gradually turned into golden color.

The fried noodles were quickly fished out and thrown into a colander to drain the oil.

Qin Shaoyan's mouth was watering as he watched it. This thing is called different names in different places, some call it "fruit" and some call it "sesame candy".

Regardless of the fact that the noodles were hot right out of the pot, Qin Shaoyan picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes narrowed in comfort.

"Use chopsticks!" Qin Donghai scolded, "Your hands are covered in grease."

"Let me try it." Qin Shaoyan said as he picked up another one and quickly put it into his mouth.

"Don't make trouble here, get out." Qin Donghai impatiently drove his son out of the kitchen, "We will fry meatballs later, don't let the oil splash all over you, it will ruin your nice clothes."

Xun Xiaohui also followed suit and said, "You are useless and just making trouble."

Qin Shaoyan weakly retorted: "I wanted to help, and I can help. I can cook."

"Forget it." Xun Xiaohui said, while scraping the fish scales with a knife. "You don't go into the kitchen once a year, how can you help?"

"Look at you, you don't even have any cooking wine, and you still say you can cook."

"I have some white wine here." Qin Shaoyan took out a bottle of Fenjiu from the corner of the living room. "This is a gift from someone else. You can make do with it."

This was probably the best help Qin Shaoyan could offer, and afterward he could only sit on the sofa in the living room and wait for the food to be served.

Near noon, Qin Shaoyan's phone was bombarded with text messages.

New Year greetings text messages with a rustic feel came pouring in, and Qin Shaoyan had to start replying to them one by one.

Of course, the reply content will be different depending on the identity and status of the person sending the blessing text message.

For employees and subordinates, just copy a text message and send it back to the group.

If it was a text message from a venture capitalist or the CEO of a friendly company, Qin Shaoyan would edit a blessing himself, then paste in some other people's words and forward it.

Chen Peng's text message was the shortest, and it was obvious that it was typed by himself. Qin Shaoyan also replied with a few auspicious New Year greetings.

Director Meng and Director Hao also sent a few simple words, and then the other party replied to the text message, expressing gratitude for President Qin's blessings, looking forward to the blueprint of cooperation in the new year, and wishing both parties a pleasant cooperation and a successful career.

As they got closer to the hotel, more and more text messages came in. Qin Shaoyan had to speed up his typing. His fingers were almost leaving afterimages from pressing the keys, and the content of his messages became more and more perfunctory.

The trend of sending text messages during festivals has also emerged in the past two years, especially during the Chinese New Year. From New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, anyone with a mobile phone will be busy sending text messages.

Later, with the popularization of smart phones and mobile Internet, this trend gradually disappeared.

It was not until the table was filled with food that Qin Shaoyan, at the urging of his parents, sat down on a chair and began to eat.

The food was not very exquisite, and the ingredients were not very high-end, but they were all cooked by his parents, so naturally Qin Shaoyan's appetite was whetted.

……

After eating and drinking, Qin Shaoyan collapsed on the sofa, watching TV series with his mother while sending text messages non-stop.

Qin Donghai sat in front of the computer desk, typing clumsily on the keyboard while chatting with others on QQ using Wubi.

Qin Shaoyan glanced at him and asked casually, "Dad, who are you chatting with?"

"I'm the eldest brother's child. You should call me younger brother." Qin Donghai replied, "Nowadays, children have learned how to use computers and surf the Internet. They all use QQ to chat. I also got a QQ number and added them. We chat when we have nothing to do and ask about the situation in our hometown."

"Oh." Qin Shaoyan nodded, "Is everything in my hometown good?"

"It's OK. No one in my hometown farms anymore. They all go to work in factories." Qin Donghai slowly tapped the keyboard. "You can't make much money from farming. My uncle is the only one who still farms. The eldest and second brothers of my uncle's family have gone to the city to build houses and will not come back until the Chinese New Year."

"The child took the New Year's money and ran out to surf the Internet. I saw him and we started chatting."

Qin Donghai felt a little emotional, as if his hometown had become unrecognizable.

Qin Shaoyan came over and found that the kid opposite him had a very fashionable QQ. Not only did he become a member, he also bought a QQ show. It looked like he had a six-digit QQ number.

"You have to pay for these things, right?" Qin Donghai pointed at the things on QQ.

"Yes, you have to spend money to buy it." Qin Shaoyan nodded.

"You said that the people working on the Internet are so smart." Qin Donghai sighed, "They can actually come up with such an idea to cheat children out of their money."

"This thing can't be eaten or worn, why buy it?"

Qin Shaoyan explained: "This is a kind of showing off mentality, which makes QQ users compete with each other, so that they can sell services better."

"Isn't it just a scam?" Qin Donghai frowned and criticized.

Qin Shaoyan was a little amused and didn't know how to answer.

"What's your QQ number?" Qin Donghai suddenly asked, "Let's add each other."

"Okay." Qin Shaoyan immediately gave his QQ number, "23333."

Qin Donghai was stunned for a moment, "Why is your QQ number so good?"

"Oh, I'm their permanent member, so I was given a special number." Qin Shaoyan said casually.

Qin Donghai immediately became alert, "How much did you spend?"

"It didn't cost any money." Qin Shaoyan said immediately.

"Why don't I believe it?" Qin Donghai said with a stern face, "How could someone give you such a good QQ number if you don't spend any money?"

"I know their boss." Qin Shaoyan said helplessly, "It really didn't cost any money."

"Just brag." Qin Donghai refused to believe it.

Qin Shaoyan took out his cell phone and looked through the address book. "Look, this is the phone number of Penguin's boss. We really know each other."

Qin Donghai looked at him with a suspicious look, "Then you have to give me a nice number as well." "That's easy." Qin Shaoyan directly called Ma Huateng, "Little Brother Ma, Happy New Year, and may you make a fortune."

"Happy New Year, Mr. Qin." Ma Huateng responded with a smile, "Why did Mr. Qin call to wish me a happy new year?"

"I always feel that texting is not formal enough." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Let's call. It's easier than texting, and it shows sincerity."

"Mr. Qin, you are too polite."

"It's my duty." Qin Shaoyan said, "Thank you, Mr. Ma, for your strong support for the campus network in the past year and for helping to promote the campus network."

"Then I would also like to thank President Qin for his great help when Penguin went public." Ma Huateng said gratefully.

Qin Shaoyan actively worked last year and joined forces with Valve and Penguin to hype the product, which in turn stimulated the continuous rise of Penguin's stock.

"Helping Penguin is also helping our campus network. This is a win-win situation." Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "We still have a lot of areas for cooperation."

"That's right." Ma Huateng continued to ask, "Boss Qin, what about the Counter-Strike online game we agreed on earlier?"

"Everything is under control." Qin Shaoyan replied calmly, "After the New Year, Mr. Ma asked Mr. Ren and his team to come again. Some project details need to be aligned."

"OK, I will inform them." Ma Huateng was very happy.

Qin Donghai saw that the two were chatting happily and couldn't help but stretching his neck to look at Qin Shaoyan.

Qin Shaoyan immediately said, "By the way, Mr. Ma, can you do me a small favor?"

"Please speak, Mr. Qin."

"Can you give me another nice QQ number?" Qin Shaoyan said directly, "I'll give it to my dad."

"No problem." Ma Huateng agreed readily, "I'll have someone prescribe one for uncle in a minute."

"Open all membership services if possible." Qin Shaoyan reminded again.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Shaoyan made an OK gesture to his father.

Qin Donghai was still a little dazed, and asked doubtfully: "Is this the end?"

"What else?" Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "It's just a small matter, how difficult can it be?"

After a while, Ma Huateng sent a text message with his QQ number and password.

It’s still a five-digit number, 66888, which looks quite auspicious.

Qin Shaoyan immediately logged into his father's new account and found that not only had he been given a membership, but he was also given 6,000 Q coins.

"Okay." Qin Shaoyan patted his father's shoulder, "You can use this number from now on."

Qin Donghai was stunned, rubbed his eyes, looked at the new QQ number carefully, and was silent for a while before suddenly asking: "Why is this Penguin boss so nice to you?"

"We are friends after all, and we have business cooperation." Qin Shaoyan explained with a smile, "It's easy to ask him for his QQ number."

"Business cooperation?" Qin Donghai frowned, then looked at Qin Shaoyan seriously and said earnestly, "Son, it doesn't matter how much money you make, but you must study hard and follow the right path."

"Ah?!" Qin Shaoyan was a little confused. He didn't understand why his father suddenly said such a thing.

Before he could explain, the text message ringtone on his cell phone rang again.

Qin Shaoyan took a glance and was stunned because the person who sent the text message was Zhang Wanli.

He opened the text message and took a look at the content. It contained just two ordinary New Year greetings. It didn't look like it was copied and pasted from somewhere else. It should have been typed by hand.

Qin Shaoyan fell into deep thought after looking at the text message. He didn't expect that the other party would actually send him a New Year greeting text message.

Qin Shaoyan was a little unsure about Zhang Wanli. The two of them cooperated very well in the last "Global International Marathon" project.

Director Zhang also put in a lot of effort, so that this project quickly gained the attention of the city leaders in Beijing and all preparations were completed with extremely high efficiency.

Although there was an element of mutual benefit involved, Zhang Wanli's private advice to Qin Shaoyan made him feel somewhat favorable towards him.

Later, Zhang Wanli kicked out a certain Director Fan with a nonchalant attitude, which revealed his unusual background and really gave Qin Shaoyan a little shock.

Qin Shaoyan hasn't contacted Zhang Wanli since their last collaboration, and he thinks it's fine to maintain a nodding acquaintance.

It is not necessarily a good thing for people with backgrounds to cling to others randomly.

Qin Shaoyan glanced at the text message, sorted out his thoughts, and called Zhang Wanli directly.

Soon Zhang Wanli answered the phone, "I'm Zhang Wanli."

"Happy New Year, Director Zhang." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "I just saw the New Year text message you sent, so I called you to wish you a happy new year."

"Oh." Zhang Wanli said casually, "Why didn't you just reply to me? Why did you call me?"

"It seems more formal this way." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "I haven't seen Director Zhang for a long time. I was a little surprised to receive a text message suddenly."

"The fact that you can send me a text message shows that Director Zhang hasn't forgotten me."

Zhang Wanli hesitated for a moment and said, "I just sent it one by one according to the address book."

"..." Qin Shaoyan said, "Then I won't bother Director Zhang."

"Wait a minute." Zhang Wanli suddenly said, "Didn't you say you wanted to wish everyone a happy new year? Why did you hang up after just a few words?"

"I think Director Zhang must be very busy during the New Year, so I won't bother you any more." Qin Shaoyan smiled awkwardly.

"Well, it's OK." Zhang Wanli said lightly, "I just came home and sat down to eat a meal, and you called me."

"Then Director Zhang, please take your time eating. I wish you a happy new year and good health." Qin Shaoyan said solemnly.

"Happy New Year to you too." Zhang Wanli paused for a moment and suddenly asked, "I heard that your campus network organized an international college student summer camp."

Qin Shaoyan was stunned for a moment. Why did Zhang Wanli also ask about this?

What does it mean that he suddenly brought this up?
Do you want to get involved too?
"That's true." Qin Shaoyan said carefully, "Director Zhang, do you have any instructions?"

"What instructions can I give you?" Zhang Wanli laughed. "You are quite capable of doing things."

"I didn't know about the international college summer camp at first, but someone mentioned it to me."

Qin Shaoyan cautiously asked, "Director Zhang, I have five internal recommendation quotas on hand. Do I need to reserve one?"

Zhang Wanli was a little stunned, but then he reacted and said with a smile: "Why? Do you think I came to ask you for a quota?"

"Keep it for yourself. I have no use for it."

This answer made Qin Shaoyan stunned. It sounded like Zhang Wanli had no idea about this matter.

Zhang Wanli hesitated for two seconds and said, "I'm just going to say something. Please take it easy on this matter."

"Well, I'll pay attention." Qin Shaoyan said sincerely, "Thank you, Brother Zhang."

(End of this chapter)