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Chapter 375 Bringing the Price Down! (6k views, please subscribe)

The first day of the Lunar New Year in 2017.

After a night of revelry, many people stayed at the villa. Wang Shu was the first to give up and go to rest. The rest of the people were unwilling to leave even after the New Year's Eve vigil. They played games round after round and drank a case of alcohol after another.

However, there weren't many people who could really hold their liquor. Zhou Bella and Gao Chuning were the first to be eliminated, followed by Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi.

In the end, only Lu Yao, Jian Xiaojie, Zhu Junyan, and Zhou Xiangyang, a group of seasoned drinkers who often socialize and have honed their drinking capacity, remained, locked in a fierce battle.

Around 2 a.m., Jian Xiaojie became really interested. She stared at Zhu Junyan and Lü Yao and said with a smile, "Not bad, you guys have a pretty good alcohol tolerance."

Actually, by that time, Zhu Junyan and Zhou Xiangyang were already quite drunk.

But the more people are intoxicated, the more unwilling they are to admit defeat. So even though Zhu Junyan's eyes were glazed over and his stubbornness was evident, he still refused to admit defeat: "Is this good? This is nothing! I'll definitely knock you all out tonight."

As he said this, Zhu Junyan thumped his chest loudly.

It possesses the spirit of a warrior on horseback, with the might to swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger.

Unfortunately, his drinking capacity didn't match his bravado. Not long after making his boastful statement, he slid off his chair and crawled under the table to sleep.

to the end.

In the huge villa, only Jian Xiaojie and Lü Yao remained, stubbornly holding on.

Jian Xiaojie looked at Lü Yao with surprise and delight: "You're usually so quiet, I didn't expect you to be so capable."

Lu Yao was already completely drunk by then, so after a drunken laugh, he swayed as he got up, mumbling, "I can't take it anymore, I lost to you," before collapsing onto the sofa.

As for what happened next, Lü Yao had no idea.

All I know is that when I woke up the next day, my head was resting on Lin Yongzhen's lap, Jian Xiaojie was sleeping on my lap, and Zhu Junyan and the others were sleeping on the sofa on the other side.

Fortunately, the villa had many rooms and a large enough hall to accommodate people sleeping everywhere. After a night of revelry, the villa's hall was in a mess, but the dining table, which was in an even bigger mess, had already been cleared away by the servants.

After waking up, Lü Yao was dazed for a moment before looking down at his clothes. He noticed that his clothes were a little disheveled, but they were still the same ones he had worn the day before, which meant that nothing unexpected had happened to him while he was drunk last night.

"Thank goodness."

Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

He has intimate relationships with more than one woman here. If something unexpected happens while he's drunk, it would be extremely disrespectful.

Of course, it wasn't that Lü Yao couldn't accept his own indecent behavior, but Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi were also there last night, and Wang Shu was pregnant, almost due to give birth. If he really caused any trouble, he was afraid it would shock others.

Lu Yao carefully got up, then gently moved Jian Xiaojie's head off his lap, and finally struggled to sit up from the large, comfortable sofa.

The sofa was indeed very comfortable to sit on, but as a place to sleep, it was actually a terrible place. When Lü Yao struggled to get up, he felt soreness and stiffness all over his body.

At the same time, Lü Yao felt incredibly thirsty.

It felt as if every cell in my body was screaming, yearning for moisture.

His stomach felt like it was on fire, making him sigh uncontrollably.

Thinking about all the drinks they downed last night, Lü Yao felt he had gone too far. At first, everyone drank beer, baijiu, and red wine together, but later, foreign liquor, rice wine, and even cocktails started to be served.

Towards the end, Lü Yao could no longer feel the spiciness of the alcohol; in fact, he even found it starting to taste a little sweet, and then he felt very bloated.

Thank goodness I didn't throw up from the alcohol, otherwise the lobby this morning would have been a real sight to behold.

After a while, Lü Yao got up and went to the refrigerator. He found a bottle of juice and gulped it down. The cool, sweet juice soothed his throat, which had felt like it had been burned by fire. Finally, his throat felt relieved and he cheered.

Although he didn't vomit after falling asleep last night, he did vomit before falling asleep from drinking yesterday. The burning and pain in his throat now is partly from the alcohol and partly from the stomach acid.

"Dry!"

Holding onto the refrigerator door, Lü Yao couldn't help but curse out loud.

I was definitely a bit too carried away last night.

This reminded Lü Yao of a previous drinking experience. At that time, Lü Yao went back to his hometown to have a reunion with his former high school classmates. After that reunion, Lü Yao drank a lot, even more than last night, and was so drunk that he had to get an IV drip to recover.

From then on, Lü Yao always kept a good eye on his drinking.

I never expected that I would break my own limitations this time.

After a while, Lü Yao went upstairs to his room to wash up, only to find that Zhu Junyan, that rascal, was sleeping in his room with Zhou Xiangyang. Neither of them had woken up yet.

After taking a shower, Lü Yao changed into clean and neat clothes. After looking around, he didn't find Wang Shu, Rong Nianqing, and Zhou Bella.

So Lü Yao went downstairs to the villa and, sure enough, saw Wang Shu and Rong Nianqing in the yard.

Upon seeing that Lü Yao had finally woken up, Rong Nianqing greeted him with a hearty laugh, "Oh, the God of Wine is awake!"

Lü Yao gave a wry smile: "Don't make fun of me."

Zhou Bella, who had woken up early and was also outside, brought over a bowl of hangover soup: "This is what Sister Shu cooked for you, it's still warm."

"Thanks." Lü Yao took the hangover soup and looked around, but couldn't find Wang Shu. Lü Yao asked, "Where's Sister Shu?"

soon.

The door to the left front of the villa opened, and a thick steam rose from the kitchen. Wang Shu stood in the doorway and smiled, "Looking for me? I'm cooking. We'll be having dumplings soon."

Eating dumplings and stuffing them with gold ingots on the first day of the Lunar New Year is a custom, and eating them in the morning is a custom in Lü Yao's hometown.

Lu Yao quickly drank all the hangover soup in the bowl, then went over and said, "Why are you busy with something else all by yourself?"

Wang Shu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I was just wandering around aimlessly, I didn't do anything myself."

Then Wang Shu called out to Rong Nianqing, "President Rong, let's all come out and eat dumplings together! I've put a lot of gold ingots in this year's dumplings."

As he spoke, Wang Shu winked at Lü Yao, clearly indicating that the dumplings for the first day of the Lunar New Year this year were no ordinary dumplings.

When everyone, whether they were hungover or not, was woken up and sat around the long table in the villa's hall, Wang Shu stood up, picked up a glass, tapped it, and said softly, "I've made a lot of dumplings this year. May those who eat them have good fortune and smooth sailing!"

Everyone cheered immediately: "Thank you, Sister Shu!"

Then everyone eagerly began searching for gold ingots inside the dumplings.

A short while later, Gao Chuning, who was eating dumplings, suddenly changed her expression and spat out a shiny gold coin. Gao Chuning stared at the coin on the table, blinked, and then exclaimed "Holy crap!"

"Holy crap! Holy crap!! What is this thing? It's gold? Is this really gold?"

Gao Chuning took out a tissue and wiped the coin clean. Then she took a bite out of it, and her little tiger teeth indeed made two shallow dents in the coin.

Gao Chuning was stunned by the sight of the pure gold coin.

Who would use real gold as a "gold ingot" on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

Is our Sister Shu really that domineering?
Without saying a word, Gao Chuning started snatching food from the cute tiger, eating dumplings like a McFlurry.

Seeing this, everyone else couldn't help but smile knowingly. Gao Chuning was such a lively and interesting person. Watching her act silly gave you the feeling of a girl next door teasing you. Although she was silly, Gao Chuning was not annoying.

Therefore, many big spenders in Gao Chuning's live stream came because of her lively and cute personality.

Under Gao Chuning's influence, everyone's appetite seemed to improve considerably, and then Rong Nianqing was the second to find a gold coin in a dumpling.

Next was Lin Yongzhen, and then Lü Yao.

Wang Shu showed no favoritism; at the dumpling feast on the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone received some gold coins.

Although it felt like a deliberate arrangement, no one objected to such a well-arranged good omen, especially since it was made of gold.

After finishing the dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone prepared to go home.

Rong Nianqing came over after spending time with her family yesterday, so it's okay if she goes back a little later today. Zhou Bella and Gao Chuning also prepared to go back early.

Before leaving, Zhou Bella looked at Lü Yao with a hint of lingering affection.

But Bella was very sensible, so she didn't say anything.

Even Lü Yao couldn't resist being stared at by Zhou Bella's pure, puppy-like eyes, so he ruffled Zhou Bella's hair before parting.

By now, the money Lü Yao has helped Bella earn is enough for a Rolls-Royce, but he has no aversion to Bella, only a sense of indebtedness.

Zhu Junyan and Zhou Xiangyang also took their leave one after another, but Cheng Xinyu and Lin Yongzhen were asked to stay by Wang Shu.

As dinner time approached, Lü Yao, who was contacting staff to prepare for the press conference on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, suddenly smelled a familiar aroma.

Before long, Lü Yao saw the villa's housekeeper bring in a plate of steamed buns, pork and cabbage stew with vermicelli and fried meatballs, as well as a pot of sweet potato porridge, into the villa's hall. Wang Shu followed behind, smiling and saying, "Alright, everyone, busy as you are, stop your work and come eat." Lü Yao went to the dining table and looked at the simple, even somewhat shabby, food. His eyes began to well up with tears, and his nose started to sting.

The food on the table were all things that Lü Yao often ate during Chinese New Year when he was a child.

Originally, the "New Year's goods" he prepared before New Year's Eve were just to reminisce about the feeling of celebrating the New Year in the past. Perhaps because he hadn't been home for so long, he unconsciously began to imitate the scenes of celebrating the New Year in his memory.

When those memories surfaced through his own hands, Lü Yao did indeed have mixed feelings, but those feelings paled in comparison to the emotions he felt at this moment.

In a fleeting moment, countless childhood memories surged forth, causing Lü Yao to lose control of his emotions and rush about.

Lu Yao took a deep breath, trying to suppress the impulse in his eyes, and forced a smile as he looked at Wang Shu. He said, his voice slightly choked with emotion, "Thank you."

……

The first three days after the Spring Festival usually pass by quickly, and the festive atmosphere is also the strongest during this time.

Especially since visiting relatives and friends begins on the second day of the Lunar New Year, now is the best time to maintain relationships that we usually don't have time to nurture.

But for Lü Yao, these were all secondary.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after he sent out the notice to the staff related to the press conference to resume their work, those employees all returned to their posts on the evening of the second day. There was no other way; although people were supposed to visit relatives and friends on the second day, the overtime pay offered by Lü Yao was too much.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the staff, who had just started their annual holiday, were already back at work with great enthusiasm.

After everything was ready, Rong Nianqing arrived at the press conference venue at the Shangnan Convention and Exhibition Center on the evening of the third day of the Lunar New Year to participate in the rehearsal. After several rehearsals, everyone quickly found the state of working together before the New Year.

At 7 p.m. on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everything was ready.

Lu Yao began to arrange for the various project teams of Guang'an Online Games to push out the live broadcast information. In no time, all players of Shangnan Guang'an Online Games received a notification of the press conference live broadcast.

Tens of thousands of viewers flocked to the live stream out of curiosity.

They all wanted to see what kind of trouble Lü Yao was planning to cause on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Because preparations for this press conference had begun well before the Lunar New Year, both the online and offline studios were packed to capacity.

Online viewers came to watch the drama unfold. Many who were playing games switched between their phones and computers after hearing that the live stream was about to start, allowing them to watch the drama and play the game simultaneously.

Anyway, it's the Spring Festival holiday now, so they have plenty of time.

As the number of viewers in the live broadcast room quickly surpassed one million, the director of the press conference live broadcast, as is customary, turned the camera to Lü Yao, who was taking off his coat and rolling up his sleeves in the audience. The camera then followed Lü Yao to the stage in the live broadcast room.

As usual, Lü Yao began by expressing his gratitude: "Welcome everyone to tonight's press conference and live broadcast. Thank you all for gracing us with your presence during the Spring Festival holiday."

Then Lü Yao turned to the side and raised his arm to show everyone the title of the press conference on the huge screen behind him—

"The theme of today's press conference is not to release a new game, nor is it to announce the annual trailer for a game under Guangan Network Games Company."

"The theme of today's press conference is: How to resolve the contradiction between the growing demand of gamers for high-quality games and the outdated or expensive mobile devices."

The ever-changing, futuristic geometric shapes behind Lü Yao quickly disappeared, and then began to present the theme of tonight's press conference to the audience in front of the screen and the audience at the scene, following Lü Yao's speech.

Looking at the ridiculously long and extremely difficult-to-pronounce press conference title, many netizens in front of their screens immediately understood what Lü Yao meant by the title.

Many people smiled knowingly.

Others shook their heads and chuckled.

After introducing the theme of the press conference, Lü Yao continued without pausing, "To be honest, I've been paying close attention to this issue ever since comments appeared online saying 'Gamers' devices can't run Guang'an games.'"

"Our mission at Guang'an is to 'bring joy to more people,' but the current situation clearly makes it impossible to achieve that mission. So I've been urging our development team to optimize the game as much as possible, and we've even rewritten a significant portion of the game's code for this purpose."

"Thanks to Guang'an's technological expertise, we've done quite well in this area," said Lü Yao, pacing back and forth on the podium. "I believe everyone felt our efforts during the Spring Festival."

The way he downplayed his past efforts, even speaking of them in a slightly joking tone, brought a faint smile to the faces of the audience in the venue and the live broadcast room.

Then Lü Yao changed the subject, saying, "However, software optimization has its limits. Relying solely on optimization, it seems very difficult to achieve our goal of bringing joy to more people at Guang'an. So, after many days of thought, I found a solution."

Lu Yao's captivating voice gradually drew the attention of all the audience members, who all wanted to know what solution Lu Yao had found.

Amidst countless expectant gazes, Lü Yao revealed a mysterious smile, then turned to the camera and said, "My method is—"

"Call for outside help!"

This answer is baffling, especially to viewers and netizens who are unfamiliar with Lü Yao's strategic plan. They are all completely confused. What kind of outside help is this guy going to invite?

However, Lu Yao did not immediately answer the viewers in the live broadcast room. Instead, he looked down at the audience in an impassioned voice and invited, "Next, please welcome my boss, CEO of Huasheng Life, President of Huasheng Holdings, and Director of Xiaoyong Smart Home! Rong Nianqing! President Rong!!"

As Lü Yao introduced and invited them, the on-site director immediately zoomed out.

The camera captured Rong Nianqing, who was sitting in the audience.

The invited audience members immediately applauded. Amidst the thunderous applause, Rong Nianqing bowed in gratitude as she walked towards the stage.

Lu Yao restrained himself and stepped back slightly. Even when Rong Nianqing went up to the podium, Lu Yao still kept two steps away and said, "This is the solution I came up with after much thought."

After saying that, Lü Yao looked at Rong Nianqing, his meaning clear: the rest is up to you.

Having worked together for so long, their understanding of each other was already very strong, so even though there were two body lengths between them, their eyes met and conveyed everything.

After giving his final remarks, Lü Yao went down from the podium.

On the stage, Rong Nianqing raised the microphone and began to continue the press conference according to the words she had rehearsed.

Lu Yao was standing in the audience, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, his sleeves rolled up, like a knight guarding a princess, or a senior supporting the newcomer with his own firewood... At that moment, the spotlight on the stage was clearly shining on Rong Nianqing, but Rong Nianqing's peripheral vision only allowed Lu Yao, who was looking up at her from below the stage.

Light and darkness.

High and low.
Rong Nianqing composed herself and focused entirely on the upcoming press conference.

On the stage, Rong Nianqing strolled over and said, "Hello everyone, I am Mr. Lü from Guang'an Solutions. You may not be very familiar with me, but I believe you have all heard of Huasheng Life, Xiaoyong Home Furnishings, and the high-end brand 'Yong'. These are all businesses that Mr. Lü and I have built together."

"Originally, I didn't want to step into the public eye because I'm a rather introverted person and I prefer peace and quiet. The few times I've appeared in front of the public, I've been incredibly nervous."

The joking tone quickly drew the audience in, and the comments in the live stream flooded in like a tidal wave:
"Oh ho ho, is this the powerful figure behind Lu Ze? He's quite dashing and handsome!"

"You're the one who just found out? Everyone knew about it a few years ago when Lü Yao was doing marketing for Huasheng Life. I've been a long-time hater of him!"

"Holy crap, is the 'Rong' in 'General Rong' something else entirely?"

"That's right, you guessed correctly."

"That's what I'm really curious about. What exactly is the solution that Lu Ze and President Rong mentioned?"

Tonight, Rong Nianqing wore a black turtleneck sweater and black straight-leg trousers, looking clean and neat, with no other accessories except for a watch.

His clean-cut and dashing appearance immediately won over the audience.

The marketing copy that Lü Yao and Lei Zong poured their efforts into creating also continuously enhanced Rong Nianqing's image. As Rong Nianqing got into the zone, she became more and more relaxed.

She continued in a joking tone, "Actually, I wasn't very supportive of Mr. Lü starting his own business at first, because I really wanted to keep someone as talented as him by my side. But Mr. Lü is ambitious and dedicated to his work, always striving for excellence. The booming performance of Guang'an Network Games is the best proof of that."

"During the conversation with Mr. Lü, he said more than once that Guang'an's increasingly impressive financial reports and profitability were not his pride. His greatest pride was having a group of idealistic and ambitious professionals around him, and a group of lovely and enthusiastic fans both online and offline."

"So he always wants to do his best within his capabilities. He not only wants the team to release higher quality games, but also hopes that players can enjoy better game quality. But there is a huge gap between the game developers and the players."

"That's the performance of the players' devices."

Rong Nianqing also has a strong storytelling ability; in her eloquent narration, she completely captured the attention of both the live audience and the online audience.

Rong Nianqing then said, "After many players' devices were unable to run high-quality game content smoothly, President Lü couldn't sleep for a while. After thinking about it for many days without success, he came to me. So, what can I do for the players of Guang'an?"

Rong Nianqing laughed and said, "At first, I was also quite confused. But President Lü told me decisively that I had to bring down the price of high-performance phones!"

As soon as Rong Nianqing finished speaking at the press conference, the attention of the online and offline audiences was immediately drawn to a very high level.

How can we bring down the price of high-performance smartphones?

Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that everything in this world comes at a price, and this is especially evident in the electronics industry. High-priced products often represent powerful performance, while low-priced products can only buy mid-to-low-end performance.

Now, Lü Yao has found his golden opportunity, and he's getting that golden opportunity to bring down the price of high-performance phones?

Are they capable?

But whether it works or not!

Players and viewers watching the live stream are now completely captivated!

(End of this chapter)