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Chapter 488 0478 [Calling for reinforcements is like opening a blind box]

Xie Saobang has gone astray. Sometimes he goes to nightclubs once a month, sometimes three times a month, to chat with girls.

He's tried out all sorts of nightclubs, and now he mainly hangs out in quiet bars and clubs.

While Xie Yang is said to be addicted to this, he is also very self-disciplined, never exceeding three times a month, and has never broken the rules he set for himself.

Recently, he has become obsessed with the "shake" feature.

Seriously, an executive of a listed company shakes his phone all the time.

I found a girl on WeChat tonight. Her profile picture is pretty, but I wonder if she's been tricked by her photo.

"It's so late, are you still in Zhongguancun? Working overtime?" The girl checked the distance to him.

The location showed that he was within 5 kilometers, but Xie Yang was actually lying in his own bedroom. The girl thought he was in an office building in Zhongguancun.

After spending a lot of time with Chen Guiliang, Xie Yang started using new slang: "There's no other way, we're just like cattle and horses, working ourselves to the bone. We'll strive to make sure the boss gets a Maybach for the New Year."

The girl was amused by him: "Haha, you're so funny."

"What about you? Why aren't you off work yet, so late?" Xie Yang asked.

The girl said, "The client is inhuman. I was already home when I was called back to the office to revise the plan. I just finished the plan, but I still can't leave because I have to send it to the client for review. I was bored while waiting, so I just shook my phone."

Xie Yang said, "The client must be in a hurry, right?"

The girl replied, "I'm going crazy! They said I need it by tomorrow morning. We agreed it would be done this week, and now they're suddenly rushing me again. It's so ridiculous!"

Xie Yang rambled on: "I'm in a similar situation. My department manager kept me behind to work overtime. He had to leave early, and now everyone's slacking off."

"Slacking off?" The girl didn't understand.

Xie Yang explained: "Moyu means to slack off or be absent-minded at work."

"Haha, you're so funny."

"A colleague was shaking his phone the whole time, and I thought he was having an epileptic seizure. But when I asked him, I found out that WeChat has a 'shake' function. I shook you the first one I found."

"Wow, me too! I only found out about the shake-to-win feature tonight; my colleague told me about it."

"What a coincidence! What do you do for a living?"

"An advertising account specialist, just a low-level employee."

"You've only been with the company for about a year, right?"

"how do you know?"

"If you've been with the company for more than two years, as long as you don't do too badly, you can basically become an account manager."

"Looks like you're a seasoned professional. Are you also from an advertising agency?"

"I work for an IT company, and I'm a miserable programmer."

"..."

For the first time ever, Xie Saobang chatted with a girl until late at night, and surprisingly, he felt a sense of first love.

He's incredibly shrewd now, no longer a novice in love, and can tell if a woman is lying.

The girl he met online was a newbie who had been working for about a year. She was also quite naive and simple-minded. As the conversation progressed, the topic shifted to literature, music, and movies.

This guy would even sit in front of his computer and just Google anything he didn't understand, spouting all sorts of profound thoughts and famous quotes. He completely stunned the girl.

"Damn, you stayed up all night?" Chen Guiliang asked, noticing his exhausted face and constant yawning.

Xie Yang covered his mouth and yawned again: "I didn't fall asleep until 4:30 in the morning. I was thinking about work almost all night, planning for your future as a capitalist."

Chen Guiliang laughed and cursed, "Stop talking nonsense, you've definitely gone off to do something bad!"

"Don't worry, it won't interfere with my work. I'll catch up on some sleep later," Xie Yang said.

Chen Guiliang said, "You and Guo Feng should represent the company at the Global Mobile Internet Conference next week. I'm too lazy to join in the fun."

"No problem." Xie Yang yawned again.

Chen Guiliang was very annoyed: "Go and catch up on your sleep, and then we can talk about serious business!"

Xie Yang stood up and stretched: "Sorry, this won't happen again."

Chen Guiliang had great faith in his self-discipline; this was the first time such a situation had occurred.

Xie Yang went back to his office, set an alarm, took a two-hour nap, and got up to handle his daily work. During lunch, he continued to talk with Chen Guiliang.

During his lunch break, Xie Yang dozed off for a while and couldn't resist sending a WeChat message to his girlfriend: "Are you awake yet?"

"Just woke up," the girl complained. "I waited all night, but the client didn't reply. This morning, I finally got a message from them saying they used the earliest plan. I'm so angry!"

Xie Yang sent a string of laughing emojis.

The two continued chatting until they went to work.

Xie Yang originally planned to find a girl to hook up with, but after talking for a while, he changed his mind.

He's tired of having fun these past two years and wants to seriously date and get married.

This girl seems to have a nice personality. Xie Yang wants to pretend to be a programmer and get to know her better. Maybe she'll be willing to date him without knowing his income or disliking his appearance.

Actually, Xie Yang isn't ugly; he's just average-looking, and his height of nearly 1.7 meters is so-so.

Especially with his acne gone, his hair cut into a buzz cut, and the charisma that comes with his successful career, he still possesses a certain masculine charm.

However, his standards were too high. The girls he liked in the past were too beautiful, and he couldn't win them over without money and status.

After chatting for several days, Xie Yang asked the girl to meet him at a coffee shop.

"Have you arrived yet?" "Yes, I'll send you the table number."

A moment later, a girl came over and asked, "Excuse me, are you trying to reach for the stars with your bare hands?"

"Yes. You're not as good as Smiling?" Xie Yang looked closely and found that the other person's actual appearance was not much different from their WeChat profile picture.

He was quite satisfied.

Of all the young women Xie Yang had met in the past two years, the woman in front of him was only of average appearance.

She's of average beauty.

But the girl was somewhat disappointed. She had been having a great time chatting with Xie Yang on WeChat and had even fantasized that she had met her Prince Charming.

"Not what you expected?" Xie Yang asked with a smile.

The girl smiled awkwardly: "Just a little bit. But you're very witty and humorous, which can make up for any shortcomings in appearance."

Xie Yang said, "Don't be polite with me, I'll take it seriously."

"You noticed that?" The girl's tone became more casual.

The girl's casual attitude wasn't because Xie Yang was approachable, but because she no longer saw him as a romantic partner, but as a regular friend she could chat with.

Xie Yang sensed this change, but he wouldn't be discouraged. He would continue pursuing the goal if he could, and give up if he couldn't.

"By the way, I still don't know your name. My name is Zhou Jing," the girl said.

"Cough cough!"

Xie Yang was drinking coffee when he heard the name and coughed violently: "Sorry, I'm overreacting. I had a female classmate named Zhou Jing before."

"Your first love?" Zhou Jing asked.

"It's just a crush," Xie Yang said honestly, without feeling ashamed. "My name is Xie Yang."

Zhou Jing looked puzzled: "This name sounds familiar."

The most famous person at ByteDance is Chen Guiliang, followed by Guo Feng and Ao Yanzhen.

Xie Yang is considered to be very low-key.

Over the course of a coffee, Xie Yang pulled out all the stops to showcase his humor and wit.

The girl was amused by him and already considered him a good friend.

Just friends.

"Ugh!"

Xie Yang watched the girl leave and sighed, "This society still judges people by their looks."

Why wasn't I born as handsome as Chen Daxia?

When he got home that evening and chatted with the girl on WeChat again, he could clearly sense that she wasn't as enthusiastic anymore—she no longer saw him as a potential online dating partner.

Frustrated, Xie Yang picked up his phone and shook it again.

The female netizens who appeared in the search results were actually within 1000 meters, which means they are very likely to be from the same neighborhood as Xie Yang.

WeChat's Shake feature hasn't been around for long, but its novel and explosive effects, coupled with its spread through social media platforms like Weibo, have quickly become "popular" in major cities.

The reason the word "popular" is in quotes is because there aren't many models that support the shake-to-play function.

It is currently considered a high-end form of social interaction.

Xie Yang shook his phone several times, and two of them were in his own residential community, indicating that WeChat usage is very high in Huaqing Jiayuan.

He was juggling multiple relationships, chatting with seven or eight women at the same time, but he couldn't find that same feeling of being in love as he had a few days ago.

I still prefer the girl named Zhou Jing.

Xie Yang tossed his phone aside; he had to attend the Global Mobile Internet Conference tomorrow.

He went there to boast, catch up on industry trends, and attract more third-party companies to cooperate.

Guo Feng dislikes these kinds of occasions and mainly attends technical sub-forums.

Chen Guiliang didn't come this year either; Xie Yang was the one to give the speech at the main forum.

"Hello everyone, I'm Xie Yang from ByteDance..."

"By the end of last year, China's mobile internet users reached 3.03 million, accounting for 66.2% of the total number of internet users in China... The rapid increase in the number of mobile internet users has brought about a huge market..."

"The second round of the Weibo war has emerged this year. Only this time, ByteDance's Weibo opponent has changed from Sina to Tencent..."

"Currently, ByteDance's Weibo user base is approaching 200 million, with approximately 40% still using computers to post. With the rapid popularization of smartphones, there is still significant room for growth in Weibo users… ByteDance Weibo has already established links and sharing relationships with 16000 websites. Since the ByteDance Weibo platform opened, over 2 third-party applications have partnered with us, and we welcome more friends to join us…"

"Let's talk about WeChat. We recently launched version 2.0, and the new features have been well-received by users... especially the Shake feature... What are you laughing at?"

A burst of laughter erupted from the audience. The representatives from foreign companies and companies on the other side of the strait clearly didn't understand why everyone was laughing.

MediaTek Chairman Tsai Ming-chieh, who hails from Taiwan, was sitting in the front row. He asked Chang Chao-yang next to him curiously, "Why is everyone laughing together?"

Zhang Chaoyang patiently explained, "The WeChat 'Shake' feature allows you to select gender, distance, and so on, and then randomly shakes to find a stranger. Does Mr. Cai understand?"

“One night…” Cai Mingjie suddenly realized.

Zhang Chaoyang is a loyal user of WeChat's "Shake" feature. He hasn't been going to nightclubs much lately, and whenever he has free time, he shakes his phone vigorously.

That unpredictable randomness is much more interesting than going to a nightclub to find girls; it's like opening a treasure chest in a game.

I heard that the programmers at Tencent are working overtime again to prepare for the launch of their own shake-to-win feature.

(End of this chapter)