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The two chatted for a while, and then it was almost time for the guests to enter.

So, everyone walked halfway around the parking area and arrived at the main entrance of the meeting place in Shenzhen, and started walking inside.

The road leading to the main entrance had been cordoned off with ceremonial tape, and a group of reporters with their cameras and microphones were pointing at them.

The rise of the Internet is inevitable. Therefore, no matter where the Internet-related conference is held in China, the arrival of these CEOs, who can be said to represent the future of the Internet in China, is always newsworthy.

Li Mu and Ding Lei walked towards the main entrance together. After a few steps, they spotted their colleague Wang Fudong and newbie Sun Xiaoying standing there, looking at them with surprise.

He paused, then smiled and said:

"Mr. Ding, you go first. My colleague is over there. I'll go say hello."

"Okay, see you inside in a bit."

After saying goodbye to Ding Lei, Li Mu walked directly in the direction the two of them were.

As Li Mu approached, a group of reporters swarmed around him, eager to conduct interviews.

Seeing this, Li Mu stopped again and greeted the two of them:

"Dong-ge, call me."

"Uh... okay."

Wang Fudong nodded, and after watching Li Mu leave, a reporter immediately came over and asked:

"Wang Ji, do you know that person? What's his background?"

"...We've met twice before."

Wang Fudong had been in the industry for four or five years longer than Li Mu, and had long since developed the profound skill of speaking to people in a way that suited them, easily covering up the situation with a single sentence, before picking up his camera again.

He saw Lei Jun from Kingsoft.

Only after all the guests had entered did Sun Xiaoying put down her camera and whisper to Wang Fudong:

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Li... what are you doing here? Aren't we the ones in charge of this news?"

Wang Fudong was also puzzled.

How come Xiao Li is here, and even got in... I wondered if he was some kind of guest.

This kid is a reporter. Everyone who comes here works in the internet industry.

Does he have a side business?

He was puzzled, thought for a moment, and then sent Li Mu a message:

"Xiao Li, what are you doing here?"

……

Inside the meeting room, after seeing this message, Li Mu replied:

"I started a side website, and Ding Lei invited me, so I came. Dong-ge, what's your interview assignment?"

Right after he finished replying, a bespectacled guy next to him reached out his hand:

"Hello, this is Sogou.com, Xie Zhenyu."

Li Mu snapped out of his daze, glanced at the scene, and his mind raced...

However, no information could be found on this website.

But he still reached out his hand:

"Hello, hello, Li Mu, co-founder of hao123."

Although his voice wasn't loud, several guys nearby, including Xie Zhenyu, turned their heads and looked at him.

「hao123！？」

Xie Zhenyu was taken aback, and subconsciously glanced at Li Mu's name tag, then became even more enthusiastic:

"Ha, hello boss! It's an honor to meet you."

"Uh... no, I'm just an investor, I don't deserve that title."

"No, no, no, I deserve it. To be honest... the search engine I created, GG, is still hosted on your site."

As Xie Zhenyu spoke, he reached into his pocket, took out a business card from his card holder, and handed it over.

Seeing this, Li Mu also took out his business card holder.

However, his business card holder lists him as "Reporter, Investor - Li Mu," not "Co-founder of hao123."

After the two exchanged business cards, the guys next to them immediately followed suit.

"Hello Mr. Li, my name is Yang Bo, Chief Technology Officer of egistics."

"Hello, Mr. Li, I am..."

Business cards were handed to Li Mu one by one.

Li Mu's business cards were then handed out to these people one by one.

The exchange of resources was incredibly fast.

Li Mu was surprised by the enthusiasm of these people, but little did he know... these people were also surprised that they were sitting next to such a big shot.

Although everyone here is an elite entrepreneur in the internet industry, hao123 is now truly a household name, its influence is far-reaching...

Its massive user base is something these medium-sized and smaller websites both envy and resent. Now that they've encountered it, they naturally want to cultivate a good relationship with it.

After exchanging business cards, Li Mu's business card holder was two-thirds empty.

But his pocket now contained a huge pile of business cards...

The event finally concluded when the leaders from Shenzhen took the stage to give their speeches.

Only then did Li Mu have time to check his phone.

"It's just about covering this conference and reporting on it. Xiao Li, could you arrange a brief interview with one of the guests?"

Strictly speaking, Li Mu and Wang Fudong were not particularly close friends.

But... during his internship, Wang Fudong still took him and Li Mu on an interview trip to report on something... what was it again?

He didn't quite remember, but it was certain that the other party had given the two of them a piece of news that wasn't particularly big.

It's a favor, I suppose.

So Li Mu replied:

"Sure. Let's wait until the morning meeting is over. We can do a short interview with Ding Lei in the side parking lot area. But not too many questions, just a few, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to him."

"No problem, we'll wait for your call at noon."

"OK."

The phone was put away, applause broke out, the leader stepped down from the stage, and the guest speaker began to speak.

……

There were two presentations in the morning: one by Ding Lei and the other by Zhang Yaqin, Microsoft's Chief Scientist for Asia Pacific.

After the work report was completed, the morning forum was temporarily adjourned.

When everyone was leaving, Li Mu was surrounded by Xie Zhenyu and a few others for a chat.

He didn't boast, frankly stating that he was merely an investor in hao123, not the technical lead. Therefore, he wasn't very knowledgeable about the technical aspects. However, he said that anyone looking for angel investment could contact him.

Then, they saw that Ding Lei had finished dealing with the crowd and was walking out before politely saying goodbye to everyone.

"Mr. Ding."

"Haha, Li Ji. Come, come, let me introduce you. Tencent, Pony, Ma Huateng."

No further introduction is needed. Upon hearing this name, Li Mu, a loyal QQ user, smiled and extended his hand:

"Pony, hello. I'm Li Mu."

"Hello, Li Ji, I heard about you from Brother Shi. It's nice to meet you."

Ma Huateng's background is certainly not simple. Putting aside everything else, just take 2001 as an example. QQ was on the verge of bankruptcy, but he went out and raised a round of investment, and QQ came back to life.

According to Ding Lei, it's not important how much investment Pony raised, but rather who invested in him.

And what few people know is that the two actually knew each other for a long time.

They actually met online on the then-popular Huiduo.com. Before starting their own business, they were just friends who often drank beer together.

With Ding Lei's introduction, the two naturally became closer.

Finally, they decided to walk out of the venue together, chatting as they went. Then Ma Huateng looked up, seemed to see someone, and greeted them with a smile:

"Jack".

"Oh, Pony."

A guy with a rather strange appearance smiled, waved his hand, and walked over.

"Haha, Old Ma."

Ding Lei also greeted them, and then introduced them to Li Mu:

"Ma Yun, founder of Alibaba."

Upon hearing this, Li Mu was surprised to learn that he was the person in charge of "Alibaba" mentioned by the wheelchair-bound man.

But that's all there is to it.

When Li Mu was chatting with the wheelchair-bound guy, he was still quite clueless when he heard about internet investment. He asked who the most powerful internet companies were in his era, and the answer was Tencent and Alibaba.

Then, when Li Mu asked, "So, did you invest?" the wheelchair-bound man looked at Li Mu with the same gaze one would give a mentally ill person:

"You think what they lack is money?"

He retorted to Li Mu with a single sentence.

So, although he saw a celebrity, Li Mu didn't think much of it and, with Ding Lei's introduction, shook hands with him.

"Hello, Mr. Ma."

After Ding Lei's introduction, Ma Yun glanced at Li Mu's name tag with some surprise, then smiled and said:

"Hello, Mr. Li. I've heard so much about hao123."

"I'm just an investor; this credit doesn't belong to me."

"Ha ha……"

As Ma Yun was smiling, Ding Lei asked:

"Li Yanhong is hosting a dinner party tonight, Lao Ma, are you free? Are you in a hurry to leave?"

"Hmm... okay."

He readily agreed.

Li Mu listened from the side, thinking to himself that tonight's game was going to be interesting.

Ma Huateng will definitely go.

And here comes another Ma Yun.

Who else will come?

As he listened to the group discussing what to eat for dinner, his mind drifted off.

After chatting for a while, everyone left.

This meeting wasn't just about discussing the future of the internet; it also involved networking, as everyone needs to socialize, and Ma Yun is no exception.

Anyway, after wandering around for a while, when it was time for lunch, Li Mu arranged to meet Ding Lei at the entrance of the internal parking lot.

Wang Fudong and Sun Xiaoying, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly came over.

Li Mu stepped aside.

Wang Fudong prepared several questions, such as "What is the purpose of this internet industry exchange?"

Ding Lei answered fluently and naturally.

After about ten minutes of interviewing, Ding Lei gave him plenty of face and then ended the interview.

Li Mu whispered a few words to Sun Xiaoying.

After finishing our meal and resting for a while, the afternoon exchange meeting began.

Ma Huateng and a prominent figure from the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the stage to share their insights with the audience. Finally, the leaders returned to the stage, bringing the gathering to a perfect close.

After the meeting ended, Li Mu received an invitation text message from Li Yanhong.

The address of the restaurant is above.

However, he didn't go with Ding Lei, but instead went to the reporters.

"Teacher Li."

"Hmm, where's the camera?"

"this."

Sun Xiaoying handed over a digital camera.

She brought this from Li Mu's workstation after making a special trip back to Guangzhou that afternoon.

"Okay, sure, thanks for your hard work."

Holding the camera, he waved to the newbie.

The people attending tonight's dinner party seem to be of very high status.

We should take a picture to remember this moment.

After all, this is news.