I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

What Shen Kang didn't know was that after hanging up, Zong Shijie immediately made another call.

The call was answered at the foot of a mountain in the North Lu district. Several cars were parked on the road, including a Mercedes-Benz LK, a BMW 5 Series, a Volkswagen Touareg, and other mixed vehicles, including sports cars, sedans, and SUVs.

The most eye-catching one is a first-generation Lamborghini Huracán.

Next to the Volkswagen Touareg, several boys were chatting together, two girls were squatting by the roadside picking weeds out of boredom, and a few other girls were sitting inside the car.

Meng Chengjiao and Dong Baitao were among these boys.

While they were chatting, Meng Chengjiao's phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID and saw it was Zong Shijie calling. He answered, but before he could speak, Zong Shijie's voice came through: "Chengjiao, there's something I need to tell you..."

Zong Shijie explained about Shen Kang's website getting sponsorship from Google, "...Didn't you say before that I should find an opportunity to let everyone know about Shen Kang? I think this is a good opportunity. What do you think?"

This is also why Zong Shijie hurriedly hung up on Shen Kang's phone just now.

Zong Shijie wanted to take this opportunity to introduce everyone to Shen Kang. However, Zong Shijie was not capable enough to handle GG sponsorship alone, so he still needed to rely on Meng Chengjiao and the others. That's why he had to make a phone call to confirm with Meng Chengjiao and the others first.

Otherwise, if Zong Shijie had made a firm promise back then, but Meng Chengjiao had a different opinion, then he would have been in trouble, pleasing neither side.

After listening, Meng Chengjiao thought it was good, but still asked, "What do you think of his website?"

Zong Shijie was going to be on "If You Are the One" anyway, and he had done a thorough and careful study of the Beiming Community, so he had a lot of knowledge about it.

Upon hearing Meng Chengjiao's words, he thought for a moment and then spoke frankly: "To be honest, I don't know whether it's a good or bad thing. But I do know one thing."

"Do you remember Zheng Changhao from our school? The one who started a campus forum in the university town of Beilu District?"

"Zheng Changhao started that campus forum, and he fought his way in. In the past two years, he has completely dominated the university town in Beilu District, and he is the only one there. But Shen Kang only started his website for less than two months, and he has already driven Zheng Changhao's website out of Yangke University."

After saying all that, Zong Shijie brought up the show he was most interested in, "If You Are the One," and his tone became a little higher: "Also, the event he's about to organize is particularly interesting..."

Zong Shijie briefly explained the "If You Are the One" event, "...Isn't it incredibly interesting?"

When Meng Chengjiao heard this, he found it quite interesting: these people, like Zong Shijie, were getting a bit tired of going to bars and nightclubs. Now, this kind of program suddenly appeared, and it sounded quite refreshing.

Zong Shijie added, "It would be a real shame if such an interesting program couldn't be aired because of GG's sponsorship."

Meng Chengjiao made a quick decision. After a moment's thought, he immediately said, "Okay, I understand. We're right here in Beilu District. Tell him to wait for us, we'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Chengjiao explained the situation to everyone.

Everyone was very interested when they heard about this.

These people love to have fun, whether it's cars, watches, or women. Now that a new toy has come out, they're naturally very interested.

Meng Chengjiao then looked at Dong Baitao, "Baitao, from what Shijie said, it seems that Zhongtanghui is still a key sponsor that Shen Kang is trying to get. What do you think?"

Coincidentally, Zhongtanghui is a chain brand, and this chain brand belongs to Dong Baitao's family.

Dong Baitao smiled, "What can I say? Of course I'll lend a hand. But don't expect too much from me. I'm still in school. My words carry some weight, but not that much. I can only say what I can."

Meng Chengjiao nodded, "Just going to talk to him is enough. It's good that he sees the sentiment. Even if he can't get it, it's alright. We have several buddies here; if we all chip in, we can manage to get him the amount he needs. Besides, isn't there Minglun?"

As she spoke, she glanced at a boy next to her who was smoking.

This guy is kind of handsome. He's dressed in Burberry clothes, his hair is very short, a buzz cut, and there are even a few patterns shaved into his scalp. He also has earrings in both ears, giving him a rather devilish look.

The boy was Wei Minglun from Shuanglong Group. When he saw Meng Chengjiao looking over, he laughed and cursed, "Don't look at me, you bastard. You all know that my words are useless and can't help you at all."

Meng Chengjiao laughed too, "You just love to joke around."

Wei Minglun just shook his head, but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Meng Chengjiao asked everyone, "So, how do you think we should get there? Zong Shijie said he's currently on the commercial street in the university town of Beilu District. I had Zong Shijie tell him we'll go there to find him. What do you all think? Should we keep a low profile and leave a few cars so we can all squeeze through, or should we all drive over?"

Upon hearing that they were heading to the shopping street, someone immediately started clamoring, "Be discreet my foot! Drive there all the way!"

"Yes, yes, drive them all over there!"

"Line them up in a row, Minglun's calf is first!"...

Everyone here loves to have fun and show off in nightclubs. Hearing that the other party was in a shopping district, and that their group was going there, they naturally wanted to make as much of a spectacle as possible.

Putting aside Shen Kang, there are still quite a few students from nearby universities on the commercial street.

Imagine a group of people and these cars lined up and passing by—it sounds awesome!

Meng Chengjiao looked at Dong Baitao, "Baitao, what do you think?"

Among them, Dong Baitao was the most composed and thoughtful.

Dong Baitao nodded in agreement, "I also think we should just drive them all over. After all, it's our first meeting, and we need to show off our strength."

Dong Baitao had something else he didn't say: their approach to meeting Shen Kang and resolving the GG sponsorship issue for him was somewhat too humble. Therefore, they needed to maintain a respectable facade to balance things out.

Seeing that Dong Baitao had said so, Meng Chengjiao made his decision and waved, "Alright, let's set off!"

……

On the commercial street, in front of the ice cream shop, under the trees along the street

Shen Kang was marveling at how strong the anti-fraud awareness was among the young people of 08 when his phone rang again. Looking at the caller ID, he saw it was Zong Shijie calling back.

"Feed... huh?... Oh... okay."

The call was processed quite quickly this time.

Ye Jintong had been keeping an eye on Shen Kang. Seeing that he had finished his phone call, she was about to goad Shen Kang into participating in the bet.

She was startled when she suddenly saw Shen Kang looking over.

Shen Kang then spoke up: "Jin Tong, you just said you were betting on three balls of Häagen-Dazs, right?"

"?"

Ye Jintong was somewhat puzzled, wondering why Shen Kang, who had been making excuses to avoid the matter, would suddenly bring it up.

Then, she saw Shen Kang suddenly grin and say, "I'll take it."

Something is wrong!

Ye Jintong's alarm bells rang loudly.

Could it be that the two phone calls the boss just received actually brought him a turning point?

Ye Jintong was quite smart; she directly refused, saying, "I'm not gambling."

After saying that, she thought Shen Kang would provoke her, just like she had provoked Shen Kang earlier.

Unexpectedly, Shen Kang simply said "Oh" and continued to concentrate on sucking on his popsicle, completely ignoring her.

"?"

Ye Jintong was somewhat puzzled.

Ji Chunfu leaned closer and whispered, "Jin Tong, you're still too green. Do you really think the boss has found a way out? Don't you realize that both calls were from other people? What a coincidence that they just happened to call and that there just happened to be a turning point?"

Ye Jintong suddenly realized something after being reminded of this. Yes, those two phone calls weren't made by Shen Kang, but by someone else!

Then, Yip Kam-tung thought of even more.

She remembered that on several occasions when she called Shen Kang to report important matters, Shen Kang had been talking nonsense on the phone.

On one occasion, Shen Kang exclaimed, "What? My grandfather is about to give birth?!"

On one occasion, Shen Kang exclaimed, "What? My grandma got into a fight with a classmate at school?!"

On another occasion, Shen Kang said, "My house is on fire? I'm going back right now!"...

The boss not only has the ability to make up stories and fabricate facts over the phone, but he is also very good at it.

It's very likely that these two phone calls were serious business conversations, but Shen Kang used them once again to create an illusion, scaring himself into backing down and not pursuing the bet with him anymore!

Ye Jintong thought about it more and more and it made perfect sense—this damn boss would really do something like this for just three balls from Häagen-Dazs!

That's what credibility is.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Jintong spoke up: "Boss, didn't you just say that you hate gambling more than anything in your life?"

Shen Kang licked his popsicle and said, "You misheard me. I said that what I hate most in my life is pursuing a doctorate. The 'doctorate' in 'studying'."

"...You also said I'm very serious, and that you were just joking when you said there was a chance for things to turn around."

"I was praising your diligence. Diligence is a good quality, and it's something our company really needs in its employees."

After chatting for a while, Ye Jintong realized that Shen Kang genuinely wanted to make a bet with her.

If it were anyone else, Ye Jintong would definitely be intimidated, but with that bastard Shen Kang, she had to think the opposite!

Ye Jintong finally made up her mind, "Boss, I'll take this bet!"

Shen Kang stopped licking the popsicle, turned to stare at Ye Jintong, and finally let out a long sigh.

He felt sorry for Yip Kam Tong.

However, in Ye Jintong's view, Shen Kang's appearance had a completely different meaning—the boss was in a bind because he hadn't fooled her.

This made Yip Kam Tong very happy, and she even started thinking about which three flavors of balls she would choose.

Ji Chunfu squatted between the two, silently munching on a popsicle, keeping his merits and fame hidden.