I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Yangon University of Science and Technology

After having dinner with He Qiuzhu and the others, Shen Kang first went to the 211 Entrepreneurship Base to take a look. After staying there for a while, he happened to run into Lin Mian, who was rushing back from outside and passing by the door.

"Lin Mian".

Shen Kang called out, got up from his workstation, and walked over.

Lin Mian also stopped at the door.

"Going out to do business so early?" Shen Kang stopped in front of him and asked.

Lin Mian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him: "Yeah, I visited a few offline store owners. Boss, it's perfect that you're here, I have something to tell you."

Shen Kang asked, "What is it?"

Lin Mian was about to speak when he thought for a moment and said, "How about we go next door first? I'll look at something online and then I'll tell you?"

Shen Kang was a little puzzled, but he nodded anyway, "Okay."

The two then went to room 212 next door and went inside.

Besides serving as a meeting room, room 212 also has a small desk with a computer, paper, pens, and documents on it, which is Lin Mian's work area.

After Lin Mian came in, he went to his desk and turned on his computer.

Shen Kang stood behind him watching.

He saw that after Lin Mian turned on his computer, he immediately opened his browser, logged into the Yangbei Forum, first browsed the posts in the Yangcheng Business School section, then switched campuses and browsed the posts in the Yangcheng Demonstration College section.

Shen Kang didn't urge him, and just watched.

After looking through several sections of the Yangbei Forum, he finally looked up and said what he wanted to say.

"Boss, I've been going to maintain relationships with some of our old GG clients offline these past couple of days, and while asking them if they're planning to subscribe to a new GG, I discovered something."

"Several long-term clients told me that they will not be subscribing to the new GG for the time being."

"I felt something was off at the time, and when I asked them, they all said that the previous lead generation had been effective enough to keep them doing business for a while. But looking at their expressions, I felt they weren't telling the truth."

"Later, a boss who was closest to me secretly told me that the reason he didn't use the new third-party GG service was because people from Yangbei Forum contacted them, saying that Yangbei Forum also offered this third-party GG service. He felt that Yangbei Forum had a larger user base than us, and since the prices were similar, he decided to temporarily suspend our third-party GG service and try it out on Yangbei Forum first."

"I reckon the other bosses are all planning to try out third-party services on Yangbei Forum for the same reason."

"I just checked, and those third-party games on Yangbei Forum haven't officially launched on their forum yet. They're probably still in the development stage."

After Lin Mian finished speaking, he also gave Shen Kang the names and addresses of the offline stores, all of which were located in the commercial street.

After hearing this, Shen Kang nodded, "I understand."

He wasn't surprised.

Since Jung Chang-ho has decided to fully activate the Sharingan mode, he will naturally replicate everything. This three-way GG mode is naturally within Jung Chang-ho's replication scope.

"Boss, is there anything we need to do?" Lin Mian asked, somewhat anxious.

He is the third-party GG person in charge of Beiming Community.

Yangbei Forum is now also doing third-party GG (Google Game) services, which is directly related to its interests. Moreover, Yangbei Forum has already achieved some success, snatching away several third-party GG vendors from Beiming Community.

Lin Mian wanted to do something immediately to retaliate.

Shen Kang said, "For now, there's no need to do anything special. Just continue working normally as before. Our most important task right now is to complete the network switch."

Looking at Lin Mian, Shen Kang added, "I'll personally deliver a gift to Zheng Changhao to celebrate the launch of their website's third-party GG. Just focus on your own work and don't panic. This kind of competition isn't something that can be decided in a short time. The most important thing for you is to provide excellent service and be prepared for a long-term battle."

Gift-giving?

Lin Mian didn't know what Shen Kang meant by "giving gifts." However, he had gradually become familiar with the people next door over this period of time, and had heard some things about Shen Kang and Zheng Changhao from them, knowing that Shen Kang and Zheng Changhao had clashed several times.

Judging from the previous encounters, Zheng Changhao did not gain any advantage; on the contrary, Shen Kang's side gradually grew stronger.

Now, judging from Shen Kang's words, he has made preparations and plans. Lin Mian has temporarily put this matter aside and is preparing to do a better job of providing GG services, as Shen Kang suggested, by visiting those clients more frequently and building good relationships with them.

To be fair, this competition gave Lin Mian even more fighting spirit.

Seeing this, Shen Kang temporarily put aside the topic and started talking about something he was more concerned about: "How's it going with your negotiations for those KL swapping site ads?"

"As you instructed, we've screened out the suitable candidates and sent them their application forms..."

After talking with Lin Mian for a while, Shen Kang also grasped the current situation of Huanhuan.com's soft advertising.

Given the current situation, as long as they give the order, Huanhuan.com's soft advertisements will appear in large numbers on Beiming Community, forming a matrix offensive.

But it seems like something's missing...

Shen Kang pondered silently, and soon he understood where his feeling of "something was missing" came from—the GG matrix they had arranged had the surface, but there wasn't a single outstanding point.

While pushing a surface flat can be effective, it would be even better if there were a prominent, eye-catching feature.

Breaking through one point first, sparking a hot topic, and then having a large following to continuously amplify the buzz—this approach is undoubtedly more effective.

"Boss," Lin Mian asked, seeing Shen Kang deep in thought, "is there anything else that hasn't been done properly?"

Shen Kang then shared his idea of ​​combining specific points with broader perspectives with Lin Mian.

Lin Mian also began to ponder.

He also felt that this method seemed to be more effective.

But how exactly do we do it at this specific "point"? ...

Both of them fell into deep thought.

A moment later, Shen Kang suddenly clapped his hands, "I've got it!"

Lin Mian immediately snapped out of his reverie and looked over.

Shen Kang came up with a method that combined specific points with a broader approach. As the person in charge of GG, Lin Mian needed to know and cooperate with this method. So Shen Kang told Lin Mian about the method he had just come up with.

Lin Mian listened carefully, imagined the scene, and clapped his hands excitedly, "Sounds good!" Then, he asked impatiently, "Should I go talk to her about this right away?"

Shen Kang thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Forget it, she's my classmate. I'll go find her. You can take care of the other KL matters and make some minor adjustments to those guys to fit our new idea."

Lin Mian nodded, "Okay."

After the matter was settled, Shen Kang left 212 first.

As he walked along the corridor of the startup base, he took out his phone and sent a message to Wang Pan, asking where they were having classes.

Soon, Wang Pan's message came back.

"B17, 308. What's going on? You're actually coming to class? This class is Introduction to E-commerce, don't bring the wrong book."

"What are you saying? I'm a university student, what am I supposed to do if I don't attend classes?"

After replying to the message, Shen Kang put his phone away, went downstairs, left the startup base, and headed towards B17.

He walked all the way to classroom 306 in B17, went to the back door, and stood outside the back door to take a look.

The classroom was more than half full; it seemed that all the students from E-commerce Class 2 had arrived.

Wang Pan and his group sat in the last row on the left, as always.

On the podium in front of him was a male teacher in his forties. He was a complete stranger to Shen Kang, and Shen Kang was certain that he had never seen him before, so he came to a conclusion.

I don't think I've ever attended this class even once.

Just as Shen Kang was thinking this, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class.

The male teacher on the stage didn't seem to have a habit of procrastination. He immediately paused what he was saying and said, "Take a break first." After saying that, he picked up the thermos on the podium, opened it, and started drinking water.

University courses are generally structured as two short classes combined to form one long class.

This bell is the signal for the ten-minute break between two short classes.

So the students didn't all rush off; many remained seated, while only a few got up to go to the restroom.

Everyone started chatting, and the once quiet classroom began to become a bit noisy.

Shen Kang stood outside the back door, his eyes scanning the area, but he couldn't find the target he had come to look for.

Now that it was halftime, he simply took a step inside and stood inside the back door, his eyes continuing to scan the area, and finally saw the target he had come to find—Ji Feiyan.

She was sitting in the third row next to the wall facing the aisle in the classroom. I didn't see her before because of the angle, but I saw her now that I'm in the classroom.

She sat there, holding her phone, but didn't turn it on. Instead, she held it up in front of her, seemingly using the small screen as a mirror to adjust her bangs.

Shen Kang stood at the back door, while Ji Feiyan was focused on fixing her bangs. Since she didn't have eyes in the back of her head, she naturally didn't notice him.

But the girl next to Ji Feiyan noticed, nudged her with her elbow, and gestured towards the back row with her lip.

Ji Feiyan turned around and saw Shen Kang standing at the back door.

Seeing Ji Feiyan turn around, Shen Kang nodded to her, stretched out his right hand, and gestured outside, the meaning was clear—he needed to talk to her outside.

Ji Feiyan was both surprised and excited.

Did Shen Kang come specifically to see me?

She was about to get up immediately.

But before she could even get off the bench, the male teacher on the stage made his move first.

The male teacher's surname was Lu Wenbo. He was in his early forties and wore square-framed glasses. Perhaps due to overwork, he had several gray hairs on his head.

During class, Mr. Lu likes to spend half of his time teaching the textbook and the other half talking about his experiences working in companies.

He wore a blue jacket today.

At that moment, he stepped off the stage, carrying a thermos, and strode towards Shen Kang.

The whole class saw it.

The voices of those who were chatting murmured several octaves as dozens of eyes followed Teacher Lu's path and locked onto Shen Kang, who was standing by the back door.

In the last row on the left side of the classroom, Wang Pan had just seen Shen Kang coming over and was about to go over and talk to Old Shen when he saw this. He sat down again, his eyes darting between Teacher Lu and Shen Kang by the back door, and he chuckled.

Wang Pan, like a weasel that had stolen a chicken, lowered his body and chuckled, "Old Shen's done for. He skipped a whole semester of classes, and now he's been caught red-handed, huh? Serves him right!"

Seeing Shen Kang's bad luck made him happier than if he had won the lottery.

Feng Moquan, standing to the side, was a little puzzled. He looked at Shen Kang at the back door and then at Teacher Lu walking towards him, his eyes full of doubt: "If I remember correctly, Teacher Shen has never been to this class even once, right? Teacher Lu probably doesn't even know Teacher Shen, right? He probably thinks Teacher Shen is just a student from another class wandering around. Why would he specifically go up to catch him?"

Jin Chao nodded, "I also remember that Lao Shen didn't take this course."

Wang Pan was taken aback when he heard what the two said, realizing that there was indeed a logical problem, and couldn't help but look towards the back door.

At this moment, Lu Wenbo had already reached the back door and stood in front of Shen Kang.

He looked Shen Kang up and down, his eyes filled with a sense of scrutiny that "this student has a different temperament."

After taking a look, Lu Wenbo's previously calm expression suddenly turned into a smile.

"You're the one who came to audit the class, right?"

Lu Wenbo switched the thermos to his left hand and extended his right hand to shake hands with Shen Kang. "I heard from Professor Qian that a student is coming to my class. He said he's particularly interested in e-commerce and has even done some projects on his own. Is that you?"

Seeing Lu Wenbo reach out his hand, Shen Kang subconsciously reached out his hand as well.

Upon hearing Lu Wenbo's words, his hand paused in mid-air.

This teacher seems to have mistaken him for someone else.

"Um... Hello teacher, I'm actually..."

"Sit down, sit down, come sit in the front."

Teacher Lu didn't give him a chance to finish speaking. She patted him on the shoulder and warmly led him towards the podium.

"I was just talking to Professor Liu a couple of days ago about how not many students are willing to audit classes these days, especially those from other majors. Your attitude is excellent. You're much better than those students who sign up for the course but never show up for the whole semester."

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the classroom fell into an eerie silence.

Ji Feiyan's lips twitched, and she quickly lowered her head, pretending to look at her phone.

Wang Pan, Feng Moquan, Jin Chao, and many others were all looking in this direction with strange expressions—Teacher Lu, is it possible that the person in front of you is the "student you haven't seen all semester" you mentioned?

Lu Wenbo, oblivious to the subtle shift in the atmosphere, continued patting Shen Kang's arm enthusiastically: "What projects have you worked on? Tell me about them, e-commerce? Or more technical? Students in your major have a broader perspective than those in our School of Economics and Management—some of our students don't even know what they're listening to in class..."

Shen Kang followed Lu Wenbo and saw a pair of strange eyes looking at them from the classroom. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke up.

"Teacher, if I'm not mistaken, the 'student you never see for a whole semester' you mentioned should be me."

"..."

Lu Wenbo suddenly stopped walking.

He turned around, looked at Shen Kang, and remained silent.

Someone in the classroom made a very small, barely audible sound, like a breath that had been held in for a long time being squeezed out from between their teeth.

Wang Pan had already looked away, covering half of his face with his hand, his shoulders trembling.

Feng Moquan, Jin Chao, and many other students are basically in this situation now.

Everyone seemed to be infected with a plague, covering their faces with their hands, their shoulders shaking incessantly, and from time to time, the sound of suppressed, hissing air could be heard from all directions.

Compared to them, Shen Kang was much calmer, calmly meeting Lu Wenbo's gaze while secretly wondering, "What's wrong with Brother Pan? Didn't he say he'd help me with attendance? How come even this teacher knows I haven't been to class for a whole semester?"

As expected, Brother Pan is still a bit unreliable.

After a moment of silence, Lu Wenbo looked at Shen Kang and spoke: "You are Shen Kang?"

"Yes."

Lu Wenbo's expression was complex, seemingly a mixture of "What did I just say?" and "How dare you admit it?", making it incredibly complicated.

The entire classroom was silent for a full two seconds.

Then, a laugh suddenly came from somewhere.

It seems someone finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

Then, like a punctured balloon, laughter leaked out from all directions. Wang Pan slumped onto the table, his shoulders shaking as if he were having a fit; Feng Moquan covered his face, his lips agape between his fingers; Ji Feiyan tried desperately to suppress her laughter, her face turning red, her body trembling uncontrollably…

Only Shen Kang showed Lu Wenbo the most respect, remaining calm and composed.

Lu Wenbo's expression was complicated. He opened his mouth, then closed it, then opened it again, and finally spoke: "I've seen your project for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition... it's really quite good."

Shen Kang seemed to be deep in thought, then said, "Thank you, teacher."

"But you really haven't come to class for a whole semester." Lu Wenbo's tone was complicated.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Shen Kang apologized very straightforwardly.

Teacher Lu was silent for three seconds, then finally just sighed deeply and waved her hand: "Alright... it's good that you're back. Please sit down."

After he finished speaking, he turned back to the podium, picked up his thermos and took a sip, as if he urgently needed to calm himself down.

Shen Kang originally planned to call Ji Feiyan out to discuss something, and then leave.

But in this situation, it doesn't seem appropriate for him to just finish the matter and leave—that would be too arrogant, practically kicking the teacher in the face without giving him any face at all.

So Shen Kang stopped looking for Ji Feiyan and went to Wang Pan and Jin Chao's place instead.