Chapter 1154: Are You Scared, or What?

Zhao Fusheng was genuinely surprised by how rapidly his father's career was developing.

Originally, in his plan, his father's career needed to proceed steadily, but unexpectedly, his father had given him a big surprise.

Since they couldn't meet, he had to wait until the Spring Festival. Zhao Fusheng shook his head helplessly and dismissed his previous thoughts.

"By the way, prepare yourself. In a while, we're going to attend the Annual Economic Figures event." Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian nodded, indicating he had noted it.

"Alright, go get some rest. I'm going upstairs to sleep." Zhao Fusheng said to Zhang Qian and went upstairs on his own.

Zhang Qian nodded, then remembered something and said to Zhao Fusheng, "You mentioned buying a house earlier. Should I still keep an eye on that?"

After thinking it over, Zhao Fusheng said, "Look around. Preferably somewhere with a good location, a villa if possible."

To be honest, with housing prices in the capital now, Zhao Fusheng felt that buying a villa near the Third Ring Road would be like robbing a bank.

"Got it." Zhang Qian nodded and turned to leave.

Zhao Fusheng returned to his room and had a good sleep. When he woke up, it was already past six in the evening.

Summer days are long. Although it was past six, the sky outside hadn't completely darkened yet. Through the window, he could still see figures outside.

"That girl still hasn't come back."

Seeing that Fan Baobao was still nowhere to be found, Zhao Fusheng simply called her directly.

Soon, Fan Baobao's excited voice came through the phone: "Let me tell you, this little girl is so much fun..."

Rolling his eyes helplessly, Zhao Fusheng said, "If you like her, have one yourself. I promise I'll be there whenever you call."

"Cough!" Fan Baobao coughed dryly and decisively changed the subject: "Is there something you need to call about?"

"Nothing much, just asking if you're coming back tonight. If not, I'll eat on my own." Zhao Fusheng said.

"I'll stay here with Yunyun for a day and go back tomorrow morning." Fan Baobao considered and said to Zhao Fusheng, "If you don't have anything important, just make do for the night."

Zhao Fusheng opened his mouth to say something, but before he could, a baby's cry came from Fan Baobao's end. She hastily hung up, leaving Zhao Fusheng's mouth twitching as he looked at his phone with a wry smile.

Since Fan Baobao wasn't coming back that night, Zhao Fusheng couldn't be bothered to eat out or cook. Zhang Qian was probably resting too, so Zhao Fusheng didn't disturb him. He took two eggs from the fridge, boiled some noodles with hot water, and made do with a meal.

At that moment, he deeply missed the era of smartphones.

After all, by then, he could just sit at home, move his fingers, and have various takeaways delivered right to his door, without worrying about going hungry.

But unfortunately, that day was still a few years away. Until then, he had to rely on himself to have enough food and clothing.

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Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Zhao Fusheng woke up refreshed, tidied up, and left home with Zhang Qian, who had been waiting for him for a while, heading toward the Future Group headquarters.

Currently, the Future Group headquarters only housed two subsidiaries: Future Advertising and Future Investment. Future Film had its own office building, while the geeks at Future Technology had rented an office building in Zhongguancun.

Zhao Fusheng had told them several times to move over, but Dong Guoxiang, who usually obeyed Zhao Fusheng's orders without question, refused for the first time. His reason was simple: the atmosphere there was better.

Well, Zhao Fusheng really didn't understand the world of geeks.

Even so, the entire Future Group office building was bustling with activity.

After all, this was the headquarters of one of the top three advertising companies in the northern region.

"To Future Investment." Zhao Fusheng said to Zhang Qian as he got on the elevator.

Zhang Qian was taken aback. He had thought Zhao Fusheng was going to the chairman's office, but instead, he was heading straight to see Dong Chenxi.

When they reached Dong Chenxi's office, she was just about to leave. Seeing Zhao Fusheng, she was quite surprised: "What brings you here?"

"Something came up." Zhao Fusheng said calmly, then looked at Dong Chenxi and the group behind her: "Going out?"

"The negotiations with Blog Network are almost done. Today is our last meeting with them." Dong Chenxi said.

"Perfect, I'll tag along." Zhao Fusheng smiled and said to Dong Chenxi, "Shall we talk on the way?"

With the big boss personally showing up, no one dared to object. The executives of Future Investment obediently followed Zhao Fusheng and Dong Chenxi into the elevator and headed downstairs.

"Why did you come?" Dong Chenxi asked Zhao Fusheng again, but this time they were already in the car.

Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly: "Nothing much, just to tell you that we can announce the increase in our stake in NetEase shares."

"So soon?" Dong Chenxi was startled, then her eyes lit up: "Are you planning to..."

Before she could finish, Zhao Fusheng nodded and interrupted her: "I don't want to wait any longer."

The matter with Tong Zhenbang had to be resolved quickly. Zhao Fusheng didn't want Chen Shijie to stay in such a dangerous place any longer. Besides, the year 2004 was almost over. If the subprime crisis broke out in 2006 and the other party decided to withdraw, all their efforts would be in vain.

"Alright, I'll have someone release the news immediately." Dong Chenxi nodded to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Have we finished the accumulation?"

"It's been done for a while." Dong Chenxi smiled.

Increasing the stake in NetEase was a decision Zhao Fusheng had made long ago, and Dong Chenxi had been working on it discreetly. Announcing it now was just to send a signal to Tong Zhenbang.

"Good, proceed according to plan." Zhao Fusheng nodded and said to Dong Chenxi.

Dong Chenxi smiled: "To be honest, I'm really looking forward to seeing Tong Zhenbang's expression when he hears this news."

She meant it. After all, NetEase's stock price was quite high now, approaching the 70-yuan mark. Based on Zhao Fusheng's initial investment of two million US dollars, it was now worth 140 million US dollars.

And according to Zhao Fusheng's plan, if he wanted to continue increasing the stake, the funds needed would not be just ten or twenty million US dollars.

Although the profits were equally substantial, Dong Chenxi was curious to see if Tong Zhenbang had the guts to enter the game.