104: Chapter 14 is officially online!

Before Shen Yan could finish speaking, Youyou lowered her head, looking dejected.

"I know Mom is busy. She's always busy..."

Hearing this, Shen Yan quickly comforted her, "It's okay. If Mom doesn't have time to be with you, I will. How about I have dinner with you today?"

Youyou forced a smile.

"Okay, Daddy will eat with me!"

Seeing her like this made Shen Yan's heart ache terribly.

"How about this: tomorrow, I'll ask Auntie Fang to take you to the amusement park to play, and then take you out for hamburgers and fries."

Upon hearing about food and fun, Youyou's eyes immediately lit up.

"Yay! I can finally go out and play again!"

Seeing that Youyou's mood was no longer so low, Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Right now, all he hoped for Youyou was happiness and safety.

In the blink of an eye, the day the software officially launched arrived.

"Holy crap! I'm so nervous!"

Chen Guangke sat rigidly in front of the computer and said.

Shen Yan's mood wasn't much better than Chen Guangke's.

This was the first piece of software their company had officially released.

The success or failure of the software would determine the future of their company.

It was impossible for him not to be nervous.

"How is it? Have the data come out yet?"

The software had been live for an hour.

The software sent a basic user data report to the backend every hour.

Now, it was time.

"Ding-dong!"

A notification sound rang.

There was a red numerical arrow on the backend interface.

Chen Guangke nervously swallowed and clicked open the backend.

"It's here! It's here!"

Shen Yan stared intently at the screen.

"Open it quickly!"

Chen Guangke took a deep breath and, along with everyone else in the company, held their breath as they watched the computer screen.

The mouse moved.

The file opened.

A dense mass of data appeared in the table.

Shen Yan quickly found the figure for the basic user count.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands!"

"Heavens! Am I seeing this right? In just one hour, a hundred thousand technical users have logged into our software!"

Chen Guangke was so excited he jumped straight out of his chair.

Shen Yan was also incredibly thrilled.

He rubbed his eyes and refreshed the file repeatedly to confirm he wasn't mistaken.

"It really is a hundred thousand users... It seems your promotional video was very effective!"

Wu Ya chuckled slyly, "Of course it was. We poured a lot of traffic into it and released different promotional videos for different segments."

"The total views exceeded one hundred million!"

Shen Yan burst out laughing.

"Excellent! Everyone's bonus for this month is secured!"

Hearing this, the other Employees cheered one after another.

"Yay!"

"CEO Shen is mighty!"

The atmosphere in their company was joyous, while the mood on Chen Ling's side was extremely oppressive.

"Can you find the data?"

The project team members shook their heads.

"For data like the basic user count, we can only see it on the software's backend."

Chen Ling frowned.

"Then can you log into the software's backend?"

The project team members were somewhat speechless.

They were coders, not hackers.

Why did she always ask them to hack into other people's software backends at the slightest provocation?

"CEO Chen, we are not hackers, and illegally accessing someone else's software backend is against the law."

Chen Ling made a 'tsk' sound and replied impatiently, "Then you can at least see the software's download count, right?"

"Tell me, how many downloads does the software have right now?"

After typing a few times on the keyboard, the project team member replied, "The total download count for the software right now is one hundred and forty thousand..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Ling shrieked.

"What?!"

"One hundred and forty thousand!"

The project team member's ears were nearly deafened by her shouting.

He rubbed his ears and said, "CEO Chen, don't panic yet. Download numbers can be faked."

Chen Ling rolled her eyes and replied irritably, "Even if it's faked, it couldn't possibly be this exaggerated!"

"One hundred thousand plus downloads—even if you cut it in half, it's still fifty or sixty thousand. No, we have to think of a way!"

Chen Ling felt a very strong sense of crisis.

Shen Yan's software had only been live for an hour, and it already had over a hundred thousand downloads.

If this continued to develop, wouldn't Shen Yan truly be on the rise again?!

She would not allow such a thing to happen.

If Shen Yan rose again, the first person to suffer would definitely be her.

"Notify the heads of all departments to come to the conference room for a meeting. We'll discuss this together!"

The project team members closed their eyes.

Great!

Another meeting and overtime session!

In the conference room.

Chen Ling asked everyone, "Does everyone know about the software called Prosperous Appointment that was launched recently?"

None of the Employees spoke.

Some of them knew, and some didn't.

But regardless of whether they knew or not, none of them dared to speak, because Chen Ling would not give them a chance to open their mouths.

"This software has over a hundred thousand downloads right after launch. I think we should feel a sense of crisis. Do you all have any measures to deal with this software?"

All the Employees exchanged glances.

If another company's software was developing well, what measures could they possibly have?

Seeing everyone looking like mutes, keeping their heads down and remaining silent.

Chen Ling looked displeased and asked loudly, "Are you all mute? Why aren't you answering me?"

The Project Team Leader spoke softly, "CEO Chen, I think we can log into their software first to take a look."

Chen Ling asked with interest, "Look at what? Are you planning to hack into their backend?"

The Project Team Leader pursed his lips.

"That's not what I meant. I meant to see if their software has any bugs, so that we can..."

Chen Ling interrupted him impatiently.

"No!"

"It will take too long, I can't wait that long. Moreover, Shen Yan is very meticulous in how he does things. Software approved by him usually doesn't have major issues."

"Find another way!"

At these words, the Project Team Leader was completely silenced.

He felt Chen Ling was deliberately making things difficult for him.

For a software that had no apparent flaws, what good method could they use to take it offline, other than doing something illegal?

This CEO Chen was clearly forcing them to commit a crime!

"Why are you all quiet again? Here's the deal, I'll give you two choices. The first is to help me hack into this software's backend and steal all the data inside."

"The second is to develop a software similar to theirs. We must compete with them for dominance."

The project team members felt their vision go dark upon hearing this.

If possible, they didn't want to choose either of these options.

One was illegal, and the other was plagiarism.

Whichever path they took was a dead end.

"CEO Chen, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate? I think we can completely create an original software and not compete in the same market segment as theirs."

Just as the Project Team Leader was trying to plead his case further, Chen Ling made the final decision.