13: Chapter 13 Dai Ye is dumbfounded, the leader is shocked

Traveling over a thousand kilometers, Dai Ye flew to Ningcheng.

Because he arrived in a hurry, Dai Ye forgot that this wasn't the south; it was currently a freezing winter in Ningcheng.

So, when Dai Ye got off the plane in thin clothes, he was frozen like a dog.

After leaving the airport, Dai Ye immediately took a taxi to a down jacket store and bought an extremely thick one.

Still feeling too cold, he went to a thermal underwear store and bought a set to put on.

His trip started poorly, but this was only the beginning.

Since Su Fan's Super God Technology company was registered at a university student entrepreneurship base, when Dai Ye found the place, he couldn't find Chao Shen Black Technology Company, nor did he meet anyone who had even heard of it.

Most people don't care who the developer of an app is unless the company reaches the level of large, well-known enterprises like Penguin Factory or Pig Farm.

Chao Shen Black Technology Company clearly hadn't reached that level yet.

Dai Ye was completely dazed; how the hell was he supposed to talk business if he couldn't even find the company!

After asking around and even using some official connections, Dai Ye finally found the phone number and home address of the company's legal representative, Su Fan.

However, because he had been harassed so much in the past, Su Fan had long ago set his phone to reject all calls from unknown numbers.

He hadn't changed this setting even now; Su Fan probably forgot about it himself.

Unable to get through on the phone, Dai Ye decided to go directly to Su Fan's home to find him.

Unfortunately, Su Fan wasn't at home at all, and he wouldn't be returning anytime soon.

He had moved into a villa; with a large house and a beautiful woman for company, it was much better than his old home.

As for the villa he was renting, Zhou Xiaoxiao had actually contacted the landlord to rent it, and because transferring money from a corporate account to a private one was too troublesome, Zhou Xiaoxiao had paid for it personally upfront.

Therefore, it was also difficult to find Su Fan or Chao Shen Black Technology Company through rental information.

Dai Ye stood blankly in the biting cold wind of Ningcheng. It was already night, the streetlights beside him cast a golden glow, and heavy snow suddenly began to fall from the sky.

A passerby's ringtone drifted closer:

"Snowflakes flutter, the north wind whistles, the world is a vast expanse of white..."

Filled with regret and confusion, Dai Ye returned to his hotel; he needed to report the situation to his superiors.

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Su Fan had no idea that an executive from Meitu Company had come to Ningcheng, and even if he did, he wouldn't bother hosting him.

Anyone looking for him at this time was either there to talk about an acquisition or an investment.

He wouldn't agree to either of those right now.

Since they wouldn't reach an agreement, why meet? It would be a pure waste of time.

At this moment, Su Fan was sitting at his computer in the third-floor study, working hard on developing "cute pet brawl."

This was his original computer, but it was now connected to the servers on the second basement level. With the network connection optimized by the Red Queen, the operating speed was lightning-fast.

"cute pet brawl" had already been renamed "cute pet paradise" by Su Fan. There was no special reason; Su Fan simply didn't like the original name.

After a few days of development, "cute pet paradise" was nearing completion.

The reason for such rapid development wasn't Su Fan's amazing typing speed, but because he had the artificial intelligence Red Queen assisting him.

Another day passed, and "cute pet paradise" was finished. Su Fan tried it out thoroughly and became addicted.

After playing for a whole day, Su Fan defined the game: it completely crushed any other game on the market.

With the Red Queen's support, the automatically generated pets were more exquisite and beautiful, perfectly aligning with human aesthetics.

Since it was a game with free trading, the economic system was crucial, but Su Fan didn't need to worry about that because of the Red Queen.

Now that the game development was complete, it was naturally time to prepare for its launch.

Releasing a game nowadays is quite simple, especially for mobile games; it's similar to releasing a mobile app, requiring only approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Having the Red Queen assist with submitting it for review, Su Fan opened the super god black technology system.

It was now 4:00 PM on January 13th, the 13th day since super god photo editing went online.

In the system, the influence points had reached 30 million.

Su Fan was already numb to it; no matter how many influence points he had, they were useless since he had no use for them right now.

Sigh—

Su Fan sighed and picked up his phone to call Zhou Xiaoxiao.

"Xiaoxiao, contact Huawei again and have them upgrade the servers."

"The computing power doesn't need to be too high, otherwise the basement won't be able to hold it. Just get one worth 50 million."

"Yes, that's right, I want the 50-million-yuan one. We're not short on money!"

"Also, contact the landlord and buy this villa."

"What? A spendthrift?"

"We have money. This villa is only a few million; don't worry, the money won't run out!"

Su Fan finished the call with such bravado, feeling incredibly comfortable.

So, being rich is this joyful!

Wait, he almost forgot he still had a mortgage!

Su Fan slapped his forehead, remembering that the mortgage for his other apartment hadn't been paid off yet.

It didn't matter; it was just small change. He could just take a trip to the bank to handle the early repayment.

As for the taxes required to transfer money from the company account to his personal account, Su Fan didn't care. Even if it was the maximum 45% personal income tax, he was willing to pay it.

Paying taxes is an obligation. Enjoying the protection of a powerful motherland but being unwilling to pay taxes? Go evade taxes in those war-torn regions then!

See if you'll still be alive to spend the money you saved!

In Ningcheng, a villa plus a regular high-rise apartment only totaled a few million. After all, this wasn't Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou; the income of Ningcheng residents was generally not high.

This "only a few million" was for rich people; to be honest, for ordinary people, even 3,000 was hard to earn.

Su Fan intended to change this situation. He wanted to provide all Xia Country citizens with a social safety net so they could survive even without working, allowing those willing to strive to fight for their dreams instead of struggling just to survive!

When poor, one should focus on their own integrity; when successful, one should aim to benefit the whole world!

Cough, cough, thinking too deeply.

After being busy for several days, Su Fan prepared to go out for a stroll. To develop the game, he had been working like crazy, and now his back and waist were aching.

After a simple change of clothes, he slowly walked out of the house.

But as soon as he stepped out, he was blocked back inside by a group of people!

What was happening?

Rewinding time a bit.

Dai Ye put in a lot of effort and finally used his connections to contact Section Chief Wang of the Ningcheng City Market Supervision Administration, who was in charge of small and medium-sized enterprise registrations.

The two sides soon met.

When he learned that a small company under his jurisdiction, registered for less than a month, had already profited at least ten million, Section Chief Wang's head went numb.

A bombshell!

Take it or leave it!

Isn't your head spinning!

This kind of thing couldn't be delayed at all. He immediately verified the situation, and once he confirmed that super god photo editing was a product of Chao Shen Black Technology Company and that its users had reached at least ten million, he believed it.

After all, given super god photo editing's payment model, earning ten million in revenue with that many users was too easy.

In this situation, he had to report to the Director. If handled well, it would be a political achievement; if handled poorly, he might even be disciplined!

As for Dai Ye, just leave him hanging for now.

Traveling across half the country to small Ningcheng to snatch the fruits of victory—if they really acquired it, Chao Shen Black Technology Company probably wouldn't belong to Ningcheng anymore!

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