Chapter 49: Galaxy Technology, a Business Empire

To tell the truth, 2012 was not a very good time.

Ant Group in Hangzhou had already become a behemoth, and Tencent in Shenzhen had already developed WeChat, holding all the trump cards.

Even ByteDance in Beijing had already been established, having secured angel round investment and $1 million in Series A funding.

It could be said that there weren't many true internet opportunities left for Wang Donglai.

However, during the following period, the internet happened to be the place with the greatest potential and the most abundant capital flow.

If he missed this wave of the internet, the time required to fulfill Wang Donglai's dreams would be far too long.

According to Wang Donglai's plan, he selected several future development trends.

Autonomous driving technology, Super Artificial Intelligence (AI), chips, new energy batteries, robotics, and so on.

These technologies all required massive capital investment and a vast amount of talent.

Although Wang Donglai was confident that he could use his Reading System to elevate his expertise in these areas, it would still take time.

To truly exert his influence, his role would be to point out the direction and overcome the core technical difficulties, leaving the rest to be pushed forward by his employees.

This way, results could emerge in a short amount of time.

The reason he was in such a hurry was that Wang Donglai knew there wasn't much time left for his motherland.

The powers led by the West would not allow a great nation of 1.4 billion people to walk the path to prosperity.

Their goal was to stifle innovation so that the 1.4 billion people would continue to perform grueling manual labor while they sat back and reaped high profits.

Once a breakthrough was made in the directions Wang Donglai had chosen, productivity would be greatly enhanced.

Productivity forces a change in the relations of production, which would ultimately make life easier for the hardworking people on this land.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Donglai needed to seize the time; there was no room for delay.

With one hand, he would rake in money from the internet, and with the other, he would drive technological development and innovation.

Only through the mutual promotion of both could he achieve his goals.

...

Throughout the entire month of August, Wang Donglai began his diligent entrepreneurial journey in Tangdu.

Recruiting and interviewing, developing software, and determining company operational plans.

Although he was a bit clumsy at the start, once Wang Donglai went through the process once, he quickly grasped it and became increasingly proficient.

Zhou Rui often saw Wang Donglai reading books during his leisure time, never engaging in any other form of entertainment.

Seeing how hard the boss worked, Zhou Rui naturally felt embarrassed to slack off and instead threw himself wholeheartedly into the company.

By the end of August, Galaxy Technology Co., Ltd. was officially on track.

And the first software developed by Galaxy Technology was *Neihan Duanzi*.

He would walk the path of ByteDance, leaving ByteDance with no path to walk.

This name was also something Wang Donglai had registered ahead of ByteDance.

However, the code was something Wang Donglai had written bit by bit once his computer proficiency reached Level 3.

Because he had played this software in his previous life, Wang Donglai wrote a new set of code based on the general framework while adding his own ideas.

Once the software was written, he handed it over to Zhou Rui for operations and traffic acquisition.

In his previous life, this software was directly banned by a single document, which was truly a pity, but it had also crossed certain lines first, so it wasn't entirely unjust.

Therefore, the moment the software was written, Wang Donglai had determined its operational plan: he would absolutely not repeat the same mistakes.

After a month of working together, Wang Donglai gained a deeper understanding of Zhou Rui.

He realized that there was a reason why Sixth Sense had chosen him.

Strong technical skills and high execution!

He saved Wang Donglai a lot of trouble and allowed Wang Donglai to learn a great deal of experience.

As the start of the school semester approached, Wang Donglai withdrew his attention from the company.

【Player: Wang Donglai】 【Attributes: Constitution 9, Intelligence 8】 【Level: Level 3 (156/10000)】 【Reading Categories: High School Compulsory, Computer Science, Economics】 【Skill: Photographic Memory】 【Abilities: Sense of Direction, Speed Reading, Mental Arithmetic】 Chinese: lv6 (264/15000) Math: lv5 (687/10000) English: lv5 (394/5000) Geography: lv4 (1024/2000) Politics: lv4 (975/2000) History: lv4 (986/2000) Chemistry: lv2 (1345/2000) Physics: lv2 (1254/2000) Biology: lv2 (1168/2000) Computer Science: lv3 (150/10000) Economics: lv2 (387/5000)

Only two new pieces of information had appeared on the panel: Computer Science and Economics.

In addition, when Wang Donglai founded Galaxy Technology, the system released a new main quest.

【Main Quest: Business Empire】 【Business Empire: Detected that the player has created a company. This quest is now active. Quest rewards are based on the market value of the player's company; the higher the market value, the greater the reward.】 【Note: Extra rewards will be triggered when the company's market value reaches the stages of one billion, ten billion, one hundred billion, and one trillion.】

This main quest came suddenly, but upon seeing the note, Wang Donglai became excited.

The reason was simple.

The technologies in the system were simply too incredible.

Even the previous "Refreshing Pill" was miraculous; if it were developed, it would absolutely crush the currently hyper-competitive high school students.

Taking one pill would not only refresh the mind but also improve concentration.

The boost to learning would be terrifyingly large.

Theoretically, as long as one possessed such a thing, everyone could improve their grades.

Not to mention the super high-tech technologies he had seen during the lucky draws.

...

Time flew by, and soon it was the day for enrollment at Tangdu University.

It was also at this time that Zhou Rui learned that Wang Donglai was actually a freshman student.

Although he looked a bit young, Zhou Rui thought it was just a youthful appearance and didn't think much of it.

Knowing this, Zhou Rui became even more expectant of Galaxy Technology's future.

Because after *Neihan Duanzi* began its traffic-driven operations, the data trend was extremely positive. In just half a month, downloads exceeded 100,000 and were still rising, with daily active users reaching as high as 10,000.

It might not seem like much, but this was only data from half a month.

As a programmer from a major tech firm, Zhou Rui understood even better what kind of data a new software would show upon release.

This data could definitely be called excellent.

Feeling optimistic about the future of Galaxy Technology, Zhou Rui worked even harder.

As for Wang Donglai, he went to the station to welcome Wang Qingchen and the others.

Wang Donglai did not ask Wang Yanxing to come to Tangdu, nor did he tell Wang Yanxing about starting a company in Tangdu.

It wasn't that Wang Donglai wanted to hide it, but rather that it wasn't suitable to make it public before achieving results.

Although his parents wouldn't harm him, they wouldn't be able to keep a secret.

So, Wang Donglai simply didn't mention it, intending to deal with it once it could no longer be hidden.

Having made fifty million from stock trading, Wang Donglai sent fifty thousand back, allowing Wang Yanxing and his cousin's father-in-law to open a supermarket in town as partners.

It wasn't for the money, but to give Wang Yanxing and Cao Shuxian something to do so they wouldn't have to work so hard on construction sites.

After waiting at the station for a while, Wang Donglai saw Wang Qingchen, his second uncle Wang Yanjun, and the parents of Chen Mengni and Guo Xing.

Since they had all been recommended to Tangdu University by Wang Donglai, the three girls had become acquainted and turned into friends; they had arranged to report for enrollment together.

When Wang Donglai saw Chen Mengni and Guo Xing, he subconsciously blinked, almost failing to recognize them.

The two girls had changed significantly, swapping their plain high school clothes for more fashionable, figure-hugging outfits.

With new hairstyles, their entire aura had changed.

Youthful, beautiful, lively, and cute.

They truly were like the "Four Gentlemen" of plants—plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum—each with her own unique charm.

After a simple greeting, the group set off together for Tangdu University.

On the way, Chen Mengni and Guo Xing's gazes remained fixed on Wang Donglai.

Noticing this, Wang Qingchen's lips curled into a slight arc, her eyes sparkling with amusement, as if she were watching a good show.

Zhao Chengpeng from the Admissions Office had already made arrangements, so the group's registration was extremely smooth.

Even their dormitories had been specially arranged; they weren't placed in old dorms but in buildings with better conditions.

As for Wang Donglai, his conditions were even more generous. Simply placing him in the "Xue Qiansen Experimental Class" was already a gesture of great sincerity.

For Zhao Chengpeng, this was a huge risk, but he had gritted his teeth and agreed to it.

It is worth mentioning that the three girls chose different majors.

Guo Xing chose Law, Chen Mengni chose Human Resource Management, and Wang Qingchen chose Electronic Science and Technology.

After accompanying everyone on a tour of the campus, he finally saw the parents off.

As the parents were leaving, Wang Donglai wondered if it was an illusion, but he felt that the eyes of Chen Mengni's parents and Guo Xing's parents were somewhat unfriendly when they looked at him.

It was only a comment from Wang Qingchen that made him realize the truth.

"Donglai, I didn't expect it. You actually have such good fortune. Tell me, which one of them do you actually like? A boy from our Wang family mustn't become a playboy."

Wang Donglai was stunned and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Second Sister, don't talk nonsense. I'm not thinking about dating."

"Oh, you don't want to date? Then do you know why one of them chose Law and the other chose Accounting?"

Wang Qingchen glared at him and asked.

"I don't know!"

"It's all for you! Didn't you say something that they both remembered? So they thought they could help you, which is why they chose these two majors—to help you after they graduate."

Wang Donglai was stunned again, completely not expecting the two girls to do this.

He had originally thought that helping them review and bringing them to Tangdu University was enough to repay them, but he never imagined they would take his previous words to heart and change their majors just to help him.

"Second Sister, I understand."

Wang Donglai nodded and said no more.

University is about to take off, everyone please fasten your seatbelts (prepare your monthly and recommendation votes).