The next morning, when Chen Mo got up, Xiao Yu had already prepared breakfast, just like the previous two times, and was watching a TV drama. After breakfast, Chen Mo took Xiao Yu out of the rental.
Xiao Yu was completely different from how listless she had been the night before. Seeing lively Xiao Yu return, Chen Mo finally felt relieved.
"Xiao Yu, if you're tired in the future, just tell me."
"It's fine. It's only been more serious lately; usually, I'm fine." Xiao Yu sat on the back seat of the bicycle, a satisfied smile appearing on her face once again.
Last night had been the most restful sleep she had gotten in days. She had slept until she woke naturally and recovered all the energy she had lost over the past few days.
After taking Xiao Yu back to her dormitory, Chen Mo headed toward the shops outside the school.
Only after watching Chen Mo's figure disappear did Xiao Yu turn and head back to the dormitory. But the moment she opened the dorm door, she saw three pairs of teasing eyes.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Xiao Yu felt a little guilty under those three sets of ill-intentioned gazes.
"You were listless yesterday, but radiant today. Looks like love has nourished you." Li Ruoxi gave a mischievous smile.
Xiao Yu's face instantly flushed red. She spat lightly, then walked back to her bed.
"Xiao Yu, did you see the message in the class group?" Wang Xiaolan, who wore thick glasses, asked from the side.
"I didn't check. What message?"
"Clearly, you've been too happy to think of anything else." Zhou Tongtong laughed. "It's about internships. Ant Army Company is coming to our school to recruit interns."
"Ant Army Company?" Xiao Yu was puzzled for a moment. "The Ant Army Company that sells Butterfly Eye Phones?"
She remembered the name. A few days ago, Zhou Tongtong had been clamoring about replacing her phone, so Xiao Yu had looked up the Butterfly Eye Phone. It was incredibly beautiful, the kind of phone that made people fall in love at first sight.
Moreover, Ant Army Company had been appearing in the news lately, so she remembered it clearly.
"Yes, that Ant Army." Zhou Tongtong nodded. "Right now, in Bin Hai City, Ant Army Company is a star enterprise. It hasn't been established for long, but it's already a company worth over a hundred million. The school places great importance on cooperating with Ant Army Company, so they notified every department and class about its recruitment."
"Xiao Yu, with your qualifications, you should give it a try. Maybe you can get into Ant Army Company. I heard the benefits are excellent," Li Ruoxi said.
"What about you guys?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Xiaolan is taking the graduate school entrance exam, Tong Tong is going home to help her father manage the company, and I'm planning to give it a try. Want to go together and keep each other company?" Li Ruoxi said.
"Didn't you apply to a company at the last job fair?"
"Don't even mention it. That interviewer looked so lecherous, I wanted to slap him to death."
Li Ruoxi sounded somewhat angry, then calmed herself down.
"I'm planning to try Ant Army Company. There have been smears online recently, but they're all fake. This company has a lot of potential. Want to come with me? You have an accounting qualification certificate and passed the accountant exam, so you have a big advantage."
"Sure. I'll prepare my résumé," Xiao Yu said after thinking it over.
Chen Mo returned to the shop and checked the online discussions about Ant Army Company. Ever since the bounty notice had been released, people kept claiming they had found vulnerabilities. Yet after trying to crack the phones, every one of them had failed.
Those articles about security flaws in the Army Ant System had long been drowned beneath the abuse of netizens. If there really had been vulnerabilities, they would have gone to claim the reward already.
After this period of use, the Army Ant System had gained users' initial approval.
Setting aside the Army Ant System itself, its configuration, appearance, and waterproof performance made the Butterfly Eye Phone more than worth its price.
Because of its exquisite appearance, Butterfly Eye was even more popular among female users. Even Chen Mo had not expected that.
Butterfly Eye's sales were now steadily rising, and they had officially entered the phone market. However, if they wanted to seize a larger market share, relying on a single Butterfly Eye Phone was obviously impossible.
They had merely become famous overnight. In the eyes of many consumers, Butterfly Eye was only pretty, and its brand recognition was not very high. People worried about quality issues.
It was clearly impossible to build up the brand in one stroke. They still needed to develop in the future. Just as he was about to put down his phone and begin researching the Chinese Character Programming Language, his phone suddenly rang.
Zhao Min stood by the office window with her phone in hand, calmly watching the traffic below.
The company had faced many troubles lately. Another five employees had resigned today, and it was already certain that someone was poaching staff from their company behind the scenes. However, she could not determine which company was behind it.
Only after the call connected did Zhao Min breathe a sigh of relief.
Although this chairman was young, his calm and steady temperament gave her considerable reassurance. If she was the backbone of the company's employees, then this young, low-profile chairman was their anchor.
"Chairman, another five employees resigned today," Zhao Min said calmly.
"You don't need to report to me in such detail, do you?" Chen Mo said helplessly over the phone.
"I wanted to see whether you felt any urgency. I've noticed that no matter what happens, nothing can make you panic even a little. Wouldn't you be worried even if all the employees were poached?"
"As long as you haven't been poached, there's no urgency." Chen Mo smiled. "The waves sift the sand. That's the selection process."
Chen Mo had heard Old Shu speak of other civilizations, from their emergence to their destruction. He had even seen the process of civilizations being destroyed on the Sci-Tech Library's light screen. It looked like a science fiction movie, but after seeing it so often, he remained unmoved by many things.
"Now I feel like my bet with you was just a trap."
Zhao Min felt helpless about Chen Mo as well.
"The company has already contacted Binhai University. We'll send people there tomorrow to recruit interns. In the future, I plan to cooperate with Binhai University and have them provide us with talent, especially technical talent."
"Then I'll go interview too. Do you think I'd pass if I went for an interview?" Chen Mo chuckled.
"Go ahead. I guarantee you'll pass. Then I'll fire you afterward. Firing the boss has always been my dream."
Zhao Min was amused by Chen Mo's words too. This chairman could be rather mischievous sometimes.
"Let's talk business. There's also the issue of company headquarters."
"Mm, go ahead."
"I want two plots of land to build the company headquarters and an industrial park," Zhao Min said.
Now that the company's reputation had risen, although they still had few personnel, they had to prepare for the future. Otherwise, once they developed further, starting construction then would be too slow.
"That works. It's time to build them." Chen Mo thought for a moment before speaking.
"Then I'll have Ling Feng contact the city government. That's all for now. If you have time, come to the company."
Zhao Min was helpless about Chen Mo's leisurely attitude. No matter what happened, this chairman always acted as though nothing mattered, and she had gotten used to it.
After hanging up, Chen Mo immersed himself in researching the Chinese Character Programming Language again.
The books on creating programming languages explained keywords, phrases, and statement definitions in great detail. However, the modes of expression in Chinese characters were too complex, which was why the research was progressing so slowly.
This was an entirely new computer language system and a field that had never been attempted before. It was not as simple as directly translating C Language for use.
The past two months of research had yielded tremendous progress. He believed it would all be completed before long. Therefore, during this period, he decided to devote all his energy to researching the Chinese Character Programming Language.
Once Chen Mo entered a research state, he became completely absorbed.
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