At the entrance of the rented small second floor, Qi Yun just got out of the car when Yuan Hua anxiously rushed over.

"What urgent matter came up?" Qi Yun asked.

After leaving the police station earlier, he was planning to go home to brew and drink some medicine, but this guy called him urgently.

Yuan Hua's forehead was covered in sweat, and he quickly replied, "President Qi, I added two more servers last night. Now the temperature in the room is too high, and the servers have crashed several times. That small air conditioner isn't effective."

Qi Yun patted his shoulder after hearing this: "Don't worry, take me to see it first."

The two walked to the room on the left side of the second floor, opened the door, and a wave of heat with the unique scorched smell of electronic components hit them.

The condition inside was very simple, seven or eight servers were placed separately around, not even in a cabinet.

The chassis emitted a buzzing sound, the cooling vents were blowing hot air outside, and the air outlet of the wall-mounted small air conditioner almost didn't feel any coolness.

Qi Yun squatted down, reached out and touched the shell of one of the servers, it was so hot that it could fry eggs.

He stood up, turned his head and looked at Yuan Hua and asked: "What's your solution?"

Yuan Hua wiped the sweat off his forehead and quickly replied: "My idea is to add two more high-powered air conditioners to lower the temperature in this room."

"Earlier I wanted to ask Brother Zhong for help, but couldn't reach him, so I could only call you, President Qi."

Qi Yun nodded, glanced around the room, frowned and thought for a moment, then ordered: "Turn off all the servers first."

"Turn...turn off?" Yuan Hua was stunned.

"Yes, with the servers being unstable now, it's worse for user experience. It's better to stop them first. Come to the office when you're done, I want to ask you something." With that, Qi Yun turned and walked downstairs.

Yuan Hua watched his back as he left, his throat tightening, he started shutting down the servers one by one with a heavy heart.

In the office, Qi Yun sat in a chair, fiddling with a lighter in his hand, contemplating the development of this network company.

The game is showing promise now, to grow and expand, we can't operate like a ramshackle setup...

A few minutes later, Yuan Hua knocked and came in.

"President Qi, all the servers are shut down."

Qi Yun nodded slightly, pointing to the chair opposite: "Sit down, let's talk."

Yuan Hua carefully sat down, only occupying one-third of the seat, his hands awkwardly clenched together, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qi Yun smiled at him: "Don't be nervous, I just wanted to ask about your thoughts on this game."

Yuan Hua's tense shoulders relaxed a bit, he swallowed and replied: "President Qi, I think our current server configuration...really can't handle the increase in simultaneous online users."

"If we could optimize some algorithms to reduce data computation..." After saying this, he glanced at Qi Yun's expression, fearing the president might stop investing because of today's issues.

Qi Yun nodded after hearing this: "What you said is indeed a problem, but that's not what I was asking."

"Ah?" Yuan Hua was dumbfounded, not knowing how to respond.

Qi Yun sighed, lit a cigarette, and slowly said: "I heard from Zhong Rui earlier that this game is currently maintaining a ten percent daily growth rate. As the number of users increases, server pressure will also increase. The upstairs environment is prone to safety hazards."

"So I've decided to rent some cabinets at a big data center to host all the servers with them."

"Additionally, we'll rent a new office space, hire some assistants for you to speed up development, and this place will be just for accommodation."

"What do you think?"

After hearing this, Yuan Hua's face immediately showed a joyful expression, nodding quickly: "No problem, that's certainly better."

"Right." Qi Yun exhaled a smoke ring and continued, "If you have any needs or difficulties, feel free to bring them up, I'll find a way to solve them."

Yuan Hua shook his head: "No, not at the moment."

Qi Yun nodded slightly: "Then keep up the good work, strive to launch the mall's features as soon as possible, we can't just invest without a revenue stream."

Yuan Hua puffed his chest, his eyes firm: "Okay, President Qi, rest assured, I'll do my best."

"Right, when the timing is right, I'll invest more for promotion."

"..."

After leaving here, Qi Yun headed to the trading company.

Just right, there were still many empty rooms on that floor, he decided to rent two more next door as a new office space, making management easier in the future.

Inside the office, Zhong Rui was busy completing the onboarding for a new salesman.

Once the person was finished, Qi Yun walked in and explained everything to him.

Zhong Rui nodded after listening: "Okay boss, I'll take care of it immediately."

"Also, recruit an admin," Qi Yun added.

"Alright." Zhong Rui thought for a moment and then asked, "Boss, do you have requirements for age, body figure, or appearance?"

Qi Yun glanced at him, exasperated: "I asked you to hire an admin, not hold a beauty contest. Hire someone capable to share some work with you, not doing everything by yourself."

Only then did Zhong Rui realize he seemed to have misunderstood, he laughed awkwardly and quickly recorded Qi Yun's instructions in his notebook.

"Where's President Peng?" Qi Yun saw no one in the inner office, turned and asked.

"A KTV is selling second-hand audio equipment, President Peng went to negotiate the acquisition."

Qi Yun nodded: "Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Leaving the office, he had just sat down in the car when his phone screen lit up with a bank transaction reminder, totaling 6.27 million.

The payment for those spark plug components came through, costing five million, with a profit of 1.27 million.

This deal is indeed quite lucrative, and later on, they could steadily earn forty to fifty thousand every month.

Qi Yun immediately paid back Shi Feng's three million.

Then he remembered the matter of transferring ownership for the two shops today, so he called the agency to inquire, learned the transfer procedures were completed, and the new property certificate would be available in a few days.

Only then did Qi Yun feel relieved, he signaled Chen Wei to drive home.

...

At night, in a hotel private room, Ma Baoguo looked somewhat apprehensive.

He placed the two bottles of Maotai that he brought on the table and looked at Qi Yun, asking: "Brother Qi, how does this wine look? Not sure if it suits Director Zhang's taste."

Qi Yun handed him a cigarette, smiling as he said: "Brother Ma, your current demeanor is a bit out of line with the image I have of you."

Ma Baoguo took the cigarette, lit it, inhaled deeply, and sighed: "Brother, this is too important for me, I've waited over ten years, finally gotten such a chance, really scared about missing it."

Qi Yun patted his shoulder: "Brother Ma, take it easy, Director Zhang is a reasonable person, they'll assess things fairly."

This was purely for comfort...

As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the private room door, and soon a casually dressed Zhang Dayong entered, led by a waiter.

Ma Baoguo immediately stood up, his face carrying a big smile, quickly greeting him: "Director Zhang, you've arrived, please have a seat!"

Zhang Dayong nodded, his face carrying a light smile.

Meanwhile, in the adjacent private room next door.

A man with slicked-back hair was holding a cigarette with one hand, resting the other on the shoulder of a nearby young woman, instructing the underlings across from him: "That residential area of the bus company is ours, you can start operations tomorrow. I don't care what means you use, you must secure all the property rights before the end of the month."

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