154: Chapter 154 What else? What's more important than making ribs for my wife than a penguin?

Guanghui Technology, 32nd-floor VIP room.

Su Qingxue sat at the head of the table, lifted the purple clay teapot, and pushed the clear tea toward the opposite side.

Ma Huateng sat opposite her.

This name represented absolute dominance in the Chinese internet industry.

He wore a well-tailored dark suit, and his gold-rimmed glasses were polished until they shone.

But his sitting posture was slightly leaning forward at this moment.

This was a defensive, and somewhat ingratiating, posture.

"President Su, the achievements of Guanghui Technology over these past few years are awe-inspiring."

Ma Huateng picked up his teacup, his voice kept very soft.

"President Ma is too kind; Penguin is the senior here."

Su Qingxue's tone was cold, maintaining her usual female CEO demeanor.

The two exchanged a few simple words.

Ma Huateng set down his teacup, his fingers unconsciously rubbing against his knees twice.

"President Su, I came today representing Penguin, hoping to ask for a ticket."

He enunciated the word "ask" with heavy emphasis.

This hegemon, who controlled a trillion-dollar empire, had completely lowered his stance.

"The new world built by the Virtual Helmet is not the next generation of the internet."

"It is the end point for all traditional internet companies."

"Penguin does not want to be abandoned by the era."

Su Qingxue listened quietly.

She looked at the man before her, whom Guanghui Technology once had to look up to.

Just a year ago, Penguin's gaming channels were still restricting and suppressing Guanghui Mobile.

At that time, the upper management of Guanghui Technology couldn't even manage to meet Ma Huateng.

And now, this helmsman of an empire had come alone, kneeling and begging for a qualification to board the ship.

Su Qingxue's heartbeat began to accelerate.

All this upheaval stemmed from that man who spent his days lying at home playing games.

That was her husband.

A sense of pride, so intense it almost overflowed, instantly filled her chest.

Su Qingxue did not agree immediately but picked up the phone on the table.

She didn't dial; she just held the phone to her lips and said in an extremely gentle tone.

"Hubby, he is very sincere."

Ma Huateng's pupils contracted sharply.

He saw that Su Qingxue's phone screen was clearly black.

The next second.

The blonde simulation Robot in the corner of the VIP room, which had been responsible for serving tea and water, suddenly turned its head.

The Robot's electronic eyes precisely locked onto Ma Huateng.

A slightly lazy male voice came from the earpiece of Su Qingxue's phone.

"Sincerity is not something you say with your mouth."

It was Lu Li!

Ma Huateng's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

Only then did he realize that from the moment he stepped into this room, the true god had been watching coldly from thousands of miles away.

He, this king of the old era, didn't even have the qualification to have the other party show up to see him.

"Mr. Lu."

Ma Huateng immediately adjusted his sitting posture toward the phone, his tone extremely solemn.

"What do you want?"

A crisp sound of typing on a keyboard came from the other side of the phone.

"President Ma, you need to understand one thing."

"Guanghui Technology is not a ship; we are the waterway itself."

"I don't need passengers; I only set the rules."

The corner of Ma Huateng's eye twitched.

Waterway.

Rules.

This young man's ambition had already grown to the point of swallowing the entire world.

"Penguin is willing to abide by all the rules." Ma Huateng immediately stated his position.

"Very good."

Lu Li's tone was without ripples.

"The first condition."

"All games under Penguin must connect to the Guanghui virtual platform, and Guanghui Technology will take a fifty percent cut."

Ma Huateng's hands clenched instantly.

Fifty percent!

This was equivalent to cutting away half the flesh from the behemoth that was Penguin.

"The second condition."

Lu Li did not give him any time to buffer.

"WeChat's social relationship chain must fully open its underlying data interface to Guanghui Technology's 'SkyNet' system."

Ma Huateng's complexion changed completely.

The social relationship chain was Penguin's lifeline.

Handing over the underlying data was equivalent to actively offering Penguin's throat to Lu Li's blade.

"The third condition."

Lu Li's voice finally carried a hint of coldness.

"Tianqiong Interactive Entertainment previously published articles smearing my wife's company."

"I want you to use all of Penguin's media channels and traffic resources to dig up all the dirty things they have done over the years."

"Hit them to death; I want this company to disappear from the face of the earth within three days."

It was so quiet in the VIP room that you could hear a pin drop.

Fine beads of sweat seeped out on Ma Huateng's forehead.

He wanted money.

He wanted his life.

And he even wanted him to act as a thug to deliver a pledge of allegiance.

Every knife was precisely stabbed into Penguin's vital points, yet he dared not dodge.

And Su Qingxue, sitting opposite, was biting her lower lip tightly at this moment.

Tianqiong Interactive Entertainment.

That company had maliciously spread rumors that Guanghui Technology's capital chain was broken half a month ago to snatch market share.

At that time, Su Qingxue was busy dealing with it and had no time to clean up this mess.

She thought Lu Li spent all day at home playing games and didn't know about these intrigues in the business world at all.

It turned out he knew everything.

Not only did he know, but he had kept it in his heart.

He was usually too lazy to even go out for a meal, but now, to vent his anger for her, he decided the life and death of a listed company in a casual sentence.

He even made the head of the Penguin empire act as this thug!

Su Qingxue only felt a sourness in her nose.

The feeling of being protected under this man's wings was truly addictive.

He clearly possessed the power to overturn the world, yet he only kept the gentlest and most domineering side for her.

If it weren't for Ma Huateng still being present, she would want to rush home immediately and throw herself into that man's arms.

Time passed second by second.

Ma Huateng closed his eyes, covering the struggle in his eyes.

He opened his eyes again and looked at the black-screen phone.

"I agree."

He had no choice.

Facing this new era, if Penguin didn't kneel first, it would be trampled into meat paste by later competitors.

Even if he had to be a dog, he had to fight to be the first one.

"Happy cooperation."

Lu Li's voice instantly returned to that casual laziness.

"Wife, I've started stewing the pork ribs, come back early."

The call hung up directly.

A busy signal came from the earpiece.

Ma Huateng froze in his seat, his expression stunned.

A shocking transaction that would determine the future pattern of the Chinese internet for the next hundred years and involved trillions of funds.

In this man's eyes, it couldn't even compare to a pot of stewed pork ribs?

Su Qingxue's red lips lifted slightly, and the ice and snow in her eyes had long melted into spring water.

She stood up and restored her high-and-mighty queen demeanor.

"President Ma, Secretary Wang Qiuge will coordinate with you on the follow-up contract details."

"My husband is waiting for me to go home for dinner, excuse me."

Ma Huateng opened his mouth, and in the end, could only nod bitterly.

Watching Su Qingxue's retreating back, he understood one fact.

The old era, just today, in this tea room, had completely turned the page.

What followed was the era of the Virtual Helmet belonging to Guanghui Technology.