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Chapter 246 Gong-beating Ceremony
At night, the Hong Kong River is filled with flashing neon lights and bustling with people.

As he shuttled through the slightly crowded crowd, whenever he felt the pulling force on his hands, He Daqi would look back to see what Zhou Huimin was going to stop and buy.

The two of them held hands, each holding a glass of juice in their free hand. In addition to the juice in his hand, He Daqi also had Zhou Huimin's bag on his shoulder and several plastic bags containing snacks hanging on his arms.

He also thought about letting go of Zhou Huimin's hand and holding the plastic bag in his hand, but unfortunately, it didn't work after two attempts. As soon as he said that, Zhou Huimin would hum and sway around his arm, so He Daqi simply let her do it.

On a sweltering summer night, have a glass of iced juice, and every sip will taste ten times more delicious than the original.

When Zhou Huimin stopped in front of the stall again to choose goods, He Daqi took the opportunity to take a sip of freshly squeezed pineapple and pear juice.

The ice cubes in the cup have become much smaller, but the icy taste has not diminished at all.

At this time, a group of tall white girls with a mixture of brown, blonde and black hair came towards them.

These girls have long legs and wear cool clothes, either super shorts or hot pants, and their upper bodies are no different from those showing rope skills. He Daqi was so fascinated by them that he slurped a big mouthful of juice.

Zhou Huimin picked out a few small dolls, turned around and saw He Daqi's shameless look, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Do they look good?"

He Daqi waited until the group of young ladies were obscured by the crowd and could no longer be seen clearly before nodding and answering, "Not bad."

"Do you want me to buy a similar set? Or do you want to play with a big foreign horse?"

He Daqi instantly became more energetic when he heard this, and nodded more sincerely: "Let's talk about the big horse later. Let's go pick out clothes for you first!"

Zhou Huimin giggled and put the juice cup in her hand against He Daqi's face, ready to wake this bastard up.

When He Daqi couldn't stand the cold anymore and started to hide, she retracted her hand holding the juice cup, took a sip with relish, and then smiled and pulled He Daqi to continue walking forward.

The two of them came out at around seven in the evening and walked around for nearly four hours, stopping and sitting. It was almost eleven o'clock, and under He Daqi's repeated urging, Zhou Huimin finally followed him back to the nanny car.

Back in Kowloon, after washing up and snuggling in bed playing with his phone, He Daqi grumbled softly, "Going shopping feels like being a thief. I've noticed people staring at me several times. If they weren't so crowded they couldn't squeeze through, I'm sure they would have pulled off my mask to get a closer look."

"I was like this when I just finished filming Big Times. It will be fine once you get over the heat. In Hong Kong, fans are not that serious about chasing stars, but your fans... are young after all. Next time we want to go out and play, let's go abroad directly, to Chicken or Elephant Country." Zhou Huimin responded while flipping through the news.

"That's okay too."

After all, it was already past eleven o'clock. He Daqi felt a little sleepy after replying. He yawned, put his phone aside, closed his eyes, and soon his breathing became even.

Zhou Huimin looked at her phone for a while and felt that it was particularly quiet around her. She turned her head and saw that He Daqi had fallen asleep. She didn't stay up any longer. After turning off the desk lamp, she spread out his arms, hugged him, rested her head on his arms, and closed her eyes.

the next day.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Almost all of Penguin's founding team are here today. They booked a small hall in the exchange and placed a large bronze gong on the stage. It was bumpy and looked very old.

"First, we invite the five main founders of Penguin to the stage and prepare to ring the bell to open the market!"

Mr. Ma led his four friends, each holding a long drum wrapped in red cloth, and went on stage with some excitement.

"Next, we invite all investment representatives from the Penguin board of directors, representatives from Shenzhen City Management, and representatives from the Penguin management team to come on stage to witness this exciting moment."

He Daqi took Zhou Huimin's arm and went up to the stage, followed by a group of people.

Today, He Daqi and Zhou Huimin don't need to wear masks and sunglasses, because most of the people taking pictures below are financial reporters. Even if there are a few who come to report on Zhou Huimin, they will not jump out and make a noise at this time.

However, the two of them appeared at the bell-ringing ceremony for Penguin's listing at the same time, which made many reporters below start pressing the shutter button frantically at the two of them.

"There are thirty seconds left on the countdown. All the Penguin team members must be extremely excited. Everyone can follow me and count down together when it reaches the last ten seconds... ten, nine, eight... two, one!"

As the five main founders of the Penguin founding team struck the big gong together, the audience below began to cheer wildly.

It has to be crazy. Once this gong is struck, it means that the equity incentive has officially taken effect. A lot of multi-millionaires will be produced among the Penguin founding team members present, and some of them will even have equity worth hundreds of millions.

Zhou Huimin also maintained a polite smile and clapped gently, but she was actually a little disapproving in her heart.

Because the share price of Penguin's issuance is similar to her previous acquisition price, and the team tends to be conservative, they think that a successful listing will be all that matters, and it is estimated that there will not be much increase.

As predicted, aside from a few pre-agreed investors buying in, Penguin's stock price didn't rise too quickly within the first hour. The trend was positive, and it continued to rise. "Ms. Zhou, why are you so bullish on Penguin that you're willing to invest 300 million yuan in it?"

Why did I invest 300 million? I thought I was just trying to show off in front of He Daqi...

Looking at the microphone in front of her, Zhou Huimin was silent for a moment, and then her expression changed from a smile to a bright smile:

"Of course I'm optimistic about Penguin's future. After all, as the largest free online communication and dating app in China, I don't think everyone will have a Penguin account in the future. However, as computers become more common and more young people start to go online, Penguin's user base will grow faster and faster."

"Ms. Zhou, can you tell me more about this..."

"Miss Zhou..."

"He Daqi, are you and Vivian attending the gong-ringing ceremony today to represent you..."

"Could you two answer one more question? Please..."

Mr. Ma looked at the large circle of reporters surrounding Zhou Huimin and He Daqi, touched his nose and said to his friend beside him, "Our celebrity shareholder is really popular in Hong Kong."

"Didn't they make a product of their own? It looks like they want to compete with Zhalang for blogs? Zhalang has been in contact with the Langma team, and it's obvious that they want to compete with us. Should we lend a hand to Zhou Huimin and the others?" A friend with deep eyes beside Mr. Ma asked in a low voice.

Mr. Ma thought for a while, looked at his companions, and said in a voice that only a few people could hear:
"Their product is quite different from blogs, but their concept is similar to ours, and they're also developing into a platform. It's still in the testing phase, so the specific selling points won't become clear until the software is launched. As for Zhalang's contact with Langma... I'll talk to Zhou Huimin and the others about it at the banquet later. We have money now, so we can be less cautious about some things."

noon.

Causeway Bay Hotel Ballroom.

Zhou Huimin and He Daqi wandered around for about fifty minutes. When they were about to say goodbye to the host and leave, Mr. Ma led them to the balcony.

"Is Mr. Ma going to talk about bottoming out? Now I see that the economy is still growing, so there's no need to rush to bottom out, right?" Zhou Huimin didn't quite understand what Mr. Ma was going to talk about in private at this time, so she started to guess.

"No, I'm planning to ask if your companies will accept investment in the future. If the user data after your platform goes online is not ideal, can Penguin discuss another way of cooperation? We can inject capital, and then we can jointly fund the development of another project."

"Another project?" He Daqi asked with a frown.

Mr. Ma nodded. "Yes, but the premise is that your data after going online is not ideal. If your user base grows significantly after the public beta, then we can find a different way to cooperate on the other project. At that time, we won't need to inject capital, and we can both hold cross-shares."

"It's a bit early to talk about this now, right? How about we wait until our platform goes online before discussing it?" Zhou Huimin refused with a smile.

Mr. Ma knew he was getting a little anxious. He was a little fired up about Penguin's IPO today. Seeing that Zhou Huimin and He Daqi didn't want to talk further, he smiled and said, "Okay, we can talk after your public beta. I have something else to do over there, so I won't bother you for now."

"We also wanted to tell Mr. Ma that my partner tends to feel sleepy in the afternoon, so we want to go back and rest early." Zhou Huimin said with a smile, holding He Daqi's hand.

"Okay, you two walk slowly."

……

After He Daqi and Zhou Huimin left the hotel and got into the nanny car, He Daqi smiled and said, "Is he rich and wants to invest in our company? That's strange. Why is he so anxious? Our product hasn't even been launched yet."

Zhou Huimin shook her head: "I don't know, maybe they encountered some opponent and wanted to pull me in for a sneak attack."

"Shall we go back to Sijiucheng tomorrow or tonight?"

"Let me think about it." Zhou Huimin said and began to ponder.

He Daqi was too lazy to ask her why she still had to think about when to go back. He reached out to adjust the seat back, then half-lying down and started playing with his mobile phone.

After a while, Zhou Huimin suddenly said to Bai Wei who was driving, "Xiao Bai, turn around and go to the department store. I'm going to buy something."

Then he said to Liu Ying in the front row, "Book the plane tickets and go back to the mainland tonight."

Liu Ying responded, took out her cell phone and started booking a plane ticket.

He Daqi turned to look at Zhou Huimin: "Why are you going to the department store?"

"Buy some toys for the kids. Many of them are not available in the city. The little car I bought for them last time wasn't the model I wanted. I want a big one."

(End of this chapter)