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Upon hearing Su Yi's words, Luo Ning wore a thoughtful expression.

Su Yi continued, "If Sister Luo agrees, I am willing to acquire Mingcheng Community for 5000 million. We can send someone to discuss the specifics of the acquisition tomorrow. In addition, I can advertise Sister Luo's new game for a month for free on the Lechang gaming platform using pop-up ads."

Su Yi's terms were already very good. Luo Ning was a decisive person, and thinking that this might be the best outcome, she agreed. The next step was the signing of the formal contract after negotiations between the two parties.

Since everyone was quite satisfied with the final result, the next part was some casual conversation about the current state of the IT industry, and Luo Juan congratulated the two on their successful collaboration.

Luo Ning had also driven there, and she offered to drive Su Yi home. At that moment, Su Yi suddenly realized that he should probably buy a car too, as it would make many things more convenient. Besides, he was a car enthusiast, but he hadn't had the means to do so before.

In the car, Luo Ning suddenly said, "Xiao Yi, I felt like I'd seen you somewhere before the moment I saw you. Have we met somewhere before? I'm the kind of person who remembers people I've met, even if it's just once. And the way you look at me, it seems like you've known me for a long time too. Isn't that right?"

Su Yi smiled, thinking that Luo Ning was so perceptive, and said, "A friend took me to a dance party of your school's finance club a few days ago. I met Sister Luo there. Sister Luo is their idol. But I didn't expect that Sister Luo would also remember me. That's amazing."

Hearing him say that, Luo Ning looked at Su Yi meaningfully and said, "It was the freshman welcome dance a few days ago, right? If I remember correctly, only dance partners of the opposite sex were allowed." Seeing Su Yi's somewhat strange expression, Luo Ning joked, "It must be a freshman from Peking University. I wonder which junior is so charming. I'd really like to meet her."

"Her name is An Jing, she's my high school classmate, studying Business Administration at Peking University. I hope Sister Luo will take good care of her in the future." As Su Yi spoke, a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips when he thought of An Jing, adding a touch of allure to his sharply defined features.

"Anjing? That name sounds familiar, like a beautiful girl. I've heard guys talk about her more than once, but it seems like they have no chance at all. Let's mourn for them." Luo Ning said with a playful expression, "Xiao Yi, don't worry, I'll keep a close eye on your Anjing from now on and won't let anyone else have a chance. But with such an excellent boyfriend like you, I guess the little girl will ignore everyone else."

After dropping Su Yi off at Mengyuan Apartment, Luo Ning said, "I used to live here too, but I got busy with company matters and rarely came back, so I simply gave up the apartment."

Su Yi asked her about the room she used to live in, only to find out that it was the room next to his. However, he knew that someone else was living there now.

Both of them marveled at the coincidences in life. Luo Ning even looked quite regretful, saying, "Sigh, if I hadn't backed down, I could be neighbors with that handsome little brother now. There's nothing more frustrating in life than this."

The next day, after arriving at the company, Su Yi discussed the matter with Liu Jun. This acquisition plan aligned with their recent development plan for Lechang Networks, and therefore received Liu Jun's approval. Lechang Networks immediately dispatched Han Xue, who had been promoted to vice president, to handle the acquisition and negotiate with Mingcheng Networks. Ultimately, it was decided that Lechang Networks would acquire Mingcheng Networks for 5000 million yuan. The original Mingcheng Networks staff would be temporarily retained, and the merged Mingcheng Community would be renamed Lechang Mingcheng Community and incorporated into Lechang Networks, a subsidiary of Dream International. The Lechang Mingcheng staff would also move into the Century Building soon. After the original landlord's lease expired, Dream International had already leased the other half of the fifteenth floor, now occupying the entire fifteenth floor of the Century Building.

According to statistics, Lechang Chat currently has nearly 1 million registered users. Nearly a quarter of the fifteen floors of the Century Building are now Lechang Network's server room, providing services to a massive number of users across various platforms. Their bandwidth leased from the telecommunications company has been continuously increased, and they are now the largest customer of the telecommunications company in Beijing.

With the launch of Lechang Networks' pricing plan drawing ever closer, and after the Lechang Mingcheng staff moved into the Century Building, Su Yi devoted most of his spare time to the company, working with relevant personnel to develop an integrated plan for the new Lechang and a detailed pricing scheme. During this period, he also managed to create several unique technologies based on his multi-field development strategy for Lechang and information from Yujia Civilization.

On November 20, after announcing its acquisition of Mingcheng Network, Lechang Network released a brand-new multi-platform integrated software client – ​​Lechang Live 1.0. In addition to all of Lechang Network's existing instant messaging, battle platform, and chat room functions, Lechang Live also adds new features, including personal space, video on demand, search, and Lechang Mingcheng.

The instant messaging interface largely remains the same as LeChang Chat, serving as the default main interface and the first screen you see after logging into LeChang Live. Of course, this main interface can be customized according to user preferences. The biggest change in instant messaging is the addition of a points system. Users accumulate points based on their activity level, which then increase their level. Reaching certain levels unlocks additional privileges and services. For example, the newly added group function requires users to reach a certain level to create their own groups and invite friends to join. Each user who reaches a certain level can create a maximum of two groups, with each group limited to 100 members.

The gaming platform, one of Lechang's earliest features, still holds a significant place within Lechang Live. Thanks to Lechang Network's efforts, the number of games supported by the platform has grown considerably. This is largely due to the influence of their partners, Yubi International and Sony Entertainment, both highly influential in the gaming industry. With their assistance, Lechang Network has acquired licenses for numerous well-known games. Meanwhile, the casual game market is also expanding rapidly thanks to a dedicated game development department and increased investment in game acquisitions. Currently, Lechang's gaming platform boasts a larger online user base for casual games than Lianzhong Games, becoming the largest casual entertainment platform in China, primarily due to the massive user base of Lechang Chat. In response to this trend, Tencent hastily launched QQ Games to compete directly.

As for Lechang's chat rooms, in addition to traditional text chat rooms, they have added voice and video chat capabilities, which has made them very popular and has become the chat room with the most online users in China. However, the introduction of video chat rooms has inevitably led to issues related to online pornography. Lechang has strengthened its supervision in this area, establishing a dedicated complaint channel. Once a complaint is verified, the problematic chat room is immediately and permanently shut down. Moreover, the application process for Lechang chat rooms has become stricter, requiring applications to be submitted using the ID cards of all applicants, to facilitate providing information to the police in case of problems.

Personal Space is a new feature borrowed from online blogging websites by the Lechang platform. Each Lechang account can apply to activate their own space. In Lechang's personal space, users can write blogs, tidy up their personal space, keep pets, upload photos, and even share their favorite music with friends… it's essentially a simple personal webpage. The initial suggestion for this feature was to name it "Lechang Cottage," but after discussion, it was felt that this name wouldn't be universally accepted, especially among adult users. Therefore, the final name chosen was "Lechang Personal Space."

The video-on-demand platform is a brand-new feature. LeChang Live comes with a built-in video player specifically designed to play LeChang's proprietary LSN format streaming media. This video format, developed by Su Yi based on data from the motherboard, boasts a remarkably high compression ratio. Using this format, an hour of high-quality video takes up to approximately 30MB of space, and thanks to streaming buffering, it's ideal for online playback. Users simply need to download dedicated software to upload their videos; this software automatically handles the format conversion during the upload process.

The search function is also a product of Su Yi's creation of a powerful search engine, which is much more powerful and efficient than those of current internet companies, and also much more intelligent.

News and popular posts from the Lechang Mingcheng community will also be displayed via a pop-up window after logging into Lechang Live; this feature is customizable by the user. There will also be a dedicated section on Lechang Live that continuously updates this content. Now, Lechang Network plans to build a comprehensive, portal-like online community based on Lechang Mingcheng and its original official website.

Of course, after the integration of Lechang Live, Lechang Network users will be able to enjoy services from all platforms using a single account. Existing accounts on other platforms will need to be linked to their Lechang phone numbers, and this process has already begun.

Following the grand launch of Lechang Live, Lechang Network also restructured its company, reorganizing its departments according to their functions. Meanwhile, the Marketing Department and Value-Added Services Department are working diligently to finalize their pricing plans.