[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-what-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich":3,"chapter-what-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich-what-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich-chapter-57":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","What's Wrong with Me Being the Last to Get Rich?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2272634,4439,"Chapter 57: 056 The Winds of the Era","what-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>Yu Xing supported Song Yufeng in launching an “Internet workplace gossip site” and an “Internet insider center,” to earn money while standing tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the website’s potential for profit, another factor increasingly swaying his support was the idea of robbing the rich to aid the poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to short sell, how to rob the rich to aid the poor…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is merely possessing certain information enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it is, but perhaps additional resources and configurations are needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, information is complex, insider details are hard to verify, and situations evolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by seizing initiative, only by creating our own fluctuations, can we rely on results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to create them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing felt he had little experience; perhaps this was a chance to practice, and to properly configure the operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when he discussed the new project with Song Yufeng—plotting to bombard the Internet dating industry and planning the site’s future—they never touched on investment, cost, or equity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the evening shift, Yu Xing brought Third-in-Command Zhong Zhiling along to manage one stall together, casually discussing the next money-making project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhong Zhiling heard his senior’s summary of the first Yinliu  cannonball, he froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My god!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior, you’re too ruthless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling first, then attacking—won’t this cause problems?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Third-in-Command silent, Yu Xing glanced at his expression and said dismissively: “If the company sells, the moment the contract is signed, everyone’s even. Do you think a company pays out because it’s charity? Because it pities us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhiling, think of us two—if we clear our deficits, I won’t moralize you, won’t demand your loyalty or anything like that. That’s nonsense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling pursed his lips: yes, Senior didn’t moralize him—Senior controlled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Employees shouldn’t feel gratitude toward bosses—you get paid because you’re valuable. We owe no psychological burden to any buyer of Guiai.com,” Yu Xing stated his stance. “Public is public, one thing is one thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling hadn’t expected his senior to say so much; he smiled bitterly: “No, Xingge, even if that’s true, if you step forward, people will still think it’s unjust.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing spoke coolly: “Brotherly loyalty isn’t real friendship. We won’t be drinking buddies—we’ll be honest critics. Whether they accept it or not? Let them decide.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling felt his senior’s rigid logic—he knew the decision was final.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately said: “Alright, Xingge, then we’ll be the industry’s honest critics!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, I’m a bit helpless—Guiai.com might not fetch much,” Yu Xing sighed. “Even if we sell, my share will surely go to appease my family. I won’t know how much’s left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head: “We have no experience running websites. Right now, I just think traffic equals income, and all I can think of are hot topics: gossip, drama, insider leaks, exposure, profit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling thought and thought, but couldn’t help his senior add anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head in shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing patted his junior and continued: “If we could earn money peacefully, I’d be the most peaceful—but reality proves it’s impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did he casually mention how their ad placements had been sabotaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling lifted his head and said decisively: “Xingge, the Internet dating industry lacks an honest-critic niche. Who else but today’s college students should do this unpopular job? Hand it to the next generation? No—we’ll do it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke passionately: “What’s the big deal? It’s just putting our experience into practice—using a company to fight a company!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing nodded slightly: “Zhiling, I’m glad to have your approval.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling’s thoughts had shifted from why to how: “If we’re doing this, Xingge, why not discuss equity with Song Yufeng? If we don’t sort this out, how can we fully commit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet,” Yu Xing replied. “Let him fumble around first. He’s probably brimming with startup fervor now. Once he hits real difficulty, he’ll come to us willingly. Besides, we still need to get a good price for Guiai.com.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling nodded, recalling how his senior had pulled him in—oh, right, he’d simply been dragged in after losing money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Song Yufeng…” Yu Xing started, then abandoned criticizing the temporary worker in front of his junior. “He’s got some connections. Maybe next month, at Jin Ling’s Internet conference, I can appear on stage representing Guiai.com—as a student entrepreneur.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling smiled: “That’s great!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing grunted: “Yes, great—if Century Love and others are there, this conference might be the perfect chance to sell the company.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling was startled: “So soon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing tapped the questionnaire on the stall and shook his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the two had been chatting, no passersby showed curiosity—this was a completely different ecosystem from campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chasm, transition, expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words had appeared in Yu Xing’s conversations with Zhong Zhiling or Lu Haiying back in July.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they finally became concrete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the disappointment of sweat without reward, the helplessness of explaining to blank stares, the bitterness of collapsing orders, the instability of the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the chasm were easy to cross, it wouldn’t be a chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If transition were easy to achieve, it wouldn’t be called transition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If expansion were quickly completed, it wouldn’t count as expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were Guiai.com’s realities from early to mid-August—the social customer base was harder than imagined, meaning success was farther away than imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This problem could be temporarily fixed by altering data, but internally, they couldn’t ignore the company’s dire straits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling wiped sweat from his brow and instantly understood his senior’s meaning—still, only personal experience reveals truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This opportunity is rare. I’m now worried prices will drop further,” Yu Xing said slowly. “We’ve nearly failed to expand social customers. For the rest of this month, you and Xiao Ying will swap posts to Jingcheng and Yangcheng—alter the order data.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orders from Shanghai, Lin’an, and Jin Ling had already been partially altered; the market managers in Jingcheng and Yangcheng were unreliable—this couldn’t be done through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He affirmed: “Xingge, rest assured, no problems will arise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing sighed: “Good. Only your sand in the gears makes me feel at ease.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling thought this might count as praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to speak, a customer finally approached, curious about the banner’s “Love Contract.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing gently explained to the young couple, showed existing orders, presented Jiangxiang Company’s 10 million RMB registered capital, and finally produced the family household registration book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—if the company collapses, I’ll personally take full responsibility!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to his senior’s assurance, Zhong Zhiling felt a pang of sorrow—selling a product, why must it come to this? Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hard-won. Today marks our first offline sale,” Yu Xing tucked away the contract, watching the couple leave, sincerely wishing: “May they live happily ever after—they look like soulmates.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this sale brought luck—within half an hour, two more sales followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Social customers paid higher prices—a couple favored 520 RMB. Three sales meant 1,560 RMB in revenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhiling, do you think we should lower our social customer pricing?” Yu Xing asked Third-in-Command. “Maybe it’d sell better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Social customers’ redemption period is two years—I don’t think it’s too long,” Zhong Zhiling said, based on experience. After a two-second pause, he added: “School starts in September. Whether social customers are good or bad no longer matters—if we slash prices while Guiai.com is watching, they’ll suspect our actual effectiveness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing immediately agreed: “Makes sense. Even if lowering prices worked now, we shouldn’t move.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Campus traffic will rebound in September—we can keep adding sand, then see if the Internet conference from September 23rd to 25th yields results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they handled daily duties, they discussed upcoming plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June and July were graduation season—targeting graduating couples. September is the enrollment month—now we must expand contracts with on-campus couples, and, to further energize the team, add part-time workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means removing base pay—part-timers earn commission per sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part-timers are unstable, but Guiai.com doesn’t care—right now, they only chase order volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Yu Xing and Zhong Zhiling’s stall added no more orders, but they talked at length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhong Zhiling returned to the guesthouse, he couldn’t help discussing it with his girlfriend Lu Haiying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Being honest critics, being troublemakers, running a gossip site—what exactly is Xingge trying to do? I feel he’s hiding something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling recounted their conversation, summarized it, yet remained confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying thought along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, nothing came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She poured herself water, seeing her boyfriend still pondering, said: “Why guess? If you’re curious, just ask your senior directly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling looked up blankly: “Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Senior didn’t say it, could he even ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying understood his unspoken thought and smiled: “I’ll ask tomorrow. If he doesn’t answer, fine—no loss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling genuinely envied her—this had nothing to do with position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his temples: “It’s good to be straightforward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying smiled: “I don’t get why you overthink everything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Zhiling shrugged: “My senior taught me well!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Lu Haiying bought breakfast and strolled into the office, finding her senior already working at his desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior, you’re the hardest-working person I’ve ever met,” Lu Haiying set down buns and soy milk, smiling. “Does having the largest equity naturally mean the strongest sense of responsibility?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hardworking? Probably just too many problems to solve—forced to be. When we’re rich, we’ll enjoy life,” Yu Xing thanked her for breakfast and pushed his laptop toward Second-in-Command. “Check out this title.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying opened the laptop—only one title: “The Internet’s Future Through a Student’s Eyes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought two seconds, then asked: “Is this the speech for the Internet conference?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Since I’m appearing as a student entrepreneur, I’ll write about my vision of the future,” Yu Xing mumbled through his bun. “And frame it to benefit us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying nodded and asked directly: “Last night, Zhong Zhiling told me a lot of what he discussed with you. Do you have a plan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing swallowed his bun and smiled: “We haven’t accomplished anything yet—what plan could there be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying said naturally: “Alright, then when you do have one, tell me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing found it amusing—he could almost picture Zhong Zhiling pulling his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then pointed to the laptop: “I plan to discuss mobile Internet development, tools and social platforms, and Alipay’s utility and limitations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying was slightly startled: “Senior, the topics you’re tackling… are huge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because I know Ma Zong from Alibaba will attend. I want him to remember my words someday,” Yu Xing mused. “It’ll help our development.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying didn’t quite understand—was he seeking Alibaba’s investment or what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing knew the second-in-command didn’t get it, but he had no intention of elaborating further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he had just said, nothing had been accomplished yet—only ideas, no plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, his thoughts were serious: centered on robbing the rich to aid the poor, on actively seizing reliable fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If robbing the rich to aid the poor, the giants were certainly the richest—but they also possessed formidable moats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the shift from internet to mobile internet was a sharp turning point; even the mighty Penguin had deeply feared this change, with its CEO Ma Pony publicly expressing crisis: “When a giant falls, its body is still warm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WeChat allowed the Penguin to hold firm and maintain its advantage in the mobile internet era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before WeChat succeeded, Xiaomi had launched a similar product called MiTalk, which quickly gained one million users; when MiTalk reached ten million users, the number was already staggering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, WeChat, backed by the Penguin’s massive traffic—especially the flow from QQ—forced Lei Jun to abandon direct competition with the Penguin and instead shift focus to smartphone projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If MiTalk had persisted, could it have resisted WeChat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing’s inner answer was: no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Penguin’s traffic was too overwhelming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he still considered developing a similar product when the timing was right, to compete with the Penguin—though, of course, it would still be a battle he couldn’t win, given how short a time had passed since WeChat’s debut; accumulating advantages in resources, funding, talent, and technology was nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Penguin would never allow this core business segment to be threatened—if any instant messaging tool emerged, it would strike like a lion pouncing on a rabbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing’s thinking was this: he could still build it, then use the accumulated capital to short the Penguin, and finally sell the product directly to Alibaba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small company with ten million users holding a lead over WeChat would likely not alarm the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if a company like Alibaba owned such a breakthrough product—how would the market react?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing had initially considered this: he wanted to go for a big win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this line of thought could only be slowly refined in his mind, checking gaps and filling holes—he couldn’t share it with anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>MiTalk would likely launch the year after next; thinking this through, the preparation time didn’t seem ample—after all, pulling off such a maneuver against two giants required impressive market results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing let out a long breath, then suddenly said: “The mist rises over Yunmeng Lake, the waves shake Yueyang City—how enchanting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist rises over Alibaba, Feng Qingyang; the waves shake the Penguin, Ma Pony!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a small man wants to stir the winds and clouds of this era!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying glanced at her senior with mild confusion, wondering why he’d suddenly quoted poetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s get to work,” Yu Xing said, restarting his thoughts on the speech draft, then adding casually, “I told my teacher I’d taken a leave of absence. You and Zhong Zhiling should discuss it—decide exactly what he’ll do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With less than half a month left until September, Liu Jingrong needed a firm answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Haiying thought carefully for a moment, then said: “Senior, let Zhong Zhiling decide this alone, okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xing looked at the second-in-command and replied simply: “Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>",2302,"2026-06-19T22:51:34.189Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","136794c5a3e296861516b3c3a38fdcc3875eabc05b070686db5de5315f7f2ec3","what-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich-chapter-58","what-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich-chapter-56",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwhat-s-wrong-with-me-being-the-last-to-get-rich-cover.jpg"]