Chapter 60: The “520 Penguin ID” Gift for Liu Pingping (Part 1)
The Penguin department quickly got busy.
Ma Tengyun and the others began gathering the current middle and junior-level backbone staff of the company to hold a meeting.
For quite some time, neither Ding Xiaolei, nor Wang Zhidong, nor even Teacher Ma had been optimistic about Penguin’s profitability.
Because of that, the “Five Tiger Generals” had all been holding back a lot of frustration!
Especially Ma Tengyun, he remembered how those tech tycoons had looked down on him when he went to seek investments.
Even though he eventually secured funding and showed off in front of those same tech elites, the lack of a clear profit model remained a sore spot in his heart.
So at this point, Ma Tengyun worked harder than anyone.
Meanwhile, Li Mo walked with Liu Pingping toward his office.
Compared to the noisy departments outside, it was much quieter here. Without Li Mo’s permission, no one dared to disturb this space.
In the past, only Su Qingyan could freely enter and exit this office, because she was his secretary.
But now, Su Qingyan had gone back to school, and she also wanted to avoid running into Liu Pingping.
So this space had become a very private one.
“Your office is so luxurious,” Liu Pingping commented.
She thought of Su Xiaoxiao’s office.
With the tight cash flow at Su Xiaoxiao’s company, both her working environment and her office were far inferior to Li Mo’s.
“It’s nothing special, Mom,” Li Mo replied. “Come on, I want to give you a gift.”
He led Liu Pingping to his desk.
She followed with some suspicion.
She still remembered what he had done for her before, so she felt a bit uneasy.
She also reminded herself of the decision she had made,
If he gave her something expensive, she would insist on returning it.
“Xiao Mo, please don’t spend money on me,” she said softly. “You’ve already done enough.”
Her eyes welled up with tears again. But this time, she held them back.
“It’s okay, Mom. This is a special gift,” Li Mo said. “It’s not worth much.”
His reassurance helped ease her anxiety a little.
“Please, have a seat.”
Liu Pingping sat down. Li Mo pulled up a chair and sat beside her.
He took her hand in his, opened his laptop with the other, and her familiar scent filled the room.
“Mom, I want to register a Penguin account for you.”
As he spoke, he launched a program on his computer.
It was a custom tool he had previously asked Zhang Zhidong to develop, an exclusive program that allowed him to generate specific Penguin IDs.
Only this computer had access to it.
“A Penguin account?” Liu Pingping asked, a little confused.
“Yes, Mom. I can generate a custom ID here. I’ll make yours ‘520’, it means ‘forever love you.’ The password is your birthday.”
Li Mo generated the ID as he explained.
Liu Pingping was stunned. It was clear now, her son had always loved her. He still saw her as his mom, deeply and sincerely.
She was so touched that she gave Li Mo a tight hug.
“Mom understands now. I’ll accept this gift.”
Compared to the expensive designer bag he gave before that cost over 100,000 yuan, this was something she could accept easily.
She could be reminded of her son’s love at any time, and it didn’t cost much.
“By the way,” she said, “your profitability plan today was really impressive.”
“It seems my thinking can’t keep up with yours. I would’ve never figured out how to connect Yidong and Penguin.”
She still felt like she was dreaming.
Once an internet company found a way to turn a profit, it officially entered the right track.
“Mom, in the internet world, many things are actually interconnected,” Li Mo explained.
“If you think about it carefully, it’s not that hard to figure out. As long as you put your heart into it, you’ll always find a way to make money.”
“You make it sound so easy, sure, maybe it can be figured out if you really think hard.”
“But coming up with such an idea out of thin air is a whole different story.”
“I used to think you were just an ordinary boy. I never realized how smart and creative you are, creativity that others can’t even begin to match.”
“I really let you down in the past.”
She tried logging into the new Penguin account and instantly fell in love with it.
“Those two business ideas of yours? I’d personally be willing to spend money on them.”
“So they’ll definitely be profitable. Maybe someday your company could grow to a third of Ali’s size.”
“If that happens, you’ll truly be a success.”
She meant every word.
Even reaching a third of Ali’s scale would be a huge achievement.
As for giants like Xinlang (Sina) and Souhu (Sohu), she didn’t even dare to dream that far.
As she spoke, pride swelled in her heart.
Having a son like Li Mo was truly the greatest blessing of her life.
Li Mo was just about to respond when his phone rang.
He walked to the window to take the call, while Liu Pingping stayed seated, logging into her old Penguin account to add colleagues from the company.
After all, she would need to go back to work eventually.
Switching to a new ID meant she had to let people know.
Of course, part of her couldn’t help but want to show off a little.
At that moment, Teacher Ma sounded extremely excited.
“Mr. Mo, the Xizi Lake Summit has been confirmed!”
“Since I received your investment, Ali has grown even more rapidly.”
“After we secured an invitation for Mr. Yong, everything went much smoother, but honestly, they all seem more interested in you.”
“Especially Xinlang’s CEO, Zhang Chaoyang. He keeps saying he wants to learn from you, like a devoted disciple.”
“He’s fascinated by your legendary performance in the stock market. When he heard you were coming, he dropped everything and rushed to Xizi Lake. He’s already arrived!”
He hadn’t expected Zhang Chaoyang to be so enthusiastic.
“Have all the details been finalized?”
“Yes. There are going to be so many internet companies attending.”
“For example, Qiu Bojun from Jinshan and his trusted aide Lei Mingjun.”
“Ding Junhui from the e-commerce company 8848.”
“Zhou Hongwei from 7348.”
“When these industry giants heard who else was attending, they couldn’t sit still.”
“Now everyone wants in on the Xizi Lake Summit!”
“After your billion-yuan investment in my company and your brilliant analysis of Ali’s weaknesses, everyone’s dying to learn from you.”
Teacher Ma was visibly thrilled.
He could barely wait for the big day to arrive.
This was Ali’s chance to take off, a real summit within the internet industry.
Tea by the lake, conversations about the future of tech, what an inspiring vision.
“I understand,” Li Mo replied. “I’ll bring the Five Tiger Generals with me.”
“Coordinate the logistics with Tengyun.”
After chatting for a bit, Li Mo hung up and returned to Liu Pingping’s side.
“Mom, let’s go to Hangzhou this Sunday. Bring Yanyan too.”
Liu Pingping looked up. “Hangzhou?”
“There’s a small summit I need to attend,” Li Mo explained. “And the scenery over there is stunning. Xizi Lake is world-famous.”
“We can enjoy a little lake tour while we’re there.”