Chapter 44: A Point of Reality
Chapter 44 Be Realistic
However, although An Rushong knew what was going on, Zhao Chenghao was completely unaware of it. Therefore, when he heard from Asan Ge about the equipment that An Rushong had mentioned, he was completely confused.
He thought that these two Indian brothers were arranged by An Rushong.
In the end, the two Indian brothers did the math for Liu Taihe and found that if he wanted to purchase all the equipment, it would cost about 7200 million won, which is about 60 yuan in RMB.
After listening to the accounts given by the two Indian brothers, a smile appeared on Liu Taihe's face.
Before, when he heard An Rusong say that he needed to buy equipment and do tests, he thought this guy had ulterior motives. Now, since the equipment plan was drawn up by the two Indian brothers, and the total cost was only more than 7000 million won, his suspicions faded away.
After all, 70 or 80 million won might be a lot of money for ordinary people, but in Liu Taihe's eyes, it is just a drizzle at most.
Not to mention that the whole thing didn't seem like An Rushong was plotting something. Even if that was the case, Liu Taihe wouldn't mind. It was just a little money after all, so he could just consider it as a consolation payment to the other party.
After confirming the program testing, Liu Taihe winked at Haji, who directly picked up a laptop from the side of the chair, while Kurma took the USB flash drive brought by An Rushong.
The testing can wait until later. As for now, the two Indian brothers have to try whether the website program written by An Rushong can run normally.
An Rushong also seemed very patient. He sat aside, answering the two Indian brothers' questions at any time, and played the role of a mentor conscientiously and responsibly.
Regardless of what fake universities these two Indian guys graduated from, and regardless of how much lies they made on their resumes, at least in An Rushong's opinion, both of them still have some level of ability, especially Kulma, who does not understand Korean, has a very high level.
A gambling website that uses flower cards as the main game form may look very high-end, but in fact it does not have very high technical content. The most important key is to build a "mathematical model".
The function of this "mathematical model" is to enable the website program to modify the winning rate in the background to ensure that the website operator can always be the winner.
In front of the two Indian brothers, An Rushong did not hide anything. He explained in detail the code writing principles of the entire website, including how the "data model" was abstracted.
In the end, the two Indian brothers both wanted to worship him as their master, and Liu Taihe, who had been watching from the side, was extremely satisfied with An Rushong's performance - this kid was the most suitable lackey, who not only knew when to advance and retreat, but also worked hard and was willing to do so. If necessary in the future, he might be given a meal.
It was precisely because of this satisfaction that Liu Taihe rewarded An Rusong with a small box full of banknotes when he said goodbye. Each banknote in the box was worth 10000 won, with 100 banknotes in each stack, a total of ten stacks, and a total amount of 1000 million won. What a huge sum of money!
This money bought out all of An Rushong's earnings from the flower card website project. For some time to come, apart from helping out in website testing, this project will have nothing to do with him anymore.
It was already late at night when An Rushong left the Dawang Reservoir Villa. He felt dizzy after fiddling with his notebook all night.
What was rare was that Zhao Chenghao didn't say anything. He just sat on the chair, smoking while watching the street scene outside the car rapidly receding.
Blown by the damp night wind, An Rusong felt his mind clear up a lot. He waved his hand to brush away the fine cigarette ash that floated in front of him, leaned over and closed the window on Zhao Chenghao's side, then said: "Brother Chenghao, why are you so quiet today? Don't you have anything you want to tell me?"
Zhao Chenghao turned around and glanced at him.
The light in the car was very dim, and An Rushong could not see his eyes. He could only see his chin flashing in the flickering light of the cigarette butt.
"Rusong," Zhao Chenghao said in a deep voice after a long while, "Tell me, brother, is a person's identity and status already bound to him for life from the day he is born?"
"Oh?" An Rusong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why did you think of such a philosophical question?"
"Is this philosophy? Ha!" Zhao Chenghao suddenly laughed, but he just laughed once and fell silent again.
"Rusong," the guy said after a moment of silence, "You are from Yuantongli, Gangwon Province, right?"
"Yeah," An Rushong leaned back in the seat and raised his arms to support his head.
"Brother has investigated you," Zhao Chenghao said with a smile, "You know, brother and you are from the same hometown. Brother Jingsheng and I left Yuantongli twelve years ago and came to Seoul." An Rushong was stunned again. He really didn't expect this.
"The person who brought us to Seoul at that time was my old man," Zhao Chenghao continued. "In fact, my impression of him is very vague. However, even after so many years, I still remember what he looked like when he died."
He raised one arm in front of An Rusong, shook it and said, "His entire right arm was chopped off, and his whole body is covered in blood."
"He bled to death in the house I gave you." Zhao Chenghao threw the cigarette butt in his hand out of the window and lit another one. "I remember the last words he said to Brother Jingsheng."
After a pause, he finally said, "I can't work for others anymore."
After hearing these words, An Rushong, who had hidden himself in the dark, curled his lips.
Just from the last sentence, we can tell that the old man in Zhao Chenghao's family did not understand life even until his death. His last words had no educational significance for Zhao Chenghao and his brother, and even led them astray.
Not working hard for others? Is there really anyone in this world who would not work hard for others? This is totally nonsense!
In the final analysis, the reason for the failure of the old man was that the people he worked for were not high enough in status and powerful enough. At the same time, the people who worked for him were not numerous enough and powerful enough.
However, although he was extremely disdainful of these words, An Rushong was not stupid enough to refute them. At a time like this, what Zhao Chenghao needed was an audience, not a personal mentor.
"I remember this sentence very well, and I have been working towards this goal over the years," Zhao Chenghao obviously couldn't guess An Rusong's thoughts, he continued to speak to himself, "but I just realized that my efforts don't seem to have any effect. I feel like I'm in an airtight fishing net. No matter how hard I struggle, I can't get out."
An Rusong wanted to say: The reason you have such an idea is because you don't get along with Liu Taihe, and you don't want to bow down in front of him. Otherwise, the person you should resist the most is actually Shen Taian, the old immortal in your mouth.
"You know, Uncle Taian warned me tonight," Zhao Chenghao quickly mentioned Shen Taian. What's rare is that he actually called Shen Taian "Uncle Taian" tonight. "He said that handing over the Hanaha website to Liu Taihe for operation is everyone's decision. No matter who it is, anyone who wants to interfere will die!"
An Rushong frowned. He felt that Shen Taian was not warning Zhao Chenghao, but wanted to warn himself through Zhao Chenghao's mouth.
Well, maybe he was just overly suspicious, but it was always safer to be suspicious than to realize it later.
In addition, Zhao Chenghao's words also revealed a message, that is, behind Liu Taihe and others, there is indeed a large interest group. In this group, Shen Taian has no say, and Zhao Chenghao can only be regarded as a second-rate thug.
Of course, An Rushong had actually speculated about this information a long time ago, and now it only indirectly proved his speculation.
Putting a hand on Zhao Chenghao's shoulder, An Rusong said, "Brother Chenghao, I've told you before that you shouldn't always stare at Liu Taihe and think about going against him. Don't think that we've suffered a great loss because this flower card website was taken away by others. We have to be realistic, right?"
"But I just won't accept it!" Zhao Chenghao said angrily.
"Whether you are willing or not, can it change the current situation?" An Rusong sat up straight, spread his hands, and said, "You are unwilling, you are indignant, you are upset and angry, is it useful? Can it have any impact on Liu Taihe?"
Zhao Chenghao said nothing. He certainly understood what An Rushong meant, but the problem was that he couldn't get rid of the thorn in his heart.
"So, Brother Cheng Hao, don't waste your energy on the reality that we can't change," An Rusong grabbed the other's shoulders, shook them vigorously, and said, "Look more forward, and think more about the things we can do and change. You have to understand that the more you stare at Liu Taihe, the more he will stare at you. He doesn't mind if you stare at him, but if he stares at you, you will inevitably suffer."
After patting the other person's shoulder vigorously, he finally said, "Believe me, I won't be wrong."
An Rushong believed that he would not misjudge the character of a man like Liu Taihe. That guy was just a young man who had been pampered since childhood. It was hard to tell whether he had any ability or not, but he definitely thought highly of himself.
Such a person may seem magnanimous and kind, but in fact he is very narrow-minded. He is used to dominating everything and being used to others obeying his orders. In his eyes, those who are not as good as him in status should be obedient to him.
For people like Zhao Chenghao who feel aggrieved and resentful in front of him, he will definitely find every opportunity to suppress them until the other party bows their head and surrenders in front of him.
In An Rushong's opinion, Zhao Chenghao's behavior was ignorant of the current situation. It was not that he was cowardly, but that he was realistic. When others did not touch his core interests, he did not think it was necessary for him to fight with the other party endlessly, not to mention that he knew he could not win the fight.
(End of this chapter)