Chapter 2 — Mother-in-law Gave Me 500,000 Yuan To Get Away, I Freeze Her Son's 100,000,000 Yuan

"I'll just leave the food here."

Just as I was about to leave, from the large conference room at the end of the hallway, Lam Hao's voice rang out. The meeting room is divided by transparent glass walls. Inside were seven or eight people sitting. The projector is showing full-color charts and figures. Lam Hao stood in front of the whiteboard. The hand points to a series of data on the screen.

"The core of this model is precisely targeted advertising combined with a viral community strategy."

"First use low prices to attract users."

"Then retain them through the membership system."

"This idea was helped me perfect by Nhuoc Lam."

"Look everyone, last month's growth has proven its effectiveness."

Tham Nhuoc Lam sat in the second position on the right side of the meeting table. She tilted her head slightly. A lock of hair slid down her shoulder. She raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear and smiled modestly.

"General Manager Lam is too complimentary."

"I just casually gave a few suggestions."

"The implementation is all the work of the entire team."

"Nhuoc Lam is so humble."

The man wearing glasses sitting next to him immediately continued.

"We couldn't find this direction before."

"Since you arrived, the situation has really cleared up."

Several people in the meeting room also nodded in agreement. I stood outside in the hallway. Quietly looking at that scene through the glass. That so-called "targeted advertising combined with community spread" model... That's the idea I told Lam Hao half a month ago. That day for dinner there was braised sea bass. While removing the fishbone, he complained that the number of users increased too slowly. The cost of attracting customers is too high. I gave him a piece of fish belly meat and said:

"Your company's customer attraction model has problems."

"Don't always chase customers."

"Let people who have used the product help you attract new people."

"For members to share with friends."

"Both sides enjoy incentives."

"In the early stages, there is no need to rush to make money."

"Just keep users first."

"Wait for loyalty to increase before thinking about revenue."

Lam Hao is still chewing fish. Just hummed in response. I thought he didn't care. Right at that moment. Trieu Tue Phuong came from the office. She is the company's administrative manager. About forty years old. Wearing a gray vest, her hair is neatly tied up without a single strand of tangle. Everyone in the company calls her Ms. Trieu. She took the thermal bag. The tone was both polite and a bit awkward.

"Today, General Manager Lam has an appointment to receive guests at noon."

"From now on, you don't need to bring food anymore."

"It's okay for him to come home and eat."

"At home he never eats the breakfast I cook."

I calmly replied. Ms. Trieu's hand holding the handle of the thermal bag tightened slightly. Lips moved as if wanting to say something. But in the end, I swallowed it. She lowered her voice.

"About that plan..."

"That user growth plan."

I looked at her. Ms. Trieu glanced quickly toward the meeting room and then withdrew her gaze. The voice lowered even more.

"When compiling meeting minutes, I looked through the original documents."

"That idea first appeared in General Manager Lam's personal notes."

"The time was two weeks ago."

"And Miss Tham..."

"Just joined the company a week ago."

"Older sister Trieu."

I interrupted her.

"In the lunch box there is rib soup."

"If it's cold, it won't taste good."

"Would you mind warming it up for me?"

Ms. Trieu looked at me for two seconds. Then he nodded slightly, picked up the thermal bag and turned to leave. I walked to the front of the elevator. The elevator door opens. I walked in, turned around and looked at the mirror wall opposite. In the mirror was a woman wearing a faded beige sweater. Her hair is loosely tied with a rubber band into a simple ponytail. If you stood next to Tham Nhuoc Lam in the delicately tailored suit dress in the meeting room just now... It would truly be like someone belonging to two different worlds. The elevator started going down. The phone rang softly. I bowed my head and looked. Still the phone number has not saved that name.

"Completed checking the latest user data of Hao Vu Technology Company."

"The actual number of active users has a large deviation compared to the report published to the outside."

"Is it necessary to continue investigating further?"

I answer with two words:

"Continue."

The elevator goes down to the first floor. I put my phone away and walked out. The hall was bustling with people passing by. No one knew that the woman wearing that old sweater had just made a decision that would change the fate of an entire company. Friday night. Truong Thuy Lan booked a private room at a large restaurant in the city center. She said this was a "family meal" before the night of the celebration, for the whole family to gather for a bit. Around the large round table there were a total of twelve people. Lam Hao's aunt is Lam Tu Phan. There is a second uncle, Lam Kien Quoc. With their wives and children. There are also Tham Quoc Luong and Tham Nhuoc Lam. Tham Quoc Luong sits to the right of Truong Thuy Lan. The position is higher than mine. He was in his fifties, his hair was slicked back, and he wore a gold watch on his wrist. Every time I laugh, it's as loud as a loudspeaker. Arranged to sit in the position closest to the door. Every time the waiter pushed the door open, the doorknob hit the back of my chair.

"Quoc Luong, you have to eat more."

Truong Thuy Lan enthusiastically picked up food for Tham Quoc Luong.

"You helped our family Lam Hao with such a big matter."

"I'm his mother, I really appreciate it."

Tham Quoc Luong smiled and waved his hand.

"The family is too polite."

"I invested because I saw Lam Hao's personality."

"It's a good seed."

Those two words fell on the dining table like a sugar-coated bomb. Everyone heard it. The chopsticks in their hands all stopped for a moment. All eyes turned towards me. Then they moved away all at once. Truong Thuy Lan laughed until she couldn't close her mouth. It didn't seem like anything was wrong. Lam Tu Phan cleared his throat. She looked at me and then looked at Tham Nhuoc Lam. Then, using the tone of an experienced person, speak:

"Thuy Lan."

"You should also explain this clearly to Van Tinh."

"It's not the right way to continue like this forever."

"What can I say?"

Truong Thuy Lan put down her chopsticks. The jade bracelet in his hand hit the edge of the table again.

"I'll say it straight."

"Tomorrow, at the celebration party, I will let Van Tinh and Lam Hao complete the divorce procedures."

"If you're young, break up peacefully."

"Don't wait until you make a fuss and lose face."