"Dad, how many more times will my grandfather have to undergo radiotherapy?" Xia Zekai asked him.
Xia Weicheng did the math and said: "It will be over after 8 more times. It happens to be the 30th of the month. Then we will have a check-up on your grandfather. If the problem is not serious, we also plan to go back to our local area for chemotherapy. By the way, it will be okay."
Let’s go home and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival first.”
"I'm not going back, Dad. I'll just leave here after treatment. I won't go anywhere until I'm done." Xia Zekai made a firm statement. He then said, "Unless I find a better place."
"But the chemotherapy drugs are all the same," Xia Weicheng said.
Xia Zekai shook his head: "Even if the same medicine is used by different doctors, the results will be different. Dad, you believe that the doctors here must be more experienced than the doctors over there."
Seemingly knowing that his father was thinking about money again, Xia Zekai repeatedly told him: "Dad, don't worry about spending money. Just tell me how much money you need. I still have some in my card. Don't mention the transfer to another hospital."
Already."
Xia Zekai firmly disagreed.
"Then... okay!" Xia Weicheng opened his mouth slightly and spit out a few words.
Xia Zekai drove away in the GL8, and Xia Weicheng discovered that his son had driven a new car, which he had never seen before.
"Did you buy a new car again? Why didn't this kid tell me..." Xia Weicheng muttered in his heart, and soon started to feel happy again.
This shows that the son is still rich. If the son is capable, it shows that he, as a father, is also capable.
…
Xia Zekai drove out of the hospital and rushed to the GreenTree Inn Hotel.
It was after 8 o'clock, when the roads in Jicheng were most congested. Even if I wanted to drive faster, I couldn't increase the speed.
Xia Zekai also discovered one thing. In this situation, GL8 has no flexibility at all and can only move forward with the flow of traffic.
At the same time, at the entrance of GreenTree Inn Hotel.
At this moment, a red banner was hung above the hotel entrance, which read "Celebrating the complete success of the 2009 China Internet Summit."
There are several people standing here at the entrance of the hotel to greet the guests attending today's meeting.
Among them are the ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Teacher Tony’ whom Xia Zekai had met in Qicheng, and Pan Qin is also here.
In addition to them, there were several people whom Xia Zekai didn't know who also greeted guests at the door.
Time was moving forward at an even speed, and Pan Qin kept looking around. She never saw Xia Zekai, and she wondered in her heart: "Brother Xia and I set off at about the same time, so we should be here. Could it be that something happened to him on the highway?"
"Sister Pan, has Mr. Xia arrived yet?" Teacher Tony asked.
He had a deep impression on Xia Zekai. After meeting so many "friends", he was the first person in the industry who wanted to give him a "friendly sponsorship of Ferrari" in person.
If nothing else, this guy is very straightforward!
Pan Qin shook his head: "Not yet, I'll call him and ask."
Pan Qin dialed Xia Zekai's phone number as soon as she was told. While waiting for the call to be connected, she was afraid that someone from the traffic police or the hospital would answer the call.
Fortunately, it didn't take long before I heard Xia Zekai's voice: "Sister Pan, you're here!"
"We're here, Brother Xia, where are you and why haven't you arrived yet?" Pan Qin asked him.
Xia Zekai apologized: "Sister Pan, I'm so sorry. I just went to the hospital for something and will be at the GreenTree Inn soon."
"Okay, then drive slowly on the road and pay attention to safety." Pan Qin warned and hung up the phone.
It was said that they were almost there, but it was really fast. Within five or six minutes, Xia Zekai arrived at the hotel. He took a look and saw that there was a parking area in front of the hotel with many parking spaces inside. He entered the door.
I just drove the car in and parked it.
After getting off the car and walking to the main entrance, I saw a few acquaintances standing at the door of the hotel.
When Pan Qin turned her head to look over, she also spotted him and said quickly: "Brother Xia, you are finally here. Come here quickly."
"Sister Pan, I'm really sorry. Something delayed me and made you wait for a long time." Xia Zekai said.
Pan Qin still remembered what he just said. When he saw someone, he asked him: "Who is in the hospital? Why did you go to the hospital?"
"My grandfather has stage II esophageal cancer and has been hospitalized here for more than a month," Xia Zekai said.
When the local 'eldest brother' in Jicheng heard the hospital he mentioned, he nodded: "That is indeed the best hospital for treating this disease in Jicheng. Brother Xia, you have found the right place."
"But why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had known earlier, I would have gone over and had a look." The 'elder brother' even complained about him.
Xia Zekai laughed, but he would not take other people's polite words seriously.
They have only known each other for half a month, and their relationship is not as good as this yet.
Xia Zekai looked up again and glanced at the red banner hanging at the door of the hotel. He smiled and asked Pan Qin: "Sister Pan, this name is quite loud. Who is here?"
"Hey, why don't you make a name for yourself these days? But the people here today are all from our circle, basically playing with traffic. Don't even think about people like Zhang Chaoyang, Ma Huateng, Cao Guowei, Ding Lei, Wang Zhidong, Chen Tianqiao and others.
Yeah." Pan Qin also made a joke.
Xia Zekai smiled along with him. Not only did he remember the last time he attended Sina Weibo's Weibo launch conference, where he met big names in the Internet circle like Chen Tong, but also met Wang Xing, Zhang Yiming and so on.
A rising Internet newcomer.
On the contrary, whether it was the last time or this time, he was an outsider who came to participate in activities within the circle. The most important thing is that as an outsider, he also got to know several future Internet giants, and these giants seemed to be a little admired at the moment.
He, this feeling made him feel happy.
Teacher Tony from Yicheng also said hello to Xia Zekai.
Pan Qin then introduced the remaining people to him. Xia Zekai took a closer look and found no familiar faces, so he couldn't remember a few names.
"Brother Xia, let's go, I'll take you in first." Pan Qin turned around and walked towards the hotel.
After Xia Zekai, Teacher Tony and the others said hello, they went in directly.
Even though this summit did not seem to have invited a few famous Internet tycoons, the province still attached great importance to it, and even people from the provincial propaganda department arranged for it to come.
Jidong, a province with major real industries such as steel and chemicals, is actually going to hold an Internet summit. This is an important signal for the new economic development of Jidong Province and has landmark significance.
These are what Pan Qin told Xia Zekai on the way to the conference hall. She also said that after the conference starts later, Teacher Tony will come on stage to give a speech.
"Sister Pan, is that teacher Tony really that powerful?" Xia Zekai asked her.
Pan Qin nodded: "It is indeed very powerful. Apart from anything else, he has also published a book. Before he wrote those articles in QQ space, he also wrote articles in Longkong and Tianya forums, some of which are very relevant.
My article was picked up by a publishing house, and the editor-in-chief of that publishing house personally negotiated with Mr. Tony, and the royalties he received were quite high."
This suddenly made Xia Zekai feel a little impressed with that 'Teacher Tony'.
That night, Xia Zekai seemed to have remembered the two projects he mentioned, one was 'crowdfunding Ferrari' and the other was 'fixed investment'. It turned out that in addition to these two special names, they actually had many backgrounds. It turned out that
This is what is truly hidden.
"Just let me listen." Xia Zekai told Pan Qin.
Pan Qin smiled and nodded, and said: "Just listen, I have participated once. To put it bluntly, it is to exchange experiences and see who has better ideas to gather popularity and attract traffic to monetize."
Xia Zekai gave her a summary: "So this conference is essentially about how to make money!"
"Vulgar, what you said is too vulgar." Pan Qin commented seriously, but after finishing speaking, he laughed.
She had to admit that Xia Zekai still hit the point.
After following Pan Qin into the conference hall where today's summit was held, Xia Zekai found that there were already a lot of people sitting here. A cursory look showed that there were at least several hundred people.
"There are so many people, and these are all big names in the industry?" Xia Zekai was quite surprised.
He thought to himself that there were actually so many people involved in this circle, which was different from what he thought.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Pan Qin shook his head: "Not that many. Most of them here are people who are new to the industry. They came here at their own expense and want to learn from them."
"To put it bluntly, you just spend money to join in the fun, and the organizer is happy to collect money to make some extra money."
"..." Xia Zekai was silent for a while.
He didn't speak any more.
After following Pan Qin to find a few empty chairs placed together and sitting down, Pan Qin told Xia Zekai about the meeting procedures that would follow.
The two of them were talking when suddenly someone called out again: "Sister Pan, Brother Xia, so you are here. It's really easy for me to find you."
"Big Tou, why is it you?" Xia Zekai turned around and saw, isn't this the Big Tou from Qingcheng? He makes Simmons mattresses, right?
It seems that the turnover is not low.
"Hey, Brother Xia, I was delayed by something just now, and it's not too late now." Datou said not caring much.
"I still have a seat over here, sit down quickly." There was an empty seat on the left side of Xia Zekai, so he gave way, and Datou went directly to sit down.
More people came in one after another. Xia Zekai took a few glances and didn't find any of these people were still growing up to be big names in the Internet industry in the future, so he lost any interest.
"Sister Pan, where are Brother Qu and Xiao Chao? Didn't they come with you?" Xia Zekai asked her.
Pan Qin said: "Xiao Chao has to go to the zoo, so your brother Qu will take him there to have a look. I will call them after the meeting is over."
Unknowingly, the time reached 9:30, and Xia Zekai found that several people who were at the door of the hotel just now had come up. They all entered the first row of the venue and sat down in the empty seats. This also meant that today's meeting was about to officially begin.
