Rebirth: I have Monopoly System

December 11th, 3:00 PM.

Wu Yun and his two companions boarded a flight to Peng City. As agreed, Wu Yun would participate in WeBank’s opening ceremony the next day.

A lot had happened in the past few days.

For Wu Yun, the first major event was Little Yellow Car beginning its Series A funding round.

Unlike in his previous life, this time Dai Wei and the others had accepted an investment from Ali. With a valuation of US$300 million, Ali acquired a 20% stake.

The other major event was a news story that broke this morning, also related to Ali.

In October of this year, the Hurun Rich List had named Old Ma the wealthiest person in Huaxia.

In the news this morning, Wu Yun saw that Forbes had released data showing Old Ma had become the richest person in Asia!

This diverted a lot of the recent online attention that had been focused on Wu Yun.

After all, the livestream video of that fraudulent phone call from Monday had been edited and posted online by netizens. If Wu Yun weren’t someone who didn’t need the traffic, he would have definitely had to thank them for the publicity.

The flight from Modu to Peng City took about two hours.

After Wu Yun and his group deplaned, they easily found the people sent to pick them up at the arrivals gate.

"Welcome, President Wu Yun and Company!" A banner was stretched out beside the arrivals gate, positioned so it wouldn’t block the flow of travelers.

But the name Wu Yun had gained some fame online, so many people who weren’t in a hurry stood to the side, waiting to see if this President Wu was the same one from the internet.

"HOLY SHIT! It really is him!" a young man with a backpack exclaimed under his breath.

A friend next to him, who didn’t recognize Wu Yun, asked curiously, "Liu Liang, do you know him? Is he famous?"

The young man called Liu Liang replied in a low voice, "You could say that! You don’t use Weibo, so you have no idea how popular he is!"

Seeing Liu Liang constantly taking photos with his phone, his friend pressed, "What does he do? You seem so excited!"

"Just search for him online! You’ll find a ton of news about Wu Yun!"

...

"Welcome, welcome! Welcome to Peng City, President Wu!" a smiling, middle-aged man walked over, speaking Mandarin with a Cantonese accent. He had a squarish face, thick brows, small eyes, and wore rimless glasses.

The middle-aged man extended his hand. "President Wu, a pleasure. I’m Gu Min!"

Wu Yun had carefully reviewed the files on relevant personnel within the Tencent system before coming, so he was familiar with Gu Min’s appearance.

"President Gu! You shouldn’t have gone to the trouble of picking me up yourself!" Wu Yun said politely, shaking Gu Min’s hand.

After they let go, Gu Min gestured for him to go ahead, falling back just a step as he said with a smile, "I mainly wanted to have a chance to connect with you and learn from you as soon as possible, President Wu!"

When the other travelers outside saw a large group of people in suits emerge from the gate, many of them hurriedly cleared a path.

Liu Liang stopped recording the video on his phone and sighed with admiration, "Now that’s the kind of entourage a boss has. It’s just like what you see on TV!"

"Liu Liang! This Wu Yun guy is so badass! He’s so young but his net worth is insane! Looks like he’s in Peng City to visit Tencent, right?"

After putting his phone away, Liu Liang said, "That part I don’t know. Let’s go! We need to hurry and check into the hotel!"

...

In the car, Gu Min finally turned the conversation to business. "President Wu, President Ma told me you have great insights into the development of internet banking! That’s why I’m here today—to learn from the master!"

Wu Yun crossed his legs, not offering his own opinion right away. Instead, he posed a question back: "I wonder, President Gu, what is your understanding of internet banking?"

Gu Min answered without hesitation, "Internet banking, unlike brick-and-mortar banks, has no fixed physical branches. This means we can move the branches directly onto users’ phones, allowing us to provide precise services to every single customer."

"So my initial goal is to leverage WeChat Pay to build a product similar to Yu’e Bao. But we have an advantage over Yu’e Bao in that we are the first internet-only bank!..."

After that, it was as if Gu Min had opened the floodgates, explaining his views endlessly.

Wu Yun nodded continuously. ’So the development philosophy for WeBank was already taking shape back then,’ he thought.

"President Gu! I’m confident that under your leadership, WeBank will not only grow bigger and stronger, but even surpass ordinary commercial banks!" Wu Yun said, giving him a thumbs-up.

"President Wu, you’re too kind! Please, share your brilliant insights with me!" Gu Min was eager to hear Wu Yun’s thoughts.

"President Gu, I think your overall direction aligns perfectly with my own ideas. I just have a few thoughts on the details that you can consider!" Though he said it humbly, as a major shareholder with a stake equal to Tencent’s, he certainly had the right to speak.

"As an online bank, our primary customers will be individuals and micro-enterprises. Therefore! Our loan products should also be designed to target their market..."

The two of them exchanged ideas, and soon they arrived at the hotel that had been booked.

After checking in, Gu Min took Wu Yun directly to a nearby specialty restaurant.

At the dinner table, Wu Yun sat with Gu Min, a senior executive from Tencent’s Investment and M&A Department, and several mid- to senior-level managers from WeBank.

Wu Yun didn’t see Peng Zhijian and asked, a little puzzled, "President Li? How come I don’t see President Peng?"

The man was President Li, Li Chaohui, the person slated to take over Peng Zhijian’s position in Tencent’s Investment and M&A Department.

Li Chaohui stroked the signature little mustache on his chin and said with a smile, "President Peng went to the Capital City! He’s busy with something there recently."

After all, the fact that Peng Zhijian was about to resign was still a secret, so Li Chaohui didn’t mention it.

Having reviewed the files on Tencent and Peng Zhijian, Wu Yun instantly knew that Peng Zhijian must be in the Capital City handling matters related to Yuan Sheng Capital.

Hearing Li Chaohui’s explanation, Wu Yun didn’t press the issue.

Li Chaohui changed the subject. "President Wu, I hear that both Kunpeng Games and Galaxy Network, which are under your name, have games coming out soon! I was wondering if you’d be interested in letting Tencent act as an agent! Or perhaps in accepting an investment from Tencent?"

Wu Yun smiled. "It seems, President Li, that you’ve had people playtest PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds! I plan to release PUBG as a paid game on Steam, so it doesn’t really fit with Tencent’s free-to-play, in-game purchase model."

"However! I do think Galaxy Network’s mobile game, Honor of Kings, would be a perfect fit for your requirements. If you’re interested, President Li, you can send a team to take a look. I’m confident that if we can cooperate with Tencent, Honor of Kings will dominate the mobile game charts!"

Li Chaohui’s expression became thoughtful, and he immediately agreed.

"President Wu! Come, come, try our Guangdong Province’s specialty, zhuchang lu!" Gu Min urged as the dishes were gradually served.

Wu Yun saw the off-white, cylindrical rolls of the zhuchang lu and his appetite was instantly whetted. Noticing that no one else had picked up their chopsticks, however, he smiled and said to the table, "Don’t just watch me! Let’s all eat together. You’re making me feel awkward!"

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