Anxious as a hair on end.

As soon as Lu Zhou arrived home, before his seat could even warm up, his phone in his pocket started ringing.

He took out his phone and looked at it with a wicked smile on his face. It's here! He hooked the big fish!

"Hello, Lu Zhou. It's me."

"Oh, Wen Ge. What's up? Didn't we just meet for noodles? Missed me that much?"

Wen Xuwei was speechless for a moment and said, "Can we skip the small talk? What business is Dream Valley going to develop next?"

"I told you during dinner, SaaS first, then PaaS."

"Stop beating around the bush. I want to know the details. Don't keep me in suspense."

Lu Zhou laughed heartily and said, "So, Wen Ge, are you ready to join?"

Wen Xuwei was getting anxious as he listened. "Yes, I'm in. Let's submit the application tomorrow. Tell me!"

Lu Zhou continued, "In simple terms, cloud computing in the early stage will still serve the advertising business. Application development relies on user behavior analysis. Every app developer needs to understand user behavior to optimize their products. However, these functionalities are often unnecessary to develop repeatedly."

"We will create a set of SDKs for developers to integrate statistical and operational analysis. This code will directly collect user data such as usage time and click behavior, and then calculate user browsing and retention rates for the application. This way, developers won't need to write and deploy the same code repeatedly when developing new applications."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xuwei suddenly understood. Lu Zhou intended to continue serving Dream Valley's current developers. Initially, the advertising business would help them make money, and then the SaaS platform would assist them in reducing the time spent on product development and analysis.

Wen Xuwei continued to ask, "Go on."

"The application engine will transform their backend deployment. It will be cost-effective, efficient, flexible, and maintenance-free. I won't need to do anything else. I'll directly place cloud computing advertisements on the developers' pages and offer coupons in the initial stage. The conversion rate in this process can be very high."

Wen Xuwei pondered for a moment and said, "No need for manual operation and market analysis, no need for maintenance, direct integration of functionalities. It's simply foolproof."

"Exactly. Lastly, we have communication applications. In the future, we'll also have some business through Dream Valley Cloud."

Here, Lu Zhou was referring to the business of WeChat.

"Alright."

Lu Zhou continued to entice, "Dream Valley Cloud was just recently separated. The parent company will continue to invest around three to four million, and there may be additional increases. Wen Ge, if you come on board, I'll take 5% of my own shares as your technical investment."

Wen Xuwei didn't mind and joked, "Well, Lu Boss, you're certainly generous. You're offering 200,000 upfront. But most importantly, you have to show me some substantial things."

"You can also consider investing 200,000 and get an additional 5% stake. I won't sell any more shares after that. It'll be painful."

Lu Zhou understood Wen Xuwei's financial situation. Wen Ge had bought a house in the university town a long time ago, and he still had another one under his name in the adjacent area. He drove an Audi to work every day.

Money was not an issue for him; work was just for the sake of interest.

Wen Xuwei wasn't hesitant either and said, "Alright. So, this part will be a personal transfer of shares, right?

I'll transfer the money to your account. We can sign the contract and make the necessary changes later."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhou naturally felt happy.

Just yesterday, he got 500,000, and today another 200,000. With the profits from the investments around his neck, it should be enough to repay the debts at home.

After all, he felt burdened by the debts, let alone his parents.

"Okay, it's settled. The salary remains the same, 10,000, and we'll need to recruit new staff."

Wen Xuwei didn't think much about it and said, "The salary doesn't matter. But it's your decision, Lu Boss. You're the one who wants to expand the team. Isn't it troublesome for you?"

Lu Zhou laughed, "It's part of the startup experience. You have no idea how difficult it was for Dream Valley Advertising. We worked as interns until today."

"I won't trust your tricks ever again."

"Haha, come on. Don't say that."

Wen Xuwei teased, "I joined your company and had to pay 200,000 for the shares, and my salary doesn't increase, remaining at 10,000. If I can't make a profit, I'll be working for free for 20 months. Your intentions are darker than Boss Song's."

"Alright, forget it then. I won't sell it. Haha."

"Haha, keep dreaming. I'm even willing to buy 50% if you sell. Are you short on money? Do you want me to lend you 200,000? So you won't regret it later."

Since the lunch gathering, when Lu Zhou talked about his blueprint, Wen Xuwei had realized Lu Zhou's ambitions.

Lu Zhou expanded from advertising, attracted developers, and then planned to introduce the concept of "foolproof cloud computing" and even get involved in the social communication field.

It sounded like Lu Zhou was fooling himself. Wen Xuwei had to put in 200,000 to pay his own salary. However, if he connected Dream Valley's plans, no matter how he calculated it, Lu Zhou would be the one at a disadvantage.

First, Dreamgrain Technology has funds and is not short of money. Second, Lu Zhou himself has ideas and can directly implement them.

If we consider that 5% is the technical equity, Wen Xuwei would already be willing to help Lu Zhou. Not to mention the equity, Lu Zhou's radical ideas are better than staying under Huiteng's Song Wenhui.

As for the other 5%, Wen Xuwei can only think that Lu Zhou is short of money, so he doesn't choose financing dilution but directly sells his own shares.

Upon hearing Wen Xuwei's words, Lu Zhou secretly thought that Wen Xuwei is indeed meticulous, which is in complete contrast to his physical appearance.

"That won't do. It's not a big deal. Let's leave it at that. It's better than you regretting it later, Brother Wen."

After listening to Lu Zhou, Wen Xuwei no longer asked any further questions. "Okay. Let's leave it at that for now. I'll contact you after I resign."

"Alright."

"By the way, be careful of Old Song coming after you. If something happens, I'll burn incense for you."

Listening to Wen Xuwei's joke, Lu Zhou didn't continue the conversation. "Hang up."

After ending the call with Wen Xuwei, Lu Zhou started to have a headache.

He had just been busy with the WeChat plan last night, but after having a meal today, he realized that he needed to prioritize cloud computing.

After all, he had told Wen Xuwei that he already had a plan, which meant that before Wen Xuwei's arrival next week, he had to make time to clarify some ideas.

He marked a reminder in his notes.

Next week, Dreamgrain would also face the launch and promotion of the Banana Market.

If Dreamgrain's advertisements were the announcement, then the Banana Market would be the real test.

If the Banana Market fails, then cloud computing and WeChat would be meaningless. No matter how you do it, it won't be successful.

And for the Banana Market to succeed, there are two key points.

First is the application entry. Relying solely on manual collection would be a thankless task, as there are large numbers of applications uploaded online every day.

Therefore, the Banana Market adopted the approach of having developers join and upload their applications. Initially, it was directly converted from Dreamgrain's advertising developers.

As it progresses, the number of applications will increase, and that's when the review process will become a major issue.

Secondly, there is promotion.

Having applications in the Banana Market is the foundation for user usage, but starting from scratch requires promotion.

Online, Dreamgrain would self-fund and pay developers for advertising their applications in the Banana Market.

Offline, they would develop and promote a version for mobile phone stores, with a certain fee for installing the application on each device.

"For the review issue, it seems we need to collaborate with manufacturers. As for promotion, both online and offline should be sufficient for now. I'll make arrangements tomorrow."

Lu Zhou muttered to himself.

"Cloud testing manufacturers... 360?"

A bold idea emerged in Lu Zhou's mind.