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”Where are you getting this content?” Chen Yansen interrupted Zhang Yiming and asked directly.

”I can aggregate the news from other portal websites and then make recommendations to users, but to avoid copyright issues, I will add hyperlinks to the original webpages in the content,” Zhang Yiming said craftily. When you’re broke, you get creative.

Chen Yansen laughed inwardly. ’That approach is about as effective as a disclaimer on a pirate site.’

”President Chen, I was actually inspired by FoxTao’s business model. FoxTao is a shopping guide, while Lingxi is a news guide,” Zhang Yiming said with a smile, his high expectations for the product obvious.

Chen Yansen considered it for a moment but decided not to voice any warnings.

’Zhang Yiming is a smart guy. The fact that he brought up a method to circumvent copyright disputes means he doesn’t plan to be a freeloader forever. Once the business matures and ad revenue can cover production costs, it won’t be too late to transition from a ”news porter” to a ”news producer.”’

Chen Yansen nodded and casually offered a few words of praise.

He asked a few more questions and learned that most of the R&D staff were recent graduates. In short, they were cheap, capable, and easy to string along.

Chen Yansen stayed at Byte until eleven o’clock and decided to treat the team to lunch at a nearby restaurant.

The meal cost just over 100 yuan per person, but the young team members were thoroughly satisfied.

Chen Yansen shot a look at Zhang Yiming and cursed inwardly. ’I didn’t think this guy’s methods of exploitation were even more ruthless than my own.’

’No wonder he was able to secure funding so easily for his various ventures.’

’In the eyes of VCs, entrepreneurs like Zhang Yiming—the kind who make every penny count—are the ones most likely to succeed.’