Chapter 593: Believe
Shen Dong originally thought it was some major issue, but it turned out to be just this matter, and he couldn’t help but want to laugh—this guy tends to overthink. In reality, everything he’d said was achievable, so there was no need to worry so much. Moreover, they hadn’t even started yet; how could he know that his words were merely to motivate them to work harder, rather than being realistic?
Truth be told, he just lacked one thing—confidence. He felt that what he had conceived was not good enough. Yet, who else out there could come up with such an idea? Currently, he hadn’t met anyone else able to do so, and it wasn’t even about whether he could think of it or not. From the time the two of them had known each other, it had only been a few days.
The other party could trust him so much as to show him all their plans, and he had even caused a former employee to resign because of him. This was enough to prove that the other party had very good judgment. If they believed in him, it was destined to make money.
"Didn’t you trust me a lot before? Why don’t you trust me this time?" Shen Dong asked, a bit curious. He spoke this sentence to see exactly what the other party thought. Before, he was absolutely convinced that he could succeed and kept insisting that Shen Dong join him. Back then, Shen Dong had also believed in it.
It certainly couldn’t be that he was now discouraged by a mere employee. Of course, Shen Dong wouldn’t believe that. Zhang Tao felt a bit embarrassed when this was mentioned. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe in it. He felt the software would definitely be well made, but to reach the stature of Penguin, he still felt it was slightly inferior, perhaps not meeting the expectations in the end.
So, he also felt that sometimes one shouldn’t think too highly of a software, raising it too high, so that when it falls, it wouldn’t hurt as much. If from the beginning he felt this software could reach the peak, and then it didn’t, that would definitely be the biggest disaster. Zhang Tao thought this to himself, but he couldn’t just say it outright—if he did, he was sure he’d be severely scolded.
Shen Dong was also able to gauge people’s feelings. Even though Zhang Tao didn’t say it out loud, his expressions had given everything away. He already deeply understood what the other person was thinking; solving it was easy then.
Shen Dong took out a pack of good cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out, and offered it to Zhang Tao. After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhang Tao decided to take it. The two men didn’t need to speak; they just stood there smoking in tacit agreement. Zhang Tao didn’t know why, but after finishing that cigarette, he felt exceptionally calm.
It seemed as if all his troubles were smoked away, feeling very refreshing. Indeed, when a person is not sober, smoking a cigarette can make everything seem lucid, and it also releases stress. All the pressure from the recent sleepless nights disappeared.
"Didn’t I tell you before that I own many businesses under my name? Do you know that I also participate in some of Penguin’s activities, and some of the corporate planning is done by me? Now, do you think there is a possibility of failure with this software that I helped to develop? Why can’t it stand alongside Penguin? On what grounds does your software fall short?