Chapter 44

After being encouraged by Chang Mei from next door, Hao Meng's confidence soared. After asking Lan Lan for her opinion, he directly released the trial version of the 'Lan Mei Smart Phone System' on various software and mobile phone forums, making it available for free download. However, he clearly labeled it as a 'trial version' and used the abbreviated name 'Lan Mei Smart' or 'Little Lan'.

After doing all this, Hao Meng thought for a moment, took out his phone, and called Xu Meng. She was a student at the Capital Film Academy, and her classmates and friends were all aspiring stars, handsome guys, and beautiful girls. If she could help promote it, perhaps 'Lan Mei Smart' could really take off!

"Why are you calling me? You're not trying to invite me for dinner, are you?" Xu Meng asked with a laugh after answering the call.

Hao Meng, hearing the noise and car sounds on her end, guessed that she wasn't at home. Chen Yuqing had mentioned that she would go shopping with Xu Meng in the afternoon, so they might be together. He glanced at the time: 7:30 PM, it wasn't even dark yet, and it was just starting to cool down a bit.

"Actually, I'm not in a hurry to treat you to dinner. We can talk about that later. The thing is, I found a very useful software called 'Lan Mei Smart' online. I recommend you try it; it's really great. By the way, you can also recommend it to your friends at school."

"Smart software?" Xu Meng was taken aback, half-smiling and half-joking, "You didn't call me just for this, did you? Don't you have anything else to say?"

Hao Meng, not being stupid, laughed and said, "That's all. Okay, I'll hang up now!"

After hanging up, he immediately called Chen Yuqing without a second thought. It rang four or five times before she answered. As Hao Meng had guessed, Xu Meng and Chen Yuqing were indeed together. With Chen Yuqing's IQ of over 200, it wasn't hard for her to figure out Hao Meng's intention.

"Alright, it's just a software recommendation, 'Lan Mei Smart,' I heard it already. You knew we were together, yet you still acted so pretentiously!" Chen Yuqing coldly huffed, not waiting for Hao Meng to speak, and hung up.

Hao Meng held his phone and shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Too smart women don't attract men!" Xu Meng laughed as she opened the car door and got in. It was a red Audi, her mother's car!

Chen Yuqing opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, saying nonchalantly, "Too stupid women are easily deceived by men!"

"But men like stupid women, and stupid women like being deceived by the men they love. This is a rule in the world of love, also called 'stupid deceiving love,' 'love deceiving stupid,' or 'deceiving stupid love'!" Xu Meng started the car and laughed.

"That's not a rule, it's a flaw!" Chen Yuqing looked out the window and replied.

How to describe their relationship from childhood to now? They were always 'competing.' During exams, they competed, and the top position always alternated between them. Class positions, performances, math competitions, speeches—any possible competition always involved both of them.

But somehow, they ended up competing over Hao Meng. So Hao Meng was both fortunate and unfortunate. Fortunate because he had two such beautiful, charming, intelligent, and talented women liking him. Anyone would probably wake up laughing in their dreams. Unfortunate because both women were too smart and too excellent, making it hard to choose.

What was even more puzzling was that Xu Meng and Chen Yuqing were always competing and fighting, yet they were seen as good friends, sisters, and best buddies, helping each other and maintaining a friendly relationship.

At first, Hao Meng was confused, wondering how these two 'enemies' could become such good friends.

Could it be that high IQ enemies can also develop friendship?

"Flaw?" Xu Meng laughed and asked.

"Flaw!" Chen Yuqing nodded firmly.

"But have you ever thought that you might also be that kind of 'flawed' woman?" Xu Meng laughed, mocking her.

Chen Yuqing rolled her eyes and ignored her. With their IQs, both knew that they were walking a tightrope, and at the beginning, it might not have been love, but after so long, a 'chemical' reaction had already occurred. To say they couldn't let go wasn't entirely true, but both believed the other would be the first to give up.

"Where are we going?" Xu Meng asked with a smile.

"Let's have ice cream, at our usual place!" Chen Yuqing thought for a moment and said.

Xu Meng smiled and said, "I knew you'd say that. Why do we have to understand each other so well? It would be better to be a bit stupid and foolish!"

Chen Yuqing's lips curled up, and she said, "Then be a bit stupid and foolish. I'm not stopping you."

"Then why isn't the one who becomes a bit stupid and foolish you?" Xu Meng asked. This kind of banter had been going on since they were young, and even they didn't know how long it had been.

In the ice cream shop, which had Wi-Fi, Xu Meng and Chen Yuqing both took out their phones after ordering. They looked up at each other, smiled, and simultaneously searched for the 'Lan Mei Smart' software Hao Meng had recommended.

Online, users who had tried 'Little Lan' all exclaimed that it was a masterpiece, an absolutely super-smart software, far superior to anything like Xiao Qiang, Xiao Bing, or Xiao Ruan.

"What do you think?" Xu Meng looked up, surprised, and asked Chen Yuqing.

Chen Yuqing also looked up, frowned, and thought for a moment before saying, "If it develops well, I think it has the potential to surpass 'Yali' and become a legend!"

After using it for a short while, both felt the power of the 'Lan Mei Smart System.' It wasn't just a smart voice software but also a mobile operating system. This was the key point—it was complete, not an additional software product.

Even ordinary people could feel the power of this smart software, so how could professionals not?

On the first night, the total downloads from all mobile, software, and websites combined were less than a thousand. But after twelve hours of word-of-mouth, the downloads suddenly surged to ten thousand. After another twelve hours, the total downloads of 'Lan Mei Smart' exceeded five hundred thousand.

That day, domestic brands like Huawei, Lianxiang, Kupai, Xiaomi, HCE, and international brands like Samsung, Microsoft, and Yali all sent cooperation and purchase intentions to Hao Meng through the email he left. Samsung and Xiaomi, as well as Yali, even offered a price in the hundreds of millions, hoping the developer of 'Lan Mei Smart' would sell the software.

Seeing these emails, Hao Meng smiled. Just hundreds of millions? Is this a joke? Not to mention hundreds of millions, even if they offered him a billion, he wouldn't sell!

Hao Meng realized that through the 'Lan Mei Smart System,' he could enter the mobile phone manufacturing industry and even replicate the successful models of Xiaomi and Yali.

Of course, the prerequisite was to make 'Little Lan' and 'Lan Mei Smart' well-known to everyone.