Then the boy left, leaving behind the female reporter with long black hair, standing disheveled in the wind.

"This guy really spoke well." Ryan Carter shook his head. "Even an ordinary person has the right to dream. I was almost moved by him."

"Let’s just hope Wushuang’s persona doesn’t collapse. Don’t let it turn out like Rongcheng’s Sweetie—everyone thought she was a pure girl, but she turned out to be a seductress. Yesterday she was still a cute and innocent girl, and in the blink of an eye, she signed with a company, started selling ads, and was going in and out of luxury cars with heavy makeup."

……

At midnight, all the roommates were asleep, but Grace Bennett couldn’t fall asleep, staring at the rapidly increasing statistics of Sky Eye.

On April 1st, Sky Eye officially launched, with a pitiful 2,700 visits that day.

On the afternoon of April 5th, the "Searching for Wushuang" incident broke out, and the website traffic skyrocketed. By midnight, the number of visits had surpassed 600,000, with all four servers running at full capacity.

On April 6th, the Wushuang incident continued to ferment, causing a sensation across the internet. On Douyin, short videos about searching for Wushuang were everywhere—nine out of every ten short videos were related to Wushuang.

Sky Eye experienced severe network congestion. Grace Bennett optimized and adjusted the system twice, but in the end had to implement traffic limiting measures. According to the statistics, the number of visits that day broke the one million mark, and the computing power of all four servers was completely maxed out.

On April 7th, the "Searching for Wushuang" incident crossed over from the internet and began to appear in traditional media. Major TV stations and newspapers across the country reported extensively on news related to Wushuang, and Sky Eye, the first to discover Wushuang, was mentioned multiple times in articles and reports.

The existing servers could no longer support the ever-increasing traffic. Grace Bennett had no choice but to register a large number of trial servers. These servers allowed customers to use them for free for anywhere from one to seven days, but after the trial period, payment was required.

Grace Bennett couldn’t worry about that now—first, he had to do everything possible to boost computing power.

On the night of April 7th, the smart assistant program notified Grace Bennett that the first customer with an intention to pay had finally appeared.

Chapter 007 Business Arrives

As soon as night fell, Henry Parker's mother arrived at the city hospital.

"Mom, why are you here so early? Didn’t I tell you to come later?"

"I couldn’t sleep at home anyway, so I came over early," his mother said. "I’ll watch your dad here, you go home and get some rest. There’s food left for you in the kitchen—remember to heat it up before eating. Eating cold food isn’t good for your health."

Henry Parker sighed. "Looks like Dad will have to stay in the hospital long-term. It’s not a solution for just the two of us to take turns. Maybe we should hire a caregiver, or your health will be worn out."

"No, no." The old lady, afraid of spending money, quickly waved her hand. "A caregiver costs more than three hundred a day! I’m in good health, it’s no problem. Besides, your sister can help when she’s not working."

"Well... okay then, I’ll go home."

Henry Parker grabbed his coat and drove home. Before the car even entered the yard, he heard dogs barking everywhere.

The Yang family ran a dog farm, specializing in breeding Border Collies. At home, it was just the three of them, plus a married sister. The village’s old bachelor, Mr. Foster, was responsible for daily feeding, and a professional dog trainer was hired for training.

"Mr. Foster, have the dogs been fed?" Henry Parker asked as he got out of the car.

"Fed till they’re full. How’s your dad today?"

"Still in a coma. Cerebral hemorrhage isn’t something that gets better quickly. The doctor said that even if he’s discharged in the future, he’ll probably lose the ability to take care of himself. By the way, did anyone come to see the dogs this afternoon?"

"Not a single one. Not many people around here can afford these dogs. I heard from the young folks in the village that now everyone sells things online. You’re a college student, you should know about that, right?"

Henry Parker gave a wry smile. "Online, it’s a case of bad money driving out good."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, a dog that should cost twelve thousand is sold for two thousand, but when they ship it, they secretly swap it for a low-quality dog."

"Isn’t that cheating people?" Mr. Foster widened his eyes.

"It is, but truly good dogs have never been cheap. Ours have pedigree certificates and are specially trained by professional trainers. The price is too high, so they’re hard to sell."

Mr. Foster sighed. "Even good wine fears a deep alley. You need to find a way to promote them, let people know that our dogs are top-notch."

Henry Parker, weighed down with worries, entered the house and glanced at the food in the kitchen, but had no appetite at all.

He sat on the sofa, took out his phone, connected to the internet, and opened the QQ chat window. The other party’s username was "Sky Eye Business Account." Henry Parker stared at it for a long time, hesitating whether to send a message.

"I do need to promote, but I just don’t know how much it’ll cost," Henry Parker muttered.

……

Grace Bennett had already walked many laps around the track. Henry Parker was very nervous, but in fact, Grace Bennett was just as nervous—after all, this was Sky Eye’s very first customer.

The two chatted on QQ for a full half hour. Grace Bennett had been so busy writing code lately that he was about to wear out the keyboard, and really didn’t want to type anymore, so he suggested switching to a voice call.

"Is this Boss Yang?"

"Yes, I am."

"Hello, I’m the person in charge of Sky Eye. My surname is Luo."