Chapter <b>358 </b>


    Aubree brought Vincent and a few trusted senior executives from thepany to Nadio to attend the Inte Innovation Conference


    She exined. “The Inte Innovation Conference usually gathers almost everyrge and small enterprise in Lumanon involved in the new media and inte industry.”


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    “Many promising neers will try everything to get into the conference. If they’re lucky, their project might get spotted by a big boss and shoot to the top overnight.”


    Even though this was only a domestic conference, not just anyone could participate.


    For them, as <b>a </b>startuppany not even two years old, receiving a VIP invitation was a major sign of their strength.


    Aubree smiled. “The main goal this time is to connect and learn.” In in terms, she meant towork with top executives and expand their connections.


    After a sessful round of funding, they had rapidly attracted a huge number of users. The user base of GrabCheap was growing like crazy, followed closely by arge influx of merchants.


    GrabCheap had more users than any other emerce tform on the market, and that number was still climbing.


    It wasn’t just more users. The tform’s transaction volume was rising too, and money was beginning to cycle back in. At this pace, breaking even was only a matter of time.


    And this was only their first round of funding. Their original n had been to secure two rounds of investment.


    Of course, not everything was perfect. With more users and merchants came the inevitable problem of a mixed–quality environment. Some low–quality merchants used misleading pictures and sold inferior products at cheap prices. Negative reviews on GrabCheap had begun increasing sharply.


    This was an unavoidable issue.


    All Aubree could do was remain customer–focused and safeguard consumer rights as much as possible. For example, by offering unconditional refunds.


    So far, their progress had been groundbreaking. But it still wasn’t enough.


    Aubree thought about the Tengu Gruppe coboration, which was nowpletely out of the question. She had another potential partner in mind. Once the current situation settled down, she’d begin preparing.


    Once the second partnership seeded, GrabCheap would truly be a phenomenal tform.


    Not only was the emerce side in Südlichen Strand preparing for the next phase of development, but the “Zappy” short video tform was now working with Kurtis’s entertainmentpany to promote various novels through short ads.


    The short novel ad format had incredible results. Even Kurtis himself was surprised. On most tforms, long–form novels dominated the market. Short fiction barely made a ripple, and few even knew it existed.


    But after coborating with Aubree tounch the ad–driven model, short novels suddenly caught fire, and Kurtis’s tform revenue multiplied several times over.


    And so far, no one else had noticed this quiet breakthrough.


    Meanwhile, back at the Wilson family home in Rithol City. Trevor had been lying low, taking a break from his other projects to avoid any unwanted attention.


    Hearing footsteps downstairs, he looked up. “Mom, are you heading out?”


    Alice replied, “Yeah. Your dad and Bryan are going to Nadio for the Inte Innovation Conference. Your uncle and the others are going too. I’m tagging along.”


    As for what she’d be doing there, of course, she was going to act as a middleman, pulling the Wilson and Diamonde families together to deal with Aubree<b>. </b>Her growth had been far too fast. If they didn’t act soon, Aubree would eventually slip out of


    their control entirely.


    Thinking of this, Alice felt even more confident that her decision at the art exhibition had been right.


    Even if they’d suffered a minor loss, it wasn’t anything serious.