138: Chapter 138 Differential Treatment

"Wu Ya, can't you stop being so unequal in your treatment?"

Wu Ya looked up in confusion and asked, "What unequal treatment?"

Chen Guangke pointed to the cup of hot tea next to Old Shen and replied, "Why did you only pour tea for Old Shen and not for me? I'm clearly tired too!"

Wu Ya frowned and replied, "Can't a grown man stop being so petty about everything?"

Chen Guangke's eyes widened.

Clearly, Wu Ya was being discriminatory, so how did it become about him being petty?

"Wu Ya, I've really put up with you for a long time. We are all friends, why are you only so nice to Old Shen and so mean to me!"

"As a celebrity, I don't treat you badly either, okay!"

Wu Ya was a little unhappy.

"If you're really not satisfied, then maybe you should treat me worse in the future!"

Seeing the two start arguing again, Shen Yan sighed and said to them, "If you want to argue, go outside and do it. Don't disturb my train of thought here."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Chen Guangke and Wu Ya glared at each other.

"Hmph! I am magnanimous, so I won't argue with her!"

Hearing this, Wu Ya rolled her eyes and retorted, "Don't worry! I don't like arguing with petty people like you either!"

Shen Yan was already accustomed to their bickering style.

He flipped through professional materials on Artificial Intelligence while looking up technical terminology.

Just as he was reading very intently, a news notification suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

[Shocking News! Internet Tycoon He Yunri Exposed for Suspected Money Laundering and Other Illegal Criminal Activities, All Companies and Residences Under His Name Have Been Sealed...]

Not only he saw the news, Chen Guangke saw it too.

"Holy crap!"

"Old Shen, come look quickly! He Yunri is in trouble!"

Shen Yan said without lifting his head, "I saw it too."

"No..." Chen Guangke asked in surprise, "How could He Yunri commit a crime? Isn't he super rich?"

Shen Yan didn't know either.

The confidential wealth intelligence only told him that He Yunri was suspected of illegal activities and was about to be exposed, but it didn't tell him why He Yunri was involved in illegal activities.

"Alright, stop looking. It has nothing to do with us anyway."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke had an expression of having survived a disaster.

"Old Shen, you are truly too wise. I will never speak ill of you again!"

Shen Yan raised his eyelids and asked with a half-smile, "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Guangke cleared his throat and replied, "If you hadn't drawn a clear line with this He Yunri in advance, our company would have been affected!"

"I just saw in the news that all companies related to He Yunri have been sealed!"

Shen Yan let out an "En."

When the confidential wealth intelligence first came out, he immediately severed ties with He Yunri.

If he hadn't done that, the company he had painstakingly built would have gone bankrupt because of He Yunri.

At this time, on the other side.

Chen Ling also learned the news.

She was also very surprised when she heard it.

"He Yunri is exposed?!"

The secretary nodded to Chen Ling.

"I heard he was involved in money laundering, and the amount was quite large. Now all companies associated with him have been sealed."

Hearing this, Chen Ling's eyes lit up.

"What about Shen Yan's company?"

The secretary shook her head.

"I haven't heard of any movement on his end."

Chen Ling frowned, finding it strange.

Wasn't He Yunri Shen Yan's backer?

Could it be that He Yunri never invested in Shen Yan's company?

That seemed impossible.

If that were the case, where did Shen Yan get the money to start a company?

Just as she was feeling puzzled, Jiang Lili called her.

"Hello, Campus Beauty Chen. It's been a few days since we last contacted. How have you been lately?"

Chen Ling replied, "Same as always. What's up?"

Jiang Lili cleared her throat and asked, "Do you still remember what we talked about the other day?"

Chen Ling certainly remembered.

Jiang Lili wanted twenty percent of her company's shares.

"Oh... you mean about the shares?"

Jiang Lili sounded excited.

"That's right, it's about the shares. I wanted to ask if things at your company are settled? If they are, let's sign the agreement and contract as soon as possible."

Chen Ling tapped the file beside her.

"My company is settled, yes, but regarding the shares... I think we need to discuss it further."

Jiang Lili started to feel uneasy. She asked Chen Ling in a joking tone, "Campus Beauty Chen, you're not planning to go back on your word, are you?"

Chen Ling chuckled and replied, "Of course not. We are old classmates, how could I go back on my word?"

Jiang Lili did not relax upon hearing these words.

Her intuition told her that this matter was not that simple.

As expected.

The next second, Chen Ling started adding conditions.

"It's like this, although I intended to let you buy twenty percent of my company's shares for just one piece of news, but... our company is facing some difficulties right now."

"If you really want to invest, you must bring at least eight million to my company."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Jiang Lili's face had turned ashen by this point. She gritted her teeth and said to Chen Ling, "Chen Ling, that's not what I said before. You clearly agreed to let me buy twenty percent of your company's shares for one piece of news!"

Chen Ling made a "tsk" sound, sounding somewhat impatient.

"I did agree to it, but we have to look at the situation. The overall environment is so bad right now; starting a company is very difficult."

"My money didn't grow on trees either. If you're unwilling to invest eight million in our company, then let's pretend we never mentioned this matter."

Jiang Lili was furious.

She really hadn't expected Chen Ling to be so shameless, going back on her word and forcing her to invest eight million.

"I told you, all the money I have on me is just over two million!"

Chen Ling rolled her eyes, her tone carrying a hint of regret.

"Oh dear, since you only have a little over two million, it seems we have no possibility of cooperation."

Just as she was about to hang up the phone, Jiang Lili called out to her.

"Wait!"

"Let me think about it again..."

Chen Ling persuaded her in an alluring tone, "I don't think you need to think about it. Just borrow some money from your family and scrape together eight million to invest in my company."

Jiang Lili pursed her lips.

She was wondering whether she should really borrow money to invest in Chen Ling's company.

If she did that, she would essentially be staking her entire fortune on the future development of Chen Ling's company.

Once Chen Ling's company didn't do well, she would be completely ruined.

Seeing that she was still hesitating, Chen Ling told her, "Don't worry, I'm not forcing you. You have plenty of time to think. Whenever you've thought it through, you can give me an answer then."