139: Chapter 139 Planning Ahead

"Really?"

Jiang Lili didn't believe Chen Ling could be so kind.

"Of course it's true. However, if you take too long to consider it, our company might not have a spot left by then."

Jiang Lili understood.

If she hesitated too long, Chen Ling could just go back on her word.

Damn it!

This Chen Ling was even more cunning than when they were in school!

Thinking this, she said to Chen Ling, "Eight million is too much. I can only scrape together six million at most."

Chen Ling didn't dawdle and immediately agreed.

"Fine, but the twenty percent stake I promised you will have to shrink."

If it shrinks, it's still better than getting nothing at all.

Jiang Lili closed her eyes and asked, "Then what percentage of shares can you give me?"

"Ten percent," Chen Ling smiled. "How about it? Isn't that a lot?"

Just for giving up two million, she was losing ten percent of the shares.

This Chen Ling was truly black-hearted!

While cursing Chen Ling internally, Jiang Lili began to bargain.

"Ten percent is too little. I can accept fifteen percent at most."

Hearing this, Chen Ling rolled her eyes.

She didn't lack this six million. Giving Jiang Lili ten percent of the shares was already quite generous of her.

"Just tell me if you agree or not. If you don't, then pretend I never mentioned this matter to you."

That sentence again.

Jiang Lili was helpless.

She had no choice; she had already revealed the most crucial piece of information to Chen Ling in advance.

Now that Chen Ling held the initiative, she could only passively accept.

"Fine! Ten percent it is. Where are you now? I'll come over to sign the contract."

The urgent matter was to finalize the contract quickly, otherwise, she feared Chen Ling might change her mind again.

"I'm at the company right now. Come find me at the office."

After sending the location, Chen Ling tossed her phone onto the desk and began contemplating the relationship between He Yunri and Shen Yan.

Ever since seeing Shen Yan at the KTV, she had investigated the relationship between Shen Yan and He Yunri.

Although she didn't find anything too detailed, she knew that He Yunri had invested twenty million in Shen Yan's company.

Logically, if He Yunri's situation collapsed, Shen Yan's company should have been affected. How could there be no movement whatsoever up to this point?

Could the information she found be wrong?

Thinking of this, she turned to look at her secretary.

The secretary didn't know what Chen Ling was thinking, and he got goosebumps from being stared at.

"CEO Chen, is something wrong?"

Chen Ling crossed her legs and asked the secretary, "Do you know why I spent a large sum of money to poach you from your former company?"

The secretary thought: Isn't it because only I can tolerate your temper?

Though he thought that, he didn't say it.

"Uh, because CEO Chen appreciates me?"

Chen Ling laughed twice and said, "It's not wrong to say that. I've gotten used to using you."

"Do you remember what I asked you to investigate before?"

The secretary blinked, looking somewhat confused.

Chen Ling had asked him to investigate many things before; how could he know exactly which matter she was referring to?

"CEO Chen, you can just say what you need to say directly."

Chen Ling nodded and said, "I previously asked you to investigate the relationship between He Yunri and Shen Yan, and you told me he invested twenty million in Shen Yan's company."

The secretary remembered.

"That's indeed correct. As far as I know, he invested in the Prosperous Appointment project."

Chen Ling asked again, "Since he invested in this project, why hasn't Shen Yan's project been affected at all until now?"

The secretary was full of question marks.

How would he know why?

He had only reported the findings of his investigation to Chen Ling.

Thinking this, he replied to Chen Ling, "Maybe there was some issue in the middle, and the two of them terminated their contract."

"In any case, when I investigated, the two of them definitely had a business cooperative relationship."

Chen Ling narrowed her eyes, doubting the authenticity of the news.

"Are you sure that when you investigated, the two of them definitely had a business cooperative relationship?"

The secretary sighed.

"I'm sure. This matter cannot be false."

Seeing how certain he was, Chen Ling said no more.

"Alright, I understand. Go down and prepare the share contract now."

The secretary nodded and turned to leave the office.

Chen Ling, however, watched the secretary's retreating figure thoughtfully.

...

On the other side.

Shen Yan was having a meeting with Wu Ya and Chen Guangke.

"This month's financial report is out. Our company earned over twenty million in profit solely from the Prosperous Appointment project."

Chen Guangke said with delight.

He truly hadn't expected that the software, having only been online for a short while, could bring their company such substantial profit.

If they continued at this rate, the software might bring them profits exceeding nine figures in the future.

Seeing how happy he was, Shen Yan couldn't help but smile.

"Didn't you already know this news? Why are you still so excited?"

Chen Guangke pouted and replied, "Of course I'm excited! This is our company's first pot of gold!"

"Right, that artificial intelligence project you mentioned—when are we starting work on it?"

Shen Yan sighed and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? That project isn't something we can handle right now."

Chen Guangke blinked in confusion.

"What do you mean by that? Didn't you say you wanted to do this project? Why give up halfway?"

Shen Yan clicked his tongue at Chen Guangke and said, "If you don't know how to use an idiom, don't use it randomly. How am I giving up halfway? I am being cautious and carefully considering the matter!"

Chen Guangke rolled his eyes speechlessly.

"Just tell me if you're doing the project or not. If you're not, let's quickly start the next one."

Shen Yan replied, "We will definitely do it, but starting that project right now involves too many unknown risks for us."

Wu Ya interjected at this moment.

"CEO Shen, do you have another plan?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"You could put it that way. Do you remember what I told you both before? I want to annex Fuchen Enterprise."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Chen Guangke's eyes widened, and he asked, "You haven't given up on that plan yet?"

Shen Yan was at a loss between laughter and tears.

When did he ever say he was giving up?

"Of course I haven't given up. I've already figured out the next plan."

Chen Guangke and Wu Ya exchanged a glance before looking away again.

"What is your next plan?"

Shen Yan's next plan was very simple—compete for the projects Fuchen Enterprise is interested in.

Fuchen Enterprise was currently running at a loss.

If they couldn't secure subsequent profitable projects to turn their fortunes around, their company's capital chain would break.

Once their capital chain broke, he could exploit the vulnerability and annex the entire Fuchen Enterprise in one fell swoop.