222: Chapter 222 Bluffing

Shen Yan scratched the white wall beside him with his fingernail and asked Wang Tian on the other end of the line, "What do you want calling me for?"

Wang Tian replied anxiously, "Those three old geezers have been tracking me recently. To evade the three of them, I've almost used up all the money I have. Send me some money."

Shen Yan: "..."

Wang Tian: "Hello? Is the signal bad? Why is it silent now?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan scoffed and asked Wang Tian, "I'm wondering if you dialed the wrong number."

Wang Tian was a bit confused, not understanding what Shen Yan meant.

"How could it be the wrong number? Aren't you Shen Yan?"

Shen Yan rubbed his temples. He asked Wang Tian, "What were you thinking? To actually call me asking for money?"

Wang Tian understood what Shen Yan meant.

His eyes narrowed, and his tone carried a hint of threat.

"Shen Yan, don't tell me you don't want to give me the money. Don't forget whose fault it is that I've ended up in this situation, right?"

Shen Yan let out a cold laugh.

"Of course, you ended up in this situation because of yourself. Don't forget, you transferred company assets."

Wang Tian roared in frustration, "But I already transferred the assets back later! If it weren't for you, would I have to keep fleeing to other regions?!"

"I don't care. You have to send me the money. If you don't send the money, I'll just turn myself in to the police. I'll say you were the one who told me to do it!"

"If I'm not having a good time, you shouldn't expect to either!"

Seeing him so cornered, Shen Yan gazed out the window and said to Wang Tian on the phone, "Sure, go turn yourself in. See who ends up in jail, you or me."

Hearing this, Wang Tian truly panicked.

"You... You're really not afraid that I'll report everything to the police?"

Report to the police?

He was hopelessly stupid!

Shen Yan rolled his eyes while coldly asking, "You say you're going to report to the police, so tell me, what did I do?"

Wang Tian answered without hesitation, "You threatened me into selling Fuchen Enterprise to you for fifty thousand!"

Shen Yan asked again, "The evidence?"

Wang Tian instantly fell silent.

There was a long silence on the other end of the line. Shen Yan chuckled lightly, "Wang Tian, oh Wang Tian, I thought after all this time, you would have improved a bit. I didn't expect you to still be as hopelessly stupid as ever."

"If you really had evidence, do you think I would let you keep running around outside?"

"To be honest, those three people are also looking for me. They said the first thing they'll do when they find you is take back Fuchen Enterprise. But you and I both know clearly, even if they find you, Fuchen Enterprise will still be mine."

As soon as his words fell,

Wang Tian hurriedly pleaded, "No, no, no, please don't let them find me, I really... I'm begging you!"

"You know, if I fall into their hands, I definitely won't have it easy. Just help me out. The money I need isn't much, twenty thousand will do!"

Shen Yan sneered and hung up the phone directly.

Twenty thousand?

He thought even two hundred was too much!

After hanging up, he set his phone to silent and walked back to the laboratory.

When he returned, Jiang Yuan and Gu Mingming were already deeply engaged, one explaining diligently, the other listening intently.

Shen Yan quietly followed behind the two of them, listening to their occasional conversations.

Time passed quickly.

Before they knew it,

an hour had passed.

"Mr. Jiang, may I ask where you worked before?"

Jiang Yuan hadn't expected Gu Mingming to suddenly ask him this question. He paused for a moment, then replied, "I haven't worked anywhere else before. At most, I've helped our professor give a few lectures at companies or done some small research projects. Why?"

Gu Mingming shook his head and asked again, "Then you're a doctoral student?"

Jiang Yuan nodded.

Seeing this, Gu Mingming sighed, "You are truly professional. You are even more professional than the researchers I met in the Group. I didn't expect Company CEO Shen to have talent like you."

Jiang Yuan showed no emotional fluctuation upon being praised.

He accepted the compliment very calmly and asked Jiang Yuan, "I have already explained the current research progress of the entire project to you. What are your thoughts on this project?"

Gu Mingming thought for a moment before replying solemnly, "To be honest, I still feel that the direction of your project sounds like something out of a fantasy."

"But... with talent like you and so much professional equipment, I am more confident than before."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan tilted his head slightly in confusion.

"You don't have confidence in our project?"

"If you don't have confidence in our project, why are you investing in it?"

Gu Mingming opened his mouth, unsure how to explain the issue.

He had no choice but to cast a pleading look toward Shen Yan, who was standing silently beside him.

Receiving Gu Mingming's look for help, Shen Yan cleared his throat, stepped forward a couple of paces, and said to Jiang Yuan, "This matter is a long story. We can talk about it later."

Jiang Yuan himself wasn't overly curious about such matters.

Hearing Shen Yan say this, he didn't press for details.

"Fine. If there's nothing else, I'll go back to working on the documents."

Shen Yan had no objection.

He thanked Jiang Yuan and led Gu Mingming out of the laboratory.

"Is there anywhere else you want to go?"

Hearing Shen Yan's question, Gu Mingming thought for a moment, then turned to ask Shen Yan, "Can I go take a look at your company?"

Shen Yan nodded, agreeing.

Afterward, they drove to the company.

Gu Mingming's purpose for visiting the company was very clear.

He wanted to know the current state of Fuchen Enterprise after being acquired.

Upon arriving at the company, Gu Mingming went up with Shen Yan.

"CEO Shen."

"Good day, CEO Shen!"

Employees passing by immediately greeted Shen Yan very consciously upon seeing him.

"It seems CEO Shen is quite popular in the company."

Shen Yan looked at Gu Mingming strangely and asked curiously, "Why do you think I'm quite popular in this company?"

Gu Mingming smiled and said to Shen Yan, "Because the Employees passing by all smiled when they saw you. In our company, when they see high-level executives, they only offer a timid greeting and then hurry away."

Did those Employees smile when they saw him?

Shen Yan frowned and thought seriously for a moment, realizing he couldn't recall.

Seeing that he wasn't speaking, Gu Mingming continued, "Although your company was just acquired not long ago, I see that the atmosphere among your Employees is quite good."

The reason Gu Mingming said this was because he had visited companies that had just been acquired before.