228: Chapter 228 Numerous Difficulties

"Could it be... you're afraid of losing to Gu Mingming yourself?"

Gu Xuantian's pupils contracted, and he shouted as if guilty, "Nonsense!"

Shen Yan nodded naturally.

"Fine, then let's assume I guessed wrong. But CEO Gu, why did you go to such lengths to stop Gu Mingming from investing in those companies urgently needing funds?"

Gu Xuantian gritted his teeth, "None of your business! You just need to tell me if you agree to my terms or not."

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Didn't I make myself perfectly clear? I won't agree to your terms. Gu Mingming has already invested two hundred million into my company; you want to brush me off with just a few tens of millions?"

Hearing this, the tightly furrowed brow of Gu Xuantian instantly relaxed.

"You think my offer isn't enough... How about this? He invested two hundred million in you, right? Then I'll give you five hundred million, and it won't be in the name of investment, but as a personal contribution. That should be enough, right?"

As soon as the words fell,

Shen Yan suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

Seeing him laugh so unrestrainedly, Gu Xuantian felt inexplicably flustered.

"What are you laughing at? Is what I said that funny?"

Shen Yan nodded while laughing.

"Of course, it's funny. After all, I rarely see someone as stupid as you recently."

As soon as this was said, Gu Xuantian's face immediately turned ashen.

"You! How dare you insult me!"

Shen Yan stopped smiling and replied expressionlessly, "I am insulting you!"

He couldn't win by fighting, and he couldn't win by arguing.

Gu Xuantian stopped arguing with him.

He glared fiercely at Shen Yan, then gritted his teeth and spat threats, "You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Just wait for your company to go bankrupt!"

Shen Yan leisurely replied to Gu Xuantian, "Don't worry, I'll wait for you right here. You must make our company go bankrupt."

Gu Xuantian was once again trembling with anger.

He said in a low voice with a dark face,

"As expected, anyone who cooperates with Gu Mingming is a scoundrel!"

After saying this, he turned and left immediately.

After he left, Chen Guangke finally spoke up.

"Is this really okay?"

Hearing Chen Guangke's question, Shen Yan replied to him, "Whether it's okay or not, it's already like this."

Chen Guangke was still frowning.

"But what if Gu Corporation really puts pressure on us?"

Shen Yan shrugged his shoulders.

"We'll deal with it as it comes. If we had actually agreed to him, then our project would truly be doomed."

"Didn't you say we were going out to eat? Let's go."

Chen Guangke followed Shen Yan's footsteps with a heavy heart.

...

At the restaurant.

Shen Yan handed the menu in his hand to Chen Guangke.

"Stop thinking about it and order quickly."

Chen Guangke took the menu and casually named a few dishes.

After the Waitress took the menu and turned to leave, he sighed, "What are we going to do now?"

"We finally temporarily solved the funding issue, and now the Gu Corporation is here. Why do I feel like ever since this project started, we've been constantly running into inexplicable things?"

Shen Yan rinsed the bowls and chopsticks while replying to Chen Guangke, "The field of Artificial Intelligence itself isn't that simple. Encountering difficulties is very normal."

Chen Guangke frowned and said to Shen Yan, "If you ask me, you shouldn't have offended Gu Xuantian just now."

Hearing this, Shen Yan smiled.

"Then tell me, if it were you, what would you do?"

Chen Guangke thought for a moment and realized he couldn't think of a solution.

Gu Xuantian's goal was very simple—make them terminate their cooperation with Gu Mingming.

But Gu Mingming's funds had already arrived, and their company had even used that money.

Under these circumstances, it was impossible for them to terminate the cooperation with Gu Mingming so easily.

If they didn't agree to terminate the cooperation with Gu Mingming, offending Gu Xuantian was unavoidable.

Thinking about it, Chen Guangke sighed again.

"Sigh, I can't think of any good solution either."

"But... since he said that, we should probably make some preparations in advance, right?"

Shen Yan put down his chopsticks, rested his hands on his chin, and replied with a thoughtful expression, "You are right, we need to make some preparations in advance."

"I'll contact Gu Mingming later and tell him about this matter."

Chen Guangke's eyes lit up. He asked Shen Yan, "You want Gu Mingming to help us solve this?"

Shen Yan shook his head.

"You're overthinking this. If Gu Mingming had the ability to solve this, he wouldn't have ended up cooperating with us."

Chen Guangke looked unconvinced.

"What do you mean 'ended up cooperating with us'? Our company isn't bad either!"

Shen Yan was caught between laughter and tears, "Our company has just entered the field of Artificial Intelligence. Speak with a clear conscience, if it were you, would you choose to cooperate with a company that just entered the field?"

Chen Guangke moved his lips but remained silent.

Seeing that he was speechless, Shen Yan gently shook his head, "In short, just focus on your own work. I will handle this matter; you don't need to worry too much."

Really not worry too much?

Chen Guangke always felt that this matter was not that simple.

He finished his meal with a heavy heart.

Chen Guangke and Shen Yan returned to the company together.

As soon as they got back to the company, Wu Ya pestered Chen Guangke, asking about Gu Xuantian's visit.

"What did he want with CEO Shen?"

Hearing the question, Chen Guangke replied impatiently to Wu Ya, "This has nothing to do with you. Just focus on your own work."

Wu Ya: "... If you won't tell me, you won't tell me. I'll go ask CEO Shen!"

Saying that, she turned and headed toward Shen Yan's office.

Just as she was about to knock on the door, Chen Guangke yanked her away.

"I'm asking you to calm down. Old Shen is already very annoyed, and you still want to bother him at a time like this!"

Wu Ya felt extremely wronged.

"Why are you shouting? Since returning from noon, you two have kept straight faces and haven't spoken. "

"I guess Gu Xuantian said something to you. Is it wrong that I want to know what happened?"

"Am I not a member of the company?!"

Chen Guangke knew his tone was a bit too harsh.

He scratched his head and said to Wu Ya, "That's not what I meant. I just... Sigh, even if you knew about this, you couldn't do anything about it."

Wu Ya frowned, "Just tell me directly, what exactly did Gu Xuantian say to you?"

Chen Guangke pondered for a moment and felt that there was indeed no need to hide this matter from Wu Ya.

So he told Wu Ya about Gu Xuantian's demand.

After listening, Wu Ya couldn't help but ask from the bottom of her heart:

"Where did this idiot come from?"