337: Chapter 337 Market Research

"Oh, and a friendly reminder, you should pay attention to the person in charge of project allocation at your company recently. He holds a grudge and will seek revenge. If you refuse his cooperation, he will definitely suppress you in other ways."

Shen Yan raised his eyebrows.

"You mean he plans to use other means to force me to agree?"

Mei Jinning shrugged and spread her hands: "Who knows?"

After finishing speaking, she left the office.

Time ticked by second by second.

Shen Yan sat alone in the office until past seven in the evening.

Only after finishing all the accumulated work from the past two days did he pick up his phone and coat, preparing to leave work.

Just as he was about to leave the company, he received a message on his phone from Chen Guangke.

["I just got home. Jiang Yuan said everything about the project is going smoothly. If there are no surprises, the first cycle of the project will be completed soon."]

Shen Yan dialed Chen Guangke for a voice call while opening the car door to get in.

Chen Guangke answered before the second ring.

"Did you see the message I sent you?"

Hearing Chen Guangke's question, Shen Yan nodded and replied: "I saw it. Did Jiang Yuan say when the first cycle will end?"

Chen Guangke replied to Shen Yan: "I asked him. He said based on the current progress, it will probably take about another month."

"Of course, this is on the premise that everything goes smoothly. If problems arise midway, it might be delayed further."

Shen Yan was silent for a few seconds, then said: "Then remember to keep a close eye on it. Tell me immediately if any issues occur with the project."

Chen Guangke acknowledged, then asked Shen Yan: "Have you left the company yet? I saw you were still in the office when I left work."

Shen Yan replied to Chen Guangke while driving: "Just left. Have you arrived home already?"

Chen Guangke: "Yeah. Sigh, my mom has been nagging me to go on blind dates these past two days, it's so annoying."

Shen Yan chuckled.

"She's just afraid you'll be lonely at home by yourself. If it really doesn't work, just tell her you like men."

Chen Guangke rolled his eyes hard on the other end of the line.

"Can you stop giving me such bad ideas? If I really told my mom I like men, I'd definitely tell her you're my boyfriend!"

Shen Yan burst out laughing.

The two bantered back and forth for quite a while before ending the call.

It was already past eight in the evening when Shen Yan returned home.

"Mr. Shen."

As soon as Shen Yan entered the door, he saw Auntie Fang preparing to leave.

He nodded to Auntie Fang, then asked her: "Where is Youyou?"

Auntie Fang replied to Shen Yan: "As soon as Miss Shen came back, she started playing with Youyou. Youyou got tired from playing, and Miss Shen is coaxing her to sleep right now."

Shen Yan glanced at the time on his wristwatch.

"Isn't it only a little past eight?"

Auntie Fang smiled, her eyebrows curving up.

"You haven't been home these past two days, so Youyou has been sleeping very late and waking up very early every day."

Shen Yan understood.

Youyou was sleep-deprived because he had been away for those two days.

After asking a few simple questions, he told Auntie Fang to go home early and rest.

After changing into a different set of clothes in the bedroom, Shen Yan left the bedroom to prepare a little something to eat in the kitchen.

Just as he was ready, he saw Shen Ya tiptoeing out of Youyou's room.

"Is Youyou asleep?"

Shen Ya didn't know he was back.

She was startled when she heard his voice!

"Why didn't you make a sound when you got back?!"

Shen Yan: "...Weren't you in Youyou's room?"

Shen Ya patted her chest while replying: "Oh, right... By the way, I took two days off these past two days and took Youyou out to play."

Shen Yan lowered his head and placed the bowl in his hand on the dining table.

"Mmm, I heard Auntie Fang mention it briefly."

Shen Ya walked to the dining table and sat down, asking: "Weren't you out having fun with Sister A Hui? How was your trip these past two days? Did your relationship warm up?"

Shen Yan pushed away the head Shen Ya leaned close to his ear.

"Why are you getting so gossipy lately?"

Shen Ya pouted.

"This isn't gossip, this is caring about family!"

"Just tell me, did your relationship warm up after you two went out? Don't tell me you two argued during the trip."

Shen Yan glared at Shen Ya.

"Do you know how to speak?"

Shen Ya giggled.

"I knew it! Your relationship must have warmed up after traveling together."

"Oh, right, did you bring me back any souvenirs?"

Shen Yan shook his head.

"There were only stones over there, not many souvenirs. If you want to buy stones, go pick them out yourself, and I'll pay."

Wu Ya snorted a couple of times: "Never mind then, I'm not interested in those stones."

Saying that, she prepared to get up and leave.

Just as she was standing up, Shen Yan suddenly called out to her.

"Wait!"

Shen Ya turned around doubtfully.

"What is it?"

Shen Yan cleared his throat and pulled out his phone from his pocket.

"Have you ever used the software called big fish?"

Shen Ya blinked, looking puzzled: "Yes, you haven't?"

Shen Yan pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Shen Ya's eyes widened, looking at Shen Yan with astonishment.

"No way, big brother!"

"You really don't use big fish? Oh my god! How do you live like an old cadre these days?!"

Shen Yan became impatient.

"Alright, I didn't ask you about this so you could make fun of me. Tell me how to use this software."

Shen Ya smiled: "How else do you use a short video app? You just swipe through it! Register an account, and then swipe through the videos. You can also post videos, but I guess with your style of doing things, you wouldn't want to post one."

Shen Yan said thoughtfully: "Then do many people around you use this software?"

Shen Ya replied: "Nonsense, all young people love using this and swiping videos now. There's news, dancing, celebrities, entertainment, knowledge, and many types of live streams on there."

Shen Yan nodded.

He knew about live streaming.

But he wasn't very fond of browsing short videos.

The videos and live streams he had previously looked into were only for market research.

He tapped open the mobile app and registered an account according to Shen Ya's instructions.

"Can I start swiping videos right after registering?"

Hearing Shen Yan's question, Shen Ya nodded and replied:

"Yes. You work in data, so you should know that after you swipe for a while, big data will figure out what kind of videos you prefer to watch and then push them specifically to you."

"Okay, you can swipe through it yourself now. I'm going to watch TV."

Shen Yan responded with an "Mmm" and then started swiping through videos intermittently while eating.

To be honest, he wasn't very interested in the content of these short videos.

The videos and live streams he had previously researched were only for market research purposes.