373: Chapter 373 A Fool Comes Knocking

"Many people don't even know where these things might have originated; they just see someone using them, so they follow suit and use them too."

Wu Ya: "So, the first step for us to create a meme is to hire internet trolls to spread the memes we create across all major platforms."

Shen Yan hesitated for a moment before saying, "We shouldn't just create memes; we need to make sure the memes are closely related to our software."

"We need to find someone to make a video, and then let one specific line from that video circulate and become a meme. That line should ideally include the name of our software."

To be honest, these requirements were a bit too difficult to achieve.

Even Wu Ya couldn't help but fall silent for a long while.

"I... I will find a way."

Shen Yan didn't intend for her to figure it out all by herself.

"More people means more strength. You can discuss this with the people under you. If you really can't come up with anything, you can hire some scriptwriters and directors additionally."

Wu Ya: "Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with them in a moment. Before I came, I checked the current download volume. Today's downloads have doubled compared to the day before yesterday."

This was good news.

Shen Yan nodded: "Very good. Keep it up. I hope the promotion plan we come up with yields unexpectedly great results."

Wu Ya smiled: "I think it will."

Because of the third project, Wu Ya needed to travel back and forth between the Branch Company and Fuchen.

Seeing Wu Ya preparing to leave the office, Shen Yan frowned and asked her, "Are you going back to the Branch Company again?"

Wu Ya nodded.

"Yes. After all, the software was developed over there, so most of the data still needs to be monitored there. Is there something you need me to do?"

Shen Yan shook his head and asked, "Do you want to move back to Fuchen?"

Hearing the question, Wu Ya froze for a moment.

"But... there's no new personnel at the Branch Company who can take charge. What happens if I go back?"

Shen Yan didn't answer immediately.

The reason he hadn't called Wu Ya back yet was that there was no new person at the Branch Company who could keep the people there in check.

If he abruptly recalled Wu Ya now, the Branch Company might revert to its previous state—technical Employees taking kickbacks for personal gain, and new Employees having no chance to rise.

But if he kept making Wu Ya run back and forth like this, he felt it was too tiring for her.

After thinking for a while, he said to Wu Ya:

"If you are willing to come back, then I will have Chen Guangke find someone new as soon as possible. Running back and forth like this is truly too exhausting for you. If necessary, I will go to the Branch Company next time to talk with you."

A wave of warmth flowed through Wu Ya's heart.

She hadn't expected Shen Yan to ask if she wanted to return to Fuchen because he felt sorry for her.

Moved, she replied to Shen Yan: "Actually, it's not necessary. The trip between the Branch Company and Fuchen only takes about half an hour."

"The commute is nothing to me, but I do want to return to Fuchen. I'll come back as soon as Chen Guangke finds a suitable replacement, okay?"

Shen Yan found Wu Ya's question somewhat baffling.

Fuchen was built up through the combined efforts of him, Wu Ya, and Chen Guangke.

If Wu Ya wanted to come back, what reason did he have to refuse?

"Of course, you can. Come back whenever you want. Even if there isn't a suitable person, as long as you want to come back, I will let you."

Hearing this, Wu Ya's eyes turned red.

She tried to comfort herself in her heart with bittersweet humor: Even if she couldn't gain Shen Yan's love, gaining his friendship wasn't bad.

Shen Yan was unaware of what Wu Ya was thinking.

After asking what he needed to ask, he let Wu Ya leave first.

As soon as Wu Ya left, he saw another unknown number call his phone.

If it were before, he would have answered.

But ever since Gu Hui went abroad, he stopped answering any unknown calls.

After all, Gu Hui wasn't stupid.

After being blocked, he would surely use someone else's phone number to call him again.

He skillfully hung up the call and then added the unknown incoming number to his blacklist.

Just as he was about to resume work, his secretary suddenly dialed an internal line to him.

"CEO Shen, someone is looking for you downstairs. He says he is Gu Xuantian."

Hearing this, Shen Yan raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

"Gu Xuantian?"

"Is he in the company lobby now?"

The secretary replied, "Yes, he asked me to inform you, CEO Shen. Should I let him come up?"

Shen Yan hesitated for a moment before agreeing, "Let him come up."

Five minutes later.

Gu Xuantian appeared in Shen Yan's office.

"Why did you fake your disappearance?!"

As soon as he entered the office, Gu Xuantian began to interrogate Shen Yan. Shen Yan put on an innocent expression and retorted, "What disappearance? Am I not standing right in front of you perfectly fine?"

Gu Xuantian took a deep breath and said, "Don't play dumb with me. I know you reached an agreement with the Old Master. You should be going abroad right now, not hiding here."

Shen Yan chuckled a few times.

"You say you know I reached an agreement with him, but do you know what kind of agreement I reached with him?"

Gu Xuantian's face stiffened.

He truly didn't know about that matter.

He hadn't failed to ask Gu Hui out of curiosity before.

But no matter how he tried to probe, Gu Hui remained tight-lipped.

"I'm not a very curious person, so I didn't question the Old Master. But I know you reached an agreement with him. Are you trying to break the contract now?!"

Shen Yan shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Yes, I want to break the contract. What are you going to do about it?"

Gu Xuantian's eyes widened. He hadn't expected Shen Yan to be so shameless as to state the matter of breaking the contract so righteously.

"You are the boss of a large company, after all. How can you go back on your word and just change your mind on a whim?!"

Shen Yan acted as if he had heard a huge joke and burst out laughing.

"Now you know I'm the boss of a large company? Didn't you say I was the boss of a small company before?"

Gu Xuantian's face turned a shade greener.

"Never mind all that irrelevant stuff. I just want to ask you one thing: are you willing to continue fulfilling your promise or not?"

"As long as you say yes, we'll let bygones be bygones, and the Old Master won't pursue you for blocking him."

Shen Yan crossed his legs and replied leisurely, "I am not willing."

Gu Xuantian: "..."

So infuriating!

But he had absolutely no way to deal with it!

The place Gu Hui wanted Shen Yan to go wasn't in a neighboring city; it was overseas. He couldn't possibly tie Shen Yan up and drag him abroad.

Thinking this, he took a deep breath and tried to ask Shen Yan tactfully, "Why exactly are you unwilling? Are you trying to use this to blackmail the Old Man into giving you a higher price?"

Gu Xuantian's thought process was too bizarre.

Shen Yan began to wonder what his brain was made of.

How could he be so stupid?