400: Chapter 40 Volunteering

Just as An Ran was about to leave without a word, Wu Ya suddenly called out to her. With a determined expression, she said to An Ran:

"This project is bound to succeed. If you invest in our project, I guarantee it will bring you value and returns beyond imagination."

An Ran paused in her steps.

Immediately afterward, she resumed walking and left the office.

As soon as she left the office, Wu Ya turned to Shen Yan and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Hearing Wu Ya's question, Shen Yan replied to her without hesitation, "There is no way I can accept a fifty-fifty split. That's too little for me."

Wu Ya frowned.

"It's a good thing I came with you to negotiate with An Ran. If it were Chen Guangke, you would probably have been severely scolded by him."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Yan laughed.

"It's precisely because I knew he wouldn't agree with my choice that I didn't bring him along to discuss business with the investor."

"I know what both of you are thinking. What you're thinking is that we cannot afford all the subsequent investment funds. If an investor is willing to bear all the investment capital and assume the risk at this time, why wouldn't we be happy to accept?"

"But that's not what I'm thinking. Just as you said a moment ago, our project is definitely going to succeed. The value and rate of return this project can bring us will definitely exceed our imagination."

"That's why I cannot concede so casually."

Wu Ya said nothing more. She gazed deeply at Shen Yan, almost mesmerized, with only one thought in her mind: So handsome!

Whether it was his character, personality, or ability, this man deeply attracted her.

"Jingling, jingling."

The abrupt sound of a phone ringing suddenly broke the silence.

Shen Yan took out his phone and glanced at it, realizing it was Chen Guangke.

He took out his phone, swiped to answer, and asked Chen Guangke, "What's wrong?"

Chen Guangke sounded like he was on the road, with the continuous sound of car horns nearby.

"Didn't you ask me to find out where there is enough land for developing a resort recently? I found out. There is a piece of abandoned land in the Huzhou District. The locals plan to put this piece of land up for auction soon."

Because he had already obtained definite intelligence from the tycoon system, Shen Yan was not overly surprised by this news.

He said to Chen Guangke without any emotional fluctuation, "Then you keep watching it for me and see when they plan to hold the auction."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt. He frowned and said to Shen Yan, "Why do I feel like you aren't surprised at all?"

Shen Yan raised his eyebrows quite dramatically.

"Do I?"

"Aren't many people developing resorts now? Isn't it very normal for such a piece of abandoned land to just happen to be for sale?"

Chen Guangke knew that what Shen Yan said was correct, but he still felt that something was not quite right.

It was the same before; Shen Yan inexplicably said he wanted to start an artificial intelligence project, and then there was a policy specifically supporting artificial intelligence projects.

Once could be called a coincidence, twice could be called chance, but three times felt deliberate.

While pondering, Shen Yan's teasing voice sounded through the phone.

"You aren't thinking that I somehow knew this news in advance and then sent you to inquire about it, are you?"

Chen Guangke blinked and replied without hesitation, "Impossible! This news was only officially released today. How could you possibly have gotten this news beforehand?"

Shen Yan nodded and replied, "Then that's it. What are you thinking about?"

As soon as the words fell,

Chen Guangke fell silent.

Right, what was he thinking about?

It couldn't be that Shen Yan possessed the superpower of foresight, could it?!

"Ahem, nothing. Maybe I haven't slept enough recently, and my brain is acting up. Alright, that's all. I will help you keep an eye on the news."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Looking at the phone screen which had already been disconnected,

Shen Yan retracted the smile from his face and also fell into silence.

Actually, he knew that Chen Guangke already had some suspicions about him.

It was just that Chen Guangke grew up in a materialist society and couldn't imagine that he carried a system.

It wasn't that he didn't want to tell his close partners his secret, but this secret was too incredible, and he couldn't guarantee that Chen Guangke would believe what he said.

At the same time, he couldn't guarantee whether Chen Guangke would remain as good friends with him as they had been for ten years.

Human nature could not withstand testing.

He also didn't want to test his good brother.

"Brother Shen?"

A light voice pulled Shen Yan back from his contemplation.

He turned to Wu Ya and asked, "Why are you still here?"

Wu Ya: "... I just wanted to ask you, are you still planning to cooperate with An Ran?"

Shen Yan curved his lips into a smile and replied, "Of course! If we can get her investment, then we won't have to worry about all the funding issues for this project anymore."

Wu Ya frowned in confusion.

"Since you still plan to cooperate with her, why didn't you budge at all just now?"

Shen Yan patiently explained, "This kind of principled issue cannot be compromised. If we want to cooperate with her, we must first make her realize one thing: that our project can bring her returns and value a hundred times greater than her investment."

"As for how we make her realize this point next... Hmm... I'll think about it later."

Wu Ya lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then said, "How about... you hand this matter over to me?"

Shen Yan looked up in surprise.

"You're going to talk to her?!"

Wu Ya nodded firmly.

"Let me try. I think I can persuade her."

Shen Yan didn't have any objections.

"Sure, but it doesn't matter if you don't succeed. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Wu Ya smiled.

"Don't worry, I won't force myself."

After reaching an agreement, Wu Ya did not continue to stay in the office and turned to leave.

On the other side, Gu Corporation.

"Gu Mingming! On what grounds are you removing my position?!"

Hearing Gu Xuantian's question, Gu Mingming replied without looking up, "On the grounds that I am currently the Chairman, and you are just a small General Manager."

Gu Xuantian's eyes widened.

"You can't use your authority to suppress me!"

Gu Mingming sneered.

"Why can't I use my authority to suppress you? Fine, even if I don't use my authority to suppress you, let me ask you, since you became the General Manager, what project have you successfully completed?"

Gu Xuantian replied without hesitation, "The recent Deli Project was negotiated by me!"

Gu Mingming mocked, "You still have the nerve to mention it? I heard that this project was brought together entirely by those old people around you. You didn't contribute even a bit."