423: Chapter 423 Desperate Situation

Shen Yan smiled slightly and shrugged, "I thought about it, and this matter still needs to be handed over to you."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke became even more interested.

"Go on, what is it that only I can handle?"

Shen Yan recounted everything that happened at the kindergarten yesterday to Chen Guangke.

Chen Guangke's reaction was exactly the same as theirs.

"Good job teaching him a lesson! He should have fought back!"

"So you want me to help you investigate the little boy's parents?"

Shen Yan nodded with a grim expression.

"I can't pretend this never happened. That little boy must apologize to Youyou."

Chen Guangke made an OK gesture.

"Don't worry, leave this to me. I will definitely make those two people personally bring their child to apologize."

Shen Yan patted Chen Guangke's shoulder.

Then, the two parted ways.

Since there was still unfinished work at the company, Shen Yan returned to the office first.

As soon as he returned to the office, Yan Zheng walked up to him and reported the results of the tasks over the past two days.

"I have found out about the major business deals Chen Wu's company has been negotiating recently."

Shen Yan raised his chin slightly, signaling him to continue.

Yan Zheng continued, "The major business they are currently negotiating is in the semiconductor industry."

Hearing this, Shen Yan was slightly surprised.

"Isn't that something they produce themselves?"

Yan Zheng nodded, bent over slightly, opened the electronic file on the tablet, and handed it to Shen Yan.

"Their company's technical chain has run into some problems. Simply put, they cannot continue this business for the time being, so they have to find someone who can do it for a temporary collaboration."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Shen Yan fell into deep thought.

"Then did you find out which company they are negotiating this deal with?"

Yan Zheng nodded, bent over again, and clicked on another electronic document.

"This contains the companies they are currently in contact with. I checked them out. Their reputation isn't big, but their technology is decent. I heard they have basically finished negotiating, only the final step remains."

Shen Yan curved his lips.

"Only the final step remains...?"

"That means the collaboration isn't finalized yet... Help me contact the boss of that company. Tell them I have a major business deal to discuss with them."

Yan Zheng pondered for a few seconds and asked him, "Are you planning to poach their deal?"

Shen Yan replied, "That's right."

Yan Zheng nodded to show he understood.

"Then I'll go contact them now."

...

On the other side, at Gu Corporation.

"CEO Gu, here is this month's internal report."

As the words fell, the secretary placed the report on the desk.

"I don't want to read it. Just read it out to me."

The secretary was silent for a few seconds, then picked up the internal report and read the words on it in a rigid manner.

Hearing that Gu Corporation had lost two major orders consecutively within a month, Gu Mingming couldn't help but question loudly, "Why were two more major orders lost?!"

The secretary lowered his head and whispered, "The explanation from the business department is that those people wanted to raise prices, but we couldn't."

Gu Mingming took a deep breath and asked, "Why did they suddenly demand a price increase?"

Why else? It's because they think you're easy to bully...

The secretary dared not say this answer out loud.

Seeing his silence, Gu Mingming rubbed his temples and waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

"Thud."

The office door was closed.

Gu Mingming got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

He took out his phone and glanced at Gu Corporation's stock price for the day.

It was as stable as ever.

Ever since he held a press conference announcing his cooperation with Shen Yan last time, their group's stock price had maintained a very steady, mediocre figure.

Although it looked decent, no one knew better than him that Gu Corporation's current situation was worse than before.

Since he took over, Gu Corporation had lost several major deals consecutively.

At first, he thought it was because he wasn't doing well, and he even held several large meetings for days to investigate the cause.

Later, he realized it wasn't that he was doing poorly, but that those who cooperated with Gu Corporation were dissatisfied with him.

He couldn't change this situation.

He could only watch coldly as Gu Corporation lost deal after deal.

Now, he felt he couldn't just sit back and wait any longer.

He had to take the initiative to break the deadlock!

Thinking this, he dialed a number he hadn't called in a long time.

"Ring, ring—"

"Hello?"

After swiping to answer, Shen Yan placed the phone beside him and put it on speaker.

Gu Mingming's voice came through the receiver.

"CEO Shen, are you free these past two days?"

Shen Yan asked back while typing on the keyboard, "What does CEO Gu need me for?"

After a two-second silence, Gu Mingming replied, "Gu Corporation... has lost a few major deals recently. I wanted to ask for your advice..."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Shen Yan let out a chuckle.

"CEO Gu, you aren't joking with me, are you?"

Gu Mingming said anxiously, "I'm not joking! What I said is true!"

"Those people don't respect me and are unwilling to continue cooperating with Gu Corporation. I really have no other way, so..."

Shen Yan stopped typing, leaned back in his chair, resting against the backrest.

"CEO Gu, I recall that we are partners, right?"

Gu Mingming swallowed and replied, "Yes, we are partners."

Shen Yan nodded.

"Exactly. I remember our contract does not include a requirement for me to act as your strategist."

Gu Mingming's face was full of shame.

He didn't want to seek out Shen Yan every time something happened.

But he truly had no other option.

"I apologize, CEO Shen. If you can help me solve this major problem, I am willing to give you anything I can offer."

Saying this, he added another sentence.

"We are still in the period of cooperation. I believe you also don't want to see Gu Corporation fall to the bottom, do you?"

Shen Yan sighed.

"Fine. I'm free now. Where shall we meet?"

Fifteen minutes later.

The two met in the cafe downstairs.

"CEO Shen, are you sure you just want to have a cup of coffee?"

Gu Mingming had originally wanted to invite Shen Yan to a high-end restaurant for a meal, but Shen Yan refused, only agreeing to meet in the cafe downstairs.

Shen Yan: "Yes. Stop wasting time and tell me about the trouble you've encountered."

Gu Mingming nodded.

"It's like this. The group recently lost a few major deals. All those major deals were secured when Gu Hui was still in the company."

"Since the contract period has expired, the reason for ending the cooperation is considered legitimate."

Shen Yan stirred the coffee in his cup with a spoon.

"Oh? Did they not propose any conditions before ending the cooperation?"

Gu Mingming looked somewhat surprised.

"How did you know they proposed conditions?"

Shen Yan said with a half-smile, "You don't actually think they were unwilling to cooperate with you just because of Gu Hui, do you?"

"Don't forget, they are businessmen."

"Clang!"

The spoon fell back into the coffee cup.

Gu Mingming's face instantly turned red as if it were on fire.