453: Chapter 453 Where are their weaknesses?

The System's voice sounded in his mind.

Shen Yan closed the news and clicked open the data package the System had just issued.

Lines of complex code and technical architecture diagrams unfolded before his eyes.

This would also become a great asset for him to establish himself in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

As for a character like Chen Wu, Shen Yan couldn't even be bothered to waste too much emotion on him.

Several instances of provocation had already touched his bottom line.

Some people think you are weak if you reason with them.

If you show them mercy, they assume you are easy to bully.

For such shameless wretches, the most effective method is to strike them down once and for all.

So that they can never recover for all eternity.

The office door was knocked.

Chen Guangke walked in.

"Yan Zi, did you see the news? That father and son from the Chen family have fallen."

His tone carried a hint of unbelievable satisfaction.

"Mhm."

Shen Yan didn't look up, his gaze still fixed on the tablet.

Chen Guangke leaned closer and lowered his voice.

"This matter... it has something to do with you, right?"

Shen Yan's fingers swiped lightly across the screen.

"I just brought some things that already existed into the sunlight."

Chen Guangke looked at Shen Yan's calm profile, feeling a wave of emotion.

His brother was becoming more and more inscrutable.

Ruthless in method, meticulous in thought.

The enemy didn't even know how they died.

"Oh, right. The CEO of Qinghe Group, President Su, is here. She is waiting at the front desk and said she wants to see you."

"Su Wan?"

Shen Yan was somewhat surprised.

"Let her come in."

Soon, Su Wan, dressed in a sharp professional suit, walked into the office wearing high heels.

She still maintained that cool and capable appearance, but there seemed to be a trace of irreconcilable gravity hidden between her brows.

"CEO Shen, I apologize for the intrusion."

"Please have a seat, CEO Su."

Shen Yan gestured toward the sofa opposite.

Su Wan sat down and, without much pleasantry, got straight to the point.

"I came today to ask CEO Shen to help me one more time."

"Oh?"

Shen Yan looked at her.

"Have the internal problems at Qinghe Group not been resolved yet?"

A flash of helplessness crossed Su Wan's eyes.

"That group led by Zhou Li is like maggots attached to the bone; they are much more troublesome than I imagined."

"Although we managed to take down several of their key strongholds and reclaim some power last time by borrowing your strength, their foundation remains."

"Recently, they seem to have found a new backer and have started stirring up trouble within the Board of Directors, constantly tripping me up, which is seriously affecting the normal operation of the Group."

Shen Yan's heart stirred upon hearing this.

He suddenly understood why the progress bar for the System's mission concerning Qinghe Group had been stuck at 99%, refusing to complete.

It turned out that he hadn't cut the weeds and dug up the roots.

The System demanded a complete result.

"How do you want me to help you?"

Shen Yan asked.

"I want to ask CEO Shen to intervene one more time."

Su Wan stared intently at Shen Yan.

"Help me thoroughly purge Zhou Li and his faction from Qinghe Group!"

"I need your mind, and I need your methods."

Her tone carried a hint of pleading, mixed with the determination of someone staking everything.

Shen Yan's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop.

The office fell into a brief silence.

Su Wan's heart also tightened along with the tapping sound.

She knew her request was somewhat abrupt.

Shen Yan had already helped her once; he had no obligation to help her a second time.

In the business world, there was no goodwill without reason.

"I can help you."

Shen Yan's voice broke the silence.

A spark instantly ignited in Su Wan's eyes.

"However, I have one condition."

Shen Yan continued speaking.

"Please state it, CEO Shen."

Su Wan immediately sat up straight.

"I want five percent of Qinghe Group's shares."

Shen Yan's voice was soft, but the content was like a heavy bomb.

Su Wan's pupils contracted slightly.

Five percent of Qinghe Group's shares!

At Qinghe Group's current market value, this was an astronomical figure.

She hadn't expected Shen Yan's appetite to be so large.

This wasn't just helping anymore.

This was a lion's big mouth asking for an exorbitant price.

Su Wan looked at Shen Yan.

The man's face showed no trace of greed; he was as calm as if discussing the weather.

He seemed certain that she would agree.

Why?

Thoughts raced through Su Wan's mind.

Because he knew she had no way out.

Zhou Li's faction was like a malignant tumor; if it wasn't excised, the entire Qinghe Group would be dragged down.

And looking around, the only person who could perform that surgery, and had the capability to do so, was Shen Yan.

His value was worth that price.

Moreover, the fact that Shen Yan asked for shares instead of cash indicated something in itself.

He wasn't simply taking advantage of her distress.

He intended to deeply bind his interests with the future of Qinghe Group through this method.

This, conversely, gave her a sense of reassurance.

In less than ten seconds.

Su Wan made her decision.

"Good."

She nodded, her tone resolute.

"I agree to your terms."

"As long as you can help me completely solve Zhou Li, five percent of Qinghe Group's shares will be yours."

This answer was within Shen Yan's expectations.

He wanted shares partly for maximizing profit, and partly to dispel Su Wan's doubts.

If he helped for free, it would make this clever woman suspect he had ulterior motives.

In business, purely beneficial exchanges constituted the most stable relationships.

"Pleasant cooperation."

Shen Yan stood up and extended his hand to her.

"Pleasant cooperation."

Su Wan also stood up and shook his hand.

Her hand was a bit cold, but the grip was firm.

"Now, can you tell me the specifics about Zhou Li's faction?"

Shen Yan released her hand and walked to a large electronic whiteboard in the corner of the office.

"Tell me everything you know."

For the next few hours.

This office became a temporary command center.

Su Wan detailed the organizational structure of Zhou Li's faction, the core members, and all the industries they controlled.

As Shen Yan listened, he rapidly wrote and drew on the whiteboard.

Names, companies, and chains of interest were clearly outlined by him, forming a complex web of relationships.

Su Wan grew increasingly alarmed as she spoke.

She realized that many relationships she herself found confusing and vague became instantly organized and perfectly clear after Shen Yan sorted them out.

After the other few timid relatives dispersed, Zhou Li's core team consisted of five people in total: besides Zhou Li himself, there was Zhao Dehai in charge of Finance, Sun Qing in charge of Marketing, Li Wei in charge of HR Staff, and a mysterious figure responsible for dirty work, known as 'Old Ghost'.

These five individuals, like five fingers, firmly controlled more than half of the Group's resources.

"Where is their weakness?"