461: Chapter 456 Familiar Recipe, Familiar Taste

Shen Yan encrypted the file and sent it to Wang Haidong.

He believed that this old fox, who had weathered many storms in the business world, would understand the value of this proposal.

After doing all this, there were less than twenty-four hours left until the Qinghe Group Board of Directors meeting.

Time passed quickly.

On the third day, at two in the afternoon.

Qinghe Group, Board of Directors conference room.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it was almost suffocating.

Zhou Li sat at one end of the long conference table, his expression grim and his eyes like a falcon's as he scanned everyone present.

The directors beside him were all his confidants, each wearing an arrogant expression.

Su Wan sat at the other end, her expression calm.

"CEO Su, everyone is here. Let's begin."

Zhou Li tapped the table, his tone carrying a hint of impatience.

"Today's agenda is the proposal to dismiss Su Wan from her position as President."

Su Wan didn't look at him.

She simply pressed the remote for the projector.

"Before we discuss this agenda, I would like to ask the directors to look at something first."

Scanned copies of financial statements lit up on the screen.

Each one had shocking fund movements circled in red.

Ultimately, all the arrows pointed to an overseas private account.

Zhou Li's face changed instantly.

"Su Wan! What is the meaning of this? Forging accounts to slander me?"

Su Wan ignored his roar.

She pressed the remote again, and the screen switched.

This time, it was intimate photos of Marketing Director Sun Qing and a female star, along with contracts where he used his authority to funnel benefits to her company.

Following that was a call recording between HR Director Li Wei and the underworld leader 'Old Ghost,' involving the suppression of competitors through extremely dirty means.

Each piece of evidence was like a heavy hammer striking the hearts of everyone in Zhou Li's faction.

The conference room fell into a dead silence.

Only Zhou Li's heavy breathing remained.

"Fake... it's all fake!"

He suddenly stood up and pointed at Su Wan.

"You... this is slander!"

Su Wan finally looked up at him.

Her gaze was cold, without a hint of warmth.

"Director Zhou, don't be in such a hurry."

"I have one last gift to give you."

No sooner had she spoken.

The heavy door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.

Several police officers in uniform with serious expressions walked in.

The leading officer produced an arrest warrant.

"Zhou Li, you are suspected of occupational embezzlement, commercial bribery, and multiple economic crimes. Please come with us."

The color drained from Zhou Li's face instantly.

He slumped in his chair, his eyes glazed.

He couldn't figure it out.

How his network of connections, built over more than a decade, had collapsed in just three short days.

Su Wan, how could she have such immense power?

The police took away Zhou Li and several of his core henchmen.

In the conference room, the remaining directors were as silent as cicadas in winter.

Su Wan stood up.

"Now, let's continue the meeting."

"I propose that I take full control of the operations and management of Qinghe Group."

"Does anyone object?"

There was total silence.

At the same time.

Shen Yan's phone received an encrypted message from Su Wan.

"It's over."

After reading it, he deleted it casually.

Almost the moment the message was deleted, the system's notification sound rang in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the random mission.]

[Mission Evaluation: Perfect!]

[Distributing mission rewards...]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Perfect-grade Intelligence—a copy of the 'Kuafu' AI chip design blueprint!]

A massive stream of information rushed into his brain without warning.

It wasn't text, nor was it pictures.

It was countless formulas, complex circuit design diagrams, atomic-level material ratios, and extremely rigorous lithography process flows...

From the lowest-level architecture design to the highest-level packaging technology.

All the knowledge regarding an AI chip using a 2-nanometer process that was at least ten years ahead of the current world.

Like a torrent of data, it was instantly branded into the depths of his memory.

Shen Yan closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

Only after a long time did he slowly open them.

Outside the window, night had fallen over Jingzhou.

Neons flickered, and traffic flowed like water.

A faint curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Funds, acquired.

Talent reserve base, acquired.

Now, even the core technology was acquired.

Everything was ready.

He could now officially take a seat at the table in this game called Artificial Intelligence.

The night was already deep.

The floor-to-ceiling window of Shen Yan's office, like a giant piece of obsidian, reflected his silent figure and the lights of the city behind him.

The stream of information that had flooded into his mind had subsided.

But every detail of the 'Kuafu' chip, every circuit texture, seemed to be directly etched onto his neurons with a laser.

2-nanometer process.

This wasn't just a number.

This was the holy grail of the semiconductor industry.

The pearl at the very top of the technology pyramid.

Now, it belonged to him.

He picked up the internal phone, his voice without a ripple.

"Notify all core members of the Janus Project. Meeting in Conference Room One in ten minutes."

On the other end of the phone, the project manager's voice carried a hint of fatigue and confusion.

"President Shen, it's already one in the morning..."

"I know."

Shen Yan hung up the phone.

Conference Room One.

When Shen Yan pushed the door open and entered, he was met with heavy air and over a dozen pairs of bloodshot eyes.

These people were top talents he had poached from major companies and universities with high salaries.

There was the white-haired Dr. Fang Jingyuan, a titan in the domestic semiconductor field, and Dr. Dr. Li Bo, a leader in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

There was also Chen Hao, a young genius who had graduated only a few years ago but was so talented he could do the work of an entire team alone.

They had been working intensely on the Janus Project for nearly two months.

They had just been energized by the promise of a team-building trip to an island, and before they could even catch their breath, they were dragged back to reality by this late-night meeting.

"No way, another meeting?"

"The last time the boss called a sudden meeting, he directly overturned a month's worth of our proposals."

"My liver... it's trembling."

The young Engineers whispered among themselves, their faces written with 'facing a formidable foe.'

Only Dr. Dr. Li Bo adjusted his reading glasses and looked at Shen Yan with interest.

He knew that Shen Yan never did anything in vain.

Every seemingly wild idea had later proven to have astonishing foresight.

Shen Yan ignored everyone's reactions.

He walked to the whiteboard and picked up a black marker.

"Everyone."

He spoke.

"I've been thinking about a problem for the past two days."

"Is the current direction of our Janus Project wrong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a suppressed sound of gasping in the conference room.

Chen Hao's face slumped on the spot.

It's over.

Familiar formula, familiar taste.

That sentence again.