49: Chapter 49 Chengwen Enterprise

Tao Min shook his head helplessly.

"Fine, fine, I can't convince you, I'll let Brother Shen talk to you!"

Seeing the conflict escalating towards him, Shen Yan quickly interjected, "No, no, no, I'm not getting involved in your father-son civil war!"

At this, the three of them laughed.

After chatting in the ward for a while, Tao Tiantian fell asleep first due to physical exhaustion.

Shen Yan and Tao Min tiptoed out of the ward.

"President Tao, do you have time now? If you do, I'll make up for that meal I owe you, shall I?"

Tao Min knew as soon as he heard it that Shen Yan had something to discuss with him.

He nodded, "Okay, let's go."

There were no high-end restaurants near the hospital.

Shen Yan had originally planned to take Tao Min somewhere further away, but because Tao Min felt there was no need to travel far for a meal, he ended up taking him to a nearby street stall.

"How about this, this meal won't count as making up for the last one. I'll invite you next time to a better place to eat."

Tao Min shook his head and ordered a plate of stir-fried noodles.

"Do you look down on stir-fried noodles that much?"

Shen Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry; of course, he didn't look down on stir-fried noodles.

He just felt that if he promised to treat someone to a meal, it should be a good meal.

"President Tao..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tao Min raised his hand and said, "Alright, alright, why are you being so polite with me? I'll treat you next time."

"Tell me, what did you want to discuss with me?"

Shen Yan knew Tao Min must have figured it out, so he wasn't surprised to hear that sentence.

"I wanted to discuss cooperation matters with you."

Tao Min raised an eyebrow in slight surprise.

"You want to discuss cooperation with me? You are the rising star in the internet industry right now, why come to me to discuss cooperation?"

Shen Yan chuckled softly.

He wasn't a newcomer in this industry, so what rising star was he?

"It's not wrong to come to me, but I think when it comes to cooperation, it's better to work with reliable people."

"President Tao, what do you think?"

Just then, the stir-fried noodles arrived.

"Eat your food, don't just talk and not eat."

After saying that, he shoveled a couple of mouthfuls of noodles into his mouth.

Shen Yan knew he was hesitating, so he didn't say anything, just casually shoveled a few mouthfuls of noodles himself.

A moment later, Tao Min spoke.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to cooperate with you, it's just that the situation with my company right now isn't as simple as you imagine."

Tao Min sighed and explained the company's situation to Shen Yan.

The reason his company was able to go public was entirely dependent on financing.

Although he was nominally the President of the company, his say wasn't that significant.

If it were in the past, he definitely could have made the final decision.

But his son was sick and needed money.

In order to raise enough money for his son's treatment, he transferred fifteen percent of his shares to other people.

This meant that his influence in the company was not high right now.

Cooperation was not something he could decide on his own.

After hearing all this, Shen Yan pondered for a while before saying, "What you mean is that you also want to cooperate with me, but you currently don't have the final decision-making power, is that right?"

Tao Min nodded.

He trusted Shen Yan's capabilities immensely.

If the company was still under his command now, he would definitely choose to cooperate with Shen Yan.

After roughly understanding the situation, Shen Yan said to Tao Min:

"I understand, but I still don't plan to change my mind."

"Your company is the best investment firm accessible to me among the people I know. If possible, I still want to cooperate with your company."

Tao Min quickly finished the remaining stir-fried noodles in a few bites.

"I've made my situation clear to you anyway. If you still insist, then I'll give you a contact number and let you talk to the person specifically in charge of this project at the company."

Shen Yan was already very grateful that Tao Min could do this much.

He picked up his teacup, "Due to limited conditions, I offer this tea in place of wine to thank President Tao."

Tao Min smiled, picked up his teacup, and clinked it against Shen Yan's.

"Why are you being so polite with me? If it weren't for you, my son's condition would definitely be much worse than it is now."

After finishing the meal and chatting for a while, the two returned the way they came.

After getting the contact information, Shen Yan went to find the person in charge of investment at Chengwen Enterprise.

"You are the person President Tao introduced?"

In front of him, a middle-aged man dressed in casual attire was looking at Shen Yan with a scrutinizing gaze.

Shen Yan smiled slightly and replied calmly, "That's right, it's me. Let me introduce myself, my name is Shen Yan."

The other person nodded and replied, "My surname is Ye."

Shen Yan hadn't expected the other party wouldn't even offer his full name.

He was momentarily stunned.

"Alright, President Ye, I came here today mainly to discuss cooperation with you."

The other party scoffed.

"Although you were introduced by President Tao, our company doesn't cooperate with just anyone."

"If you want to cooperate with us, you need to show your capital."

"Tell me, what is your capital?"

Shen Yan pursed his lips.

The other party's attitude made him very uncomfortable.

However, since he had already come, he couldn't leave empty-handed.

Thinking of this, he took out his project proposal.

"This is the project I brought. You can take a look."

President Ye took the project proposal and began flipping through it.

Before reading, he didn't have high expectations for this project proposal.

Only after reading the proposal did he realize he might have indeed underestimated Shen Yan.

"A very good concept."

Hearing the compliment, Shen Yan said, "Then I can discuss cooperation matters with you next, right?"

President Ye spread his hands, indicating that of course, they could.

Thus, the two of them started discussing the specific details of the cooperation.

"Our company is currently running an event called Angel Investment."

"Your project is indeed good, we can invest in you, but the budget is limited. We can invest a maximum of five million."

Shen Yan didn't agree immediately; he was considering whether five million was enough.

This five million not only covered the software development costs but also all the incidental costs before launch and all the marketing costs after launch.

If possible, he still wanted to secure a bit more funding.

"Can't it be a little more? You also saw that this software has a great future; it's very likely this software can become software used by the entire society..."

President Ye refused him without hesitation.

"Impossible to have more."

"This five million is already an increased budget because I thought your project was good."

"If you don't believe me, you can go find other investment companies and see if they will offer you a higher price than this."

Shen Yan licked his teeth.

What President Ye said was not wrong.

No matter how good his project was, other investment companies wouldn't give him more funds.