560: Chapter 555 Mass Resignation Protest?

He Wanqing looked at him.

A meaningful smile curved the corner of Shen Yan’s mouth.

“Jewelry is a woman’s best friend.”

“It is also a man’s hardest calling card to break into certain circles.”

“I want to make ‘Nirvana’ the first choice for every new tech magnate and every capital big shot to give to their wives and lovers in the future.”

“I want every piece of ‘Nirvana’ jewelry sold to become a connection network leading to high society.”

“This is its true value to me.”

He Wanqing’s heart sank completely.

She finally understood.

In this man’s world, everything was merely a tool.

Art, sentiment, and revenge were just levers he used to pry open greater profits.

And she, He Wanqing, along with the entire ‘Nirvana Jewelry’, was just one component in this massive plan.

She was silent for a long time.

“I understand.”

She raised her head; the confusion and emotion in her eyes had faded.

What replaced them was a composure honed by tempering.

“We’ll do as you say.”

Shen Yan nodded.

He was very satisfied with He Wanqing’s rapid transformation.

A chess piece chosen by him could not be too foolish, at least.

Three days later.

While discussions about ‘Nirvana’ and ‘Dongsheng’ were still raging in Hong Kong City.

Shen Yan was already aboard a private jet returning to the Capital.

He left as quietly as he had arrived.

The commotion in Hong Kong City was just a small interlude for him.

The true main battlefield was always the metropolis.

The company headquarters, top-floor office.

Outside the massive floor-to-ceiling windows was the bustling CBD of the metropolis.

Chen Guangke stood before the desk, reporting on recent work.

“...The first phase of the algorithm model for the ‘Tianji’ branch under the artificial intelligence project is preliminarily complete. Wu Ya is watching it very closely.”

“The several game companies we acquired are almost fully integrated. The first jointly developed mobile game can enter internal testing next month.”

“The offshore accounts we arranged for deployment in Europe, as you instructed, are also set up.”

Shen Yan listened quietly.

His fingers tapped rhythmically on the desktop.

While he was away these past few days, the company’s precision machinery continued to operate in an orderly manner.

This made him very satisfied.

Just then, his private phone on the desk suddenly vibrated.

The caller ID displayed the name: ‘Xia Xue’.

The head of the ‘Dawn’ Quantum Chip Laboratory.

Shen Yan’s brow twitched almost imperceptibly.

He had instructed that this number should only be called for matters of utmost importance.

He picked up the call.

“CEO Shen!”

On the other end of the line, Xia Xue’s voice carried suppressed anxiety and panic.

“Something has happened!”

“In the lab, Old He and Ben, the two of them, are fighting!”

Shen Yan’s voice betrayed no emotion.

“Over what?”

“Over... over the realization path for ‘Super Entanglement State Stability’!”

Xia Xue spoke extremely fast.

“Old He insists on following our original ‘Three-Step’ plan: first, complete the final verification of the theoretical model, then conduct small-scale experiments.”

“But Ben... Ben says that’s a waste of time! He wants to use the latest algorithm he developed at MIT to skip theoretical verification and proceed directly to multi-threaded parallel experiments!”

“Old He says that’s gambling, trifling with the billions you invested! It’s disrespect toward science!”

“Ben says Old He is an old fossil, his thinking is rigid, and he can’t keep up with the times! He even said... he even said that H Country’s scientific research is being dragged down by people like him!”

Shen Yan’s expression darkened.

Old He was a leading expert he had invited from a national laboratory, known for his rigorous and meticulous nature.

Ben was a genius he had poached from Wall Street along with his entire lab, known for his flamboyant personality and eagerness for quick success.

He had placed these two together hoping they would complement each other.

Now, it seemed they had directly ignited a fire.

“How bad is the argument?” Shen Yan asked coldly.

“Old He... Old He was so angry he threw a cup of hot tea directly onto Ben’s design blueprints!”

“Ben got furious too, and on the spot, he yanked out Engineer He’s computer power cord! He said all of Engineer He’s data models were trash!”

“Now the entire lab, all the researchers, are divided into two factions!”

“One faction supports Old He, saying Ben disrespects his elders and is messing around haphazardly!”

“The other faction supports Ben, saying Old He is relying on his seniority to delay project progress!”

“The two sides are blocked at the entrance to the core area, neither letting the other pass!”

“I... I can’t calm them down no matter how hard I try. They said that today they must settle who is right, or they will all resign en masse!”

A hint of a sob entered Xia Xue’s voice.

Mass resignation.

Those four words pierced Shen Yan’s ears like needles.

The ‘Dawn’ project was the core of all his plans.

It was the only key to his future.

He absolutely could not tolerate any mistakes.

Shen Yan’s gaze instantly turned icy.

“Guang Ke.”

He uttered four words to Chen Guangke standing before him.

“Come downstairs with me.”

Then, he issued an order to Xia Xue on the phone.

“Now, immediately, cut off the main power supply to the fifteenth-floor laboratory.”

“Lock all the doors.”

“Until I arrive, no one is allowed to leave the laboratory even half a step.”

“Tell anyone who dares to cause trouble,”

Shen Yan’s voice carried no warmth, yet it seemed capable of freezing the entire atmosphere of the laboratory through the electromagnetic waves.

“They will bear the consequences themselves.”

He hung up the phone.

Shen Yan stood up without any superfluous movement.

He didn't even glance at the documents on the desk again.

“Let’s go.”

He said to Chen Guangke.

Chen Guangke followed behind him without a word.

The two walked into the exclusive elevator one after the other.

The inner walls of the elevator were smooth as a mirror, reflecting Shen Yan’s expressionless face.

The metal compartment descended steadily, the red numbers ticking down.

18...

17...

16...

Chen Guangke could feel the air in the elevator condensing into ice inch by inch.

Having followed Shen Yan for so many years, he knew clearly: the calmer Shen Yan became, the more violent the storm would be.

The ‘Dawn’ project was Shen Yan’s heart.

Now, someone wanted to stop that heart from beating.

[15]

Ding.

The elevator doors slid open silently.

The scene before them was even worse than Xia Xue had described on the phone.

The wide public area of the laboratory seemed to be divided into two worlds by an invisible wall.

On the left stood a group of middle-aged researchers led by Engineer He. Most wore serious white coats, their faces showing identical anger and stubbornness.

On the right was the young team led by Ben. They wore casual T-shirts and jeans, their eyes full of provocation and disdain.

The two groups were clearly separated, glaring at each other.

The air was thick with a tense smell of gunpowder.

Xia Xue stood in the middle, like a top about to be torn apart, her face pale and helpless.