81: Chapter 81 Checking the Files

Song Yuan stood alone on the terrace, feeling the wind for a while. In the WeChat work group, someone forwarded a post with a striking title.

“James Appears at the Internet Conference, But He’s a Big Swindler!!”

Song Yuan clicked on the post, which contained several photos of Liang Kuan. The poster meticulously detailed the entire process of Liang Kuan’s public embarrassment and provided an in-depth analysis, concluding that this person was impersonating James.

The post received too many likes, and the comments below were all condemnations.

“In this day and age, everything is fake, even identities are fake. Can people just make up identities when they’re out and about?”

“What kind of scoundrel dares to impersonate my idol, James? Everyone, expose him and make him publicly apologize to James!”

“Yes, he should apologize. Impersonating James to swindle people harms James’s reputation. This time, it was just a coincidence that this happened, allowing everyone to see his true colors. What about when we didn’t know? Has he already swindled many people under James’s name?”

...

The post had a strong voice, with everyone speaking up for James, demanding that Liang Kuan be exposed and made to publicly apologize.

Within just two hours, the post was trending on IT News Network.

This matter had already attracted widespread attention from netizens in the industry.

At that moment, the main subject of the post was on pins and needles.

At Tianyu Company, Li Mingqi was furious. Hundreds of people throughout the company dared not leave work yet.

Li Mingqi had gone to secure funding with full confidence. With James as his trump card, he had never considered failure. As a result, the entire matter was ruined by what he considered his trump card.

“Are you still not admitting you’re an imposter?”

Liang Kuan stubbornly refused to admit it.

“I am James.”

No matter what the outside world said, as long as he didn't admit it, Li Mingqi couldn't break the contract. Anyway, the boss couldn't produce concrete evidence to prove he was a fake.

Li Mingqi looked at the trending post, then at Liang Kuan, and was so angry that a few strands of white hair appeared.

Wang Jincai, standing beside him with a scraped head, hung his head, not daring to speak. He was responsible for finding James, and if he really was an imposter, then he had caused a huge problem.

He could only silently pray now that the person in front of him was the real James, and that he had just performed poorly this one time.

Wang Jincai had tried his best to minimize his presence, but Li Mingqi still noticed him.

“Wang Jincai, you patted your chest and guaranteed me that this matter would be foolproof. Now Tianyu Company’s face is being trampled on the ground. You cannot escape responsibility for this!

I don’t think you’re competent enough for this job anymore. Why don’t we let someone more suitable do it!”

Wang Jincai wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“President Li, I have a solution!”

Wang Jincai leaned forward and whispered something to Li Mingqi, who looked at him with a hint of approval.

“Are you serious?”

Wang Jincai guaranteed repeatedly,

“Absolutely. If this doesn’t succeed, I’ll bring my head to you!”

Li Mingqi, “Then arrange it as soon as possible. Within three days, I want a result!”

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The next day, Song Yuan held a morning meeting with his brothers.

The first phase of development was complete, and they had also secured investment. Next, they would officially launch the game on Android and Apple markets, and then gradually expand its features.

To ensure development progress, Song Yuan set a date: a code iteration every two weeks. No one was allowed to take leave on the project launch day unless for special reasons.

Once the game content became richer in the later stages, they could consider promotion.

Starting a business is not easy; every step is crucial.

After Song Yuan finished speaking, he noticed one person was missing from the development team today.

“Wang Shuai isn’t here today?”

Li Lei responded,

“His sister is having surgery today, so he’s at the hospital. He said he had already informed you.”

Song Yuan took out his phone and indeed saw Wang Shuai’s message asking for leave.

After the meeting, Wang Shuai called, saying his sister’s hospitalization bill was short by 20,000 yuan and he wanted to pre-advance next month’s salary.

Song Yuan lent him 20,000 yuan from his own account. He would not treat his brothers who were willing to start a business with him poorly.

As soon as the money was transferred, Gu Shiyu’s call came in.

“Song Yuan, my relative replied. He knows the director of Dongcheng First Maternity and Child Hospital and is willing to introduce me. I’ve already contacted that director.

When are you free? I’ll accompany you to investigate in person?”

Song Yuan said happily,

“Really? Would it be too much of a bother to go after work hours?”

“No bother. I’ll make an appointment with him. How about we go at seven o’clock?”

“I can!”

“Then you get busy. I’ll make the arrangements.”

After hanging up the phone, Song Yuan was stunned for a long time. He was filled with emotion. How could his wife be like she had superpowers, having such obscure connections?

Hospitals like Dongcheng First Maternity and Child Hospital, which are not large, have old facilities, and haven't developed much in decades, are almost unheard of by many young people today. Yet, his wife could actually contact the director there.

Song Yuan was somewhat shocked.

After work, Song Yuan drove straight to Dongcheng First Maternity and Child Hospital. When he arrived, Gu Shiyu was already there.

“Shiyu, have you been waiting long?”

“No, my company is a bit closer to here. The director is waiting for us upstairs. Let’s go now.”

Song Yuan parked the car, and the two walked side by side towards the office building.

Song Yuan observed the hospital along the way. The building and facilities were very old, still with the decoration style from decades ago.

More than twenty years ago, he was born here. His birth mother, who brought him into this world, how was she doing?

Song Yuan silently prayed that she was still alive and well in this world.

The two quickly arrived at the director’s office. The office door was open, and Gu Shiyu politely knocked a few times.

“Director Zhang, I’m Xiao Gu, who contacted you by phone!”

The director was very polite.

“Miss Gu, I know you. Assistant Xu specifically told me that you are her friend and asked me to treat you well.”

“Director Zhang, you’re too kind. My main purpose for coming this time is to ask for your help. This is my husband, Song Yuan. After he was born in your hospital, he was adopted by relatives. Now he wants to find clues about his birth mother.”

Song Yuan, “I’m troubling you, Director Zhang. Hospitals usually keep archives of maternity records, right? Can I check the archives from 1997?”

The director looked at his wristwatch.

“The archives from earlier years were not entered into the electronic database, and the documents were not organized as properly, so it might be a bit difficult to find them. The people in the archives room have gone home now. If you don’t mind the trouble, you can look for them yourselves.”

Song Yuan responded,

“I don’t mind the trouble!”

The director took a set of keys from the drawer and led them towards the archives room.

Song Yuan’s heart was pounding. The closer he got to the truth, the more nervous he became.

He should be able to find information about his birth mother, right?