231: Chapter 231 The number you dialed is switched off.

Chen Cheng dropped Han Su off at Gao Peng's company.

As it happened, Gao Peng's company was just downstairs from Company Name, on the 55th floor.

Chen Cheng didn't return to Jardines Lookout and went straight to the company.

After the stake acquisition in Company Name, the company's daily routine returned to normal.

Aks was working on a secret project.

The others were busy preparing research reports on tea drinks, aiming to create the illusion that Company Name was genuinely bullish on the coffee industry.

It was to numb the competition and lower their guard.

Chen Cheng was sitting in his office copying code when the beautiful receptionist knocked on his door in the afternoon.

She told him that the representative from Nuo Ruo, who had arrived right on time, was here.

Chen Cheng suddenly thought of Zou Yu.

He picked up his phone and gave her a call.

"The number you have dialed is powered off..."

Chen Cheng frowned. Out of battery?

He shook his head and left for the conference room.

Morena had already arrived, and seeing that Company Name had fewer than ten people, she was a bit dismissive.

But after learning the transaction amount, her expression changed completely.

Now, with Han Su standing next to Chen Cheng, she would surely say, "I think you and Chairman Chen are a perfect match."

Chen Cheng walked into the conference room, scanned the room, and saw everyone was there.

Morena and the tax consultant she had hired were sitting in the row by the window, leaving a space in the middle.

Opposite them were the representatives from Nuo Ruo, as well as people from three private equity firms.

"Sit, everyone sit," Chen Cheng waved his hand, walked to the middle seat by the window, and sat down.

To his left were two young men and women in suits, the tax consultants, and to his right was Morena.

Chen Cheng turned his head and asked Morena, "Lawyer Hu, how is it?"

Morena nodded and handed the contract to Chen Cheng, "No problems."

Morena was dressed in semi-professional attire, wearing a white chiffon blouse and a blue suit jacket.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Cheng might have been tempted.

However, he had been having too much of the good stuff lately.

Having been influenced by Zou Yu and Han Su, he had no interest at all looking at the ripe Morena.

Looking back, Scum Cheng would probably have lost interest in Fan Shengmei, Fang Sijin, and Zhu Shanshan as well.

Sometimes, the order in which people appear in your life is also very important.

Chen Cheng picked up the contract, read it through once more, and then picked up the pen prepared on the table to sign it.

Morena finished reviewing one, handed it to Chen Cheng, and after Chen Cheng finished reading it, he signed his name.

At a leisurely pace, it took over an hour to finish signing.

Both parties finished signing, shook hands, and exchanged contracts.

After popping the champagne, Chen Cheng personally escorted the counterparties to the elevator lobby.

325 million USD, transferred immediately.

A happy occasion makes one feel refreshed.

As the elevator doors closed, Morena smiled and reached out to Chen Cheng, "Congratulations, Chairman Chen. If word gets out, you might just become the hot topic of the investment circle."

Chen Cheng shook her hand and smiled, "I don't like gossip on the outside."

Morena raised an eyebrow, understanding that Chen Cheng was telling her to keep quiet outside. She rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you mind if I reveal to Han Su just how big of a deal she missed out on?"

Chen Cheng's lips curled up slightly. With a good leader like you, how could Han Su not improve?

"Lawyer Hu, just remember the confidentiality principle."

Morena's lips curled slightly, and she immediately understood what Chen Cheng meant.

She could reveal it, but not the specific amount. It needed to leave room for imagination.

The two chatted as they walked back to the office. Morena went into the conference room; she still had some terms to discuss with the tax consultants.

Chen Cheng went straight back to his own office.

Sitting in his chair and calculating for a long time, he realized that after selling the equity, his liquid funds hadn't increased at all.

It was all spent: 300 million for Zen AI, and the corporate jet fees plus other expenses took exactly 25 million USD.

It was a case of being busy for half a day only to break even.

Chen Cheng prepared to return to Jardines Lookout and called Zou Yu again.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off."

Chen Cheng frowned, finally realizing something was wrong.

He immediately called Eleven, who answered quickly.

"Is Zou Yu home?"

"She went out this morning."

Chen Cheng's brows knitted tightly. He thought to himself, could it be that not going back last night upset Zou Yu?

That didn't make sense; she should know her place very well.

Was it that when it actually happened, she couldn't accept it?

He hung up the phone.

Carrying his laptop, he hadn't even left the company door when his phone's SMS notification rang.

Chen Cheng picked it up and looked, his mouth twitching.

It was from Zou Yu, saying she had returned to Shanghai, with her resignation letter attached.

"Fuck!"

A surge of anger instantly rose in Chen Cheng.

You were the one who initiated, and you were the one who wanted to avoid suspicion. Now that it's happened, you can't take it?

"Hoo~"

Chen Cheng took several deep breaths to calm himself down.

He didn't have time to deal with her now.

Shanghai is very big, yet very small.

Even Sun Wukong couldn't escape the bald one's palm.

Zou Yu certainly couldn't escape Official Chen's Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Chen Cheng turned back to his office and sent a message to Han Su, telling her to come see him after work, as he was upstairs.

Chen Cheng sat on the office sofa and quickly started copying code.

He had to speed up his progress.

He mentally calculated the remaining progress; if he copied for sixteen hours a day, he estimated he could finish the core code in a week.

12 million characters. He hadn't been focused the past few days, so he was slow.

Especially when sometimes he would start copying other things, which was a waste of time.

He had only copied about 3 million characters.

80,000 characters per hour; this speed was his current limit.

His fingers were moving so fast they were practically a blur.

If anyone saw him typing code at the speed of a top-tier human stenographer, their jaw would probably hit the floor.

At 9:30 PM, the administrative girl brought Han Su over.

Chen Cheng no longer felt any burden about the beautiful administrative staff working overtime with him.

I pay the overtime, so it's only natural for you to wait.

Chen Cheng put down his computer, stood up from the sofa, and stretched, "Finished?"

Han Su nodded and looked around Chen Cheng's office.

Chen Cheng walked over, took the folder and bag from her hands, and placed them on the coffee table.

He took her hand and walked to the window, "See how the view is from the 68th floor?"

Han Su looked at the brightly lit Victoria Harbour beneath her feet, "It's beautiful," she smiled and sighed, "But it's so high."

Chen Cheng smiled, walked behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and whispered in her ear:

"People are always like this. Standing downstairs, they feel it's unattainable; standing upstairs, they feel like there's an abyss beneath their feet, and one wrong step means being smashed to pieces."

Han Su's lips curled slightly, and she turned to look at him, "What about you? Your office is so high; do you ever feel it's lonely at the top?"

Chen Cheng shook his head, "This is only the mid-to-high level; I don't have that feeling yet."

Han Su's mouth twitched in annoyance.

This building was over 400 meters tall with 88 floors; the 68th floor really was just the mid-to-high level.

Chen Cheng smiled, "Let's go, let's go home."

Han Su nodded.

Chen Cheng turned back to pick up his laptop, tucked it under his arm, and picked up the documents Han Su had brought.

Han Su picked up her bag from the sofa and took Chen Cheng's outstretched hand.

In fact, she hadn't expected that the two of them would enter the passionate phase of their relationship so quickly.

The two still returned to Han Su's place.

But on the way, seeing a convenience store, Han Su asked Chen Cheng to stop the car, and she ran in to buy some contraceptives.