20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3648 Asma

"Is this Mr. Zhao?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was a woman's. Although the sound was a little distorted when the phone was transmitting the sound, Zhao Chang'an still recognized Zhang Zhijing's voice.

"I am Zhao Chang'an. Miss Zhang, is there anything I can help you with?"

Upon hearing the name Miss Zhang, Ye Ziyu, who was about to get out of the car, stopped.

"I just got off work and realized you're still at my grandpa's. Mr. Zhao, I mean, are you talking about discussing cooperation with the research institute?"

"I have already left Karlstad, and we are leaving Sweden tomorrow."

"In such a hurry?"

Upon hearing that Zhao Chang'an had left Karlsstad, Zhang Zhijing was quite surprised and didn't know what to say.

"The cooperation that Mr. Ye mentioned requires further consideration. Ms. Zhang can prepare some detailed information about the existing data of the research institute and fax it to OneNano Pearl's headquarters. Isn't Ye Pingbai also a shareholder of the research institute? If you feel that this information alone is not enough to accurately express the matter, you can arrange a time to discuss it in detail with OneNano Pearl's president's office."

"Does Mr. Zhao think I'm not qualified to make decisions?"

Zhang Zhijing's voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat resentful and angry.

Zhao Chang'an thought to himself that this was obvious, but he still kindly said, "That's not the case. If Miss Zhang has the time and interest, you are welcome to return to China and come to Mingzhu to discuss this."

"Unfortunately, I don't have that much time to waste on these things."

Zhang Zhijing refused without hesitation, and her voice changed from resentment and anger to icy coldness.

This woman really does turn on you the moment she puts her pants on!

Zhao Chang'an grumbled inwardly, but he didn't make Zhang Zhijing take off her pants. At first, he sat on the back of the electric scooter and held her waist with both hands, thinking that this woman had a pretty good figure. But when she took off her anti-static clothing, although she was still wearing a mask, to be honest, she was very average-looking, and she looked to be about thirty years old.

It wasn't Zhao Chang'an's type, who was obsessed with beauty.

"That's such a shame."

Zhao Chang'an said something insincerely and then hung up the phone.

"Is this my second cousin, Zhang Zhijing?"

Ye Ziyu smiled and said to Zhao Chang'an, "She has always been very arrogant and aloof since she was a child. After graduating from university, she went to work in the research institute. I haven't seen her for seven or eight years."

Zhao Chang'an nodded and dropped the subject.

Since it was just the two of them eating, they sat in the lobby on the first floor. There were seven or eight tables set up there, but only two tables were occupied. Including Zhao Chang'an and Ye Ziyu, there were three tables, and it was all very quiet.

Dinner hadn't been served yet, and the two sat facing each other in silence for a moment.

To be honest, they had only known each other for a few days, but to be honest, Zhao Chang'an had secretly reached out and held her hand on the plane that day.

For a pure-hearted woman, such an expression is tantamount to tacitly acknowledging the relationship as lovers. Therefore, Ye Ziyu's face is slightly flushed, her eyes darting away with a shy yet sweet, hesitant, and somewhat lost expression.

"This atmosphere is a bit awkward."

Zhao Chang'an smiled at Ye Ziyu and said, "How about we kiss to ease this awkward atmosphere?"

"Pfft."

Ye Ziyu laughed upon hearing this, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at Zhao Chang'an's handsome face, and said with a smile, "You wish!"

However, this also broke the awkward atmosphere. Ye Ziyu asked Zhao Chang'an curiously, "Are you leaving Stockholm tomorrow?"

Feeling a little reluctant to part, she always hoped that Zhao Chang'an could stay in Stockholm for a few more days.

"I'm going to the Netherlands tomorrow afternoon."

Zhao Chang'an said to Ye Ziyu, "This trip to Sweden wasn't originally planned. We were initially going to London to discuss cooperation with Sony Ericsson, but we achieved our goals here as well. Now we're going to ASML to discuss cooperation."

"ASMA?"

Ye Ziyu was relatively unfamiliar with this name.

"It's a Philips subsidiary, and it isn't,"

Zhao Chang'an felt his definition was not quite accurate: "It was a semiconductor company spun off from Philips. Initially, this small company only had twenty or thirty people, and their office was a row of prefabricated houses built within a Philips subsidiary. A few years ago, they acquired SVG (Silicon Valley Group)'s 157nm optical technology, which is how they began to make a name for themselves in the lithography machine field. However, they are currently stuck at this scale due to technical reasons, and new lithography machines at this scale cannot effectively achieve sufficient yield."

Zhao Chang'an had always paid close attention to ASML, but rarely discussed it with others. Today, he finally had the right to participate, and tomorrow he would be going to the Netherlands. He was very excited, even more so than when he had just won over Ye Yiyi, a pampered young lady.

So when Ye Ziyu asked him a question, he started talking non-stop until he saw Ye Ziyu's somewhat confused look and realized that the person he was talking to seemed to know nothing about the semiconductor industry.

I doubt she even knows what the concept of NM is, since her business dealings have always been in ordinary international logistics investment, or the traditional Chinese medicine industry as it is now.

He then said to Ye Ziyu, "In short, this is a company that is well worth investing in and taking a gamble on."

Although Ye Ziyu didn't understand, she found it very interesting. She smiled at Zhao Chang'an and said, "Although I don't understand, I can tell you're very interested in this company. Let's have a couple of drinks later, and I wish you all the best."

This girl is nice.

Zhao Chang'an was delighted to hear this and carefully examined Ye Ziyu's pretty face, making her cheeks blush like peach blossoms.

Unable to withstand Zhao Chang'an's intense gaze, she lowered her head slightly to avoid it, but then bravely raised her head and smiled at Zhao Chang'an: "When I was still in Tianjin, Ye Zi invited me to invest in Shancheng. I originally planned to go, but before I could go, she withdrew her investment. Ye Zi said that Shancheng is very beautiful, and I would definitely like it if I went there. Now that I think about it, I really should have gone to see it back then."

"Go if you want to see it. It's best to go in March or April this year, when the peach blossoms by the lake are in bloom and the pre-Qingming tea is also picked then."

Seeing the troubled look on Ye Ziyu's face, Zhao Chang'an knew what she was worried about and asked curiously, "Your third grandfather and Ye Pingbai have such a good relationship, can't you just suppress it?"

“Back when Ye Pingbai invested one hundred million US dollars in the research institute, he completely stopped caring about the details, and so did my third grandfather. Besides, this has always been a tradition of the Ye family. Just like what happened in 37, we don’t know much about the specifics, but at that time, the three branches of the Ye family had expanded to the point where they needed to be restructured, and the best outcome was for the big to swallow the small.”

Ye Ziyu sighed and said with a hint of helplessness, "Actually, many people in our generation no longer like these old things, but there are still some who are unwilling to let go, such as the matter between Brother Jingtian and Ye Bai. Back then, even if it was about competing for the market, they could have competed in the business world. However, Brother Jingtian chose the traditional methods of the Ye family, with the aim of replicating the plundering that happened 37 years ago."