Zhao Shucheng received a call soon and hurriedly left Qin Shi's house. He went home to pack up and took a flight directly to the UK with Wen Nuan.

Qianyu did not want to go to court with Daizhong, so he asked for negotiation. Zhao Shucheng and Wen Nuan came for this purpose.

During the negotiation, the professional lawyer hired by Zhan Nanxian said, "Hello, Mr. Zhu, I am the attorney for Qianyu Group. This time, I am entrusted by my agent to handle your company's lawsuit against Qianyu for unfair competition."

"Mr. Zhu, you should know that Qianyu and Daizhong are the two leading groups in the industry. If they go to court, it will be bad for the image of both companies. Instead of a life-and-death battle, why don't we sit down and talk? My agent can assure you that Qianyu Group has not engaged in any unfair competition. I hope you will withdraw the lawsuit and the two parties can reach a private settlement."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Boss Zhan invited me to meet today just to reconcile privately?"

On the side, Cheng and Hui's lawyer whispered, "Mr. Zhu, we are settling the case privately today, so we should not let them know about this document, right?"

"It's okay, show them!"

Seeing Zhao Shucheng's firm attitude, the lawyer could only helplessly take out the document and said, "This is the latest certification document submitted by my agent. I believe you should be familiar with it, right? This is the renewal contract signed by Professor Wang and Qianyu. He used to be a core R&D staff of the Alpha project, but he resigned before Daizhong acquired Alpha. After resigning, he was doing a teaching job that had nothing to do with R&D, but secretly signed a cooperation agreement with Qianyu to lead the R&D of Qianyu's new project."

"Well. In fact, Professor Wang's cooperation with Qianyu has nothing to do with the Alpha Project. On the surface, it does not violate the non-compete agreement, and naturally does not constitute unfair competition."

"This is just your one-sided statement. The law is about evidence. I am now answering your questions on behalf of my agent. My agent does not accept any form of settlement."

After hearing what the lawyer said, the people at Qianyu changed color. After all, although they could say that Professor Wang did not violate the non-compete agreement, they knew the truth very well. Qianyu had invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the new project led by Professor Wang. If it was really terminated because of this lawsuit, Qianyu would suffer a huge loss.

After the negotiations, Zhan Nanxian and his team gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

The lawyer said bluntly: "Mr. Zhan, it seems that there is no possibility of reconciliation between Daizhong and Daizhong at the moment, and the evidence they have in their hands is very unfavorable to us."

Zhan Nanxian said: "Today we are here to discuss the depth of the matter. At least we know why Zhu Linlu is so confident."

On the other side, Wen Nuan also curiously asked Zhao Shucheng why he was able to get the cooperation agreement between Qianyu and Professor Wang. After all, it should have been top secret.

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Anyone's loyalty has a price. The reason why I didn't choose to betray you is because the price you offered was not high enough. When Professor Wang resigned, I had someone pay attention to his every move. He was in the open while I was in the dark. We were intentional and unintentional, so naturally we knew a lot of secrets."

"Can't you guys reconcile? Even if Dai Zhong wins this lawsuit, he will still face considerable pressure, right?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "The outcome of this lawsuit is not important. What is important is that Daizhong can announce to the public that it respects intellectual property rights and buy time for the development of new projects, so the lawsuit must be fought."

However, Zhao Shucheng didn't want to continue discussing this topic with Wen Nuan, so he directly asked Wen Nuan where she was going.

Wen Nuan thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then let's go see Aunt Li. She took good care of me before, and I haven't seen her for a long time."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Indeed, we should go. After all, she can be considered as our matchmaker. She can't attend the engagement this time, but we must invite her to our wedding."

After hearing this, Wen Nuan rolled her eyes at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Who wants to marry you, you playboy?"

Zhao Shucheng knew exactly what Wen Nuan was talking about, but he avoided the question and said, "Whether you like it or not, you can't change the fact that you are my fiancée."

Zhan Nanxian and his team were investigating how Zhao Shucheng got the contract between Qianyu and Professor Wang. Guan Ti thought that only he and Ding Xiaodai handled it, and he was worried that Ding Xiaodai gave the contract to Zhao Shucheng out of hatred.

He quickly called Ding Xiaodai and asked her if anyone else saw or touched the contract when she got it.

Ding Xiaodai recalled and said, "That day, I took the contract and put it on the desk. It never left my sight. When I came back with Mr. Zhan, I handed it to him. Mr. Guan, is there something wrong with the contract?"

Guan Ti became even more nervous after hearing this. After all, Ding Xiaodai said that the contract had not left his sight. So only he and Ding Xiaodai had handled it, and he had not done it. Could it really be Ding Xiaodai? But this was not reasonable. If Ding Xiaodai had really done this, he would not have admitted so straightforwardly that the contract had not left his sight.

If the contract was not leaked by Qianyu, then there must be something wrong on Professor Wang's side. However, Professor Wang guaranteed that there would be no problem on his side, so there was no way to trace it further.

“Boss, can’t we find another way to reconcile with Zhu Linlu?”

Zhan Nanxian said: "The lawsuit against our company and the situation the company has encountered are all what Zhu Linlu wants to see the most. Compensation, the company's image is damaged, and the stock price falls. If it were you, would you be willing to settle?"

"That's right, but Boss, can you go find Wen Nuan? She can talk some nonsense and maybe persuade Zhu Linlu to reconcile with us?"

Zhan Nanxian's face turned ugly after hearing this. He had never thought of asking Wen Nuan for help and pleading. Doesn't this prove that he really lost to Zhao Shucheng, or even lost miserably?

"Wen Nuan can't help us. She is not as important to Zhu Linlu as you think."

"But Wen Nuan has stayed in Qianyu for a while after all, so she has some feelings for him. Maybe it will be useful?"

Guan Ti was about to say something but was stopped by Gao Fang, who told him not to continue, otherwise Zhan Nanxian would definitely not be able to sit down.

Bo Yixin finished a day's work and went home, but she didn't expect Pan Weining to be waiting at her door, right at the corner of the door. This scared her a lot. "Why are you here? Didn't I make it very clear that we don't have any contact anymore?"

"That's not the case. I've been waiting here for such a long time. Can't I even say a word to you?"

Bo Yixin opened the door and said, "Ever since you made such a scene at the engagement ceremony, there is nothing much to talk about between us."

"I have news about Zhu Linlu, don't you want to know?"

Bo Yixin looked at Pan Weining and said, "You have something to say, and then leave. My bodyguards are not far away. You don't want the footage of Yizhong Chairman harassing a female star and being controlled by the bodyguards to be reported, right?"

Pan Weining looked at Bo Yixin who was blocking the door, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "I never thought that I could enter the house and drink and chat together before, but now I can't even enter the door."

"Didn't you say there was news about Lin Lu?"

Pan Weining looked at Bo Yixin and said, "It's time to get married now. Didn't you deny your relationship at the engagement ceremony?"

Bo Yixin smiled and said, "Boss Pan, I think you misunderstood. Zhu Linlu and I are friends, and Wen Nuan is my best friend. Linlu, Boss Xiaolu, Xiaolu, Boss Zhu, these are just names. You don't want to use these names to question us, do you? Besides, the reason I care is because I couldn't contact Wen Nuan these two days, and I just wanted to know if they are together."

Seeing Bo Yixin so alert, Pan Weining felt helpless. He really had bad intentions. He had a recorder in his pocket and was thinking of using this opportunity to find something to hold against Bo Yixin, or even publish it online to ruin her reputation. But Bo Yixin was so alert now, so he could only give up the idea and pretend to be just someone who came to inform her of the news.

"Daizhong and Qianyu are currently in a lawsuit for unfair competition. I want to know, if there is no Zhu Linlu, and Zhan Nanxian becomes penniless one day, will you still love him?"

Bo Yixin said impatiently: "What on earth are you going to say?"

"Qianyu is in trouble, and Daizhong has filed a lawsuit. If he loses this time, Zhan Nanxian may fall directly from heaven to hell and lose everything. Will you come back to him and be devoted to him?"

Bo Yixin smiled and said, "If you are here for Mr. Zhan, then I can only say that you have found the wrong person. We have broken up and we are just friends. I will not interfere in the affairs of their company. Of course, if one day he really has nothing, considering our relationship over the years, I can give him some money so that he doesn't have to live on the streets. As for the rest, you don't need to tell me, just go!"

Seeing Bo Yixin's tightly closed door, Pan Weining frowned immediately. He originally thought that Bo Yixin was with Zhao Shucheng just to provoke Zhan Nanxian and to take revenge on him.

But now seeing Bo Yixin's attitude towards Zhan Nanxian, it seems that it is not what I imagined. Could it be that she really likes Zhao Shucheng? But why? I am not worse than Zhao Shucheng at all, and I have even become the chairman of Yizhong. Why can't she see my good points?

Bo Yixin hesitated for a moment and dialed Zhao Shucheng's number, but was told that the other party was out of service area.

Bo Yixin was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Pan Weining said that Zhao Shucheng sued Qianyu, but he was not in the country, so he must have gone abroad, so naturally there was no way to get through to his phone.

She contacted Zhao Shucheng again on WeChat and sent him a message, telling him about her doubts. Soon Zhao Shucheng replied, telling her not to worry, that he and Wen Nuan would be back in a few days.

At the same time, Zhan Nanxian was discussing countermeasures with Gao Fang and Guan Ti on how to resolve the crisis.

Zhan Nanxian thought about it again and again, and said, "Gao Fang, Guan Ti, I suggest that we just expose the contract signed between Qianyu and Professor Wang, and prove that the project we cooperated on has nothing to do with Alpha, and we did not do anything to steal trade secrets. Maybe this will make Zhu Linlu withdraw the lawsuit."

Gao Fang said worriedly, "But if we really do this, then all our efforts for so long will be in vain. Once the project is made public, plagiarism is rampant in the industry. Once it is exposed, we will not be able to maintain our advantages, and our profits will be greatly reduced. Moreover, we have invested so much money in this project."

"I've thought about this, and I don't want to do that."

Guan Ti asked in confusion, "But Boss, if this happens, we will probably lose the lawsuit. Not only will we have to pay money, but Qianyu's reputation will also plummet. I don't understand why we are holding on to Professor Wang's project. We obviously have many other projects, such as my robot girlfriend project, which will soon be mature. Why don't you believe in my project?"

"Guan Ti, you are right, but this is not to minimize the losses. This is the safest way. I think there is a possibility that as long as we can hold on until the end of the lawsuit and Professor Wang's project is successfully developed, then everything will be fine."

Guan Ti said angrily: "We can't hold out until then. As long as the lawsuit starts, our reputation will be damaged. By then, there will be fluctuations in our partners and stocks, and investors may even withdraw their capital..."

Gao Fang said, "We are very clear about what you said, but Qianyu has invested too much energy in Professor Wang's project. It is not something that can be easily abandoned. Even now is not the best time to announce it to the public. Besides, can you guarantee that your robot girlfriend project will be successful? Even if the research and development is successful, will the market prospects be good?"

Guan Ti was a little depressed because of Gao Fang. He felt that his project was really promising. Why did Zhan Nanxian and Gao Fang never have confidence in him? They only supported him strongly for the sake of face?

Gao Fang wanted to make a few explanations, but Guan Ti was unwilling to listen any more and just got up and left.

Zhao Shucheng and Wen Nuan were having dinner in the restaurant. Zhao Shucheng talked about their parents' support for their decision to have a baby and asked Wen Nuan for her opinion.

Wen Nuan blushed when she heard this. In fact, after the engagement ceremony, Zhu's father and mother also told her that they hoped to have a grandson as soon as possible. She didn't expect Zhao Shucheng to say the same thing.

She rolled her eyes at Zhao Shucheng and asked him about his next plan.

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "In fact, in the lawsuit between Daizhong and Qianyu, both parties are playing an open game. Now it depends on how the lawyers of each other compete. You and I can go sightseeing for a few days and then go back, or if you want to go somewhere, we can go together."

Wen Nuan shook her head and said, "Since everything is fine, let's go back early so that I can start working earlier and learn more about the situation so that I can do my job better." (End of this chapter)

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