Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

FlowEDA continued to move forward in this somewhat eerie atmosphere. The Grey project team had become somewhat frantic, practically living in the office, and still hadn't figured out what was going on.

Then, the day before the update, Chen Yiran skipped the project team and sent the entire update package into the system.

This time there were no more errors. Although the project team was puzzled, they began to worship Chen Yiran as before.

Other project teams affected also started sending Chen Yiran's various emojis in the company's chat group as usual.

People started saying again: "As long as the boss starts to work hard, all the problems will be solved."

This was something Gao Dewei said back then, and it later became a running joke within the company.

Everyone knows Chen Yiran's godlike technical skills and his habit of preferring to lie down rather than sit.

Unlike other Silicon Valley company founders, who have an insatiable desire for control and a work style that makes them want to work 18 hours a day.

Chen Yiran's regular work hours are limited to visiting the company's back office at 3 PM every day to answer colleagues' questions and help solve problems.

I will log off promptly one hour later, without delay.

Amidst a jubilant atmosphere, Gao Dewei, Wang Zhiwu, and Catherine jointly interrogated the two company employees.

Following Chen Yiran's instructions, Gao Dewei relayed the news from the Chinese employees at Synaptics that they were aware of FlowEDA's recent situation. He then told the two of them to be careful in the future and to also tell their colleagues at the company to be cautious.

The two employees were initially flustered, but after hearing that the matter would not be pursued, they left the meeting room full of gratitude.

Inside the meeting room, Catherine asked, somewhat puzzled, "Are you sure you don't want to do anything? Isn't that too lenient?"

Gao Dewei glanced at the surveillance camera subconsciously, shook his head and said, "You don't need to worry about it, it didn't cause any major impact anyway."

That day, everyone in the company's group chat was talking about how the people at Xinshi were acting like idiots, even having to tell the company about private chats.

Wang Xue began to feel uneasy at her workstation.

She was restless until the end of the workday, and just as she was about to leave, Gao Dewei called her into the conference room.

It was still a three-way hearing, but this time the level was higher. Catherine, the company's employee number 002, was not there; instead, Chen Yiran, the company's employee number 001, was present. Even Pidan, the employee number 000, was in attendance as an observer.

Chen Yiran looked serious, gestured for her to sit down, and then began to ask questions directly.

"You've been in contact with the people at NewThink, haven't you?"

Wang Xue's face was a little pale: "My boyfriend works for Xinshi. I did talk to him about the company. I really didn't mean to. He's just sometimes curious, so I replied with a few words."

Chen Yiran leaned back in his boss's chair and said in a slightly detached tone, "Your family is from Tianmen, right? Your parents work in a small garment factory. In junior high, you won third place in a provincial math competition, and you also got good grades in high school math."

"Given your family's circumstances, and the fact that you didn't attend any tutoring classes, only receiving guidance from your school teachers, you still achieved these results. You're really amazing."

Wang Xue didn't know how Chen Yiran knew about her domestic resume, nor did she know what Chen Yiran wanted to do. Her face had already lost all color.

Chen Yiran continued, "Your junior high school teacher is definitely your benefactor. He contacted a classmate in Beijing and secured a free summer camp spot for you. In Beijing, this kind of spot can be secretly sold for money."

Then, at summer camp, you performed exceptionally well, and a retired professor from Berkeley who was attending the event wrote you a letter of recommendation. Later, step by step, with the help of many people, you continued to improve.

You got a full scholarship from Berkeley, a full scholarship! That's really impressive. And you did a great job, completing all your courses by your junior year. The only problem was not having the money to finish the credits early and having to wait for the scholarship.

You went straight for the job interview and got a job offer from Sun Microsystems. A country student from Tianmen, earning a $100,000 annual salary in Silicon Valley—it took you ten years. That's impressive.

Wang Xue panicked more and more and started crying. She didn't know anything about the law and was now imagining whether she was going to jail.

Chen Yiran listened for half a minute before continuing: "The company has treated you well, hasn't it? You've only been working here for 3 years, and we've already paid you $18. Now the company can do something good. We won't sue you or try to send you to jail. We'll give you two choices."

First, I'll resign today, and the company will offer three months' salary plus severance pay as per standard. But I'll be making a public statement in Silicon Valley that you have questionable professional ethics. And whoever dares to hire you, I'll go and support their competitor in that industry. Don't even think about going back to China; I'll make a similar statement there too.

Second, continue going to work, pretending nothing happened. Give this USB drive to your contact and say it's a snippet of DeepFlow's core design concepts that I casually shared with you during internal training.

Wang Xue is definitely not stupid; she just temporarily lost her intelligence because she thought she was in love.

Now that the high annual salary is no longer secure, intelligence has taken over.

She took the USB drive and asked timidly, "If I do this, won't they punish me?"

Chen Yiran shook his head: "A rift isn't so easy to mend. You can just resign in six months. With your resume and abilities, it should be easy for you to find a better position at another company."

Wang Xue gripped the USB drive tightly, remained silent for five minutes, then nodded and said, "I will give it to him, and I won't let him notice anything amiss."

"Okay, then you can go out and wash your face in the restroom next door. Don't let the colleagues on duty see that something's wrong and cause trouble."

Wang Xue staggered out, tidied herself up in the nearby restroom, and maintained her usual smile as she passed her colleagues on duty outside the company.

On her drive home, she tried not to think about these things until she arrived at her doorstep, where she broke down in tears.

She felt she had taken a very important wrong step in her life, and that she might never find a company like FlowEDA again.

In the conference room, Chen Yiran sighed. He actually had a good impression of Wang Xue; in fact, he thought she was very good.

From an ordinary family in Tianmen to becoming a high-paid employee in Silicon Valley, Wang Xue's abilities are truly outstanding.

It's a pity that people's IQ tends to drop when they're in love.

Chen Yiran made up her mind that from now on, she could only have sex, not her heart, when dating.

Gao Dewei looked at Chen Yiran, who was sighing, and asked, "So, let's leave it at that for now? Is there anything else?"

Chen Yiran nodded and said, "Next week, the company will hold a press conference to launch a new product."

Gao Dewei was shocked: "What? What product? You figured that out yourself?"

Chen Yiran nodded and said, "I did it myself. I'm going to hold a press conference. You can help me Google it. YouTube just opened up the live streaming function, but only to a few partners. I want to stream it online, so I need them to grant my account permission."

"Okay, holding a press conference online via live stream, there doesn't seem to be any precedent for that."

"I'm a prime example."

Gao Dewei thought for a moment. Although he had been a little intimidated by Chen Yiran lately, he couldn't resist his curiosity and asked, "What product is it? A live-streamed launch event, so is it a consumer product?"

Chen Yiran said with a smile, "Last year, Apple spent $2 million to acquire Siri. I'm prepared to make them lose a lot of money on that acquisition."