Chapter Ninety: A Partner to Work With (Third Update, Seeking Votes)

Zhong Yun was not at his parents’ company to admire women. Yesterday, in the laboratory, he had demonstrated the Zhong Family Stabilizer to several specialists brought by Yang Yunrong, and after briefly explaining its principles, Yang Yunrong had immediately settled on the idea of cooperation.

Today, the Giant Machinery Group would officially send people to sign the contract. The one coming, however, was not Yang Yunrong, since he was not in charge of this area.

As for having happened to rescue Dong Wan from embarrassment, that was merely a coincidence. Coming to my company to flirt with my employee? Have you asked my permission? Zhong Yun was more or less thinking along those lines.

After exchanging names, the two were considered to have formally met. Since the Giant Machinery Group had not arrived yet, Zhong Yun stood by the reception desk and chatted with her. Smiling as if in jest, he said, “I really admire this place’s boss. To think he can bear to have you standing here greeting guests.”

From what had just happened, Dong Wan had begun to understand this younger fellow’s personality. Knowing that he spoke without restraint, she said, “What can we do? The company doesn’t have a position suited to my major.”

“What did you study?” Zhong Yun asked curiously.

“Broadcasting, in the journalism department.”

“Huh?” Zhong Yun made an exaggerated face, then shook his head. “You must have skipped class a lot in college.”

Dong Wan was stunned. She had not expected him to say something like that, and whether to laugh or cry, she said in mock annoyance, “You’re the one who skips class all the time. I was one of the top graduates in my class.”

“Heh.” Zhong Yun was just about to say something when his phone suddenly rang. After answering, he learned that the Giant Machinery Group had arrived. He waved to Dong Wan. “Something’s come up, so I’m heading off first. We can talk later.”

As soon as Zhong Yun left, the company chairman led all the employees out. Dong Wan had been notified yesterday that an important guest was coming today, and she thought to herself, Could it be that the guest has arrived?

Indeed. Her direct superior, Manager Yun, who oversaw the company’s finances and logistics, said to her, “The guests are about to come up. Come with me to the entrance to receive them.”

The employees, Dong Wan included, did not know what kind of guests they were about to receive. The chairman had kept his mouth tightly shut and told no one.

That only made the employees even more curious. They were all secretly wondering just what sort of people were coming this time, to merit such a grand reception.

They went all the way down to the first floor of the building, where they saw an entire convoy of more than thirty top-grade shuttle cars of the same model descending from the sky in a line and pulling up along the curb, displaying considerable grandeur.

With a whoosh, all the doors opened at once, and dozens of people got out. The sight made Zhong Pingjiang frown slightly. Was it really necessary to bring so many people for a negotiation? This was somewhat beyond his expectations. He had assumed at most only a few people would come.

It seemed this partner was no ordinary one.

That brat Zhong Yun did not even bother to explain what sort of people the other side was, leaving me so passive now.

Zhong Pingjiang inwardly grumbled at his son. Yesterday afternoon, Zhong Yun had suddenly called him and said he had found him a business partner, told him to come downstairs at ten in the morning to receive them, and then hung up.

Not only had he said nothing about who the partner was, he had not even said what they were partnering on.

Though he had no idea what his son was up to, Zhong Pingjiang, trusting him, came downstairs at the appointed time with the attitude of trying it out, and indeed arrived to receive them on schedule.

Luckily, he had already given instructions yesterday. Although the employees behind him were somewhat stirred, they at least did not act too out of line.

With a cordial smile, Zhong Pingjiang stepped forward first to greet them...

Behind him, all the employees hurried to follow. Dong Wan did not want to join the bustle and stayed at the back. Remembering that her newly met junior had come down only a short while ago, she instinctively glanced around, and saw Zhong Yun hiding beneath a tree across the street, a mischievous smile on his face.

I wonder what expression Dad will have when he learns that I brought him such a heavyweight partner? Zhong Yun thought with no small amount of wicked delight.

In truth, the whole affair had been planned by Zhong Yun from start to finish, all for the sake of giving his father a surprise. As for the details of the cooperation, he and Yang Yunrong had already settled them yesterday.

Broadly speaking, the two companies would form a joint venture. The Zhong family would contribute the technology, while the Giant Machinery Group would provide the money. The former would hold sixty percent of the shares, and the latter forty percent.

On the surface, it looked as though the Zhong family had suffered a huge loss. Such a groundbreaking invention was by no means something that could be measured in money alone; how many new products it could spawn was simply beyond estimation.

In reality, with the Zhong family’s own strength, there was no way to promote this technology in a short time. Moreover, once it was introduced, it would inevitably shake the interests of countless people. The Zhong family simply could not bear such pressure. The consequence of trying to keep it all for themselves would be nothing but self-destruction.

So finding a powerful partner was a necessity. With the colossal Giant Machinery Group standing in front, even if there were those with ill intent, they would have to weigh whether it was worth offending the “Marshal family” standing behind it.

The Zhong family would use forty percent of the shares to obtain such a powerful shield, while also using its channels to spread the technology quickly. In addition, through cooperation with Giant Machinery, it could raise its own reputation and standing within the industry. It was truly as worthwhile as could be.

Not far from Zhong Yun, a striking young woman stood with her back to the Zhong and Giant Machinery groups, speaking eloquently. In front of her, a man was holding a panoramic video recorder.

“...According to a source with inside knowledge, today the deputy chief executive of Giant Machinery Group, Chen Musong, will hold secret negotiations with a certain company. It is said that the subject of the talks is a new invention of historic significance.”

“As expected, you can see behind me that Chen Musong has already met the other side. As for what kind of company it is, that remains a mystery. This is Rongrong reporting live from the scene.”

This female reporter truly grasped the essence of media sensationalism. In just a couple of sentences, she had aroused the audience’s curiosity. And by leaving a final suspense hanging, she made viewers unable to resist wanting to know what sort of company could bring Chen Musong of Giant Machinery Group to negotiate in person.

The moment Zhong Pingjiang saw the man at the front, his hair meticulously combed into place and his age around fifty, he nearly froze on the spot, as if a level-five hurricane had swept through his mind.

Across the nation, there was hardly a single office worker who did not recognize this man: the deputy chief executive of Giant Machinery Group, a five-time nominee for the nation’s Best Manager, a man who had risen from an ordinary junior employee to the helm of the country’s second-largest enterprise, the idol of countless wage earners, the highest-paid corporate emperor in the nation—Chen Musong.

What shocked Zhong Pingjiang even more was what this man represented: Giant Machinery Group, the leader of the entire industry. Compared with it, the Zhong family was not even worth mentioning.

This was the partner his son had found for him?

Zhong Pingjiang only felt as though he were dreaming.

Behind him, the employees, equally stunned into silence, stared wide-eyed at the face that so often appeared on television economic news, their minds completely blank.

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