He Lingchuan frowned; he hadn't expected things to get so serious.

He was sweating profusely and ran two red lights in a row: "First, find someone to calm down the people causing trouble outside. Under no circumstances should they be allowed to break into the laboratory. Also, invite those people from the regulatory bureau and the health bureau inside. We'll talk about everything when I get back."

The person on the other side heard He Lingchuan honking his horn and said with some concern, "Teacher He, don't worry, President Gu is fine. He just has a scratch on his shoulder. Please drive carefully."

"No matter what happens over there, you have to call me immediately, understand?"

He Lingchuan gave him some more instructions, his expression growing increasingly serious.

Only after receiving a reply from the other person did he slowly feel relieved.

He Lingchuan arrived at the laboratory in less than half an hour.

He could see a group of people waving their arms and demanding an explanation from a distance. Fortunately, there were no media present this time, otherwise it would have only made things worse.

He Lingchuan immediately recognized that this was Zhang Ying's work. The people who came looked familiar; he had seen them at Zhang Ying's company before.

It seems they've been helping Zhang Ying all along.

He Lingchuan frowned and walked over, pushing aside the crowd surrounding the company, and faced the leaders of the regulatory bureau: "If you need anything, just come to me."

He Lingchuan had met the leaders of the regulatory bureau; he heard Zhang Ying call him Brother Li.

He stepped forward and extended his hand: "I am He Lingchuan. We have met before."

Brother Li looked He Lingchuan up and down, then smiled and nodded: "I never expected that we would meet again under such circumstances."

He Lingchuan gave a self-deprecating laugh, his gaze towards him filled with helplessness: "I didn't expect this either."

He Lingchuan extended his hand, smiling at Brother Li: "If it's convenient for you, shall we go inside and talk?"

Brother Li did not refuse. He told his men to wait outside while he and He Lingchuan went into the laboratory.

As soon as they entered the hall, He Lingchuan smelled a strong stench of blood.

He remembered that Gu Chengze seemed to be injured, and followed the scent to look over.

Upon seeing Gu Chengze, He Lingchuan didn't even bother with Brother Li and walked straight towards Gu Chengze: "Chengze, how badly are you hurt?"

Gu Chengze was completely surprised. He never expected He Lingchuan to come. There was some blood splattered on his face, his clothes were cut off, and his shoulders were bandaged.

Judging from the smell of blood emanating from him, he must have been seriously injured.

He Lingchuan looked guilty and carefully touched the wound on his shoulder: "How did you get so badly injured? What happened?"

He Lingchuan's tone was heavy. Upon hearing this, Brother Li took the initiative to come over and explain, "This is our fault. Don't worry, we will cover all the expenses."

Hearing his words, He Lingchuan's brows furrowed even more deeply.

He gave a forced smile, his eyes cold: "Brother Li, let's talk this out, why did you resort to violence?"

Brother Li sighed helplessly, feigning guilt: "Mr. He, you've misunderstood me. We really didn't mean it. How about this, if any problems are found during your follow-up examinations, we'll cover all the expenses?"

"This isn't about money."

Gu Chengze raised his uninjured hand and gently patted He Lingchuan's shoulder. He met Li Ge's gaze and said, "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious. The main problem is that my lab really can't be shut down."

They still have many projects to complete. If they shut these down, how will they explain it to their partners?

Gu Chengze knew that these people were after He Lingchuan, and that Zhang Ying wanted to force He Lingchuan to compromise by suppressing him.

As a friend, it's one thing if he can't help, but he can't just hold us back, right?

Brother Li understood what he meant and looked troubled: "President Gu, we don't want to shut down your lab either, but as you can see, your robot has so many problems. It wouldn't be right if we didn't thoroughly inspect it, would it?"

"Brother Li, I'm not afraid of inspections, but you didn't even inspect this place and just told me to shut down the lab. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

Gu Chengze looked around at his employees and smiled helplessly: "As you can see, so many of my employees are waiting for me to pay their salaries. If you close my lab, how am I supposed to make money?"

Gu Chengze's attitude was very tough, even tinged with a threat: "Brother Li, what you're doing isn't very fair. I'm just an ordinary citizen, and it's not easy to run a lab. You can't push me to the brink."

Brother Li's face instantly turned ashen. He clenched his fists and said in a serious tone, "Are you threatening me?"

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, He Lingchuan took the initiative to step forward and mediate: "Brother Li, let's talk this out. Don't be anxious, let's discuss it some more."

When He Lingchuan spoke, he gently patted Gu Chengze, signaling him to calm down.

Gu Chengze frowned, but gradually calmed down.

According to Brother Li, someone reported that their experiment was not in compliance with regulations, and that many other products besides the robot had also encountered problems.

Some people even lost their lives. The more Brother Li talked about it, the more serious it became, and his face grew increasingly pale.

He looked at He Lingchuan with a helpless expression: "Mr. He, I don't want to shut down your laboratory either, but I really have no other choice. I'm just doing this for someone else. If I had the authority, I definitely wouldn't let you shut down this laboratory."

He Lingchuan frowned, waved to the others, and signaled them to leave.

With only the three of them left in the conference room, He Lingchuan looked at him directly and said, "Brother Li, is there no other way besides closing the door?"

He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows, implying that he could spend some money to bribe someone.

Gu Chengze understood what he meant and took the initiative to speak: "Brother Li, please name a number."

Hearing his words, Brother Li sighed and said, "That's quite a lot."

He deliberately kept everyone in suspense, narrowing his eyes.

Hearing his words, Gu Chengze smiled knowingly: "Go ahead and ask. Whatever your request is, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree."

After hearing him say that, Brother Li held up five fingers and shook them: "At least this number."

"Five hundred thousand?"

Gu Chengze frowned. All his money was invested in the project, and he couldn't even come up with 50,000 yuan, let alone 500,000.

Unexpectedly, Brother Li shook his head at him and said, "Wrong, it's five million."

Gu Chengze raised his head angrily: "Five million? Even if you sold my entire lab, it wouldn't be worth five million."

Brother Li spread his hands, his eyes full of mockery: "So what you mean is?"

Gu Chengze refused to back down and was completely unfazed by his threats: "Brother Li, to be honest, I really don't have that much money. This lab, if it's closed, it's closed!"