Chapter 289 Qin Zheng gives a gift?

Su Yue held that thin piece of paper, yet it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

This is not a congratulatory gift.

This is a "human kindness" so scalding it can burn you, and even more so a silent "warning".

Qin Zheng was telling her in the most direct and arrogant way that he had achieved great success in the political game in the capital through the information provided by Lin Wan'er, so successful that he could easily mobilize resources that even Academician Qian and Director Zhou could not reach.

He has the ability to help her ascend to heaven.

Naturally, it also has the power to plunge her into the abyss.

He was subtly and quietly reshaping the power dynamics of their collaboration using a priceless instrument.

"Bang!"

The study door was pushed open, and Gu Beichen walked in carrying a cup of hot milk. Seeing Su Yue standing motionless in front of the table, he put down the cup and hugged her from behind.

When he followed Su Yue's fingertips and saw the name at the end of the list, the man's aura instantly turned cold.

What does he mean?

Gu Beichen snatched the list and saw the words "Donor: Qin Zheng," and a strong, undisguised anger and possessiveness instantly surged within him.

He turned and walked toward the red encrypted phone.

"I'll tell him to take this pile of junk back to me! We, the Gu family, don't owe him any favors!"

A soft hand pressed down on his arm as he picked up the microphone.

Su Yue stopped him, raised her head, and instead of showing anger at being provoked, her face held a playful smile.

"Don't be impulsive. He wants to be in charge? We'll have to see if he has the ability."

“We will accept this instrument. But it will absolutely not be done under the guise of a ‘donation’.”

Gu Beichen stopped moving and looked at his wife with a puzzled expression.

Su Yue let go of her hand, walked to her desk, and spread out a brand new sheet of manuscript paper.

She picked up her pen, dipped it in ink, and the pen tip moved quickly across the paper.

She did not write a thank-you letter, nor did she write a letter of rejection.

She wrote an agreement.

A well-written and clearly defined business agreement that would impress any legal professional.

"Cooperation Agreement on Entrusting the Hainan Island Military Family Special Drug Laboratory to Conduct Technical Verification and Application Development of the EM9S-2 Electron Microscope".

In the agreement, Su Yue cleverly defined this priceless microscope as "a rental device funded by Comrade Qin Zheng and entrusted to us for long-term technical verification and data collection."

And Qin Zheng's identity is no longer that of a high and mighty "donor".

The last clause of the agreement states: To facilitate technical exchanges between the two parties, Comrade Qin Zheng is hereby appointed as the honorary advisor for the "Phytophthology Project" of this laboratory.

A Tai Chi push-hands move.

This transformed a condescending "gift" into an equal and mutually beneficial "cooperation."

They forcefully pulled him from the pedestal of a "benefactor" back to the negotiating table as a "collaborator."

After writing the last word, Su Yue handed the agreement to Gu Beichen.

"Send it to Qin Zheng's office in Beijing using the fastest encrypted fax machine in the military region."

Looking at the impeccable agreement, Gu Beichen's anger at being provoked instantly dissipated, replaced by pure pride in his wife's shrewd and insightful nature.

He picked up the agreement, kissed her forehead, and strode out.

...

Inside the office of a confidential unit in Beijing.

Qin Zheng had just finished a long meeting, picked up his teacup, and was about to take a sip of water.

The fax machine on the table suddenly rang, spitting out a piece of paper still warm from Hainan Island.

He put down his teacup and picked up the document.

He paused for a moment when he saw the title above.

He read it aloud word by word, and the office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, he gently placed the agreement on the table, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes.

After a long while, he finally let out a soft, ambiguous laugh.

I underestimated this woman.

He picked up the pen and, without the slightest hesitation, signed his name at the end of the agreement.

The arrival of that top-of-the-line electron microscope was like installing the most powerful engine in the "Bacteriophage Project".

The laboratory's technological level, almost overnight, directly led the country by ten years.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of the expert team personally dispatched by Zhang Huilan and Director Zhou, the project is progressing rapidly.

In less than a month, the first specific phage preparation targeting "drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" was successfully isolated, purified and amplified, and smoothly entered the preclinical animal testing stage.

With the laboratory running smoothly, Su Yue finally had some rare moments of leisure.

She took her two children to the beach near the cultural troupe, the beach that belonged to them.

The children were so excited to see the boundless sea for the first time that they crawled around on the beach, babbling and laughing as they picked up handfuls of sand and watched them slip through their fingers.

Su Yue sat on the beach, looking at the two little ones, her heart filled with tenderness.

Gu Beichen stood not far away, holding a brand-new Seagull brand camera, clumsily adjusting the focus.

With a "crack" sound.

He captured this moment in time.

In the photo, the sea breeze blows through Su Yue's slightly wavy long hair. She holds two children, smiling radiantly. Behind her are the azure sea and golden sand. The scene is peaceful, serene, and warm.

But beneath this tranquility, undercurrents never cease.

In distant South America, there is a small country known for its mining and tropical rainforests.

An ordinary-looking Chinese woman walked into a local, unremarkable mining company.

She has a completely new name, a flawlessly forged identity and resume, and a Swiss bank draft containing a staggering $100,000.

It was Lin Wan'er, who had undergone a complete transformation.

She looked at the huge map of the mining area on the wall and, in broken Spanish, pointed to one of the abandoned mining areas marked as "low value".

"I'm buying this mine."

The company boss looked at her like she was an idiot.

Lin Wan'er ignored it; she merely sneered inwardly.

In her "past life" memories, she clearly remembered that this abandoned mine, which everyone had abandoned, was the source of a huge gold mine that shocked the world a year later!

She intends to use this initial capital to build her own business empire.

She will use her boundless wealth to crush Su Yue and reclaim everything that rightfully belongs to her!