Yang Chaolang's unshaven beard and his exhausted state from working day and night were giving his brother Yang Chaoming a real headache.

After helping his younger brother up, Yang Chaoming felt both happy and somewhat sentimental:

"Never heard of Fanyue Group? No problem. You just need to know that the Millennium Convenience Store that your brother is currently franchised with is a subsidiary of Fanyue Group."

"And that Baiyue Supermarket, it's also owned by them."

Yang Chaolang groggily came to his senses and mumbled:

"Fan Yue? I know him, he owns the company your old classmate runs. He helped you when you went back to China, and he seems to be doing quite well now."

As they were talking, they glanced at the time and realized it was already afternoon.

The dim sunlight streamed into the room. Yang Chaolang saw that it was time to get up as usual. He got out of bed like a zombie, ran to brush his teeth and wash his face, and prepared to start a new day.

Yang Chaoming felt a pang of sympathy for his younger brother's listless appearance, but despite his sympathy, he still had to say what needed to be said and what needed to be explained:

"Hey, even though you're my old classmate, we haven't been in touch for years." "This is a chance for you to give it a try. If it doesn't work out, don't blame me."

"Oh dear, you don't know, Lu Fan is a very kind person. He helped me back then..."

When talking about his old classmates, Yang Chaoming's memories drifted back to the past.

Although my family was not as well-off as other students at that time, we were not hungry or cold.

My parents were still alive then...

Yang Chaoming blinked, concealing the tears welling up in his eyes.

In the bathroom, Yang Chaolang was fully awake, embraced by the cold water. He brushed his teeth while showering, barely stopping, and with foam in his mouth, he mumbled a question to his brother:

"It's hard to say about my project. I guess there's not much of a market for it in China." "I've been hitting walls everywhere lately. If it doesn't work out this time, I'll just give up. I can always wait a few more years until the domestic market catches up."

He added:

“I’ve already inquired about Fanyue Group. Since it’s your classmate’s company, I’ll go take a look. It would be disrespectful if I didn’t go after you made an appointment with them.”

"If that doesn't work, I'll ask them if they're hiring programmers. I can do that too!"

Yang Chaolang was thinking that he couldn't let his older brother support him; he was already so old, and had even graduated with a master's degree.

His older brother is even older than him. With such an unreliable younger brother around, he'll probably have a hard time finding a partner in the future.

He made up his mind that no matter what, he would get the job settled first.

The two brothers each harbored their own thoughts, and both secretly made up their minds.

The next day, Yang Chaolang took his introduction, various certificates and resumes from his school days, and materials on the projects he had researched to the headquarters of Fanyue Group.

When Lu Fan met Yang Chaolang, he didn't treat him as a job applicant, but as his own younger brother, showing him kindness and enthusiasm.

Yang Chaolang immediately mistakenly thought that the other party had only asked him to come and meet them because of his brother.

He had already anticipated this, so he faced it calmly without any sign of frustration.

In Lu Fan's eyes, Yang Chaoming's younger brother was quite composed.

That makes sense, given that their parents died early and the two brothers are around the same age, they've both grown up quite a bit.

After reviewing all the materials, Lu Fan's eyes lit up, but he only glanced at Yang Chaolang with a scrutinizing look:

"You have a non-compete agreement with that foreign company, right?"

In Lu Fan's opinion, even if he signed the contract, it wouldn't matter. Since he was optimistic about the project, it wouldn't hurt for him to pay the penalty out of his own pocket.

The new energy projects that Professor Cheng and others brought back to China had significantly increased Lu Fan's income, so he was willing to pay the penalty for breach of contract.

However, to Lu Fan's surprise, Yang Chaolang shook his head: "They haven't even had time to sign it yet. They initially agreed on a programming algorithm, but to outsiders, that's considered a very sophisticated and rigorous thing."

Yang Chaolang shrugged nonchalantly and laughed as he said this:

"But in the eyes of insiders, there are many ways to Rome. If one way doesn't work, another way will."

197 Lu Fan then asked Yang Chaolang which fields he wanted to develop in.

Having repeatedly met with setbacks, the other party clearly hadn't expected him to actually offer financial assistance, and his previous nonchalant demeanor instantly turned into stammering:

"Uh, Mr. Lu, you..."

Lu Fan gestured for Yang Chaolang to call him "brother":

"I've reviewed your information. The company you previously worked for was in the robotics field?"

"But the direction of development is still wrong, and it's also very clumsy."

Yang Chaolang had calmed himself down and nodded upon hearing this:

"Indeed, their research direction has not yet reached commercialization, and many core issues have not been resolved."

"They were interested in my thesis because they felt that my research direction was very much in line with their company's development direction, which is why they signed me to work before I graduated."

"but

Yang Chaolang paused, then shook his head:

"If Mr. Lu... Brother Lu wants to continue in the field of robotics, to be honest, I'm not so optimistic about it."