“Kati is part of Hairun Group.” Lin Ziyan said calmly, her eyes shining.

Lin Jun paused for a few seconds, "Hairun... Group?"

The chubby girl was equally surprised, and remained stunned for a while, unable to come to her senses.

group?

Do you want to grow to the same scale as Rongkai Group?

The chubby girl felt her blood boil just thinking about it, and her eyes asked inquiringly.

Lin Ziyan sat opposite Lin Shaowen and took over the white chess piece opposite him.

"My niece is so pretty, but her uncle is so charming." Lin Shaowen looked at Yi Rongyan with a smile.

After learning that Katie had been acquired by Hairun, he guessed her ambition.

Lin Ziyan raised an eyebrow but did not deny it.

Under such difficult conditions, Lin Shaowen was able to establish the Rongkai Group, and her current situation is much better than Lin Shaowen's.

At least the first step was right...

"I suspect you're praising yourself," Lin Jun said, looking at his grandfather with a hint of resentment.

Lin Shaowen: "It's a fact; if someone does a good job, they should be praised."

After he finished speaking, he uttered a single word, and his brow suddenly twitched.

Lin Ziyan's lips slowly curved into a smile, "Uncle, if Grandma heard this, she would definitely think you're praising yourself."

"You lost."

Lin Jun was suspicious and quickly got up to take a closer look. "When did you become so good at Go?"

He couldn't understand the chessboard.

How did we lose?

Lin Shaowen's lips twitched. He had surrounded all his pieces, but the person in front of him only placed three pieces and then surrounded all his black pieces.

"You still have the nerve to ask? You've been studying since elementary school, and you're not even as good as Ah Yan who's only studied for a few months." Lin Shaowen retorted to his grandson, a smile spreading across his eyes.

Lin Jun, "..."

At that moment, the assistant rushed over and explained the situation regarding the patent.

"The S Group submitted its patent application, but it was rejected, causing an uproar in the electronics industry."

"This patent was applied for in the name of Hairun..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shaowen slowly and methodically tidied up the Go pieces.

Lin Jun immediately understood, "Auntie, you didn't do something to S Group, did you?"

"No, they're shameless enough to try and steal the patent!"

Lin Ziyan nodded slightly, "If you're not greedy, you won't get scammed."

She didn't intend to do it at first; she just went with the flow.

S Group had long wanted to renegotiate with Katie, with a clearer objective: to acquire Katie's R&D department.

Yesterday's events served as a reminder to her that while it's good to bide one's time, it's also important to be prepared to unsheathe one's sword at the right time.

Now they're targeting S Group's proud patent application; things should be quiet there for a while.

Meanwhile, she had someone inquire yesterday and found out that Li Yazhen was here at this time and had been frequently coming out with Yowag recently, seemingly to discuss cooperation.

“Ayan is right. S Group wouldn’t have had such an idea and wouldn’t have done something that would be ridiculed by everyone.” Lin Shaowen’s tone was cold.

Lin Jun nodded, reopened Katie's cooperation proposal, carefully evaluated it, and signed to confirm it.

Lin Ziyan was not in a hurry and continued playing chess with Lin Shaowen at a leisurely pace.

It's rare to encounter a worthy opponent, and she's itching to get a match.

Lin Shaowen lifted his eyelids to glance at her, a smile overflowing from his eyes, his face full of doting affection.

Lin Jun looked at his grandfather and felt that his grandfather's doting smile was a bit... twisted.

However, he dared not say those words aloud.

"Uncle, now that we've finished discussing the cooperation with Katie, how about we talk about the cooperation with Hairun?" Lin Ziyan asked while playing chess and drinking tea.

Lin Shaowen: "It seems Rongkai is one of your major clients."

"We'll talk again after a best-of-three series."

"Okay," Lin Ziyan said with a faint smile.

Lin Jun gave Lin Ziyan a look that said "good luck," and continued looking down at the documents.

Now that the company is managed by professional managers, there aren't many documents sent here. Once he's familiar with them, he can read them in just over an hour each time.

After he finished reading, he stretched and looked at the chessboard, thinking he was seeing things.

Black and white pieces are interspersed, covering the entire chessboard.

"Which round is this?" Lin Jun asked the chubby girl who was dozing off next to him in a low voice.

She held up two fingers, yawned, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

"Who won the last round?" Lin Jun picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip to refresh himself.

"Ah Yan." The chubby girl shook her head and picked up the coffee her assistant had just brought her to drink.

She had been dozing for an hour, and if she didn't drink coffee soon, she probably would fall asleep standing up.

"despair!"

As the last piece was placed, Lin Ziyan's eyes brightened slightly.

"Looks like we don't need to start the third game."

Lin Shaowen's smile deepened, and he thought to himself, "As expected of the granddaughter taught by my grandmother, she has surpassed her master."

“Let’s talk about cooperation…” he began slowly.

…

Meanwhile, at Katie's headquarters.

Kuller and Corliss stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, smoking cigars, each lost in their own thoughts.

Kule just received a call from S Group, asking them to sell their patents.

The amount offered was indeed very tempting.

However, they were not qualified to sell this patent, and Kule refused outright, thus completely offending the S Group.

"Wollis insisted he didn't steal the technical data, but he was reported by the S Group," Corliss said sarcastically.

He dug his own hole and buried himself; that's exactly what happened to Woris.

He had a bright future ahead of him, and Katie's annual dividends were more than enough for him to squander.

This arrest means everything is over.

Kuller took a puff of his cigar. "Gamblers don't deserve sympathy."

"He has completely lost his rationality."

This incident served as a wake-up call for him, highlighting significant loopholes in the management of various departments.

Delegating power is a good thing, but he failed to monitor it regularly.

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