Upon hearing this, the three of them suddenly fell silent.

"It's alright. Since you've made up your mind, Lao Chen, then forget it. I was being a bit dramatic. I'm sorry." Li Bowen lowered his head, his voice sounding somewhat dejected.

"Why didn't you tell me all this?" Tian Xin asked quietly.

“What’s the point of saying this? I know the most important thing right now is the Jinglin Town project, and you’re all working hard for the Series B funding. I also want to do something for the company. I don’t want to just draft a contract, look at a contract, and that’s it.”

No, no, no.

Chen Cixiu immediately said, "Old Li, you're wrong if you think like that. You say your hard work isn't on the list, then I ask you, why weren't those businesses on the list poached? Is it really just because of us? Your contract is the most important thing. I don't know where you got this idea from."

But I can tell you, even without the binding force of your contract, it would be easy for them, Yunfeng, to poach our people. The contract is now beyond their means, which is why they can't poach our staff. Isn't that proof of your efforts? If that's how you think, then what are we? Human beings?

"Old Chen is right."

Cheng Yusheng said.

“Bowen, I don’t object to your wanting to poach Yung-Fung’s merchants, but the company can’t afford to invest any more money in this area right now. If you really can’t stand it, we can wait until after the company’s Series B funding round and then focus on dealing with Yung-Fung. We’ll then have a bidding war with them.”

Chen Cixiu made his promise.

Li Bowen wasn't so easily comforted, but Chen Cixiu's words seemed to ease his mind a bit.

"Li Bowen, come to my office."

Tian Xin said quietly.

Upon hearing this, Li Bowen shrank back and asked, "Can I not go?"

Tian Xin immediately left the chat.

Cheng Yusheng said, "Old Li has been making video calls to us all day and doesn't dare to see Tian Xin at all."

"Still young."

Chen Cixiu smiled.

"Not everyone is like you; he just graduated."

Cheng Yusheng said slowly.

The two looked at each other, and then, feeling that the words were directed at each other, they ended the video chat.