Chapter 158 Let him come and talk

"Yo, Young Master Chen, you're back?" Li Jianren smiled sarcastically, glanced at his watch, and said, "You're a full 42 minutes late!"

Tanzhi's working hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with a break from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

In fact, Chen Jingyang left before 11 o'clock—no need to clock in at noon, he left after finishing his work.

Chen Jingyang calmly sat down at the workstation opposite Li Jianren. The workstation was originally occupied by a senior engineer from the technical department, but he had been fired by the company in order to "remove" Li Jianren's "henchmen." The company had not yet recruited a new person in the past two days, so the workstation was empty.

He chuckled, casually crossed his legs, put his hands in his pockets, and leaned back in his chair: "Is Director Li starting to take over the administrative department's work? Or is he so bored that he's using checking up on people to kill time?"

The intense tension emanating from these two individuals quickly spread throughout the entire office.

If Li Jianren had come to see him a few hours earlier, he might have had some reservations—fearing that Li Jianren would cause trouble for Zhang Pengfei.

But now that Du Mingxuan has taken up his post, anyone who wants to control him will have to consider whether they have enough influence or if their hands are made of diamond!

The office fell silent instantly. Everyone lowered their heads, held their breath, and secretly glanced sideways, cautiously watching the two fierce tigers fight.

Li Jianren frowned slightly, somewhat doubting the accuracy of Chen Qinian's "intelligence".

Wasn't Chen Jingyang supposed to be very well-behaved these days?

Didn't they say he was told to go east but wouldn't dare go west?

And yet he still acts all high and mighty!

He actually knelt down in front of Chen Qishan, crying and saying that he would obey.

It doesn't seem like it!

Li Jianren stopped smiling, stood up, and said seriously, "The notification regarding the iterative work has been issued. I hope Engineer Chen can complete his duties well."

Chen Jingyang remained seated, tilting his head and looking up at him with a nonchalant smile: "Engineer Li, you just need to mind your own business. Don't come here all the time. Firstly, I'm afraid it'll tire you out, and secondly..."

He flashed a set of perfectly white teeth: "It really affects my mood at work. If anything goes wrong, don't blame me."

"Hmph!" Having been given the cold shoulder, Li Jianren left with a dark face and went straight to Chen Qinian's office.

Chen Qinian was busy reviewing projects, and without Chen Jingyang as a "filter," he suddenly had a lot more to do.

Although Li Jianren nominally replaced Chen Jingyang, he was only a "guest CTO" for Zenti and could not access Zenti's core secrets. He could only provide "guidance" on projects related to Zenti.

"President Chen!" Li Jianren stood straight in front of Chen Qinian's desk, his tone unfriendly. Chen Qinian knew at a glance that this was no good news, and quickly told his assistant Zhu Hongzhi to go out and close the door behind him.

"Engineer Li, what's wrong?" He smiled and personally poured a cup of hot tea for the man and handed it to him.

You can't hit someone who's all smiles, so Li Jianren had no choice but to snort and take the water, but put it directly on the coffee table: "Are you sure Chen Jingyang will cooperate well with the project? Let me make this clear beforehand, Zenti attaches great importance to the progress of the iteration work and will not tolerate any failures!"

"Of course." Chen Qinian agreed verbally, but inwardly he was wondering: What's going on? How did it all start with Chen Jingyang?

“Iterative work is not only of great significance to Zenti, but also crucial to the development of Tanzhi. He dares not treat this matter lightly.”

Li Jianren then sat down and said bluntly, "You'd better guarantee that nothing goes wrong, otherwise our cooperation will end immediately, and it's hard to say how long Tanzhi will be able to survive then."

As Chen Jingyang predicted, the problems that arose on the client's side were quickly resolved by the "technical assistance team" led by Li Jianren.

Thanks to the "halo effect" of Zenti, Tanzhi is experiencing a "thriving" scene, with orders pouring in.

However, Chen Qinian also understood that this superficial prosperity was achieved by Tanzhi lowering its own value.

Chen Jingyang originally positioned Tanzhi as a platform company that makes money through APIs and ecosystems, capable of standing on par with or even surpassing Zenti. However, in doing so, Tanzhi became a service provider that enhances the value of hardware through algorithm optimization, directly transforming from a "disruptor" into an "ecosystem partner," essentially losing all strategic autonomy.

Afterwards, Tanzhi became deeply integrated with Zenti. Although this provided them with stable computing power and cost optimization, eliminating their anxiety about exorbitant computing costs and fluctuating supply chains, it also significantly reduced their brand influence and industry voice.

But for Chen Qinian, that was enough.

He always felt that Chen Jingyang's ambitions were too great and his path too extreme. Why did he have to "change the world"? Wouldn't it be better to just quietly count his money?

Although he didn't know how Chen Jingyang had offended Li Jianren, he knew that the two had a long-standing feud. However, if he wanted to complete the succession quickly and smoothly, Chen Jingyang was indispensable, so he could only try to persuade Li Jianren.

"Engineer Li, don't worry, no one dares to joke about Tanzhi's future. Even if he doesn't listen to me, he wouldn't dare to disobey the chairman. We have plenty of ways to make him obey."

Li Jianren's expression finally improved a bit, but he still didn't drink the tea. He stood up and said, "Then I'll wait and see."

After sending the large Buddha statue away, Chen Qinian immediately ordered Zhu Hongzhi: "Go and have Chen Jingyang come over here."

Since Li Jianren had come looking for him in such a menacing manner, he dared not take it lightly. After all, Chen Jingyang was a very difficult kid to manage!

Sure enough, Zhu Hongzhi returned soon, and he came back alone.

"Mr. Chen, Chen Jingyang said he's very busy right now and can't come over, and he also said..."

Chen Qinian's temper flared up: "What did you say? Stop beating around the bush!"

Zhu Hongzhi cleared his throat, lowered his voice, and quickly considered his words, trying to mask the disrespect in Chen Jingyang's tone: "Tell him that if you have any urgent matters, you can go down and find him."

Chen Jingyang's original words were: Tell Chen Qinian to come over and say whatever he wants to say!

There were many people in the large office area at the time. Chen Jingyang's voice was neither deliberately raised nor lowered. Zhu Hongzhi felt that anyone with normal hearing could hear it clearly.

His voice was calm and even, neither angry nor happy, carrying the composure and imposing presence of a superior, like an emperor traveling incognito. Even without sitting on the throne, wearing a dragon robe and crown, he exuded the majesty unique to an emperor.

Chen Qinian snorted coldly. He had originally planned to stay at the company and work overtime tonight, but now...

He changed his mind.

He was going to report the project progress to Chen Qishan and, incidentally, "witness" how Chen Jingyang greeted him!

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