Chapter 40
Li Tingqin's eyes darkened when he heard this, but he didn't point out anything.
He tapped the table with his fingertips and smiled softly, "It's different. I just switched. I'm using the one you usually use."
Now that he cannot return to China, it is futile to say anything. He and Achen can only keep in touch through regular video calls in the morning and evening.
Li Tingqin thought for a moment, paused, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Ah Chen, can you play Go?"
Gu Chen said: "I know a little, but I'm not proficient in it."
Li Tingqin said: "I wrote a small program before, we can play it together when you are free."
Gu Chen's eyes showed some interest, and he did not refuse: "Okay."
Li Tingqin looked at the change in Gu Chen's expression and said, "Then I'll send it to you."
A small program popped up in Gu Chen's message bar. He clicked it and took a look. The interface was very simple. There was nothing else but two pixel figures playing chess.
On his side, the black piece moved first. He didn't look carefully and just casually tapped the screen to place the first piece.
Li Tingqin looked at the position he placed, which was indeed in line with Ah Chen's leisurely and casual style. He also casually placed a white piece and said, "Okay, Ah Chen, when you have time and think of it, you can place two pieces at will. I will receive a message reminder."
Li Tingqin was watching Gu Chen's chess style, and Gu Chen was also watching him. Seeing that Gu Chen seemed to be thinking about something, Li Tingqin said, "But Ah Chen, it's not a good time to use your brain before going to bed. Go to bed early. I have to deal with work too. Good night."
Gu Chen poked the pixelated man opposite him and said with a half-smile, "Okay, go ahead."
After hanging up the video, Li Tingqin stood up and said, "Let's go and check out the factory."
Secretary Xu stood up with him and arranged the vehicle and accompanying personnel.
On the way, Secretary Xu said, "Recently, there have been a lot of unemployed vagrants around the factory, and we have been here for two months. I guess the various forces have begun to wonder what we are doing..."
"Don't act rashly, everything remains the same." Li Tingqin said calmly, but his expression turned cold. "But if someone breaks in, we can't rule out the possibility that the factory security personnel will shoot in self-defense."
Arriving at the "factory", Li Tingqin checked the progress of each link on the spot, listened to the report of the person in charge, and said: "There is still a month left. According to the plan, we will finish it one week ahead of schedule. If we finish it ahead of schedule, we will leave ahead of schedule."
This factory produces not only Li's products, but also some scrapped, damaged and obsolete machinery from Country A, involving some core technologies of Country A. Researchers and engineers are restoring and reorganizing them for research.
Although these things have been processed when they are scrapped, there are still some valuable things in them. If they are sent back to the country, it will arouse the vigilance of country A and they will not be able to pass the customs. So they can only stay on the spot and carry out their work, trying to hurry up as much as possible.
After arranging this part of the work, Li Tingqin went to look at the other industries of the Li family. In fact, the Li family's business unit in Country A did not need him to watch it all the time, but not long after the marriage, the person in charge in Country A told him that they acquired a bankrupt company in Country A and accidentally found something in it. So he left Ah Chen and rushed here urgently.
However, he asked to speed up the progress not for Ah Chen, but for everyone's safety. Of course, if he could return home early, that would be the best result.
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Gu Zhongmao finally couldn't help it. After his secretary and Gu Kang reported to him that they couldn't contact Gu Chen, he still called Gu Chen himself. However, the prompt tone was still: "Sorry, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable to answer your call. Please call again later..."
Gu Zhongmao frowned and asked, "Ah Kang, what's going on?"
Gu Kang explained, "Father, it's always like this when Secretary Chen and I call. Xiao Chen must have blocked all of us. It's the same when we call from a different number. He may have even set up a whitelist." And no one in the Gu family was on the whitelist.
Gu Zhongmao snorted coldly, put down his phone and said, "That's really too arrogant. What's the point of me marrying him to Li Tingqin?"
Gu Kang said, "Father, from what I know, the Li family has said that Xiao Chen is recuperating in a villa in the mountains. There is also a possibility that the Li family suspected our motives and locked Xiao Chen up in the mountains and put him under house arrest. This can also explain why none of us can get through to him. I have talked to Qi Siyi, and he also said that he couldn't get in touch with him."
Gu Zhongmao pondered and said, "Even if he lives in the mountains, as long as he can move freely, he will eventually come down the mountain. As his brother, you should go to the mountains to visit him and find two private detectives to track his movements."
Gu Kang nodded: "Okay, father."
Gu Zhongmao said with some disdain and unwillingness: "Except for the content of the cooperation, the Li family will not let us take any advantage... It seems that my son will really become a decoration if he marries there."
Gu Kang first drove to the foot of the mountain in person. This mountain was Li Tingqin's ecological research base. There were fences and iron gates at the foot of the mountain, and people were not allowed to enter or exit easily.
Gu Kang looked up at the mountain. Due to ecological restoration, the mountain had a complex terrain and dense forests. No buildings could be seen at a glance. In such a mountain, it was simply unrealistic to walk in and out without taking a car to pass through the winding mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, the guard stopped their car and asked them why they were there.
Gu Kang said, "Hello, Master. My brother is Mr. Gu who lives in the villa on the mountain. I came to visit him." If Gu Chen was hidden in a mountain like this and didn't have a car, he might not be able to escape easily even if he wanted to.
The guard said, "Did you call ahead? I didn't hear anyone from the annex say anyone was visiting today."
Gu Kang handed the guard a cigarette and said naturally, "I decided to come here at the last minute. Maybe his phone was not at hand and he didn't answer the call?"
The guard waved his hand, didn't take the cigarette, and said, "Then please wait a moment, I need to ask something."
Gu Kang watched the security guard go to the side and make a phone call for less than a minute, then come back and say, "Sir, I'm sorry, Mr. Gu said he doesn't want to see him. How about you call Mr. Gu again?"
Gu Kang frowned and asked, "Master, didn't you tell him who I am? Didn't my brother give a reason for not seeing me?"
The guard glanced at him and said in a cold tone, "No."
"Okay, thank you, master. I'll come again next time after I make the contact." Gu Kang seemed to be thinking about something, and without further ado, he got in the car and returned.
On the way, he sat in the back seat and said to his assistant, "Did you notice that the guard only spent 30 seconds on the phone. Apart from the time he spent asking questions, the other party probably only spent a few seconds talking. Do you think he got through?"
The assistant said, "It looked like he made a fake move and then immediately rejected us by saying that the Second Young Master didn't see us. But in fact, he might not have even called to ask."
Gu Kang closed his eyes and began to rest. He was quite tired after running to the edge of the city. He said, "Then let the private detective keep an eye on this place. If he is not under house arrest, he will come down the mountain eventually." If he is really under house arrest, then this would be a useless move.
At the foot of the mountain, the security guard scratched his head while holding his cell phone. "Mr. Gu is such a gentle and polite person, but he would say no? These two people must have offended Mr. Gu..."
The private detective had been waiting near the iron gate at the foot of the mountain for several days, but still hadn't seen any vehicle carrying Gu Chen coming in or out, not even a possible car.
After listening to the initial feedback from the private detective, Gu Kang felt it was getting weirder. In modern society, could a living person really just disappear from the face of the earth? No news or trace at all?
But they are still in the cooperation stage with the Li family, and it is not realistic to break up just to find Gu Chen, so he said to Gu Zhongmao: "Father, I am afraid I have to ask you to call Mr. Li to test the waters."
Gu Zhongmao pondered, "Grandpa Li has the most old-fashioned ideas. He never likes young people to show up in public. It seems that last time, Xiao Chen was forcibly taken away from the show by Grandpa's right-hand men, and he has never appeared since then. Maybe this is also the reason why he was imprisoned in the mountains."
Although they already had some rough guesses, Gu Zhongmao still called Mr. Li: "Grandpa, I haven't greeted you for a long time. Are you still in good health?"
Old Master Li didn't want to talk about anything roundabout with someone like Gu Zhongmao, so he said directly, "Very good, nephew, just speak frankly."
Gu Zhongmao said, "Actually, it's nothing. I just saw Jiashu starting a business and my third son starting to work in a company. I thought our Xiaochen is timid, so I hope you can persuade Xiaochen to come out and gain some experience."
Speaking of this, the old man became excited and said immediately: "I also want him to go out and gain some experience. Last time I suggested giving him the Huaan subsidiary, he still refused. Why don't you try to persuade him, nephew?"
Gu Zhongmao was shocked when the old man mentioned Hua An right away. Could it be that the old man had even read the message that the assistant had sent to Gu Chen? He did not dare to mention the matter of letting Gu Chen go out for training again. Instead, he said, "Xiao Chen is not capable of taking over Hua An. It is better for him to learn more at home by your side first."
The old man said, "No, you must persuade him well, at least let him go out."
Gu Zhongmao: "I didn't raise this child, and he's not close to me. I'm afraid I can't persuade him... Old man, I have something to do suddenly. I'll visit you next time..."
Mr. Li: “…”
After hanging up the phone, Gu Zhongmao frowned, "Mr. Li is such a stubborn and old-fashioned person, and he said that Xiao Chen should go out. It's very abnormal, and he deliberately mentioned Hua An. I'm afraid he has noticed our thoughts... Forget it, Xiao Chen's move is almost useless, so let him live in the mountains. You don't need to explore this matter for the time being."
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Li Jiashu was dealing with the investment contracts, equity agreements and other matters between Gu Chen and the Yun family while also handling his own work. The sour feeling made him feel like he was floating in the air.
However, because of Gu Chen, the Yun family was very easy to talk to, and the equity negotiations went very smoothly. This was the first big thing he had to deal with when he first entered the business world. With Uncle Ming's patient guidance, the matter was smoothly implemented.
As for his own work, he just happened to acquire a garbage collection and transportation company and was going to integrate and reorganize it. With relevant experience, it was much easier to do. Thinking about it this way, it actually made sense for my sister-in-law to let him handle the Yun family's affairs. My sister-in-law was a god who was far-sighted.
As his company's organizational structure and operating system became more and more perfect, he felt that he was fully prepared to compete for the urban waste disposal franchise in H City. At this time, in order to prepare the relevant materials, he was completely dizzy from working overtime every day.
However, in the outside world, the Yun family’s competitors were still waiting for the Yun family to declare bankruptcy so that they could divide up the Yun family’s industrial base and related talents. Now, after waiting for so long, there is no news at all?
In fact, as an old-fashioned industry developed in the early years, the Yun family has a lot of foundation. Even if the Yun family is constantly declining with the expiration of the patent, the Yun family still has a complete industrial system. The new project that the Yun family is developing now is not without value. On the one hand, the investment return cycle is too long, and on the other hand, everyone is just taking advantage of the situation and waiting to divide up the Yun family.
How can the Yun family, which is already heavily in debt, stay stable and continue research?
The Yun family remained silent and could not get any information from them, but the outside world spent a lot of money to find out about the laboratory and finally found out that a mysterious "Professor Gu" had solved a difficult problem for them and even invested a huge amount of money.
However, they were unable to obtain any valuable information about the specific identity of this "Professor Gu".
They were originally waiting to poach people from the Yunxiu team, but now it seems that no one in this team is as valuable as this "Professor Gu".
"Hurry up and investigate further. Make sure to find out the identity of this Professor Gu. Judging from the Yun family's behavior, they probably haven't recruited him yet. If we can get ahead of the Yun family and invite Professor Gu to be a consultant, we will have the upper hand."
In fact, what the Yun family developed was exactly what they wanted, but they were not as stubborn as the Yun family and were not willing to invest their entire fortune in it. What they wanted was more direct results.
These competitors investigated and based on the frequency of discussions between Li Jiashu and the Yun family, they guessed that Li Jiashu might know this "Professor Gu" or even be the source of the news.
After many twists and turns, they finally got to Li Jiashu. The person entrusted with the task was also important. Li Jiashu became impatient with the questions. He was already distracted from his work, so he just said casually:
"Professor Gu is currently studying primitive plants in a deep mountain. He is not interested in these things, so please stop asking."
Li Jiashu doesn't like to lie, and everything he said is true. Isn't his brother doing ecological restoration in Songhe Mountain and planting a lot of rare plants?
"And now I can't contact him. He does very important things every day, and my elders won't let me disturb him."
"Oh..." The visitor seemed to understand something, and then he went back and ordered, "Go to Shennongjia and ask if there is any team led by Professor Gu who has entered the mountain."
Li Jiashu dismissed several groups of people in a daze. Finally, he closed the document and said, "Oh my God! My bid is finally done!"
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