“Wow—”
The entire banquet hall was instantly in an uproar.
The guests looked at this absurd scene in disbelief.
Earl Drinker, who has never been interested in women, actually grabbed a young girl's hand in public!
Mu Xuewei lowered her head to hide the smile on her lips.
She succeeded.
No one noticed that Bai Xiangning in the corner crushed her headphones with a snap.
Only she knew that what Mu Xuewei drew was not ancient characters at all, but the mysterious patterns that appeared when the Jiuchen Bracelet was activated.
What Drinker thought was a "major archaeological discovery" was nothing more than an illusion created by the bracelet.
…
The next morning.
Gu Youran opened her eyes and habitually reached out to touch the place beside her. Shi Heng's body temperature was still on the bed sheet.
She stared at the sunken pillow for two seconds before she lifted the quilt and stood up.
Walking barefoot on the cashmere carpet, I immediately saw the tin box on the bedside table.
Pick up the box and open it gently.
There was an 865 yuan banknote inside, and on top was a photo of Han Jingchen from college.
The image that once kept her awake is now like an ordinary old photo, no longer causing any waves.
Gu Youran took out his phone and quickly typed a text message to Zhuoran:
"Please prepare 865 new one-dollar bills with consecutive numbers and bring them to the clinic."
After sending the message, she put the tin box into her handbag.
Ten minutes later, Gu Youran came to the kitchen door.
"woke up?"
Shi Heng said without turning his head, flipping the bacon nimbly with the spatula in his hand, "The honey tea is on the table, the temperature should be just right."
Gu Youran did not respond. She deliberately walked lightly behind him and suddenly put her arms around his waist.
Shi Heng paused, his back visibly stiffened for a moment, then relaxed.
"Why, didn't you hug me enough last night?" There was a smile in his low voice.
Gu Youran pressed her face against his back and said in a muffled voice, "Who told you to get up so early..."
Shi Heng turned off the fire and turned around, his fingertips gently stroking her slightly red cheeks, "I'm worried that someone will be hungry."
He placed a kiss on the top of her head. "Go sit down. It will be right away."
In the morning light, the two enjoyed breakfast quietly.
Shi Heng calmly pushed the most perfectly fried sunny-side-up egg in front of her.
An hour later.
A black Maybach stopped at the side door of Kangrui Hospital.
Gu Youran was about to get off the car when her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
"I'll come over to have lunch with you at noon and take you to the set."
Gu Youranhui held his hand, her fingertips gently hooked on his palm, "Hmm."
Shi Heng watched her figure completely disappear at the hospital gate before driving away.
…
Shi Group, conference room on the 28th floor.
At 8:45, more than a dozen executives had already taken their seats and were talking in low voices.
At this time, Shi Jue pushed the door open and walked in.
He was wearing a well-tailored dark gray suit, his tie was tied meticulously, and his leather shoes were so shiny that they could reflect a person's reflection.
This was the first time he attended a high-level meeting at the headquarters two days after taking office.
Qi Mo followed closely behind with steady steps, holding a research and development report for the third phase of the new energy project in his hand.
As a chief technology officer hired overseas at a high salary, he is sitting in the position of deputy general manager for the first time today.
The conference room suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's eyes shifted subtly between Shi Jue and Qi Mo.
Everyone knows that the new energy branch is the core industry that Shi Heng personally planned.
Now Shi Jue suddenly parachuted in to take over, and Qi Mo, the technical core, became the deputy.
"Good morning, everyone."
Shi Jue sat down on the right side of the main seat, in the general manager's exclusive seat, with a perfect smile on his face.
Qi Mo sat quietly beside him, his eyes behind the glasses calm and peaceful.
But under the conference table, his phone screen lit up and a message popped up:
【Proceed as planned】
At nine o'clock sharp, the door to the conference room opened again.
Shi Heng walked in wearing a black haute couture suit.
He did not take a seat immediately, but stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the panoramic view of the city.
This posture made everyone straighten their backs unconsciously.
"Let's get started." He said without turning his head.
Shi Jue flipped open the document and said, "I have carefully studied the strategic plan of the new energy branch, but some directions need to be adjusted."
The projector switched the screen, showing a new investment plan.
"Currently, the group's investment in hydrogen energy accounts for too large a proportion, while the market prefers lithium battery technology."
"I suggest cutting the hydrogen energy research and development budget by 40% and switching to the more mature lithium battery track."
There was a sound of gasps in the conference room.
Hydrogen energy is the strategic direction personally planned by Shi Heng, and 2.8 billion yuan has been invested in research and development in the early stage.
Several executives looked at Qi Mo at the same time.
As the technical director, what should he say?
But Qi Mo just lowered his head and flipped through the documents, as if he was indifferent to this game.
The CFO couldn't help but interrupt, "General Manager Shi, the hydrogen energy project is almost ready to produce results. If you suddenly change direction now, won't all the billions of dollars invested previously be wasted?"
"Director Zhang."
Shi Jue chuckled, "Doing business is not like falling in love. You can't be reluctant to cut losses just because you've invested too much."
He glanced at everyone present and said, "It's like stock trading. If you know your stock is going to hit the lower limit but still hold on, you're a gambler, not a businessman."
He suddenly turned to Qi Mo and asked, "Dr. Qi, as the technical director, what do you think?"
This is an open palace coup.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them.
Qi Mo slowly raised his head and said calmly, "From the perspective of market acceptance, General Manager Shi is right. Lithium batteries are indeed the mainstream choice at present."
The faces of the executives present suddenly turned ugly.
Shi Jue looked very pleased with himself and was about to pursue the victory.
"but."
Qi Mo suddenly changed the subject, tapping his fingertips on the tablet. "If we can reduce the cost of hydrogen fuel cells by 22%, the situation will be completely different."
The projection screen switched to a set of shocking data:
[A new generation of hydrogen fuel cells has achieved a breakthrough in core technology.]
[Electricity consumption increased by nearly one-third, precious metal usage was reduced by more than half, and overall costs dropped by 22%.]
"The laboratory has tested the product for three consecutive months and nothing has gone wrong."
Qi Mo pushed up his glasses and said, "Using this new process, the cost of our hydrogen fuel cells will be 15% lower than that of lithium batteries."
The conference room exploded instantly.
The R&D director stood up abruptly. "How is this possible? Last week's test report showed that costs remain high!"
"Because this is a groundbreaking experiment that was just completed last night."
Qi Mo took out a transparent sealed bag containing a silver-gray sheet.
"This is the core material we have newly developed. Using graphene as the base material can double the battery performance."
Shi Jue's smile froze on his face.
He didn't expect Qi Mo to do this.
It’s not a compromise, but using more disruptive technology to directly prove the value of hydrogen energy!
“No matter how good the technology is, it still needs financial support.”
“And the budget for new energy projects in the next quarter needs to be reassessed.”
This was Shi Jue's naked threat.
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