Chapter 237 Falling behind, everything is too late
Gu Shangyou's face was as gloomy as a cold pond. He looked at Sun Quan and confirmed again: "Where did you get this information? Is it accurate?"
For project secrets like this, Jiang should wait until the new product is launched before announcing it. How did he get wind of it?
Sun Quan quickly explained, "Chairman, I came back after the Lunar New Year and was having dinner with a few classmates from the same department at my alma mater. An old classmate from the Jiang's artificial intelligence project team got drunk and accidentally told me about this."
"According to the timeline he described, it roughly coincides with the time you originally arranged for Hao Peng's technical team to meet with the other party. If the project requires code testing, our three teams will definitely participate, but we haven't received any information. That's why I conclude that Hao Peng didn't contact the other party at all, which led to the loss of cutting-edge programs."
"Director Li of the technical team is Hao Peng's brother-in-law. I was afraid that if I reported this to Director Li, he would try to suppress it, so I dared to report this matter directly to you."
After hearing what Sun Quan said, Gu Shangyou's face turned terribly dark.
The main reason was that when he handed this matter over to Hao Peng from the technical team, he specifically instructed him, "If the project does not meet Gu's standards, just reject it directly. If there is no subsequent cooperation, there is no need to explain the details and results to him."
How long has it been?
There was no follow-up news on this matter, so he thought that the work produced by Chen Ci's team was not good enough to meet Gu's standards, so the cooperation had been terminated long ago.
After all, he was not optimistic about this "makeshift" team composed of fresh graduates from the very beginning.
But being pessimistic was just his expectation. It didn't mean that the other party was really incapable, nor did it mean that the employees he ordered could be so lazy or even not do their work at all!
This is dereliction of duty!
And it is very likely to cause huge losses to the company!
Gu Shangyou immediately called the technical department, and he called the technical director Li Xiaofeng and the leader of the technical team Hao Peng to come to the chairman's office.
"You should go back to work first."
Gu Shangyou first sent Sun Quan away to prevent the other party from finding out that he was the one who informed the secret. Competition in large companies is fierce, and trouble is inevitable.
Sun Quan nodded, left the office and closed the door behind him.
Gu Shangyou's blood boiled and he stood up and paced back and forth in the office.
Although Jiang's Group has just entered the field of artificial intelligence and there is still a big gap between it and Gu's Group, the industry leader, Jiang's Group is financially strong and has almost never made a mistake in any of the fields it has entered.
The fact that they are interested in Chen Ci's project is enough to show that what the Chen Ci team has produced is definitely not mediocre and must have its merits.
Gu Shangyou knew clearly what the updates and iterations of artificial intelligence meant to the industry. There was no permanent leader in this field, and the so-called leading position was nothing more than an empty title that would crumble in the wind and rain, because once other groups developed new technologies, Gu's position would be replaced at any time.
At this moment, Gu Shangyou's worries echoed what Chen Ci had said to Luo Tianrui: "The biggest fear in this industry is falling behind!"
To fall behind others means to fall behind in wealth.
By then it will be too late!
What puzzled Gu Shangyou even more was that they had clearly agreed on it at the beginning, so why didn’t the two parties meet in person?
Did Shen Ci break his promise and switch to Jiang's, or did something unexpected happen in between?
Gu Shangyou didn't quite believe that Chen Ci was going back on her word. After all, he was moved by her sincerity at first, but the cooperation didn't work out. Chen Ci didn't even come to him a second time to seek a solution, and she didn't even reveal any news to Lian Xing.
This made him mistakenly believe that the project itself was not good, so the cooperation was not achieved!
Thinking of this, Gu Shangyou quickly picked up the mobile phone on the table and called his daughter.
At the driving school, Gu Lianxing was concentrating on operating the car. Because her sense of direction was very poor, driving was actually a very difficult thing for her, and she could easily make mistakes if she was not careful.
On the entire driving practice ground, the car that was moving as slowly as a turtle belonged to Gu Lianxing.
The next second, because the car was going too slowly and the car was a bit old, the car stalled.
"Eh?" Gu Lianxing looked around confused and said, "Coach, the car broke down!"
The coach in the passenger seat took a deep breath, his expression of speechlessness and patience hilarious. He tapped the keys and said, "The car is turned off! Restart it!"
"Huh? How could it stall when it was running fine? This car is so broken."
"You're driving too slowly. When will you get your driver's license if you keep learning like this?"
Gu Lianxing blinked innocently: "Safety first. This place is so small, it's easy to get into an accident if you drive too fast."
coach:"……"
Gu Lianxing was about to start the car again when Jiang Lingchuan suddenly came over and knocked on her window.
She slowly rolled down the car window, and before she could say anything, Jiang Lingchuan had already handed her the phone: "Uncle Gu's call."
Gu Lianxing was slightly stunned, and subconsciously answered: "Dad?"
"Lian Xing." Gu Shangyou didn't have time to waste on nonsense and asked directly: "Dad wants to ask you, why didn't Shen Ci meet with the person Dad arranged for the project she was going to cooperate with Gu's before? Did she mention it to you?"
Gu Lianxing thought about it after hearing this, and replied seriously: "No, she went!"
Gu Lianxing was deeply impressed by this incident, because the day when Chen Ci brought his team to meet with Gu happened to be the day when Teacher Li's divorce lawsuit was heard.
So Shen Ci did not go to the court session that day, but went to Gu's for the team!
After she told this to her father, she subconsciously wondered, "Dad, could it be that the people from the Gu Group deliberately neglected Shen Ci, which led to her refusing Gu Group's cooperation?"
Since it is certain that Chen Ci went there, then the reason why she was not seen must be due to Gu's side. Lian Xing's guess is very reasonable.
Gu Shangyou took a deep breath and said, "Dad knows. I'll take care of some things first."
"Dad, I know Chen Ci. She doesn't ask for help easily. She was willing to ask me to help connect you for this project just to meet you. This is enough to prove how much she values this matter. If this is really Gu's fault, I hope you can apologize to her because she is my best friend. Even if Gu looked down on her, she never said a word to me."
After hearing what his daughter said, Gu Shangyou felt a little guilty.
Because he didn't take the matter too seriously in the first place, it indirectly led to this result. If he had taken it more seriously, things would definitely not have developed like this.
“Don’t worry, Dad will definitely find out what happened. If it’s Gu’s fault, Dad can apologize to Shen Ci.”
Moving is too tiring. I don’t want to move again in my life QAQ
(End of this chapter)
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