The first round of negotiations between the Forsaken and the City of Nightsin ended in complete failure.
When she walked out of the conference hall, Shen Qin's face was somewhat pale.
She had originally thought that she could take this opportunity to talk to Xu Shi and find out his strengths and weaknesses.
The result was that he was humiliated beyond repair and left in a sorry state.
At that moment, she felt incredibly upset, as if she had lost all face.
This guy is absolutely wicked.
The remaining people weren't much better off, especially Zhao Yuan, whose face looked even worse than hers... Only Song Chen seemed a little more relaxed, lost in thought.
"Oh dear, Xu Shi, you really don't know how to cherish a woman!"
After the meeting, Xie Qingyan approached Xu Shi, covered her face and chuckled, teasingly saying, "At least give that Miss Nan some face, okay? If I were her, I would definitely be crying when I got back."
"If you're going to cry, remember to give me a heads-up beforehand, since I've never seen you cry before."
Xu Shi joked back, showing no remorse whatsoever.
He was focused on how to extract the most value from the bones of the "Forgotten," and as for Shen Qin's feelings and attitude towards him? That was unimportant.
Besides, do you really think that bitch is blaming him for this? She's probably secretly gloating.
And that is indeed the case.
Xie Qingyan had no sympathy for the "forgotten ones" either; all she valued was the worth they could bring.
If she had spoken earlier, she probably wouldn't have done much better than Xu Shi. At most, she would have been slightly more moderate, giving the other party some leeway so they could make a fuss later.
But essentially there is no difference.
She doesn't need to be the one to take the lead now; she's happy to achieve two goals at once.
"Waaah, I'm not 'Your Qingyan' anymore? I'm so sad."
So when she heard Xu Shi say that, she only pretended to cry for a moment, but she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.
What is this called?
Xu Shi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and it took him a while to remember that he had actually said something like that during the last meeting... But why does it sound so out of place coming from Xie Qingyan's mouth?
Although he had to admit, the woman was actually quite cute.
But are you the type of clingy, tearful little girl?
Even if you're faking it, not every single one of you is like that!
"...Speaking of which, Qingyan, you didn't come to see me just to cry in front of me, did you?"
He was a little uncomfortable with this and immediately changed the subject to get down to business.
"Just trying to lighten the mood. If you don't like it, that's fine too."
Xie Qingyan pursed her lips, then crossed her arms and said, "Given the current situation, it won't be long before we acquire a large quantity of the Forgotten Ones' resources and technologies. Shouldn't we start preparing for further research on the 'Overlimit Project'?"
Xu Shi remained noncommittal.
Both ore and research materials can bring them significant improvements.
The main purpose is to avoid taking detours and unnecessary waste of resources.
As he said before, this is the greatest value of the "forgotten".
Thinking about it this way, according to the original pattern, Shen Qin really is an upgrade package prepared for Shen He.
Once he has reaped enough gains in the City of Night Sin, he will give this boost to further expand his power.
Unfortunately, he can no longer enjoy these things.
I had no choice but to reluctantly do it myself.
but.
"Of course, that's no problem. We've always been working together."
Xu Shi nodded slightly, but also didn't forget to bluntly remind Xie Qingyan, "But I heard that your 'Prism' people have been somewhat uncooperative lately? Qingyan, you should pay attention to this."
"Is such a thing even possible?"
Xie Qingyan blinked, feigning ignorance, "I really didn't follow up... why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I guess the research and development has hit a bottleneck... It should get better once those things are in place, they'll be very busy."
Of course, she pretended to be stupid on the surface, but in reality she knew everything. She even gave the orders herself... Just like Xu Shi thought, she was indeed trying to break away from the team and allocate manpower and resources to independently develop the second-generation product.
This is consistent with her usual style, but it also reflects her resentment towards Xu Shi.
To be fair, re-establishing cooperation with "Snake Ring" is definitely a good thing. Putting aside everything else, the "Twin" chip project alone has made "Prism" a fortune.
She also took the opportunity to acquire more shares of "Shark Tooth", further weakening Boss He's influence... It all seemed like a steady and positive development.
But she did not feel the corresponding joy.
Because Xu Shi has outmaneuvered us again!
To be fair, she didn't really suffer a loss in the Sin City incident. After all, although she didn't gain anything, the losses weren't too great either.
Moreover, since he deliberately tried to stir things up in secret, he can't blame others for his failure.
But Xu Shi had anticipated her move and struck first, which was something she could not tolerate.
When did this guy become so meticulous and detail-oriented?
The key question is, how did this scoundrel know that he had a cooperative relationship with "White Iron"?
She knew it couldn't have been Ye Shanshan who revealed it; Little Curly's loyalty was unquestionable.
Song Ziyou wouldn't have the guts; if he did, he wouldn't have picked on him... That's why it's so absurd, right? There's a traitor within "White Iron"?
But in any case, being repeatedly humiliated is a very unpleasant thing.
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