Lin Fan looked at them, feeling a surge of disgust.
These people are just a bunch of opportunists, always changing sides.
They were willing to abandon him without hesitation for their own benefit.
Now that they see he has some use, they want to bring him back.
"I'll say it again, I have absolutely no connection with your Lin family anymore! Don't bother me anymore!"
"Nephew, how...how could you say that?"
Lin Shan became anxious, "We're your family! Are you really going to just stand by and watch the Lin Group go bankrupt?"
"What does it matter to me whether the Lin Group goes bankrupt or not?"
"When you kicked me out of the Lin family, did you ever think about how I felt?"
Now that you're in trouble, you want me to go back and clean up your mess?
Do you think I'd be that stupid?
"Nephew, listen to me."
Undeterred, Lin Shan continued to persuade him, "As long as you're willing to come back, we guarantee that you'll still be in charge of the Lin Group! All we relatives need is ten million a month for living expenses!"
"Ten million?" Lin Fan could hardly believe his ears.
"You guys really dare to ask for that! Do you think I'm your ATM?"
"Nephew, is ten million a lot?" Lin Shanxian said shamelessly.
"You can earn tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, just by moving your fingers!"
We relatives work hard all our lives and we can't earn this much money!
"Give us ten million, consider it a tribute, is that alright?"
"No way!" Lin Fan said decisively.
"I won't give you a single penny! Forget about it!"
After saying that, Lin Fan turned and left, no longer wanting to pay attention to these shameless relatives.
Lin Fan turned and left, leaving Lin Shan and his group jumping up and down in frustration, but there was nothing they could do.
Ye Yuyan followed closely behind Lin Fan, watching his resolute back, feeling both heartache and relief.
After Lin Fan and Ye Yuyan left, Lin Shan sighed dejectedly.
The Lin family's relatives all looked like defeated roosters, dejected and crestfallen.
"Big brother! What... what are we going to do? Lin Fan refuses to come back, what will happen to the company?"
A relative with a pointed face and monkey-like features broke the silence first, his voice trembling with tears.
"Yes, brother! You'd better think of something! We're still counting on the company's profit sharing!"
Another short, plump woman joined in the clamor, her fat jiggling.
"What can I do?!" Lin Shan slammed his fist on the table and roared.
"Who was it that forced Lin Fan to leave in the first place? Now that the company is losing money like this, you all suddenly remember him?!"
"Big brother, back then... we didn't mean to..."
The weasel-faced relative stammered, "We didn't...we didn't just listen to you..."
"Bullshit!" Lin Shan kicked over the coffee table.
"Stop fucking trying to pin the blame on me! You were all so eager to help back then! Now that things have gone wrong, you want me to take all the blame? No way!"
"Brother, you're wrong about that!"
The short, plump woman shrieked, "If you hadn't instigated us, would we have pressured Lin Fan? Now that the company is losing money, you're partly responsible!"
"What responsibility do I bear?!"
Lin Shan stared wide-eyed, the veins on his neck bulging.
"Lin Fan built the company from scratch. He's gone, and the company is losing money—that's his responsibility! What does it have to do with me?!"
"Brother, that's incredibly heartless of you to say!"
A middle-aged man with a mustache said in a sarcastic tone.
"Lin Fan left, and you're the one who took over the company's mess. If the company loses money, that's your responsibility!"
"You...you..."
Lin Shan was so angry that he trembled all over, pointing at his mustache, unable to speak for a long time.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing!"
An old man who hadn't spoken until now, leaning on his cane, stood up shakily.
"What's the point of arguing now? Let's think of a way to get Lin Fan back!"
"How can we invite them?" Lin Shan said irritably. "They've become too big for their britches now and don't respect us at all! I already said all that, but they still refuse to come back!"
"But... but we can't just let it go like this!" the weasel-faced relative cried out anxiously. "If the company goes bankrupt, we'll have nothing left!"
"Yes, brother! You have to think of something!"
We're counting on you!
"If you don't take care of us, we'll cause trouble!"
The Lin family relatives were all talking at once, each trying to pin the blame on Lin Shan.
Lin Shan was dizzy and irritated by the noise.
He went to great lengths to drive Lin Fan out of the Lin family, and it took him a lot of effort to finally succeed.
Now look what's happened; they've shot themselves in the foot.
"Shut up, all of you!" Lin Shan slammed his hand on the table and roared, "What's all the noise about! What's there to argue about!"
The Lin family relatives were startled and immediately fell silent.
Lin Shan slumped into a chair.
"No! I can't just let this go!"
Lin Shan slammed his hand on the table, jumped up from his chair, and a mad glint flashed in his eyes. "I have to find Lin Fan! Yes! Find him!"
He paced around the office like a headless fly, muttering incessantly, "Lin Fan... Lin Fan... you little brat, you can't treat me like this! I'm your uncle! I'm your own uncle!"
He stumbled to his desk, grabbed his car keys haphazardly, and rushed out of the office.
"Big brother, where are you going?" The man with the mustache chased after him, asking with a worried expression.
"Get out of my way!" Lin Shan shoved his mustache aside and roared, "Don't fucking block my way!"
The man with the mustache stumbled and nearly fell to the ground. Seeing Lin Shan's frantic state, he was too frightened to speak.
Qihang Technology's R&D center was brightly lit.
On the huge circular workbench, various blueprints, data sheets, and disassembled chip parts were scattered.
The air was filled with the distinctive smell of electronic components, mixed with the rich aroma of coffee.
Lin Fan and his team members sat together, each of them looking exhausted.
"No, this algorithm still has a problem..."
"The logical chain here is broken..."
"The data doesn't match..."
The team members' voices grew softer and softer, their brows furrowed in worry. They had been working tirelessly for over ten hours, trying every method imaginable, but they were still unable to break through the final barrier.
"Brother Fan, are we... in a dead end?" A young engineer looked up at Lin Fan, his eyes bloodshot, his voice filled with despair.
Lin Fan rubbed his throbbing temples, forced himself to stay alert, and glanced at his team members.
At this moment, he is the backbone of this team; he cannot fall.
"Don't lose heart, everyone," Lin Fan said in a deep and powerful voice.
"Professor Zhou's materials represent cutting-edge technology in the chip industry, so it's normal that they're difficult to analyze. If we review them carefully again, we're sure to find a breakthrough!"
He pointed to a huge whiteboard, which was covered with various formulas and charts.
“We’ll divide the entire algorithm into several modules and tackle them one by one. Xiao Wang, you’re in charge of the logic verification for module A; Xiao Li, you’re in charge of the data verification for module B; Lao Zhang, you’re in charge of…”
Lin Fan assigned tasks methodically.
"Brother Fan is right! Let's try again!"
"I refuse to believe that with so many of us, we can't handle a tiny chip!"
"Let's do it!"
The team members rallied and threw themselves back into the intense research and development work.
However, as time passed, the problem remained unresolved.
"No, we still can't get past this point..."
"How could this data suddenly disappear?"
"What exactly is going on?"
The team members' voices were once again filled with anxiety and unease.
Lin Fan's expression grew increasingly grave. If this technological bottleneck couldn't be overcome quickly, Qihang Technology's chip development project might very well come to a standstill.
"Everyone, stop for a moment." Lin Fan's voice was weary. "Let's change our approach..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a rapid ringing of the telephone.
Lin Fan picked up his phone and saw that the caller ID showed Ye Yuyan. His heart tightened.
"squeak--!"
The screeching sound of brakes ripped through the night sky, followed by a loud bang.
A black sedan that had gone out of control crashed into a roadside guardrail, its front end severely deformed and billowing thick smoke.
The airbags had deployed, but the driver remained motionless, slumped over the steering wheel, his fate unknown.
The driver of this car was Lin Shan.
He sped along, his mind a complete mess, focused solely on finding Lin Fan, confronting him, and even...
However, his loss of emotional control caused him to completely ignore the road conditions, ultimately leading to this tragedy.
Passing drivers stopped their cars and called the police and emergency services.
"Quick! Save them!"
"This person seems to be dying..."
"Call 120 immediately!"
The scene was chaotic.
Soon, police cars and ambulances arrived with sirens blaring.
Medical staff quickly lifted Lin Shan out of the deformed carriage and performed emergency treatment.
"Blood pressure dropped!"
"Weak heartbeat!"
"Prepare for defibrillation!"
The medical staff sounded anxious and tense.
Lin Shan was lifted into an ambulance, which sped off with sirens blaring, and taken to the nearest hospital.
The news quickly reached Lin's relatives.
"What? My brother was in a car accident?"
"What...what should we do?"
"Go to the hospital right away!"
The Lin family relatives were in a panic and rushed to the hospital.
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