For a moment, everyone felt something was wrong; this script... seemed quite different from what they had imagined!
The Lin couple were dumbfounded. They looked at each other and saw deep confusion in each other's eyes.
Old Master Lin was also taken aback.
He originally thought that Lin Fan would argue with him, or even try to bargain with him.
He was all prepared for a heated debate with Lin Fan, but he never expected... Lin Fan would just back down like that?
However, after a brief moment of surprise, a barely perceptible glint flashed in Old Master Lin's eyes. He narrowed his eyes slightly, staring intently at Lin Fan, and asked in a deep voice, "Lin Fan, you... are you telling the truth?"
Lin Fan looked at Old Master Lin with clear and firm eyes, without the slightest hesitation or retreat: "Of course it's true."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone again, and slowly said, "Since everyone thinks I'm not worthy, then I might as well not take the position of president of Lin's Group."
As he spoke, Lin Fan stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the door without looking back.
"Lin Fan! What... what are you doing?" Ye Yuyan quickly caught up with Lin Fan, grabbed his arm, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. "Why did you resign? You built the Lin Group from scratch! How could you... how could you give it up so easily?"
Lin Fan stopped and turned around. Looking at Ye Yuyan's anxious expression, he sighed softly, reached out to smooth the stray hairs on her forehead, and said gently, "Yuyan, don't worry, listen to me."
He pulled Ye Yuyan to the side of the road, out of sight of the Lin family mansion, before slowly speaking: "Do you think I really care about the position of president of the Lin Group?"
Ye Yuyan was stunned, blinked, and looked at Lin Fan with a blank expression.
Lin Fan gave a wry smile and shook his head: "The Lin Group is just an empty shell now! All that prosperity and glory you see is just a facade!"
"An empty shell?" Ye Yuyan exclaimed in surprise, her voice trembling slightly. "How...how is this possible? Isn't the Lin Group...isn't it thriving?"
Lin Fan gazed intently into the distance, his voice low and cold: "That's because they don't know that the Lin Group is already heavily indebted, its cash flow has dried up, and it could go bankrupt at any moment! Everything I did before was just barely keeping it afloat..."
He turned his head, looked at Ye Yuyan's shocked expression, and continued, "Now, if they want to split up the family and seize power, let them fight for it! Let them experience what despair truly means!"
Ye Yuyan was stunned and it took her a long time to come to her senses. She grabbed Lin Fan's hand tightly and asked anxiously, "Then... what are you going to do? All your hard work over the years, are you just going to let it all go to waste?"
Lin Fan smiled, a hint of confidence and nonchalance in his smile: "How could it be in vain? Yu Yan, have you forgotten, I still have Qihang!"
“Set sail…” Ye Yuyan murmured to herself, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.
"Let's go back to Qihang!" Lin Fan grabbed Ye Yuyan's hand and strode forward.
Qihang Technology Company was founded by Lin Fan, who poured countless efforts and hopes into it.
As soon as I stepped into the gate of Qihang Company, the receptionist exclaimed with delight, "Mr. Lin! You're back!"
Immediately afterward, a young man dressed in a business suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, looking shrewd and capable, strode over and excitedly shook Lin Fan's hand: "President Lin! You're finally back! We've all missed you so much!"
He is the person in charge of Qihang and Lin Fan's most trusted assistant—Zhao Qiang.
"Zhao Qiang, how's the company doing lately?" Lin Fan asked as he walked inside.
Zhao Qiang followed behind Lin Fan, his face showing a mixture of excitement and worry: "President Lin, the company is operating well overall, and all businesses are progressing steadily, but..."
"Just what?" Lin Fan keenly noticed the unusual tone in Zhao Qiang's voice.
Zhao Qiang hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth:
"Mr. Lin, we've encountered some difficulties with a new project we've been developing recently."
The core technology of this project requires a special chip, but... the foreign partner company has been refusing to provide core technology support, and we... we're now facing a bottleneck..."
Lin Fan paused slightly, his brows furrowing tightly.
He turned around, looked at Zhao Qiang, and asked in a deep voice, "What exactly happened?"
Zhao Qiang pushed up his glasses, his face showing resentment, and said through gritted teeth, "It's all because of those bastards from the Song family pulling strings behind the scenes!"
"The Song family?" Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing in them.
The Song family is Qihang's biggest competitor in the industry.
They have always viewed Qihang as a thorn in their side, and have tried to trip it up both openly and secretly more than once.
“Yes!” Zhao Qiang said bitterly, “The foreign company we contacted before was called ‘Corey.’ We had already reached an agreement on cooperation and were just waiting to sign the contract. But then, the Song family somehow got wind of it and sent people over directly, poaching Corey with a higher price!”
He grew angrier as he spoke, and slammed his fist on the table: "These bastards! They have no ability to develop their own research, so all they can do is resort to these despicable tricks! This is simply outrageous!"
Lin Fan's face was terribly gloomy, his fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles were white.
"Is there absolutely no room for maneuver on Corey's side?"
Zhao Qiang shook his head helplessly: "It's difficult! The Song family has gone all out this time, and the conditions they've offered are simply unbeatable. Moreover, Corey's side... seems to be a bit greedy and doesn't care about the previous cooperative relationship at all."
After hearing Zhao Qiang's words, Lin Fan fell silent. He knew that Zhao Qiang was right; under these circumstances, it was virtually impossible to obtain the core technology from Kerui.
The meeting room was completely silent, the atmosphere so oppressive it was hard to breathe.
After a long silence, Lin Fan suddenly raised his head, his eyes burning with fierce determination, and said resolutely, "In that case, let's develop it ourselves!"
"Develop it yourself?"
Zhao Qiang was stunned. He stared at Lin Fan in disbelief.
"President Lin, this...this is no joke! Chip development requires a huge investment of funds and consumes a lot of time and energy! And...and we didn't have any prior technical experience in this area..."
Ye Yuyan was also stunned.
Although she didn't understand technology, she knew how difficult chip development was—it was harder than climbing to heaven!
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