Chapter 280
Shenzhen, the ZTE-Huawei-Coolpad-Lenovo headquarters building, Conference Room 1 on the top floor.
Li Sinan stood in front of the projection screen, holding a laser pointer.
Projected on the screen was MicroChat's data curve during the National Day holiday. The green line representing daily active users was surging upward at an almost vertical angle.
Sitting across the conference table were three business executives from the mobile phone manufacturer.
Sitting at the head of the table, President Wang leaned forward, his eyes glued to the market feedback report for the voice call feature on the screen.
"President Wang, this is the real-time data after MicroChat pushed out version 1.5 early this morning."
Li Sinan clicked her presenter pen, switching to a slide showing user retention rates and average daily online time.
"Completely free voice calls, with clear audio quality and zero latency. At present, it has been fully rolled out in internet cafes and universities across the nation's lower-tier markets."
"This is not just a social app; it is an essential tool that can directly change users' communication habits."
After listening to Li Sinan's report, President Wang rubbed his chin and turned to exchange a few quiet words with the deputy next to him.
The deputy nodded repeatedly.
Smack!
President Wang slapped his thigh, his previously serious face instantly breaking into a wide smile.
"Great stuff! Ms. Li, your team has created an incredible product!"
He stood up and extended his hand to Li Sinan on his own initiative. "The smartphone market is too fiercely competitive right now, and hardware homogenization is a serious issue. We are exactly in need of a killer app like this that hits users right in their pain points to drive terminal sales. MicroChat's voice feature is absolutely a massive selling point!"
Li Sinan shook his hand, finally feeling a sense of relief in her heart.
Over the next half hour, the atmosphere between the two parties was excellent. They quickly finalized the cooperation details for factory pre-installation and the traffic profit-sharing ratio.
President Wang personally walked Li Sinan to the door of the conference room.
"Then it's settled. Our legal team will go over the contract details today, and tomorrow morning at nine, Ms. Li, you can bring your team over, and we will officially sign it."
Li Sinan gave a crisp nod. "It's a deal."
The next morning, at 8:50.
Li Sinan, accompanied by her legal counsel and two assistants, walked into the manufacturer's headquarters lobby right on time, carrying the printed contracts.
The receptionist checked the appointment records but did not lead them to the spacious executive conference room from yesterday.
Instead, she led them down a long corridor to a remote, cramped reception room.
"President Wang is in a brief meeting. Please wait a moment." The receptionist set down a few paper cups of tea and turned to leave.
That wait lasted for an entire hour.
Li Sinan raised her wrist and checked her watch.
It was 9:55.
The tea on the table had long since gone cold, and no one had even come to refill their water during that time.
The legal counsel and assistants beside her watched her expression grow increasingly cold, none of them daring to make a sound.
Li Sinan sat on the sofa with her arms crossed, her eyes dark and heavy.
She was annoyed by their dismissive attitude, but what troubled her more was the realization that when things go abnormally wrong, there must be a reason—there had definitely been outside interference. Someone had swooped in and stolen their deal.
At 10:15, the door to the reception room was finally pushed open.
The enthusiastic President Wang from yesterday walked in.
He wasn't wearing his suit jacket, just a slightly wrinkled dress shirt. His previously warm smile had vanished completely, replaced by a polite, fake grin.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Li. We had an urgent executive meeting this morning, and it ran a bit late," President Wang said as he pulled out a chair and sat down.
Li Sinan didn't waste any time with small talk. She pulled two bound contracts from her briefcase and slid them across the table, along with a pen.
"President Wang, our legal team has verified the contracts and found no errors. Please take a look."
President Wang crossed his hands and rubbed the back of his hand.
He didn't take the pen. His gaze lingered on the cover of the contract for two seconds before he cleared his throat.
"Ms. Li, about this matter... we might have to put it on hold for a bit."
Li Sinan frowned, sitting up straight. "Put it on hold?"
"President Wang, we finalized all the terms yesterday. Today is just about going through the signing process."
"Well, here's the thing."
President Wang leaned back in his chair, adopting an official, bureaucratic tone.
"Last night, I reported our cooperation intentions to the board of directors. A few major shareholders still have some differing opinions regarding the pre-installation list. The internal process isn't finished yet, and we need another two days for a comprehensive evaluation. I can't sign this today."
He had indeed changed his tune.
He flipped faster than a coin; the done deal had vanished overnight.
Li Sinan sneered inwardly, staring right into President Wang's eyes.
"President Wang, if there are objections to the profit-sharing ratio, we can negotiate further. Exactly which process is it stuck on? Whatever additional materials MicroChat needs to provide, I will have someone deliver them immediately."
But President Wang's gaze darted away, not daring to meet her eyes at all. He picked up the cold paper cup from the table, took a sip, and spoke vaguely:
"It's not an issue with the materials. It's mainly a consideration at the company's strategic level."
"How about this: you go back and wait for news. I'll notify you the moment there's any progress."
With that, he stood up and glanced at his watch. "I have another meeting to attend. Please excuse me."
After speaking, he pushed the door open and left, his footsteps hurried.
The legal counsel and assistants stared at the unsigned contracts on the table, their faces full of astonishment.
"Ms. Li, this..." the assistant said, at a loss for what to do.
Li Sinan swiftly gathered the contracts and shoved them into her briefcase without any hesitation.
"Let's go. We're heading back to the hotel."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
