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“Why are you leaving again so soon?” Mother Song complained to her daughter, who she thought would stay longer but was now heading back to the United States.
“Mom, this is work! I came here on a business trip with Yi Zhou, and now there’s a big problem in San Francisco that I need to rush back for!” Song Rushi explained patiently to her mother.
“Yi Zhou? Are you that close with your boss?” Mother Song, worried about her daughter's future, immediately pressed for more information.
Song Rushi could only explain based on company norms, “Mom, what are you thinking? We colleagues all call each other by our first names; we only use titles for superiors!”
Song Rushi tried not to let herself fall into deep expectations, knowing that such things often lead to disappointment. She was not the type of girl who indulged in fantasies; she was just forced into this situation, she reassured herself.
……
“Sister Ru Shi, are you going back with Yi Zhou? I heard he has motion sickness; please take good care of him!” Ding Zhengnan said with a smile, putting on a girlfriend's airs as she addressed Song Rushi next to Jiang Yizhou.
“Ding Zhengnan, what do you mean by that? I'm not a child; I don’t need to trouble others!” Jiang Yizhou replied defensively.
“If no one looks after you, you’ll definitely try to tough it out. Of course, I’m concerned about you!” Ding Zhengnan held onto her boyfriend's hand. “What? You don’t want me to worry?”
Avoiding his girlfriend's affectionate gaze, Jiang Yizhou didn’t pull away. “No, I’ll take care of myself. Besides, don’t you know how well I can manage?”
He joked to change the subject, causing Ding Zhengnan’s face to flush.
After a moment, she grabbed Song Rushi’s hand and glared at Jiang Yizhou, who was trying to eavesdrop. “Sister Ru Shi and I have some private words; don’t come over!”
Song Rushi maintained her calm demeanor. “Ding Zhengnan, what are you doing?”
Unexpectedly, her attitude was completely different from the last time they met; Song Rushi listened intently to Ding Zhengnan’s words.
“Sister Ru Shi, I want you to keep an eye on Yi Zhou. I’ve heard people over there are quite open; please don’t let him get involved with any loose women!”
Song Rushi was taken aback internally but kept her expression normal, as if they were close friends. “You two are so close; Yi Zhou disappears right after work. With how attached he is to you, what are you worried about?”
Ding Zhengnan lowered her head and said, “Better safe than sorry, right? What if some shameless woman really does latch onto him? My Yi Zhou can be quite charming; will you help me out?”
Self-soothing, Song Rushi reluctantly agreed to Ding Zhengnan's request, "Alright, alright, I will keep an eye on him for you, but don't worry too much. Yi Zhou rarely goes to bars or parties!"
"Shen Qing, what do you think they are up to?" Jiang Yizhou asked his assistant. He had low emotional intelligence and didn't really understand women, but he still had an assistant by his side.
"I think they might be developing a line of sight," Shen Qing answered without much hesitation, providing a response very close to the truth. "They probably don't trust your integrity as the boss!"
Jiang Yizhou broke into a cold sweat; this was getting interesting.
After a somewhat distracted farewell kiss with his girlfriend, Jiang Yizhou inquired about the earlier whispering with Song Rushi, "She’s not up to anything, right?"
"Nothing much. She just thinks her aunt isn't thorough enough in collecting your schedule and asked me to send her messages. What do you think?"
Not much! There was a subtle sense of alienation that Jiang Yizhou sensed from Song Rushi.
"How could she come up with such an idea? Am I really that kind of person?" Jiang Yizhou didn't ask Song Rushi but turned to Shen Qing instead, his tone light, clearly trying to ease the atmosphere.
"Not necessarily," Shen Qing thought for a moment before responding with three words.
An assistant like that should be fired as soon as possible. Jiang Yizhou noticed the increasingly troubled expression on Song Rushi's face and thought to himself that it was no wonder assistants and secretaries needed to be trustworthy. People who worked for the boss probably didn't want such a "straightforward" assistant!
With a third party present, the entire flight was unusually quiet. Jiang Yizhou tentatively reached out to touch Song Rushi's hand but she pulled away.
And then there was Shen Qing’s "impartial" demeanor; he was being paid to do his job with his own money—was it really okay to be so straightforward?
Although what he did was somewhat scummy, it wasn't illegal, right?
Feeling increasingly liberated, Jiang Yizhou had already decided that as long as he found an excuse, he would send this straightforward girl far away.
The uncomfortable feeling hit him again. Jiang Yizhou had no choice but to put on his headphones and made some simple adjustments before quickly falling asleep. He figured that on every flight from now on, he would either throw up or fall asleep.
...
Upon arriving in San Francisco, the first thing wasn't to win over the people at Soothe company but rather to meet again with Stephen Case from America Online. This individual already held about 45% of elink's shares, so naturally, he needed to keep an eye on the shares in his hands.
"To make a long story short, Tony, America Online plans to acquire at a valuation of one billion dollars, which is around 5.5 billion dollars total. Three hundred million dollars will be in America Online stock, and the rest will be cash,"
Stephen Case did not provide any unnecessary explanations. Jiang Yizhou should have known this news long ago, but he was confident and had delayed until now to get a suitable price.
"Additionally, elink can continue to be under your leadership. America Online will stipulate in the agreement that at several stages, whenever elink reaches a certain development stage, you will receive performance rewards..."
"..." Jiang Yizhou somewhat overlooked Keith's unwavering confidence; now he had already given the valuation that could be achieved before the second round of financing.
Well, this had already reached Jiang Yizhou's bottom line.
"Okay, with this issue resolved, I want to discuss other matters, such as the Chinese and English versions!" Jiang Yizhou described his unusual operation. "Does Mr. Keith agree with this division? I can give up the qi brand; the Chinese version will operate as a new independent brand."
After listening to his assistant's explanation, Keith happily said, "Of course, but I need to make some modifications. Apart from the Chinese market, all restrictions in other markets need to be lifted!"
There are only a few hundred thousand internet users in mainland China; in Keith's view, this is purely a kind of obsession of this Chinese subsidiary towards its motherland. Moreover, America Online, as the name suggests, serves the American market. Regardless of how large the independently operated Chinese version becomes after renaming, it has nothing to do with them!
Everything was developing unusually quickly. However, such an acquisition of a unicorn-valued company naturally required detailed negotiations.
"It seems that the encouragement letter originally meant for the employees is going to turn into my resignation statement!" Jiang Yizhou self-deprecatingly remarked. "I was still full of confidence before about leading them forward!"
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