YA Ch63: Red Silk

Lu Dongdong followed instructions and blocked all members of the Lu family.

As they say, happiness brings a refreshed spirit. Lu Yu went to work happily, greeting every employee with enthusiasm. The employees at Chenyu Technology were all abuzz, wondering why the CEO was in such high spirits today.

“President Lu has been very happy lately, especially today.”

A bald technician asked foolishly, “Is his wife pregnant?”

A colleague quickly covered his mouth, “His wife is General Manager Ming. What pregnancy? Are you stupid?”

The bald technician yawned, his eyes blank: “I stayed up all night and was about to go home for a nap.”

“Why are you working overtime on the weekend?”

“Mr. Yang called me in. We have a new set of data that urgently needs to be imported.”

Hearing the employees’ conversation, Lu Yu went to the live data room and asked Yang Chen, “Why are you working overtime on a weekend?”

Yang Chen looked radiant, not at all like someone who had stayed up all night, and stretched lazily: “Oh, it’s all because of your big spender. I figured if you’re planning to activate Shen Ying, you’d need the supporting data first, so I preloaded it to save you from double work.”

To turn the character in the simulator into an intelligent assistant, a lot of preliminary data is needed; otherwise, no matter how much interaction there is with the character, it won’t be effective.

Lu Yu looked at Yang Chen’s shiny bald head with concern: “The big spender might just be talking; he might not invest.”

Yang Chen was quite relaxed: “If he doesn’t invest, so be it. It’s just me putting in some effort; there’s no real loss.”

Lu Yu was touched: “Lao Yang…”

“Oh right, there is a loss!” Before Lu Yu could finish being moved, Yang Chen slapped his head and pointed at the soon-to-fall-asleep bald technician, “I had to give up a limited-edition figurine to get that kid to work overtime with me. You need to compensate me.”

Lu Yu smacked his lips, glanced at Ming Yan who was suppressing a smile, and thought of the way Yan-ge taught him to make grand promises. He waved his hand grandly: “Fine, if this project goes through, I’ll have the big spender make it up to you.”

As he was about to leave, Yang Chen grabbed him: “Don’t turn around.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu couldn’t help but tease, swinging his head vigorously: “I’m turning around.”

And then, as he turned around, he saw the lawyer he hadn’t seen in a while. The lawyer, who had taken the compensation list Lu Yu provided and gone to negotiate with the lawyer of Lu Chaoxi with the apprehensive feeling of becoming a laughingstock in the industry, was now here.

“Lawyer Qi, why are you here?” Lu Yu nudged Yang Chen with his elbow, “Your figurine has a lead now.”

The lawyer looked somewhat dazed, apparently having worked overtime yesterday too.

Ming Yan took the settlement agreement from the lawyer’s hand and raised an eyebrow: “Such a high compensation.”

Lawyer: “Of the items listed by Mr. Lu, except for the ‘wrench’ and ‘drill bit’ which Lu Chaoxi firmly refuses to compensate, he agrees to all others.”

This surprised Lu Yu: “He agreed to all?”

The lawyer nodded: “I changed the bald technician’s compensation to overtime compensation, and he agreed to that as well.”

Lu Yu slapped his right hand on his left palm, distressed: “It’s less than it should be.”

This is like bargaining at a farmers’ market. If the other side agrees immediately to the offered price, it means they’ve been shortchanged.

Ming Yan’s mouth twitched: “It’s not less; it’s what he agreed to quickly to get the settlement agreement and deal with bail. Strictly speaking, you’ve already received more than double. Anything more would be extortion.”

Yang Chen was speechless: “So the figurine funds you mentioned were actually the overtime compensation for this bald technician?”

The lawyer, with perfect expression management and a serious demeanor, said: “It’s for your overtime compensation, a total of 100,000 yuan.”

“100,000 yuan would buy several figurines. You could at least get the technician to work overtime ten more times,” Lu Yu patted Yang Chen.

Yang Chen rolled his eyes: “So I bought the figurines just to keep working overtime? Am I that much of a fool?”

Supporting role Lu Yu: “Apparently so.”

After the two of them bantered, the lawyer took out another piece of paper: “I just passed by the legal department, and they asked me to give you this document. Please be sure to review it before the live broadcast.”

Lu Yu reached out to take the document: “What document?”

Lawyer: “A letter from the Lu family, requesting…”

As soon as Lu Yu’s hand touched the paper, he yelped and pulled back, covering his eyes and waving his hand: “I’m not looking. Give it to General Manager Ming. Yan-ge, I didn’t see it!”

He then dashed off, making sure not to give any paper with the word “Lu” on it the chance to taint him.

Ming Yan: “…Give it to me.”

He took the document and glanced at it. It was indeed a lawyer’s letter from the Lu family demanding that Chenyu Technology not mention any private matters of the Lu family during the live broadcast, claiming that there had already been significant impact and so on.

Ming Yan sneered and tossed the lawyer’s letter to Xiao Jiang: “Shred it.”

When Lu Yu arrived in the live broadcast room, he saw the top donor who paid to work was already there, sitting on the sofa and intently watching the news. He raised his hand to greet: “Second Brother Wu, so early.”

Hong Wuyang liked being called “Second Brother Wu” and smiled: “Yes, since I said I’d come to work, I can’t be late or leave early. After all, I paid for it, so I have to make full use of my time.”

Paying to work means the more time you spend, the better the deal.

“Alright, alright, feel free,” Lu Yu said, sitting down next to the big spender, grabbing a snack from the table and noticing the news Hong Wuyang was watching on the big screen.

[The acquisition bid for DCM Brain Manufacturing has stalled. Lu Corp. claims they are about to obtain the IDU entry permit, but the funds are still insufficient; meanwhile, Countless Tech., backed by Hongxiao Capital, has strong financial strength but no news on the entry permit…]

Lu Yu yelped again and turned his head: “Quick, turn it off. Don’t let me see anything related to the Lu family.”

The top donor kindly turned off the TV and asked: “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yu rested his elbow on his knee, his fist propped under his chin, striking an exaggerated “thinker” pose: “Well, Yan-ge made me a game. If I can avoid anything related to the Lu family for a week, I’ll get a reward, hehe!”

Hong Wuyang didn’t understand: “What’s the ‘hehe’ reward?”

Lu Yu leaned in and nudged the top donor’s waist with his elbow: “It’s that thing, you know.”

“Oh,” the big spender understood and then frowned: “Is there really something to look forward to?”

Lu Yu looked at the wealthy big spender with surprise: “Don’t you have a girlfriend?”

Second Young Master Hong’s face turned red immediately: “I do!” He then pulled out a mini figurine from his pocket.

Lu Yu looked at the ancient costume girl in a black skirt with a bare midriff: “What’s this?”

“A little demoness,” the top donor said, tucking the figurine back into his pocket with great care, “The one that Garlic wrote more about, she’s my girlfriend.”

Lu Yu was speechless, losing interest in continuing the conversation. He stood up to leave but saw the big spender had turned the TV back on to watch the same news.

Curious, Lu Yu asked: “Why are you still following this?”

“You said you wanted to turn Shen Ying into an intelligent assistant, so I’m doing some research,” Hong Wuyang said seriously, looking like he was really working hard.

Lu Yu raised an eyebrow and cleared his throat, adopting a boss-like demeanor: “Good, then let me quiz you. What is the Countless Tech.?”

Actually, Lu Yu didn’t know either. He had searched online at home the day before and couldn’t find any relevant information. He only knew that the IDU entry permit was equivalent to network access permission.

“A rogue hegemonic organization,” the big spender sighed pretentiously, “Since they developed the key technology for intelligent assistants, they monopolize the issuance of intelligent assistants. Without a permit, the intelligent assistant is just a standalone one and cannot get network access. DMC Brain Manufacturing hasn’t obtained the permit, so despite having great technology, it’s always been a subcontractor for others. Now that subcontracting isn’t allowed, they can only transfer the business.”

Lu Yu looked at the big spender with surprise and then at the news on the TV: “Countless Tech., isn’t it yours?”

The big spender looked up and met his gaze, then shrugged: “Of course not.”

Lu Yu raised an eyebrow: “The name is quite similar to your online name.”

A song of red silk countless times. However, according to Xiao Jiang’s investigation, Second Young Master Hong indeed does not own a technology company, only a snack chain and an anime peripheral production company.

Hong Wuyang smiled innocently, revealing his dimples: “Just a coincidence.”

“Alright then.” Lu Yu turned and left for the game warehouse to broadcast.

“However, Hongxiao Capital is from our family,” came the faint voice of the top donor from behind.

Lu Yu tripped over the carpet, did a one-handed side flip, and asked: “What did you say?”