My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 411 Zhang Yonghao’s Concession

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been working out lately, but when faced with Yu Qiao Qiao’s question, Chen Yan didn’t even need a script and just said directly, "Qiao Qiao, Brother Ying just came over. We were practicing our moves."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Yu Qiao Qiao didn’t doubt him at all. After looking at the two of them, she said, "Okay then. I really don’t understand you martial arts folks."

Saying this, she went to the restroom.

Zhao Ying hadn’t recovered from Chen Yan’s blatant lie. She looked at Chen Yan and then said, "We weren’t practicing any moves, were we?"

Chen Yan, unconcerned, swung a punch straight toward Zhao Ying’s chest.

Zhao Ying reflexively caught Chen Yan’s arm, flipped him over, and pressed him down beneath her.

Chen Yan winced in pain but said, "See? We are practicing moves!"

Zhao Ying: ??

Questioningly, her simple mind took a moment to catch up: Is this... considered practicing moves?

Well... it does seem like we’re practicing...

Because of Zhao Ying’s visit, breakfast for two became for three.

After the meal, Chen Yan left the two ladies at home and went to the office.

This period was critical for the various companies under Chen Yan, and his work had become busier.

Fortunately, as the business grew, each department was well-developed. Many things no longer required Chen Yan’s direct involvement.

Even recruiting and forming new departments started happening automatically when the company needed it.

Chen Yan felt that modern enterprise was like a living organism.

Once he helped it through its initial phases, it could self-renew, self-replicate, and evolve.

After finishing his business, Chen Yan also especially inquired about He Mengxue’s negotiation situation.

Hmm... not smooth.

The other party was very tough, and He Mengxue, bolstered by Chen Yan’s support, refused to give in, clinging stubbornly not to sell her shares, toughing it out.

It was said that the director of the investment department at Headline Technology had been so frustrated in recent days that he had started making personal attacks.

He accused He Mengxue of being a privileged second-generation inheritor with no real skills.

But He Mengxue kept Chen Yan’s trust in mind and ignored it all.

Maintaining an attitude of neither rejecting nor cooperating.

This refreshed Chen Yan’s view of He Mengxue once again.

He thought that if He Mengxue could push aside her ambition to become the protagonist, everything else about her was truly perfect. She really fit the criteria for his second virtual girlfriend.

Moreover, considering how she washed his feet and took care of him, it was very likely that as soon as he selected her as his virtual girlfriend, their relationship would immediately confirm, reaching 100 points of affection.

Each month, she’d "produce" 10 happiness points for him!

So, in the next few days, Chen Yan continued his work at ease while patiently waiting for news from Headline Technology.

It wasn’t until a week later that Chen Yan finally received a belated call from Zhang Yonghao.

As soon as Zhang Yonghao called, he hurriedly apologized, "I’m so sorry, Director Chen."

Chen Yan feigned ignorance and asked, "Zhang, what are you apologizing for?"

Zhang Yonghao said, "Ah, it’s just some trouble caused by my subordinates."

He explained, "I’ve been overseas developing new markets and wasn’t in the country."

"Who knew they would take it upon themselves to try to buy back your shares, causing a lot of disturbance between our two sides."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yonghao was somewhat embarrassed, "It appears... one of your subordinates even made a scene at our company yesterday. He pointed at our investment director and cursed."

Hearing Zhang Yonghao’s words, Chen Yan pretended to be surprised, "Really? Who did that?"

He explained, "I’ve been busy with other companies lately, so I don’t really know much about this matter."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Zhang Yonghao awkwardly said, "It was your Director He."

"She got provoked yesterday and had a heated argument with our director."

Chen Yan made an "oh" sound and said, "I see. Director He is not my subordinate."

"She’s my partner."

"She’s a very friendly and reasonable woman."

(Qin Ming: ?)

"If she was angered, it must have been because your director said something over the line."

Zhang Yonghao absolutely didn’t expect Chen Yan to unequivocally take his employee’s side, putting him in a passive position.

So he was silent for a while before tactfully changing the subject, saying, "Director Chen, I was not in the country before, and my subordinates messed things up."

"It’s all a misunderstanding, so, could you withdraw your team from Qin Island?"

Hearing Zhang Yonghao’s words, Chen Yan was far from convinced.

Given Zhang Yonghao’s control over the whole company, how could he not know about this buy-back?

Chen Yan thought it was absolutely impossible.

However, now that he had forced him back to the country, Chen Yan recognized that the negotiations led by He Mengxue had achieved initial results.

While chatting with Zhang Yonghao, the system did not provide any guidance, indicating that whatever he asked or did probably wouldn’t affect the outcome.

So, thinking this, Chen Yan still asked a question he was particularly curious about, "Zhang, I still trust you."

"However, you’ve been back at the company for a day now. You must have investigated the beginning and end of this matter."

"I’d like to hear, exactly why—your investment director took it upon himself to try to buy the shares."

Having sensed that Chen Yan knew about the situation, Zhang Yonghao no longer held back this time.

He said, "I won’t hide it from you, younger brother Chen. It’s because—Zhao Group."

Hearing this name, Chen Yan’s pupils slightly contracted.

’Zhao Group?’

’Zhao Qingtian?’

Chen Yan never expected the situation to be connected to Zhao Group.

Moreover, for a moment, he couldn’t distinguish whether Zhao Group had acted first or if the system had guided Zhao Group to intervene.

Then, in Zhang Yonghao’s brief narration, Chen Yan roughly understood the whole story.

The gist was that Zhao Group had been investigating Headline Technology privately.

Moreover, through a third party, they had shown goodwill to Headline.

While showing goodwill, they also inquired about Chen Yan.

Then, that caught the attention of the director of the investment department at Headline.

After making inquiries, he knew that Chen Yan and Zhao Group had some frictions, and that senior management at Zhao Group was very dissatisfied with Chen Yan.

So, things were simple.

One side was a domestic giant spanning various industries, with a total market cap among the top few nationwide—an ultra-large financial group.

The other side was just a new wealthy individual from Qin Island.

No one would choose the latter.

Moreover, Headline Technology’s main target was overseas; they urgently needed foreign exchanges. These belonged to investment, funding, and other capital operations, which were strictly audited by the foreign exchange administration. It was difficult to secure funds for a time.

And, other overseas funds had yet to recover from past incidents and couldn’t cooperate with Headline Technology.

At that moment, Zhao Family, able to provide massive foreign exchanges, became the backup for Headline Technology.

Thus, under impulse, that investment director attempted to buy back the shares of Headline Technology held by Chen’s Investment.

This clarified the whole situation for Chen Yan.

However, it also made him wary.

It seemed that for some time, Zhao Family hadn’t troubled him, making him less sensitive.

Unexpectedly, until they had quietly reached his rear, he hadn’t noticed.

And just then, guidance from the Strong Buy Card appeared again.

Following that intuition, Chen Yan took the initiative to go on the offensive, "Zhang, isn’t this a blessing in disguise?"

Zhang Yonghao asked puzzledly, "What blessing in disguise?"

Chen Yan said smilingly, "Let me tell you. I have a fund overseas with several hundred million in foreign exchange. If you’re interested, we can collaborate again for a C+ round."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Zhang Yonghao obviously paused on the phone, asking incredulously, "You have that much foreign exchange?"

Chen Yan said with a laugh, "It’s just pocket money, just earned a bit of spending money."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Zhang Yonghao couldn’t help but reevaluate him.

Having some achievements domestically was still normal.

But due to current international circumstances, it was very difficult for domestic tycoons to expand businesses overseas and establish a foothold abroad.

Yet, Chen Yan had over a billion in assets abroad.

This significantly raised his estimation of Chen Yan’s capabilities.

At that moment, Chen Yan received guidance again, so he spoke again, "Zhang, since you need funding anyway and we’ve had this incident, it’s only reasonable and fitting that you give me this share."