Recaps

Zhao Min offered Gao Zhendong and Jin Zhizhang a licensing agreement for the Intelligent Assistant, then revealed a fee so high that they could not accept it. Gao Zhendong took the agreement away to review, while Zhao Min refused to lower the price further.

• Zhao Min had Xiao Yu print the Intelligent Assistant licensing agreement and handed it to Gao Zhendong.
• Gao Zhendong and Jin Zhizhang discovered the agreement charged 21.4% of each device’s price, and Zhao Min lowered it only to 19.2%.
• Gao Zhendong offered 3% of the device price and later proposed paying 10% in exchange for the intelligent code, but Zhao Min rejected both proposals.
• Jin Zhizhang accused Zhao Min of abusing a dominant market position, and Zhao Min challenged him to sue.
• Gao Zhendong said they would review the agreement and contact Zhao Min later, and Zhao Min had Xiao Yao escort them out.

After Ant Army Company rejected Samsung’s proposed terms for licensing its Intelligent Assistant, Gao Zhendong returned frustrated and worried about Samsung falling behind in the smartphone market. Zhao Min explained to Xiao Yu why she had met Samsung, used the negotiations to seek compensation for its past actions, and expected Gao Zhendong to return with a price approved by Samsung’s executives.

• Gao Zhendong left Ant Army Company angry over its high licensing fee and worried Samsung might lose ground without the Intelligent Assistant.
• Jin Zhizhang suggested suing Ant Army Company, but Gao Zhendong scolded him and explained that Huaxia would not punish a domestic company to protect Samsung.
• Zhao Min told Xiao Yu she had met Gao Zhendong to maintain appearances and had demanded a high fee partly to recover losses from Samsung’s past screen-supply cutoff.
• Zhao Min explained that cooperation could still be necessary despite personal grievances and predicted Gao Zhendong would return after consulting Samsung’s upper management.
• Xiao Yu said she trusted Chen Mo and felt no pressure from other women pursuing him.

Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo that the Potential Elixir trials had succeeded and formalized the agreement for its exclusive authorized use and payment. The authorities approved Chen Mo’s request to use the elixir on Wang Hai and others, and Chen Mo began arranging for them to come to his office.

• Li Chengzhi explained that the Potential Elixir trials had resumed after Shen Chongxin’s sabotage was investigated, and that the elixir safely enhanced physical abilities.
• Li Chengzhi gave Chen Mo an agreement for the elixir’s exclusive authorization, and Chen Mo signed it, accepting payment of ten thousand yuan per unit after tax.
• Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo that the authorities had agreed to let him use the elixir on Wang Hai and others, provided he submitted the names in advance and they signed confidentiality agreements.
• After Li Chengzhi left, Chen Mo told Mo Nv to summon Wang Hai, White Pearl, Black Hawk, and A Nan to his office.

Chen Mo offered Wang Hai, White Pearl, Black Hawk, and A Nan the chance to take his Potential Elixir, explaining that trials had shown it could safely improve speed and reflexes. All four agreed to participate, and Chen Mo arranged for Li Chengzhi to bring them to the authorities for the injections.

• Chen Mo asked the four bodyguards to sign nondisclosure agreements before revealing his confidential offer.
• Chen Mo described the Potential Elixir and said clinical trials had confirmed its effects and found no side effects.
• Chen Mo asked whether they were willing to use the elixir, and Wang Hai, Black Hawk, White Pearl, and A Nan all agreed.
• The four signed voluntary participation agreements after Chen Mo warned them they could not withdraw afterward.
• Outside the office, Wang Hai kept Chen Mo's secret when A Nan asked why the elixir seemed believable.
• Chen Mo called Li Chengzhi to arrange for the authorities to pick up the four bodyguards.

Chen Mo oversaw work on a Medium Holographic Projector prototype before Li Chengzhi arrived to take Wang Hai and three others for Potential Development. The chapter ended with Chen Mo asking Mo Nv to bring him three Potential Elixirs after work.

• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to optimize the Medium Holographic Projector blueprint and ordered a prototype made.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that Li Chengzhi had arrived with four people, and Chen Mo asked Wang Hai and the others to prepare for Potential Development.
• Li Chengzhi arranged for four previously enhanced personnel to temporarily serve as Chen Mo's bodyguards while Wang Hai and his group underwent development.
• Chen Mo recognized Luo Yong, Zhang Chaoyi, Yang Lanlan, and She Ge among the new bodyguards and joked about poaching them.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to bring him three Potential Elixirs from the laboratory after work.

Chen Mo prepared a Potential Elixir medicinal bath for Xiao Yu to improve her health and appearance. Xiao Yu fell asleep as the medicine took effect, and Chen Mo carried her back to the bedroom.

• Chen Mo explained that White Pearl and the others had gone to the capital for the Potential Development matter and that She Ge and Yang Lanlan were temporarily guarding them.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu he had brought home three doses of Potential Elixir and revealed that he had used it before their first hand-holding.
• Chen Mo persuaded Xiao Yu to try the elixir for its health and appearance benefits, and she agreed.
• Chen Mo diluted the medicine in a hot bath and helped Xiao Yu soak in it.
• Xiao Yu fell asleep after about ten minutes, and Chen Mo carried her to the bedroom once the water had cooled.

Xiao Yu woke after taking the Potential Elixir and discovered that her appearance and strength had changed, while Chen Mo helped her adjust to her new body. Later, Zhao Min negotiated a licensing agreement with Samsung and secured a 13.1% fee for Ant Army Company.

• Xiao Yu woke to find herself taller, more shapely, and stronger after taking the Potential Elixir.
• Chen Mo prepared seafood porridge for Xiao Yu, then exercised with her and taught her self-defense techniques.
• Chen Mo returned to the company and began designing the Miniature Holographic Projector in the laboratory.
• Gao Zhendong met Zhao Min to negotiate Samsung's licensing fee for the Intelligent Assistant as Samsung's phone sales continued to fall.
• Zhao Min held firm through the negotiations, and Gao Zhendong signed a licensing agreement with a 13.1% fee.

After Ant Army Company partnered with Samsung Company, Zhao Min visited Chen Mo and saw his newly built Holographic Projector produce a three-dimensional image of Mo Nv. Zhao Min then told Chen Mo that the Rothschild Family wanted to cooperate in the mobile phone business and that its heir, Alexander, wanted to meet him.

• Gao Zhendong told his assistant to announce the partnership with Ant Army Company and the upcoming launch of Samsung Company's S11 flagship phone.
• News of the partnership sparked arguments online, while Ant Army Company continued its work and Zhao Min arranged a possible meeting with Alexander.
• Chen Mo invited Zhao Min to Laboratory No. 3 in Building No. 1, where he showed her the newly built Holographic Projector.
• Chen Mo activated the projector, and Mo Nv appeared as a three-dimensional image while she reported problems with color deviation and blurring.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that the Rothschild Family wanted to cooperate with Ant Army Company in the mobile phone business and that Alexander wanted to meet him.

Chen Mo discussed a possible mobile phone partnership with the Rothschild Family, then worked with Mo Nv to improve his holographic projector. Mo Nv dismissed his idea of a Stark-style lab as impractical and proposed transparent screens instead, before Chen Mo returned to his research.

• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that Alexander of the Rothschild Family wanted to cooperate on mobile phones, and Chen Mo agreed to meet him when he arrived.
• Chen Mo resumed optimizing the holographic projector’s color blur with Mo Nv’s help.
• Chen Mo described plans for holographic televisions, computers, and a Stark-like holographic laboratory.
• Mo Nv argued that freely manipulated holograms were impractical for ordinary research and recommended transparent glass screens for the laboratory.
• Chen Mo praised Mo Nv, set aside the laboratory discussion, and focused on improving the projector’s image quality.

Alexander visited Ant Army Company to discuss deeper cooperation with Zhao Min, hoping to help the Rothschild Family regain influence through the partnership. Zhao Min welcomed him and brought him to a conference room, where he asked how she wanted to cooperate.

• Alexander arrived at Ant Army Company and reflected on its rapid rise and Chen Mo's and Zhao Min's success.
• Zhao Min welcomed Alexander at the entrance with Xiao Yu, a robot, and company staff.
• Alexander asked to meet Chen Mo, and Zhao Min said Chen Mo was in the laboratory but would meet him before he left.
• Alexander and Zhao Min discussed how Ant Army Company and Rothschild Bank were both controlled by a single family.
• Alexander told Zhao Min that he had come sincerely to cooperate and asked how she wanted to proceed.

Zhao Min and Alexander finalized a European distribution partnership between Army Ant Company and the Rossi family, granting the family exclusive general distribution rights for its phones. After the agreement was signed, Alexander and Zhao Min went to meet Chen Mo, who was working on a Miniature Holographic Projector.

• Zhao Min gave Alexander the former Altice Group agreement, and he accepted its terms as a basis for cooperation.
• Alexander explained that the Rossi family had acquired a controlling stake in a small European telecom operator and warned that initial orders would be limited.
• Zhao Min offered the Rossi family exclusive general distribution rights in Europe, and both sides negotiated and signed a revised agreement.
• Alexander asked to meet Chen Mo, and a robot told him that Chen Mo was waiting in his office.
• Chen Mo paused work on the Miniature Holographic Projector design and prepared to receive Zhao Min and Alexander.

Chen Mo met Alexander of the Rothschild Family, who sought both a friendship and a possible telecommunications investment with Ant Army Company. Chen Mo left the investment decision to Zhao Min, then hosted Alexander for dinner before returning to the villa with Xiao Yu.

• Chen Mo reviewed information about the Rothschild Family after Zhao Min told him Alexander wanted to meet.
• Alexander met Chen Mo and joked that marrying Zhao Min would save a lifetime of struggle, prompting Chen Mo to mention his fiancée, Xiao Yu.
• Alexander asked about Chen Mo's robot, and Chen Mo explained that it was a customized assistant that could not yet be mass-produced.
• Alexander proposed investing together in a telecommunications company, and Chen Mo directed him to discuss the matter with Zhao Min.
• Chen Mo and Alexander chatted to build their relationship, then went out for dinner.
• Chen Mo returned to the villa with Xiao Yu after dinner ended at nightfall.

Alexander left for Europe after a crisis hit Rothschild Bank, whose leaked investment plans included cooperation with Army Ant Company. Chen Mo and Zhao Min concluded that the fallout was unlikely to harm their company and chose to stay out of the conflict.

• Alexander considered seeking Zhao Min’s approval for investment in a telecommunications operator, but received a call that prompted him to return to Europe.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yu discussed the newly built Xianglu Tan Villa, their future wedding, and Chen Mo’s promise to design her wedding dress.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that Alexander had booked a flight back to Europe after she rejected his investment proposal.
• Zhao Min explained that a Rothschild executive had reportedly committed suicide and leaked the bank’s investment plans, triggering a crisis and possible attacks from rivals.
• Zhao Min showed Chen Mo the leaked proposal and said Army Ant Company faced little risk, so Chen Mo decided not to get involved in Rothschild’s troubles.

After the Potential Elixir trial revealed it could extend life, Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo about the result and explained that Wang Hai and the others had received special treatment to protect him. The chapter left Chen Mo strengthening his security while Alexander called.

• The investment-plan leak continued to damage Rothschild Bank's reputation, while Ant Army Company carried on with little disruption.
• Wang Hai, She Ge, Luo Yong, and the others returned with Li Chengzhi and told Chen Mo they felt stronger after taking the Potential Elixir.
• Li Chengzhi told Chen Mo that the elixir had helped a bedridden Chief walk again and could extend his life by up to two years.
• Li Chengzhi explained that Wang Hai and the others had been given special treatment to protect Chen Mo, while She Ge and the others had to return for training and missions.
• Chen Mo raised Wang Hai and the others' salaries by fifty percent and asked them to train promising members of the company's security team.
• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that Alexander was calling.

Chen Mo learned that Alexander had sent him two cases of Château Lafite Rothschild as a gift while the Rothschild Family faced pressure from rivals and internal conflict. Zhao Min explained how the leaked investment plan had made the family a target and suggested the leak might have been deliberate.

• Alexander called Chen Mo, apologized for leaving without saying goodbye, and said he had sent him a family specialty.
• Zhao Min delivered two cases of Lafite, one for Chen Mo and one for herself, and Chen Mo decided to keep his for Xiao Yu.
• Zhao Min explained that Alexander was cultivating goodwill with potential partners while the Rothschild Family faced internal succession struggles and outside financial pressure.
• Zhao Min said Altice, Orange, Vanguard Group, BlackRock, and Samsung were among those preparing to target the Rothschild Family.
• Zhao Min said the leak could have been deliberate, since it was unlikely that a single executive had casually obtained and exposed such an important plan at such a critical moment.

Alexander faced family pressure after a bank executive named Ed was found dead and a confidential investment plan was leaked, but he refused to end the Roth family's cooperation with Army Ant. He decided to return to Huaxia to pursue the partnership despite the risks.

• Alexander reviewed the leaked investment plan and Ed's case, but investigators had found no evidence of suspicious contacts or suicidal tendencies.
• The old butler told Alexander that family elders were dissatisfied and might replace him if he failed to handle the scandal, while his father had not publicly supported or opposed him.
• The old butler suggested ending the Army Ant partnership to ease outside pressure, but Alexander insisted that their cooperation would deepen.
• Alexander reaffirmed his faith in Army Ant and Huaxia's market, believing Chen Mo and the company had great potential.
• Alexander ordered arrangements for a trip to Huaxia the next day, dismissing the prospect of greater trouble.

Alexander returned to Ant Army Company and secured a broad product-agency partnership with Zhao Min, while Chen Mo demonstrated his improved Holographic Projector and handed Zhao Min production materials. Zhao Min planned to prepare a production line, and the chapter ended with her saying the Rothschild cooperation had gone smoothly and they only needed to watch what happened next.

• Alexander met Zhao Min and failed to interest Ant Army in taking a controlling stake in Rois.
• Alexander placed advance orders for two million Butterfly Eye phones and proposed European agency rights for Ant Army's other products, which Zhao Min accepted.
• Alexander left satisfied that he could represent Ant Army in Europe and help expand the Rothschilds into new fields.
• Chen Mo showed Zhao Min and Xiao Yu the improved Holographic Projector, demonstrating its interactive desktop, glasses-free 3D, and linked-screen capabilities.
• Chen Mo gave Zhao Min the projector's non-core design and assembly materials and asked how the Rothschild cooperation had gone.
• Zhao Min said everything had gone smoothly and that they now needed to watch the show.

Alexander’s decision to bring Army Ant into Europe boosted sales but intensified opposition within the Rothschild Family. He wagered that he could raise the banking group’s profits by 25% in a year and a half or give up his position.

• Alexander announced full cooperation with Army Ant, and Army Ant’s phones and business systems began selling across Europe through the Rothschild Family’s network.
• Unknown financial groups and hostile media reports hurt Rothschild investments and businesses after Alexander’s announcement.
• Eric and other Rothschild elders demanded that Alexander end the cooperation or surrender control of the banking group.
• David proposed a trial period for Alexander, but Eric insisted on a one-year deadline and a 20% profit increase.
• Alexander countered that he would raise the banking group’s profits by 25% in a year and a half or withdraw, and the elders accepted the wager.

Alexander reaffirmed his commitment to expanding the Rothschild bank’s partnership with Army Ant, saying the company showed him the future. Meanwhile, Shi Lin’s team completed successful clinical trials of Jianghe Pharmaceutical’s Breast Enhancement Drug and prepared to report the results.

• David challenged Alexander to pursue his banking strategy with confidence, and Alexander said he would focus funds on cooperation with Army Ant.
• Alexander told David he saw the future in Ant Army Company.
• Zhou Man learned that her breast development was healthy and showed no abnormalities after taking the trial drug.
• Shi Lin’s team confirmed that the Breast Enhancement Drug’s final clinical examination was successful and the clinical trial had succeeded.
• Shi Lin told his assistant to notify Manager Hou of the trial results.

Zhao Min reported progress on Chen Mo’s holographic projector and drug projects, then explained Alexander’s increasingly risky commitment to working with them. Chen Mo agreed to support Alexander, and Zhao Min proposed using him to take the Breast Enhancement Drug overseas.

• Zhao Min told Chen Mo that the holographic projector production line was being prepared and that clinical trials for the Breast Enhancement Drug had succeeded, while the Aphrodisiac Drug trials were progressing.
• Chen Mo explained the Potential Elixir to Zhao Min and offered to give her some, asking her to keep it confidential.
• Zhao Min reported that Alexander had added ten million mobile phone orders and was expanding his businesses with Chen Mo’s company despite pressure from his family.
• Zhao Min said Alexander had concentrated his investments in their shared ventures, and Chen Mo agreed that they should support him as a partner.
• Zhao Min proposed that Alexander help take the Breast Enhancement Drug overseas after it was registered.

Alexander worried that family pressure and a leaked investment plan could keep him from meeting his bank’s profit target, so he placed his hopes on cooperating with Ant Army Company. Zhao Min invited him to Huaxia to discuss a new medicine, and information about Ant Army Company’s pharmaceutical subsidiary left him eager to learn more.

• Alexander considered the obstacles to his investment plan and decided he had to rely on Ant Army Company’s potential.
• Zhao Min called Alexander and offered to discuss Ant Army Company’s new medicine in Huaxia the next day.
• Alexander postponed his meetings, booked a flight, and asked Alice to secretly investigate Ant Army Company’s pharmaceutical businesses.
• Alice told Alexander that Ant Army Company had acquired Lanhong Pharmaceutical and Jianghe Company a year earlier and reorganized them as Jianghe Pharmaceutical.

Alexander met Zhao Min and Tan Yong at Ant Army Company to discuss bringing the company’s new Breast Enhancement Drug to international markets. After reviewing its materials and clinical trial results, he trusted the product and moved on to negotiating the partnership.

• Alexander told Zhao Min that Ant Army Company was isolated from overseas markets because others feared its strength and sought to contain it.
• Zhao Min asked Tan Yong to present the Breast Enhancement Drug, including a sample, photographs, and clinical trial data.
• Alexander examined the materials and recognized the drug’s potential in the highly profitable beauty and health market.
• Tan Yong explained that the drug had completed Phase III trials and had been submitted for registration.
• Zhao Min said Ant Army Company had filed an international patent application and asked whether Alexander wanted to verify the drug before discussing cooperation.
• Alexander declined to take the medicine for testing first and asked Zhao Min to discuss the partnership terms.

Zhao Min negotiated a joint venture with Alexander to manufacture Jianghe Pharmaceutical’s drug, giving him a 10% stake and responsibility for overseas expansion while retaining control over finances and key appointments. Alexander left confident the deal would solve his company’s problems, though he planned to have the drug samples and clinical data evaluated before proceeding.

• Zhao Min offered Alexander a joint venture in which he would invest 1 billion US dollars for 10% of the company, and she refused his attempts to negotiate for a larger share.
• Zhao Min assigned Alexander’s side responsibility for overseas expansion while reserving approval over regional leadership and control of the Finance Department for her side.
• Alexander accepted the conditions, and he and Zhao Min finalized the preliminary framework for the collaboration.
• Zhao Min asked Alexander to draft the remaining terms so the joint venture could be established before the drug received approval, and Alexander agreed.
• After leaving March Ant Headquarters, Alexander told Alice to arrange the draft terms and call a senior management meeting, while planning to have experts verify the samples and clinical data.

Chen Mo completed and tested a Miniature Holographic Projector, then began designing a Holographic Phone. After realizing how long he had neglected Xiao Yu, he promised to spend the weekend with her, and she happily took him out for shopping and a movie.

• Mo Nv told Chen Mo that the Miniature Holographic Projector prototype was ready, and he inspected it and confirmed that its holographic display worked normally.
• Chen Mo told Mo Nv to start designing a Holographic Phone using the miniature projector.
• After working until evening, Chen Mo returned home and apologized to Xiao Yu for spending so little time with her.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu the projector had succeeded and promised to take her out that weekend.
• Xiao Yu asked to go shopping, watch a movie, and spend freely, then happily left the villa with Chen Mo.

Chen Mo took Xiao Yu shopping, bought her a dress, and enjoyed a quiet evening together. Meanwhile, Alexander secured the funds for Roche’s pharmaceutical venture with Ant Army Company and prepared to notify them that Roche was ready.

• Chen Mo took Xiao Yu to an upscale clothing store and encouraged her to try on a dress she liked.
• Xiao Yu looked elegant in the dress, and Chen Mo bought it along with several other outfits.
• Alexander reviewed preparations for Roche’s pharmaceutical cooperation with Ant Army Company and kept the details restricted to trusted people.
• Alice told Alexander that the first investment funds had arrived and the rest would follow.
• Alexander told Alice to notify Ant Army Company the next morning that Roche was ready.