Recaps

Zhao Min tested Chen Mo’s Xiao Die smartphone assistant with the R&D team and decided to promote it ahead of the company’s second phone model. The chapter left Zhao Min preparing a launch while Chen Mo returned to reading.

• Zhao Min copied Chen Mo’s smart assistant materials to a USB drive and brought them to Lao Luo and Wang Sijia for testing.
• Lao Luo questioned whether Chen Mo had developed the assistant himself, and Zhao Min said the chairman had also created the Army Ant System.
• Wang Sijia tested Xiao Die and confirmed it could recognize voice commands in the background and control the phone’s apps hands-free.
• Zhao Min ordered the R&D team to prepare a second-phone prototype, package Xiao Die as paid software, and create a launch presentation.
• Zhao Min asked Xiao Yu to arrange publicity and a launch event, then told Chen Mo she planned to release Xiao Die as software before the phone launch.
• Chen Mo approved Zhao Min’s plan and returned to reading while waiting for the laboratory to be completed.

Xiao Yu discovered that Chen Mo was the mysterious chairman of the company and confronted him about hiding his business success from her. After venting her anger, she treated his bite wound, and the two reconciled.

• Zhao Min told Xiao Yu that she had first recognized her because Chen Mo had saved a baby during the shopping-street incident, while Zhao Min had been the victim of the bag snatching.
• Zhao Min asked Chen Mo whether he would tell Xiao Yu the truth, and Chen Mo decided to come clean that night.
• Xiao Yu overheard coworkers discussing the young, handsome chairman and realized that they were describing Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu that he had developed antivirus software during the global virus crisis, sold it to Seven Tiger Company, and used the money to start his company.
• Xiao Yu hit and bit Chen Mo in anger, then treated the wound on his shoulder before returning to the bedroom.

After Xiao Yu confronted Chen Mo about hiding that he was Ant Army Company's chairman, they reconciled, and Chen Mo went to the company to meet its management. He announced he would begin working there the next day and started introducing himself to the assembled managers.

• Xiao Yu explained how she had pieced together Chen Mo's identity and admitted she felt both happy and angry that he had kept it secret.
• Xiao Yu jokingly punished Chen Mo by forbidding him from touching her for half a year, and the two made up.
• At the company entrance, Zhao Min addressed Chen Mo as chairman, revealing his identity to Li Ruoxi and the employees.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min to prepare his office and speed up the laboratory, and he assigned Li Ruoxi to the administration department under Li Lingfeng's guidance.
• Chen Mo joined the management team in the conference room and began introducing himself as the company's chairman.

Chen Mo attended his first senior-level company meeting, then toured the laboratory floor and discussed the operating system project with Wang Sijia. After setting up his office and securing access to his private laboratory, he activated Mo Nv and assigned her to monitor the company’s finances.

• Chen Mo listened as company staff introduced themselves and Yang Lin reported that preparations for the Intelligent Assistant launch were underway.
• Chen Mo confirmed to Wang Sijia that he had developed the Army Ant System and the Intelligent Assistant, then shared general guidance for developing the computer operating system.
• Zhao Min showed Chen Mo his renovated office, agreed to arrange bookshelves and find him a villa, and gave him the laboratory keycard and password.
• Chen Mo turned on five high-spec computers and called Mo Nv to his office.
• Chen Mo instructed Mo Nv to monitor the company’s financial system and bank accounts and alert him about unclear transactions.

Chen Mo monitored Ant Army Company's finances and continued experimenting with carbon crystal synthesis while preparing for the Intelligent Assistant launch. He and Zhao Min arrived backstage at the crowded event, where the product remained a mystery to the public.

• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv to monitor the company's bank accounts and financial system, and she reported no accounting problems.
• Chen Mo continued testing carbon crystal synthesis, reviewed the results of his failed experiments, and asked Zhao Min to arrange equipment and a factory for future production tests.
• Zhao Min reminded Chen Mo that the Intelligent Assistant launch was that afternoon and persuaded him to attend with her.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min traveled to Bin Hai Grand Theater, where hundreds of media outlets, fans, and mobile phone company representatives had gathered for the launch.

Chen Mo attended Ant Army Company’s launch event as Zhao Min unveiled Xiao Die, a voice-controlled mobile phone assistant that demonstrated hands-free control of a Butterfly Eye Phone. After presenting its capabilities as superior to existing assistants, Zhao Min warned that Xiao Die still had shortcomings.

• Chen Mo arrived at the crowded launch event and waited in the guest section as media outlets and livestream viewers filled the venue.
• Zhao Min introduced Xiao Die, Ant Army Company's Mobile Phone Smart Assistant, and its virtual face greeted the audience.
• Zhao Min demonstrated Xiao Die using voice commands to connect the phone to Wi-Fi and control other functions, surprising the audience.
• Zhao Min announced that Xiao Die would be available for download from Ant Army Company's official website after the event and described its features.
• Zhao Min acknowledged that Xiao Die had shortcomings, leaving the audience puzzled.

Zhao Min revealed Xiao Die’s limitations and monthly price before Ant Army Company launched the assistant to widespread attention. As Chen Mo watched the launch, Mo Nv alerted him that hackers were trying to invade the company’s servers.

• Zhao Min announced that Xiao Die supported Android and the Army Ant System but not IOS, and that it initially worked only in Chinese and English.
• Zhao Min set Xiao Die’s price at 20 yuan per month, with a ten-minute free trial.
• Reporters and visitors tested Xiao Die, and its launch quickly drew extensive media coverage and online discussion.
• Zhao Min returned to Ant Army Company, confirmed the servers could handle over one million visitors, and ordered Xiao Die listed.
• After Xiao Die went live, Mo Nv told Chen Mo that hackers were attempting to invade the company’s servers.

Chen Mo dealt with hackers targeting Intelligent Assistant’s source code while the assistant’s launch drew huge sales and global attention. The chapter ended with overseas media attacking Xiao Die as spyware and a knockoff as debate over the product spread online and affected the U.S. Stock Market.

• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv to protect the database with fake encrypted files, track the intruders, and investigate seven hackers whose real locations were in North America, Island Nation, and Europe.
• Chen Mo learned that two hackers worked for Umbrella Corporation and Apple Inc., then had Mo Nv copy data from the hacker who breached the firewall and downloaded the fake files.
• Mo Nv opened videos of Teacher Bo Duo from the hacker’s computer, prompting Chen Mo to tell her to copy the other hackers’ computer data instead.
• Zhao Min learned that Intelligent Assistant had reached two million downloads and over one million paid subscriptions, and she ordered Lao Luo to upgrade the company’s servers.
• Foreign media and online commenters widely discussed Xiao Die, with many accusing Ant Army Company of spyware, surveillance, and copying Siri, while the U.S. Stock Market began to fluctuate.

Ant Army Company’s Intelligent Assistant drove Apple’s stock down and drew widespread attention, while a $10 billion valuation sparked debate about the company’s potential. As Zhao Min struggled to manage rapid expansion and a shortage of talent, she was told that HuaWei Terminal Company CEO Yu Chengnan had come to see her.

• Apple’s stock fell nearly 4% over three days as investors worried that its closed-source system could not support the Intelligent Assistant, and media reports focused on Army Ant’s growing threat.
• An Apple Inc. researcher tried to crack the files stolen from Ant Army Company, but Mo Nv’s tracking virus disabled his computers when he opened the encrypted data.
• Chen Mo heard Mo Nv’s report, smiled at the result, and went to the laboratory.
• Videos and complaints about Xiao Die’s cheeky voice interactions spread online, while Morgan Company valued Ant Army Company at $10 billion and many observers argued that the estimate was too low.
• Zhao Min dealt with the pressures of rapid growth, staffing shortages, and expansion before Xiao Yu told her that Yu Chengnan, CEO of HuaWei Terminal Company, was waiting in the reception room.

Chen Mo rejected Yu Chengnan’s offer to buy shares in Ant Army Company but agreed to discuss patent cooperation with HuaWei. On the way back, he told Zhao Min that the company would enter manufacturing and acquire battery and parts factories, while Zhao Min proposed buying an advertising company.

• Yu Chengnan asked Zhao Min about acquiring shares in Ant Army Company, but she said the company did not need financing and had already weathered pressure from others.
• Chen Mo met Yu Chengnan, rejected selling shares, and agreed to a memorandum of patent cooperation while refusing to license Intelligent Assistant’s technology.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min discussed the risk of renewed trouble over Intelligent Assistant’s dominance and the progress on the company headquarters.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min to fully acquire battery production plants and parts-processing factories as the company prepared to enter manufacturing.
• Zhao Min proposed acquiring an advertising company, Chen Mo approved, and he returned to his office to resume experiments.

Chen Mo and Ant Army Company faced a coordinated cyberattack and smear campaign, while Zhao Min prepared to respond publicly. After Ant Army declared it would not back down, Chen Mo had Mo Nv investigate the companies behind the propaganda and identify who had paid them.

• Chen Mo had Mo Nv block a DDoS attack on Ant Army’s servers, trace it to a professional hacker in Germany, and anonymously report him to German security officials.
• Mo Nv restored the servers, while a wave of online rumors accused Ant Army of data leaks, poor products, and a possible acquisition.
• Zhao Min learned the Tax Bureau would audit the company and called Li Lingfeng after deciding not to let the smear campaign go unanswered.
• Ant Army posted, “Whatever underhanded tricks you have left, bring them on. If we take one step back, we lose,” prompting strong support online.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to identify the propaganda companies and find who had bribed them; Mo Nv located ten companies and then said she had found the paymaster.

Chen Mo uncovered a scheme by Dong Shun and Zhu Lang to smear Ant Army Company, then secretly reported financial violations at their firms to regulators. As the Tax Bureau arrived to audit Ant Army Company, Mo Nv detected unauthorized changes to its accounts, and Chen Mo and Zhao Min moved to investigate.

• Zhu Lang called Dong Shun and described arranging reporters and online trolls to spread claims of false accounting at Ant Army Company.
• Chen Mo had Mo Nv identify Dong Shun and investigate Changhe Capital and East Sea Venture Capital, then anonymously sent evidence of their financial violations to market regulators.
• Online attacks against Ant Army Company continued for two days while its employees carried on working and Mo Nv blocked daily server attacks.
• On the day of the Tax Bureau audit, Mo Nv told Chen Mo someone had altered Ant Army Company's accounts without authorization.
• Chen Mo called Zhao Min and told her to check the accounts, and Zhao Min ordered Zhang Yi to investigate immediately.

Chen Mo and Zhao Min uncovered Sun Hong altering Ant Army Company's accounts just before a Tax Bureau audit, while rumors and business setbacks continued to threaten the company. After ordering an emergency response to suppliers suspending cooperation and Butterfly Eye production stalling, Zhao Min planned a press conference for the next day.

• Zhang Yi caught Sun Hong tampering with the accounts, and Sun Hong admitted someone had paid him five hundred thousand to alter them.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min arrived at the Finance Department, where Zhang Yi explained that the altered entries had been restored and Sun Hong was taken away.
• Chen Mo told Zhang Yi to monitor the ledgers, spared him blame, and promised employees an extra half-month's salary after the crisis.
• News of police and Tax Bureau personnel at Ant Army Company fueled online rumors about tax evasion and stolen technology.
• Julie reported that suppliers had suspended cooperation and Butterfly Eye contract manufacturing had stalled, so Zhao Min ordered the remaining balance paid, production halted, another manufacturer found, and an emergency press conference held for the next day.

Zhao Min defended Ant Army Company at a press conference against accusations of misconduct, then discussed the ongoing pressure with Chen Mo. Later, Chen Mo showed Xiao Yu the keys to an apartment he had bought for them, and someone knocked at their door.

• Zhao Min told reporters that Ant Army had called the police about an employee, denied tax evasion, and rejected claims that the company had stolen technology.
• Zhao Min's press conference stirred debate online as Ant Army maintained that it would not back down from attacks.
• Zhao Min complained to Chen Mo about the constant trouble, and he encouraged her to handle each challenge as it came.
• Zhao Min briefed Chen Mo on the company's acquisitions, headquarters construction, and plans to establish branches.
• Chen Mo showed Xiao Yu the keys to an apartment he had bought, but Xiao Yu asked to stay in their current home for now.
• Someone knocked on Chen Mo and Xiao Yu's apartment door.

Chen Mo met Li Chengzhi, who claimed to be a military officer and offered an engineering academy invitation and a deal for Army Ant’s Intelligent Assistant technology. After Li Chengzhi left, Chen Mo decided to move with Xiao Yu for safety, then used Mo Nv to check Li Chengzhi’s identity.

• Li Chengzhi visited Chen Mo late at night, showed him a military ID, and asked him to join the Academy of Engineering and trade for the Intelligent Assistant technology.
• Chen Mo refused to discuss terms until Li Chengzhi proved his identity, so Li Chengzhi agreed to return the next day and left.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu they would move that weekend, and she agreed.
• At Army Ant, Chen Mo learned that online smears against the company had vanished and that people connected to them had reportedly been arrested.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to verify Li Chengzhi’s military ID, and she displayed a dossier.

Chen Mo met Li Chengzhi, who sought access to Intelligent Assistant’s technology for national research, and set conditions for the trade. Li Chengzhi left to report Chen Mo’s terms, while Chen Mo returned to his experiments.

• Xiao Yu recognized Li Chengzhi and Yao Yi when they arrived to meet Chen Mo, and Zhao Min brought them to Chen Mo’s office.
• Chen Mo finished another carbon crystal test, which showed improved but still inadequate purity for a battery.
• Li Chengzhi asked Chen Mo to provide the technology behind Intelligent Assistant and offered a fair trade.
• Chen Mo demanded two years of tax exemption and barred commercial use of Intelligent Assistant and its derivatives for five years, after which licensing fees would apply.
• Chen Mo asked Li Chengzhi to recommend capable retired personnel as company security guards and declined to join the Academy of Engineering.
• Li Chengzhi agreed to report Chen Mo’s conditions, and Chen Mo returned to the laboratory after seeing him off.

Chen Mo achieved 82% purity in his carbon crystal experiments, surpassing the target needed for battery raw material, and documented the synthesis process. After receiving an unhelpful random technology selection, he met his new bodyguard and told Zhao Min that mass-production trials would begin in three days.

• Chen Mo adjusted the temperature and pressure in the reactor and produced carbon crystals with 82% purity.
• Chen Mo had Mo Nv record the synthesis conditions and organize the carbon crystal technical documentation.
• Chen Mo used his monthly random selection in the Sci-Tech Library and received Pregnancy Test Kit Production Technology.
• Zhao Min introduced Wang Hai, a retired special forces soldier, as Chen Mo's personal driver and bodyguard.
• Zhao Min told Chen Mo the company had received a one-year tax exemption and a half-tax reduction for the second year.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min the carbon crystal had succeeded in the laboratory and ordered mass-production trials to begin in three days.

Chen Mo completed a carbon crystal battery and led a factory trial to establish mass-production parameters, then prepared to announce the new material without revealing its technical data. The chapter left Ant Army Company ready to scale up battery production as Chen Mo planned to publicize his discovery.

• Chen Mo finished a carbon crystal battery that was projected to let Butterfly Eye run continuously for thirty-five hours and prepared patent application documents for carbon crystal synthesis.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min visited the factory, where Chen Mo taught workers how to operate the production equipment while keeping the synthesis parameters secret.
• The first factory batch reached only 79% purity, so Chen Mo ordered it scrapped and adjusted the production settings.
• After four adjustments, Chen Mo achieved 82% purity and instructed Wan Mingyi to use the successful settings and test samples from every batch.
• Chen Mo asked Zhao Min to acquire more factories and told Mo Nv to announce his discovery of carbon crystal without publishing the technical data.

He Jian Guo and the media reported Ant Army Company's discovery of carbon crystal, but Zhao Min kept the immature battery technology under wraps while Chen Mo returned to his quiet routine. The chapter ended when Mo Nv warned Chen Mo that hackers from the Island Nation were attacking the company servers.

• He Jian Guo discovered Ant Army Company's announcement about carbon crystal, and the news spread online as people debated its limited potential.
• Zhao Min told Xiao Yu to make Chen Mo review the headquarters plans and leave the carbon crystal matter to her.
• Xiao Yu explained the company's workload to Chen Mo, who agreed to stay low-key and spend his time reading and researching.
• Zhao Min halted carbon crystal production and publicly said the technology was immature, after which public interest faded.
• Chen Mo settled into a peaceful routine of reading and mixing potions until Mo Nv warned him that hackers from the Island Nation were invading the company servers.

Chen Mo used an invisible virus to trick an Island Nation hacker into stealing encrypted files that infected Rhombus Group’s computers with adult videos. As the company descended into chaos, Chen Mo had Mo Nv retrieve data from its computers.

• Chen Mo told Mo Nv to open a fake database port and plant an invisible virus bundled with Hotaru Hazuki videos for the returning hacker.
• The hacker stole the encrypted files, delivered them to Nakamura Kazuo, and was killed by Nakamura Kazuo’s bodyguards after handing over the USB drive.
• Nakamura Kazuo’s technicians cracked the files, triggering the virus during I Zhi Xiu’s meeting and broadcasting adult videos across Rhombus Group headquarters.
• I Zhi Xiu blamed Nakamura Kazuo for the virus and demanded that he find the stolen data, while Nakamura Kazuo revealed that Ito Taro had died.
• Chen Mo watched the chaos through Mo Nv’s surveillance feed and asked her to retrieve important company data; Mo Nv later reported that she had obtained some.

After Mo Nv stole sensitive files from the Island Nation Rhombus Group, Chen Mo anonymously sent intelligence about its agents and research targets to the National Security Bureau. Three days later, after completing his reading requirement, he chose Soaring Dragon Laser Sensor Technology from the Sci-Tech Library.

• Chen Mo found sensitive intelligence among Mo Nv’s files and ordered her to send it anonymously to the National Security Bureau, then encrypt the copy he kept.
• Zhu Ming and Li Jizheng reviewed the intelligence, confirmed it was credible, and organized teams to monitor listed agents and protect researchers.
• The Rhombus Group’s computers were locked into playing adult videos, its stock and those of its partners fell, and the hack drew international attention.
• Three days later, Chen Mo completed his six-hundred-book reading requirement and entered the Sci-Tech Library to choose a technology.
• Chen Mo selected Soaring Dragon Laser Sensor Technology for future autonomous-driving vehicles and robotics research.

Ant Army Company completed a rapid expansion through acquisitions, and Zhao Min gave Xiao Yu responsibility for preparing the second Butterfly Eye Phone launch. After Zhao Min taught her to delegate and reassured her about the pressure of being Chen Mo’s girlfriend, Xiao Yu left more confident and ready to lead the launch.

• Ant Army Company acquired small businesses and factories to support research, development, and expansion while building its company structure.
• Zhao Min told Xiao Yu to arrange an advertising plan for the second Butterfly Eye Phone and lead preparations for its launch.
• Zhao Min explained that senior managers set direction, delegate execution, and judge employees’ plans against the company’s strategy.
• Zhao Min reassured Xiao Yu that she could make mistakes and gain experience despite being the chairman’s girlfriend.
• Xiao Yu regained her confidence, thanked Zhao Min, and left to organize the launch preparations.

At Ant Army Company's launch event, Zhao Min unveiled the Butterfly Eye Metamorphosis, showcasing its upgraded Smart Marching Ant system and long-lasting Carbon Crystal Battery. She announced its prices and began answering reporters' questions, leaving the future availability of the Intelligent Assistant and Carbon Crystal Battery technology unanswered.

• Xiao Yu worried backstage about the launch event she had organized, and Chen Mo reassured her as they watched Zhao Min take the stage.
• Zhao Min introduced the Butterfly Eye Metamorphosis and revealed its design, cameras, Xiaolong 865 Chip, and upgraded Smart Marching Ant system.
• Zhao Min announced that the phone used a 9500mA Carbon Crystal Battery, charged fully in half an hour, and could run continuously for forty-eight hours.
• Zhao Min set the standard version's price at 6,600 and the premium Metamorphosis edition's price at 11,888, prompting excitement among attendees and livestream viewers.
• A reporter asked Zhao Min whether the Intelligent Assistant would be taken down and whether Ant Army Company would license Carbon Crystal Battery technology or use it in other fields.

Zhao Min announced that Ant Army Company would keep Intelligent Assistant available without updates and license its Battery Technology, while Chen Mo explained the business benefits of cooperation. As Butterfly Eye presales surged and battery makers sought licenses, Chen Mo agreed to meet the heads of four major phone companies the next day.

• Zhao Min said Ant Army Company would not remove Intelligent Assistant for now, though it would stop updating the software, and confirmed that the company would license Battery Technology.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu that licensing would build business relationships and generate patent fees while allowing partner factories to expand battery production.
• After the launch, Carbon Crystal Material drew expert interest, Butterfly Eye presales exceeded three hundred thousand phones in three hours, and foreign media reported on the device.
• Battery manufacturers came to Ant Army Company seeking production licenses, while Chen Mo completed testing the Laser Sensor and considered how to use it.
• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo that the heads of four major phone companies were coming the next day, and Chen Mo agreed to meet them.

Chen Mo met with representatives from the four major phone companies, securing strategic partnerships while holding off on licensing the Multilingual Intelligent Assistant. That evening, he took Xiao Yu shopping and bought her a necklace, then asked to look at rings.

• Chen Mo offered Yu Chengnan a license for the Multilingual Intelligent Assistant in exchange for Huawei Micro's smart chip, then signed a strategic cooperation agreement with him.
• Chen Mo met with Lei Jun and representatives from Oppo and Vivo, but did not agree to license the Multilingual Intelligent Assistant.
• Zhao Min announced that Ant Army Company had reached strategic partnerships with the four major phone companies.
• Chen Mo took Xiao Yu to Trade Plaza and bought her a jade Buddha necklace despite her objections.
• Chen Mo paid for the necklace and asked the clerk to show him rings, leaving Xiao Yu blushing in surprise.