"Knock, knock! Knock, knock!"
At eight in the morning, as if timed deliberately, a knock sounded from outside the door.
When he opened it, he found a woman with fairly attractive features standing outside. She had long black hair and wore the usual business attire: a black blazer and a pencil skirt. A black leather briefcase was tucked under her arm, and her outfit looked very formal.
"Mr. Lee Stein?"
The black-haired woman asked, though her expression was certain.
After Li Si nodded calmly, the woman held out her hand. "Felicia, assistant to the board of directors at Oscorp!"
"Hello, Ms. Felicia!"
Li Si shook her hand, then stepped aside and invited her to the sofa in the living room. He poured her a glass of water, and only after sitting down himself did he speak unhurriedly. "Ms. Felicia, what can I do for you?"
"Mr. Lee Stein, your name has been on everyone's lips these past couple of days!"
Felicia smiled just enough to be polite, lifted her glass, and took a sip before continuing. "Thanks to those reporters, the chairman and the others discovered that such an outstanding scientist as yourself had been overlooked at the company."
"Ms. Felicia, please get straight to the point... I'm not really accustomed to this sort of polite small talk."
Li Si held up a hand to interrupt her, then spread his hands in a helpless gesture.
"All right, you scientists are all alike!"
Felicia smiled too, took out a folded card of stiff paper, placed it on the coffee table, and slid it toward him.
"The chairman and the others feel that having you work as an assistant in the Cross-Species Genetics Department is a waste of your talents. So, after a unanimous decision by the board, they'd like to invite