While Han Luyi was making calls in his office, in another building a few hundred meters away...
Cao Jun had just settled into his office and had yet to finish his first cup of tea when the door was pushed open.
His secretary jumped and stood up.
Once he saw who it was, he quickly sat back down.
He knew he had no part in whatever was about to happen.
There was no second person in all of Icecore who could enter President Cao's office like that.
"Professor Liao." Cao Jun stood to greet him.
Liao Botao walked straight to Cao Jun's desk and slapped a document down on it.
"Boss Cao, why haven't I seen this document?"
Cao Jun looked at the document, then up at Liao Botao, somewhat puzzled.
Han Luyi from Source Intelligence Technology had come to see him a few days earlier, with President Lu in Beijing making the introduction.
The young man seemed decent, someone who got things done. But he wanted Icecore deeply involved in designing and manufacturing a new chip. That request ran counter to the company's strategy, so there was no way Cao Jun could agree.
He turned down requests like this several times a month. It was perfectly normal that Liao Botao knew nothing about it.
If everyone spent their days discussing business, who would have time for R&D?
But why had Liao Botao come charging in like this now?
Cao Jun thought it over but found no clues, so he spoke first. "Professor Liao, which project are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me. Didn't I get this document from your office? Are you saying you don't know?" Liao Botao demanded.
Cao Jun picked it up and leafed through it, putting on a look of sudden realization. "Oh, Source