As usual, He Yunshen hosted Han Luyi and Zhao Wenyuan at Hongyuan's Clubhouse.
He Yunshen arrived early. When he saw Han Luyi, he came out to greet him with a warm handshake, his assistant Yao Boshi following behind.
"Boss Han, your taste in the finer things has really improved lately."
He Yunshen teased him when he spotted the new watch on Han Luyi's wrist.
"My girlfriend gave it to me." Han Luyi smiled.
They took their seats.
Han Luyi looked over the dishes on the table. They were much the same as on his previous visits.
The first visit had been impressive, the second decent enough, but eating the same food over and over made it feel ordinary.
If He Yunshen hosted guests here every day, he was probably sick of it by now.
After they had eaten for a while and had a few rounds of drinks, Han Luyi spoke.
"Boss He, there's something we've been discussing internally at the company lately. We wanted to hear your opinion first."
"Oh?" He Yunshen glanced at Han Luyi and put down his chopsticks. "What is it?" Every trip Han Luyi made to Beijing brought him a surprise. Their meetings were never just casual chats, and He Yunshen had grown used to that.
"It's about going public. Source Code and Source Intelligence have both been doing well lately, but they depend on each other. I'm considering merging them and listing the combined company."
At that, He Yunshen sat up straighter.
It really was a surprise.
As a purely financial investor, he was undoubtedly the most eager of Source Intelligence's current investors to see it go public.
A listing meant his equity investment could be cashed out.
What was more, Hongyuan held a larger stake in Source Code, whose current business structure relied