"Boss Han, Mr. Shi from Chengjiang Technology sent a letter saying he'd like to visit you at Origin's headquarters tomorrow morning," Liu Yu said as he came in to ask for instructions.
Han Luyi was a little surprised by the news.
It had been noon when he told Jiang Songran to invite them over, yet they had already arranged to come the next morning.
Didn't that mean Shi Potian would have to arrive in Haicheng tonight?
Was this what one should expect from a CEO who had started out as a teenage prodigy? His judgment of the situation and speed of response were both first-rate.
Han Luyi began looking forward to meeting Shi Potian, too.
Even to the Origin Group, Chengjiang Technology was an undisputed behemoth. Its market capitalization ran into the hundreds of billions, its annual revenue approached ten billion, and it had comprehensive supply chain resources, industry-leading domestic software and hardware expertise, and research teams. None of those were things Origin could catch up with in a short time.
Besides, they had the computing power Origin urgently needed.
Han Luyi's main bargaining chip was still the breakthrough inference framework. Ideally, they would find a win-win arrangement.
But who would come out ahead would have to be decided at the negotiating table.
After work that evening, Han Luyi picked up his girlfriend as usual. Neither of them could cook, so they found a small restaurant near Siheng and sat down.
Gu Siyue asked how Song Jianing was settling into her new position.
"You're preparing to go public soon. Lawyer Song has a background in non-litigation work, so she should be able to help you quite a bit."
Han Luyi smiled at Gu Siyue. "My Siyue really does think of everything. But won't letting your firm's only non-litigation partner leave