Outside Starry Sky Technology's headquarters.
A black sedan pulled up discreetly outside the building.
Standing beside the car door, Lu Zhou said,
"I'll go up for a bit, then come back down. You can find somewhere to kill some time, or come up with me."
"I'll wait here."
Seeing Wang Peng already eagerly fishing a cigarette out of his pocket, Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head. After leaving him with, "Smoke less. It's bad for your health," he turned and walked toward the building's main entrance.
He headed straight to reception.
The young receptionist had just finished a call. She set down the phone and put on her usual professional smile.
"Hello, do you have an appointment-Academician Lu?"
Watching her expression gradually turn to surprise, Lu Zhou gave her a friendly smile and said,
"Could you call General Manager Chen for me? See if she has time."
The receptionist immediately replied with a smile,
"You don't need an appointment. General Manager Chen specifically told me that if you came, you could go straight up. She always has time for you."
Lu Zhou shook his head.
"Please call and check anyway. I'm just dropping by, not here to interrupt your work. If she's in a meeting, I can wait."
After confirming over the phone, the rush of people arriving and leaving had more or less subsided. Lu Zhou rode the elevator upstairs, admiring the view of Jinling High-Tech Industrial Park through its floor-to-ceiling windows.
Ever since the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and Starry Sky Technology had moved in, a large number of high-tech companies and factories had followed them into the park, surrounding Starry Sky Technology's tower like stars clustered around the moon.
By now, the park's annual output had surpassed one hundred billion yuan, making it a