Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Inside a laboratory of two to three hundred square meters, a piece of experimental equipment roughly twice a person's height, shaped like an overturned oil drum, occupied nearly half the room.
Beside this massive "oil drum" stood a control console fitted with three monitors.
At that moment, a group of staff in white dust-free antistatic suits stood before the console, tensely and busily operating the equipment under Professor Wu Tianqun's direction.
Watching everything from afar with his hands behind his back, Director Li wore a deeply contemplative expression.
After silently observing for five or six minutes, he suddenly spoke without warning to Lu Zhou beside him.
"The Americans still dug a pit for us."
Hearing that, Lu Zhou glanced sideways at him.
"A pit?"
Director Li nodded.
"Yes. Didn't you notice? The Ministry of Commerce's investigation into your Starry Sky Technology was only dismissed on the grounds of insufficient evidence. But there's another move they can make—so long as the U.S. Ministry of Commerce chooses to submit additional evidence, they can restart the antitrust investigation at any time... at least procedurally, it wouldn't be difficult."
Lu Zhou nodded in understanding.
City folks sure had a lot of tricks.
That move was really something else.
In other words, as long as the White House wanted it, that antitrust investigation could come roaring back at any time.
Still, Lu Zhou was not particularly worried. He would deal with soldiers as they came and use earth to block water as it flowed. Besides, with his senior sister's abilities, she had probably already figured out how to handle it when the time came.
If he had to worry about these things himself...
Then what was the CEO for?
Seeing Lu Zhou remain "unfazed," Director Li nodded approvingly to himself.