Ji Ting held his phone, staring unblinkingly at the photo on it until the screen dimmed, reflecting his calm yet unfathomable eyes.
A few minutes later, he got up and left the gym, heading straight back to the Main Building to change into casual clothes for going out.
In a private room at the Cloud Summit Club.
Ji Yanzhi entered the room with the chill of the outdoors still clinging to him and sat straight down in the armchair at the head of the seating area. The young man in a hoodie, however, stopped at the doorway, looking somewhat at a loss.
"What?" Ji Yanzhi's voice was cool. "Are you planning to give me a project report standing over there?"
Only then did the young man hurry inside. When he sat down, he even moved his chair back a little, as though ready to retreat at any moment.
Ji Yanzhi's gaze swept over his nervous movements. Expressionless, he asked, "Where's Wang Mian? Why did you come instead?"
The young man swallowed and answered honestly, "Director Ji, Chief Wang said that if he came, you'd definitely tear him to shreds, and he might even lose his bonus for the quarter..."
Ji Yanzhi gave a short, cold snort. "He thinks I won't tear into him just because he isn't here?"
"The chief guessed you'd say that too, so he added that long-range firepower wasn't quite as strong, so..."
"Enough." Ji Yanzhi had no interest in listening to Wang Mian's nonsense. "Just get started."
As though granted a reprieve, Fang Shiyuan hurriedly took his laptop out of his backpack. While it booted up, he took a deep breath and formally introduced himself. "Hello, Director Ji. My name is Fang Shiyuan, and I'm a Multimodal Fusion Algorithm engineer on Chief Wang Mian's R&D