So Mao Xiong was making feverish preparations to receive Professor Cozmo, convinced he had victory in the bag, when it would actually end in a classic public humiliation.
The kind where... the villain looked down on the protagonist in every possible way, then some big shot arrived and suddenly treated the protagonist with utmost respect, leaving the villain stunned.
Shen Qi's status had not reached the level of a "Dragon King" or "Asura," and Professor Cozmo had no need to bow and scrape before him. It was a matter of mutual recognition and respect.
That was enough.
For this incident, that was enough!
"Li Ke, I'll handle this."
"Huh?!"
"The Shanhai Group wants to sponsor me."
"The Shanhai Group..." Li Ke knew it was the company that manufactured the Little Sheep. "They can't possibly sponsor you to the tune of several million or tens of millions of b, can they?"
"Professor Cozmo Raizou is one of the Shanhai Group's two major shareholders."
Li Ke froze.
He knew the academic standing and research achievements of the father-and-son pair, Cozmo Raizou and Cozmo Takao, but business and assets were not his strong suit. He had never looked into which businesses belonged to them.
"Hehe... hehehehe."
After standing there dumbly for a few seconds, Li Ke suddenly broke into a foolish grin.
Anyone who did not know better might have thought the pressure had driven him mad.
"Go shave!"
Shen Qi kicked the foolishly grinning Li Ke away.
The stubble on his chin... could no longer be called stubble. It was a full, bristling beard.
He should have shaved the hair on his chin when he successfully produced the egg, but one thing had followed another, and he still had not taken a razor to it.
"Shen Qi, you're incredible! I never imagined