After some explaining, Xia Xu finally got Zhang San to accept that he had started his own company.
There was really little reason to doubt something like this. A quick inquiry at either Star Sea Venture Capital or Flying Boat Studio would confirm it. It was just that the things happening to Xia Xu were so outlandish to most people that they were hard to accept at first.
"So, Professor Zhang, I'm very serious about inviting you to join my company. If you accept, the position of legal director is yours."
After explaining everything, Xia Xu returned to the matter at hand, his expression earnest.
He was being so direct because he believed there was no need to beat around the bush.
Zhang San was a working professor who had taught for many years. His life could be said to have settled into a comfort zone he would not readily leave.
Unless something had genuinely changed or he had some intentions of his own, even Griffin Jones playing on their personal connection in the original plot would hardly have made him agree outright to take a formal position at his company.
Thus, this was simply a case of two willing parties. Both sides had some interest in the arrangement. Whether his interest came from his wife's nagging and urging or financial pressure, at least it existed, however faint it might be.
Given that, a frank discussion was the best approach.
He was no longer penniless as he had been before, either. Now he had Star Sea Venture Capital behind him and was making a lawful, proper, and reasonable recruitment offer on behalf of a company. All he needed to do was offer enough to win the other man over.
As for goodwill and friendship, those could come later. Once he