Chapter 354: Good News After Good News, Spring Has Arrived for That Damn Man

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Good News After Good News, Spring Has Arrived for That Damn Man

After putting down his phone,

Gu Yizhou grinned. Now all the gifts were ready.

A short while later,

the couriers delivering the tea and the bird’s nest arrived one after another at Tidal Group, placing the items into Gu Yizhou’s hands.

Looking at the exquisitely packaged tea and bird’s nest before him, Gu Yizhou couldn’t be bothered to unwrap and inspect them.

’The system arranged it, so there’s no way there’s a problem.’

Besides, he had no interest in tea or bird’s nests anyway. He’d just give them directly to Yan Luoxi’s parents when the time came.

Tomorrow was the weekend. He had already arranged with Chen Dongyuan to visit Dongzhou Technology sometime this weekend.

Just as he was thinking about it,

BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—

his phone started vibrating again.

Gu Yizhou paused, took out his phone, and glanced at the screen.

He saw it was a call from his best buddy, Chen Dongyuan.

Well, what do you know.

Speak of the devil!

However,

it was still during work hours.

’Why is this guy calling me now? Did something go wrong at Dongzhou Technology?’

Gu Yizhou frowned slightly, wondering.

After a moment’s thought, he walked over to the breakroom to answer Chen Dongyuan’s call.

Gu Yizhou pressed the answer button, and Chen Dongyuan’s voice immediately came from the other end, tinged with a bit of nervousness and urgency. "Yizhou, are you busy right now? I have something important to tell you."

Gu Yizhou’s heart skipped a beat. ’Did something really go wrong?’ He tried to keep his voice calm. "I’m okay right now, not too busy. What’s up? Is there a situation over at Dongzhou Technology?"

Chen Dongyuan seemed to let out a sigh of relief, his voice returning to normal. "No, no, don’t worry. It’s actually good news. I just got some inside information about our competitor that could be a huge help to our project."

Gu Yizhou was taken aback for a moment before he understood.

Chen Dongyuan had mentioned this to him before.

A short-video platform called Man Shou had already appeared on the market.

This platform had launched much faster than their Douyin, which had utterly astonished Chen Dongyuan at the time.

This was because much of Man Shou’s underlying logic and code overlapped with the Douyin app they were developing.

If Gu Yizhou hadn’t told him it was fine and not to worry about it,

Chen Dongyuan would have suspected that a spy inside Dongzhou Technology had leaked their secrets!

After a moment’s thought, Gu Yizhou said, "What inside information? Tell me."

But Chen Dongyuan decided to be mysterious. "It’s not something I can explain clearly over the phone. Why don’t you just come over? I’ll wait for you at the company, and we can talk in detail when you get here."

Gu Yizhou checked the time. It was already 5:30 in the afternoon.

It was almost quitting time anyway. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Alright, I’ll head over once I get off work."

After hanging up, Gu Yizhou returned to his workstation.

He was curious, though, wondering what important inside information Chen Dongyuan had managed to get his hands on.

...

At 6:00 p.m. sharp,

Gu Yizhou shut down his computer on the dot and left for the day.

On his way out, he sent Yan Luoxi a WeChat message, but she didn’t reply.

Gu Yizhou wasn’t bothered by it.

She had already told him beforehand that she would be very busy and might not have time to check her messages.

As for what she was up to, Gu Yizhou had no suspicions.

After all, that very afternoon in the CEO’s office, Yan Luoxi had already proven her feelings for him.

They’d done everything but go all the way.

What reason did Gu Yizhou have to doubt Yan Luoxi?

When he got to the company’s underground parking garage, Gu Yizhou glanced at Yan Luoxi’s parking spot.

It was empty.

Clearly, Yan Luoxi had already left the company.

Shaking his head,

Gu Yizhou got into his Mercedes G-Wagon.

He started the car and slammed on the gas.

With a roar of the engine, the car sped out of the Tidal Group’s underground garage.

A little over half an hour later,

Gu Yizhou arrived at the entrance of Dongzhou Technology.

From a distance, he could see Chen Dongyuan standing at the entrance waiting for him, a smug grin on his face.

"You rascal, what’s the big news you dug up?" Gu Yizhou walked up and clapped Chen Dongyuan on the shoulder with a smile.

Chen Dongyuan gave a mysterious smile. "Come with me. I’ll tell you when we get to the office."

The two walked side-by-side into the company building. Chen Dongyuan kept him in suspense the entire way, making Gu Yizhou more and more curious. Finally, they reached Chen Dongyuan’s office, and Gu Yizhou asked impatiently, "Can you tell me now? What’s the inside information?"

Chen Dongyuan closed the door, turned around, and said with a triumphant look, "I got word that our competitor has run into some technical difficulties recently, and it’s seriously holding up their project’s progress. This is a golden opportunity for us!"

"Oh?"

Gu Yizhou’s eyes lit up. "Is the information reliable? If it is, then this is definitely huge news for us! It looks like we need to act on this opportunity quickly!"

"Yeah."

Chen Dongyuan nodded. He walked over to his desk, sat down, and began to explain in detail the information he’d received and his plans for what to do next.

"I’ve already had someone investigate further to confirm the accuracy of this information. At the same time, our tech team is holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to use this opportunity to speed up our own project."

Chen Dongyuan’s face was full of solemnity and focus; he knew how important this opportunity was for them.

Gu Yizhou’s smile also faded as he listened seriously to Chen Dongyuan’s plan.

He knew that while this news was a major boon for them, truly seizing the opportunity would still require a lot of hard work and time.

"Hmm... how is our Douyin short-video platform progressing? Have the previous bugs in the product been fixed?"

Gu Yizhou asked after a moment of thought.

"Development is mostly complete. For the past two days, we’ve been making final revisions and adjustments based on the feedback you gave us last time."

"I’ve already got the tech team working overtime to make sure all potential issues are resolved in the shortest time possible. However, we need to get our marketing ready. As soon as our project is finished, we have to launch it immediately and seize the market while Man Shou is having problems."

Chen Dongyuan said methodically.

Gu Yizhou nodded. "Right. And by the way, have the company’s marketing team start preparing now. We can’t waste a single moment."

"Yeah, I already gave the order earlier,"

Chen Dongyuan said, a little excited.

"By the way, all this promotion is going to burn through money. How much available cash does Dongzhou Technology have in its account right now?"

The thought suddenly occurred to Gu Yizhou, so he asked.

"Uh..."

The moment he mentioned that, Chen Dongyuan’s chubby face fell.

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