After the divorce, I became a rich girl

At this point, although Professor Xu Zhili can still stick to the bottom line, it is difficult for him to expect other members of the team to be as persistent as he is.

After all, without financial support for R&D, all beautiful ideals are nothing but imaginations in the mind and cannot be transformed into R&D results.

As someone in the team said, instead of continuing to struggle in China with no hope in sight, it would be better to accept Huanyu Auto's invitation and go abroad to pursue their dreams.

At this moment, Li Jiawei also felt a strong sense of powerlessness in her heart, a feeling she had not experienced for a long time.

After a long silence, Li Jiawei seemed to have made up her mind and said to Professor Xu Zhili, "Professor Xu, please tell your team members to wait another month.

One month later, no matter what happens, I will give you an explanation."

Professor Xu Zhili was also silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind. He said, "Mr. Li, I...will trust you again. We've all worked hard for so many years, and we don't mind waiting another month."

Li Jiawei felt a little relieved after receiving Professor Xu Zhili's reply. "Professor Xu, thank you for still believing in me!"

Professor Xu Zhili sighed helplessly and said, "Mr. Li, rather than saying that I believe you, it's better to say that we are all unwilling to give up." After that, Professor Xu Zhili hung up the phone.

The next day, Li Jiawei returned to the company and went directly to meet her father Li Ronghua.

Li Ronghua looked at Li Jiawei who was sitting opposite him, sighed helplessly, and said, "Jiawei, it's not that I don't agree with your plan.

You've recently been in contact with several directors of the company, and you're aware of their attitudes. There's really no need for you to persist."

Li Jiawei looked directly at Li Ronghua and said slowly, "Dad, you know the Li Group's entrepreneurial journey best.

At the beginning, the Li Group was just a small machinery factory with only a hundred people. It was because of my grandmother's strong support for independent research and development projects that we were able to lead our peers in technology. This small machinery factory was able to stand out among many large companies and develop into the current Li Group.

My grandmother always insisted that companies must possess independent research and development capabilities. She often said, "Only by firmly grasping technology in our own hands can we avoid being controlled by others." The current strength of the Li Group is largely due to its numerous patents.

But what are you doing now? You are actively handing your lifeblood into the hands of the other party, and handing over a knife that can kill you. This is simply the most foolish decision made by the Li Group since its establishment.

"Li Jiawei!" Li Ronghua slapped the desk suddenly.

With a "bang" sound, the items on the table were shaken and jumped, which showed how hard he used. His anger at this moment was beyond words.

How could Li Ronghua not be furious when his own daughter accused him of incompetence and stupidity in person?

Li Jiawei lowered her eyes to look at Li Ronghua's clenched fist due to the pain from slapping the table hard. Without any intention of retreating, she said, "Dad, as the second largest shareholder of the group, I naturally hope that the Li Group can prosper.

At the beginning, you and my elder brother negotiated with Huanyu Auto without telling me, and I didn't know about the signing until the day of the signing.

Submitting the project to the board of directors only after it was signed is clearly a violation of regulations."

Li Ronghua's face flushed red as he glared at Li Jiawei who was pressing him step by step. He said gloomily, "I agreed to your brother signing the contract with Huanyu Auto, and it was also approved by several other people in the company meeting. It was just that the contract was signed first and then the meeting was held.

What? Are you planning to investigate your brother and me and send us to jail? "

Li Jiawei looked at Li Ronghua with a wry smile and said, "Dad, I just have doubts about the credit of Huanyu Automobile.

Now that the contract has been signed, we won't discuss the initial investment, but going forward, we must ensure that Huanyu Automotive shares its R&D data with us in real time before we can provide them with R&D funding. Otherwise, I'm afraid the $600 million investment will be wasted."

Seeing her father Li Ronghua about to interrupt her, Li Jiawei quickly continued, "Dad, you can't deny the possibility of what I said happening. Huanyu Automobile may break the contract at any time.

Therefore, if we cannot obtain their R&D data, investing in Professor Xu Zhili's project now is our only chance to recover our losses.

Furthermore, once Huanyu Auto successfully develops its new engine, they will undoubtedly try to seize our overseas market share, and the loss will be far more than $600 million.”

This time, Li Ronghua stared at Li Jiawei and did not refute her. Instead, he opened a drawer, took out a document and handed it to her, "Jiawei, this is Huanyu Auto's recent research and development results, as well as the results they plan to achieve in the next step.

Since we started cooperating with Huanyu Auto, they have been reporting their R&D progress to us from time to time.

It’s just that the company had an incident where R&D drawings were leaked before, and I don’t trust anyone else in the company, so I have never disclosed this information to anyone.”

Li Jiawei took the document handed to her by Li Ronghua with full of doubts and opened it to check the contents.

However, although she had some knowledge of the mechanical field during this period, she still found it difficult to understand the highly professional content.

Li Ronghua saw Li Jiawei's strange expression and said, "Don't worry, I've already consulted mechanical experts on these data. There's nothing wrong with it."

Li Jiawei closed the document, her previous judgment wavering. Could it be that she had misjudged him? Was she judging others by her own standards?

But she still felt a little uneasy and said, "Dad, I want to take this document and ask someone else to confirm it."

Li Ronghua sighed and asked, "Are you planning to look for Professor Xu Zhili?"

Li Jiawei did not deny it and said frankly: "He is a top mechanical expert in the country. I trust him."

Li Ronghua, wanting to appease Li Jiawei, responded, "Alright! Don't let anyone else pass this document on except Professor Xu. Otherwise, if Huanyu Auto gets to know about it, we'll be in trouble."

Li Jiawei nodded and responded: "I understand!"

Considering that it was inconvenient to take such materials to Beijing, Li Jiawei called to invite Professor Xu Zhili to come to Xishi.

Professor Xu Zhili did not hesitate and flew to Xishi that day.

At Li Garden, Li Jiawei showed Professor Xu Zhili the project development progress materials provided by Huanyu Auto to the Li Group.

Professor Xu Zhili looked at the contents of the materials with a calm expression at first, because the research and development results data initially provided by Huanyu Automotive could be achieved with the current level of domestic machinery, and had no advantages over the existing domestic technology.

However, as he read deeper, Professor Xu Zhili's expression became more and more solemn. When he saw the last two documents, he simply stopped reading.

Li Jiawei saw the change in Professor Xu Zhili's expression and felt a sense of foreboding. She quickly asked, "Professor Xu, is there something wrong with this data?"

Professor Xu Zhili slowly took off his glasses, rubbed his sore eyes, and thought about how to put it.

After a moment, he slowly said, "Mr. Li, there is nothing wrong with the previous documents, but there are loopholes in the R&D data provided by Huanyu Auto in the past two months.

It’s not that these data are completely wrong, but they concealed key information, which is more than enough to fool ordinary mechanical experts.

However, if Huanyu Auto breaks the contract in the future, and the Li Group wants to use these R&D materials to produce engines, there will be huge risks in terms of both performance and safety."

Li Jiawei couldn't help but sigh and said, "I knew Huanyu Auto had no good intentions.

Professor Xu, if we use these documents to sue Huanyu Auto for breach of contract and ask them to compensate the Li Group for its losses, do you think we have a good chance of winning?

Professor Xu Zhili looked at Li Jiawei, pondered for a moment, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Mr. Li, this is difficult. Because these documents do not seem to have any flaws on the surface.

Huanyu Auto can easily claim that this is the result of their research, and the Li Group has no evidence to prove that the data is wrong.

The final result is that the Li Group can only suffer in silence and have no way to express its grievances.

Now the Li Group can only hope that Huanyu Auto will abide by the contract signed by both parties."

Li Jiawei smiled bitterly and laughed at herself: "If they really had a sense of contract, they wouldn't use this kind of thing to perfunctorily deal with us."

At this moment, Li Jiawei was filled with resentment. Six hundred million US dollars! If this money had been donated to domestic universities or used for charity, the Li Group would have gained a good reputation. But now it was invested in a Huanyu Automobile project. This was simply throwing meat buns at a dog, and there was no return.

Thinking of this, Li Jiawei was so angry that she wanted to grab Li Yan and beat him up, pry open his head, and see what kind of fodder was inside.

After seeing Professor Xu Zhili off, Li Jiawei sat alone in the yard where her grandmother Zhang Qiushuang once lived for a long time, from the time the moon was bright in the sky to the time the sun rose.

It wasn't until Mrs. Liu came over with breakfast that she saw Li Jiawei still sitting there motionless.

Mrs. Liu knew that Li Jiawei had been sitting here all night, and she also knew that she had been worried about her work recently.

But no matter how difficult the work is, you can't ignore your health.

Mrs. Liu said to Li Jiawei with a distressed look on her face, "Jiawei, you've been sitting here all night. Stop thinking about your worries and come and have some breakfast!"

Hearing Mrs. Liu's voice, Li Jiawei finally came back to her senses. She looked at the breakfast Mrs. Liu had placed on the table and forced a smile. "Thank you, Mrs. Liu! Where are Suisui and Niannian? Have they eaten yet?"

Mrs. Liu nodded and responded, "They have eaten. The driver has already taken them to kindergarten."

Li Jiawei stretched out her hand to rub her neck, which was as stiff as a rock, and slowly stood up, ready to go to breakfast. However, because she had been sitting for too long, she just took a step when her feet suddenly softened and she fell straight to her knees on the ground.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu rushed over and reached out to support her steadily. She couldn't help but sigh and said, "Your grandmother would never take care of herself so badly because of work."

With the help of Mrs. Liu, Li Jiawei slowly sat down on the dining chair. She asked softly, "Mrs. Liu, if grandma were still alive, what do you think she would do?"

Mrs. Liu thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure exactly what your grandmother would do. But she often tells your father and the others things like 'If things get dark in the east, they'll get bright in the west,' and 'If you move a tree, it will die, but if you move a person, it will live.'"

Li Jiawei couldn't help but smile slightly when she heard what Mrs. Liu said. "That's exactly what a grandma would say."

Seeing Li Jiawei finally smile, Mrs. Liu felt relieved and said, "What do you mean by like your grandma said? That's exactly what your grandma said!"

After Li Jiawei finished breakfast and washed up, she went straight to the company.

But when she arrived at her father's office, she saw her sister-in-law Zhong Xinlan was also there.

When Zhong Xinlan saw Li Jiawei come in, she quickly stood up and said to Li Jiawei, "Jiawei, I'm here to report some work to Dad."

Li Jiawei smiled at her sister-in-law Zhong Xinlan and said, "Then you report first." After that, she walked straight to the reception area and sat down.

Seeing that Li Jiawei had no intention of avoiding the issue and instead sat down in the reception area with confidence, Zhong Xinlan quickly adjusted her mood and said, "Jiawei, why don't you report first? What I want to report is not particularly urgent, so it's okay to talk about it later."

Li Jiawei raised her eyes and looked at her sister-in-law Zhong Xinlan quietly.

Under Li Jiawei's gaze, Zhong Xinlan could hardly maintain the smile on her face.

At this moment, Li Jiawei slowly stood up, walked to Li Ronghua's desk, and said, "Then I would like to thank you, sister-in-law!"

Zhong Xinlan quickly stood up and made room for Li Jiawei, watching Li Jiawei sit down in the seat she had just sat in without any hesitation.

Zhong Xinlan pursed her lips and walked silently to the reception area where Li Jiawei had just sat and sat down.

She knew that Li Jiawei had been visiting other directors of the company during this period, trying to get the Li Group to suspend its cooperation with Huanyu Auto, but unfortunately, she was rejected by those directors.

In fact, other shareholders on the board of directors still trust Huanyu Auto's R&D capabilities more than domestic R&D teams.

Moreover, last night Zhong Xinlan learned from her father-in-law Li Ronghua's secretary that Li Jiawei had a very unpleasant conversation with her father-in-law yesterday.

Therefore, Zhong Xinlan had a vague feeling that Li Jiawei would come to talk to her father-in-law about investment today, so she went to the chairman's office early in the morning to report to her father-in-law.

On the surface, she came to report her work to Li Ronghua, but in fact, she wanted to hear what Li Jiawei had to say.

She knew that Li Jiawei would not give up until she achieved her goal. If Li Jiawei really persuaded her father-in-law to suspend cooperation with Huanyu Automobile, all her and Li Yan's previous efforts would be wasted.

Li Jiawei ignored her sister-in-law who was sitting nearby, ready to listen to her conversation with her father. She placed the documents she had shown Professor Xu Zhili yesterday on Li Ronghua's desk and said, "Dad, I've shown these documents to Professor Xu. There are problems with the research data provided by Huanyu Auto in the past two months.

Huanyu Automotive has no intention of sincerely cooperating with the Li Group. All signs indicate that they have no intention of complying with the contract they signed with us."