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The joy after the press conference was gradually swallowed up by the afterglow of the setting sun. Wu Xinyan held the mobile phone, and the anonymous text message was like a thorn, piercing her heart.

Luo Yichen sensed her uneasiness and gently put his arm around her shoulders, "What's wrong?"

"Someone sent us a 'declaration of war'." Wu Xinyan handed him the phone with a serious look on her face.

After reading the text message, Luo Yichen curled up the corners of his mouth into a cold smile, "It seems that we have successfully touched the interests of certain people."

"Do you know who it is?" Wu Xinyan asked, feeling a little uneasy.

"I don't know yet, but this anonymous text message seems more like a provocation." Luo Yichen returned the phone to her. "We will fight back if the enemy comes, and we will block the water with earth. Let's be prepared first."

The two returned to the company and immediately gathered the team to start discussing strategies for dealing with the competition for the next project.

However, there is very little information about this project. Who the opponent will be and how strong they are are all unknown.

This invisible pressure made Wu Xinyan feel unprecedentedly challenged.

The next day, the atmosphere in the project preparation office was solemn.

Wu Xinyan stood in front of the whiteboard and explained the preliminary project planning direction.

She had clear ideas and specific goals. However, when she was talking about one of the key technical difficulties, a member of Wang's team suddenly interrupted her.

"Mr. Wu, I don't think this plan will work." A member of Wang's team frowned, his tone full of doubt. "We've never attempted this technical difficulty before. With our current team strength, it's simply impossible to achieve it."

As soon as Wang's team members finished speaking, whispers were heard in the office.

Obviously, his concerns also represent the thoughts of some team members.

Wu Xinyan took a deep breath, trying to suppress her inner irritation, and patiently explained: "I know this technique is very difficult, but..."

"But what? Do you want us to risk the future of the entire team?" Wang's team members were agitated and their tone became aggressive. "With all due respect, Mr. Wu, your previous project experience has only been small-scale. The scale and difficulty of this project are far greater. I hope you will seriously consider my suggestion."

Wu Xinyan's face darkened and she was about to speak, but Luo Yichen stopped her with a look.

He stood up and walked over to the members of Wang's team. His tone was calm but carried undeniable authority. "Engineer Wang, I know you are experienced, but we must give our all on this project. Even if we face great difficulties, we must find a way to overcome them."

"Mr. Luo, I'm not..."

"I believe in Mr. Wu's ability and the strength of our entire team." Luo Yichen interrupted him. "If you have any opinions on the project, you can raise them directly, but I don't want to hear any more doubts."

Luo Yichen's words were so powerful that the entire office suddenly fell silent.

The members of Wang's team flushed and opened their mouths, but ultimately said nothing.

However, Wu Xinyan saw a hint of dissatisfaction and...fear in his eyes?

"Mr. Luo, I have something to tell you alone." After the meeting, a member of Wang's team walked up to Luo Yichen and whispered, his eyes flickering, as if deliberately avoiding Wu Xinyan's gaze.

Luo Yichen nodded slightly and motioned him to go to the office for a detailed discussion.

Wu Xinyan looked at the backs of the two people, and suddenly a sense of unease rose in her heart...

The door of Luo Yichen's office closed gently, but Wu Xinyan's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand.

The abnormal behavior of Wang's team members and the complicated look in his eyes when he looked at her made her feel uneasy.

"Xinyan, it's time for us to visit Zheng's partner." Luo Yichen's voice brought her back to her senses.

Wu Xinyan took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing the doubts in her heart, and revealed a confident smile, "Let's go and meet this difficult President Zheng."

Zheng's partner's office is located in a high-end office building in the center of CBD. It is luxuriously decorated and exudes grandeur.

However, in sharp contrast to this magnificent environment is the cold face of Zheng's partner.

"Mr. Luo, Mr. Wu, I've long heard of you." Partner Zheng spoke in a cold tone, with no intention of standing up to greet them.

Luo Yichen and Wu Xinyan looked at each other and sat down on the sofa calmly.

"Our company attaches great importance to this cooperative project and has made sufficient preparations." Wu Xinyan went straight to the point and handed over the project plan. "This is the plan carefully crafted by our team. Please review it."

Partner Zheng took the plan nonchalantly, flipped through a few pages, and smiled disdainfully. "Mr. Wu, with all due respect, your proposal is far from meeting our requirements."

Wu Xinyan was mentally prepared, and her face didn't show the slightest panic. "Boss Zheng, you're right. We still have a lot of areas that need improvement. I wonder what specific opinions you have on our plan?"

"Opinions? Oh, that's too many." Partner Zheng threw the plan on the table and began to rattle off a long list of demanding requirements. From the technical parameters of the project to the staffing of the team, almost every detail was picky to the extreme.

Wu Xinyan listened patiently, occasionally raising some questions, but more often than not, she just silently took note of what Zheng's partner said.

"Also, regarding the funding for this project..." Partner Zheng paused, his eyes scanning Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen sharply, "I hope your company can show enough sincerity."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, his meaning was very clear - if the Roche Group could not meet his conditions, then this cooperation would probably be ruined.

Faced with the difficulties posed by Zheng's partner, Wu Xinyan, contrary to her usual behavior, did not argue with him as she did in the past. Instead, she humbly accepted all his opinions and expressed that she would do her best to improve the plan.

"Boss Zheng, we will seriously consider all the requests you've made." Wu Xinyan said sincerely, without any reluctance. "We will definitely do our best to meet your requirements."

Zheng's partner obviously did not expect Wu Xinyan to have such a reaction. He frowned slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"What's the matter, Mr. Wu, do you have any questions?" Luo Yichen's voice was particularly clear in the silent office.

"No, not really." Zheng came back to his senses, a meaningful smile on his face. "In that case, I'll wait for good news. But..."

He deliberately prolonged the ending of his words, his eyes moving back and forth between Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen. "I hope you won't let me down. After all, opportunities don't always come."

After leaving Zheng's partner's office, the smile on Wu Xinyan's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a solemn look.

"It seems that the opponent we met this time is not simple." Luo Yichen broke the silence with a hint of solemnity in his tone.

"Yes, Partner Zheng's attitude is very clear." Wu Xinyan took a deep breath. "He is deliberately putting pressure on us, hoping that we will give up."

"Then what should we do?"

Luo Yichen didn't answer. Instead, he took out his cell phone and dialed a number. "Help me check..."

His voice was so low that Wu Xinyan couldn't hear clearly what he was saying.

But she knew that Luo Yichen had already started to act...

Luo Yichen returned to the company and walked straight into the meeting room with a stern expression.

At the conference table, several company executives sat upright, and the atmosphere was depressing.

"Regarding the new project, I hope you can give your full support." Luo Yichen's voice was low, but with unquestionable majesty.

However, he was met with silence.

Several senior executives looked at each other with flickering eyes, as if they were deliberately avoiding his gaze.

"What? Didn't you hear what I said?" Luo Yichen slammed the table, and the documents flew around with a harsh sound.

"Mr. Luo, it's not that we don't support it, but this project is too risky, and..." A white-haired old man spoke slowly. He was a veteran of the company, and his words carried a lot of weight. "We also have some... concerns about Mr. Wu's ability."

"Concerns? What concerns?" Luo Yichen's tone was cold, and his eyes swept across everyone present sharply.

"Mr. Wu has only been in charge of small projects before. The scale and difficulty of this project are incomparable. We are worried..."

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that she is not capable enough, or that it will affect your interests?!" Luo Yichen's tone was filled with undisguised sarcasm, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly dropped to freezing point.

"Mr. Luo, please be careful with your words!"

"Be careful with your words? Isn't what I said the truth?" Luo Yichen sneered, "You only think about your own interests, but fail to see the future of the company! This project is of vital importance to the company. I have made up my mind, and no one can stop me!"

Luo Yichen's strong attitude made several senior executives dare not speak out, and they could only reluctantly agree to provide support. However, the difficulty of resource allocation was far beyond Luo Yichen's expectations.

On the other side, Wu Xinyan returned to the office, closed the door, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself down.

She walked to the window and looked down at the bustling city, but her heart was filled with powerlessness.

"Did I really do something wrong?" She murmured to herself, constantly recalling the contemptuous face of Zheng's partner and the complicated looks of Wang's team members when they looked at her.

"No, I can't give up!" Wu Xinyan clenched her fists, a determined glint in her eyes.

She returned to her desk, turned on her computer, and began to reorganize her project ideas.

Time passed minute by minute, night gradually fell, and the only sound in the office was the typing of keyboards.

Suddenly, Wu Xinyan had a flash of inspiration. She remembered a new technology that an expert had mentioned at an industry summit...

"Yes, how could I forget this?!" Wu Xinyan stood up excitedly and paced back and forth in the office, with new ideas constantly emerging in her mind.

She picked up a pen and paper and began to write down quickly. A bold and innovative plan gradually took shape in her mind.

This gave her a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope to overcome difficulties!

Just then, the cell phone suddenly rang, breaking the silence in the office.

Wu Xinyan glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Mr. Wu, I advise you not to be stubborn anymore, otherwise..." The voice on the other end of the phone was low and hoarse, with a hint of warning.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Wu Xinyan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and an ominous premonition came to her mind.

"For some things, the less you know, the better. You'd better take care of yourself..." After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.

Wu Xinyan held the phone, her face pale, her heart full of confusion and anxiety.

This phone call, like a time bomb, planted a seed of anxiety in her heart.

She took a deep breath, tried to calm herself, then picked up the documents on the table and walked to the meeting room. She wanted to tell the team about this innovation and meet the challenge together.

However, when she pushed open the door of the conference room and prepared to reveal her plan, the members of Wang's team stood up again, with a hint of undisguised ridicule on their faces...