"You know, although Noah has not yet gone public, it is also a relatively large technology company, and Brother Lei also has shares." Li Hao successfully attracted Wang Qiang's attention at this moment and began to get to the point.

"Yes, so you mean that Xiao Wang is not going to cash out for Xu Lei? That shouldn't be the case. Noah's liquid assets are very healthy! I am quite clear about this." Wang Qiang replied.

"As far as I know, that's not the case. When I met with Brother Lei to review and revise the business plan, he showed me the email Wang Xiao sent him." Li Hao immediately replied, "General Manager Wang personally told him that the company is having difficulty with cash flow. I'm afraid you don't know this yet."

There was silence on the other end of the line.

Li Hao was no longer in a hurry to continue "complaining" to Wang Qiang, as his goal had basically been achieved.

After a while, only the sound of deep breathing was heard.

"Okay, Li Hao, I understand what you mean. I'll go and investigate Noah carefully. So, please take the time to email me the business plan for your AI + investment consulting project that you and Xu Lei discussed. I'll take a look at it first. After we've dealt with the troublesome matters, we can talk in person."

"Thank you so much, Professor Wang! I'll send you the plan via email right away. I'm very much looking forward to you and Zen Fund becoming our partners, so we can achieve prosperity together and become the trendsetters of our times!"

Li Hao, who was feeling good at the time, also teased Professor Wang a little.

After all, is Professor Wang a person who is short of money?

What's more, he is already a trendsetter of the times and the co-founder of a very professional investment fund in the primary market.

"Okay, we'll carefully evaluate your project. If there's any further progress, please feel free to contact us!"

At this moment, Wang Qiang was only thinking, wondering if Noah really encountered trouble that he didn't know about, or if it was Wang Xiao's personal behavior or the grudge between him and Xu Lei.

In short, he ended the call with Li Hao and started investigating.

……

"What a great success, Xiao Li! You're becoming more and more proficient now. It's true that when people have money, their spirit and energy are completely different."

At this moment, Lao Pi’s words emerged in Li Hao’s mind.

"I have to thank Mr. Pi for his support. Otherwise, even if Professor Wang is a good talker, he might not have agreed right away. Thanks to Mr. Pi! Mr. Pi is awesome!"

Li Hao was in a good mood and praised Lao Pi as well.

"Xiao Li, you still remember your mission to recruit Xu Lei. Once you write his name on the general partner documents, you'll know I can be even more powerful than I am now."

Lao Pi was not polite and continued to show off his abilities, reminding Li Hao not to forget the task requirements.

"No problem, Mr. Pi! I promise to complete the task! And in my heart, you are the strongest!"

Li Hao said with a smile in his heart.

In his mind, compared to Karl Pearson, Li Hao believes that Lao Pi is more like the god in charge of luck.

……

On the other hand, Xu Lei was also quietly carrying out his own actions.

As the former CTO of Noah Technology, he not only created the technical architecture of the company's core product, "Ark", but also maintained a deep relationship with every R&D member.

"Data provides insights into the future" is the concept that Xu Lei adhered to when designing "Ark". It is this concept that makes Noah's core products unique among its peers and becomes the cornerstone of the company's industry leadership.

However, when the top management ruthlessly "optimized" a CTO who had once led by example and fought alongside the team because of his age, this undoubtedly made other R&D personnel feel disheartened.

However, as a worker, not everyone has the courage to question unreasonable decisions and take action.

But this does not include Feng Zhiyuan.

As the technical director of Noah's R&D department, he is 32 years old and graduated from the Computer Science Department of Huaqing University. He has a comprehensive technology stack and outstanding talent.

Although he is nominally the technical director of Noah Technology, he is more of a senior engineer working on the front line.

Feng Zhiyuan specializes in algorithm and system architecture design, and has profound technical accumulation, especially in the fields of big data processing and AI applications.

He is a bit introverted and doesn't like internal management and personnel struggles in the company. He prefers to immerse himself in code and technology.

He and Xu Lei met at Noah Technology's core project "Ark". The two had worked together on many technical problems and established a deep fighting friendship.

Feng Zhiyuan has always regarded Xu Lei as a mentor and guide in the field of technology. In some aspects, he even believes that Xu Lei is irreplaceable.

Because of this, Feng Zhiyuan was shocked and very angry when he learned that Xu Lei was suddenly "retired due to age" and directly promoted.

Although he did not express his opinion immediately, it caused him to be passive and lazy to a certain extent, and he has been communicating with Xu Lei privately.

"Brother Lei, do you know that Wang Xiao, that guy, found a CTO from nowhere these days to take over your job? I heard he's quite young, but I wonder what he thinks?"

While going downstairs to smoke, Feng Zhiyuan secretly sent a message to Xu Lei.

"Zhiyuan, do you know what the relationship is between this new person in the department and Wang Xiao? Did he find someone from somewhere to take advantage of the company?"

Xu Lei asked.

"I don't know, Brother Lei. He was once a member of Herun U30, and he's quite famous. But, I don't rule out the possibility that he has some connection with our 'Xiao Wang'. I'll go talk to him later."

Feng Zhiyuan replied.

"Thank you for your help, Zhiyuan. I treat the Ark like my own child. We put so much effort into it. But if Wang Xiao does this, it will definitely cause delays in the end."

Xu Lei said to Feng Zhiyuan with regret.

"It's okay, Brother Lei. The technical capabilities and design experience we've accumulated from building this product from scratch are all real. If there are any flaws in the Ark later on, I can always work with you on that new project later!"

In fact, Xu Lei had mentioned to Feng Zhiyuan before that he was planning to set up a partnership with a young person. This also gave Feng Zhiyuan, who was approaching 35 years old, some different ideas.

"If you can really come, I'd be more than welcome to come! However, I still need to sort things out with the company before the project can even begin. Technically speaking, I'm still a shareholder of the company and haven't completely left yet."

"I see, Brother Lei. I'll go upstairs first and talk to you about the situation. Come to the company later and tell me. We can have dinner together tonight."

Feng Zhiyuan looked at his watch and replied.

"Of course I will. I'll be troubling you in the near future, Zhiyuan. I'll be waiting for your news."

After hearing this, Xu Lei felt even more confident.

After all, the more information you have, the more favorable factors you have, and the balance of victory often tilts inadvertently.

As for Feng Zhiyuan, he silently deleted the conversation record with Xu Lei before entering the office building.

Some things just need to be kept in mind.

As soon as I entered the office area, I heard a series of rhythmic voices coming from the open door of the general manager's office.

"Hey, Director Feng, please stop running out during work hours. You said you're not an outsider, so why are you always running in and out for no reason? We have such a heavy development workload, how can we complete the version upgrade on time?"

All that could be heard was Wang Xiao's sarcastic words, one after another, pointing the finger at Feng Zhiyuan.

"Mr. Wang, since you mentioned version upgrades, I'd like to ask, do you know how often other competing products on the market update their versions on average?"

Not only was Feng Zhiyuan not afraid at all, he also did not avoid Wang Xiao. Instead, he asked back questions about the same topic.

How would Wang Xiao know the technical details?

But in order to show that he was always concerned about the business and market changes, he immediately searched for it.

"You even know how to look at competing products? Let's talk about this!" Wang Xiao quickly found the answer and immediately told Feng Zhiyuan, "Major version updates are generally released on a yearly basis. What about minor version optimizations? Isn't it controlled on a monthly basis?"

"Besides, everyone is still in the exploratory phase, and no one can maintain a leading edge forever! If you don't lead your team to update quickly, any competitor that releases a new feature will immediately snatch away a large portion of market share and active users! If that happens, can you afford to lose market share?"

Wang knew that Feng Zhiyuan was being unreasonable, so he immediately responded with a series of questions.

"Mr. Wang, you're right, but do you know how often we update? After the first version was released, when Mr. Xu was here, it was once every three weeks on average! Looking at the market, who can compare with us?"

Feng Zhiyuan showed no sign of weakness and even deliberately mentioned Xu Lei.

This made Wang Xiao even more annoyed.

"I'm talking about the future! We're number one right now, do you even need to tell me that? Besides, Xu Lei has already resigned for personal reasons. Are you promoting him because you want to follow his example and leave without a fight?"

Although Wang Xiao pretended to agree to Xu Lei's conditions through his "tough" negotiations and false flattery with Xu Lei in exchange for his so-called "voluntary resignation",

But at this moment, every word he said sounded as if Xu Lei had betrayed the company and stabbed it in the back.

It seemed more like he said it intentionally for the other employees present.

If someone who didn't know the situation was in his place, they would really think that Wang Xiao was only thinking about the company.

As for the former CTO, Xu Lei, who has not been kicked out of the work group yet, it seems that he left because some conditions could not be agreed upon.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhiyuan sneered.

Knowing the truth, he had already sent his regards to their "hardworking" Mr. Wang and his family in his heart.

Just when he was about to ridicule Wang Xiao, he saw Wang Xiao suddenly stand up in the office and make a gesture to someone next to him whose identity he could not see clearly.

Then Wang Xiao said to Ma Zhiyuan: "I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore. Come to my office now and close the door from the inside. I want to talk to you alone!"

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