Rebirth and Conquest

After mass production of Yan's new product was completed, they were ready to launch it on the market. However, just three days before their launch, something shocking happened to everyone at Yan's: Haoran Group's newly established R&D company also released an electronic product. Coincidentally, this product had many overlapping functions with Yan's product, but it also added several new features. Not only was it practical, but it was also affordable—essentially an upgraded version of Yan's product. (This website is worth bookmarking.)

In this way, Yan's product can be considered useless. Electronic products are updated and replaced quickly; when something better comes out, the old one is quickly eliminated. Yan was originally very confident in their new product, believing it could last for a long time without being replaced. However, they didn't expect that before they could even sell their newly produced products, they were intercepted halfway. What's worse, as soon as Haoran Group released its new product, it immediately flooded the market, completely seizing the initiative and even promoting it alongside Yan's product, saving them advertising costs. At this point, the incident can no longer be described as competition; it's clearly a deliberate attempt by their rivals to undermine their company.

Consumers are the fairest, but also the most ruthless. Given a better product, they will not hesitate to abandon the inferior one. Therefore, the R&D expenses that Yan's company initially invested were completely wasted, and the new products produced became a pile of waste, which was meaningless.

The price Yan paid for this was absolutely heavy. The company not only lost a lot of money, but also suffered damage to its reputation. At least from the outside, Yan's R&D technology was completely inferior to Haoran Group.

Fortunately, the Yan Group has a solid foundation, and after a period of rest, it should be able to recover. If it were another small company, it would probably go bankrupt immediately.

After this incident, Chen Lirong was suspended again, and all her positions were revoked. The Yan family wasn't stupid either. Even if Haoran Group's products were similar to theirs, it was impossible for them to have so many coincidences. It was very likely that information had been leaked. This project had always been in charge of Chen Lirong, and Yan Haobo had only recently taken over. Yan Haobo would not leak information to Haoran Group, so it could only be Chen Lirong.

However, this can only be suspicion, as there is no evidence to prove it. Chen Lirong also owns some shares in Yan's company, so apart from preventing her from participating in company affairs, there is nothing else that can be done to her.

Following Chen Lirong's suspension, her assistant Tang Sijie was also dismissed.

Firing an assistant is not a big deal, but the dismissal of Tang Sijie has brought a series of events to light. After Tang Sijie left, he even took several important R&D staff with him.

Now, even a fool could guess that the one who leaked company information was probably this assistant whom no one cared about.

Yan's R&D company had already suffered a major blow, and the loss of talent dealt them another blow, making it impossible for them to recover in the short term.

After leaving the Yan family, Tang Sijie went to see Chen Lirong alone and confessed everything to her, including his secret contact with Chen Yan and his constant sabotage of Chen Lirong's work, which caused her to make many mistakes.

After Tang Sijie calmly explained everything, Chen Lirong immediately slapped him across the face, yelling, "So you betrayed us all along! You ungrateful bastard!"

Chen Lirong glared fiercely at Tang Sijie, her breathing becoming erratic with anger. In fact, Chen Lirong was not angry that Tang Sijie had damaged the Yan family's interests, but rather that she could not accept that Tang Sijie would betray her. Chen Lirong had always firmly believed that everyone in this world would betray her, except for Tang Sijie. But she never expected that in the end, the one who hurt her the most was the one she trusted the most.

"I know I'll be angry after telling you all this, but I don't regret it." Tang Sijie wiped his face. "I'm no longer an employee of Yan's, and I don't need to call you President Chen anymore. I can finally pursue you without any worries." Tang Sijie laughed as he spoke, making his usually respectful face have a charming feel to it. "Actually, I don't want to be called President Chen at all. It's a name I've always wanted to be called. Besides, the name Lirong is very nice."

"Get out!" Chen Lirong shouted, pointing to the door, unable to bear it any longer.

“Okay, I’m angry now, so I won’t provoke you any further.” Tang Sijie’s face softened. “Come see me again in a few days. You can do anything to beg for forgiveness until you’re willing to be with me.”

After saying this, Tang Sijie left, leaving Chen Lirong standing there with a complicated expression, her face changing repeatedly as if she was thinking about something.

From then on, the Yan family and the Haoran Group completely broke ties, and competition in all aspects began. Although it couldn't be said that it was a matter of life and death, they were determined not to let the other party have an easy time.

Everyone could sense that a fierce and bloody reshuffling was about to take place in the business world of City B.

That day, Chen Yan was dragged to a bar by Yan Minghui. Chen Yan didn't usually go to places like this, but this bar belonged to Yan Minghui. Some time ago, Yan Minghui had acquired several bars, saying that they could come here to have fun when they were bored. After acquiring them, they could have more fun. This bar had just been renovated two days ago, so today he dragged Chen Yan along to see how it looked inside.

After entering the bar, they found it quite spacious, complete with a music dance floor and flashing lights. However, after taking only two steps, they spotted two familiar faces: Qi Wenqing and Yan Haobo sitting on the sofa next to the bar.

"Second Young Master, don't look so cold. It's been so long since we've gone out to play." Qi Wenqing complained, handing a glass of wine to Yan Haobo next to him. "Relax when you're here. Don't think about company matters. It was not easy to get you out of here."

Yan Haobo responded absentmindedly, took the wine glass and gulped down a few mouthfuls before putting it back on the table, still with that expressionless look.

Qi Wenqing knew that Yan Haobo was troubled by company matters, so she didn't try to persuade him anymore. After pausing for a moment, she said, "By the way, I heard that this place is newly opened. We've never been here before. Why don't we call their manager over and ask if they have any young masters or ladies who know how to have fun? We can invite a few of them over to have some fun."

Among Yan Haobo's buddies, Qi Wenqing was his closest friend. This wasn't just because they got along well, but also because they were related. Yan Haobo's mother was Qi's daughter, and the two families had a business marriage, so they grew up together and could be considered childhood friends. Qi Wenqing loved to have fun and always seemed indifferent to everything, but his attitude towards Yan Haobo was quite different. He would never do anything that Yan Haobo disagreed with, and whenever Yan Haobo was unhappy, he would be the first to come over and find something to amuse him. Sometimes there was even a bit of ambiguity between them. However, Qi Wenqing did indeed like men, but Yan Haobo had dated both men and women, so his specific sexual orientation was unknown.

Upon hearing Qi Wenqing's words, Chen Yan couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips, while Yan Minghui had already walked towards them.

"What a coincidence, to see Young Master Yan and Young Master Qi here." Yan Minghui stepped forward and greeted them with a grin.

Yan Haobo turned his head, showing no interest in Yan Minghui, but upon seeing Chen Yan, his eyes immediately turned cold, his sharp gaze seeming to pierce through Chen Yan. "It is indeed a coincidence that you have come here as well." Yan Haobo chuckled and said, "I really underestimated Chen Yan before."

"I didn't underestimate you, I just didn't let you see it," Chen Yan replied with a faint smile.

"Hehe." Yan Haobo nodded. "That makes sense. But we'll have plenty of time later, so we can keep having fun. What do you say?"

"Okay, but I don't like playing for long periods of time, so we need to hurry."

"Ahem, well," Yan Minghui interjected, "Young Master Yan just lost some money a few days ago, so let's skip this order today."

These words were clearly a sarcastic jab at Yan Haobo's company's failure. Yan Haobo had never been insulted like this before, and he retorted with a laugh, "Heh, are you saying you can just get rid of an order like that?"

"Haha, it's just one order. We can make it back tomorrow," Yan Minghui said with a smile. "Besides, when we bought this bar, we weren't expecting it to make much money."

As soon as Yan Minghui finished speaking, Yan Haobo's face turned icy cold. He felt a pressure on his chest, unable to spit it out or swallow it down. Yan Haobo probably never expected that he would come to his rival's store.

"No need. Since you've come all this way, how can we not give you a little something for your trouble?" Qi Wenqing interjected, then pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket, didn't even count it, and threw it on the table. "Your drinks are alright, but they're not quite as good as Nightshade's. You've had your fun today, so you're leaving now."

After Qi Wenqing finished speaking, he pulled Yan Haobo to leave. Yan Haobo had no objection; he didn't want to stay there anyway.

After walking to Chen Yan's side, Qi Wenqing glanced at Chen Yan and said with a smile, "Actually, I was blind. I only saw Young Master Yan's handsome appearance before, but I couldn't see his ruthless heart. Now that I think about it, I really feel ashamed."

Chen Yan smiled faintly and said, "That's why there's a saying, 'Time reveals true character.'"

"Yes, I've learned a lot."

After the two left, Yan Minghui spat and cursed, "What kind of people are they? They're so arrogant here. Ah Yan, we can't be lenient with them when we kill them in the future."

Chen Yan remained calm and said, "Okay, let's go upstairs and take a look."

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