Chapter 313 - 290: Alarmed the Big Shots?
Chapter 313: Chapter 290: Alarmed the Big Shots?
A black Cullinan pulled up in front of a Starbucks. Ye Ling didn’t go straight home. Instead, he went inside, ordered a latte, and found a place to sit.
Ye Ling casually took out his phone and checked the message Ning Tianliang had sent him.
’Ning Tianliang: The copyright application is all taken care of.’
’Okay!’ Ye Ling replied immediately, a slight smile playing on his lips.
’Looks like having a good father-in-law is pretty useful!’
’If Ning Tianliang hadn’t pulled some strings to help out this time, it would have been incredibly difficult to handle!’
Just as Ye Ling was contemplating his company’s future, a familiar voice came from behind him.
"Mister!"
’It’s that yellow-haired girl again!’
"Well, if it isn’t lil’ sis?" Ye Ling wasn’t surprised in the slightest to see her. Instead, he just smirked and asked with a light chuckle.
"Huh?"
The yellow-haired girl froze on the spot.
’Why does this feel like the script has gone wrong?’
"Shouldn’t you be surprised that we ran into each other again?"
the yellow-haired girl asked.
"Why would I be surprised?" Ye Ling shot back. "Besides, weren’t you trying to ’accidentally’ run into me? You just gave the game away by saying that."
"Er..."
The yellow-haired girl stared at Ye Ling, completely speechless.
’This guy is an absolute menace!’
"So, spill it. Which faction do you represent?" Ye Ling asked.
Just as the yellow-haired girl was about to say something, the barista brought over Ye Ling’s latte.
"Here’s your latte, sir,"
the barista said respectfully.
"I’ll have a latte, too," the yellow-haired girl said immediately, then plopped down in the seat next to Ye Ling.
"I don’t know her. She’s paying for her own," Ye Ling said immediately.
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Question marks practically floated above the yellow-haired girl’s head.
"Hmph!"
However, thanks to her experience at the car show, the yellow-haired girl wasn’t that surprised this time. She just rolled her eyes in exasperation.
"I’m from—" The yellow-haired girl took a deep breath.
"Wait!" Ye Ling cut her off. "Just tell me what you’re here for."
"I... But didn’t you just ask me that?" The yellow-haired girl couldn’t take it anymore, her face a mask of frustration.
"So what if I don’t want to know anymore?" Ye Ling said coolly.
At that moment, it was written all over his face that he was just trying to mess with her.
"You!"
The yellow-haired girl was fuming, but then she remembered her mission and took a deep breath. "I’m here to talk to you about ’7’."
"’7’?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, a smile touching the corners of his mouth.
In truth, he wasn’t intentionally trying to mess with the pretty girl. It was mainly because Ning Tianliang had just passed along a piece of information.
When Ning Tianliang helped Ye Ling file the patent, he had been very discreet. However, for certain bigwigs, if they wanted to look into it, they could definitely find out.
Therefore, Ning Tianliang had already warned Ye Ling that certain people might come looking for him.
And these people were from a very high echelon.
Ye Ling didn’t want to get involved with people of that caliber, so he’d changed his mind at the last minute...
After all, if they revealed their identities, they would be the ones holding all the cards.
Ye Ling didn’t think he was some hotshot. If it weren’t for the patent application, people like this would have never noticed him.
"Yes, I came this time because I received an order—"
the yellow-haired girl nodded.
"Get to the point," Ye Ling cut her off again.
"Your company must be pretty short on funding, right?" the yellow-haired girl countered.
"Since you’ve looked into me, you must have also found out who helped me handle this."
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow and said, "With my father-in-law’s resources, do you think I’m short on cash?"
"No," the yellow-haired girl said immediately, shaking her head.
"But you should know that this isn’t something he can handle completely on his own. Take the patent, for example. Even for him, it’s a tough nut to crack. Your international patent application actually went through with our help. We—"
The yellow-haired girl seemed to want to say more, but Ye Ling cut her off yet again.
"I told you, I’m not interested in the faction behind you." Ye Ling paused for a moment before continuing, "I admit, what you’re saying makes sense. But I don’t think that’s enough to prove how useful you can be to me."
"You should know our current position in this industry. Now that a company from Xia Country has made such a huge breakthrough, wouldn’t you have to be brain-dead not to help?"
Ye Ling’s words were brutally direct.
The yellow-haired girl had presumptuously tried to take credit, as if they had done Ye Ling a favor.
But ask yourself, if it wasn’t for Ye Ling, would they have helped?
Of course they would!
If they didn’t help, they were either insane or traitors.
"Name your terms," the yellow-haired girl asked.
In that moment, she realized just how difficult Ye Ling was.
This boy’s mentality was far from that of someone his age; he was as shrewd as a seasoned veteran.
The yellow-haired girl started to wonder, was this really a college student who had just come of age?
"I think the question isn’t what my terms are, but what terms you can offer!" Ye Ling said.
He wasn’t wrong. If you want to join a partnership, shouldn’t you be the one explaining what benefits you bring to the table?
It was like a job interview; the interviewee is always the one who has to introduce themselves!
The question is always, ’What can you bring to our company?’
As for the job requirements, those should be on the résumé, right?
It might seem like a small thing, but it actually determined the power dynamic between them.
"I..." The yellow-haired girl took a deep breath and said, "We can help you build a factory."
Ye Ling let out a derisive chuckle, finished the last of his coffee, and stood up to leave, ignoring her completely.
"Wait!" The yellow-haired girl couldn’t stop herself from grabbing Ye Ling’s arm.
"I hope we can have a good-faith collaboration," Ye Ling said, sitting back down.
"We can help you navigate some of the approval processes, and we can also help you solve land acquisition issues, factory construction..."
The yellow-haired girl listed many things, but what Ye Ling cared about most was the first point.
They could help him cut through the red tape!
The other things were useful too, but both he and Ning Tianliang could handle them—it would just take more effort.
But this particular point was truly difficult for them to manage on their own.
The truth was... Ye Ling had been planning to cooperate with them from the very beginning. He was just waiting for them to show some sincerity.