After Rebirth, I Became the Richest Woman - Chapter 9

Yesheng Group’s board meeting.

Ye Xinuo proposed that Yesheng Group take a seventy-percent share and invest in Qiran Technology to develop artificial intelligence chips. The proposal was unanimously rejected by the other directors.

Director Wei Gang, who had always liked winning arguments with words, sneered. “The founder of Qiran Technology is that person called Ding Qi, right? I know him. In my opinion, that so-called chip can only fool young people like you. It isn’t reliable at all.”

“That’s right. Right now, everyone is fighting to seize the app market. Why should we put funds into artificial intelligence, something that won’t produce returns anytime soon? The idea is good, but in terms of the current stage of development, I do not support this project,” a director who had always remained neutral added.

The other directors echoed one after another. “Exactly. Things that can be seen and touched in the short term are more reassuring to work on.”

Tang Jie played the good guy and said, “Nuonuo, for such a big project, why didn’t you tell Uncle Tang in advance? Uncle Tang could have helped you check it over.”

Ye Xinuo forced out a smile, as if trying to hold herself together after a setback. “But Ding Qi is currently highly regarded by many people in investment circles—”

Wei Gang interrupted her. “Xinuo, although Uncle watched you grow up and really wants to support you, you have little experience of the world and don’t understand the market. China’s investment circle is like this. As long as a few people take the lead and say something is good, everyone follows the trend. If they invest in ten projects and luckily hit one, they call it a successful investment. After all, we are not an investment institution, so let’s not waste funds on some baseless project.”

Ye Xinuo seemed to want to speak but stopped. After a few seconds of silence, she compromised. “All right then. Since all the directors have expressed their positions, I’ll give up on this plan for now. There is another more important matter. At the last meeting, we mentioned mobile payment. In the early stages of seizing the market, we will inevitably need to increase subsidies. Compared with that amount of funding, the money needed to invest in Qiran Technology is practically just a fraction.”

Hearing that they would have to invest money again, several directors who did not understand the field showed impatient expressions.

Tang Jie spoke at just the right time. “This money absolutely cannot be saved, but there is no need to rush so much. Right now, our main energy can still be placed on iterating Xmate. Once we make our own social app into the industry leader, that will also establish a solid foundation for the mobile payment sector.”

“Director Tang’s words are mistaken.” Qin Moyan, who had not spoken until now, said, “Competition is so intense right now that no one can guarantee their product will not be surpassed. Seizing the market cannot be delayed. If all the directors disagree with taking out money to do this, then Hesen can increase its investment.”

Tang Jie’s gaze met Qin Moyan’s, and he worked hard to suppress the displeasure in his heart. He was a businessman, so naturally he knew the opportunity could not be missed. At present, Yesheng could not possibly take out such a huge sum of money, so it would inevitably need to raise funds by issuing shares.

However, because he had long since become estranged from Ye Qisheng, he had spent the past two years focusing on the companies he had outside. He was also secretly holding a portion of Yesheng’s scattered shares, so his cash flow was not abundant. On top of that, he had recently been taking over Lida Express, and simply had no money left to increase his shares.

“Actually, I have no objections to increasing subsidies, but we cannot let Hesen benefit from it. I propose adding a new director,” Director Lu, the neutral director from earlier, said.

“Old Lu has always had an accurate eye. I’ll listen to him,” another director echoed.

Most of the directors were fence-sitters as well. In just a short while, they all began supporting Director Lu’s proposal.

“Then…” Ye Xinuo looked rather troubled. “Since everyone thinks this way, let’s do it.”

Tang Jie straightened his collar. “Then do the directors have any candidates to suggest?”

Director Lu said, “This is a major matter and cannot be decided hastily. Let everyone go back and think about suitable candidates. Although our group has encountered some changes, there are still quite a few people who want a share of the pie.”

Seeing the situation, Ye Xinuo concluded, “Then today’s meeting will end here for now. Yu Qing will arrange another time with everyone.”

After the meeting ended, Qin Moyan looked at the backs of Ye Xinuo and Yu Qing and sighed before turning to leave.

After leaving the meeting, Ye Xinuo rushed without stopping to Qiyue Game Studio, a subsidiary of Yesheng. For some reason, one of the teams—Y1 Studio—had collectively left without any warning. They were developing a competitive mobile game, which was an extremely important project. If handled poorly, it would cause a huge loss.

Although Qiyue was only a few floors away from Ye Xinuo’s office, Ye Xinuo still felt that every step was extremely heavy.

Even though she had gone through this once before, she still could not guarantee that she could handle it properly this time. In her previous life, the Y1 team had jumped ship to a competitor’s company, delivering a heavy blow to Yesheng’s gaming business. In this life, no matter what, she could not repeat the same mistake.

But with the qualifications and authority of a twenty-two-year-old CEO, how easy could it be to keep these people?

Ye Xinuo was led by Qiyue’s general manager to the Y1 office. It was already empty. After asking the general manager to leave, she sat weakly in a swivel chair. Tapping her toes lightly, she allowed herself to spin along with the chair.

She had to come up with a solution before tomorrow. Otherwise, the losses would multiply with each passing day. The worst-case plan was to suspend the project and reorganize a new team.

“When the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself,” Yu Qing comforted her.

She still remembered Ye Xinuo from more than a month ago. Back then, she had been so carefree, like a little fairy—innocent and lively. But now, she was frowning with worry every day, and there was steadiness and experience in her eyes. The person who had once been passionate about searching for good food had begun using bread and coffee as her three meals a day.

Yu Qing had long treated Ye Xinuo as a younger sister. It would be a lie to say she did not feel heartache.

“Sister Yu Qing, I don’t have that right.” Ye Xinuo smiled bitterly. “Every decision I make affects hundreds or thousands of employees, as well as their families. I can’t rest for even a single step.”

In her previous life, when she had just taken over Yesheng, because she knew nothing about business, Ye Xinuo had watched helplessly as the group’s business slipped away little by little. The company’s layoffs caused many families to suddenly lose their source of income. She could not allow such a thing to happen again.

Yu Qing rubbed Ye Xinuo’s head. “Don’t worry. No matter what you do, I will fully support you.”

Ye Xinuo coughed dryly twice and said, “Sister Yu Qing, I’m not a child anymore. Don’t keep rubbing my head. It doesn’t look good.”

The main reason she said this was that Han Qiuzi looked like a petty person. Ye Xinuo did not want to get caught up in the love and hatred between two women.

Yu Qing pouted. “If someone who just graduated from university isn’t a child, then wouldn’t that make me an old auntie?”

“Then, Old Auntie, what do you think we should do now?” Ye Xinuo fell back into worry. Qualifications and connections were her current weak points.

At that moment, a phone rang. It was Yu Qing’s phone.

She glanced at the caller ID, answered the call, and looked surprised.

After the other party hung up, Ye Xinuo raised her brows and asked, “What happened?”

Yu Qing still looked incredulous. “Just now, the headhunter called me and said he managed to recruit Woody Woodpecker.”

“…” Ye Xinuo was silent for a few seconds. “The cartoon I watched when I was little?”

“Of course not!” Yu Qing explained, “Although the name is a little funny, this person is a true god-level expert. She’s basically the Lin Qingxia of the entertainment industry. She comes from a hacker background, keeps a low profile, and according to rumors, she’s very beautiful—”

Ye Xinuo interrupted her. “You can skip the unnecessary nonsense after that.”

“In short, ninety percent of programmers would definitely want to work with her. Female programmers are already rare treasures, and she is also a god-level expert who can instantly crush a bunch of ordinary people. Once she comes, she will absolutely be able to suppress the people from Y1.” Yu Qing rubbed her hands together excitedly. “Nuonuo, you really are a koi fish!”

Ye Xinuo had never believed in good things falling from the sky. She immediately fell into deep thought. In her previous life, she had never heard of this person. Why exactly had she appeared out of nowhere?