PFC Chapter 191: CEO Treatment
Chapter 191: CEO Treatment
Zhou Yuan's high-tech company is a bio-gene artificial intelligence research and development company called GenAI. As can be seen from the company name, its main business is various artificial intelligence products that simulate the human brain and body.
Two days later, a ten-minute video went viral on the human network. This video was said to be a product of GenAI, an emerging high-tech company. To humans, this product was a very intelligent robot.
In the video, the intelligent robot demonstrates its powerful abilities, running, dodging, jumping, obstacle avoidance, push-ups, dancing, pull-ups, and handstands, seemingly more agile than a human. Then, the intelligent robot takes up two knives and performs dazzling swordplay, with the robot seemingly invisible amidst the flashing blades. The robot also demonstrates precise marksmanship, hitting a target that is moving erratically and rapidly while running continuously. Finally, the scene of nearly a hundred silver-white intelligent robots forming a square formation, holding firearms and marching in perfect unison, greatly shocked everyone watching the video.
Around noon, the protesters outside the hotel had moved away, and Chu Xiaolu arrived as promised. The three of them had lunch together at the hotel. Zhou Yuan and the others then went to the underground parking garage.
Chu Xiaolu gave the two a wink, and they understood. The three of them continued walking towards the yellow luxury car.
Suddenly, a number of men in black appeared near the yellow car. These men in black looked quite skilled. Behind them, a handsome young man slowly walked out. This young man had cool and trendy hair, a small mustache, and his hands were in his pockets. He looked at Zhou Yuan and his two companions. When he saw Pan Na and Chu Xiaolu, his lecherous eyes swept over their faces and chests.
Panna deliberately thrust out her impressive breasts and walked up to the handsome young man. "Handsome young man, what's wrong?"
"Ahem, beautiful lady, where did you get this yellow sports car?"
"This is a friend's car."
"Oh, which friend?"
"Young Master Linghu."
The cool young man looked surprised. "Oh, are you familiar with Young Master Linghu?"
"Of course I'm familiar with him, Young Master Linghu. He's a very good friend of our Chairman Zhou. He drank too much last night and left it to our Chairman Zhou." After saying that, he waved to Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan and Chu Xiaolu stepped forward. Zhou Yuan extended his hand to the young, cool guy and said, "Young man, it's a pleasure to meet you. May I ask your name?"
The cool young man glanced at Zhou Yuan sideways, without extending his hand, and asked, "You're Jay Chou?"
"Yes."
"So what industry does Jay Chou work in?"
"I am not very talented, but I have started a technology company."
After saying that, Zhou Yuan took out a stack of business cards from his pocket. The gold-colored business cards were a nouveau riche, and he handed one of them to the young, cool guy.
The cool young man took the business card and looked at it carefully. His eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Huh?!" Several men in black immediately surrounded him.
The cool guy waved his hand, signaling the man in black to step back.
"Are you Zhou Yuan, the founder, chairman, and general manager of GenAI?"
“Yes, it’s the real deal.” Zhou Yuan smiled charmingly.
"Ah, nice to meet you." This time, the cool guy took the initiative to extend his hand, and Zhou Yuan also extended his hand, and they shook hands.
"I haven't yet had the pleasure of asking your name, young master."
"Oh, sorry, my name is Linghu Guang."
Panna stared at Linghu Guang, "Ha, what a coincidence, you also have the surname Linghu."
“Yes, there are many coincidences in the world.” Linghu Guang looked at Pan Na with a strange expression.
"Mr. Jay, let's be friends. I also manage a tech company. Maybe our two companies can collaborate."
"Oh, that's great. May I ask what business Mr. Linghu's company engages in?"
Linghu Guang looked around and, noticing that no one else was around, leaned closer and whispered, "To be honest, Mr. Zhou, I'm investing in Professor Huo Jing's project."
"A time machine?"
Linghu Guang nodded.
"Wasn't this project funded by the military?"
"Please allow me to call you Brother Zhou. Brother Zhou, Professor Huo's 'time machine' project does indeed have a strong military background backing it up, and the military has also allocated funds. However, most of the funding for this project comes from my own investment. My father is acquainted with many high-ranking military officials, which is why the military allowed me to invest in this project."
"Oh, I see."
"Brother Zhou, do you know how much potential money and valuation your company has?"
"Yes, I've noticed the rumors circulating online."
“Brother Zhou, you’ve really struck it rich this time. My father called me last night and said that the military has sent people to investigate GenAI Company.”
"Haha, it seems our stuff is really good. It's just that those scientists have had a hard time."
“Brother Zhou, if the military places an order with you, you’ll be rolling in money. So, Brother Zhou, you know what I mean, I hope to cooperate with your company to make a fortune together and realize my dreams. You know, I’ve always longed for time travel. Just imagine how fun it would be to travel through many parallel worlds.”
Panna and Chu Xiaolu both showed a hint of mockery on their faces, but Linghu Guang did not notice anything unusual.
“Very well, since Young Master Linghu is so straightforward, I, Zhou Yuan, am not one to procrastinate. I will pay a visit to your company tomorrow morning.”
"Okay, Brother Zhou is very generous. From now on, Brother Zhou, you can call me Xiao Guang."
"How about that?"
"Okay. Brother Zhou, who are these two beauties?"
To warn Linghu Guang about the relationship between the three of them, Zhou Yuan deliberately winked at Linghu Guang and smiled, "Ah, this is my personal secretary, Pan Na, and this is my personal bodyguard, Chu Xiaolu." Zhou Yuan deliberately emphasized the words "personal" twice, "Nana, Lulu, come and greet Young Master Linghu."
Pan Na and Chu Xiaolu stepped forward and bowed to Linghu Guang, saying, "Young Master Linghu, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Linghu Guang's previously flippant expression softened. "You're too kind, ladies. Brother Zhou, you're so lucky to have two beautiful women serving you."
"Young Master Linghu, don't you have one?"
"Don't even mention it, my old man keeps a tight rein on me, so I have to secretly gather wild food." After saying that, Linghu Guang laughed heartily.
"By the way, Brother Zhou, are you staying at this hotel?"
"Yes."
"Oh, the hotel owner and I are good friends. How about this, I'll talk to him and he'll give you a free meal."
"Young Master Linghu is indeed straightforward."
"To be honest, as long as I follow you from now on, I'm sure I'll make a fortune. What's a little money like this?"
"Then I'll have to ask Young Master Linghu to put in a good word for me with my uncle in the future."
"Of course, my dad is also very interested in you guys. If the military confirms that your background is legitimate, we'll make a lot of money together in the future."
"This is natural."
The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.
"Brother Zhou, sisters, this is my business card. Call me if you need anything." With that, a man in black next to Linghu Guang handed the three business cards, which they glanced at and accepted.
"Excuse me, Professor Huo, I have some matters to attend to. Please excuse us."
Zhou Yuan and Linghu Guang shook hands again and said goodbye.
As Linghu Guang and eight or nine men in black sped away in two cars, Chu Xiaolu revealed a look of disdain.
"Ladies, don't be fooled by Linghu Guang's seemingly frivolous and spoiled nature. That's just a facade. I've read his heart; he actually has great ambitions and aspirations."
"Oh, brother, I didn't see that coming."
"This Linghu Guang actually wants to control this human world."
"what?"
"Do you really think he just wants to time travel to parallel worlds? He wants to change the course of history in this human world and become emperor himself. This yellow sports car must be his. He's sacrificing the small for the big, and he's even waiving our hotel fees. We're just accepting a free lunch."
"It seems I really underestimated him." Chu Xiaolu was also surprised.
"Uncle, where are we going now?" Panna started the car.
"The place I most want to go right now is to see that time machine."
"Hey, uncle, you want to see that beautiful Professor Huo Jing, right?" Panna teased.
"To be honest, I'm really curious to see what's so special about this beautiful professor that she's in charge of the time machine. If time travel could actually be achieved, wouldn't that create chaos?"
Zhou Yuan, I remember discussing the issue of time reversal with Pandora in the later stages of the Source World. At that time, the Earth Empire, using a super-intelligent energy exchanger, could rewind time in a galaxy, but only for about half an hour. The Pandora civilization in the Source World had once achieved time reversal in a supercluster, but later abandoned the 'time reversal' machine. They believed that the energy required for time reversal was enormous, and such enormous energy would be unstable, making it impossible to contend with the cosmic potential energy of the Big Bang in the Source World.
Zhou Yuan pondered whether time travel was possible in this virtual universe.
The yellow sports car sped along, heading to the headquarters of GenAI, a company located in the southwest of the capital, about 40 kilometers from the presidential palace and the parliament building.
When Zhou Yuan and his two companions got out of the car, they were all stunned by the sight before them. The GenAI company headquarters building was at least 200 meters tall, standing out among the surrounding buildings.
The company's security guards, employees, researchers, customer service staff, greeters, and cleaners are all from the Earth Empire.
When Zhou Yuan and his two companions arrived at the building entrance, eight hostesses bowed and applauded in welcome. All the employees put down their work and bowed to the trio. Zhou Yuan thought to himself that Thomas was really something else; erecting the building, arranging Imperial personnel, forging various documents and certificates, altering various online data, and adding company-related information to reports in such a short time was incredibly fast.
Zhou Yuan gestured for everyone to continue working. He casually picked up a company brochure from the bookshelf by the main entrance and stared at it. He saw that the company had more than 20,000 employees and more than 500 researchers. It mainly had two bases: the headquarters building base and the production and assembly base. The production and assembly base was located 12 kilometers south of the headquarters building base.
After the three became familiar with the company's basic situation, Zhou Yuan and Pan Na began to work in a proper manner, while Chu Xiaolu waited outside the president's office, proving herself to be a competent bodyguard.
President Zhou Yuan's office is a luxurious suite with three layers of security. The outermost layer is guarded by eight special forces soldiers, the middle layer by four special forces soldiers, and the innermost layer is where Chu Xiaolu lives.
"Beautiful lady, come in and have a seat. Don't be so serious. Aren't you tired of standing outside?"
"Big brother, this is the duty of an Imperial soldier. I have to protect you. We can talk after get off work, or maybe in bed tonight." Chu Xiaolu was as mischievous as ever.
"Oh, you're quite serious. Okay, I'll learn from you. Little beauty, could you please call that young master Linghu for me? Tell him I'll be visiting his company at 9:30 tomorrow morning."
"Okay." It was Panna's first time being a secretary, and she was very curious and excited about the experience of being her husband's personal secretary.
"Mr. Zhou, this is your favorite black tea. I'll brew it for you." With that, Pan Na lowered her body, revealing her alluring figure, her breasts swaying in front of Zhou Yuan as she poured the tea.
“Hmm.” Zhou Yuan picked up the newspaper on the table and glanced at Pan Na.
"Hey pretty girl, what are you doing?"
"Nothing much, just stories that happen every day in the CEO's office."
"It's really yours."
Panna blew Zhou Yuan a kiss from the air, then brought a cup of tea to Zhou Yuan's door.
"Sister, you've worked hard. Here's some tea for you." Panna winked mischievously at Chu Xiaolu, who giggled, "Little girl, what are you laughing at? I'll have my older brother deal with you tonight."
"Oh dear, it's still uncertain who'll take care of whom. Mr. Jay Chou, right?"
Zhou Yuan was drinking tea when he almost spat it out. Was this the start of an unconventional work routine?