Chapter 433 - The First Song of Qin (6) (2/2)

Shi Sheng snorted. “This is the real reason behind your call, isn’t it?”

“I needed the help of a beauty, didn’t I?” Chen Xi started flattering her. “You don’t know this but just a few words spoken by a beauty are much more useful than several hour-long lectures we give to those beasts.”

“So you’re planning on selling out your friend for profit?”

“C’mon Chu-Chu, help me out here…”

As reality proved, Chen Xi was right. The other party was completely uninterested when they were the ones talking, but the moment Shi Sheng opened her mouth, they grew interested.

But what a shame…it wasn’t in her looks.

“Is this junior also in Computer Science? How come she’s so familiar with our project?” The senior who followed Chen Xi here was confused.

“…She’s the one that Professor Qin is after for always skipping his class.” Chen Xi lowered his voice to answer.

‘She just asked me for the materials on the project on the way here and flipped through them casually… I don’t understand what she’s saying, but the core idea is the same…

Are we really doing the same project…?’

“Ms Qiao, our chairman said that we should offer help to students like you who dare to innovate. A professional will get in touch with you about the contract. If you have any requests, you may raise it with us. If the company feels it to be reasonable, we will give it our utmost consideration.”

Once that person left, Shi Sheng turned around to give Chen Xi an okay sign.

Chen Xi gave her huge thumbs-up in return. If he had been the one to negotiate, he’d have failed for sure.

Shi Sheng’s eyes curved upwards. “The funds total up to 2 mil. I’m taking 1 mil.”

“Ah?” ‘2 mil?!’

Chen Xi was completely stupefied. His attention had been on watching her negotiate—he hadn’t heard the sum she’d mentioned.

2 million was simply an astronomical sum to a research team composed of university students.

‘Just how did she manage to negotiate that amount?! Is this company’s boss just an idiot? Or does he just not know where to spend all his money?!’

They had only expected to obtain 300 to 500k in funding, yet Shi Sheng told them that she managed to get 2 million.

Shi Sheng told them she’d just be borrowing the 1 million and would return it to them soon. She didn’t tell them what she wanted to use it for, but she was the one who’d obtained it for them in the first place—without her, they probably wouldn’t have been able to get a single cent.

And since she said she was going to return it, it wouldn’t be very good for them to reject her.

Though there was a certain amount of risk involved, after the team discussed it, they decided to agree.

When the funds were delivered, Shi Sheng took the 1 million.

Half a month later, it was returned to them in full.

Everyone was dumbstruck. ‘Did you take it just to look at the number???’

When Chen Xi went to withdraw the money, he discovered that there was an extra 200k inside the card.

“Have any of you guys been depositing money in this card?” Chen Xi went to ask his team with the card in hand.

“Nope. I’m so poor, I’m about to eat dirt.” One of his seniors replied while munching a bun.

The senior that had gone to the negotiation along with Chen Xi looked at the card before speaking, “Isn’t this the card Xiaochu returned?”

Of course Chen Xi knew this card was the one returned by that ‘bro’ of his who had recently been appearing and disappearing mysteriously. But there was an extra 200k in the card! Not $20!

“There’s an extra 200k in here.”

“How much?” All the other team members turned to look at him.

Chen Xi extended two fingers.

“…Did Xiaochu forget to take it out?”

“200k isn’t a small number; she probably forgot to take it back. Chen Xi, call her and ask.”

Chen Xi pulled out his phone to call Shi Sheng.

[1] I guess it’d be akin to the English saying: when it rains, it pours? I didn’t use this because I wasn’t 100% sure what it meant. I mean, I’ve come across this saying before and I sorta get the gist but it’s one of those cross-cultural things you’re never really too sure about and so wanna leave as close to the original as possible.