The next day.
Li Shuishui and Zhang Cheng, who had transformed from boys to men the previous night, rushed back to school at nine in the morning after a night of passion.
Besides the hickeys all over their necks, they also had a thousand-yuan red envelope in their pockets.
"I was careless, so careless! I gave away my virginity for a thousand yuan. I was supposed to save it for my future wife!"
Li Shuishui complained, holding the red envelope, but then he broke into a shameless grin looking at the amount inside.
Zhang Cheng rolled his eyes at him as they walked, and cursed exasperatedly, "Save it for your future wife? I don't even want to expose your dirty thoughts.
Who was it that had their computer filled with five gigabytes of domestic and international action movies, with no repeats!"
"Damn it, you snooped on my computer! Believe it or not, I'll report you for violating privacy!"
"Get lost, get lost, get lost! You secretly copied all the movies from my computer, so who violated whose privacy is still up for debate!"
Just as they were bickering their way to the fifth floor of the dormitory, they suddenly stopped, staring dumbfounded at the crowded hallway.
Among the crowd, besides the male students, there were also about seven or eight female students.
And in front of them, there seemed to be two teachers from the school.
A male student, turning around to answer his phone, happened to see Li Shuishui and Zhang Cheng standing there, frozen.
The student paused, then shouted with great joy, "These two are Gao Xuedi's roommates! I've seen them before!"
*Swish!*
A group of people turned their heads and quickly walked towards the two of them.
Before Zhang Cheng and Li Shuishui could react, they were immediately surrounded.
"Hello, Xuedi, we are senior students from Gao Xuedi's department. Can you find Gao Xuedi for us?"
"Please, you two, help me find Gao Xuedi. If you can find him, I will reward you handsomely!"
"A Shui, Xiao Cheng, hello, I am the Vice President of the Student Union. If you two can help me contact Gao Xuedi, I can directly arrange for you to join the student union!"
"Two Xuedi..."
The entire hallway was filled with voices searching for Gao Fei.
Zhang Cheng and Li Shuishui, surrounded by over ten people, felt their minds go blank.
At the same time as the senior students were requesting the two to help find Gao Fei.
Feiteng Investment Company, Fengchao Post Station Headquarters, Old Cosmetics Factory, and so on.
Wherever Gao Fei might appear, there were students and teachers from Peking University's Computer Science department.
These were the students who had previously ostracized Gao Fei and were dissatisfied with him.
Their sudden change of attitude and search for Gao Fei was because last night, after obtaining approval from his superiors, Li Chenghao had publicly announced that Gao Fei was the chief engineer of the system.
Upon learning of Gao Fei's true identity, before these students could even repent, Dean Li waved his hand, had them sign new confidentiality agreements, and then expelled them from the research group.
At the same time, Dean Li also left a message: if they wanted to return to the research group, they would need Gao Fei's raw materials.
Thus, there were people searching for Gao Fei both on and off campus.
Computer Science Department, Academic Affairs Building.
Dean's Office.
"Xiao Liao, how is it going at Xiao Gao's company recently? Have you encountered any problems?"
"It's going well. The Fengchao Post Station system was written by Gao Xuedi, and I just need to maintain it on time!"
"This kid has directly doubled the employment rate of our department since joining!
Are the senior students manageable? If you can't handle them, call the dean, and I'll deal with them."
"The seniors are very easy to get along with, but thank you for your kind offer, Dean!"
Li Chenghao smiled and gestured for Liao Chang to sit down.
After a brief exchange, Liao Chang took out a password-protected USB drive from his bag that Gao Fei had asked him to deliver: "Dean, this is what Gao Xuedi asked me to give to you."
Seeing the black password-protected USB drive on the table, Li Chenghao was momentarily taken aback, then smiled calmly, "Besides the password-protected USB drive, did he ask you to convey anything else?"
"Yes!"
Liao Chang nodded and repeated Gao Fei's message from last night: "Gao Xuedi said that you, Dean, don't need to look for him. He will return himself for the final exams.
Also, the online rumors have had a serious impact, and he needs to deal with that public opinion now."
Seeing him pause, Li Chenghao was surprised: "That's it??"
"Yes, that's all. He only said these things!"
"Alright, you can go back now."
Liao Chang nodded, told the dean the password for the USB drive, and then picked up his backpack and left the office.
*Clack!*
The door closed softly. Li Chenghao dialed Gao Fei's number again, but it was still switched off.
He sighed helplessly, picked up the password-protected USB drive from the table, inserted it into the computer, and entered the password.
Upon opening the USB drive, over a dozen system patch files and a proposal appeared on the screen.
An hour later, Li Chenghao pulled out the password-protected USB drive with an excited expression and muttered to himself, "This kid, so petty but still remembers the organization's project. He truly makes one love and hate him!"
Saying that, he took out his phone and directly dialed his superior.
Once connected, Li Chenghao immediately gave a rough overview of the information in the password-protected USB drive.
"Director Yang, now that I have this from Gao Fei, I can guarantee that the civilian navigation system will be completely perfected within a month."
"Old Li, I believe you can complete the task within a month with the plan Gao Fei gave you, but..."
The superior on the other end of the phone changed the subject and said, "But I heard that the people in your research group forced out Comrade Gao, who made such great contributions, yesterday?"
The smile on Li Chenghao's face froze. He hadn't expected his superior to already know what had happened in the research group.
"Old Yang, listen to me..."
As he was about to explain, Yang Guochun immediately interrupted, "Since things have already happened, I don't want to ask about the process.
Just tell me, can Gao Fei return to the research group now?"
"Probably not. I've called him, but his phone is off. The people I sent to find him have all been turned away."
Li Chenghao sighed helplessly and reported the information he received truthfully.
"You people... I don't know what to say. As the dean of a department, besides focusing on studies, you should also pay attention to the personal qualities of your students..."
Yang Guochun didn't get angry, but he started to lecture over the phone.
While being lectured, Li Chenghao echoed his words and suddenly remembered what Liao Chang had said.
Soon, he slowly understood the meaning of those words.
After the lecture ended, Li Chenghao tentatively asked, "Old Yang, since Gao Fei doesn't want to return to the research group, should we revoke his position as chief engineer of the system?"
"Are you being foolish? The main system was developed according to the template Gao Fei provided, and the various functional systems were also perfected by him.
Now you want to revoke his position. If the people at the National Academy of Sciences find out, do you think you'll still be able to be dean until retirement?"
Yang Guochun suddenly scolded.
"I was foolish, I apologize!"
Li Chenghao apologized verbally but was secretly relieved. "Old Yang, Gao Fei made so many contributions to the research project, but now he's been forced out... How about we give him some incentive to rekindle his trust in the organization and his sense of belonging?"
Yang Guochun pondered for a moment and agreed, saying, "Gao Fei was forced out and refused to see anyone, which has indeed hurt his feelings.
You tell me, what kind of incentive would be appropriate?"
"How about this..."
After a while, Li Chenghao finished explaining all the incentives for Gao Fei, took a sip of tea, and continued, "You can't treat Gao Fei like an ordinary person. He has many identities, so he values many things. I think this incentive is more suitable for him."
Yang Guochun on the other end of the phone was silent for three to four seconds before replying, "Your method is indeed appropriate, but I still need to apply to the higher-ups.
As long as they approve, I will proceed according to your method."
"Good!"
After that, they continued to discuss the navigation system and hung up the phone.
Li Chenghao put down his phone, wiped his sweat, and leaned back in his chair, cursing with a smile, "This brat, he's using his business acumen on his own dean. Fortunately, Old Yang agreed..."
Just as he was thinking about how to find Gao Fei and inform him of the approved incentive,
on his computer desktop, a chat software for Tengxin Technology Company's beta version suddenly popped up a dialog box. (Originally named Tengfei Technology Company, but changed to avoid confusion with the investment company.)
"Teacher, are you busy?"
Disciple Chen Guowei sent a message.
"Not busy, what's up?"
"It's like this, Xiao Gao Xuedi is at my company right now, helping me deeply develop the chat software functions. I wanted to ask you, Teacher, how many shares is appropriate to give him?"
Li Chenghao paused upon seeing the reply. Brat, so he had already planned where to wait for me to contact him.
He picked up his phone and directly dialed Chen Guowei's number.
It rang twice and was quickly answered.
"Teacher."
"Give the phone to that brat!"
After that, there was a noisy sound from the phone.
A few seconds later, Gao Fei's voice was heard saying, "The Dean is looking for me? Forget it, Senior Brother Chen, please tell him for me that the student's heart is broken, and nothing less than a significant benefit can mend it."
Hearing this, Li Chenghao's face turned dark, and he roared, "Brat, pick up the phone quickly! Believe it or not, I'll come over there and beat you up right now."
The next second, a mischievous laugh was heard from the phone.
"Dean, why are you getting so angry? Calm down!"
"Playing mind games with me now, huh? What, you don't want to graduate anymore?"
"I'm sorry, Dean, it's my fault. I've knelt down for you!"
Saying that, the sound of impact could be heard continuously from the earpiece.
"Alright, alright, stop acting in front of the screen."
Li Chenghao laughed and cursed, "Your request has been forwarded, but I estimate it won't be realized immediately. It will likely have to wait until the navigation system is officially released."
"You know me best, Dean. Time doesn't matter; I can wait!"
"Report back to the research group tomorrow, do you hear me!"
"Got it!"
"Have a good talk with your Senior Brother Chen. He's not having an easy time. Help him as much as you can."
"Understood!"
At the same time, at Tengxin Technology Company.
After finishing his call with Li Chenghao, Gao Fei looked at Chen Guowei, who had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and an honest demeanor, and said, "Senior Brother, as long as you trust me, give me three days, and I will thoroughly perfect this chat software for you."
"I definitely trust you, Junior Brother, after all, we are from the same school."
Chen Guowei adjusted his glasses and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Junior Brother, I definitely won't shortchange you for your help.
Senior Brother still holds seventy percent of the shares, and the remaining thirty percent belongs to a relative who invested a million yuan when I started my business.
Why don't you name a price, how many shares do you want?"
Hearing this, Gao Fei didn't answer immediately. Instead, he pondered, stroking his chin.
His visit today was not just to wait for Li Chenghao's call.
The main purpose was to invest in Chen Guowei's Tengxin Technology Company.
Because he wanted to replicate the Tencent empire from his previous life in this parallel world.