Chapter 637: 352 Listen to the ‘Heaven’s’ Will

Jiang Xuan unobtrusively combined the two financial reports in his hands and threw them into the pile of documents beside him.

His movement was so natural that Jiang Feng, who was quite close, had no desire to look that way.

“Fourth Brother,” Jiang Feng pulled out a chair to sit down, “Listen to what your third brother has to say.”

Jiang Xuan leaned back in his chair, his smile inscrutable, “After the robotics competition debacle, I thought Third Brother would be down for a while, I didn’t expect you to bounce back so quickly.”

A calculating look was in Jiang Feng’s eyes, but he had already thought of the most foolproof, irresistible reason before he came: “Don’t think of your third brother as petty, but as a businessman, I naturally don’t want to see investments go to waste, so to be honest with you, the investment project I’m discussing today is related to the robotics competition.”

Jiang Xuan feigned disinterest to mask his curiosity, “Oh? Unfortunately, the Jiang family already has a main project this year, let’s talk next time.”

Jiang Feng knew he would answer like that, and if he hadn’t, Jiang Feng would have suspected there was a catch. He quickly tossed out another tempting bait: “You’ve heard of the largest international high-tech group, ET, right? They’re planning to make a major entry into the AI market next year and are now selecting partners. Every major corporation is clamoring for this, but…”

He paused for a few seconds, then smiled profoundly, “To be honest with you, my past focus on the East China University of Science and Technology competition was because of ET. I made several trips abroad recently, and finally got in touch with ET’s executives. East China University of Science and Technology’s design had severe flaws which they didn’t like, but they were very interested in Xiaohua’s Silver Fox. Fourth Brother, if we can cooperate with ET and leverage Xiaohua’s talent, we can definitely create world-shattering AI technology.”

Jiang Xuan tapped his fingers on the desk: “Didn’t the Shen family as sponsors of Beijing University buy their patent?”

Jiang Feng’s eyes flicked around, “I thought they definitely would have, but it turns out they haven’t. The Shen family has focused its main effort on that hospital in recent years, probably too busy to handle this, Fourth Brother, this really is a great opportunity…”

“What are the conditions,” Jiang Xuan leaned over to pour himself a cup of tea.

Jiang Feng watched as his fourth brother finished pouring and placed the teapot far from him, clearly showing no intention of pouring one for him. He licked his dry lips slightly irritated, and frowned a bit: “Do you mean the conditions from ET… or my conditions?”

Jiang Xuan casually sipped his tea: “Let’s hear about ET’s conditions first.”

Jiang Feng finally had the chance to reveal today’s main topic: “ET only has one condition, they are not fully confident in Jiang’s qualifications yet. This investment is not a small amount; they require the cooperating company to… join the O Alliance.”

Whether one can join the O Alliance is an important indication of a company’s scale and strength. Even for a consortium as wealthy as a nation, if it can’t join the O Alliance, its international status is greatly diminished.

Over the years, the Jiang family had been developing more and more, but they had not yet applied to join the O Alliance.

Taking that step could be both an opportunity and a risk.

If they successfully entered the O Alliance, the Jiang family’s status in China would be unshakable, but if they were rejected, the loss to the Jiang family would be immeasurable.

Jiang Feng guessed, his fourth brother’s frequent trips to the O Alliance without finally making up his mind, were likely due to fear of taking risks.

But now, with such a huge benefit in front of him, if successful, it would not only benefit the Jiang family but also help his girlfriend fulfill her wishes.

Jiang Xuan then asked, “And what are your conditions?”

Jiang Feng chuckled softly, “Whatever it is, the fact that the Jiang family could connect with ET is also thanks to me. Besides, your third brother hasn’t spared any expense on Paul. I only ask for one thing if this goes through—a 30% share, to make up for my losses as well.”

Jiang Xuan, “Thirty percent? Third Brother, you don’t want for appetite.”

Jiang Feng, “Don’t be quick to refuse, Fourth Brother. If it works out, what you earn will definitely be much more than your third brother.”

Jiang Xuan slightly tilted his head.

Good, clear-cut terms, reasonable.

After a while, he glanced at his watch and stood up: “Joining the O Alliance is no small matter, I’ll go back to the ancestral house for lunch with Third Brother at noon, and hear out the opinions of the eldest and second brothers.”

Jiang Feng followed closely, “Okay, I’ll call the eldest and second brothers right away.”

**

The dinner was arranged in a hurry, but considering the matter of the Jiang family joining the O Alliance, the whole family gathered.

Jiang Yunyang, being on summer vacation, was sent to a hobby class while Dai Aiyuan accompanied Jiang Shan to the dinner.

Liu Manyi left Xiaohua in her son’s care, and at the moment was busy instructing the cook to prepare lunch.

Now asking whether to add milk powder first or water first to the formula, Jiang Yunzhou responded quicker than she did; she didn’t want to, but due to complications during childbirth costing her nearly half her life, just recovering was already quite difficult, yet producing breast milk was completely insufficient, and she couldn’t sustain Xiaohua beyond a month.