Chapter 331 - 168: Xu Xiyue, Software Hardening Engineer

Chapter 331: Chapter 168: Xu Xiyue, Software Hardening Engineer

After Xu Xiyue signed the agreement, she reiterated one point to Jiang Huiyang and the others.

"Don’t worry, President Xu. We understand."

Having signed the agreement, Jiang Huiyang and his team immediately offered their solemn assurance.

It was hard to say who wanted the project to succeed more—them or Xu Xiyue.

But both sides were, without a doubt, the people in the world who most wanted this project to succeed.

Once everything was settled, Jiang Huiyang and his team left Panshi Venture Capital with the agreements, their faces beaming with joy.

They were heading back to wait for the funds to arrive and then get down to business.

They stood waiting for the elevator, which arrived shortly.

When the elevator doors opened, they saw a middle-aged woman standing inside.

Coincidentally, they recognized her.

She was a senior investment manager from Sky Dome Capital, Manager Liu.

"Manager Liu? What a coincidence."

They greeted Manager Liu as they stepped into the elevator.

"You still haven’t given up? Your project really has no investment value. You should either find a new project or just get a regular job."

Manager Liu vaguely remembered them. Seeing them formally dressed in the building, she assumed they were still trying to get a venture capital firm to invest in them.

But in her opinion, their project was worthless.

Hearing her words, Jiang Huiyang and his team all frowned.

"Manager Liu, I’m afraid we’ll have to disappoint you. We’ve already secured funding."

Jiang Huiyang frowned, then replied to Manager Liu, his voice brimming with confidence.

Before, if Manager Liu had said something like that, he could only have offered a bitter, awkward smile, unable to muster a rebuttal.

But now, the agreement he held in his hands was the source of his confidence.

"You secured funding?"

Manager Liu was taken aback.

’Their project? A company was actually willing to invest in them?’

"Which company invested in you?"

’She was dying to know which fool with more money than sense would invest in this project.’

"President Xu Xiyue of Panshi Venture Capital personally invested in our project."

Jiang Huiyang didn’t hide anything and told her outright.

Now that the financing contracts were signed, there was no longer any need for secrecy.

Besides, after their recent interactions with Xu Xiyue, they all felt she was highly competent.

They felt she wasn’t at all like the rumors portrayed her; on the contrary, she was an extremely professional and responsible investor.

So they no longer shied away from admitting that Xu Xiyue had invested in them.

"Who invested in you? Xu Xiyue? HAHAHA..."

When Manager Liu heard Jiang Huiyang, she froze for a second before bursting out laughing as if she’d just heard the funniest joke in the world.

"You must be truly desperate to try anything. You actually dared to accept an investment from Xu Xiyue? Didn’t you do any research on her beforehand?"

"I’d advise you to just spend all the money in your account. Live it up while you can, because the project is a dead end anyway."

Manager Liu couldn’t hold back her laughter. She shot the team a pitying glance and mocked them openly.

’A moment ago, she’d been curious which company had so much money to burn that they’d invest in these guys.’

’To think it was a personal investment from Xu Xiyue herself.’

’That’s a case of an investor whose projects are doomed to fail meeting a project that’s doomed to fail.’

’Well, that settles it. The project’s final outcome was already set in stone.’

’Not even an Immortal could save it now.’

"Manager Liu, don’t you think you’re going too far?"

Jiang Huiyang and his team scowled, their tone turning hostile.

’Xu Xiyue was her former boss, after all. Did she really have to be so venomous?’

’And saying their project was a dead end... it was like she didn’t even see them as human.’

"Going too far? Isn’t it just a foreseeable fact?"

Manager Liu scoffed dismissively. "I hope your project succeeds, so you can come to Sky Dome and prove me wrong. I’m just afraid that day will never come..."

’She had absolutely no faith that their project could succeed.’

’And now that Xu Xiyue was involved, there wasn’t a shadow of a doubt.’

The elevator reached the first floor and the doors opened.

She stepped out of the elevator immediately. She felt like she’d be jinxed just by sharing the same space with them.

"Let’s go back and develop the project."

Jiang Huiyang’s expression was grim as he spoke with steely determination.

’He would pour every ounce of his being into completing this project and launching it successfully.’

’He had to succeed. He would make every single person who looked down on them eat their words!’

’He had to prove President Chen and President Xu right, shatter everyone’s skepticism, and validate their faith in him.’

Seething with frustration, he strode out of the elevator.

"Let’s just get it done!"

The other four were also fuming. Being mocked to their faces by Manager Liu had left a bitter taste.

’There was only one way to get back at her.’

’Make the project a success and shove the cold, hard results in their faces.’

They hurried out of the building, ready to go back and work overtime on the project.

Meanwhile, after buying a Starbucks downstairs, Manager Liu couldn’t resist pulling out her phone and blasting the news to all her group chats.

"You guys remember that Pentagonal Game Company that was pitching to all the VCs a while back?"

She started by dropping the name of Jiang Huiyang’s company.

The name, "Pentagonal Game," symbolized that the five people on their team were all indispensable.

"I remember them. That project had nothing special, so it was an instant rejection."

"They came by our firm. Didn’t even make it past the initial screening before we turned them away."

"They tried pitching to us, too. No investment value. We showed them the door right then and there."

"I think I threw their proposal straight in the trash. We toss out plenty of projects like that every day."

"..."

There were plenty of people slacking off in the group chat. A few of them remembered Jiang Huiyang’s team and immediately started chiming in.