When Will My Childhood Sweetheart Marry Me?-Chapter 263: Impossible to Win

After the USB was taken, Pei Yan didn’t idle around. After greeting Zeng Zhifei, he cooperated with the Yunteng Legal Department and began preparing documents to commence legal procedures.

Jiang Shuyao continued to participate in the development of the medical records system as usual. Watching the busy figure of her family member every day, and thinking about Xinyuan’s impending doom, she typed the code with even more force.

Yet, the opponent’s moves were faster than she imagined. In just three days, Xinyuan publicly claimed its independently developed case analysis system and swiftly penetrated the market with an overwhelming force.

In the director’s office, on the white projector, a promotional video for the Xinyuan Medical Records System was playing. By the end, Zeng Zhifei’s face was covered with frost.

"You really hit the nail on the head, it’s exactly the same, even the design diagrams are copied," he said, turning his gaze toward Pei Yan. "When do we sue?"

Pei Yan replied, "No rush, let’s wait until their user count peaks."

Jiang Shuyao frowned, "But according to Jiang Xubai, they plan to launch first and restructure later. What if we wait too long and they replace the copied version?"

Hearing this, Zeng Zhifei’s face turned solemn too.

Pei Yan leaned back lazily in his chair, a cold smirk playing on his lips, "Don’t worry, they don’t have the capability."

In the following days, Yunteng Legal Department contacted several companies that had copyright disputes with Xinyuan in recent years. The joint lawsuit by more than a dozen companies further increased the chances of winning the lawsuit.

Time flew by, and as the Yunteng project team put the final touches on the Huaren Medical Records System, Xinyuan’s replicated version also flourished.

It was said that their product was favored by many medical institutions as soon as it was launched. Coupled with Xinyuan’s willingness to spend money on promotion and prestige, within just half a month, the sales department had already established deep cooperation with nearly thirty private hospitals.

Watching the turnover explode day by day, everyone in Xinyuan rejoiced, praising President Lu for his long-term vision and predicting that the company would go public within five years under his leadership.

Little did they know, behind all the glitz and glamour, hid countless dark stains and crises.

It was a sunny morning, Jiang Xubai sat in his spacious and bright office, holding a cup of coffee, sipping and enjoying the view of distant skyscrapers.

"Enjoy it while you can, soon there won’t be time for this leisure."

He set down the coffee cup, got up, stretched a big lazy stretch, and was exhaling a breath when there was a knock at the door.

It was his assistant, Xiao Li.

"Manager Jiang, the President’s office asked you to come up," Xiao Li said hesitantly, "President Lu seems to be in a bad mood, you..."

"It’s fine." Jiang Xubai waved his hand, "I’ve pretty much packed up my things. Don’t touch them, I’ll come and get them myself."

After he left, Xiao Li turned his gaze to the black office desk where a cardboard box sat, and upon closer inspection, it contained several personal items of Manager Jiang.

Very simple, just a water cup and an old-looking mouse.

When Jiang Xubai knocked and entered, the liquid crystal screen connected to the remote video at the front hadn’t completely shut down yet. Lu Chen sat in front of the desk smoking, his face obscured because he was sideways to the door.

The sound of footsteps approached bit by bit, the person in the chair shifted slightly and slowly began to speak.

"Do you also think I can’t win against Pei Yan?"

Lu Chen’s voice was faint, as if he were asking Jiang Xubai, yet it seemed like he was talking to himself.

The air was thick with tension, and Jiang Xubai stopped about a hundred meters away from the desk, silently pondering, puzzled.

Besides him, who else thought so?

But such questions were better left unasked, especially considering Lu might deduct a month’s salary out of spite before his resignation, which would be really troublesome.

Amidst the silence, Lu Chen swiveled his chair to face him. "As the person responsible for the medical records system project, having failed to complete the disassembly and reorganization of Yunteng’s source code in forty-five days, do you have anything to say?"

"Yes."

Jiang Xubai replied seriously, "I have let down President Lu’s expectations and admit I am no longer capable of fulfilling my role, so I have submitted my resignation to my immediate supervisor, and you should receive it soon."

Resignation.

Lu Chen smirked coldly, "The lawsuit notice from Yunteng is right now on my desk. The source code was channeled into Xinyuan’s development department through you. Talking of resignation now, are you trying to escape early?"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Xubai frowned, and before he could continue, Lu Chen interrupted him.

"Actually, this matter can be easily resolved. As long as the company insists it was your personal doing, Yunteng won’t be able to touch Xinyuan." He paused, "Given your close relationship with Pei Yan, why not play the emotional card? Perhaps he might let you off."

Damn, what a bastard.

Jiang Xubai couldn’t help but curse internally. When he looked up, he saw that Lu had suddenly put on another face.

"I’ll hold onto your resignation letter for now. Right now, you are tied to Xinyuan like grasshoppers on a string. If you continue to work diligently, I won’t take things to the extreme."

Lu Chen flicked the ash in the crystal ashtray with his finger and said softly, "Go and arrange a meeting with Pei Yan for me, the sooner the better."

So the purpose of calling him up today was to warn him and to use him as an intermediary?

Jiang Xubai felt extremely helpless.

Looks like he’d have to stay in this damned place a few more days.

In the afternoon, the Legal Department, responsible for negotiations, reported back that Yunteng’s stance was incredibly firm, refusing any out-of-court settlement. No management personnel appeared during the proceedings, and their interactions with Xinyuan were also through their internal legal staff.

Yunteng, unlike smaller companies in the past, would not easily compromise when it came to protecting copyrights, whether it be for corporate profit or industry dignity.

This only made Lu Chen more determined that meeting Pei Yan was unavoidable.

However, after an entire afternoon, he hadn’t received a reply from Jiang Xubai, but instead, he received another piece of bad news. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Local news in Rong City reported that the police department had recently received multiple cases of the same type of fraud. Criminal syndicates, aware of the victims’ medical histories and treatment details, posed as health product sellers and deceived elderly people into buying fake cancer drugs, resulting in many patients’ conditions worsening after taking the drugs, and in some severe cases, causing acute myocardial infarction and death.

Jinjiang Police Department followed the trail and discovered that all defrauded patients came from a private hospital in the southern part of the city, which had procured a medical records system at the end of the year. Due to special conditions with the hospital’s internal network ports that prevented timely data transmission, the system installers suggested temporarily storing all patient information from the system’s first three months on the developer company’s server.

Following this lead, the developer company was suspected of selling patient data, and the police department had launched an investigation...