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Night fell over the capital, its lights gleaming.

Same city, same late night.

In the interrogation room of the police station, someone struggled to turn the tables on their absurd behavior.

Someone is quietly taking over the entire future from in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of an office building.

While Basil was trapped in the interrogation room all night, her lawyers were locked in a tug-of-war, relentlessly arguing and nitpicking over the loopholes in the evidence.

The meeting room at Tsinghua University, which was assigned to Suyuan as its headquarters, was brightly lit at this moment.

The entire core team was present.

They were all top students from the Computer Science Department of Tsinghua University, mostly Luo Le's classmates or seniors and juniors.

It must be said that although Basil's character is terrible, his methods of winning over talent are truly first-rate.

They hit it off with Luo Le immediately. Some gave up stable postgraduate admissions and top offers from leading companies, betting their most precious college years on this startup company that they formed with their classmates and built themselves.

No one is dependent on anyone else, and no one wants to pay for or bail out someone else's private messes.

Everyone's initial intentions were pure.

Write the most demanding code, work on the most cutting-edge projects, and accumulate an academic resume and entrepreneurial credentials that will surpass your peers.

But at that moment, the barrage of public opinion messages popping up on their phones shattered everyone's hopes.

Basil was suspected of maliciously drugging someone and deliberately framing them late at night, and was taken away by the police for interrogation overnight.

The controversy escalated rapidly, spreading at an alarming pace.

The huge office was deathly silent.

The oppressive atmosphere made it hard for everyone to breathe.

The first to break the silence was Xu Chong.

As the operations manager of Suyuan, a Tsinghua University alumnus of the same year as Luo Le, a genius with double degrees in computer science and economics and management, he is also the person in the entire team who understands risk control the most and has the most insight into the rules of capital.

His expression was calm, without a trace of emotion, and what he said was the cruelest reality.

"To be frank, startups aren't afraid of technological bottlenecks or funding gaps; they can weather and make up for those."

"But a major public relations scandal involving the founder is an intractable dead end."

"As long as Basil remains the legal representative of the company, the next round of financing will be cancelled, and the existing investors will withdraw their investment overnight to cut their losses."

"All the hard work, iterative technologies, and systems we've built over the past year will be wiped out."

His words shattered everyone's last illusions.

Lin Zhou, the technical lead, slowly raised his eyes.

A genius doctoral student at Tsinghua University in the same year as Luo Le, he is the sole founder of the entire underlying architecture and core algorithm framework of Suyuan, the core classmate who started the business with Luo Le the earliest, and the absolute trendsetter of the entire technical team.

He is extremely rational and has a severe obsession with technical purity. He doesn't care about personal relationships or taking sides; he only cares about results and right or wrong.

His voice was calm at that moment, yet it carried an undeniable resolve.

"We painstakingly crafted the code line by line, and we iterated and tested the algorithms over and over again."

"Our technological achievements are clean and should not be ruined by anyone's private foolishness."

The entire room fell silent once again.

No one was willing to admit defeat, and no one was willing to give up everything they had built with their own hands.

But these top-notch smart people understand the pros and cons better than anyone else.

They can't afford to gamble.

Basil comes from a privileged background. Even if she loses everything, she can still make a comeback thanks to her family's resources.

They can't do it.

A single industry stain or a failed startup can destroy years of hard work and ruin their future academic and professional prospects.

Just when morale within the team was wavering and everyone was plunged into despair and helplessness.

The office door was gently pushed open.

Zhang Yifan walked in slowly.

The group of geniuses from Tsinghua University in the room looked up at the sound, their eyes filled with doubt and wariness.

They didn't recognize the face, but they knew the major shareholder who had invested in them was coming tonight.

They were momentarily stunned when they saw this face that was even younger and more handsome than theirs.

Xu Chong was the first to react, and his expression changed slightly.

"Mr. Zhang... Mr. Zhang..."

Zhang Yifan raised his hand to indicate that there was no need for formalities and sat down directly in the main seat.

"I know you are panicked and desperate right now."

"Everyone thinks that if Basil explodes, Su Yuan will die, and all your hard work of the past year will be in vain."

His tone was calm, as if he were reassuring someone, or as if he were stating a fact with certainty.

"But I didn't come here tonight to see you all make fools of yourselves; I came to show you a way out!"

His expression was calm and composed, without empty promises or brainwashing or persuasion.

Those present were the brightest minds at Tsinghua University; empty promises are useless, and no one believes them.

Only realistic, accurate, and practical predictions about the future can convince them.

Thanks to the system's ability to predict the future, he was able to clearly trace all the hidden lesions, future risks, and industry trends.

He knew very well that these geniuses had technical skills but no business acumen whatsoever.

No wonder they all got hooked on Basil's promises and became his high-class servants.

Zhang Yifan's gaze swept over the group of geniuses present, and he slowly spoke.

"What you're worried about right now is the public opinion storm and the collapse of your financing."

"But none of you saw that Su Yuan's true predicament was never a sudden event."

He looked at Lin Zhou and revealed a secret issue known only to those at the top of the core technology team.

"Currently, the company's underlying architecture has hidden compatibility vulnerabilities, and the peak computing power capacity is insufficient."

"Short-term iterations may not reveal the problem, but once connected to a commercial big data port, the entire system will inevitably collapse. You've been stuck on this hidden danger for half a month without finding a solution."

Lin Zhou's pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression changed drastically.

It was precisely because of insufficient computing power that Basil was forced to seek external financing.

However, this matter was kept extremely secret, known only to him and the core technical team, and even most of the management were unaware of it.

Zhang Yifan's words hit the nail on the head, with perfect accuracy.

Before everyone could recover from their shock, Zhang Yifan continued speaking, looking at Xu Chong.

"Three months from now, the industry will face a capital winter, and financing channels for small and medium-sized science and technology innovation companies will be tightened across the board."

"Given Basil's subsequent plans, its blind expansion across industries and overspending of cash flow will inevitably lead to a break in its cash flow within six months."

Finally, he revealed the most fatal point, completely waking everyone up.

"He will continue to rely on his family background to play with fire and disregard the company's risk control rules on multiple occasions."

"Tonight is just the beginning, not the end."

The entire audience erupted in uproar; everyone was deeply moved.

If what Zhang Yifan said is true, then Su Yuan is doomed!

Unbelievable! They're so busy with research all day, I've never heard of the company's pills!

At this moment, Lin Zhou was fully awake.

He clearly realized that the person in front of him understood the technical pain points of TraceSource better than the founder, Luo Le, and understood the team's predicament better.

He was already certain of his decision.

Zhang Yifan saw through capital trends and predicted future risks, making him a million times more reliable than the reckless Basil.

Perhaps, he is the one who can lead the project forward!

Lin Zhou's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Yifan with some excitement.

"Mr. Zhang, do you have a way to lead us out of this predicament?"

Upon hearing this, the others also looked at Zhang Yifan with hope.

Zhang Yifan met everyone's gaze with a calm yet weighty tone.

"Many of you have always felt that Suyuan is a company that produces basil."

That's absolutely wrong!

Tracing back to the source is each of your resumes, endorsements, and future prospects.

Your lives, careers, and reputations are already deeply intertwined with this company; you rise and fall together.

Basil can afford to lose; he has a way out and the resources to cover his losses.

You didn't! Su Yuan's one major scandal resulted in zero blood serum for years, tarnishing his entire resume.

My taking over Suyuan was not about seizing power or profit.

It's simply to protect everyone's future and preserve all the achievements you've worked so hard for!

After he finished speaking, no one in the room objected; they simply stared at Zhang Yifan in silence.

They've all been in school for so many years, and this isn't the first time they've heard such inspiring words.

It's not enough to impress them with empty promises alone.