Accompanying Yan Shen and two elders, Gu Bai spent two entire days touring the Capital City.

Originally, he planned to stay a few more days in the Capital City. After all, his relationship with Yan Shen had been warming up nicely over the past two days, with the favorability score jumping from 60 to 75. With just a bit more effort, he could pierce that thin layer of glass between them.

However, certain events compelled Gu Bai to return earlier than planned.

Just a few days ago, Gu Bai received simultaneous messages from Xiao Qiang, Mr. Shao, and Ai Shengnan. All subsidiaries under the Black Swan Group were abruptly subjected to inspections at the same time, with fire safety officials, market regulators, and internet supervision offices arriving in unison.

Among them, Black Swan Artist Agency, Black Swan Capital, Black Swan·YW Magazine Company, and Black Swan Entertainment were fined 200,000 RMB for alleged violations. Other than Black Swan Entertainment in Jinmen City and Black Swan Film and Television in the Capital City, all other companies under the group were investigated.

Fortunately, Gu Bai had always emphasized the importance of adhering to market rules, which helped mitigate the impact of this crisis. Otherwise, the consequences would have been far beyond a mere 200,000 RMB fine.

Such a significant incident warranted investigation by the group, and all suspicions converged on one company.

Hongye Building Materials Company!

A few days ago, the entire legal team of Black Swan initiated a lawsuit, accusing Zhu Chaoji of defamation and having an extremely adverse impact on Gu Bai, resulting in major losses.

According to the maximum penalty for defamation under criminal law, Zhu Chaoji could potentially face up to three years in prison.

So, Zhu Hongye's revenge was entirely within Gu Bai's expectations.

As a large building materials company with a market value of over 6 billion RMB, Hongye Building Materials had been rooted for many years and definitely had some backing. But Gu Bai did not expect them to target him, especially not right after he had just received the national Top 10 Youth Leaders Award, while his popularity was still high, and he was recognized as a young entrepreneur.

It was unclear whether Zhu Hongye was driven to madness, as his maneuvers, though briefly annoying Gu Bai, left him with significant risks for the future.

...........

Central Mansion, in the chairman's office of the Black Swan Group headquarters.

Gu Bai sat comfortably in the executive chair, with his legs as the center, rotating the chair side to side, his eyes half-closed in a state of relaxation.

In front of him stood ten people, varying in height, physique, and gender.

Apart from Gu Yi, who had always served as his personal bodyguard, the other nine faces were new to him.

But they shared the same identity as Gu Yi.

Super-intelligent robots!

The ten stood expressionless before Gu Bai, their demeanor solemn and dignified.

The fifth main mission was directly declared complete.

"Mission 5: Influence (Completed).

Exert a certain influence in the minds of 100 million people. Whether this influence is positive or negative is irrelevant for the purpose of mission completion.

Mission completion: 100 million/100 million.

Mission reward: 10 billion RMB, 10 super-intelligent robots (disbursed in batches according to mission progress, one for each 10% achieved.)"

And not just Mission 5 was completed, even Mission 1, reaching 1 billion reputation points, had climbed to 750 million, indicating that over half of the nation had come to know Gu Bai to some degree.

Besides the ten robots before him, the mission reward also included the 10 billion RMB resting quietly in his Construction Bank card.

Because of this, the branch manager even planned to pay a personal visit, which Gu Bai directly declined. After all, he still had five more tasks, with a total amount of 90 billion, to complete. If Ge Aimin had to visit each time, it might be better for the Construction Bank to set up an office at Black Swan Group in the future.

Gu Bai had already made plans for using the 10 billion RMB, while the current issue was how to handle the ten robots.

Out of the ten robots, four were categorized as combat-type, and six as intelligence-type.

The six intelligence-type robots were further divided into three research robots and three business robots.

As Gu Bai mused with his eyes closed, there was a knock on the chairman's office door by Yi Jiahui.

Since Gu Bai's arrival at the company, Yi Jiahui had witnessed the imposing presence of these ten; yet as she opened the door and walked in, seeing them lined up in front of Gu Bai's desk, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat. It wasn't her fault to be startled; the aura of these ten robots was simply overwhelming.

"Chairman Gu, all senior executives of the group headquarters have assembled in the meeting room, and representatives from various subsidiaries have also arrived. They are waiting for you to chair the meeting."

Upon hearing Yi Jiahui's words, Gu Bai did not even open his eyes, but nodded faintly.

Yi Jiahui only stood for a few seconds before she took her place at the entrance of the chairman's office, waiting for Gu Bai. As the director of the chairman's office and the chairman's assistant, in Gu Bai's absence, Yi Jiahui served as his spokesperson, and when he was present, she was his right-hand person. Although her rank within the group might not have been very high, no one dared to overlook her, not even Mr. Shao, who always showed her some respect.

Two minutes later, Yi Jiahui, who had been patiently waiting at the office door, heard the sound of the opening door.

Gu Bai then emerged from the office.

The ten robots followed closely behind him, their shoes striking the floor in a coordinated rhythm.

Yi Jiahui followed Gu Bai with reverent speed, courteously opening the door to the meeting room for him.

The initially lively conversation in the meeting room ceased as the executives saw the door open, and they turned to look. Upon seeing Gu Bai, they immediately stood up.

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