Chapter 1822: A Confidential Matter Between the Chairman and the Shareholder

Purely making phones or software was no longer enough to pique CEO Jenny’s interest.

She preferred to invest in small companies with up-and-coming tech.

This was a test of vision and luck, but the chairman of the board was rich.

Besides, she had Luke backing her, so it was very easy to sieve out the crack projects.

For example, a company claimed that it had developed an A.I. that could automatically write programs, and was pulling in investments all over the world.

Luke had Little Snail check the other party’s communication data, and found that this company was truly “artificial” and “intelligent.”

They handed the projects over to their own software engineers, and only sent them out after the programs were written. The company was 100% artificial.

This reminded Luke of the “automatic cleaning cloth” which his mother had given him in his previous life — it was ‘automatic’ in how it was completely reliant on his movements to clean.

Actually, Luke had been suspicious of the A.I. project ever since he saw the list of company founders and engineers.

Another example was a pharmaceutical company which claimed that they had developed a miniature device that could complete a standard blood test with just a drop of blood, and the device wasn’t much bigger than the box which mobile phones came in.

After checking the communication records, Luke found that several project leaders had privately said that the equipment was too small and that there wasn’t enough space for the assembly of parts. They requested that the company increase the size of the device.

In the end… this thing passed some state test and was now in use.

Now that this company was bragging even more, it would blow up sooner or later.

This was just the most typical mark of ‘success,’ that it had raked in a lot of money at the very least.

Using the information from Luke, Jenny secretly used a venture capital company and movements on the market to make a small fortune.

There were even more unconventional minor projects which she invested in purely based on the greater fool theory.

But in order to ‘hide from the public eye,’ Jenny’s tech company continued to invest in countless ‘small projects’ and wait for them to fail.

If the success rate was too high, people would follow what she was doing.

Jenny was the top female bigshot who controlled a phone company, F2F and Messenger; there really were many people who wanted to follow her lead.

That was one of the reasons why Jenny wanted to quit.

After converting shares in the three major companies, she would no longer be considered a high-performing business upstart, but a major shareholder in various conglomerates.

There was no need for someone with this sort of identity to appear in the public eye.

It was easy for many people to do an online search and find out who the CEOs and chairmans of the pharmaceutical, oil and electric companies in America were.

But most people didn’t really know whose pockets the money from these corporations ended up in.

As long as the surnames of the bigshots weren’t the same as some famous XX family in the past, ordinary people wouldn’t know these names.

It hadn’t been long since Jenny became wealthy, but she held a lot of power.

She needed this time to fade out and return to herself, to digest the resources she had obtained, and to turn from ‘influential new money’ into an ‘influential figure.’

This wasn’t a simple task, and most people would need many years to get used to it.

It was human nature to be vain and show off. Even powerful figures found it hard to turn down everything — a certain tycoon was a classic example.

Fortunately, Jenny wasn’t a performer, and had enjoyed enough flattery in the last few years.

Most importantly, most of the flattery she received should actually belong to Luke.

She was stared at every day, and had to put on fake smiles and practice social niceties as she played the corporate game. In the end, a certain person was so free that he even took his partner and dog to travel around the world.

Jenny was indignant at this injustice, but it also cleared her head. The person who deserved to show off was living a low-key and free life – as for her, what did she have to flaunt?

After talking business with Jenny a few days beforehand, Luke had no choice but to pay a small price: He would go traveling with the overbearing female chairman of the board in March.

Jenny hadn’t made this request – at least, she hadn’t said it out loud.

Nevertheless, her intentions were too clear.

Although Jenny hadn’t gone through life and death with him, she had been in charge of the phone and software companies for years, and had contributed a lot.

As for going on a trip together… could her proactively going back to Texas with him that one time be considered a trip?

It was only because Luke met up with her on a regular basis that the chairman of the board hadn’t complained.

Elena, on the other hand, didn’t have many requests.

She had a comfortable environment to study drawing in, and met Luke once or twice a week.

If Luke wasn’t free, she took the two female bodyguards with her when she went out drawing.

As an artist, her way of thinking was different from many women, and she had no qualms about spending Luke’s money.

This was the treatment she got for selling all her prophetic drawings to Luke.

In short, the female artist was selling her art; there was nothing to be embarrassed about when she was making money with her skills.

Max was left to the clone, and she was busy selling cupcakes – as long as Luke ‘made a little more cupcakes’ for her, she wouldn’t have time to think about Valentine’s Day.

In early March, Luke and Jenny went traveling around the world for a month.

Luke had already played a little trick beforehand. After Valentine’s Day, the Level 1 clone came back from Haley’s side.

After half a year, the female doctor had become a 1-star teammate of the Joker.

She had Agony to protect her, and didn’t have to fear Simon.

As a mature teammate, she naturally had to learn to earn points himself.

After the Level 1 clone returned, Luke and Selina moved to New Hope Research Institute.

On the surface, New Hope Research Institute had nothing to do with Luke himself. He and Selina used aliases when they went in and out.

It was a good time now for his clone to do research in seclusion, and with Selina handling external matters, Luke didn’t need to show his face in New York for a long time.

Thus, the only person the outside world would see was Luke himself as he accompanied Jenny.

Actually, this was how Luke had taken Elena on holiday after Valentine’s Day.

After testing it out, he found that it was very convenient, so he naturally did it again with Jenny.

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On the plane, Jenny couldn’t help but sneer when she saw Luke look around. “It’s not like you don’t have your own – don’t make that expression, alright?”

Luke chuckled, and his hand slid down her waist. “Sorry, I really don’t have this.”

In front of them was a big bed.

Luke’s private plane really didn’t have one – he had given the space over to a kitchen.

Jenny’s breathing turned heavy and her face flushed. “So? You want to experience it for yourself?”

Luke nodded naturally. “Wouldn’t it be a waste not to try it out?”

A moment later, Jenny was angry. “What do you want? Who wants to talk about a d*mn stock swap?”

Luke said solemnly, “Aren’t you the chairman of the board now? Of course we have to discuss something more formal first. Hm, how’s the soundproofing? The two attendants won’t hear us, right?”

Jenny said, “If you don’t press the button, they’ll just stay in their lounge and not hear anything, okay?”

Luke nodded in satisfaction. “Then we can now talk about confidential company matters.”

Sensing the hem of the dress slide down her thigh, Jenny didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Are you sure it’s a confidential matter?”

Luke said matter-of-factly, “A private conversation between the chairman of the board and a major shareholder can shake the company’s stock price. Isn’t that a confidential matter? Isn’t it huge?”

Jenny rolled her eyes and grabbed Luke. … Hm, this confidential matter was indeed huge.