"Raj, I know you are a smart person, and I don't want to see you make the wrong choice." Principal Sebot said with a threatening tone.
"Yes, principal, we don't want to make the wrong choice." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Let's do this. I'll give you a day to think about it. I hope we can win-win and neither party will suffer."
"You..." Principal Sebot couldn't help but became angry when he saw that Xiang Nan refused to give in at all.
Xiang Nan ignored him, stood up directly, and left with Howard and Leslie.
"Hmph!" Principal Sebot couldn't help but slap the table when he saw this.
…
After leaving the principal's office, Xiang Nan, Howard, and Leslie went to the hotel where Priya lived as agreed in advance.
Jupiter and Edward also stayed at this hotel.
They then listened to Xiang Nan relaying the negotiation they had just had with the principal.
"It seems that his attitude is still very tough." After hearing this, Edward nodded.
"That's natural. He can't take this business of hundreds of billions of dollars lightly," Priya nodded.
Quantum navigation systems have a wide range of uses and are related to the national economy and people's livelihood in all aspects.
The annual licensing fee for the GPS navigation system in the United States reaches tens of billions of dollars. The quantum navigation system is several times or even dozens of times more accurate, and its safety performance is also greatly improved.
Therefore, once the quantum navigation system is put into use, the profit will be several times that of the GPS navigation system. With such huge interests at stake, even if Xiang Nan is the darling of the school, he can't get a single advantage.
"Raj, what do you think is the chance of the school surrendering?" Howard asked curiously, "What will we do if it doesn't surrender?"
"I think the school definitely doesn't want to lose everything and hurt both sides. In that case, although we will get nothing, it will also get nothing. I don't think the school will be so stupid." Xiang Nan analyzed, "Even if we do the most It was a bad plan, but the school really refused to give in and fired us all. With our abilities, there were plenty of jobs for us to choose from."
"That's true." Leslie agreed, "And, I'm afraid, the school won't dare to let us go by then. And if it keeps us, it will have to pay us wages. Why should we worry about it."
After hearing what they said, Howard breathed a sigh of relief.
…
At this moment, Xiang Nan's cell phone suddenly rang.
When he picked up the call, it was Peggy calling, "Raj, where are you now?"
Her voice sounded panicked.
"I came out for a walk. What's wrong? Did something happen?" Xiang Nan asked calmly.
"It's like this. People from the school's internal affairs office are searching your office. They have pried off your desk and taken away all the documents inside." Peggy said anxiously, "Oh, they took you All the computers were taken away.”
"Don't worry, it's okay." Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan quickly reassured, "They are here for me and won't do anything to you. If they expel you, then you come to Huntington Restaurant."
"Raj, what happened? Why did they do this to you?" Peggy asked in confusion.
Two days ago, the school also awarded the Xiangnan University Science Award. It is really strange to treat him as a prisoner now, search his office, and confiscate all his research materials.
"This matter can't be explained for a while," Xiang Nan said, "Well, you can watch over there for me first and see what they do. If they expel you, you can come to Huntington Restaurant."
"Okay." Peggy nodded.
…
After hanging up the phone, Xiang Nan looked at everyone and said solemnly, "Peggy just told me that the school has sent people to search my office."
Hearing what he said, Howard and Leslie couldn't help but change their expressions.
At this moment, both of their cell phones rang.
The two people quickly picked up and listened, and then their expressions became more solemn.
"Leonard told me that the school raided my laboratory." Howard said in shock.
"My laboratory was also searched, and they took away my notes and computer." Leslie nodded as well.
"As expected, they really took action." Xiang Nanchang said in one breath.
"Thanks to you for reminding us before, otherwise, we would have suffered a big loss this time." Howard said fearfully after a while.
Fortunately, under Xiang Nan's reminder, they dismantled the prototype and hid it. They also backed up all the research data and destroyed it. Even the computer hard drive was removed and physically destroyed.
Otherwise, just this search could wipe out their entire army.
"I'm trying to take precautions before they happen. I didn't expect them to actually do this." Xiang Nan also said happily.
He was just accustomed to preparing for the worst, but he didn't expect that the school would actually deal with them like this. It was really chilling for a moment.
"What should we do now?" Leslie asked Xiang Nan again.
"I suggest that the three of us act together." Xiang Nan thought for a while and said, "After the school searches our office, we will soon know that we have transferred the prototype machine and data.
So what they will do next is probably to find us and defeat us one by one. Once one of the three of us can't stand the temptation and chooses to cooperate with them, then they basically win. "
"Well, it's very possible." Priya nodded in agreement.
"Then we must act together. No one can leave the team and act alone. Even when eating, entertaining, and sleeping, everyone must be together." Leslie said immediately.
"Of course I have no problem." Howard looked at Leslie and said with a smile, but he immediately received two big eye rolls.
…
Later, as Xiang Nan suggested, everyone stayed in the hotel room and no one acted alone.
However, the calls continued to come in. Some were urging Xiang Nan to cooperate with the school, some were asking where they were now, and some were asking what happened...
All in all, very busy.
Two hours later, Xiang Nan received a call from Peggy.
"Raj, they sealed your office and kicked me out of the office." She reported in a panic, "They also asked me to find you and persuade you to cooperate with them, otherwise I will be fired."
"Don't worry, come to Huntington Restaurant first." Xiang Nan comforted her, "Call me when you get there."
"Okay." Peggy nodded.
"What, are you going to pick her up later?" Leslie asked worriedly.
"I said we should act in unison, and of course I won't make an exception myself." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "Priya, you know Peggy, go and pick her up for me."
"Okay." Priya nodded.
