183: Chapter 183 Learning Zero

At the entrance of the administrative building of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in front of the principal's office.

Teacher Ding Runan sat quietly in the hallway, occasionally glancing at the tightly shut door of the principal's office, as if trying to discern something from it.

But regretfully, she could see nothing, and even less could she hear anything.

She had maintained this state for two hours.

That's right; from the moment Wang Shuo and Professor Zeng entered this office, she had become an outsider, and even this stool was one she had brought out herself.

Besides that, she had nothing.

Oh, and a mobile phone.

Teacher Ding Runan frowned slightly.

What exactly did Wang Shuo say to her father?

Three grown men sitting in an office for over two hours without a sound. Is this normal?

Just as her thoughts were wandering, the door opened.

"Principal Ding, Professor Zeng, I will have someone draft the contract when I return, and I will bring it for you to review once it is ready."

This was Wang Shuo's voice.

"No problem, student Wang Shuo, we can sign it once the contract is drafted."

This was her father's voice.

Subsequently, she saw Wang Shuo walk out of the principal's office with a satisfied expression.

The door closed.

She didn't even have time to put the stool back.

"Teacher Ding, thank you for today."

"You're welcome." Teacher Ding Runan looked at the face before her and still asked that question: "What exactly did you say to Principal Ding and Professor Zeng?"

"Well..." Wang Shuo blinked and smiled: "It's a secret."

This was an expected answer.

Teacher Ding Runan did not ask again; she still had that much emotional intelligence. If it were something he could tell, Wang Shuo wouldn't keep it from her.

"Since the discussion is over, let's go back."

Saying this, he walked straight toward the exit of the building.

This...

Wang Shuo followed behind, feeling very conflicted.

Should he tell Teacher Ding that he had extended his leave for a few more days with the principal?

Would he be beaten to death?

...

An hour later.

Looking at the familiar small building before him, Wang Shuo let out a long sigh of relief.

As expected, he was already a mature university student who needed to learn to study independently; staying at school would only lead to complacency.

However, recalling the sour expression on Teacher Ding's face after hearing he had requested leave again, Wang Shuo felt a bit guilty.

But there was no help for it; he still had many things to do and truly could not spare the time to teach those clueless little brats.

While saying this, Wang Shuo had completely forgotten that he was the same age as the little brats he was referring to.

After sighing for a moment, Wang Shuo walked into the company entrance.

"Boss, you're back?"

Xu Kexin, who was lying on the reception desk, heard the movement, looked up, and upon seeing it was Wang Shuo, stood up happily.

"Yeah."

Wang Shuo nodded, feeling a bit strange: "Shouldn't you be in the finance office? Why are you here?"

"Oh." Xu Kexin slightly raised her head and said somewhat proudly: "I have finished the financial work at hand, and since I have some time, I came here to receive guests."

"Finished it?"

Wang Shuo was somewhat surprised; that was a significant workload and involved complex professional knowledge. Had she finished it so quickly?

Not bad, she is teachable.

Wang Shuo was very pleased.

Moreover, she didn't forget to fulfill her duties at the reception desk after finishing her tasks; where else could he find such a good employee?

Nodding to Xu Kexin, who was expecting praise, to show his affirmation, Wang Shuo went to the third floor.

Upon entering, he saw Han Xiaoxin facing a mirror, sometimes revealing a slight smile, sometimes looking very serious, and sometimes appearing quite strange—it was very amusing.

Zero reminded him from the side: "Mr. Han Xiaoxin, you should appear more approachable and smile more."

"I want to too."

Han Xiaoxin felt a bit discouraged; he had tried very hard, but controlling his expressions was not his strong suit.

Just as he saw Wang Shuo enter, his expression became even more resentful.

Wang Shuo found it somewhat funny and asked: "How is the practice going? With Zero's help, have you found any feeling for it?"

"No." Han Xiaoxin said dejectedly: "Boss, if you don't like me, just deduct my salary. I really can't handle hosting a press conference or anything like that."

"I think Assistant Liu is very suitable for this job; you should let Assistant Liu do it."

"No." Wang Shuo shook his head slightly: "Sister Liu has her own work to do, and I think that if the host of the press conference is male, it can better showcase the masculine spirit of our Frontier Technology Company. No one is more suitable than you."

"Isn't there you? The company was founded by you single-handedly; why don't you do it?"

"Me?" Wang Shuo glanced sideways at Han Xiaoxin and said indifferently: "If I have to go up personally, what do I need you for? Wouldn't it be better if I just had Zero go on stage directly?"

Han Xiaoxin shrank his head and stopped talking.

Letting Zero go on directly really wasn't impossible!

But if that happened, where would the value of people like them be?

How would the purpose of receiving such a high salary every month be reflected?

Furthermore, Han Xiaoxin knew Wang Shuo's concerns. The reason the boss chose to release the zero egg, rather than releasing Zero directly, was to hide Zero's true capabilities. At the very least, there needed to be a reason that could be explained to the outside world—whether this reason was technology or a product, it had to be conventional.

If he sent Zero on stage directly to interact without restrictions with the reporters present, it would be a miracle if it didn't scare people to death.

In this world, there is never a shortage of people who worry needlessly.

If Zero failed to launch successfully and instead got labeled by some people as Artificial Intelligence revolting, that would be a huge mess.

"Keep practicing." Wang Shuo patted Han Xiaoxin on the shoulder, finalizing the decision: "If you embarrass our company, I will lower your access to Zero!"

Han Xiaoxin was instantly stunned, staring blankly at Wang Shuo.

Boss, oh Boss, when did you become so shameless?

This is simply a kill shot!

"I'll practice!"

Han Xiaoxin said with a mournful face, articulating clearly and pronouncing heavily.

To avoid having his permissions lowered, he would give it his all!

Isn't it just hosting? I, Han Xiaoxin, can still do it well!

Watching Han Xiaoxin, who looked as if he had been injected with chicken blood, Wang Shuo was very satisfied.

Looking at it this way, he did have some leadership talent after all.

Look, both employees had been trained well by him.

He left the company with peace of mind, got into the business car Chen Xin had left for him, and, with the two Cheng brothers in tow, headed straight for the suburbs.

An hour later, the business car stopped steadily at the entrance of the factory of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd.

As Wang Shuo entered, Zero's greeting sounded right on time.

"Sir, welcome back."

While tutoring Han Xiaoxin, it also had to coordinate with his production plan, and simultaneously interact with him in real-time.

Tsk tsk, Zero is working very hard.

"Zero, report the production progress."

"Sir, the specific production progress has been displayed to you in the form of a chart; please take a look."

Yo, not bad, have you learned how to make lists now?

Is this a new skill learned from doing accounting work these past few days?

Looking at the chart displayed on the screen, Wang Shuo was very satisfied.

It's just... why does this chart style look so familiar? It's as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Observing it carefully again, Wang Shuo discovered that Zero had actually applied the principles of operations research to the production tasks, shortening the time for some tasks to the minimum.

This is... impressive.