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=Stray Birds=

=Episode 26=

Who was it?

Qian Da?

Saidi?

Or someone else?

Who?

I realized that who it was

is not important for now.

What's important is

that these successful cases

are all written in our tender.

They're in our tender, do you understand?

So what you mean is

we haven't given it to the clients yet.

So it can't be Qian Da who's investigating.

It should be our competitor.

Saidi is

our strongest competitor.

They are the biggest suspects.

But we can't rule out

other competitors

as probable suspects.

So tell me.

Who do you suspect?

But...

I don't understand.

What's the point of checking

these successful cases?

As clients,

they would naturally be concerned

with how similar projects are doing.

For example,

the base version of the product,

or whether the project is

running smoothly,

or how the support services are like,

and so on.

Only when these are clear,

then will they have faith

in Brain Data.

Our bonus components...

Those are not important.

What's important is

how these successful cases

leaked out.

There is only one possibility:

Our project team.

Who do you suspect?

You two...

are hiding something.

Zhang Jiang.

I have a task for you.

Help me check

everyone's computer.

Everyone's?

The project team?

Can't you just let

Wu Yue do it?

I have other tasks for him.

But I'm not on the project team.

You mean

you want to let me join the project team?

I'm asking you to check precisely because

you're not on the project team.

Okay.

(Ren Qian Qiu) (He went home.)

(Wait a bit longer.)

What's up with you?

You look like a zombie.

Can't you tell?

I was working hard all night.

Burning the midnight oil?

Whose computer are you hacking this time?

Do I really

look like such a bad person?

Let me tell you.

I am now

Secret Agent Zhang.

Currently working

on a super secret mission.

Then tell me more about it.

I already said it's super secret.

Of course I can't tell you.

Isn't it just Boss Ren's computer.

What's the big secret?

How do you know?

Ren Qian Qiu.

(Ren Qian Qiu)

Quick, tell me.

What are you doing?

It's basically

about your project team.

You're the only one I'm telling.

There's a mole in the team.

A mole?

Who is it? Tell me.

It's a long story.

Here's what happened.

Boss wants us both in the meeting room.

Wu Yue, what are you guys up to?

A task from the boss.

We're going to go.

A mole...

Come in.

How is it?

It's a pro.

Be more specific.

About this mode of operation,

I've only heard of it

but never seen it myself.

It's definitely

a rare, premium piece of work.

A bit more specific than that.

Am I not specific enough?

Boss.

Your computer

is being monitored.

A screenshot software was installed.

It takes a screenshot every five seconds.

That was expected.

What else did you find out?

For example,

who receives the screenshots?

It is routed

to an Australian server.

I haven't found out the rest.

Continue working on this.

Alright.

Zhang Jiang hasn't slept all night.

Why not

let him go home to rest

and continue investigating tomorrow?

No need.

Boss.

Are there other computers to check?

Then do a check on

Wu Yue's computer.

Do you really not need to rest?

No need.

After last night's

entire night of research,

I have figured out

the pattern of this software.

I can complete this quickly.

So this is the interface of a STAR student's computer.

I don't have many things.

Wu Yue's computer

doesn't have any problems.

Do you want to also

check everyone else's

computers?

No need.

That's too much.

I'm afraid it will alert the mole.

But...

If Ms. Xia's and Ms. Zhu's

computers are monitored,

there'll be serious consequences.

During the lunch break,

check Xia Fei's computer.

Also,

don't call my phone from now on

for any sensitive matters.

I'm afraid that my phone

is also being monitored.

Zhang Jiang,

you may leave.

Alright.

Last night, I followed him

to a housing estate

and saw him pass a USB

to a woman.

But...

I couldn't tell who exactly it was.

Follow him for two more days.

I'm sure

he will make mistakes.

Then I'll get going too.

Stop drinking already.

Damn!

They think we village folks are easy to bully.

Making me take all the blame.

No way!

Tomorrow,

I will go to Qian Da,

find their engineer, and question him.

I'll ask

which eye of yours exactly

saw that it was me who kicked it?

The problem is that

he won't let me go to Qian Da anymore.

Who wants to go to Qian Da?

I know.

Stop drinking.

I know that you have been wronged.

Zhi Xiong.

Zhi Xiong?

It wasn't me.

Let's go and sleep in the room, Zhi Xiong.

It's not me.

Wu Yue.

Sorry to trouble you.

Are you free?

Zhi Xiong is very depressed now.

Can you try to speak to him?

Sorry, I'm still at work.

You speak to him first.

I heard about what happened.

It's really not a huge matter in itself.

Ask him not to be too hard on himself.

(It's not that.)

(He can't stand it)

(when others try to ruin his reputation.)

Wu Yue.

Check your mail.

Sorry.

Boss is asking for me.

I'll call you again later.

Let's go.

It's time for work.

You'll be late.

Go to work.

What are you doing?

They have money, so they can do whatever they like.

We don't have money, so we have to work.

I'm not doing such humiliating work.

You're not going to work?

If you don't work, then who will feed our child?

I just don't feel like going today.

I want them to know

that I, Zhi Xiong, am not a pushover.

Nobody can just

step all over me like this!

(Wu Yue)

The company is being highly pressured

to produce profits.

The audit department

has been pouring out their grievances.

Mr. Ren.

Since the high-quotation strategy

was your proposal,

why not

give everyone some confidence?

All these years, Qian Da

has always purchased

all kinds of products from us.

They also

invest a huge amount of money

each year on system maintenance.

I think

based on their dependence on our systems,

they will not give up on us

and consider other brands.

Firstly, we have not made any major errors.

Secondly,

Qian Da doesn't have a new leader yet.

Why would Qian Da want to

get rid of Brain Data?

This is why I insisted

on using a high-quotation strategy.

On this point,

I agree.

But could it be possible

that Qian Da will think

we are taking advantage of this

to raise our prices?

Which will instead

push them towards our competitors?

Based on Qian Da's capability,

increasing our quote by

five to ten percent

means nothing to them.

Based on what I know,

Qian Da's Mr. Liang

is a stable

and conservative person.

He also acts cautiously.

Unlike what others claim,

he is not unreasonable.

That's why Qian Da can,

over the years,

progress so steadily.

On that point,

I hold a different view.

As Mr. Liang's schoolmate,

I think that he is

an aggressive, risk-taking person.

If not, he wouldn't have

risked being questioned by his shareholders

to make that initial purchase of

our newly-launched products.

About that...

His son

should know better

what he's like than you.

If we don't win spectacularly,

even if we do win,

what meaning would there be?

That's enough, Mr. Ren.

We haven't finished discussing

the case studies from before.

Let's continue.

I realized that our case studies

are not enough.

I think

we should fake some and add it in.

Qian Da

won't really look into it anyway.

At most, we can speak to our old clients,

let them know,

and standardize our story.

Mr. Ren.

What kind of big joke is this?

In all the cases that I have taken,

I have never falsified anything!

Then you can start from here.

Mr. Ren.

So are all your cases

manufactured this way?

What a disgrace to Brain Data's

professional image.

We also have no choice.

We have to take this risk.

Furthermore,

this is also

a unique feature of this industry.

Right?

Generally speaking,

clients in the industry

are more concerned about functionality.

Hardly anyone

will review the case studies.

So

there is no need

to obsess over the small details.

We are more concerned about

how we should come up with

a reasonable quotation.

The password is pasted on the screen.

(danao1379)

Class Rep.

You can't steal other people's jobs!

You weren't around.

So I thought I could

try to investigate first.

No way.

Boss Ren said that

only people outside the project team

can investigate.

But Class Rep...

Are you hiding something?

What would I be hiding?

That day, when Boss Ren

asked me to check your computer,

I found

a private folder,

containing

an encrypted recording.

But don't worry.

I won't tell Boss Ren about it.

Can you secretly tell me

whether it is

a recording of Ms. Xia?

Go, go, go.

Tell me!

Say it!

I won't tell anyone. I promise.

One more thing.

At our last discussion

of the case studies,

I didn't agree at that time

to use fake case studies.

However,

I reviewed it in more detail.

Our current tender proposal

is quite bare.

I'm afraid it may make the client lose confidence.

Although I don't approve

of Mr. Ren's proposal,

after considering everything...

Mr. Ren, why don't you go ahead?

After considering everything,

we're doing it out of necessity.

Ms. Zhu shouldn't overthink

this matter either.

Here.

Take a look, everyone.

The text in black

is Brain Data's

actual case study.

While the text in red

is the fake case study.

I will repeat once more.

The contents of today's meeting

shall not be spoken of by anyone.

Even though it's not a big deal,

it's not something that can be publicized.

Wu Yue.

Stay behind.

(Brain Data)

Regarding my computer,

let Zhang Jiang continue to investigate.

But be extra careful.

Not to modify the screen sharing program.

Otherwise,

the other side may realize

that they've got caught.

In both my computer

and database,

I'll set up bait

to lure the other person.

Understood.

As for the real document,

I will store it

on another computer.

Everyone's computer

looks the same anyway.

I doubt anyone can tell the difference.

The mole wouldn't be suspicious either.

As precaution,

I have also saved a copy

in your computer.

My computer?

Yes.

We're always in the same meeting room.

It's unlikely to raise suspicion.

Why not

leave the copy with Ms. Xia?

Her computer has been checked.

There won't be a problem.

Don't worry.

I'm not testing you.

Thanks for your trust in me, Boss.

I just think that

it's better to leave it with Ms. Xia.

Alright.

I'll reconsider this matter.

Also, who do you think

exposed the ID?

Someone who's very free.

It does seem like it's Lin Shao.

It's also him

who's talking about everything

and creating chaos.

Alright.

Let's forget it.

Anyway,

our priority

is to prepare the bait and

perfect our act.

What's wrong?

Why are you spacing out here

and not going to work?

Aren't you the same?

Not going to work.

Not being a good mentor.

Perhaps I'm just a fake business partner.

I think that must be it.

Tell me.

A lively young lady like you

sitting here and spacing out.

Did you hit someone again?

What do you think I should do?

Someone...

who is especially bright and warm

likes me,

but the person I like

is closed off

and not transparent.

What do you think I should do?

So it's love that troubling you?

Do you want me to encourage you?

Or do you want some rational analysis?

Fine.

When you put it that way, I understand.

Clever girl.

Since you understand,

then I don't have to say anything.

Do you change the rose in the glass

every day?

That boy

who you said is bright and warm.

Why won't he break the glass

and give the rose to you?

I'm sure he's afraid

that his heart will be like his hand,

covered in wounds by the glass.

Or maybe he doesn't love you enough.

Well, enough about me.

What about you?

You didn't finish your story.

Since we're here today,

why not tell me today?

Where were we last time?

New Year's Eve.

Your boss

passed you a bunch of keys.

Then you were left behind

with the mysterious girl

who rode the bicycle.

No, no, no.

It should be my ex-boss

who gave my current boss a bunch of keys.

Oh, yes.

There was also the Spring Festival Gala.

At that time,

I was lying comfortably on the sofa,

watching a TV program with her.

No, no, no.

It wasn't me.

It was my boss.

It was a strange feeling.

Because as they kept watching,

he felt as she was

getting closer.

Because they would laugh together,

be equally surprised

by the firecrackers outside,

and equally hate

the awkwardness that came

from being strangers.

So...

the ice between them was broken?

A proud person like my boss

would never go up and say

"Hi, nice to meet you".

Her response

would definitely be "goodbye".

So?

So

he went to the kitchen.

And finally found all his tools.

His tools?

Like his knife and rolling pin?

Was he going to

make a human-meat steamed bun?

If it were you,

he might make you into a human-meat steamed bun.

He found a bag of glutinous rice flour

and a big bowl of water.

To make tangyuan*? [*glutinous rice balls]

He can even make tangyuan?

He learned it on the spot.

It's not hard.

But there weren't any tangyuan fillings.

So he

found a bag of Guazi, [*roasted plant seeds]

threw them to her,

and said

"Help me

de-shell some seeds."

I'll make tangyuan.

So that's how they started a conversation.

She smiled and shook her head.

Then

gently rejected you?

Don't rush.

She took a bag of chocolate

from her bag and said

"use this instead".

And then?

And then...

Let's continue next time.

Does pregnancy really make people stupid?

She didn't even think of bringing keys.

You won't pick up your phone.

You forced me to make this trip.

I'm the landlord.

Hello, hello.

I've always been communicating with the agent

directly

regarding the lease.

I've never met you.

Why don't you take a seat?

Isn't the tenant

an IT genius?

IT Genius,

I've just sold the property.

You have three days

to pack up and leave.

The deposit isn't much.

I'll return you twice the amount.

This is Judy's computer.

Hurry and let Zhang Jiang check it.

See if it has been monitored before.

Judy's computer?

Have you told her about this?

I'll explain to you later.

Right.

I followed

Old Jin to a company.

I did a check.

He is Saidi's preferred distributor.

Got it.

The tender submission is almost here.

Everyone has worked hard.

Chai Qing has obtained news

from our counterparts

and news from our competitors,

including that of our usual competitor, Saidi.

Our tender proposal

still requires precise amendments,

especially on the hardware quotation.

Saidi's quotation

is extremely competitive.

Their quotation

is extremely competitive.

But I maintain

my previous suggestion.

Increase our quotation by five percent.

This is your strategy to deal with them?

The company's profitability

is under immense pressure.

If we lower our quote any further,

what will our investors say?

What about our shareholders?

I can convince the investors.

You don't have to worry.

Just because of a little pressure,

must we risk

losing this bid because of our high quotation?

This is not a risk.

Our quotation

is extremely reasonable.

This is how much Brain Data is worth.

I will not

be swayed by your heroism

and bring this entire team

to commit corporate suicide.

And I will not,

because of you,

waste the entire group's effort

just to obtain a break-even!

Let me give my two cents.

Brain Data's

competitive advantage

is price.

Even if we're expensive,

there will still be clients.

This time,

why are you afraid of Saidi?

This is not fear.

It's because this deal is extraordinary.

If we lose this deal,

no one can hit

their targets for the fourth quarter.

Hence, this deal

must be obtained.

And just because of that,

you are willing to compromise ten price points.

Isn't that too cowardly?

If we take your approach,

what's the point of this deal?

Why not everyone

just wallow in misery?

Being miserable beats losing this deal

and getting kicked out of the company.

I knew that

you wouldn't let go of this issue.

Ms. Zhu.

Then let me ask you.

Do you still want the company to be listed?

Do you still want to obtain financing?

If our investors find out

that our quotation is so low,

will they still believe in us?

(Wu Yue: High-quote strategy approved. Ren Qian Qiu succeeded.)

Switching between the real and fake versions

and with all the changes,

I'm starting to get muddled as well.

When have you ever been muddled?

All right.

Thankfully, we have you.

Let's go.

(Brain Data)

What's wrong?

Did something happen?

Nothing.

It's really nothing.

I'm waiting for my dad to pick me.

Then

head home and get more rest.

I'll leave first.

What are you doing?

One minor setback

and you want to run away?

Run to where?

Your parents' home in the Northwest or mine?

Go, then!

Run away if you want to!

Do you think you're the only one suffering?

Am I not suffering?

The meeting room that I booked

one week before.

My boss was about to start the meeting

when we find out that Nan Xi snatched the room.

She refused to discuss.

She could have said something.

But she went to the reception

and removed my booking from the system.

Erased my name.

What could I do?

I...

I could only try to find

another meeting room.

I didn't dare to say a word.

With all that I've suffered,

did I ever complain to you?

If I can take it,

why can't a man like you

take it?

What's wrong?

I remember shutting down before leaving.

Don't worry.

No one will know my password.

Are you sure?

Of course.

Fine.

Go and amend the content

that we discussed.

Bet you didn't expect

Lao Jin to be the spy.

This time it's really my fault.

I just wanted an expert

to make a good impression.

I didn't expect him to be

Saidi's preferred distributor.

But how did you find out

about Lao Jin's relationship with

the preferred distributor?

Wu Yue.

Followed him for two days.

Can Wu Yue be trusted?

Don't doubt those you use.

Don't use those you doubt.

If not for Qin Ling's

timely information that reminded me,

I wouldn't have known

why Lao Jin came this time.

I know

Brain Data gave him a high salary

in order to get him.

It's basically twice of Saidi's offer.

Can a high salary beat

the profits from being a preferred distributor?

But I am quite thankful for

his appearance.

If not for him,

you would never bow your head to me.

I couldn't deal with it alone,

so I had to bow my head and ask for help.

When you invited me to drink that day,

I was shocked.

But seriously,

if Saidi doesn't fall for it

and uses a low quotation in their bid

that is lower than our

final quotation...

Don't worry about this.

In order to protect

his profits as a distributor,

Lao Jin will drive Saidi's

quote higher.

Along with our fake high quotation,

we can convince them with evidence.

You must know that

the current small tender teams

are being strangled by the big companies,

trying to generate profits.

It makes sense theoretically.

But what if the unexpected occurs?

If it does,

I still have a plan.

What plan?

It's a secret for now.

It's settled.

So where are you

taking me for drinks tonight?

Where are we going for drinks?

If I don't get you drunk,

I'm afraid you won't

you won't share your trump card.

Well, Ms. Zhu can decide.

Sure.

Let me think.

(Chunrui Teahouse)

At least

you're still around, thankfully.

Sir, do you need anything?

Excuse me.

What tea is this?

Jasmine tea.

Let us have it first.

Don't we already have tea?

Why did you bring some more?

Try this.

I've heard it's pretty good jasmine tea.

All right.

For these two days,

you have been busy enough.

It's been some time

since I've seen Xiao Man.

Right.

The project

is at its final stages.

Ren Qian Qiu is confidently

using reverse psychology against Saidi.

♪I can't bear to see you look back♪

♪You have to learn to move forward♪

♪Suddenly understood that love isn't about possession♪

♪Thinking about your gentleness, hoping I could rewind time♪

♪If we were to start again, I'd still be willing to sacrifice everything I have♪

♪Maybe I was immature that you didn't feel secure♪

♪Setting you free is my last promise to you♪

♪I want to stay with you till the end♪

♪I don't want to let go of your hands♪

♪Don't lose our love to time♪

♪I hope yesterday would stop for me♪

♪I want to stay with you till the end♪

♪This is my most beautiful protection♪

♪I never thought two people in love♪

♪Would end up as ordinary friends♪

♪I want to stay with you till the end♪

♪I don't want to let go of your hands♪

♪Don't lose our love to time♪

♪I hope yesterday could last forever♪

♪I want to stay with you till the end♪

♪This is my most beautiful protection♪

♪I never thought two people in love♪

♪Would end up as ordinary friends♪

♪I never thought two people in love♪

♪Would end up as ordinary friends♪