Unlike the last time he came to Harvard, Li Mu was obviously much more low-key this time. Even when he got off the bus and faced the cheers of countless Harvard students, Li Mu didn't stop for long. He just waved to everyone and then entered the main office with Lawrence and the others.
In the biggest conference room of the main office, Dong Ai had been waiting for a long time with six employees from Hua Xia who had come all the way here from afar.
Knowing that Li Mu was coming and that he wanted to see her, Dong Ai was extremely excited. She had never been so eager to see Li Mu as she was now. During the process of cooperating with Harvard, 3321 had caused a lot of trouble, and now it was already out of Dong Ai's control.
Li Mu and his assistant, Li Ziwei, walked in the middle of the eight or nine senior executives of Harvard. One of the female executives walked briskly at the front and led everyone to the door of the conference room. She personally pushed the door open and gestured for Li Mu to come in.
Seeing Li Mu walk to the door of the conference room, Dong Ai hurriedly stood up from the chair in the conference room. She said excitedly and nervously, "Li Zong, you're here."
"Hello, Li Zong." The other employees of 3321 also stood up and greeted him politely.
Li Mu nodded slightly to everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone has worked hard during this period of time. 3321's first battle in America is 3321's first battle outside of America. It's very important for 3321's future internationalization, so everyone has to work hard."
Dong Ai pursed her lips and smiled a little reluctantly. She said, "Li Zong, are you here to inspect the work this time?"
"Not really." Li Mu smiled. "I just happened to be in America for some business, so I came to see you guys."
As he spoke, Li Mu turned around and pointed at Dong Ai. He said to Lawrence behind him in English, "Headmaster Lawrence, Dong Ai is the person in charge of 3321. I sent her to America, which shows how much importance we place on 3321's America station. I'll have to trouble you to cooperate and help Dong Ai's work in America."
Lawrence hurriedly smiled and said, "This is what we should do. If Miss Dong has any needs, you can tell me directly. I'll definitely cooperate 10,000 times."
Li Mu then said to Dong Ai in Mandarin, "See, Headmaster Lawrence is already so helpful. You can ask him directly if you need any help in the future."
Dong Ai smiled awkwardly and said to herself, "There's no use asking him, he only knows how to play dumb."
Li Mu saw that something was wrong with Dong Ai's expression and tone. He furrowed his brow and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Dong Ai looked at Lawrence and the other leaders of Harvard and stammered, "I'll report to you privately when I have time."
Li Mu's brow furrowed even tighter when he saw Dong Ai's expression.
At this time, Lawrence realized that something was wrong. He quietly pulled Xie Huairu in front of him and whispered in his ear, "What is Dong Ai saying to Li Mu?"
Xie Huairu played it dumb and said with a chuckle, "I didn't listen too carefully. They're probably just exchanging pleasantries."
Lawrence nodded skeptically and hurriedly stood up to say, "Li, let Miss Dong tell you about the current project progress of the 3321 American website. It seems that the website has already started testing two days ago. Miss Dong will be the one to explain the specifics."
Li Mu sensed Dong Ai's abnormality and guessed that Dong Ai's work at Harvard might not be that smooth. Looking at her hesitant expression, it seemed that she might have suffered a lot at Harvard.
Thus, Li Mu said to Lawrence with a serious face, "Wait a moment, I want to talk to Dong Ai in private. Please arrange a venue for us."
Lawrence's expression suddenly became a bit nervous. Logically speaking, he was also someone who had seen great winds and waves. When facing Li Mu, he shouldn't have such a nervous mentality. But when he thought of the importance of the 3321 American website and the fact that there was a time bomb named James Keane buried in it, he didn't have the slightest bit of confidence.
James Keane was extremely possessive of the 3321 website. Because of this, he and Dong Ai often had disputes over specific work matters. Dong Ai had looked for him many times to express her extreme dissatisfaction with James Keane as the person in charge. She had asked him to change the person in charge many times, but he had always used all kinds of reasons to avoid her. James Keane still stayed in the 3321 American website team and gave orders.
Lawrence was also particularly disgusted with James Keane, but he knew James Keane and the entire Keane family very well. James Keane was the most important descendant of this generation of the Keane family. In order to let him "rightfully" become the president of the Harvard Student Union and become the most impeccable young talent at Harvard, the Keane family had spent a lot of effort.
The reason why so much work had been done for James Keane at Harvard was because Harvard itself was the cradle of American politicians. James Keane could become the president of the Harvard Student Union when he was still a student. This would be an excellent capital for him to enter the political arena in the future, and it would be easy for him to rope in allies in the political arena.
Now, James Keane and the entire Keane family had their eyes on 3321 and attached great importance to it. Even if Lawrence was extremely dissatisfied with James Keane, he would absolutely not dare to kick him out of this project. Not only could he not kick him out, he had to do everything possible to ensure that he would not be kicked out by the founding team of 3321.
In fact, Dong Ai had long wanted to kick James Keane out, but due to Lawrence's influence, she had not been able to do so. The most fundamental reason for this was that the supreme command of 3321 in the United States did not have a clear owner.
Although Lawrence claimed to be the general manager of 3321 in the United States, this statement was only for the Harvard team of 3321 in the United States. Dong Ai was the general manager of Hua Xia in 3321. Even if she could not manage Lawrence, she would not be able to manage it.
At that time, what Li Mu had discussed with Lawrence was only the cooperation between 3321 and Harvard to build the business of 3321 in the United States. At that time, Li Mu and Lawrence had a very good discussion. Li Mu did not consider that such a problem would occur in the cooperation, so he did not clarify who was the actual supreme manager of 3321 in the United States. That was to say, when there was no disagreement in the cooperation, everyone would work together according to the common goal, regardless of priority. But once there was a disagreement, this kind of structure without priority would easily cause problems.
If the person in charge was Dong Ai, then she would have kicked James Keane out of the project without hesitation. But it was precisely because she wasn't the person in charge that she had been arguing with Lawrence about James Keane's matter.
Lawrence was also very clear in his heart that Dong Ai must have a bellyful of dissatisfaction with James Keane. Now that Li Mu wanted to contact Dong Ai in private, Dong Ai would definitely tell Li Mu about James Keane.
Although he was a little nervous, Lawrence could not refuse Li Mu's request. So he said to a female colleague beside him, "Jenny, take them to the reception room."
The middle-aged white woman called Jenny nodded slightly and said to Li Mu and Dong Ai, "Please follow me."
Li Mu and Dong Ai left the conference room. Lawrence immediately gave Xie Huairu a look. Xie Huairu walked in front of him, and the two also followed him out of the conference room. After deliberately walking more than ten meters away, Lawrence asked Xie Huairu with a nervous face, "Xie, what do we do now?"
Xie Huairu shrugged his shoulders, "Dong Ai will definitely tell Li Mu about this. This is a hundred percent certain."
Lawrence nodded, and his nervous expression relaxed a lot. A relaxed smile also appeared on his face, and he said in a low voice, "Since this is the case, Li Mu will definitely not let a black sheep like James Keane stay in the 3321 American team. As long as he opens his mouth to kick James Keane out, then this bastard James Keane must be kicked out of this project!"
Xie Huairu nodded repeatedly and praised with a smile, "Headmaster, your play of killing with a borrowed knife is really too good!"
Lawrence smiled slyly and said like an old fox, "It can't be helped. The Keane family's influence is really too great. I can't kick James out of the 3321 American project myself, so I can only borrow Li Mu's hand."
Lawrence actually already knew what the Keane family was up to. The 3321 American project was the project he begged Li Mu for, and it was also the most important source of his reputation in the next few years. If he wanted to return to politics in the future, the 3321 American project would also be an excellent stepping stone that could win him a very broad base of the masses.
How could the shrewd Lawrence not see the Keane family's intentions? At this time, they were in a hurry to insert James Keane into the project. Wasn't this clearly showing that they wanted to pick the fruit? If they really succeeded, then he would definitely become cannon fodder.
Lawrence had just gotten such a good thing like 3321, and he hadn't even eaten it yet. How could he agree to the Keane family wanting to pick the fruit? How could he not resist and allow himself to be trampled on?
Lawrence thought very clearly that if he couldn't get rid of James Keane, it didn't matter. Li Mu would definitely be able to get rid of him. But what he didn't expect was that Dong Ai had been trying to solve this problem by herself and didn't choose to ask Li Mu for help. Without a choice, Lawrence could only invite Li Mu over and let Dong Ai pour out her grievances to Li Mu face to face.
Coincidentally, Li Mu just happened to come to the United States at this time, so Lawrence immediately got in touch with Li Mu and invited him to Harvard. At the same time, in order to ensure that Dong Ai would definitely tell the truth when she saw Li Mu, he deliberately caused a lot of trouble for Dong Ai these two days, including strongly favoring James Keane in front of her, which made Dong Ai feel even more uncomfortable.
When a person's heart was blocked to a certain extent, even if the person didn't want to unblock it, the strong resentment in the heart would still find an outlet for itself. Before Li Mu came, Dong Ai could barely hold back the resentment, but as soon as Li Mu appeared in front of her, the resentment in Dong Ai's stomach could no longer be held back, and she couldn't wait to vent it out.
Lawrence could clearly see this from Dong Ai's bitter expression and tone just now.
At this moment, he had already begun to celebrate his victory. He expected that with Li Mu's temper, after knowing this, he would definitely kill James Keane without hesitation. Even if he was the son of the president, Li Mu would not give in at all.
He knew and was sure that Li Mu was such a ruthless person in his bones.
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