Chapter Three: What Thirty Million Cannot Buy

【Authentic rejection detected. Rating: B.】 【Return: complete test credentials for the Gu Cloud Warehouse interface. Valid for seven days.】 Jiming did not smile. The credentials could save Cheng Ye six months, but Xu Zhi had warned him: when rejection paid dividends, a person might forget what rejection meant. “Thank you for being clear.” He stood. “We'll implement against the public interface without touching production data. I'll bring results in seven days.” Wanqing's eyes narrowed. “I did not give you an interface.” “Public standards always leave a path.” Only after leaving did he recite the credentials to Cheng Ye. For six days they barely slept.