The call connected after three rings.
"Hellooo," Xiao Chen's voice was tinged with laziness, as if he'd just been woken up.
'Su Chen checked the time. It wasn't even nine o'clock yet. I didn't get the time wrong, did I? How is he asleep so early?'
"Brother Cheen, are you sleeping?" Su Chen asked tentatively.
"Mhm," Xiao Chen mumbled. A rustling sound followed, as if he were sitting up in bed.
"I've had to pull a few all-nighters recently. Are you calling because you've decided on a location?"
Su Chen paused, taken aback. He quickly realized Xiao Chen was referring to choosing a site for the factory.
"Uh, Brother Cheen, I haven't thought about that yet. I'm calling about something else."
Su Chen briefly explained that François Pinault had contacted him.
"The Pino family? You mean the business dynasty behind the Kaiyun Group?" Xiao Chen's voice rose considerably, all traces of his earlier sleepiness gone.
