Wei Yong's assistant said, "If it's not urgent, I'll get Mr. Wei to give you a call when he's free."
"Okay. Thanks a lot," replied Qi Hui politely without hanging up the phone. He probed. "Oh yes. How's the patent application for the project going?"
The assistant was unsurprised by this question. After all, Qi Hui had provided most of the data they needed for the patent application previously and Qi Hui probably knew what they were trying to do.
He replied easily. "I've already submitted the application a couple of days ago. I think it'll get approved in half a month."
Liu Qian had already submitted the patent application much earlier and Wei Yong had only just submitted it. It was no surprise Liu Qian had beaten them to it.
When Qi Hui did not react, the assistant asked. "Hello, Mr. Qi?"
Qi Hui snapped out of his thoughts. He pondered before deciding it was best to tell them about the patent problem.
