Chapter 1542 What a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too.
Although Li Ye explained to his younger sisters that his collaboration with Pan Xiaoying was "mutually beneficial," and that Pan Xiaoying was not trying to betray him, she had at most become more confident on some important matters.
However, Li Ye still took some preparatory measures. The first was to have Fu Yiruo speed up the acquisition of Jinshan in Hong Kong Island.
According to the original historical trajectory, Hong Kong Island's Jinshan was merged with Founder around 1994. Now it's 1993, so it shouldn't be too difficult for the wealthy and powerful Fu Yiruo to hijack the deal.
So after giving his instructions, Li Ye left it to them. Now that his younger sisters have grown up, they need to be trained and developed. They can't be just lowly soldiers forever; they should at least become generals.
However, Li Ye wanted to ignore it, but then he received a message from Lei Jun and Qiu Bojun.
On Friday morning, Xiao Zhiyu from the first factory suddenly called Li Ye.
"Director Li, two technicians from Jinshan Company have come to deliver software to you. They said you instructed them to do so."
"Oh, right, one's surname is Lei, and the other's is Qiu. They are indeed the software I wanted, but I've already paid for it. Have them keep the invoice."
"Okay, okay, but after they looked at our computer system, they said there's still a lot of room for optimization and they'd like to do a free optimization for us. Do you think that's appropriate?"
"Free optimization? Hehehe, then I'd be impolite to refuse. You treat them well for me."
Li Ye chuckled.
He had played Jinshan's free games in his past life, so he knew that nothing in this world is free; what's free is often the most expensive.
However, since two of the top programmers in mainland China offered to optimize his system, Li Ye couldn't refuse their kindness and simply accepted it.
Two hours later, Xiao Zhiyu called again, her voice filled with surprise and delight.
"Director Li, this is truly amazing! These two programmers are incredibly talented. I just spoke with them, and they're both graduates of prestigious universities. Why don't you bring them to our branch factory?"
"Hahaha, our branch factory is too small to contain these two big Buddhas."
"No, no, I just told them about the benefits at our branch factory, and they were all very envious!"
"That's just them being modest."
Li Ye was embarrassed to say that Qiu Bojun was now a capable assistant in Jinshan, Hong Kong, and owned a villa in Shenzhen. How could he possibly come to a state-owned enterprise like the branch factory, which was not his area of expertise?
However, Xiao Zhiyu said with certainty, "It really is the factory manager. They just said they really want to treat you to another meal, because last time you ate ramen together, they didn't pay."
Why do they tell everyone everything?
Li Ye thought for a moment, then said, "Then arrange a private room for them in the third canteen! I'll treat them to lunch."
"Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away. Do you need someone to accompany the guest?"
"No need! We won't drink at lunch, so don't overthink it!"
"Yes, I understand."
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After hanging up the phone, Li Ye still didn't know what Xiao Zhiyu had figured out.
Is it suspicion that Li Ye's private meeting with two outsiders is to discuss some private business? Or is it certain that Li Ye is planning to poach the two people and bring them to the branch factory?
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When Li Ye arrived at the First Factory, Lei Busi and Qiu Bojun were still typing away at their computers, while Xiao Zhiyu and the other computer operators at the First Factory were watching intently from behind them.
This scene reminded Li Ye of his past life in the arcade on the street, where some expert players would spend half a day playing with just one coin, and a group of children would gather around to watch them intently.
A true master will always attract a crowd, even if people don't understand what they're doing.
However, once Li Ye arrived, the focus of attention immediately shifted to him.
"Director Li, you've finally come back to see us! It's been a month or two since we last saw you."
"That's right, that's right. We're all worried because you're never coming back."
“.”
Seeing Li Ye being fawned over by everyone, Lei Jun and Qiu Bojun couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Li Ye, who was eating ramen with them, was mistaken for a conman from a shell company. Where were their eyes?
After exchanging a few words with his colleagues at the first factory, Li Ye extended his hand to Lei Busi and Qiu Bojun.
"We're really sorry to have troubled you both this time. We didn't realize our unit's computer system had so many problems."
Qiu Bojun quickly shook hands with Li Ye and said sincerely, "No trouble at all. Actually, your system is already quite good by mainland standards. We just made some minor optimizations."
"Even if you want to optimize something, you have to know how to optimize it! Our branch factory is a technology-driven company, so technology is worthy of respect."
"Hehehe, I've heard, I've heard. Today, Section Chief Xiao told us a lot about General Manager Li's achievements. Last time we met, we were blind to his greatness."
"There's no Mount Tai here! Come on, come on! Last time you all paid for your own noodles, but today it's my treat, I'll let you try our cafeteria chef's cooking."
Li Ye chuckled and invited Lei Jun and Qiu Bojun to a private room in the third canteen, then his demeanor suddenly changed and he stopped being so polite.
"Do you two want to invite me to dinner again because you have some questions for me?"
Lei Jun and Qiu Bojun exchanged glances, and then Qiu Bojun asked seriously, "Mr. Li, we've recently heard rumors that Jinshan in Hong Kong is going to be acquired. Do you know anything about the inside story?"
Li Ye smiled and countered, "Why do you think I know the inside story?"
Qiu Bojun licked his lips and said, "We just found out today that you and Li Juan are siblings, and that Miss Fu from that day is from Hong Kong, so that's why we guessed."
At this time, Qiu Bojun was the manager of Jinshan Company, but he was not the boss. The boss was Zhang Moulong, a rich second-generation from Hong Kong Island. Therefore, Fu Yiruo's acquisition of Jinshan was also a negotiation with the real owner.
Lei Jun was only a 23-year-old newcomer at the time, and had just begun planning to establish a development department in Beijing. He was even less aware of the inside story regarding the acquisition.
However, both of them are shrewd people, and upon suddenly hearing such rumors, they would naturally associate them with Fu Yiruo.
However, the reason they guessed was something Li Ye hadn't expected.
"To put it simply, Mr. Li, we are both very worried right now. We're worried that after Jinshan is acquired, will it serve the mobile company, or will it be wasted?"
"Abandoned?"
Li Ye asked in surprise, "Why would you think that? Acquisitions are real money transactions in the market. Who would spend money and then let you go to waste?"
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Qiu Bojun gritted his teeth and said bluntly, "Although our Jinshan Company doesn't have the same technical strength as China Mobile, we are still competitors in many areas of software development."
Li Ye was amused. He hadn't expected Qiu Bojun to have such insight. So, following the original historical trajectory, how did he still fall into Microsoft's trap?
Could it be that they don't trust state-owned enterprises in mainland China, but instead trust Microsoft overseas?
Come to think of it, both of these geniuses went to work for state-owned enterprises in mainland China after graduation, and eventually resigned to start their own businesses, so it's not surprising that they have prejudices against state-owned enterprises.
At this moment, Lei Jun said from the side, "To be honest, Mr. Li, Microsoft has been trying to recruit Manager Qiu, offering him an annual salary of several hundred thousand US dollars, but Manager Qiu has been unwilling to go. He only wants to work on software developed by our own country. If he is left to languish now..."
"Oh, what a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too."
Li Ye curled the corners of his mouth and said with a faint smile, "You're all worrying for nothing. I may not know about other things, but the reason Jinshan was acquired is because we want to create software that is completely our own, preferably software that can compete with Microsoft."
(End of this chapter)
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