Chapter 460 The Great God Who Tells the Truth
"You're looking for me because of roller skates?"
With the help of several kind-hearted basketball boys, Li Ye finally found the Beijing Computer New Technology Development Company affiliated to the Computer Institute after asking around. The person in charge of the company looked at Li Ye and Pei Wencong and felt that these people did not come to "return goods".
It is true that during the period when they had just been defrauded, this person in charge and his entrepreneurial employees set up stalls on the streets of Zhongguancun to sell roller skates, but he did not remember selling them to people like Pei Wencong!
Look at his suit, watch, and the foreign secretary behind him. Would he buy his own simple version of roller skates?
"You are Manager Liu, right? I am Pei Wencong. I have never bought your roller skates, but I was shocked and ashamed when I heard that researchers from the Computer Institute actually sold roller skates. You should have better things to do."
Pei Wencong had received Li Ye's instructions long ago. He walked up to Liu Lianxiang with a smile and shook hands with him. Then he showed the noble sentiments of a patriotic businessman. He felt ashamed for the country's senior technical talents who were forced to set up stalls on the roadside for their livelihood.
Liu Lianxiang was confused when he heard Pei Wencong shaking hands for no apparent reason. However, when he found out Pei Wencong's identity as a Hong Kong businessman, he quickly came to his senses, and his eyes suddenly lit up with a warm glow.
His computer technology development company has not yet found a clear profit point! In other words, it has not yet found a clear way to make money.
Although he used his organizational connections to recruit the technical guru Ni Guangnan, he still had little money and only a few subordinates, and was far from getting through the difficult early stages of his entrepreneurial journey.
"Hahaha, Mr. Pei, huh? Come on, sit down. We need patriotic businessmen like you right now. We have already agreed on a social donation, but you also know the current situation in the mainland. The funding required for the development of science and technology is huge."
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Pei Wencong had just been led to the sofa by the enthusiastic Liu Xiang, and was a little confused by his words.
Donation? Is this a poor mountainous area? Besides, do you think I look like someone who is here to donate?
We just met, and you want to take money from me for free?
But soon, he discovered that Manager Liu was a very versatile person, and his words just now were just a tentative test.
Seeing that I didn't respond, people immediately guessed my true intention.
"Mr. Pei just said that we should have something more appropriate to do. What do you mean?"
"We have invested in an electronics factory in Pengcheng and are planning to start producing color TVs in the near future. However, we are very interested in personal computers. Since you are a computer development company, you should have research capabilities in this area, right?"
"Color TV? Computer?"
Manager Liu's eyes were almost on fire, and he immediately said, "Yes, we have the strength in this area. I don't know if Mr. Pei knows that our company may not seem big, but we have the Academy of Sciences behind us, and we have national-level scientific research strength."
Li Ye sat silently and watched coldly, watching Liu Lianxiang's increasingly heated discussion with Pei Wencong, and slowly he connected him with the famous entrepreneur of later generations.
He was originally a logistics manager and didn't know much about technology, but he had a network of contacts that had been accumulated from the previous generation and was also very versatile and good at networking.
No matter what, Liu Lenovo must be a very capable businessman to be able to turn a small company into a giant in the industry. Dealing with him is extremely dangerous.
But now Li Ye wants to deal with other computer research institutes. He has no chance!
Only this small company contracted by Liu Lenovo can accept orders flexibly and give you an opportunity to poach employees.
Another point is that the research institutes in the mainland are of varying quality. Li Ye has no idea who else, besides Mr. Ni, can be the leading general in the computer industry at this point in time.
In the later era of open information, when people learned about many scientific research projects that were aborted halfway, everyone felt regretful and said, "If only we had persisted a little, if only we had not deviated a little."
In fact, many similar situations occur because there is no strong scientific research leader.
The role of a strong scientific research leader is far greater than that of a group of ordinary scientific research engineers.
For example, Mr. Qian who studied missiles, Mr. Deng who studied mushrooms, and a chief designer of Chengfei, etc.
Such people must not only understand technology, but also have a long-term and wise vision, a strong will, a fearless sense of responsibility, and many other qualities. Only then can they keep moving forward on the difficult road of scientific research for more than ten years or even decades.
Most people can’t even determine the right direction and can’t persist, let alone other things.
There are only a handful of such people in the super companies of later generations, or even only one or two. Once replaced, the company's scientific research process will collapse and fall behind in a very short time.
And Master Ni was the one who was replaced.
"Mr. Pei and I really feel so sorry for not meeting each other earlier! We talked until dark and even forgot to eat. What a sin. Let's eat first and talk while we eat."
Liu Lianxiang chatted with Pei Wencong for a while, and as soon as it got dark outside, he immediately pulled him out to eat.
Pei Wencong also readily agreed, but he had a request, that he bring other technical personnel from the company along so that they could build relationships with each other.
So the other people in the company went to eat together, but just as they were leaving, Li Ye shook his head slightly at Pei Wencong.
Pei Wencong looked at Li Ye in surprise, then followed his gaze to look at the employees present, and it took him several seconds to understand.
The person the boss liked is not here!
"Manager Liu, are all your technical staff here? Don't you have twelve employees?"
"Hmm~"
Liu Lianxiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Pei to know so much about our company? Hey, go call Old Ni. How can you ignore everything when you start research?"
After a while, Li Ye finally saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses. After looking at him carefully, he confirmed that it was the master Ni he was looking for.
Master Ni is 45 years old this year. He is completely different from the white-haired look that people in later generations are familiar with. He is in his prime and in his golden age.
Li Ye nodded slightly, and Pei Wencong immediately understood who his ultimate target was.
But Li Ye had instructed not to rush things, so Pei Wencong did not try to get close to Master Ni on purpose. He just nodded in a casual manner and did not even shake hands with him.
After arriving at the hotel, everyone gradually got to know each other and found out that the reason Pei Wencong came from Hong Kong Island this time was that he was invited as a member of the cultural community of Hong Kong Island to attend the signing ceremony of the Joint Communiqué.
Now Pei Wencong became even more popular. Everyone took turns to toast him and threw baskets of nice words at him. If Li Ye had not blocked most of the wine for Pei Wencong, he would have been drunk long ago.
But just when everyone was enjoying the food and drinks, Mr. Ni asked a series of questions that spoiled the mood.
"Mr. Pei, are you sure you want to research personal computers? How much money do you have? How much can you invest every year? How many years can you continue to invest? If there is no research result in a year, will you ask for compensation?"
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"Old Ni, how much have you drunk? How can we discuss these issues at the dinner table?"
"Haha, Mr. Pei, our Engineer Ni has this kind of temper, he speaks quickly. Don't be offended."
Some colleagues at the table complained that Mr. Ni spoke too directly, while others tried to smooth things over and ease the atmosphere.
There are more than a dozen of us who independently established this small company. After such a long time, we finally met a rich man. Are you trying to scare him away by asking five questions in a row at the dinner table?
Are you responsible for paying everyone's salary or for losing their bonuses?
However, Pei Wencong was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Mr. Ni, I believe that personal computers will definitely change our work and life, so we must study them. If you don't cooperate with us, I can only find someone else to do it."
"Hey, Mr. Pei, what you said is true. We didn't say we wouldn't do it. We will definitely cooperate. We will definitely cooperate."
Pei Wencong waved his hand and continued with a smile: "As for how much money to invest, we need a detailed budget, so we can't be sure now, but I can tell you that although I belong to the cultural industry, I am a billionaire, and my assets exceed 100 million US dollars."
"Oh~"
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There was a burst of surprise at the banquet, and then almost everyone's hearts were warmed.
Billions of dollars! How much is the operating capital of their entire company?
Two hundred thousand RMB, and more than half of it was cheated away.
Liu Lianxiang was about to talk to Pei Wencong, but Pei Wencong smiled and asked Master Ni: "Mr. Ni, I have answered your questions. Now I need to ask you a question. Do you have the ability to develop personal computers now?"
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Master Ni was silent for a long time and did not answer Pei Wencong.
Everyone was anxious and looked at Master Ni and winked at him.
[Please don't tell the truth! Otherwise, will this business continue? ]
But Master Ni finally shook his head and said, "We don't have the ability to research personal computers now, at least not the ability to research complete machines."
“.”
There were at least five or six people at the table, and they wanted to cover Master Ni’s mouth.
However, Master Ni continued, "But we have the research foundation for the program-controlled switches you mentioned just now. As long as you provide research funds, we can start research now, and we will definitely succeed in our research."
Li Ye nodded secretly, deeply impressed.
When doing scientific research, we must seek truth from facts, and be clear about what is true and what is false. We must never speak without thinking.
(End of this chapter)
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