Chapter 536 Who is the villain?
Master Ni frowned and began to think.
There was already a hint of summer heat in the capital in May, but the sweat on his head was definitely not due to the hot weather.
Li Ye looked at Master Ni quietly, waiting for his next reaction.
He now needs to determine whether Mr. Ni will disregard the agreement signed with Hong Kong Island for the benefit of the Computer Institute, abandon the investors and instead cooperate with subsidiaries of the postal and telecommunications system.
Although Mr. Ni was highly praised in later generations, the factories under the Institute of Computer Science and the Post and Telecommunications represented the collective interests.
In the hearts of most people like Mr. Ni, national interests must come first and are very firm.
This is also one of the reasons why many Chinese senior officials in the West in later generations were unable to defeat their Indian counterparts.
No matter how much salary you earn or how many awards you win, when the mainland "officially" calls you, the sense of honor hidden in the blood of many people may be activated.
But the Indian top leaders do not have this hidden attribute. The belief of "learning well and serving the country" does not exist for most of them.
Similarly, another group of Run people, in order to gain the trust of the West, have tried their best to discredit their hometown in a way that will cut off their own escape route, but in the end, this may not be effective.
Faith is a very magical thing. You may think you don’t have it, but you may actually have it, and other people may not believe in it.
After thinking for a while, Master Ni finally asked, "Student Li Ye, are you sure our research results have been leaked?"
Li Ye shook his head slowly and replied calmly: "I am just guessing and worrying, but the Fourth Post and Telecommunications Factory did apply for a research project on program-controlled switching systems, and has made a breakthrough. According to gossip, the research results came from your side."
"Oh~"
Master Ni let out a long breath and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Then he looked at Li Ye and said, "Student Li Ye, our research results have not been leaked, and will never be leaked."
“.”
Master Ni said this very seriously.
The last time Li Ye talked with Master Ni in the corridor, they exchanged contact information. At that time, Li Ye felt that Master Ni treated him as a "messenger".
So Li Ye understood that Master Ni was not speaking to him, but to the Hong Kong investors.
Li Ye nodded slowly and said nothing more. There was no need to take verbal assurances too seriously. Only the final result could reveal the truth of the matter.
But Master Ni suddenly said, "Our research has reached a critical stage, and we will be preparing for the final test in the next few days. Do you think the betting bonus in Hong Kong will be okay?"
“.”
Mr. Ni had worked in overseas companies before, so he must have understood that this kind of scientific research needed to be kept confidential and the research progress could not be disclosed to the outside world, but he told Li Ye now.
Li Ye smiled slightly.
"As far as I know, Mr. Pei Wencong has never had the habit of breaking contracts, and the day after tomorrow, Hong Kong Island will come over to inspect the research progress."
"That's good," Master Ni nodded and said, "I believe this is a milestone cooperation. Our current scientific research model in the mainland is relatively single. I hope that in the future there will be more people like Mr. Pei who will come to the mainland to invest in scientific research and technology."
Li Ye understood.
Mr. Ni has a long-term vision. Not only is the research funding in the mainland tight, but the approval process also requires layers of procedures. So now that Pei Wencong has suddenly appeared, if he can set an example, there will be an important source of scientific research funds.
If there were more businessmen like Pei Wencong who were both wealthy and patriotic to cooperate, then researchers like Ni Dashen would feel more comfortable at work and achieve more research results.
That's why Mr. Ni had sweat on his forehead just now. If the cooperation with Hong Kong Island becomes a one-time deal and its reputation is ruined, then more than just one deal will be ruined.
What that would destroy is the reputation of countless scientific researchers in the mainland and the possibility of "changing" the rules.
So, who is wielding the hammer of "short-sightedness" this time?
. . . . . . . .
The next morning, Mr. Ni arrived at the unit five minutes early, and then found that Liu Lianxiang had also arrived early with two people from other units.
Not only did they arrive early, they also opened the cabinet that stored the experimental samples of the programmable switching system.
Master Ni’s expression suddenly darkened.
"Old Liu, why did you open the cabinet? What are you going to do?"
Only two people have the key to this cabinet, one is Mr. Ni and the other is Liu Lianxiang. The two had an agreement that the things inside must not be shown to outsiders.
But Liu Lianxiang's expression was even uglier than that of Master Ni.
"Why are you asking me? Old Ni, what happened to our trial samples? They were successfully tested yesterday, but now they are all just a pile of parts? And what about the experimental data? Why did they disappear?"
Master Ni glanced at Liu Lianxiang and said indifferently, "Last night I suddenly had some ideas for technical improvements, so I dismantled the sample. As for the experimental data, I locked it in another cabinet."
"You are playing the piano nonsense."
Liu Lianxiang angrily scolded him, but because there were outsiders around him, he suppressed his anger and said, "Hurry up and organize people to assemble the sample and restore it, and then give me the experimental data."
Master Ni's eyes narrowed and he looked sharply at the other two people.
"Old Liu, I'll give you the experimental data. Who are you going to give it to?"
"This program-controlled switch is the hard work of the twelve of us and the hope of the twelve families. Who are you going to give it to?"
“.”
Liu Lianxiang's face turned very ugly. He couldn't believe that Master Ni, who was usually gentle and kind, was so "ignorant" today.
Didn't you see there were outsiders present? Where would my company's head of staff save his face?
The two people from other units also frowned, and then said to Liu Lianxiang: "Let's go out for a while, and you can discuss it among yourselves first."
"Hey, Director Jiao, please wait a moment. I'll be ready in a few minutes at most. Xiao Liu, quickly make two cups of tea."
Liu Lianxiang called someone over and settled the two guests in the reception room.
Then he closed the door and turned to look at Master Ni angrily: "Old Ni, you did this on purpose, didn't you? I begged and pleaded everywhere and finally found a contract manufacturer, but you wanted to ruin it for me, right?"
Master Ni looked at me with a complicated expression, and said disappointedly, "Old Liu, a few days ago you told me that you wanted to swallow up the research results of Hong Kong. I thought you were just talking, but I didn't expect you to actually do it.
Why don't we stop now before we do anything wrong? Breaking promises and violating contracts will not bring us any benefits, right?"
"No, I will bring great benefits to everyone."
Liu Lianxiang said proudly: "We design it ourselves, commission the production, and sell it ourselves. It only takes one year to produce over 10 million yuan. I am loyal to the collective. What's wrong with that?"
Master Ni said in shock: "Old Liu, do you know what commissioned research and development is? This research result is not ours, it belongs to the Hong Kong side. We signed a contract with the Hong Kong side. If we break the contract, we will be sued."
"I will go to court and sit in jail. It has nothing to do with you, Old Ni. I would rather die than let the collective interests flow into the pockets of capitalists."
“.”
Liu Lianxiang waved his hands angrily while making an impassioned speech. If outsiders saw this, they would think that he was a righteous and positive character, and that Master Ni was the despicable and shameless villain.
Master Ni was stunned for a long time before he said sadly, "Old Liu, how can you be so short-sighted? Hong Kong Island is not a soft persimmon that can be easily squeezed."
"I am short-sighted?" Liu Lenovo looked at Master Ni with disdain and said with a smile, "I'm afraid some people are so used to drinking foreign ink that they have forgotten the color of their own hearts, right?
The results of our hard work are worth millions, but you want to give them away for a few dollars. What is your intention?"
“.”
Master Ni felt as if he was struck by thunder, and his ears were filled with buzzing sounds.
For the sake of the bet bonus, he and his colleagues had been working so hard on research and development during this period, but how come in the end he ended up with "what was his intention"?
If I had such ulterior motives, why did I come back from overseas in the first place?
The dazed look on Master Ni's face made Liu Lianxiang believe even more that he was the "discerning person" in this unit and that he was the backbone of the unit.
"Think about it carefully, Old Liu. The situation in China is different from that overseas. Now that you are back, you must adapt to the local customs and the environment and ways of doing things here."
Liu Lianxiang said a few words to Master Ni in a gentle tone, then opened the door and shouted outside: "Xiao Zhang, bring two people over and assemble this trial sample immediately."
Master Ni looked at Liu Lenovo coldly but did not stop him.
After he got the news from Li Ye last night, he came over and did some manipulation. Now, no one except him can restore the sample.
[I don’t know how long the argument will last, ah~]
Master Ni was thinking about how Liu Lianxiang would attack him when he found out that the sample had been tampered with, but Xiao Zhang came in hurriedly.
"Manager Liu, Hong Kong Island just called."
"Oh, did Hongdao call?"
Liu Lenovo frowned and was about to go out to answer it.
But Xiao Zhang said, "They said a few words and then hung up. They didn't even let me come to inform you."
Liu Lenovo was stunned and asked, "What did they say?"
Xiao Zhang explained everything: "They said they would send a technical team over tomorrow to check our research progress."
“.”
Liu Lianxiang turned around suddenly and said through gritted teeth: "Old Ni, you called them here, didn't you?"
After a long time, only Liu Lianxiang and Ni Dashen were left in the office.
"Old Ni, I never thought you would be this kind of person. You would actually use the power of Hong Kong to deal with us colleagues and brothers. What promises did they make to you?"
"I didn't make any promises. I am just fulfilling my responsibilities as agreed. Listen to me, Lao Liu. This is our first time cooperating with Hong Kong. In the future..."
"You don't need to explain," Liu Lenovo said coldly, "I just want to tell you that foreigners are no match for us in this inland area.
The program-controlled switches will eventually need to be supplied to the postal and telecommunications departments. I can guarantee that they will not be able to make this deal, and no one will buy their program-controlled switches. "
"And I can tell you that the millions of dollars in bets won't go away."
“.”
Master Ni's eyes gradually dimmed.
He knew that what Lao Liu said was true. It was very difficult to accomplish something in the mainland because it required opening up many connections.
But it's easy to ruin something. It only takes one or two problems to hold you back for three to five years, and then you lose your temper and have to compromise in the end.
“But is this way of doing things really conducive to the development of technology?”
(End of this chapter)
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