Chapter 200 Either Tian or Li
When the leadership says the schedule must change, then the schedule must absolutely change.
Seeing that it was already getting late, the leaders decided to stay for dinner as well.
Chen Jing personally took the security officer and headed to the logistics department to make arrangements.
...
"After looking around, it's clear that the lithography project is the most behind," the leader said with a laugh, not bothering that Zheng Zhenchuan was standing right there.
Seeing the leader in a good mood, Zheng Zhenchuan thickened his skin and laughed along.
"We originally set the goal to catch up within ten years and to surpass within twenty. There's still time."
"Mm, don't try to bluff me," the leader said, fixing his sharp gaze on him.
"Your first lithography machine is over a decade behind the global standard.
You're telling me you'll cover twenty years of ground in just ten years?
Are you really confident?"
—This was the typical reaction of a leader with an engineering background: impossible to fool.
But Zheng Zhenchuan truly did have confidence.
"We have external help," he said.
"Yuanxin has partnered with experts from IBM in Silicon Valley to assist with the research."
The leader immediately looked toward Su Yuanshan.
Seeing Su Yuanshan nod, the leader broke into a wide smile.
"That's excellent! This proves that only by going global can we achieve real development!"
"Exactly," Su Yuanshan agreed.
"That's why Yuanxin is also helping domestic software companies expand abroad.
Going global doesn't just mean earning foreign currency—it also means utilizing global talent.
For example, this year, Yuanxin will set up an R&D center up north."
"There's still a lot of untapped talent among our old friends," Su Yuanshan continued.
"It would be a real waste to leave them idle."
"Good thinking," the leader said enthusiastically.
"If you need any help, just contact our embassy over there."
"Thank you, sir," Su Yuanshan said gratefully.
After inspecting all the R&D groups, night had fully fallen.
Su Yuanshan and the others accompanied the leaders to dinner.
It was a cheerful meal.
The leader even pulled a few random employees over during the meal to chat casually.
It was obvious that he was genuinely pleased with Yuanxin—more than just satisfied.
Especially when he heard about Yuanxin's extremely healthy cash flow, he couldn't help but sigh.
He remarked that in all his inspections of enterprises, rarely had he encountered a company that wasn't crying poor, treating him like a walking wallet.
At 7:30 p.m., the gray minibus slowly drove out through Yuanxin's main gate.
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Inside Yuanxin's conference room.
"Dad, Senior Brother, Sister Jing," Su Yuanshan greeted each person while cradling a cup of tea.
"Tomorrow we're announcing the Best Employee award.
What do you think?"
"Don't ask me," Su Xinghe said, sipping his tea with a chuckle.
"I'm not in charge here anymore.
You three decide."
Su Yuanshan grinned.
"If you ask me, it should be me."
"I agree," Xi Xiaoding said immediately, nodding solemnly.
Chen Jing even raised her hand with a smile.
"I agree too."
"...Alright, enough joking around."
Su Yuanshan cleared his throat and became serious.
"It should be Old Tian.
He's been sharpening his sword for three years—he deserves it."
Chen Jing nodded warmly.
She knew how much importance Su Yuanshan placed on mobile communications—
especially the future of mobile internet.
Thus, Tian Yaoming truly deserved the honor.
Xi Xiaoding also nodded but sighed regretfully.
"If Li Mingliu had better luck, he would be a contender too.
Not only is he designing high-speed cache memory, he's trying to create an entirely new caching technology."
"I heard from Jiang Tao that he's still working like a madman," Xi added.
"I'm not sure if he'll even make it back tomorrow."
Li Mingliu was an anomaly within Yuanxin.
He was the first major figure Su Yuanshan had personally pulled from his position to lead a critical project,
and he was also the only project leader who was so busy he barely slept.
Thinking of Li Mingliu's relentless drive, Su Yuanshan sighed.
"He promised he'd come back.
But honestly, I'm starting to regret sending him to Shanghai.
No one there can rein him in."
As he spoke, Su Yuanshan's pager suddenly buzzed.
He pressed the button to check the message.
Only three Chinese characters were displayed:
Done. Li.
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