Chapter 952
"Legend of Blood and Passion"
The mobile phone business is complex and multifaceted.
If you want to create a phone that is different from current domestic phones and has its own competitive core technologies, then you can't rush it.
Haste makes waste.
Lu Yang's requirement for himself was to test the market in early 01 and launch a slightly lower-end candybar blue screen phone.
However, it is essential to have your own core technologies.
These core technologies can be memory, batteries, baseband chips, or radio frequency chips; whatever is available, we'll incorporate it first.
Take it one step at a time!
The goal is to gradually replace imports with domestically produced goods and external procurement with self-produced goods, step by step, and ultimately achieve full industrial chain integration in the entire mobile phone production process.
The plan is huge!
But it's also very difficult!
Lu Yang plans to fulfill his promises one by one over the next 10 to 20 years.
But then again.
Although there were many things to consider, they did not actually cause him any real trouble.
It's time to take a break!
Give yourself a break. Give yourself a break.
Assign work to those who need it, and also to those who are capable of doing it well.
Can't do it well?
If someone doesn't do a good job, replace them.
Lu Yang is a very principled person who has always adhered to the principle: I enjoy the good things, and my subordinates do the work.
Otherwise, wouldn't we be paying them wages for nothing?
A smart chairman should be a sensible person.
Don't do everything yourself!
If you do everything yourself, what are the people below you supposed to do?
right?
So it wasn't busy for more than a few days. Once the reorganization of Century Electronics, which had just moved in downstairs, was officially confirmed, the restructuring was progressing steadily. There were no major problems with the personnel adjustments. Overall, Niu Lili had done a pretty good job over the past month since she took over as CEO of Century Electronics.
Lu Yang started taking a vacation.
He was absent from work from time to time.
No, he's self-employed. He can come and go as he pleases, and if he doesn't want to come, he can just stay home and sleep. How is that considered absenteeism?
"But Chairman, you're always like this, you don't even come to the company once every three days. It's making President Wei unhappy, and she asked me to come and persuade you."
Lu Nini is the hardest working person lately.
She had to shuttle between the company and Lu Yang's home.
Responsible for relaying messages.
At the same time, it pleases neither side and offends both.
Lu Yang thought she was being nosy.
Even the smallest thing requires him, the chairman, to be consulted.
Stealing half a day of leisure from a busy life, is it easy for me?
Wei Shu also told her, "You are the chairman's special assistant. Wherever the chairman is, you have to be there. If the chairman is willing to work from home, then you should move into the chairman's house. You must be able to keep track of the chairman's whereabouts at all times, and be prepared to report to the group and coordinate with me. You can't be unable to find someone when you need them, understand?"
It's obvious they want her to be their mouthpiece.
Even if it means becoming a leech, you must stick to the chairman's side. You cannot back down or become subservient just because the chairman is unhappy and says a few displeased words.
You must have heard the saying, "Even a seventh-rank official is subject to the prime minister's authority."
"Although the title of Chairman's Secretary includes the word 'Secretary,' it is not an ordinary secretarial position. Rather, it belongs to the company's senior management. The first thing you need to do is to recognize your own identity, and then work hard to learn and adapt to the responsibilities and obligations that come with this identity."
When you are able to stand confidently in front of him, complete the tasks he assigns, and effectively communicate with the company, then you will have completed your apprenticeship.
Congratulations! A promotion and a raise are just around the corner!
"In the future, if you intend to move to a higher management position, like the one below me, bang bang, it's not impossible."
Right there in the group president's office.
Wei Shu gently patted the leather sofa beneath her.
To encourage her, I drew her a very, very, very tempting pie.
Indeed, Lu Nini was quite full after eating.
She thought about it!
I dream about it!
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier; a secretary who doesn't want to be a CEO isn't a good secretary either.
The ultimate dream of working people is to become the "emperor" of working life, isn't it?
Besides, Lu Nini isn't entirely without a chance.
Senior student Wei Shu graduated from Yangcheng University with a major in fashion design.
Lu Nini also graduated from Yangcheng University with a major in Business Administration.
Compared to this, isn't Lu Nini the clear winner?
Senior student Wei Shu has known the boss for less than 10 years, and in private, she and the boss address each other as brother and sister.
She, Lu Nini, has known her boss for 25 years, and she just turned 25 last month. In private, she and her boss call each other brother and sister. If you look at the same Lu family genealogy, you will definitely find their names not far apart.
Hehe, she's the boss's little cousin.
See, she won again?
Wei Shu was able to gain the boss's complete trust not only because they addressed each other as brother and sister, but also because she married a good husband.
Her husband had been through thick and thin with the boss and was treated like a brother by the boss. He was the boss's true confidant and was responsible for leading people to stay hidden in the shadows and protect the safety of the boss and everyone in the group.
She, Lu Nini, is unmarried.
She doesn't have a husband as good as Senior Sister Wei Shu, but she has a good older brother. He grew up with the boss since they were little, and they are as close as brothers, even closer than brothers. Compared to the boss's cousins, the older brother is more valued by the boss.
So, does this mean she won again?
All things considered, she has already achieved at least a triple win, and she could potentially achieve at least a quadruple win. At least in the workplace, being younger is an advantage. Senior Wei Shu is older than her; Senior Wei Shu was born in the 60s, while she was born in the 70s…
Oh well, never mind, I'm already exhausted from winning.
Lu Nini was practically bewitched by Wei Shu, a fact that Lu Yang was unaware of.
All he knows is this!
This young lady has been visiting quite frequently lately.
They are proactive and hardworking at work.
Well... she's starting to look down on him as the chairman, and she's been subtly and overtly urging him to get back to work, as if she's blaming him for holding her back.
What's wrong?
It's fine if I roll it myself.
What, you want to drag your boss into this mess too?
Lu Yang didn't indulge her bad habits.
I waved my hand and said, "Go back now. It's just a trivial matter. Don't bother me while I rest. I'm busy, really busy. Bye!"
Does the company need Lu Yang right now? Lu Yang certainly doesn't know.
He will go when the time is right.
I'm not going; I'm staying home because things really function fine without it. If that's the case, why go?
Having failed to achieve her goal and fulfill Wei Shu's request, Lu Nini was somewhat downcast, but she dared not disobey Lu Yang's order to leave.
So he looked back every few steps.
With a reluctant expression, she left the game room on the second floor of the villa, clutching the documents that Lu Yang hadn't even glanced at.
Calling it a living room isn't entirely wrong; this room contains over twenty computers, arranged in two rows side by side.
All the computers are on.
Lu Yang sat in front of one of the tables, engrossed in playing.
"Warriors, step forward, block the Corpse King, and cut him down."
"Mage, watch your step! Keep casting Fire Wall until he's burned to death! If you run out of mana, use a potion. Money's no object..."
"Where's the poison? Taoist, where's your poison? The Soul Fire Talisman doesn't do any damage. You're a Taoist, you have to use poison! Poison him, damn it... Summon skeletons, where are your skeletons? They've been dead for ages and you haven't even summoned any new ones... Damn it, do you even know how to play?"
Yes, it is a legend.
The Chinese version of "Legend of Mir," a game that evokes memories for a generation, was originally scheduled to be released in China in 2001, which is next year!
Originally, it came from South Korea, from a little-known game company in a remote corner of South Korea, and it was a 2D role-playing game.
At least in South Korea, it's not popular at all.
Perhaps its original soil is really suitable for the domestic environment. Once it was introduced to China, it became popular and swept through all the internet cafes in a short period of time. It became the favorite internet cafe of primary school students, middle school students, college students, and even bad students who dropped out of school and unemployed youths in society.
This represents the youth of a generation!
How could Lu Yang not remember?
Speaking of which, Lu Yang reminisced about his youth and relived classic moments, all in order to bump into Zha Zha Hui in the Sand City and experience the brand-new version he'd never played before!
"It is imperative that the Chinese version be released ahead of schedule."
"Otherwise, what am I supposed to do to kill my boredom?"
"Old Chen, Chen Qiao, are we counting on him?"
"No, that old guy is no good. He makes money in China and corrupts a generation of young people. He doesn't know how to give back to society, even if he just donated a few Hope Primary Schools. Who would have thought that he would turn around and immigrate? A full 10 billion US dollars, he donated it to the University of California without blinking an eye, just to buy a passport to high society on the other side of the ocean."
Of course, Lu Yang also knew that one should not advise others to be kind if one does not know their suffering. Perhaps they have their own reasons, right?
But what does it have to do with Lu Yangqiu?
Since Lu Yang has been reborn, if he can't stand something, he has to change it, and he has to do it once and for all.
We can't let that small company from South Korea keep making all the money in the country.
Back in the day, Shanda, owned by Chen, only got the Chinese server agency rights. The copyright still belonged to that small company in South Korea. They had to pay copyright fees to them every year, and they also had to share the revenue from game cards with them. How frustrating was that?
The key issue is not just about copyright fees and revenue sharing from game cards.
Later, the game became a hit in China.
The South Korean game company proposed raising the agency fee by $400 million and increasing the revenue share of prepaid cards from 27% to 30% after deducting distribution fees.
They can't reach an agreement?
It's easy. They deliberately leaked the game code to the outside world, tripped you up a little, and put you in a tough spot. This is also why there were suddenly so many Legend game scripts and cheats in China during that period.
Later, another lawsuit was filed, costing tens of millions of US dollars. A settlement was reached, and tens of millions of US dollars were paid in compensation. From 2001 to 2003, it is said that the revenue share from the prepaid cards alone was distributed to the Korean kimchi company for hundreds of millions of US dollars.
Damn it, they're so happy.
With Lu Yang's arrival, things naturally changed. Before Legend became popular, this small game company from South Korea wasn't worth much money at all.
I bought it.
It's that simple!
They packed everything up, hardware and software, and moved it back to China.
People are the same!
Those who are willing to come will be offered high salaries; those who are unwilling will be dismissed after signing a confidentiality agreement.
and then?
Then, naturally, we need to find a game company to run it.
I'll just do it myself.
He's already so rich, he shouldn't rely on it. He'll just get yelled at by the students' parents one day.
There are ready-made stand-ins available.
Penguins?
Xiao Ma is a good person in every way, except he's not very good at making games, but he's good at imitating!
This time, Lu Yang gave him a very generous gift.
Let the legend be handled by Tencent.
He simply acts as the upstream copyright holder, sitting back and waiting for his share of the profits.
Oh, right, besides that, he's also a shareholder of Tencent, holding 40% of its shares. That's like winning twice, hahaha...
Just as Lu Yang was having a great time, revisiting the classics...
Downstairs at the villa.
As the hostess, she had just seen off Lu Yang's secretary, Lu Nini.
Yin Mingyue received a phone call from her mother, Ma Xiulan.
During the phone call, Ma Xiulan didn't say anything else, only one thing.
"Mingyue, Mom's birthday is next month, and your sister wants to have a big celebration. Can you come? Your husband is at home..."
Ma Xiulan's birthday is on the 1st of next month, which is less than a week away.
The straight-line distance from Shenzhen to Shanghai is more than 1200 kilometers, but by plane, the entire journey takes no more than four or five hours.
There is enough time.
However, because of her previous unpleasant experience, Yin Mingyue didn't really want to go to Shanghai, especially since she was going to bring her two children with her. She even wanted to see her son-in-law...husband...at the birthday banquet, according to her mother.
only……
It's been a long time since Mom last called her.
Moreover, this birthday is different from previous ones; it's her mother's 50th birthday.
Chinese people have a tradition of holding a banquet for the whole family.
As a junior, she had to attend the birthday celebration unless she severed ties with her mother.
Otherwise, it would be considered unfilial, and people would criticize and gossip about it. If it got out, it would also damage the reputation of her husband's company.
"Mom, please allow me to think about it. I'll give you an answer tonight."
In the end, she neither agreed nor refused on the spot.
I'm going upstairs to ask Lu Yang.
If her husband says he wants to go, she goes; if he doesn't want to go, she goes alone, leaving the two children behind.
"So many years have passed."
"I wonder if my sister has come to her senses. If she has, and she marries someone else, perhaps..."
As Yin Mingyue went upstairs, she couldn't help but think.
The two sisters have come this far not only because of their mother's favoritism, but also because from childhood they always favored the older sister who excelled in everything, especially in academics.
It's mostly because her husband is caught in the middle.
If her sister could let go of the past, say goodbye to it completely, and stop talking to her... she was actually willing to let go of some unpleasant experiences from the past, and the family could start anew; blood is thicker than water, after all. (End of Chapter)