Chapter 377: This is completely a hit!
Hearing the busy tone coming from the phone, Deng Guoshun's face changed slightly, and he shouted impatiently: "Hello? Mr. Ai Meng, you can't just ignore me."
"Fuck! You were more greedy than anyone else when we were discussing cooperation. Didn't you know you were stealing and cheating before? Now you're pretending to be a saint in front of me, bah!"
"Lying, stealing, cheating, isn't this the logic of you Western robbers?"
"Isn't it just because the wind direction is wrong that you just left me behind?"
"Oh shit!"
Deng Guoshun cursed, but he could only be furious. Without the support of Amon Company, he had no means of counterattack.
In the office of Mingyuan Technology.
Seeing that the situation had been turned around, Zheng Youyuan immediately smiled and felt relieved.
Then, he seemed to remember something and looked at Lu Yiming who was sitting opposite him drinking tea: "Mr. Lu, Mingyuan Technology is about to launch a new product? How come I didn't know about it? When did it happen?"
Lu Yiming said, "I was already planning a second product, but the relevant patents have not been approved yet, so I didn't tell you. Now that there is such an opportunity, I will tell you in advance, just as an advertisement. I have asked the R&D department to work on this thing, can I take you to see it?"
Now, whenever Lu Yiming thinks of something new, he will register a patent without hesitation. After all, a patent only needs to describe how the principle is implemented , and does not require a real product. For Lu Yiming, doing this is not difficult at all. If he wants, he can even apply for patents for everything he knows but has not yet been invented in reality.
But doing so is indeed a bit shameless, and Lu Yiming doesn't want to be a patent troll.
Hearing that the R&D department was already developing a second product, Zheng Youyuan said excitedly, "Let's go and take a look."
The two came to Mingyuan Technology's R&D department.
Seeing Lu Yiming and Zheng Youyuan enter the laboratory, everyone in the laboratory greeted them.
Lu Yiming smiled and asked, "How is the research and development progress?"
Cheng Xiaohua smiled and said: "The progress is encouraging, and key technologies have been broken through."
Doing scientific research is itself a process of trial and error. Once you have a goal in mind, you will continue to use various methods to approach it.
But for Lu Yiming, this step was directly omitted because Lu Yiming knew what the finished product should look like.
Theory guides practice, and Lu Yiming is a true master of theory. He can explain the principles of realizing various functions in a clear and logical way, so the scientific research team does not need to take many detours.
Then, Cheng Xiaohua led Lu Yiming and Zheng Youyuan to a glass cover.
Inside the glass cover is a small square object.
It's actually an iPod.
Zheng Youyuan looked at the thing with a circle of buttons on the front and asked, "What is this?"
Lu Yiming said: "This is MP3, a digital music player. The relevant technical principles are similar to those of USB flash drives. There are similar products on the market, but their functions are not perfect. This thing I made can solve the pain points of these similar products on the market. It is the ultimate form of MP3."
Well, if we go one step further, it should be called MP4...
Zheng Youyuan seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "This thing looks like a Sony Walkman. But this one you made is much better looking than the Sony one."
Regardless of the era, appearance is fighting power, and this statement is true. In the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, ancient people had already begun to learn to dress up and make themselves more beautiful. The development of the times is constantly proving this statement.
Lu Yiming said unceremoniously: “Yes.”
Zheng Youyuan was immediately excited.
SONY Walkmans are sold all over the streets, and it's so sweet to make money. If Lu Yiming's MP3 player can be successfully promoted, the profits will make him laugh even in his dreams.
Then, Zheng Youyuan asked with concern: "You said that this thing will be available within half a year. Is half a year enough time?"
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said, "We are short of manpower right now. The technical difficulty of developing MP3 is not comparable to that of USB flash drives, so we must recruit more people."
Zheng Youyuan nodded vigorously and said, "Expand the enrollment. We must expand the enrollment!"
When Zheng Youyuan thought about the profits and industry status that MP3 could bring, he now wished he could go to the streets waving money and kidnap people to do the work.
Lu Yiming said calmly: "My plan is to recruit 300 people in the R&D department first, of which no less than 30% must have a postgraduate degree, and the entry threshold must be a bachelor's degree from an early-stage undergraduate college. And the standards will only be raised in the future, not lowered."
"Starting from a first-class college?"
Zheng Youyuan was shocked after hearing this. After all, college students are a rare species these days and their salaries are not low, especially for such top students with technical skills. The settling-in allowance alone makes many private company bosses scratch their heads.
After all, if you don’t pay enough, people won’t bother with you.
Lu Yiming knew that such expenditure was necessary, and said to Zheng Youyuan: "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. You can save money on everything, but never do it in scientific research, otherwise you will end up losing a lot. Think about it, if we didn't have Cheng Gong and Fang Gong, two highly educated and highly skilled people working day and night, would our USB flash drive have come out so quickly? If we fell behind a little, and the USB flash drive was taken over by that Deng Guoshun, would we be in the current situation?"
"Okay, you're right."
Zheng Youyuan finally agreed with Lu Yiming's decision and once again invested a large sum of money in the expansion of the R&D department and the recruitment of more staff.
Now that he has tasted the sweetness of making money from USB flash drives, he is no longer so reluctant to invest money in scientific research projects.
As Lu Yiming's story of making a fortune was gradually exposed, almost the entire Guangdong Province knew that there was a only seventeen years old and had achieved great success in the business field.
In the eyes of media reporters, Lu Yiming is not only a business tycoon, but also a marketing master, and a genius-level product manager. He seems to be able to see into the future and lead the trend of technology with a wave of his hand.
All of a sudden, Lu Yiming became completely famous, and his identity could no longer be concealed.
Especially in Baiyun No. 1 Middle School, the students and teachers were all extremely shocked.
It turns out that the genius is next to me?
In school, no matter where Lu Yiming went, there would be people looking at him with admiration.
Especially those little girls, the admiration in their eyes made Lu Yiming feel a little overwhelmed.
This also made Shi Qingxue feel a huge sense of crisis. Every time she went out with Lu Yiming, she would hug Lu Yiming's arm tightly, blatantly declaring her sovereignty.
In the class, except for Li Quanwang, who had a certain resistance , everyone else was shocked.
They never imagined that Lu Yiming, a poor student who was always late, left early and skipped classes due to disagreements, was actually a business tycoon and inventor!
Li Zhengkai, the top student who had always wanted to compete with Lu Yiming, gave up completely this time. He deeply realized the gap between him and Lu Yiming, which was simply the distance between the top of Mount Everest and the bottom of the Mariana Trench. If it were any bigger, the gap would be so big that the earth could not accommodate it.
Wu Qiuya was even more desperate to cry.
She had already felt regretful before. After all, Lu Yiming had a mobile phone and was richer than she had imagined.
But now, with the media exposure, she realized how rich Lu Yiming was, a level she never even dared to imagine.
Thinking that such a billionaire had passed her by, and that she had missed a chance to become a rich woman overnight, she couldn't help but feel sad and regretful.
Wu Qiuya wanted to pursue Lu Yiming again, but the report also exposed Shi Qingxue's family background. Her family also had companies and factories. Her company was also the sponsor of the currently popular "Millionaire Painters".
Similarly, the Shi family and Lu Yiming are still business partners.
Such conditions made Wu Qiuya feel helpless.
Both publicly and privately, it was impossible for Wu Qiuya to have any competition with Shi Qingxue.
Gu Zhiruo was also shocked by the wealth of Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue, but she was very rational and fortunate that she had changed her target early on.
Now, Li Quanwang obeys her every word, and Li Quanwang is Lu Yiming's best friend. Now that Lu Yiming is having a big meal, Li Quanwang will definitely be able to have a sip of soup, and then he will fall into her hands.
At noon, Lin Yuzhen went to Zhu Hanwen's house to eat. When she pushed open the door and walked in, she saw the computer in the utility room.
That was the starting point of Lu Yiming's career.
Thinking back, it was here that Lu Yiming completed his most initial accumulation.
But no one expected that in just a few short months, Lu Yiming had completed such an incredible transformation.
Lin Yuzhen looked at the programming introductory textbook placed in front of the computer. She hadn't read it for a long time.
She remembered her previous bold words about becoming rich and becoming a wealthy woman.
Still in my ears.
But in reality, it was just a spur of the moment thing.
I’m in the third year of high school and I have so much practice to do that I don’t even have time to daydream.
But now, Lu Yiming has become the brightest star in the night sky. She looks up at him, but he is out of reach.
In the living room, Zhu Hanwen and Sun Jiatong were also discussing Lu Yiming.
Anyway, in recent times, everyone in the school, from top to bottom, has been discussing Lu Yiming.
Seeing Lin Yuzhen coming in, Zhu Hanwen waved to her and said with a smile: "Little Zhenzhen is back. Go wash your hands, we'll have dinner soon."
Lin Yuzhen gathered her thoughts and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Zhu Hanwen said with emotion: "Who else could it be? Lu Yiming. I was just saying that it all started from our house. I gave Lu Yiming the utility room and Bill Gates called our house. I didn't expect that Lu Yiming would become so famous in such a short time! He even found time to come to class despite his busy schedule this semester. It's really touching."
After hearing this, Lin Yuzhen couldn't help but curl her lips.
Who was it that kept saying “Lu Yiming isn’t coming to class again” every day?
Now that Lu Yiming comes to class, it can actually move people.
Could you adults please stop being so hypocritical?
After complaining a few words in her heart, Lin Yuzhen brought the food to the table and everyone started eating.
After finishing her meal, Lin Yuzhen went to the utility room, connected the socket, and pressed the long-missed computer power button.
As she watched the lines of code pop up on the screen, scenes of her and Lu Yiming arguing here flashed through her mind.
How did the situation become like this in the blink of an eye?
It really caught me off guard.
