Chapter 401: Stopping R&D Funding
After walking out of the hospital gate, Li Quanwang teased, "Daming, did you see that? The way Zheng Fengting looked at you just now was just like the second female lead in a TV drama who likes the male lead."
Lu Yiming's face was full of black lines. Although the situation tonight was indeed a little urgent, it was absolutely impossible for the situation described by Li Quanwang to happen. He squinted at Li Quanwang and said in a hoarse voice: "The college entrance examination is almost here, and you still have time to watch idol dramas? Is it because the math problems are not difficult enough, or because there are not enough English words?"
Upon hearing this, Li Quanwang couldn't help but shrink his neck and quickly defended himself, "Well, I have to relax occasionally. Besides, idol dramas are not something I like to watch. If Gu Zhiruo wants to watch them, I can only watch them with her."
Then the two talked about Zheng Youyuan. Li Quanwang said, "It's hard to imagine that Zheng Fengting's father is so rich, but he still works so hard. It turns out that the life of rich people is not as happy as I imagined. I thought billionaires are as lazy as you."
Lu Yiming complained: "What's wrong with being a salted fish? I'm so rich, why should I work so hard? As for the happiness of rich people... When you become a billionaire, you will understand. The real happiness of rich people is beyond your imagination."
Li Quanwang added: "Why do I always feel that Zheng Baishun is weird?"
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and said, "How is it weird?"
Li Quanwang said: "He seems to be too proactive. Look at my uncles. They are eager to take advantage of me. If I die, they won't even have time to divide my money. They won't even think about saving me. Look at Zheng Baishun. Not only did he arrive at the first opportunity, he also paid for it out of his own pocket."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "He is Boss Zheng's secretary, and they are also his uncle and nephew. What's wrong with him being more proactive? Do you really think he paid for it himself? This must be reimbursed by the company, maybe even doubled."
Li Quanwang still frowned: "That's not right. Since Zheng Baishun is here, why did Zheng Fengting call you? In the final analysis, you two are having an affair."
As they were talking, the two had already reached the Audi. Lu Yiming opened the door, pushed Li Quanwang in with his knee, and said, "If you used one tenth of your brain on studying, your mother wouldn't know how many people were in your class just by looking at your report card."
When going to school on Monday morning, Zheng Fengting actually took the initiative to greet Lu Yiming for the first time, which surprised all the classmates.
It would have been fine if she just said hello, but Zheng Fengting also invited Lu Yiming to have lunch together at noon. Her tone was gentle, which was completely different from Zheng Fengting's previous image.
The class was suddenly in an uproar.
"Fuck, what's going on with Zha Zha Ming? "
"Oh my god, he's two-timing, and they're from the same class? He's a role model for us!"
"Did you see the look in Shi Qingxue's eyes? That scumbag is going to be finished!"
Zheng Fengting has always been like a little princess in the class, very arrogant, and has never been so "humble" to any boy. Now she actually takes the initiative to ask Lu Yiming out?
What exactly happened?
There's something strange!
Wu Qiuya was extremely anxious. She hadn't even dealt with Ping Qingxue yet, so how come there was suddenly another competitor?
And she’s a fair, rich and beautiful woman like Zheng Fengting?
Others don’t know how rich Zheng Fengting’s family is, but she knows!
The key point is that under the attention of everyone, Lu Yiming was not afraid of other people's eyes and agreed!
" Isn't he together with Shi Qingxue? Now he's asking Zheng Fengting out in front of the public?"
"What a scumbag, he is such a scumbag. He lives up to his reputation as a scumbag."
Seeing that Lu Yiming agreed, Zheng Fengting rarely showed a cute and playful expression.
"Then let's go together at noon. I'll decide the place."
"OK."
Just after he agreed and before he turned around, Lu Yiming felt a murderous aura coming from behind him.
Shi Qingxue's gaze was like a knife, piercing into Lu Yiming's back, and her mouth was pouted high.
Lu Yiming turned around and sat next to Shi Qingxue, saying as if no one was around: "Hey, what's wrong with our little snow baby? Who made you angry again?"
"Humph, who else but you!"
Shi Qingxue, whose personality has become much more cheerful, would occasionally lose her temper with Lu Yiming. This meant that their relationship was getting closer, instead of hiding everything in their hearts like before.
Seeing Shi Qingxue losing her temper at Lu Yiming, many people looked gloating, simply watching the fun without minding the hassle.
Lu Yiming had no choice but to explain: "It's like this, last night..."
He lowered his voice and told Shi Qingxue what happened last night. After all, he didn't want such things to be known to everyone.
After learning that Zheng Fengting invited them to dinner for this reason, Shi Qingxue's anger subsided and she asked with concern, "How is it? Is everything okay?"
Lu Yiming said: "He's been rescued, so it shouldn't be a big deal."
Shi Qingxue suddenly became worried and said, "Doing business is so dangerous? Don't work too hard. Just make enough money to spend."
Lu Yiming was touched, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I don't rely on drinking to do business, don't worry, you and I will live a long life together."
"Pah, pah, pah, who wants gray hair? I'll always be 18!"
"I believe you just had your seventeenth birthday?"
“…”
A few days later, Cheng Xiaohua suddenly found Lu Yiming and said, "The MP3 and flash memory projects have been canceled."
Lu Yiming frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Cheng Xiaohua said unhappily, "It was Zheng Baishun who gave the order, saying that the company's USB project is doing well now, and there is no need to take the risk of making MP3."
Mingyuan Technology, Technology R&D Department.
Cheng Xiaohua put down the phone and couldn't help rubbing his temples.
The cancellation of the MP3 project made him a little discouraged. After all, before the Chinese New Year, Lu Yiming had mentioned to him that he wanted to make MP3 , and he had started researching MP3. But now it was cancelled. It would be hard for anyone to accept this.
Just when Cheng Xiaohua was feeling discouraged, the usually taciturn Fang Yunfeng came running over angrily, slamming the table and asking, "Cheng Gong, why did you stop funding our flash memory R&D team? Didn't you promise to continue to invest in supporting my technical research ?"
It is conceivable that this matter was really too much to force Fang Yunfeng, a taciturn technical geek, into this state.
Cheng Xiaohua quickly comforted Fang Yunfeng and said, "This is not my decision. I have already reported it to President Lu. There should be news soon. Please bear with it for now. I believe President Lu can come up with a solution."
Fang Yunfeng angrily picked up a wrench on the table and said, "It wasn't you who decided this? It wasn't Mr. Wang who decided this? Then who decided this? I want to have a good talk with him."
Cheng Xiaohua snatched the wrench from Fang Yunfeng's hand, and put a dumbbell that he usually used for light exercise into Fang Yunfeng's hand, saying, "Calm down. Don't be impulsive. Let's talk it over. Zheng Baishun made the decision. His office is now the second room on the left. If he's not in the office, he's probably in the small conference room..."
Fang Yunfeng held the five-kilogram dumbbell and said calmly, "Okay, I'll go over and talk to him. Give me the big wrench."
"What do you want this wrench for?"
"Balance."
In the company's conference room, Zheng Baishun, who was acting as general manager, was holding a company meeting.
He sat in the position he had always dreamed of, giving orders, while the company executives sitting in front of him all sat upright, looking straight ahead.
Mingyuan Technology has now entered the fast lane of development, and the company's welfare benefits are enviable.
Precisely because the pay is sufficient, everyone is more willing to abide by the rules. After all, the previous sales manager who did not abide by the rules is now in jail.
Leaning his back gently on the chair, Zheng Baishun looked at everything in front of him, feeling a little proud.
The feeling of being in power is truly indescribable.
The executives acted like subjects, reporting to him one after another and waiting for his instructions.
This feeling of having everything in your hands is really addictive.
Zheng Baishun was in a good mood and was about to say a few inspiring words to show off his power when the door of the conference room was suddenly and rudely pushed open from the outside.
Fang Yunfeng strode forward and smashed the dumbbell and wrench in front of Zheng Baishun with a "bang". He asked loudly: "Zheng Baishun! Why did you stop the funding for our flash memory team? Don't you know that this is the core project of our technical research and development department?"
All the participants were shocked, but when they saw that Fang Yunfeng was coming for Zheng Baishun, they did not immediately step forward to stop him. Instead, they stayed where they were, looking at Fang Yunfeng and Zheng Baishun with a half-smile as if they were outsiders.
Zheng Baishun was so frightened by the dumbbells and wrench that he kicked his legs and the boss chair slid back two meters in an instant.
It is said that a new official will start with three fires when he takes office. Zheng Baishun, who was originally very happy, now had a frighteningly gloomy face. He questioned Fang Yunfeng, "What are you doing? Do you know we are in a meeting? It is very rude of you to suddenly barge in like this!"
It was obvious that Zheng Baishun did not take Fang Yunfeng, the "scientific researcher", seriously.
"As for cutting off your funding, it's actually very simple. Your so-called flash memory team now has a weekly R&D funding of one to two million, which is nearly 60 million a year. You still have the nerve to ask me why I want to cut your funding? I want to know, what exactly are you developing? A spaceship?"
The technical research and development department has always had independent accounting and is not subject to the management of any other department. Therefore, it was the first time that everyone heard about Fang Yunfeng spending money so lavishly, and there was an immediate uproar.
After all, spending one or two million dollars every week is too scary!
Moreover, the R&D department now has more than just one project team. In addition to the flash memory team led by Fang Yunfeng, Cheng Xiaohua also leads a R&D team of dozens of people to launch a project called "Yuan Ming Ming Yin". The project is highly confidential. Most people only know that there is such a project, but as for what the project specifically does, few people know the inside story.
Like Fang Yunfeng, Cheng Xiaohua also spent a lot of money.
In the current domestic business environment, there are very few companies engaged in technological research and development. Therefore, it is difficult for many people to understand why so much money is spent on the R&D department.
"Fang Yunfeng, this thing you made is too expensive, isn't it? Although the company's USB flash drives are selling well and making a lot of money, it can't afford to spend so much money."
"If you ask me, it's good to stop. Now that our USB flash drives are selling so well, we can focus more on the appearance and advertising."
Although they couldn't stand Zheng Baishun's bullying, the fact that Fang Yunfeng and his team spent so much money on research and development also made these company executives feel very distressed, as if it was their money being spent. For a moment, everyone stood on Zheng Baishun's side.
Facing a group of "idiots" and "retards" whose education level was not even that of an undergraduate, Fang Yunfeng did not want to communicate with them at all. After all, he was not good at lowering his IQ to the level of an idiot, so he directly brought up Lu Yiming and said, "When the company was first established, President Zheng and President Lu had already agreed that President Lu would be in charge of the R&D department, and no other department could interfere and could only cooperate with President Lu's work."
Zheng Baishun looked disapproving and said, "What President Lu? There is no President Lu in the company now. Now that President Zheng is ill, I will temporarily take over the position of chairman and be responsible for the management of Mingyuan Technology, so I have the power to cut any project that I think is necessary."
Fang Yunfeng suddenly got angry: "If you cancel the project, I will quit!"
He left the laboratory and gave up his career because Lu Yiming promised to provide him with money and effort to develop technology, so he joined Mingyuan Technology.
Now that Zheng Baishun had done this, he naturally couldn't take it.
When Zheng Baishun heard that Fang Yunfeng wanted to resign, he was not nervous at all. Instead, he nodded and said, "Sure, you can resign on your own initiative, which will save me the trouble."
At this time, Cheng Xiaohua came in and pulled Fang Yunfeng outside: "Hey, Mr. Fang, they are still in a meeting, why are you joining in the fun? Come on, come on, let's go to my place for some tea."
"Well, you guys have your meeting, continue."
Fang Yunfeng was pulled out of the meeting room by Cheng Xiaohua.
Fang Yunfeng said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you holding me? If this little bastard doesn't give me an answer today, I will definitely beat his head off."
Cheng Xiaohua said, "Don't be impulsive, just make your attitude clear. It's obvious that this guy planned this, don't fall into their trap. I have already told President Lu about this matter, and everything is up to President Lu to decide. When the company was established, President Lu said that he had signed an agreement with them. Now that they have violated the agreement, President Lu will definitely have a way."
