Chapter 669: Tape-out Success
Dormitory.
The sun was already high in the sky when Wang Dazhuang and his friends got up.
Now that Zhenxiang Fast Food is on the right track and its various structures have been perfected, founders like Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong naturally no longer need to watch over the store every morning. They can just go for random inspections occasionally, and the store manager is responsible for all other operations.
As soon as he got out of bed and before he brushed his teeth or washed his face, Chen Chusheng turned on his computer. As usual, he went to the campus BBS to see if anything had happened, and then prepared to write code.
Under normal circumstances, it would only take five minutes to browse the campus BBS, but today, Chen Chusheng was immediately attracted by several hot posts on the homepage.
"Revelation: Lu Yiming bullied female classmates."
"The unknown side of the richest man shows you what it means to become bad when you have money."
Several of the top hot posts are related to Lu Yiming.
Chen Chusheng clicked on it and saw that there were videos and short essays, but the content was all about Lu Yiming without exception.
The video shows Wan Huatong and Li Caixia being interviewed by the school press corps. In the video, Li Caixia tearfully recounted how she was bullied by Lu Yiming.
The comments below were all from indignant students, who cursed and swore at Lu Yiming in various ways.
"Come and see, Lao Lu has been hacked."
Ni Cong, who was brushing his teeth, said vaguely: "What did you say?"
Wang Dazhuang, who had just come out of the toilet , didn't even pull up his pants and immediately cursed: "Who the hell is so blind to slander Lao Lu?"
He was born in the countryside, was introverted and poor, but now his life has been changed by Lu Yiming. He has money, a house, a car and a girlfriend. Lu Yiming means as much to him as his parents. Now when he heard that someone was slandering Lu Yiming, he got angry.
Chen Chusheng played the video. Wang Dazhuang watched it for a few seconds before he started to criticize him: "What kind of story is this? Don't we know what kind of personality Lao Lu has? Although he is very rich, he is very low-key. He treats us poor people equally and even gives us money to help us start a business. Now, some people say that he is arrogant? I don't even believe in punctuation marks."
"Pah, pah, pah..."
Ni Cong spat out the foam in his mouth and said directly: "There is definitely someone behind this, or even secretly directing it all. I think I've heard about this guy in the video. He's just a laughing stock in the circle, a complete waste, and he's nothing except playing with women."
Chen Chusheng said, "Then why did he jump out? He seems to be an idiot who thinks with his lower body. His girlfriend doesn't look like a good person either."
Wang Dazhuang said, "I heard Mengmeng mention this girl. Her name is Li Haixia, right? They all said that Li Haixia was a fisherman. She would go after anyone with money in school. Last time I heard she went to another school, but was dumped."
Chen Chusheng frowned and analyzed, "Then according to what you said, a fool and a scumbag jumped out to smear Lao Lu. Who instructed them to do this?"
Wang Dazhuang said, "Those who have vested interests in the matter. When you are famous, you are prone to gossip. Wasn't he targeted a while ago? When he failed to do so, he tried other means. I just don't know how Lao Lu will deal with it this time."
Ni Cong snorted, "No matter who is behind this, I think these two must be taught a lesson. It's better to kill the wrong person than to let him go."
In the following days, more and more negative news about Lu Yiming appeared, not only on campus, but also in newspapers, media and TV programs.
After all, Lu Yiming was the richest man on both the Forbes and Hurun rich lists, so the traffic was huge. Whether it was because of someone's instructions or just to take advantage of the popularity, everyone tried every means to draw the topic to Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming's dusty past in Hong Kong was also brought up, and the details were deliberately cut off and described in a Spring and Autumn style, nailing Lu Yiming as an arrogant and proud person.
At the beginning, he didn't even have 100 million in assets, but he took advantage of Li Chaoren without any scruples. If this isn't arrogance, what is arrogance?
Once this incident was exposed, Lu Yiming's character as a speculator was directly confirmed, which was tantamount to putting him on the fire.
You have to know that many success studies these days use Li Chaoren’s story as a positive teaching material, and those who have drunk chicken soup for the soul, who wouldn’t want to regard Li Chaoren as their own ancestor?
How could Lu Yiming tolerate the fact that he dared to take advantage of his own master and even spoke disrespectfully to Li Chaoren?
Some people even suddenly brought up Lu Yiming's recent refusal to donate money, saying that although he was good at business, he had no conscience as a human being, never did good things, but instead did all kinds of bad things.
After all, there are always some double-standard saintly bitches at all times, so Lu Yiming's behavior of cutting American leeks has become an unforgivable crime in their eyes.
In the teahouse, Xu Tengyu flipped through the reports and looked at Lu Yiming, who was sitting opposite him and drinking tea leisurely. He said, "The development of the situation is a bit unusual. The power of the black hand behind it is quite powerful."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "When a wall falls, everyone pushes it; when a drum breaks, everyone beats it. Everyone loves to read the bad things written about me in the newspapers. It looks so powerful, but it's just a bunch of barking paper tigers. Last time they accused me of fraud and wanted to take my award back. But after that, they contacted me and said they wanted to give it to me again, but I refused."
Xu Tengyu said worriedly: "Gossip can melt gold, and constant criticism can destroy a person. Are you really not afraid at all?"
Lu Yiming looked out the window and said, "These people always think they can rely on guiding public opinion to force the government to hit my business, but think about it, in our country, is public opinion the only thing that can really influence the government?"
Xu Tengyu was shocked: "So, you have even more awesome connections?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I don't have that kind of connections, but I have a trump card in my hand."
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Xu Tengyu immediately became interested and asked, "What kind of ace is so awesome that it can allow you to remain calm in this situation?"
Lu Yiming looked at Xu Tengyu and said, "Can you keep a secret for me?"
Xu Tengyu immediately raised his right hand and said, "Of course I can!"
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "I can do it, too."
Xu Tengyu reacted immediately, raised his middle finger towards Lu Yiming, and scolded him with a smile: "Damn it, you are kidding me. If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I don't even want to know."
Of course, he also understood that this secret must be very important. Because the higher the value of a secret, the fewer people should know it. Even someone of his status was not qualified to know it, so you can imagine how important this secret is.
When Lu Yiming was once again caught up in a public opinion storm and was criticized by everyone, an exciting news came out from Fu Ri Microelectronics, instantly grabbing everyone's attention.
Longxing No. 1 Longxing XIA50 was successfully taped out.
The first MZD110 of Longxing No. 2 was successfully taped out.
This is a full one or two years earlier than the original history!
In the laboratory, Hu Weiwu held a fingernail-sized chip in his hand and enthusiastically introduced it to Lu Yiming: "This 'Longxing No. 1' is my country's first general-purpose high-performance microprocessor chip with independent intellectual property rights."
Under Lu Yiming's krypton gold gameplay, the Loongson project has never lacked money, so the three series of processors No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 and the Loongson bridge chip series were launched almost at the same time. After continuous saving of money, Hu Weiwu's team finally achieved results on the original basis.
Hu Weiwu said excitedly: "Mr. Lu, our chips can be used in government, security, finance, energy and other fields, and they are completely autonomous and controllable!"
Having overcome the technical difficulties, Huang Lingyi's frown seemed to relax a lot, and she said, "The Loongson 1 series is a 32-bit low-power, low-cost processor, mainly for low-end embedded and special application fields. The Loongson 2 series is a 64-bit low-power single-core or dual-core series processor, mainly for industrial control and terminal fields. The Loongson 3 series is a 64-bit multi-core series processor, mainly for desktop and server fields. Although we have made some small achievements, we still have a long way to go if we want to achieve a real technological breakthrough."
Hu Weiwu said helplessly: "Mr. Huang, can you let me be happy for two days before you spray cold water on me?"
Upon hearing the news, Long Qiquan took it very seriously and went directly to find the principal, Wang Hongsheng. Then the two of them worked together to report the matter to the top officials.
In this way, the name Lu Yiming has a different meaning.
It's not just about being rich, but about having real influence!
In a certain newspaper, in the editorial office, a few guys were happily editing news about Lu Yiming. Suddenly, the newspaper president pushed open the door and came in, saying with a dark face, "Everyone, take action. Remove and destroy all news about Lu Yiming. I'll give you ten minutes. If I see one more word, you'll be fired."
The editor-in-chief who had just received benefits from Li Feng yesterday was immediately scared to death. You have to know that this newspaper has a backer, and it can even let the president give orders personally. How powerful must Lu Yiming's backer be?
He didn't believe it was just because Lu Yiming was rich.
It’s not like those rich people have been cheated before, and they were still fine.
"Well, yesterday's news has already been typeset and sent to print."
The president scolded, "Can't you call and ask them not to print it? Take the plates back and destroy them, and delete all the news involving Lu Yiming."
The editor-in-chief curled his lips and said, "That would be a waste of money. At worst, I can just not write tomorrow..."
"You want to kill me?" The president rushed over and almost knocked the editor out with a big punch: "Is this a money thing?"
This scene happens in countless editing rooms.
Almost overnight, all the negative news about Lu Yiming in the market disappeared overnight.
Needless to say, all posts on the Fu Ri University campus BBS were deleted, and all those who posted to curse Lu Yiming were punished by the school. Those who followed the trend and posted to slander Lu Yiming were now regretting their actions.
Some people who originally wanted to "encircle and suppress" Lu Yiming under pressure from public opinion had to stop their activities and dared not act rashly anymore. Even local governments invited Lu Yiming to invest there and provided him with people and resources.
Jingyi Real Estate, looking at the invitation letters sent from all over the country, was dumbfounded: "Is this selling land? Why does it feel like giving it away for free?"
Zhang Jinlai, general manager of Lean Real Estate, was even more shocked because he knew how difficult it was to accomplish this.
Not only Shi Cai was confused by their partners, but Li Feng and Mu Zheng, the behind-the-scenes pushers, also expressed their confusion.
If Lu Yiming's background was not clearly traceable, people would suspect that he was the illegitimate son of some wealthy noble, and the only child of that kind.
Only a few people know the real reason.
China Overseas.
Xu Tengyu gave a thumbs up and said sincerely: "I am convinced. You have made a decisive move."
Lu Yiming smiled slightly: "No big deal."
He was too lazy to argue with his opponent or write an article to defend himself, so he just found the most authoritative and loudest person to make the final decision.
Fighting a war of words in the media? You can’t afford to lose this person!
While Lu Yiming and Xu Tengyu were chatting, a beautiful woman in a professional suit came over with a document in her arms: Mr. Lu, here is the public relations plan you wanted.
"Well, leave it there for now. I'll take a look at it later."
"OK."
Watching the beauty leaving the office with her hips twisted and high heels on, Xu Tengyu's eyes followed her to the corridor, and then he reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and then said to Lu Yiming with lingering feelings: "Where did you find such a beautiful employee?"
With the development and growth of Tengyu Logistics, Xu Tengyu, who has become successful, has become more and more free and easy in his life. He is no longer as pretentious as before. At least in front of Lu Yiming, he is more casual.
Lu Yiming glanced at him and said, "Hong Kong Talent Market."
Xu Tengyu gave a thumbs up, showing his approval of Lu Yiming's taste: "With this figure and this appearance, it's good. Would you like to come back and be my secretary?"
Lu Yiming said, "Get lost. This is the PR manager I specially hired."
As a result, when Xu Tengyu heard the word "public relations", she became even more excited. This was because these days, being a public relations lady was not a serious profession.
He looked at Lu Yiming in surprise: "You dare to bring someone home, are you so brave? Does sister-in-law have any objection?"
Hearing this, Lu Yiming laughed and scolded, "What are you thinking about? The PR manager of Future Capital is a key position. He will represent the company and me in public. In a sense, he can be said to be an image spokesperson, but his main job is to help me solve public relations crises, such as this time when I was smeared by various media."
Lu Yiming reminded, "I advise you to find a proper PR manager and make a good PR plan. When a PR crisis occurs, you can immediately handle it according to the plan and minimize the negative impact."
Having suffered several setbacks in the media, Lu Yiming's words can be said to be a matter of experience. Although he easily resolved several previous public opinion crises, such incidents will only become more and more frequent in the future, so he privately found a headhunting company and poached an "expert" from Hong Kong.
Don’t be fooled by the young age of this public relations manager named Liu Huiru. She is actually a top student who graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and has an excellent work record. She previously worked in a cleaning company, and Lu Yiming paid three times the salary to recruit her.
Such a beautiful and educated person is worth the price. If there is any trouble in the future, just by looking at her face and standing so weakly in front of the public, most people will probably start to forgive her in their hearts.
Seeing Lu Yiming's words, Xu Tengyu felt impressed and gave him a thumbs up again: "Awesome, there are so many ways to do business. I have learned a lot."
Nowadays, many companies have the position of public relations manager, but the specific work is something that would not pass review.
"You're right. Tengyu Logistics should also set up its own public relations team. Especially the public relations manager, who must be carefully selected and must be young and beautiful!"
On the other hand, a man named Tan Hongbo has been very distressed recently because his mentor is not good at research and as a result he cannot apply for research funding. After New Year’s Day, he is afraid that his laboratory will not be able to make ends meet.
When doing scientific research, you can do without anything except money.
Because you can't do scientific research by just sitting in an office and thinking about it. It's not something that can be solved by hard work and struggle. The so-called scientific research, to put it bluntly, is just a waste of money.
Especially those who are engaged in material research and development have to spend a lot of money. Without money, they can't move forward.
Just as he was squatting at the door eating his lunch, his junior fellow student Gu Lizhi walked into the laboratory excitedly with a newspaper in his hand and said to Tan Hongbo: "Brother Tan, our laboratory is saved!"
Tan Hongbo turned his head to look at Gu Lizhi and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Why do you say that?"
Gu Lizhi unfolded the newspaper and pointed to a picture on it and said, "Look, isn't this your cousin? The one called Xu Tengyu. I remember he came to the lab to play last year."
Tan Hongbo didn't expect Xu Tengyu to be on the newspaper. He immediately put down his lunch box, took the newspaper from Gu Lizhi's hand, and asked, "What happened next?"
"And then what? Look at the person next to him. Does he look familiar?"
Gu Lizhi pointed at Lu Yiming who was standing above.
Tan Hongbo adjusted his glasses, took a closer look, shook his head and said, "I don't know him. Big star?"
Gu Lizhi couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "You really should read the news carefully. The youngest Asian billionaire in history! It is said that his net worth has exceeded 100 billion, more than Li Chaoren! Doesn't the Carbon Crystal Laboratory need research funds? Go ask him for alms!"
"Richer than Li Chaoren? Worth more than 100 billion?"
These two key pieces of information made Tan Hongbo's eyebrows jump.
"So young?"
Although Gu Lizhi's method was very tempting, Tan Hongbo was a little skeptical and said, "Although he is rich, we don't know him. How can we ask him for alms?"
Gu Lizhi looked at him like a fool and said, "Look for your cousin. They were on the news together. How can they have a bad relationship?"
Tan Hongbo thought about it and said, "That makes sense."
