Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 86

Steve didn't tell Paul about Zhang Yong's resignation, or he quickly forgot about it.For him, an employee in China is too insignificant and not worth his worry.The reason why he talked to Zhang Yong had nothing to do with his evaluation of Zhang Yong, but just wanted to confirm his own judgment from an angle that everyone didn't pay attention to.It's hard to say whether he will still remember Zhang Yong's name when we meet next time.

In short, the bar appointment with Zhang Yong did not change anything, including the cooperation with Holden.Everything is proceeding step by step, probably the only thing that has changed is Zhang Yong's mentality.He regretted a little, and felt that he should not have revealed his heart to the president so early.He didn't think Steve would keep him, but he was a little disappointed to see Steve didn't say anything at all.But that's okay, this strengthened his determination to leave.

He was a little worried about John's reaction at first, but found that John hadn't changed at all, so he relaxed.

Of course, Paul and John knew that Steve had asked Zhang Yong for a private meeting that night, and they carefully followed the changes in Steve.But he found that everything was the same, even at the first press conference, Steve also thanked Holden for its cooperation and contribution.

Besides, they didn't find anything unusual about Zhang Yong.Zhang Yong is still doing every task seriously. He, Li Cha, Dr. Zhong Xiaofei, and Bill, the vice president of technology of SKydon, are fully preparing for the reference station forum.Several people revised several drafts of the PPT prepared by Bill, and Zhang Yong carefully exchanged some details of the translation with Bill.

In the end, Paul and John confirmed that Steve and Zhang Yong were just a temporary conversation between the boss on a whim, and nothing unexpected happened.

Steve thought he had reasons to thank Holden. There is no doubt that this was a very successful event with a huge influence in the industry.Everyone deserves to be commended. In contrast, the efforts of the employees in China have not received special attention.

In the CORS network forum held by Zhang Yong, Bill was giving a passionate speech on the stage. Zhang Yong completely retained Bill's wonderful features in the translation, and occasionally added a little bit of his own humor.Rigorous without exaggeration, sufficient technical content, yet interesting report attracted everyone in the venue.

When it came to the network in the special zone of China, Bill excitedly invited Academician Zhu to the stage. Amidst the warm applause of the crowd, one person slowly stepped onto the stage.Suddenly Zhang Yong couldn't help laughing. Academician Zhu probably didn't like to show up on such occasions, so he left quietly.Now it was an angry academic.

"Hi everyone, Academician Zhu has more important things to deal with, he asked me to greet everyone for him, of course, I also greet and thank the experts of Skydon. …"

"About the special zone network, it is the first network we have cooperated with SKydon, and it is also the first network based on real-time high-precision network positioning technology in China. The completion of this network will change the situation that reference stations can only provide high-precision static observations , can provide more real-time positioning services for more industries.  …”

"Actually, there is no need for me to introduce this network. There are people in SKydon who are as familiar with me as I am."

Speaking of this, the originally serious madman suddenly showed a narrow smile that didn't match his identity, "Tudou, Tudou, where are you?"

Zhang Yong, who originally hoped to be as invisible as possible in this event, did not expect that the madman would arrange such a scene, so he had to follow the scene, "Sweet potato, sweet potato, I am about 12 meters to your left, I will now navigate through the CORS network to rendezvous with you."

The two stood in the center of the podium together with a smile, and there was warm applause from the audience.

At that moment, Zhang Yong once again felt a little bit of reluctance, do I really want to leave?
In the interactive session, there were constant questions on the spot and it was very lively.Zhang Yong temporarily stepped down and gave up his seat to Dr. Zhong Xiaofei, and sat with the angry maniac.Both of them have been in Shanghai for a while, but they haven't made time to communicate well.

"There is no dinner today, right? There are too many people, I feel uncomfortable, and I have to attend."

"There is a voluntary reception tonight, let's skip class and go to the New World for a drink."

"Okay, call Master Zhao together."

Sitting in the middle of the venue was a well-mannered middle-aged man, wearing a well-tailored suit. He listened to the report carefully, but kept looking at Zhang Yong intentionally or unintentionally.

Sitting with the man in the suit was a young man who looked about the same age as Zhang Yong, and he was raising his hand to ask a question.

"Thank you for the wonderful introduction, I have benefited a lot, thank you. I have a related question. We know that Eka has just acquired the company Geoid and is doing the same research. From the user's point of view, I would like to ask, the two systems What's the difference? How do you evaluate Eka's system?"

Dr. Zhong Xiaofei thought about it for a while, and felt that this was closer to a business question. He exchanged opinions with Bill, and said into the microphone, "Zhang Yong, come up, you can answer this question."

The man in the suit immediately became serious, looking intently at Zhang Yong who was on stage again.

"Good question. It's the SKydon conference though, I can't answer your technical questions about the Eka reference station network. As a product, I guess it's two products in the same category. Like our other satellite navigation products, Whether it is measurement, timing, or navigation products, SKydon has never been the only one. There are Eka and other brands. There may be more domestic brands in the future. The same is true for network reference stations. There are more products from other companies. Technically, we are a concept of a pseudo-base station, which has been explained very clearly just now. For the concept of Eka, you may have to ask Eka. It’s just that we are moving faster, and our reference station is already in It is running, but there is no movement in other homes. So we have no way to compare the effect at present. If one day Eka’s network starts to operate, it is still not us to compare the two networks with better performance. It is you. After all, everything is The market has the final say, and the users have the final say. Are you satisfied with my answer?"

The man in the suit lowered his head, covered his mouth with his hands, and coughed lightly.

The young man immediately got some kind of hint, and didn't stop, but asked further: "Thank you, but your answer is too official, our today is a technical forum, I still hope you can evaluate the two systems from a technical point of view. I believe As top peers and competitors in the industry, it is impossible for you not to understand each other's technology. Or, you think Eka's technology is more advanced, so it is not easy to compare in public."

The audience fell silent, and everyone knew that this was to spoil the situation. This was not a question, but a blatant provocation.

After hearing Zhong Xiaofei's translation, both Bill and Li Cha showed anger on their faces.

Li Cha said aside: "Yong. There's no need to answer his question, let the security drive him out."

Zhang Yong nodded, "You should have heard that, my colleague asked the security to take you out. We welcome every user who comes to communicate sincerely, but we reject those who come to make trouble. It's a pity. Before driving you out, I May I ask how old you are?"

The young man didn't care. He was ready to be kicked out of the venue.

"Since you want to drive me out, why do you still ask my age? Don't worry, I am an adult and will not cause legal problems."

"No, I mean, you are very young, almost as young as me. Young people have a characteristic, that is, they don't like to admit defeat. So it is obviously a very simple question, for example, to drive you out directly, but I want to prove something , in a complicated way. I'm sorry for being young, but I'm also happy for being young. I'll show you something."

Zhang Yong walked to the computer playing the PPT, which was originally his.He skillfully tapped the keyboard a few times, and then a graph appeared on the big screen accompanied by text.

"As I said just now, I have no right to explain Eka's technology. But these contents come from the public papers of Dr. Joseph, the founder of Geoid, but this is the result of others. I can only learn and have no right to interpret. I think this picture can explain There are many questions, but I don’t know how much you understand. If you understand very little, I can only suggest you to contact Geoid. As for who is better and who is worse, you know that the principle of satellite positioning is the same all over the world. But the quality of each GNSS receiver is very different. And SKydon is currently the company with the highest market share in the world.…”

"Okay, I don't need your answer and next question. Security, take him out."

There were sparse applause at the beginning, but it gradually intensified and soon resounded throughout.

After listening to Zhong Xiaofei's translation of Bill and Li Cha, they smiled.In fact, there is no need for translation anymore. When Zhang Yong projected the chart on the screen, they understood everything.

The angry maniac was in the audience, raised his thumb and gave Zhang Yong a big praise.

The young man was taken away from the venue. He did not show any displeasure, but bowed slightly to Zhang Yong on the stage, "Thank you, very good, I understand."

The man in the suit still looked at Zhang Yong thoughtfully.

……

Lunch was arranged in the hotel's cafeteria, which was overcrowded when the meal was just opened.Zhang Yong didn't want to queue up, and was going to go back to his room to take a rest.

When he passed the lobby bar, he saw a girl sitting at a table in the center, drinking coffee, which also attracted the attention of people around her.

Zhang Yong's heart moved, the scene was so familiar, he first thought of a woman, and then thought of a man.Not long ago, he was full of ambition and was sitting in the China area, but now he has disappeared.As for myself, where will he be after this event?

The girl suddenly waved to Zhang Yong, and he froze for a moment, his first feeling was that he was wrong.Xin Dao said that if Madam knew about this, fists and kicks would be inevitable.But when he was sure it was the girl who was waving, he looked around, thinking that she should be greeting someone else in this direction.

He didn't see anyone around him, but he was sure that the girl was not greeting him.Zhang Yong has a special feeling for Madam, even attachment, he often has a feeling that there is no such girl in the world who can fall in love with him at first sight.So he wasn't so narcissistic that he thought his affair was coming.

Zhang Yong nodded to the girl, and continued walking forward without changing direction.But there was a bit of self-blame in his heart, obviously others didn't greet him, so why did he respond to others.Is it just because the other person is beautiful?He felt sorry for Madam.

The phone rang, and he picked it up with a familiar voice.

"Mr. Zhang, why are you so strange? Why are you still walking forward when you saw me? Come here, and I'll buy you a drink."

Zhang Yong finally understood who the other party was, and she was indeed greeting him.

……

"Lily, why are you here?"

"Our company is originally in Shanghai. Your event is well-known. How could I not know about it. I haven't talked to you much on the phone before. This time, I came here just to have a face-to-face interview with you. talk."

"You picked a really bad time, it's full of SKydon people, even my boss, my boss's boss, and my boss's boss's boss are here, I guess we can barely talk. And , you are very much like a friend of mine, you are too ostentatious. Many people around are my acquaintances, and you have attracted the attention of many people. "

Lily smiled, Zhang Yong interpreted that she was not Gao Lin in the smile.She wasn't trying to be ostentatious, she didn't even realize it.It's just that when Zhang Yong said that she had attracted others' attention, the little girl was a little proud and a little shy.

"It's actually okay. Mr. Zhang, if you have coffee with a lady, everyone will doubt your character at most. They won't think too much about it, but if you whisper to a strange man, your boss will doubt you."

"Shall we reschedule?"

"Last time I said that you can talk to the senior management of Eka, and there is nothing to lose. You said last time that you can consider it. How are you thinking now? Do you have any relevant ideas?"

"If you have an idea, it won't be now. I'm going to lunch, do you have a SKydon meal coupon? I'll give you one."

"Why can't it be now? I didn't come by myself, I brought a friend with me. He's over there."

Lily pointed behind him, and Zhang Yong looked over. Behind a cubicle surrounded by a screen, a person waved to him from a distance. It was the man in a suit who was at the venue with the young man who asked the question.

Zhang Yong's eyes widened in disbelief, "I should have thought that the questioner should be from Eka, but I never would have thought that Eka's senior management would appear here. Who is he?"

Lily said: "You might as well ask him yourself in the past. Don't worry, you are not as eye-catching as me, and no one will care whether you have lunch or not. You go, I will wait for your news here."

Lily wasn't quite right, someone would care about Zhang Yong's lunch.The madman took an extra plate and occupied an extra seat, but he didn't see Zhang Yong until the end of the buffet.

……

"Zhang Yong, hello. My name is Eric Lin, and I am the vice president of Eka China. I have only been in office for a few months, and I haven't shown up in public. There should be no one here who knows me."

Eric is from Hong Kong and speaks obscure Cantonese Mandarin.

"I know that Lily has communicated with you many times, but you have never agreed to her. And we have also interviewed many people, many of whom are outstanding. But your background is so good, I would rather go through more trouble than first Have a conversation with you and then make a decision. I just joined your forum and you did a great job. I didn't expect you to know as much about Eka stuff."

"Mr. Lin, I am very touched that you can appear here, thank you. Then let's start. I want to hear Eka's expectations for the reference station business."

　The fever continued, subsided during the day, and had a fever again at night, but there was no drop of sweat.

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(End of this chapter)