Reborn in the red age

"Guangqin, what do you think of the company Huawei?"

On the way to the city, Li Qingfeng withdrew his gaze from the construction site outside the car window and asked He Guangqin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, a question.

He Guangqin did not answer in a hurry. He pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and fell into thought.

Li Qingfeng did not urge him, but waited quietly for him to speak.

There was silence in the quiet car for a long time. After a long while, He Guangqin's voice came from the front row:

"It's very contradictory. Their company is very small and shabby. They don't even have basic corporate management. Their equipment is old and they can't make precision parts. From a hardware perspective, they don't look like a high-tech company at all. They are just a makeshift team."

"But the quality of their employees is very high. All the employees in their R&D team have received higher education. Many of them have had research experience in state-owned scientific research institutions, and some have even studied abroad. The quality of their personnel fully meets the standards of high-tech enterprises."

"I just had a conversation with some of their employees. Their employees have unique insights into the development trends of the industry. The fact that they can develop domestic CNC switches is enough to prove their strength. They are all excellent R&D personnel."

At this point, He Guangqin paused and continued, "There is one thing I have never understood. With their education and resume, they can definitely work in foreign-funded enterprises with better conditions and benefits. Why do they come to work in a small company like Warwick?"

Li Qingfeng nodded, but did not directly explain the doubts to He Guangqin. Instead, he looked at Lu Fusheng standing aside and signaled him to speak first.

After receiving Li Qingfeng's signal, Lu Fusheng cleared his throat and said, "Since the end of the Southern Tour, a large number of outstanding talents in the system and state-owned enterprises have resigned and started their own businesses. The first choice for these resigned personnel is the special economic zones. Among them, Pengcheng has attracted a large number of talents. Now Pengcheng is full of talents, and there is no shortage of high-end technical talents."

"As for your last question, I think the reason why they came to this makeshift team at Warwick might be..." At this point, Lu Fusheng looked at Qingfeng Li uncertainly: "Maybe it's because of the pride in their bodies?"

"Yes, it is pride."

Qingfeng Li confirmed Lu Fusheng's statement, looked at the puzzled He Guangqin, and slowly said: "Seven countries and eight systems, this is a huge shame for any person with backbone. They want to break the dilemma of being monopolized by foreign technology, and Huawei is a stage for them to realize their ambitions."

After listening to Li Qingfeng's explanation, He Guangqin frowned slightly, and felt some admiration for those R&D personnel.

As Li Qingfeng's secretary, he naturally understood the so-called seven countries and eight systems, and was well aware of the helplessness behind it, which had been a long-standing pain point in China's communications industry.

In such an environment, it is even more commendable that Warwick's highly qualified employees choose to stick to their jobs under difficult conditions.

Just when He Guangqin was moved by the pride of the researchers and wanted to help them, Lu Fusheng on the side sensed the opportunity and quickly took over the conversation with a flattering smile on his face, gave a thumbs up and said, "The chairman has a keen eye and can see through these people's minds at once."

"But no matter how ambitious they are, if there is no one like you, the chairman, who has a keen eye to discover them, they will only be buried in that shabby company and rot."

"Your vision is like that of an eagle. You spotted the key to this immediately. If it weren't for your sharp vision and the investment of 10 million yuan in Huawei, which was about to go bankrupt, they would have gone bankrupt and dissolved long ago. The successful development of the domestic CNC switch is all thanks to you."

Before he could even open his mouth, he was shut up by Lu Fusheng's extremely flattering flattery.

He looked at the villain Lu Fusheng with hatred and couldn't help but curse him as a flatterer in his heart.

Li Qingfeng felt relieved by Lu Fusheng's flattery, but he still pretended to be unhappy and said, "Boss Lu, you're going too far. Boss Ren of Huawei is a man of great perseverance. Even without my investment, he would have found ways to persevere."

"Yes, yes, Chairman, you are right. Mr. Ren is indeed capable, but your investment has played a key role in promoting the company. It is like adding the best fuel to a plane that is about to fall, giving it the thrust to soar into the sky."

"Hahaha"

Listening to Lu Fusheng's series of flattery, since everyone in the car was his friend, Li Qingfeng simply stopped pretending and leaned back in the back seat with a smile on his face that could not be stopped.

He Guangqin, who was standing by, was delighted to see Li Qingfeng, and he quickly said what he had not said just now: "Teacher Li, Huawei has now shown its potential. I think we can further support Huawei in the market."

Li Qingfeng stopped laughing, shook his head slowly, and rejected He Guangqin's suggestion.

There is a severe shortage of switches that suit China's national conditions. Once Huawei's self-developed programmable switch is released, it is destined to have no rivals in China.

At this time, Warwick has already become a powerful force. When the news of the successful operation of the switch in the Post and Telecommunications Bureau comes after the new year, Warwick will surely make a big splash in the industry. There will be no need for further support from Lemon Company in China, as it can sweep the domestic market on its own.

Li Qingfeng was too disdainful to do things like adding icing on the cake and earning favors.

Before coming, he said he would not visit the Lemon Company's branch in Pengcheng, but in the end he could not resist Lu Fusheng's invitation and agreed to stay in Pengcheng for a day to inspect the business situation of the branch.

The branch is not large, mainly because it has no business in the mainland. Apart from the game console factory which is still in operation, it only has one building for collecting rent, so it does not need many employees.

There are only 20 to 30 employees in the branch, but it occupies an entire floor of the Electronics Building, with an area of ​​1,200 square meters.

Sitting on the sofa in the 200-square-meter office reserved for himself, Li Qingfeng didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Chairman, this is the secretary Kong Shujing reserved for you. If you come to Pengcheng, it will facilitate your daily arrangements during your stay in Pengcheng."

Lu Fusheng's fat face was almost squeezed into a flower. He led a young female secretary in professional attire and introduced her to Li Qingfeng in a flattering manner.

He Guangqin's smile froze on his face. She was a secretary? Then what was I?
Glancing at the pretty young woman, He Guangqin raised the corner of his mouth in a secret arc, waiting to see Lu Fusheng's good show.

After all, I have never been to the headquarters, so I don’t understand Mr. Li’s character. It will be interesting to see later.

Don't you know that Teacher Li never gets close to women and only loves Doctor Hu in this life? Are you trying to do this? Get ready to be punished.

Li Qingfeng frowned slightly and moved his gaze from Lu Fusheng's face to his secretary Kong Shujing.

Kong Shujing was wearing a white suit in Hong Kong style, her hair was in big waves, and her figure was very curvy. Facing Li Qingfeng's gaze, Kong Shujing bowed slightly and said delicately, "Hello, Chairman. During your stay in Pengcheng, I will do my best to serve you."

Li Qingfeng retracted his gaze and looked at Lu Fusheng expressionlessly, feeling somewhat helpless. No wonder leaders would make the same mistakes as men, it was really because the people below kept sending beautiful women to them.

What a pity. Before I came here, I made a big friend with Hu Jiabao, and now I have to deal with a little mixed-race girl in Hong Kong, which I really can’t handle.

Seeing Li Qingfeng's expression, Lu Fusheng's heart skipped a beat and beads of water instantly appeared on his forehead. He originally thought that Li Qingfeng would like such a young and beautiful female secretary, but now it seems that the situation is not good.

After the office was quiet for a while, Li Qingfeng's voice finally rang out: "Boss Lu, if you want a promotion and a raise, you just need to do your job well. You won't be valued in the company if you do these empty things."

Lu Fusheng nodded repeatedly and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Chairman, I know I was wrong. I meant well and wanted to make it more convenient for you in Pengcheng. I was inconsiderate."

"Okay, let's arrange for Secretary Kong to go somewhere else. I don't need her here."

"Yes, yes, I'll arrange it later."

As he spoke, Lu Fusheng frantically gestured to Kong Shujing from behind, signaling her to leave quickly and not get in the way here.

Kong Shujing received the signal and smiled awkwardly, bowed slightly as a greeting, then turned around and quickly left the office, carefully closing the door when she went out.

After the door was closed, Lu Fusheng stood there, rubbing his hands awkwardly, secretly regretting his rash behavior this time. The good impression he had earned from Li Qingfeng by flattering him was completely ruined by this stupid move.

He Guangqin watched Lu Fusheng's embarrassment from the side, secretly laughing in his heart, and couldn't help but sneer: "Boss Lu, you really made things worse. Teacher Li is a gentleman, and you shouldn't do crooked things. You should focus on your work in the future."

"Yes, yes, Secretary He's teaching is right." Knowing that he had messed up, Lu Fusheng did not dare to refute and nodded repeatedly.

Li Qingfeng was too lazy to pay attention to the interaction between the two people. He planned to speed up the inspection of Pengcheng's business and take a look around the game console factory. He would not stay in Pengcheng at night and would directly cross the border to Hong Kong.

The game console factory has been developing well in recent years. Although the number of international orders has declined in the past two years, domestic demand has indeed become strong, and the daily orders are still full.

When they arrived outside the game console factory, since Li Qingfeng had been notified in advance of his visit, the convoy did not need to stop and drove smoothly into the factory and stopped at the entrance of the office building.

“Warmly welcome the chairman to come for inspection”

As soon as they got off the car, the factory cadres who had been organized immediately bent down and shouted.

After taking a look at the neatly lined cadres and workers, Li Qingfeng had no interest in communicating with them, so he asked Lu Fusheng to lead him straight to the production workshop for a front-line inspection.

As soon as you enter the workshop, you can hear the sound of the assembly line tracks turning. Workers are skillfully assembling game consoles.

"Chairman, look, this is our latest production line. We have optimized the production process and improved production efficiency. The output is one-fifth higher than before." Lu Fusheng, who is not only the general manager of the branch but also the factory director, pointed to a fast-running assembly line and introduced it to Li Qingfeng.

With Lu Fusheng's personal introduction, Qingfeng Li took a brief tour of the production process, and found that there was no improvement compared to the first time Qingfeng Li came.

The only difference is that some new machines have been introduced, which has greatly improved work efficiency.

Interrupting Lu Fusheng who was talking about his achievements, Li Qingfeng frowned and asked, "It's just the introduction of new machines. Has the game console factory developed any self-developed products in recent years?"

"Well, the headquarters doesn't pay much attention to the game console factory. I have applied to the headquarters several times to purchase a batch of equipment to set up a research and development department in the factory, but the headquarters has never agreed. They just let us produce existing products without developing new products."

Listening to Lu Fusheng's complaints to the headquarters, Li Qingfeng remembered that the game console factory was now under the management of the Electronic Game Department.

The electronic game department is obsessed with the development of online games and is not very optimistic about handheld products. It believes that handheld products are out of date and will be abandoned in the next few years.

Naturally, they would not agree to the funding application submitted by Lu Fusheng.

Developing a handheld game console is a sheer waste of money. Wouldn't it be better to use the money from developing a handheld game console to give more bonuses to the programmers in the department or upgrade the quality of the coffee?
Li Qingfeng thought about it and felt that there was really no need to develop handheld game consoles.

Japan's Nintendo is eyeing the market covetously, and various game IPs have already been incubated. Even if we work hard on handheld game consoles, we can't beat Nintendo.

The subsequent upgrade of handheld game consoles is home video game consoles such as PS5. There is indeed a market for this thing, but the domestic market is not large. After all, many young people in large cities in China don’t even have a living room, so where can they get a TV to play 3A games? It is still more reliable to develop online games.

Li Qingfeng pretended not to understand and said calmly: "Is that so? Please continue."

Lu Fusheng, who had reported Li Qingfeng to the headquarters, originally wanted to get some support from Li Qingfeng and take the opportunity to set up the R&D department of his own factory. However, when he saw that Li Qingfeng had no intention of supporting him at all, he had no choice but to continue to take Li Qingfeng on the tour.

After taking a casual tour around the factory, he told Lu Fusheng to ensure the legal rights and interests of the workers who stayed in the factory to work overtime during the New Year, and to resolutely implement the triple wage policy.

After instructing Lu Fusheng, seeing that it was not completely dark yet, he quickly asked He Guangqin and the others to get in the car and drove hurriedly towards the checkpoint.

After successfully passing the customs and entering Hong Kong, Li Qingfeng's motorcade had just driven onto the highway when it was stopped by a red Ferrari. A woman with outstanding temperament got out of the driver's seat.

Looking at the familiar face, Qingfeng Li's mouth twitched and he pulled He Guangqin who was about to get off the car.

Under He Guangqin's incredulous gaze, Li Qingfeng slowly opened the car door, got out, got into the red Ferrari and drove away.

Watching the Ferrari's taillights gradually disappear from view, He Guangqin muttered to himself blankly:
"What the hell? Who is that woman?" (End of this chapter)