From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

Chapter 399 The Highest-Level Meeting in History…!
After two or three hours of in-depth discussion, Chen Jun and Lei Jun finally reached a cooperation agreement.

Over the next month, Chen Jun was responsible for preparing the new company, including but not limited to selecting an office address, completing renovations, and purchasing equipment.

Lei Jun was responsible for liaising with the old company and completing the handover of his work so that he could move to the new company.

At the same time, within my own capabilities and scope, I also need to help Chen Jun establish a new company and complete new projects, and most importantly, find a group of outstanding talents.

Chen Jun can arrange personnel for the administrative and public relations departments.

However, finding elite talent in the internet industry is not so easy, especially for a newly established company, where recruiting top talent is even more difficult.

It would be different if Lei Jun were in charge of recruitment.

Lei Jun is the CEO of Kingsoft Software. He already has a certain reputation and status in the industry, and is essentially a walking gold standard.

With Lei Jun as the brand ambassador, the new company can dispel the concerns of industry elites.

Industry elites are capable and have a solid foundation, so they usually don't join newly established companies. They don't know the background or how long you can last.

However, if Lei Jun were to be the CEO of the newly established company, the situation would be completely different.

Just because of Lei Jun, some people would be willing to join.

Therefore, Chen Jun specifically entrusted Lei Jun with the important task of recruiting people, asking him to leverage his network to try and bring together a group of experts to support the new company.

Chen Jun and Lei Jun have divided the work for the new company, and they'll be quite busy from now on.

Chen Jun doesn't know how Lei Jun will handle things when he gets back, and he doesn't need to care. Chen Jun doesn't need guidance on the process; he just needs to get the results.

In any case, Chen Jun has far more to do than Lei Jun.

The first thing Chen Jun had to do was call his father, since his father would have to contribute money and effort. Chen Jun was just a middleman; he knew absolutely nothing about running a company.

When Chen Zhenhua received a call from Chen Jun, who immediately asked him to start a new technology company, the suddenness of the matter really surprised him.

After all, "Dajiang" company is burning through a lot of money but has not yet produced any competitive products.

Now, another new company is being established, with an initial and subsequent investment exceeding 40 million, which is a considerable sum for the Chen Group.

If it weren't for Chen Jun's previous prediction, the Chen Group would have made a lot of money by taking advantage of China's accession to the World Trade Organization.

Chen Jun is now asking for 40 million, which Chen Zhenhua really can't come up with.

Now, thanks to Chen Jun, they have earned hundreds of millions in profits, and the monthly profits are growing rapidly, exceeding 100 million every month.

With money in his pocket, Chen Zhenhua felt more confident and dared to support Chen Jun's sudden decision without hesitation.

Even if the 40 million was given to Chen Jun and he ended up losing everything, he considered it as repaying Chen Jun's prediction and had no hope of making money.

After listening to Chen Jun's ideas, Chen Zhenhua immediately gave Chen Jun a week to prepare.

Without asking for reasons, without putting pressure on them, we support them without hesitation.

Chen Zhenhua's unconditional love for his son warmed Chen Jun's heart and made him happy, and he felt gratified to have such a family.

During the week that Chen Zhenhua was preparing, Chen Jun basically stayed in a hotel in Zhongguancun.

Every day.

That was incredibly carefree and joyful.

He basically spent every day "spending time" with Liao Qiuxue, and their relationship was growing at a visible speed. Holding hands had become a regular part of their dates.

They've even escalated to hugging, feeling each other's heartbeats and body temperature.

If this pace continues, it won't be long before we can taste the saltiness. If Chen Jun wants to, it's not impossible for him to eat seafood.

Occasionally, I would call my father, Chen Zhenhua, to inquire about the progress of the company's preparations and to explain the relevant details.

They would also call back to the battalion and regiment to inquire when the official orders from the combined arms brigade would be issued, and whether they had heard any inside information, etc.

The rest was about communicating with Lei Jun about various matters concerning the new company.

Chen Jun had his eye on Yan Yuanchao, Zhu Chongjun, and two others. Originally, Chen Jun wanted Lei Jun to act as an intermediary so that he could personally invite them to join the development team.

Since we're already preparing to start a company with Lei Jun, there's no need to invite them to join the development team.

Chen Jun felt that it would be better to simply invite them to join the soon-to-be-established Xiaomi Technology Company and make them employees, rather than inviting them to join the team.

of course.

If Lei Jun personally invites the four of them, there's no way to win them over.

Chen Jun also prepared a trump card.

That means making the four of them co-founders, signing contracts, and giving them a certain number of shares after the company goes public.

If the four of them truly had a long-term vision, they certainly wouldn't have let such a good opportunity slip by.

If this doesn't attract them, then we'll just have to give up.

Although there are only so many top programmers in China, which is incomparable to those abroad, there are still quite a few capable talents.

Chen Jun believed that as long as he was willing to spend the money, poaching a group of big shots would definitely not be a problem.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

Old Master Chen Zhenhua was very efficient. He said he would get things done in a week, and he did. The money and people were all prepared, and he even went to the capital to meet with Chen Jun.

The money had already been deposited in a special account, and a professional team had been sent to help Chen Jun start the company.

With the hardware in place, efficiency will be even higher.

In less than two days, Chen Jun rented a space of several hundred square meters in the Zhongguancun Startup Building, a place with a large number of high-quality spaces and reasonable rents, where more than half of the companies had absconded.

Then they called Lei Jun over to be an advisor, and a professional team was put in charge of overall planning to renovate the site into the most ideal way.

Chen Jun and Lei Jun were only responsible for offering suggestions and then expressing their ideas.

As for how to turn the idea into reality, where to find a suitable construction team, and how to produce design drawings, all of these were handled by the team sent by Chen Zhenhua.

Having a team to handle the overall process was a huge help to Chen Jun.

After all, managing troops is Chen Jun's forte; he can handle both combined arms units and grassroots units. But when it comes to starting a company, he's a complete novice.

Lei Jun has sufficient experience in this area, so he is the one who mainly puts forward opinions and ideas.

Since he wasn't familiar with this area and was simply acting as an intermediary, Chen Jun decided to leave everything to Lei Jun and his team.

Chen Jun is currently deeply in love and, after getting away from his relationship, is planning to do something romantic to take things further with Liao Qiuxue.

The next day, Chen Jun received a call from Commander Gao, asking him to go to the war zone headquarters with him the following day.

There's only one task, and it's quite difficult.

That meant having Chen Jun attend a seminar to discuss the development of a digital command system and to determine whether to proceed. Chen Jun was both an advocate for digital command systems and the designer of the development plan.

Only with Chen Jun's participation in this seminar could the digital command system be explained thoroughly, enabling everyone to make their own judgments based on the situation.

To build such a large command system, Chen Jun even had his family invest tens of millions to start a new company.

The development of the system was a must.

Therefore, Chen Jun was not intimidated at all and decided to take this opportunity to give the commanders of the war zone a good lesson with his ideas and vision that were 20 years ahead of their time.

The next day, I met with Chief Gao at the main gate and was taken to a small conference room.

In the center of the conference room was a large round table, with three rows of chairs on either side. The top leaders sat at the round table, while the others sat in the chairs behind it.

At a glance, the military officers sitting in the back row of chairs at the round table also held high ranks.

They were all colonels, and the vast majority were senior colonels.

Chen Jun was just at the starting rank in the military, and normally he should have been sitting in the third row at the very back. At this seminar, he could only wear an earpiece.

In other words, they didn't have the opportunity to speak; they could only sit there and listen to everyone else.

At most, after the final meeting, he might be able to write a report on his seminar and submit it, and the leaders might just glance at it.

However, Chen Jun was not in a normal capacity; he was one of the main figures at this seminar.

They were also given a very prestigious seat in the first row.

to be frank.

This was truly the first time in Chen Jun's life that such a high-level meeting was being held in a single room.

Even though Chen Jun was experienced and had seen many big events, he couldn't help but feel a chill when he saw the glittering gold on the shoulders.

We dare not be careless in the slightest!
The meeting was chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Joint Operations Staff, one of the three top officials in the theater command, which demonstrates the importance the theater command attaches to the command system.

The leaders gave a brief opening statement outlining the meeting's theme, and then the meeting proceeded directly to the discussion session.

A group of officers whom Chen Jun did not recognize spoke one after another, all focusing on the current command system of our army, with most expressing skepticism about its upgrade.

Digital command systems are far too advanced for them.

They all know what happens but not why it happens.

The military officers sitting here all hold high ranks, which means they are all quite old. Most of them have long passed the age of quickly absorbing new things.

For commanders who spent their entire lives using radios and walkie-talkies to give orders and who won many battles, this is a testament to their abilities.

Spending so much money to develop a command system that you can't see or touch, can only be installed in a machine, and you still have to use the machine to use it.

That's completely pointless and unnecessary.

The most troublesome thing is that the entire army's equipment has to be arranged around this command system, which inevitably leads to a lot of problems to be solved.

Currently, there are many models of military equipment in China, and they are often a mix of foreign and domestic equipment.

Compatibility is a major issue in itself.

You want to bring an entire brigade together and integrate hundreds or thousands of pieces of equipment for operation? That's simply impossible.

Given how complex and expensive it is to develop, and considering that a combined arms brigade is essentially an adventure in the war zone, it is destined to be immature in many aspects.

It will take a lot of time to explore and gradually improve it in the later stages.

This process is inherently time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Given how time-consuming and labor-intensive it already is, to have to develop a command system that we've never even heard of before, which would be extremely complex and troublesome to implement.

That would mean adding more trouble upon trouble, and the combined arms brigade might end up in a complete mess.

This risk is just too great!
It's understandable, from a common-sense perspective, that older, more conservative leaders wouldn't want to take such a big risk to do this.

However, the synthetic brigade itself is an unconventional entity, and its information technology reform is a compromise with the times.

At such a critical moment, being conservative is not the best strategy; on the contrary, it may lead to missed opportunities. Only by going all out and sprinting forward can we gain a foothold in the future.

The very few leaders who support this view share this opinion.

Chief Gao is one of the representatives who support this!

It was only because Chief Gao strongly recommended him to the Chief of Staff that Chen Jun was specially invited to this seminar to personally explain the digital command system.

The seminar lasted for an hour, during which many leaders shared their views.

The situation remains the same.

The number of people opposing and supporting the idea was roughly even, with about one-third remaining skeptical.

That's why Chief Gao called Chen Jun over; he hoped that Chen Jun could win over those who were still skeptical through his speech.

This way, more than half of the supporters will be able to get the digital command system approved.

Upon seeing this, the chief of staff who was hosting the seminar gave a brief overview of the situation before introducing Chen Jun and revealing his identity.

Finally, Chen Jun stood up and explained the digital command system to everyone in detail.

Before, when Chen Jun was sitting there, he wasn't that conspicuous.

When he stood up and faced the crowd, it immediately caused a sensation.

Those attending the seminar were all high-ranking military officers, and those who had reached the rank of colonel were at least fifty years old, with even the youngest colonel approaching forty.

Although Chen Jun is very tall and robust, his age is obvious to everyone.

You could even say they are very young.

Among a group of middle-aged and elderly people in their forties, fifties, and sixties, a young person in their early twenties is indeed quite conspicuous.

Like a bright light bulb in the dark, it stood there emitting a blinding light.

This incredibly young man, who carries the rank of colonel on his shoulders, is actually an advocate for digital command systems.

How could this not leave everyone present astonished?!

Being stared at by dozens of pairs of eyes, as if they wanted to see through every part of him, would be unbearable for most people; they would probably be so nervous that they would stutter.

Fortunately, Chen Jun is a man who has seen the world.

Although the scene before him was grand in scale, it was not enough to affect his state of mind.

Facing the puzzled, surprised, skeptical, and curious gazes of the leaders, Chen Jun remained composed and began to explain the digital command system.

(End of this chapter)