Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 158 Betting the Future with the Present! (Second Update!)

Wang Chuang stood at the entrance of the residential area and walked towards a middle-aged man wearing glasses. The middle-aged man, who was holding a little girl's hand with his left hand and a woman's hand with his right, greeted him warmly as soon as they met, "Long time no see, Prince Chuang!"

"We only get a holiday on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, so today is only two days. Why are you saying it's been so long?" Wang Chuang walked over, greeted the middle-aged man, then squatted down next to the little girl. He clapped his hands, and a lollipop and a small toy slid from his sleeve into his palm.

He then opened his hands and handed the lollipop and small toy to the little girl.

After receiving the lollipop and small toy, the little girl looked up at her father, received his nod of approval, and quickly took the toy and lollipop with both hands, then sweetly said, "Thank you, Uncle."

The middle-aged man bent down, hugged the girl in his arms, and continued:
"As the saying goes, a day apart feels like three autumns. We haven't seen each other for three days, which is a full nine years."

"So, what could possibly be the matter that would make you, the rebel leader, call me dozens of times in a row, urging me to come over immediately?"

Upon hearing the question, Wang Chuang didn't rush to answer. Instead, he continued to play with the little girl for a while before looking up and saying:

"It's something very, very important, but I'll keep you in suspense for now."

"Besides you, I also called a few other people. Have your wife take the child upstairs, and we'll wait a little longer."

The middle-aged man understood that Wang Chuang wanted to speak to him alone, so he handed the child to his wife. Wang Chuang pointed out the way, and the middle-aged man's wife took the child into the apartment building and disappeared into the stairwell.

Watching his wife and children leave, the middle-aged man turned to look at Wang Chuang:

"Tell me what's going on."

Wang Chuang raised his head, looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and looked like a melancholy, immature teenager: "Be a traitor!"

The resounding words made the middle-aged man jump back two steps, then exclaim "Holy crap!"

After the exclamation, the middle-aged man quickly glanced around, and finding that no one was paying attention, he pulled back to Wang Chuang's side at lightning speed, making everything seem normal.

Then, glancing around with one eye and looking at Wang Chuang with the other, he lowered his voice and demanded:
"We call you Lord Chuang, you don't actually want to become the Chuang King, do you?!"

"If you become a traitor, don't drag me down with you if you want to die."

Wang Chuang rolled his eyes, turned to face the middle-aged man, and pointed to his own face: "Yi Huan, do you think I'm an idiot?"

After asking the question, without waiting for Yi Huan's response, Wang Chuang continued speaking to himself:

"I said being a traitor means leaving the research institute, not stealing its secrets to sell outside, understand?"

"Oh—" Yi Huan replied, his tone and eyebrows unconsciously rising as he responded.

The raised tone and raised eyebrows added a touch of joy to his face.

He took two steps forward, got close to Wang Chuang, elbowed him, and asked with a smile, "You've found a new job? How's the pay?"

"Not at the moment!" Wang Chuang shook his head, answering decisively.

"Then what the hell are you talking about!" Yi Huan distanced himself from Wang Chuang again. He didn't really want to talk to this person who was wasting his emotions, so he simply took out a cigarette and held it in his hand without lighting it.

Before long, several more families walked out of the community gate.

Wang Chuang and Yi Huan quickly went to greet them, helping to take the fruit from their hands and also helping to hold the child.

Upstairs, the children were playing in the living room, the women were busy in the kitchen, and Wang Chuang led the rest of the group into the small study.

The study door closed, and he looked at his colleagues with a serious expression, saying in a low voice:
"I've called everyone here today because there's something very novel I want you all to see."

"But I need your assurance that what happened today will not be told to anyone."

"So, everyone, please put your phones here first."

Wang Chuang pointed to the drawer under the computer desk. Judging from his serious expression, he didn't seem to be joking.

Yi Huan and the others took out their phones, turned them off, and put them in drawers.

After the last person put their phone away, Wang Chuang closed the drawer, turned on his computer, found a video document, clicked on it, and played it.

It's a picture taken with a mobile phone, the angle is a bit strange, but you can barely make out what you're looking at.

In the very center of the video is an object about the size of two adult fists, the nature of which is unknown.

The video then slowly panned, allowing others to see the surrounding situation more clearly.

Cables, electricity meter, charger, 1-kilowatt light bulb, and stopwatch.

It looks like they're testing something.

The video is very short, less than a minute long.

At first glance, nothing seemed amiss, but upon closer inspection, the group noticed something was wrong.

The electronic stopwatch shows a time of 43 minutes and 24 seconds.

Ten 1-kilowatt light bulbs were lit, and the main cables for the bulbs were connected to that seemingly inconspicuous object.

These people are all Wang Chuang's colleagues, and they are all researchers in charge of energy storage materials research.

None of them are stupid.

After just a quick review of the sequence of events, they all stared wide-eyed at Wang Chuang with disbelief.

After a long silence, Yi Huan stammered, "Has someone invented a high-energy battery?"

"Where did you get this data from?"

Snapped!
Wang Chuang pressed the space bar on his computer to pause the playback, then gently pushed off the ground with his legs, causing the chair to rotate so that he was now face-to-face with the person behind him.

He took a deep breath and said calmly, "I secretly filmed this video in my teacher's lab."

"The silver-white box with a black plastic frame over its head that you see at the beginning of the video is a high-energy battery."

"The total weight is about 4 kilograms, and the internal energy storage material is about 3 kilograms, according to calculations and actual measurements."

"This battery can store approximately 8 kilowatt-hours of electricity."

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of gasps filled the room, followed immediately by congratulations from someone:

"Then congratulations, Lao Wang! I think your teacher is Professor Meng Haimeng from Suzhou University?"

"With Professor Meng's research achievements, Lao Wang will definitely be lifted up, and so will we!"

"Old Wang, from now on..."

Before the man could finish his compliment, Wang Chuang raised his hand to interrupt him:

"The thing was made in my teacher's lab, but the problem is that it wasn't my teacher's work."

"It's someone else's achievement!"

Upon hearing this, the excitement that had just appeared on their faces immediately vanished, and their expressions turned indifferent, neither dejected nor disappointed.

Seeing their reaction, Wang Chuang immediately added:
"The reason I called you here today is to talk about this technological achievement."

"The person who mastered this technology gave my teacher several slots for papers published in top journals."

"Let my teacher bring in a few suitable people."

Upon hearing this, the faces of the people who had just looked dejected immediately brightened.

They all moved forward a little bit, looking at Wang Chuang expectantly.

Then, Wang Chuang gave them another blow: "My teacher has already assigned these names."

After being lured on several roller coaster rides by him, Yi Huan couldn't take it anymore.

He moved forward and sat down on Wang Chuang's computer desk, crossed his arms, and looked at Wang Chuang sideways:

"Can you speak without panting? Speak clearly, and get to the point in just a few words!"

This time, Wang Chuang didn't rush to speak. Instead, he slowly raised his eyes, first looking at Yi Huan, and then at the others.

The others were also making eye contact with him.

Their eyes met, filled with longing.

Only at school do people talk about their lofty ideals and what their future will be like.

Once they got into the real world and were beaten up, they knew what to do.

Meeting those eager eyes, Wang Chuang calmly stated his plan: "Judging from the complete video, the people who manufactured this battery have already mastered the technology to the pilot-scale stage."

"In other words, as long as there are enough factories, they can start producing this kind of battery immediately."

"But as far as I know, their factory has not yet started construction."

"The Suzhou Municipal Government, which initially partnered with them, decided to further invest after seeing the finished product."

"To put it another way, this company needs people for the foreseeable future!"

"So many people!"

When talking about many people, Wang Chuang first pointed to himself, then to Yi Huan, and finally pointed to everyone in the room.

His actions awakened the rest of the people present.

Yi Huan pointed to herself and asked, "You mean, we should all jump ship? Before the company's main team is even built up, let's jump over there and show our usefulness?"

"Should I try to become a veteran first?"

Upon hearing Yi Huan say "mixed up," Wang Chuang burst out laughing.

He raised his hand and called out the names of everyone present a second time:
"Old Yi, you're overthinking it."

"They have their own team and their own research veterans."

"The only thing we, the group that jumped over, can do is use our research and management knowledge to help the company get back on track quickly."

"Even if we don't become veterans, we'll at least be middle managers."

"With this level of technology, it's only a matter of time before they dominate the world."

"Becoming a middle manager in such a huge corporation is already the ceiling that most of us can reach."

"Understand?"

"I have already submitted my resignation to the research institute and plan to go directly to the company's leaders in a couple of days through my teacher's connections."

After Wang Chuang finished speaking, Yi Huan and the others remained silent for a long time.

They all understood what Wang Chuang meant.

It's about inviting them to gamble on the future with their present.

What if the other side doesn't want them, and they quit their jobs at the research institute? Wouldn't that be the end of them?

Can……

Everyone present was intelligent, but when allocating attributes, they allocated wisdom to research and slightly less to interpersonal relationships.

Just from that short video, they can confirm that once this product hits the market, it will disrupt the existing market at an alarming rate, clearing out everything that was already there.

In other words, a monopoly!

Absolute monopoly!
This company will definitely make money in the future!

But the biggest problem is whether the other party wants them or not!
If not!

That would be a complete disaster!

After a long pause, Yi Huan tentatively asked, "Your Excellency, you just said that this company offered your teacher a spot for a top-tier journal article on batteries, and that your teacher could bring two people in."

"Will you just have your name added to the paper, or will you be hired by the company?"

"Add my name!" Wang Chuang uttered three words, pointed to himself, and then to Yi Huan and the others: "I'm just like you. Even if I go there, I have to see if the other party wants me."

But I want to take a gamble!

"If you win the bet, you might rise to great heights in the future."

"If you lose, go into business and start your own company."

Upon hearing this, Yi Huan breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll go with you."

"Anyway, there's nothing to do at this lousy research institute. I never get a spot when it comes to promotions."

"It's better to go out and earn some money. At least you'll have some money in your pocket, and you can be more generous when buying things for your family."

Yi Huan's words caused the remaining people to frown, and then they also began to express their opinions:
"Then let's go together!"

"This is the fourth year I've failed the professional title evaluation."

"This is my fifth year, damn it!"

“You’re just getting promoted for your professional titles, and at least your salaries are higher than mine. I get neither a salary nor a professional title.”

Complaints rang out one after another, as if these people were using words to cheer themselves up.

After the noise subsided, Wang Chuang clapped his hands: "According to information I got from my teacher, this company is in Hanshan Temple District, and it seems they started working in the third year of junior high school."

"We will meet here at 7 a.m. on the third day of the Lunar New Year."

"Then we'll go together."

"Submit your resume directly in person. If you can catch their CEO, that would be best. If not, try to catch at least one person in charge."

"The sooner we get there, the greater our chances of winning!"

As he spoke, he slowly raised his right fist, and Yi Huan and the others also clenched their fists and touched his fist.

May we achieve immediate success!

"Success is achieved immediately!"

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On the other side, Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

Because he had sent all his relatives to prison before the Lunar New Year, Lin Yi had nowhere to go in the new year.

After driving around outside for a couple of hours and finding there wasn't much to do, I decided to drive back to the company.

Return to the company.

The security personnel on duty have returned to their posts and have begun patrolling.

Cao Bin and his group, who had gone out to celebrate the New Year the day before, returned to their dormitory and were fast asleep.

They counted the heads and then their respective customs and habits.

Lin Yi steamed a pot of rice, and then started cutting beef and vegetables.

As for the lazy Ji Shuangshuang, he sent her to burn charcoal.

If there are many people, we won't make any random dishes.

Eating barbecue.

Eat it all up.

After eating, just throw the trash in the trash can; there's no need to sweep the floor or wash the dishes.

perfect!

Just as he was busy, Sader, dressed in a sharp suit, came downstairs, asked around, and then, led by Ji Shuangshuang, went into the kitchen.

"Oh, my friend, you shouldn't cut beef like that. Beef cut like that will be very chewy."

"Your beef isn't very good either. Do you even know what Wellington steak is?"

"I don't know. What about Australian grade beef?"

"Aren't you guys eating? I think beef should have a little bit of fat in it!"

Amidst Sader's incessant nagging, Lin Yi slammed his knife onto the cutting board, turned around, and roared, "Shut up!"

(End of this chapter)