Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 491 Redmi! (Second Update!)

After the three left, Lin Yi stood up from his chair, smiled, walked behind Ke Yonghuai, crossed his arms, and asked:

"Secretary Ke, you're in a pretty bad situation!"

"How come you can't even command these few people?"

With one problem solved, Ke Yonghuai lazily reclined in his chair. Hearing Lin Yi's question, he naturally tilted his head and calmly replied:

"Communication systems are different from other systems; they are almost independent."

"We can get them to cooperate, but we can't control them."

"The only way to control them is to establish a one-man rule."

"They're also a core member of the organization, running a one-man show within it. Young man, tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Heh!" Lin Yi snorted softly, sat down on the chair next to him, and gently tapped his thigh with his hand while complaining:

"Everyone talks about West Lake Longjing tea, but when I came here, there wasn't even a glass of plain water. Now I'm being asked what I want to do."

"The ways of the world and people's hearts are unpredictable!"

Upon hearing this, Ke Yonghuai rolled his eyes, got up, and walked out of the conference room. Less than 10 minutes later, he returned with a pot of fragrant tea.

He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Lin Yi, who sat down opposite him and calmly asked:
"You just said you have a trump card up your sleeve. Is this trump card really going to work?"

"Can something useless be called a trump card?" Lin Yi rolled his eyes as he held his teacup, then slowly brought it to his lips.

"Indeed, this West Lake Longjing tea is excellent."

"But then again, you weren't worried when the progress wasn't ideal before, so why are you suddenly in a hurry this time?"

Upon hearing this, Ke Yonghuai, sitting opposite him, immediately turned his head and glanced sideways at Lin Yi:
"Are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know?"

"what?"

"The company we're working with!"

"That...that ByteDance? What happened to the company?"

"Didn't you know that advertisers came to discuss cooperation a couple of days ago?"

"I know, but what's the use of knowing? It's not like I'm the one negotiating."

"You...you...never mind, you still need to pay more attention to the company under your management."

"I have so much work. If I had to put my heart into every single job, I might as well give up. What's going on?"

"In the business negotiations a few days ago, ByteDance secured a total of six advertising payments, amounting to approximately $1700 million. Do you know what that means?"

"Only 1700 million!" The casual remark was full of disdain.

When these words reached Ke Yonghuai's ears, he immediately flew into a rage.

He approached Lin Yi, his face contorted with rage, and shouted, "That's 17 million US dollars, which is over 100 million RMB!"

"Even after deducting taxes, it's still tens of millions."

"And this is only a one-year contract!"

"So far, the company's investment is estimated to be no more than 2000 million."

"This is making money so fast!"

"And it's only ads from 6 companies. I checked, and the software can hold ads from at least several hundred companies."

"If we cram all the ads in, making money will be like pumping water out of a river!"

"It was precisely because I saw this business opportunity, and combined it with my previous plans, that I put a lot of effort into making a difference in communication tariffs."

"However, I didn't expect them to be so slick. If it weren't for you, I estimate that this meeting would have just been a meeting for the sake of a meeting."

"By the way, could you tell me your other trump card? I'd like to have a better idea of ​​what to expect!"

"No!" Lin Yi rolled his eyes and refused Ke Yonghuai.

After finishing a cup of tea, he stood up, dusted himself off, and asked the person in front of him:

"I'm going to ByteDance now, do you want to come?"

Ke Yonghuai picked up the documents on the table and waved them around: "I'll go tomorrow!"

"I have a ton of work to do today. If I don't finish it, I'll probably have to stay up all night."

"Then you can take your time, old man!" Lin Yi put away his phone and documents, and as he passed by Ke Yonghuai, he casually scooped the packet of tea leaves next to the teapot into his pocket, humming a tune as he left the conference room.

I got out of the car, stepped on the gas, and sped off towards the office where I was supposed to be jumping around.

As soon as Lin Yi arrived downstairs at the office building, he saw Zhang Yiming waiting at the intersection, honked the horn, and slowly stopped the car in front of him.
"Why did you come out?"

"Boss, you came here in person. If I waited for you in the office, wouldn't I be unaware of who's who?"

Lin Yi smiled and got out of the car. After Zhang Yiming and the driver explained the location of the parking lot, the two went upstairs together.

Upon entering the office, Lin Yi took out the tea leaves he had obtained from Ke Yonghuai and placed them in front of Zhao Yiming: "These tea leaves are quite good; I'll share some with you."

Zhang Yiming took the tea leaves, and a few minutes later, a pot of fragrant tea was placed between the two of them. After pouring each of them a cup, he cautiously asked, "Boss, what brings you here...?"

"I need to deliver something!"

As he spoke, Lin Yi unzipped his briefcase and took out four envelopes.

The four envelopes were torn open, and inside were four mobile phones.

A mobile phone with a plastic casing.

Lin Yi placed the four phones in front of Zhang Yiming one by one, then took out two more phones from his bag and placed them behind the four phones.

He tapped his fingers on the table before explaining, "I came here this time to give you these six machines."

"Those four plastic-cased units are called Redmi. They were made by adjusting and reducing the features of the previous Xiaomi prototype."

"These two in the back are the adjusted Xiaomi prototypes."

"All you need to do is adapt our software to these machines."

"Move quickly!"

"According to Lei Jun's idea, he plans to hold a technology launch event in a while."

"Let's hype up these two phones!"

"Some features will be showcased at the tech launch event, so be quick!"

After figuring out why Lin Yi had come, Zhang Yiming hesitated for a moment before picking up the two Xiaomi prototypes.

Once he got it, he took out a sample unit that had been delivered earlier from the drawer and began to compare their appearances.

After figuring out the changes in appearance, I turned on the phone and checked its information.

Upon discovering that the main changes to the new camera were to the button layout, screen, and speaker, his face twitched involuntarily.

When developing software, especially mobile software, a crucial aspect is adapting to the mobile phone screen.

Now that the screen has been adjusted, it means that the previous screen adaptation also needs to be adjusted, which is another bunch of troublesome things.

Fortunately, this wasn't a big problem. He took two stickers out of the drawer, stuck them on the two new phones, labeled them, and then put the two phones, along with the previous demo unit, into another drawer. Only then did Zhang Yiming turn his attention to the four phones opposite him.

All four phones have plastic casings, making them easily distinguishable from Xiaomi phones.

In addition, Xiaomi phones are more rounded, while these four phones look stiffer.

He reached out and fiddled with it a couple of times, then looked up at Lin Yi: "President Lin, they already have Xiaomi, why are we making this Redmi?"

Under Zhang Yiming's gaze, Lin Yi picked up a prototype and shook it: "799!"

"It can meet the normal needs of using smart software."

"Do you understand now?"

Smartphone, 799.

When these two words were put together, Zhang Yiming opened his mouth wide and gasped for breath.

After taking a deep breath, he regained his senses and cautiously asked:

"The task assigned from above?"

After asking the question, without waiting for Lin Yi's answer, he began to mutter to himself as if he had figured out the answer: "No wonder, no wonder you said you wouldn't make mobile phones."

"If you don't have the ability, you'll kill yourself in one mission like this."

"Lei Jun is also unlucky."

"He's so unlucky!" Lin Yi rolled his eyes and pushed the four prototypes towards Zhang Yiming again: "Hurry up and adapt the software."

"If the software has any problems at the tech launch event, I'll skin you alive."

Upon hearing that he was about to be exposed, Zhang Yiming immediately became serious, holding the four phones in his arms, and quickly added, "Don't worry, boss! I'll personally arrange the work later."

"If anything goes wrong, you can skin me alive!"

"You said it yourself. If anything goes wrong, I'll skin you alive. You better do a good job. I have other work to do, so I'll head back to Suzhou first." Having achieved his purpose, Lin Yi picked up his briefcase, got up, strolled around the office, greeted the people there, turned around, went downstairs, got into his car, and left.

Just as the car left Lin'an city, his phone suddenly rang.

He took out his phone, and the two big characters "Salle" kept flashing on the screen.

After figuring out who had made the call, Lin Yi frowned, and with a sense of doubt, answered the phone:
"Mr. Saller, is there anything I can help you with?"

"I really need your help!" After exchanging pleasantries, Salle on the other end of the line stated directly the purpose of his call:

"You should know about the news app Toutiao, right?"

"I know, what's wrong? Is this software affecting you? Do you need my help?" Lin Yi answered calmly, with a hint of concern beneath his calm demeanor.

Saller enjoyed the feeling, and after a brief moment of euphoria, he said the following:

"Recently, this software has seen a lot of special information about America, the CIA, Israel's Mossad, and several other NATO member states."

"Because of this special information, a particularly brutal conflict broke out a couple of days ago in the depths of the Sahara Desert, at the border of Niger, Libya and three other countries."

"In this conflict, the dead included Americans, Englishmen, Israelis, Arabs, and Black people."

"In addition, there were several pieces of aircraft wreckage at the scene, which shows how intense the battle was."

"So I'd like to ask you for a favor: contact the company's executives and use your software privileges to find out these guys' IP addresses."

"If possible, it would be best to obtain photos and more detailed information about these people."

"I will reward you handsomely!"

Lin Yi originally didn't want to get involved, but Saler's generous reward at the end made his heart itch like it was being scratched by a cat, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

He held the phone in silence for a long while before speaking to Sale in a very serious yet very soft tone:

“Sall, you need to know that stealing user data is a crime in any country.”

“They’re all high-level executives, how could they possibly break the law just because of your so-called generous reward?”

"Tell me the details of the situation. Maybe I can help you out in other ways."

After Lin Yi's righteous words, all that could be heard on the other end of the phone was heavy breathing, interspersed with a few soft Arabic words, but because the voices were too soft, Lin Yi couldn't make out what they were saying.

After a long while, Saller's voice finally came through the phone:
“We are supporting an armed group in Libya, and the leader of that group is named Khalita.”

"He wants Gaddafi's gold!"

"So, that's how they found me."

"Besides him, there are Egypt and Sudan."

"Their goal was the same: to find that special CIA agent and then get the location of the other treasure caves from him."

After hearing Salle explain his purpose, Lin Yi's hand holding the phone began to sweat.

This!
Isn't this just wild guessing?
Aren't all those so-called treasure maps online fake? How come they become real here?

Looking for a CIA agent?

What a load of rubbish!

Where am I supposed to find a CIA agent?

How about hiring a CIA agent of Chinese nationality?

After mentally ranting for a while, Lin Yi continued to reply in a low voice:

“I’ll give it a try, but I can’t guarantee it will all work out.”

"So, wish me success!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yi subconsciously took out his phone, wanting to log in to the software, but then suddenly remembered that his phone did not have Toutiao News.

If you want to see the top news headlines, you still need to get an Apple device.

Hey!
Cursing inwardly, Lin Yi closed his eyes and instructed the driver:
"When I get back to Suzhou, I'll go to the Apple store first. I want to buy a phone."

While he was worrying about his CIA agent identity, on the other side, America was at George Bush's intelligence center.

Intelligence officer Walter, carrying a stack of documents in both hands, shoved open the director's office door with his backside, and held the documents high as he looked at the people inside:
"Director Navarro, the data is ready."

These documents were placed in front of Navarro, and as Navarro picked them up and casually read them, Walter's voice rang out from the side:

"Based on our careful investigation, we found that the person who posted those email screenshots on that headline news is very likely not a human being."

"Not human? What is it then?" Navarro looked up, his eyes full of confusion.

He didn't understand. They were supposed to be checking people, so why were there no people at the end?
Sensing the worry in his boss's voice, Walter unfolded the documents in his hand and calmly said:

“I took these pictures and carefully compared them with the software and email addresses we use.”

"As the saying goes, 'Heaven helps those who help themselves.' After careful comparison and verification, our people discovered something strange in one of the photos."

Navarro happened to be flipping through the relevant content at that moment, and his eyes fell on it.

The strange thing Walter was referring to was the table in that photograph.

The table overlapped with the email background.

(End of this chapter)