Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman

After finishing up with the monitor production line matters, Lin Ying was just about to go to the R&D building to check on Chen Jian's progress when the landline on her desk rang again. Lin Ying picked up the receiver: "Hey?"

"Lin Ying! I'm Professor Zhou from the School of Automation at Beijing University of Science and Technology. Do you remember me?"

Lin Ying immediately remembered: "Teacher Zhou! Of course I remember you, hello."

"Great! We all know you've been doing very well in Shenzhen, and the college is happy for you. We're calling today to ask you something: do you have any need for highly skilled personnel?"

Lin Ying immediately replied, "Yes!"

Teacher Zhou: "What specific direction are you looking for?"

"Talents in computer and electrical engineering, as well as industrial automation, are preferred, ideally with a master's degree or above and strong hands-on skills."

Lin Ying flipped through the recruitment requirements sheet that He Fangqin had made on the table and then said, "The starting salary for the first year can be between 70,000 and 100,000 yuan, depending on the ability level. There is room for increase every year thereafter."

On the other end of the phone, Teacher Zhou exclaimed in surprise, "Seventy to one hundred thousand? Lin Ying, with that price, you can practically do whatever you want among our school's recent graduates."

Lin Ying smiled: "Teacher Zhou, I'm not doing charity. I'm offering this price because I really need someone who can do the work."

Teacher Zhou was flipping through something on the other end of the phone, the pages rustling: "Okay, our college will be holding a campus recruitment fair this June, from June 4th to 7th; you should bring your company's PPT and factory information to give a presentation to the students."

"What are you going to say?"

"Talk about your factory, talk about your products, talk about what kind of people you need! It's best if you talk about it yourself. When students hear the name Lin Ying, they'll definitely line up to sign up."

Lin Ying noted down the date: "Okay, I'll arrange to go in June."

Lin Ying agreed and hung up the phone, marking June on her calendar. He Fangqin happened to come in carrying documents and saw her flipping through the calendar: "Boss, what's the schedule now?"

"We'll be recruiting at Beijing University of Science and Technology in June, through campus recruitment."

He Fangqin immediately became interested: "Campus recruitment is great! Fresh graduates are cheap and obedient, and most importantly, they have fresh minds and no messy habits."

Lin Ying: "If those veteran employees heard what you said, they'd probably write a joint letter."

He Fangqin chuckled twice: "I'm just stating the facts."

In late January, the weather in Shenzhen was still relatively warm, but the calendar had already turned to the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Lin Ying didn't return to Hong Kong until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. Lin Lanying urged her three times on the phone, and the fourth time was when Lin Fu called.

Lin Ying quickly finished signing the last report she had on hand, grabbed her bag, and went through customs. Red lanterns were already hung in the villa on Kadoorie Hill, He Dazhu was putting up couplets in the yard, and Lin Lanying was chopping ingredients for radish cake in the kitchen. Lin Qian and Hu Min also arrived, and the two of them sat on the living room sofa playing with Zaozao.

Zaozao is almost six months old, and she's gotten quite chubby. She feels heavy in your arms, and she grins at everyone she sees, drooling everywhere.

Lin Qian lifted Zaozao a little higher: "Sis, with my niece's current weight, I've been training my arm strength for half an hour."

Hu Min handed Zaozao a tissue to wipe her drool: "Is she teething again? She's drooling so much more than last time."

Lin Lanying saw this and shouted, "Don't lift it too high! You just finished drinking milk!" Lin Qian quickly lowered Zaozao, and Zaozao chuckled at him.

Lin Ying changed her shoes and walked into the living room, looking around: "Where are Grandpa and Grandma?"

He Dazhu came in from outside: "Your grandpa and grandma are spending the New Territories this year. They said we'd go visit them on the second day of the Lunar New Year."

The New Year passed quickly, and once the fifth day of the Lunar New Year was over, Lin Ying couldn't sit still anymore; she handed Zaozao over to Lin Lanying and He Dazhu and returned to Shenzhen.

The monitor production line in the second phase of the factory is under renovation. Chen Jian has already prepared the equipment procurement list, and the quotations from several suppliers are being compared. The Dou Dizhu game in Tanaka has entered the testing phase. The graphics are rudimentary, but the logic is working.

By the end of February, Lin Ying received a call from Wen Xu: "I've been granted two months of leave."

Lin Ying put down the report in her hand: "Two months? Is your institute being that generous this year?"

Wen Xu: "The previous project has been completed, and there was a gap in between, so I applied to my supervisor for this."

Lin Ying was secretly pleased, and she was already making plans: "Two months is great. You coming over is perfect for helping me take a look at the technical solutions for the monitors, and also the third-generation TVs..."

Wen Xu interrupted her: "I'll go to Hong Kong to see Zaozao first."

Lin Ying was taken aback. This man, instead of coming to find her immediately during his break, seemed to think love was indeed fleeting! "Aren't you coming to Shenzhen?"

"Take care of the child first."

"Wen Xu, I have a bunch of technical questions waiting for you."

Wen Xu remained unmoved: "I haven't seen her for more than half a year."

Lin Ying felt that this person's priorities were wrong, but she also knew that she couldn't urge him, so she changed her approach: "Okay, you go to Hong Kong."

Just as Wen Xu was about to thank his wife for her understanding, Lin Ying added, "I have a condition."

"What are the conditions?"

"I have a villa seven kilometers away from the factory in Shenzhen, more than 800 square meters with a garden; I brought my parents and Zaozao to Shenzhen. You can come and take care of the kids as you please, but you have to come to the factory to help me with work during the day; Engineer Wen, with such an expensive brain of yours, I feel sorry for the country if you are idle for two months."

Wen Xu chuckled: "Alright, alright, this condition is fine. You've taken care to arrange everything for everyone."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ying immediately called her personal assistant Zhang Jing on the internal line: "Sister Jing, could you arrange for a housekeeping company to do a thorough cleaning of that villa outside the factory area? Check all the furniture and appliances, and replace anything that's broken."

Zhang Jing asked, "Boss, are you moving in?"

"My parents and Zaozao are coming, and Wenxu is coming too."

Zhang Jing immediately understood: "Got it, I'll arrange it today; by the way, boss, we don't have any Filipino maids here, should we hire a local nanny?"

"I'm looking for someone reliable who can cook and take care of kids, and their salary will be deducted from my personal account."

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In early March, He Dazhu and Lin Lanying arrived in Shenzhen early. As soon as Lin Lanying entered the villa, she began to inspect it, looking at every corner from the kitchen to the bathroom, from the garden to the balcony.

Wen Xu arrived on March 3rd; he took a taxi directly from the airport to the villa, and the first thing he did upon entering was to take Zaozao from Lin Lanying.

She stared at the strange man in front of her for more than a minute without crying, and then reached out to grab his glasses.

Wen Xu dodged slightly, took off his glasses and put them in his pocket: "She's stronger than last time."

Lin Lanying said proudly from the side, "Of course, I make her complementary food every day, so she gets enough nutrition."

That evening, Wen Xu carried Zaozao around the living room for two hours. Lin Ying watched him with his loving fatherly demeanor and thought to herself that he wasn't like this when he was scolding people in the lab.

The next morning, Lin Ying got up at seven o'clock. After washing up, she went downstairs and found Wen Xu sitting in the living room playing with Zaozao.

"Let's go." Lin Ying picked up her car keys.

Wen Xu looked up at her: "Where are you going?"

"Let's go to the factory. You'll come with me."

Wen Xu held Zaozao, looked at Lin Ying, then at his daughter in his arms, his face full of reluctance.

Lin Lanying came out of the kitchen with a bowl of porridge and immediately noticed the situation. She reached out and took Zaozao from her, saying, "Go on, I'll take care of the child. It's not right for a big engineer like you to stay home and hold a baby all day."

Caught between two women, Wen Xu resignedly stood up and changed his shoes.

Lin Ying glanced at him from inside the car: "Engineer Wen, you don't even look this unhappy like you're going to the battlefield."

Wen Xu looked at the street scenes rushing past the car window: "At least no one will rush me when I go to the battlefield."

Lin Ying parked the car in the factory area and headed straight for the R&D building with Wen Xu. Liu Yang was on the third floor debugging a prototype driver board when he saw Wen Xu come in. He almost burned the table with the soldering iron in his hand: "Wen... Engineer Wen? What brings you here?"

Without any formalities, Wen Xu walked to the lab bench, picked up Liu Yang's driver board, and asked, "Which chip is used for VGA signal decoding?"

Lin Ying stood at the door, watching Wen Xu fully immersed in his work, and then turned back to her office with satisfaction.

When He Fangqin came to see Lin Ying and saw this scene, she exclaimed, "Boss, you really know how to use people."

Lin Ying: "It's not that I'm good at using people, it's that he can't stand being idle."