Chapter 46: Huawei's Attention! An Astronomical Offer!

Many locals in Modu who read the "Xinmin Evening News"

felt their first reaction was that Modu Engineering University must be crazy.

Or had this school already become so extravagant?

They could casually expel a quasi-billionaire.

Such a person is someone ordinary schools would rush to honor.

If even one such person emerged, they would undoubtedly be the school's finest alumnus.

Yet, Magic City University of Engineering directly pushed this billionaire away.

Of course, many Magic City residents had already learned from the newspapers about a remarkable young man named Lin Yi in Magic City.

He had started his business only recently, yet his company was already valued at one billion.

Even for Magic City locals, ninety-nine percent had never seen so much money.

Soon after, Sina and NetEase also reported news about Lin Yi.

These reports were largely similar, all questioning Magic City University of Engineering.

In an instant, Magic City University of Engineering became the target of media criticism.

Many people online said the university's leadership was either idiotic or had their brains trampled by a chicken in childhood.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to make the imbecilic decision to expel Lin Yi.

And for a school where the leadership is like this,

does enrolling there really hold any future?

The news swept across the entire internet at the speed of light, quickly becoming a trending topic on major platforms.

It then evolved into: "Billionaire Boss Cruelly Expelled by School!"

The spearhead pointed directly at a certain university.

Many netizens left comments:

"I don't have a net worth of one billion; does that mean if I go there, I won't see tomorrow's sun!"

"Haha, I declare you the most bizarre school of the year, bar none!"

"Whether a school expels someone shouldn't necessarily relate to how much money they have!"

"I agree with this, but Boss Lin from the Engineering College didn't commit any illegal acts; he merely skipped classes to start a business.

For such a person to be expelled... I can only say I am thoroughly impressed with the Engineering College's leadership."

Wei Ming served as the president of Magic City University of Technology.

He was extremely busy every day; on one hand, he worried about the school's employment rates,

and on the other, he hoped the school would thrive under his leadership.

Therefore, even as president, he maintained strict demands upon himself daily.

Today, just as usual, he prepared to attend the weekly meeting of the school leadership.

They would discuss recent teaching issues and corporate partnerships,

hoping to improve the school's employment rate in the next semester.

After all, there were only so many good enterprises in society, yet so many universities in Magic City.

The positions at top companies were basically carved up by key universities like Fudan and Jiaotong.

Very little was left for the University of Engineering.

Therefore, generally when a cohort of students just entered their senior year, the school would connect with enterprises.

Simply put, this meant arranging internships and campus recruitment fairs.

However, just as President Wei wanted to step out of his office today,

he ran straight into the director of the school's network management department, who rushed over panic-stricken and said:

"President, it's bad... negative news about our school is everywhere online!"

"Negative news?" President Wei was startled; this was what he feared most.

Because negative news could severely damage a school's reputation.

If mishandled, he would not only face reprimands from higher authorities,

but the school could also suffer declines in application and employment rates due to the negative publicity.

The losses would be enormous.

Usually, the school had a dedicated public relations department for such situations.

However, if even the network regulatory authority was at a loss, they could only turn to him, the president.

"Has anything happened at the school recently?" President Wei asked.

In response, the network director immediately took out his phone, displaying the top trending topic on Sina Weibo:

"Billionaire Boss Cruelly Expelled by School."

President Wei took just one glance, and his eyes nearly bulged out.

His face flushed with blood, he slammed his fist onto the desk with a bang and roared in anger:

"Who, who did this...!"

Immediately, the person in charge of network affairs fell silent.

"Investigate, investigate this for me, and immediately retract the school's expulsion notice! For an outstanding student like Lin Yi,

we should not only refrain from punishing him but should instead award him!"

President Wei ordered directly.

It was said that during the school leadership meeting that day, this president was absolutely furious.

He declared that whoever was involved in this matter would be dealt with strictly and severely.

Clearly, someone was going to be made the scapegoat.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi was experiencing both happiness and pain.

The company's reception phone rang incessantly, twenty-four hours a day.

The newly hired customer service miss was simply enduring a relentless barrage of phone calls.

Every single call was an inquiry about Fengyi Technology's new battery: when it would go on sale and what the pricing would be.

To this, the customer service miss replied that everyone should refer to the official website announcements for the timing.

At this moment, inside the conference room of Fengyi Technology,

Lin Yi was receiving Yu Dong, a senior executive from Huawei.

After Old Ren at Huawei instructed Yu Dong to keep an eye on Fengyi Technology, this right-hand man of Old Ren, the President of the Strategy and Marketing system,

immediately traveled from Pengcheng to Fengyi Technology in Modu.

On one hand, he was coming pursuant to Old Ren's orders.

On the other hand, he was also there to conduct an on-site inspection of Fengyi Technology to see if it was truly as advertised online,

and whether the new lithium battery could be integrated into Huawei's supply chain system.

To be honest, upon seeing Fengyi Technology's office located in the Songjiang Entrepreneurship Center, Yu Dong felt somewhat disappointed.

After all, this was merely a startup company that had just been established.

But once the two parties made contact,

Lin Yi, the boss of Fengyi Technology, took him to the R&D center to show him samples of the new battery.

Watching the battery tests,

the Huawei experts who had accompanied Yu Dong were all so astonished they were speechless.

This was especially true regarding safety, the most critical aspect of mobile phone batteries.

The performance demonstrated by the cobalt-free solid-state battery was exhilarating.

Furthermore, in terms of capacity, charge-discharge speed, power loss, and other metrics, the new battery's performance deeply impressed Old Yu.

Now, what Old Yu cared about most were the sales price and production capacity of Fengyi Technology's new battery.

In the conference room, personnel from both sides sat together.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Old Yu got straight to the point:

"I wonder if Boss Lin's Fengyi Technology is open to financing from Huawei!"

"Financing! Does Huawei also engage in venture capital?"

Lin Yi was slightly surprised.

However, Yu Dong shook his head and said:

"We Huawei are a technology enterprise and do not engage in venture capital,

but to ensure the stability of our supply chain, we do take equity stakes in supply chain companies..."

Hearing him say this, Lin Yi suddenly understood, then apologized saying:

"My apologies, President Yu, but Fengyi Technology has no intention of accepting financing at this time....!"