Chapter 1571: Daily Life

"Hello everyone, I am the owner of the 'Any Cat Any Dog' account; my name is Wei Lan. Because friends recognized us a few days ago and posted it online, attracting many enthusiastic friends to discuss, after much thought, I decided to appear myself to explain things personally and answer friends' questions.

First, please allow me to introduce the man beside me; his name is Wang Yan, my beloved. At the same time, he is the legal representative of Long Teng Group that friends have been discussing, the actual manager of Long Teng Group, and a Party official within Long Teng Group...

Many people are interested in my position; I noticed some comments have already mentioned it, but many friends are still unsure of its accuracy, so let me introduce myself again. I am the CEO of Long Teng Group, mainly responsible for the group's administrative work, including daily operations, employee recruitment, employee benefits and care, the group's charitable businesses, and internal and external cooperation affairs...

As for my leader, he basically does not attend to administration; only when employees report problems or when he sees issues on the internal forum will he point them out. He is mainly responsible for our group's technology and business, directly leading every link from research and development to sales.

Regarding the content everyone is curious about, I have made a record, such as how Long Teng rose to prominence, how the Sha Qiang Shen Wan was developed, and how he and I met; let us go through them one by one. He and I met when...

In the future, we will share more of the group's daily life on Long Teng Group's official account, allowing everyone to understand us better. If you also wish to join us, please follow Long Teng Group's official website at any time; every month we will release the recruitment plan for the following month.

Alternatively, you can submit your resume directly on the official website, and our group's talent pool will archive your resume; when a suitable position becomes available, we will inquire about your willingness.

If you have any good ideas, you can also submit them to our product collection; if adopted, we will give you generous rewards.

Finally, let me reiterate our Long Teng Group's vision: serving life, serving beauty, marching toward the universe, conquering the stars and seas."

Such a video, posted via Wei Lan's account, immediately boiled over.

Because this video was very sincere, basically answering everything that did not involve confidential information, it satisfied the curiosity of the vast number of netizens.

At the same time, Wang Yan personally provided an explanation for the ongoing matter of Long Teng suing users, addressing the root cause.

Of course, reality tells us that any explanation is useless; people prefer to believe what they already believe. Idiots will always be idiots, and bad seeds will always be bad seeds.

But Wang Yan still had to say his piece; although relevant explanations had been issued long ago, his personal explanation was different after all. It could at least let normal people understand his meaning, preventing them from being coerced by idiots and bad seeds to the point where even normal people's judgment became problematic, which would be undesirable.

The forty-minute-long video mainly featured Wei Lan speaking, with Wang Yan appearing more like a backdrop. As for the matters Wang Yan discussed, Wei Lan acted as an interviewer, asking questions on behalf of the netizens, while Wang Yan provided answers regarding product technology and also offered some popular science explanations.

A great deal of information was revealed, ranging from the group's structure to the R&D planning of various products, and then to sales and after-sales service; basically, Long Teng's business lines were comprehensively sorted out for the netizens, letting people know what else Long Teng Group is doing besides selling Power Pills.

This wave was truly an internet feast; bloggers from all aspects analyzed the content revealed in the video, while netizens happily watched the spectacle.

However, official media did not boost this wave of heat, as there was no need. In the early days, Long Teng might have relied on promotion, but now Long Teng speaks entirely through quality. In a short time, Long Teng has already established a brand image of being expensive yet good on a global scale.

All that talk about a brand's heritage or accumulation is nonsense. After all, Long Teng sells technological products, speaking through technical content and product quality. I have what you don't; what you have is not as good as mine; it is that simple and direct.

But even without official boosting, this single video, merely fermenting naturally, had already exploded across the entire internet. Some clipped the video, others clipped the text, spreading it across various platforms; all sorts of wild self-media were writing articles to promote it, creating a huge momentum.

Mainly, Long Teng's fame was indeed too great; for the leaders of such an unconventional company, how could netizens not be curious...

Also, because of this public appearance by Wang Yan and Wei Lan, quite a few relatives and friends suddenly popped up...

Wei Lan put down her phone speechlessly: "Sun Yi said her phone is about to be blown up as well; everyone knows she is my good friend and wants to pry into my affairs and ask her for my phone number."

This was the most direct impact; people with not even a distant connection popped up, using various methods to try to establish contact. Former classmates, neighbors, colleagues, and so on all appeared, their words becoming increasingly flattering.

Of course, they could not achieve their desired goals, and afterward, they would loudly curse the couple for forgetting old acquaintances once they became rich...

Wang Yan said with a smile: "It's all the same; the people I know are also prying into my affairs. It's quite interesting."

"It's quite uninteresting, actually. You say they also know it's impossible for us to contact them, yet they still rack their brains and try every method; it's so pointless."

"They are all thinking 'what if,' aren't they? What if we are easy marks? What if we give them a good face? Take my former classmates, among other things, they could make some money just by holding a live stream with our graduation photo..."

"Back then, when Captain Zhang said we should go and ask that young couple to delete the photos, we should have agreed; then there wouldn't be so many troubles."

Immediately after, Wei Lan shook her head, negating herself, "No, that's not right; just photographing our backs wasn't much. Even if they didn't take photos of us, they took photos of 'Any Cat Any Dog,' and would likely post them online anyway, casually mentioning Long Teng. Once netizens saw it, it would still be dug up. But telling them not to take photos wasn't worth the trouble either; after all, taking a photo is no big deal.

Sigh... speaking of which, we should have had this encounter long ago; we were just hiding all along."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "That's about the gist of it; after all, our company is different, the target is too large, and we cannot stay low-profile even if we want to. Now that we have shown our faces and netizens know the situation, they won't be curious anymore. If we keep a low profile for a while longer, no one will pay attention to us. Even if there is some excitement, there won't be wild guesses or mystery-mongering.

Once this period passes, it will be fine; let's just endure it a bit longer."

"We can only do that..." Wei Lan sighed, feeling very troubled but helpless.

During this period, it was the aftermath of Wang Yan and Wei Lan's public appearance, and neither of their families could find peace.

Not to mention Wei Lan's side; Wang Yan's own family was turned upside down. Previously, those relatives and friends knew Wang Yan had struck it rich; after all, he bought his parents a new house, bought a Land Rover, and had been traveling abroad for over a year; without striking it rich, he couldn't afford such consumption. But they never expected Wang Yan to be this awesome.

Relatives and friends are not fools; they could distinguish the difference between ordinary wealth and Wang Yan's current status and position.

Those who were previously incompatible became good people; those who spoke ill behind their backs now had nothing but words of praise... Wang Yan's parents had to get new phone numbers, turning off the original ones and using them only when necessary, as they were utterly annoyed.

Due to being unable to contact them for a while, everyone's enthusiasm turned into resentment; some excessive people began fabricating stories about Wang Yan and Wei Lan, playing the 'insider' card and posting it online.

But obviously, they had not carefully watched the video posted by Wang Yan and Wei Lan, so without any mercy, all these people were thrown into jail.

Once this news was released, the others became sensible. At most, they would curse a few times to those around them, daring no longer to spread rumors and cause trouble indiscriminately. Everyone's life returned to its original track.

The couple, Wang Yan and Wei Lan, finally gained some peace and quiet.

Currently, Wei Lan's work involves coordinating the factory relocation, production, and employee settlement, among other things. The construction of Long Teng's headquarters is still ongoing, and the areas ready for use are gradually expanding.

The overall construction is divided into zones and blocks, first ensuring part of the production and living needs, then gradually enriching them; this is the guiding principle of the headquarters construction.

Long Teng's headquarters has been relocated here for two months, and more space has been added, capable of accommodating more employees for production and living.

Wei Lan is also organizing recruitment work for various projects and departments. In this regard, recruitment is unified by the group. Sometimes project teams have internal referrals, but they must still go through the group's recruitment process; from resume to background, everything must be clearly understood. This is a necessary procedure for an enterprise with high confidentiality like Long Teng.

Of course, there are exceptions; if a true master or genius is recommended, special measures can be taken for special circumstances. Even for such people coming to the group, Wang Yan personally conducts the interview and communication...

Wang Yan's main task remains controlling various projects and providing support for various technologies.

With Power Pills selling in short supply, various project teams established, relevant personnel increasing, money spent growing, and various reminders issued by Wang Yan, Long Teng's technological output has also reached an explosion period.

Actually, the pressure for R&D at Long Teng is very low; after all, Long Teng has Power Pills, and the profit from just this one product is already sufficient. R&D is not aimed at profit, but at researching something out and achieving results.

With such a research philosophy, plus Long Teng's generous treatment and sufficient funding, Long Teng's R&D personnel can be said to be the happiest researchers in the world. There are no deadlines, no performance requirements; instead, there are the simple and direct goals the big boss wants to achieve, and the big boss's occasional flashes of inspiration, which always miraculously advance research progress and produce results.

The subjective initiative of the research personnel is very sufficient; they are very spirited, with not a hint of the feeling of being research drudges. In Long Teng's laboratories, even a newly arrived assistant researcher, or a graduate student following a project leader, should not worry about anything outside of research.

This even includes dating and family harmony. In these aspects, the group provides care and helps mediate conflicts.

Of course, these conflicts all have a cause; most problems are still about money. So actually, the families of researchers are basically very harmonious.

If someone really needs companionship but cannot distinguish right from wrong, there is no need for the group to mediate; the researcher will kick that person out themselves. Those who can enter Long Teng are, at least in thought, normal people. Abnormality can only be in the pursuit of wisdom, not this kind of abnormality...

On the other hand, because Wang Yan clearly defined the fields and directions of R&D, resources are concentrated, making things relatively easier to handle and greatly improving R&D efficiency.

Otherwise, if he did not know the direction or what he wanted, he could only try various methods; the price to pay would be huge, and the time for output would be prolonged.

Combining all these conditions is what created the explosion of Long Teng's R&D achievements.

For example, the imaging project team developed a CMOS image sensor chip for cameras; compared to products from other manufacturers, it has lower power consumption, lower noise, excellent image quality, and so on.

With this, it could be applied to all imaging equipment: mobile phones, cameras, satellites, and so on—all could utilize it.

Furthermore, other fields like computers, life sciences, and artificial intelligence had all made progress to varying degrees; a solid foundation had already been laid.

As research results emerged, they naturally had to be manufactured, which further expanded the group's scale, increased employment, and generated profits to feed back into R&D, giving the group more funds to invest elsewhere, such as launching new projects.

This was a remarkably virtuous cycle.

Wang Yan still maintained his own rhythm: jogging and practicing martial arts in the morning for exercise, walking the dog, buying groceries to cook, watching the children play for a while, and handling some work, and just like that, the day passed.

The only slight difference was that his current social circle consisted entirely of the group's employees and their families; every morning, people would chat and talk, discussing issues within the group.

Wang Yan would even race against the employees; quite a few young staff members enjoyed running, possessed strong athletic abilities, ran very fast, and loved participating in marathon competitions.

However, the pace of just over three minutes per kilometer that Wang Yan casually displayed was already at the level of an elite athlete in long-distance running, leaving the employees utterly speechless as he completely outran them all.

Nevertheless, the employees offered an excellent suggestion: to hold a marathon competition in the Long Teng Headquarters District and organize an off-road race in the low hills to the west.

Wang Yan gave an affirmative response and instructed Wei Lan to make the arrangements...

Thus, a month passed, and the "living father" arrived right on schedule.

"Tiny Times, Nan Xiang: Living well!"

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