Chapter 1396

At this moment, on the floor below, Xiong Zhaoming's face was pale, and he sat limply on the sofa, with the TV still on.

Originally, he had been in a very good mood today, especially when Tian Zhuang ran over to apologize to him, which made him even more smug.

He thought that the fine had been effective, but what he wanted was for Zhou Andong to come personally to apologize, not Tian Zhuang.

So he didn't see Tian Zhuang at all, just saying from inside the door that he should let Zhou Andong come.

Then he received a call from Liu Qingjun, telling him that the Jiangzhou TV station would broadcast the interview on the evening news tonight.

So he didn't go to the restaurant to eat, but kept waiting in the room for the news to be broadcast, and others who knew about it were also guarding in their rooms.

Department Head Xiong was on the news, so they had to stay and watch, to share in the joy. Even if they were hungry, they couldn't go to eat.

It was just that staying in the room alone was boring, so they gathered in groups of three or five in the rooms.

Chatting, playing cards, killing time; those who were hungry would hold their water cups and keep pouring water into their stomachs.

In one room, two women sat on chairs by the window, and three men sat on the bed, holding poker cards in their hands.

Time seemed to have frozen; the five people sat there motionless, watching the TV.

It was playing commercials, the commercial for Yuzhou VCDs.

The scene was a very cozy room, with the character "Xi" (happiness) pasted on the window, streamers hanging from the ceiling, and balloons of various colors on the floor.

Andy Lau was wearing a suit, Jiang Yu was wearing a wedding dress, and the two were singing into microphones with deep affection.

Many people were sitting on the sofa behind them, and the camera swept across each person's face; they were all familiar faces.

There were Hua Jian, the Sweet Song Queen, Sister Tian, Black Panther, etc.; they were clapping to the beat, happily singing along.

(Jiang) Once moved for you, once pained for you, my own heart I understand.

(Andy) Also once lonely for love, also once lost for love, deep in my heart I never held back.

(Female) When love is so clear, and you are so cherished, my emotion is in the bottom of my heart.

(Together): Let me hold your hand, let's make a promise to be together forever.

The singing stopped, the Yuzhou VCD logo appeared on the screen, followed by a voice-over.

"Breathe music, enjoy happiness, all in Yuzhou VCD."

In the news, Xiong Zhaoming had heavily criticized the Yuzhou VCDs from the Jiangzhou Electronics Factory.

However, after the news finished, the Yuzhou VCD commercial came out, as if mocking Xiong Zhaoming, slapping him in the face with a big palm.

After a long time, a woman spoke: "We were played by Zhou Andong."

One of the men sitting on the bed threw the poker cards in his hand: "We're fine, at most it's just a circular criticism, wanting us to write a self-criticism. But Department Head Xiong..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood that Xiong Zhaoming might not be able to get past this hurdle.

A middle-aged man said: "We were all drunk at the time; I have no impression of Department Head Xiong accepting an interview."

The room became silent again; after a long while, the woman said.

"Department Head Xiong was also drunk at the time, otherwise he wouldn't have been led by the nose by that reporter, saying so many things he shouldn't have said."

The middle-aged man said softly: "Liu Qingjun was too enthusiastic toward us, and the lunch reception was also over-standard; I felt something was wrong at the time."

"You're just being wise after the event; what's the use of saying that now?" The woman scolded angrily.

"With Zhou Andong's ability, how could he not be able to manage the electronics factory?" A young man gave a bitter smile: "Actually, we were just prejudiced, thinking that the electronics factory was acquired by Zhou Andong later.

He has strong control over the distillery because he originally came from the distillery, but he definitely couldn't do it for the electronics factory. Especially Liu Qingjun's series of operations confused us, making us lose our vigilance."

The man cursed fiercely: "Zhou Andong is really damn insidious."

"We shouldn't have come at all," the middle-aged man sighed: "After Zhou Andong became the director and revitalized the distillery, how many people were jealous and wanted to take him down? What was the final result?"

The woman who hadn't spoken sighed along: "If Zhou Andong were so easy to handle, the Yugong Group wouldn't exist."

The young man seemed to have thought of something and kept frowning.

The middle-aged man looked at the young man: "What are you thinking about?"

The young man hesitated to speak, and the man scolded impatiently: "If you have something to say, say it; don't act like a woman."

"What's wrong with being a woman?" The two women glared.

The man laughed dryly: "I was just saying it; why are you angry?"

Everyone laughed along, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

The young man said: "I'm thinking, why did Department Head Xiong insist on visiting the research institute?"

"This matter is indeed a bit abnormal," the middle-aged man also frowned: "Department Head Xiong is indeed very overbearing, but he's not brainless.

With the current scale of the Jiangzhou Distillery, and with foreign capital participation, it's fine for us to come down and walk around, and get some benefits. But wanting to handle them is absolutely impossible, yet Department Head Xiong issued that severe fine."

The room became silent again; everyone felt that Xiong Zhaoming had some problems.

But they didn't feel that this was very serious; after all, they knew nothing about research and had no interest in it.

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Zhou Andong and Seeing Jian Qiu didn't stay with Old Jian for too long; after finishing the Xiong Zhaoming matter, they chatted about the urban complex and then came out.

Zhou Andong tilted his head and glanced at the pensive Seeing Jian Qiu: "What are you thinking about?"

Seeing Jian Qiu raised her head: "You just said that Japan's semiconductor industry was suppressed by the United States, and if we succeed, we will definitely be suppressed like Japan, and all our achievements will be snatched away by the United States.

Then what is the point of us investing a lot of energy and money in R&D? Isn't this just making wedding clothes for the Americans?"

Zhou Andong smiled: "Japan's semiconductor industry was suppressed and snatched away because, whether in terms of economy or military, Japan was completely dependent on the United States."

"I know this," Seeing Jian Qiu said: "But with our country's economic and military strength, if the United States launches sanctions, it won't be able to protect us either. And for the sake of economic development, concessions will definitely be made, and the result will be the same."

"So, we must keep it secret," Zhou Andong reached out and pressed the elevator button: "What we need to do now is to reserve technology. Once one day, our country's economy and military become strong enough to contend with the United States,

we can quickly transform the technology into industrial production and form realistic productive forces."

"Ding!"

The elevator door opened, and Zhou Andong helped Seeing Jian Qiu walk in.

Seeing Jian Qiu looked at Zhou Andong in a daze: "Will there really be such a day when our economy and military can contend with the United States?"