Chapter 121: Flowers Bloom in Two Places, Each at One End of the World

BYD, which was included in the procurement system of Dongling High-Tech and received investment, is like a dark horse. From Guangdong Province to Yanjing and then to Shanghai, media continuously reported news about BYD. Boss Wang's popularity soared, and the surging orders forced Boss Wang to announce the suspension of accepting new orders!

This crazy performance made the entire domestic tech industry dumbfounded. There had never been such a phenomenon before. It was just like the scene of getting rich overnight during the internet frenzy period; it was really too stimulating to people's nerves.

After all, no matter how you look at this matter, it makes people feel that there is too much to talk about. Just leading more than 20 technical personnel to hand-rub a nickel battery production line, and it is not an automated production line, requires a large number of people to produce.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a high-tech company, but it is such a small company that it is rumored that its battery level is on par with Sanyo, its valuation broke 100 million overnight, and it received orders until its hands were soft. How can it not make people feel crazy!

Everything that happened to BYD makes people have to reconsider the influence of Dongling High-Tech. Admittedly, BYD being able to get orders definitely cannot be separated from the credit of Boss Wang and a group of technical personnel. Those who can hand-rub a nickel battery production line, not to mention domestically, how many people overseas can do it?

But Dongling High-Tech is like a catalyst, igniting all of this. Originally, even if BYD became famous, it would take a period of time to get big orders, but the addition of Dongling High-Tech changed all of this.

For a time, there were countless people who envied BYD and Boss Wang, but the discussion about entering Dongling High-Tech's component supply chain system was even louder. Who doesn't want to be the second BYD and be able to soar into the sky? The name of Dongling High-Tech concept stocks appeared in the world of the tech industry for the first time!

BYD, which received Dongling High-Tech's investment and huge orders, started that nickel battery production line to operate at full capacity, and new production lines were continuously set up. Pengcheng also quickly approved land for BYD, a company that might export to earn foreign exchange in the future, to build a factory. For a time, the entire BYD was in a state of enthusiasm.

Looking at this legendary scene, it makes people feel deeply moved. BYD's situation makes thousands of people who go to sea sigh. It is really flying onto a branch and becoming a phoenix overnight. There are also countless people who sigh, not knowing when this "good luck" will fall on them.

And more small companies are calling Dongling High-Tech or running directly to Hanxi, wanting to be like BYD, enter Dongling High-Tech's procurement system, get huge investment, and then soar into the sky!

The noise on BYD's side had not yet subsided, and shocking news suddenly came from Lenovo. Lenovo's chief engineer, who single-handedly created the brilliance of Lenovo Han-card and was also selected as one of the first batch of domestic Academy of Engineering members, Ni Guangnan, suddenly announced his resignation from Lenovo. Once this news came out, it shocked the entire Yanjing Zhongguancun, and countless people were surprised by it.

This news is much more shocking than the current BYD. Even those who are unwilling to admit Ni Guangnan's credit have to admit that Lenovo's current state cannot be separated from Ni Guangnan's credit. If it weren't for the Han-card he developed, whether Lenovo could survive until now would be a problem!

But now Ni Guangnan has left Lenovo, and subsequently, more news came out that this time it was Ni Guangnan who took the initiative to resign.

"Academician Ni, why did you leave Lenovo?!"

"Leaving Lenovo this time, are you choosing to retire, or are you going to enter another company?!"

The media that received the wind swarmed in. When Ni Guangnan walked out carrying his packed things, he was immediately surrounded by the media.

Domestic computer brands are not prosperous this year, but Lenovo is still the flag-bearer among domestic computer brands. Some media even commented that whether domestic computer brands can survive depends on Lenovo. If Lenovo cannot hold on, then domestic computer brands will be wiped out when facing foreign computers.

Reporters asked Ni Guangnan various questions, and some even asked large-scale questions, asking Ni Guangnan how he viewed Boss Liu, what kind of relationship he had with Boss Liu, etc. Facing these questions, Ni Guangnan kept a straight face and said nothing.

"Dongxin Semiconductor!"

Until the media reporters gathered more and more, and it looked like he wouldn't be able to get away if he didn't release some news today, Ni Guangnan had to say, "I will join Dongxin Semiconductor and be responsible for chip R&D!"

After leaving a sentence, Ni Guangnan did not explain, and under the pick-up of the assistant and driver equipped for him by Dongxin Semiconductor, he directly took a car and left. Subsequently, a large wave of media dispersed with a bang, all going to find out what kind of background this Dongxin Semiconductor, which they had never even heard of, had, that it could make Ni Guangnan put down Lenovo's huge family business and almost leave empty-handed to join it.

"Boss Liu, it has been found out, Academician Ni went to Dongxin Semiconductor!"

Boss Liu, standing by the window, watched the vehicle Ni Guangnan was riding in leave, and then turned his head to look at Guo Wei who was speaking.

Guo Wei is his trusted general and right-hand man. Compared to Ni Guangnan, who is devoted to the technical department and whose usable people are all technical people, Boss Liu's means are obviously much more superior. From Lenovo's financial manager to personnel, sales, and then to the general manager of the foreign department, he has his trusted aides and disciples.

Unlike the previous life, this time Ni Guangnan left cleanly and in advance, without experiencing the humiliating scene of being swept out of the house in front of more than 200 directors and management. Now, leaving, Ni Guangnan has preserved his face.

"Old Ni is really too impatient. We have been brothers for so many years, and he still can't trust me. Sigh, the world also criticizes me. When they understand later, they will understand my painstaking efforts. Heaven and earth have a conscience, and the sun and moon can testify!"

Boss Liu sighed to Guo Wei, who is serving as assistant president, and then said, "What is the background of that Dongxin Semiconductor?"

"I asked people from Lenovo Hanxi Company to investigate. It is a new company that has been established for less than a month. It was established by Dongling High-Tech. Academician Ni should have gone to Dongling High-Tech to develop chips!" Guo Wei said in a deep voice.

"Dongling High-Tech is really willing to invest money, even daring to enter the chip industry!"

Boss Liu snorted and said. Guo Wei could see that Boss Liu seemed to be somewhat unhappy about Dongling High-Tech accepting Ni Guangnan.

"Notify everyone about Old Ni's departure through 'Lenovo News'. The cause and effect of this matter must be explained clearly. It is not that I, surnamed Liu, drove Old Ni away; it is that Dongling High-Tech poached our chief engineer!"

"This matter must be explained clearly, don't let everyone misunderstand and affect Lenovo's internal unity!" Boss Liu gave instructions to Guo Wei.

Guo Wei nodded, but stood there without leaving. He hesitated and said, "In the technical department, there is also a project led by Academician Ni before he left, the program-controlled switch project. Should it continue? Currently, this project has passed experimental application in Jilu City."

"For this project, our domestic competitor is the Chrysanthemum Factory in Pengcheng, as well as several companies like Zhongxing."

"I remember, this project is managed by Luo Zheng, right?!" Boss Liu frowned and asked.

Luo Zheng is Ni Guangnan's trusted general at Lenovo. Lenovo now has two major product departments, namely the program-controlled switch department managed by Luo Zheng, which actually belongs to Ni Guangnan's team, and the other is the microcomputer department, which is the computer department, managed by Boss Liu's trusted aide Yang Yuanqing.

"I have said long ago that Lenovo's most important thing now is computers. This is Lenovo's future. The program-controlled switch project can be slowed down. Where is there money for Luo Zheng and them to use now? And hasn't it been said long ago that the profit of program-controlled switches is too low and the return cycle is too long, and the competition with foreign brands is fierce? This project, I think let's put it aside first!"

"You tell Luo Zheng that the focus is still on the microcomputer department now. When our financial situation improves, I will definitely allocate funds to the program-controlled switch department. Tell him not to be as impatient as Old Ni, and to be able to hold his breath. How did I bring Lenovo over back then!"

As Boss Liu's trusted aide, hearing this, Guo Wei already knew what to do. Boss Liu obviously did not want to keep Ni Guangnan's team and projects anymore. For this reason, the program-controlled switch department could be abandoned.

"Our R&D expenses, only 5% of the microcomputer department, are not approved?!"

"I'm not doing it anymore! Whoever wants to do it, go do it!"

After receiving the rejection of the funds for the program-controlled switch again, Luo Zheng was furious. Like Ni Guangnan, he is a technical person with a straightforward temper and not so many twists and turns. Lenovo's program-controlled switch has actually been successfully developed. Now it is just improvement and promotion, yet it cannot get funds.

Luo Zheng was no longer willing to stay. Especially Ni Guangnan's departure made him lose his last supporter here.

After scolding, he looked back at the program-controlled switch department for the last time, Luo Zheng sighed to the sky, and then left angrily. He hadn't thought about where to go, not knowing whether to go out and do it alone or go to Hanxi to join Ni Guangnan. Anyway, he didn't want to stay here for a moment.

Ni Guangnan's departure and Luo Zheng's running away made the "Ni faction" within Lenovo dissipate rapidly, especially the program-controlled switch department, which basically stopped. A certain factory that heard the news ran from Pengcheng to Yanjing overnight to poach people.

Just a few months later, the performance of the first batch of experimental program-controlled switches of the Chrysanthemum Factory was extremely unstable, and problems such as disconnection, crashes, and blocking emerged one after another. But in just a few months, these problems were all solved, and the performance advanced by leaps and bounds. The second experiment in Suzhou and Hangzhou was a great success. Subsequently, the Chrysanthemum Factory learned the strategy of a certain satellite dish and cooperated with local TV stations, directly affiliating with local post and telecommunications bureaus, sharing switch revenue with the post and telecommunications bureaus. Subsequently, in less than six months, it received orders of over 800 million yuan...

Ni Guangnan joined Dongxin Semiconductor, and the background of Dongxin Semiconductor was soon dug out. When seeing that it was established by Dongling High-Tech, it caused an uproar in the tech industry again. Chips are a money-losing product; this has already been nailed down in the domestic tech industry. Dongling High-Tech actually dared to touch it with an iron head.

"Is it confidence, or arrogance? Dongling High-Tech continuously enters fields such as batteries, chips, and LCD screens!"

An article that appeared in a tech newspaper spread rapidly throughout the tech industry. Only then did the outside world know what Dongling High-Tech had done after being raised in price by Japanese component suppliers. Even people outside the tech industry were shocked when they saw this article.

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