Chapter 268: Action-Oriented 3

At that moment, Sun Cheng smiled and said to Wang Lu, "Manager Wang, do you remember what we talked about when we first met to discuss hiring you?"

Wang Lu looked slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted and nodded.

"I remember, President Sun. You said you had read my resume, so you were very curious why I would come to apply for a position at your small startup company!"

Wang Lu couldn't help but laugh; he had served as a middle manager for many years at a well-known domestic web portal.

The reason he eventually resigned, besides the rise of new media like mobile platforms and mobile official accounts accelerating the decline of web portals and leading to significant layoffs, was also for a very important reason: to seek the possibility of further advancement in his career.

And given his work experience and qualifications, there were certainly better options available.

"Right..."

Sun Cheng felt a sense of nostalgia; he also remembered the question he had asked with surprise when he first took the initiative to meet Wang Lu.

However, Wang Lu did not have his experience of traveling between two worlds; for Sun Cheng, several months had passed, but for him, only a dozen days or so had gone by.

At that moment, he looked at Sun Cheng with a smile and said, "I still remember my answer back then. I said, I was very curious why a profit-oriented enterprise would want to break into an industry that only had giants left, knowing full well that the winter for cloud storage had already arrived? So I wanted to come and see for myself..."

After finishing his words, both of them couldn't help but laugh.

And in coming to see for himself, he unexpectedly ended up staying.

This was just small talk to bridge the gap between them. After the laughter, Sun Cheng also felt that there was a little less distance and a little more closeness between his manager and himself.

However, that was enough said.

Setting down his teacup, he looked at Wang Lu and explained, "I mentioned it to you before, didn't I? I come from a background at Nanjing University of Technology..."

Wang Lu nodded. When the company opened, Nanjing University of Technology had sent people to deliver flower baskets, which had truly surprised him.

"The thing I used to convince you to join was also the key to my cooperation with Nanjing University of Technology..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Lu immediately understood, his face full of sudden realization.

The reason Sun Cheng was finally able to keep him back then was by tossing out a 20T ultra-large capacity portable hard drive that hadn't appeared on the market at all.

The exquisite craftsmanship, the massive storage capacity, and the compact, delicate size—no bigger than a wallet—immediately made him, someone who often had to deal with portable hard drives, realize its technical value.

"A hard drive... Indeed, I remember you did mention, President Sun, that you possessed brand-new hard drive manufacturing technology..."

He looked at Sun Cheng, but received only a confident smile in return.

Of course, he was full of confidence in the black technology from the planet Cybertron.

"I have been in contact with Nanjing University of Technology and asked them to help me reach out to the National Supercomputing Center. If nothing goes wrong, the reason they called suddenly this time should be because of this matter..."

If they could establish a partnership with the supercomputing center, that would truly be a business that could only profit and never lose.

After using the true supercomputer 'Huan' manufactured on the planet Cybertron in the other world, Sun Cheng naturally knew that humans on Earth currently could not build a supercomputer with truly superior computational power and artificial intelligence.

Even the United States, the strongest nation in supercomputing, actually relies on piling up massive amounts of hardware to force up the computational power of the supercomputers they develop.

A supercomputer, in addition to having a huge demand for CPUs and GPUs, also requires hard drives for storing information as essential accessories.

Although this market is far less vast than the normal home computer market—the scale of the domestic supercomputing hard drive market is less than 200 million USD—the hard drives purchased for supercomputing have exceptionally high requirements for technology and quality. Domestic hard drive manufacturers simply cannot compete with international giants like Seagate, Western Digital, and SanDisk.

Conversely, if Sun Cheng and his team could secure the hard drive order from the supercomputing center, the reputation alone would be enough to immediately propel the company into the ranks of world-class hard drive manufacturers, which would be very beneficial for their plans to target the 30 to 40 billion USD global hard drive market each year.

Wang Lu's breathing couldn't help but grow heavy. Sun Cheng didn't need to think much to guess that he was definitely indulging in fantasies.

Because of this, he did not notice the flicker in Sun Cheng's eyes.

Money, status, and fame—after he returned to the real world last time and established Cybertron Technology Company, he indeed had selfish motives in these areas.

But now, what he wanted was no longer just these things, but something more.

"... Since I can use Cybertron's technology to change the real world, there is no reason I cannot borrow the manpower, material resources, and wealth of this world to help me win the war against the Decepticons and Autobots. Having the ability to travel back and forth between two worlds, I am enjoying the resources of two worlds..."

The light of ambition had already begun to bloom in the depths of his eyes.

He subconsciously swallowed hard, feeling his mouth a bit dry. Sun Cheng picked up the tea in front of him, which was now at a very suitable temperature for drinking, and gulped down more than half the cup, only then feeling a bit better.

After putting down the teacup, he turned his gaze back to Wang Lu and spoke, interrupting his fantasies.

"... Of course, these are just my speculations for now. I will personally go to Nanjing University of Technology later to confirm the situation with them."

He paused, then said to Wang Lu with a serious expression: "We will try our best to strive for the cooperation with the supercomputing center, but don't forget the plan the company previously drafted... How is the testing of the cloud drive client I left last time coming along?"

Writing a cloud drive client is actually not a difficult task; there are too many mature products on the market to refer to, and Sun Cheng himself had written one before.

"The UI design wasn't difficult. The company has a few experts who used to be in charge of this area, and they've already finished it. The technology is currently being tested; the stability is good, and no obvious vulnerabilities have been detected yet..."

"How long until a mature product can be launched?"

"This..." Wang Lu looked at Sun Cheng with some hesitation. "If there are no major issues after the testing is complete, I will arrange to report it to the Computer Industry Department. The review usually takes three days to get results. After the filing, the product can be promoted to the market... But President Sun, the main selling point of our cloud drive product seems to be the portable hard drive perk, right... How is the contact with the factory going? You said last time you would be personally responsible for this part, so I know nothing about it at the moment..."

"The factory..."

Sun Cheng finally couldn't help but laugh. He didn't just bring Xiao Wu back with him this time.

He then gave him a very firm assurance: "I have already resolved the factory side of things. The testing of the client here at the company must also be accelerated. In a few days, I will bring a batch of finished products over for you to test first. If there are no problems, you are capable and hardworking, so please make another trip to the Ministry of Industry to file the report. As for funding, if there is a shortfall, just bring it up with me. Within a month, I want to see our products enter the market..."