At HKUST that day, the always strong senior Zhang Jing got half of her shoulder wet.
After parting with Zhang Jing, Cheng Ran did not go to the Tianxing Computer Innovation Laboratory, but went directly to the Institute of Computer Science. At that time, Cheng Ran and Hu Zhiwei met in an unlisted laboratory in the Institute of Computer Science.
The existence of the Hanwu Project, apart from the people who gathered in front of Li Taihang that day, has no written materials to indicate its existence. Even in the current project proposal, it is referred to by a code name. There is no intention to absorb funds from outside at present. The research and development funds are all self-funded, and the overall solution is in stages. Hu Zhiwei leads the main team to tackle the HXTB01024 microprocessor chip, which is the nickname of "Hanwu No. 1". It is defined as a general-purpose microprocessor chip. Around this plan, there is a satellite team responsible for breakthroughs in different fields and technical reserves.
Nie Yun's chip team is one of the satellite teams of this major project. Of course, except for Nie Yun who took the order, the team as a whole did not know that what they were doing was serving the Hanwu Project.
Nie Yun is responsible for the design of embedded chips for signal processing, which are defined as coprocessors.
It’s just that Hu Zhiwei is Cheng Ran’s hidden weapon in the Institute of Computer Science, and Nie Yun is the chip design team of the laboratory jointly built by CQ and HKUST that is visible to the public.
To put it bluntly, Hu Zhiwei was the backbone, but he was quietly developing behind the scenes. Nie Yun, a genius, was designing the circuits of the coprocessor, which was the easiest and fastest way to achieve remarkable and enviable results.
Normally, the communication channels between Cheng Ran and Hu Zhiwei were very simple and covert. Except for the core team led by Hu Zhiwei, the entire R&D team of more than 30 people in the Institute of Design and Research did not know the connection between Cheng Ran and Hu Zhiwei, let alone that the information and design indicators in their hands had Cheng Ran's shadow behind them.
When Cheng Ran came in, Hu Zhiwei was cooking a bowl of instant noodles. There was an induction cooker in the corner of the office, a small pot, and a few green vegetables on the small cutting board next to it. When Cheng Ran came in, Hu Zhiwei felt a little embarrassed, like a bear that was caught stealing honey. The noodles in the pot were bubbling with milk soup, and he was holding a handful of washed green vegetables in his hand, waiting to put them into the pot. He turned his head and asked with a rising and falling throat, "Eat?"
"Eat!" Cheng Ran nodded.
He had no choice but to scoop up the bowl of noodles he had obtained and hand it to Cheng Ran. Hu Zhiwei quickly opened the second package of noodles and then started to cook for himself.
When the noodles were cooked, two people, holding two enamel pots as big as their faces, sat down in front of Hu Zhiwei's mahogany table and slurped the noodles.
Although Hu Zhiwei insisted that the noodles he cooked were just right, with the right hardness and softness, Cheng Ran still tasted like instant noodles. However, because of the working environment in the professor's messy office, holding the enamel cup with black patches on it, it was particularly fragrant.
"As the leader of a team with tens of millions of dollars in funds, you eat this every day? Don't you eat something good and ensure your nutrition? Lao Hu, you have an important responsibility."
"This is convenient and hassle-free. Besides, I can go to the lab right after eating. You haven't seen that my camp bed is laid out there. If I hadn't thought about the smell and humidity of noodles cooked in the lab, I wouldn't have come to the office." Hu Zhiwei took a big bite of noodles. "It's not that you added tasks to my side, but it also helps us accumulate engineering technology..."
In the heat of the enamelware cup, Cheng Ran looked up and asked, "How is the reverse engineering going?"
Hu Zhiwei wiped his mouth and said, "80% completion, almost there..." Then he smiled and said, "The fox's tail is about to show."
Cheng Ran nodded, "Then... let's get started."
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Cheng Ran called home. After Cheng Ran explained the situation, Cheng Feiyang said, "When you were admitted to No. 1 Middle School, I integrated the technology institute and founded Fulong. Once you left, we have come this far. I remember that there was a problem with a batch of products, so I ran to the icy and snowy Northeast to be a firefighter. The car broke down, so I walked ten kilometers to the local post office where the problem occurred. There was no other way. At that time, Fulong could only sell products to remote places. I walked a long way to get to the place where the problem occurred, but the first thing I thought about was not work, but guilt... I worked hard to do all these for the customers who bought our products, but I couldn't use even one tenth of them on you. Especially since you are so competitive."
“Sometimes when I look back, I realize that in the blink of an eye, you have grown up from that naughty child. Now when I want to say a few words of advice to you, it seems redundant and I can’t say them…” For a father, the most lonely thing is the realization that even the dignity that a father should have has suddenly disappeared in the grind of time.
The most helpless thing is nothing more than facing the chicks that were under your wings and seeing that they can fly so beautifully one day, and all you can do is say "take care".
"That's what a man should do. Growth is tempered and tempered in this way. Your mother may be worried again... But there is no problem over there. I will help you settle it." A little disappointed, Cheng Feiyang's tone was humorous again, "Do what you think you should do. Dad will always support you."
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Jiang Zhou came to HKUST and said that he would stay there recently. He didn't need to worry about the business of Tianxing Daoguan in Nanzhou. The expansion in other regions had been arranged for the time being. He had no plans to go out for inspections for the time being, so he stayed with Cheng Ran to enjoy college life. As for Jiang Zhou, Cheng Ran could only introduce him to his friends as his distant cousin who opened a computer shop in HKUST.
"I have set up a shop at the University of Science and Technology, a computer repair shop, and brought a few capable brothers with me. It's right where you usually pass by, and they'll be watching anything. In addition, I'll be with you, and I have a phone here..." Jiang Zhou showed it to Cheng Ran proudly, "If you have any questions, just make a phone call, and the people from Nanzhou Fulong will come over immediately. Captain Chen from the Security Department was transferred to the R&D center a few days ago, and he's had dinner with the public security department of your Nanzhou..."
Needless to say, Jiang Zhou had already made arrangements with his father. Li Jingping had originally proposed that his cousin Cheng Bin move to Nanzhou. Originally, Cheng Bin would follow Li Jingping after he became stable in Nanzhou. However, when Guoxin No. 1 was born, the southern region model of Li Jingping and Zhang Songnian was questioned, Zhang Songnian was investigated, and Li Jingping was now in trouble, so the matter was temporarily suppressed.
Otherwise, Jiang Zhou and Cheng Feiyang would not have to set up so many plans for Cheng Ran’s safety at this time.
Of course, Cheng Ran did not think that there would be any problem for him, who was an obvious target, at HKUST. Rather than worrying about safety, Cheng Ran was more concerned about the person he was going to meet next. He mentioned this to Li Jingping, and Li Jingping asked Cheng Bin to transfer personnel to Nanzhou to accompany Cheng Ran to meet the person.
The person who came was Cheng Ran's "Brother Xiaojun" You Xiaojun. After a warm meeting with Brother Xiaojun, Cheng Ran also met Xie Feibai's sister Wang Yulan as scheduled.
Wang Yulan is now the deputy editor-in-chief of Economic Herald. In the agreed coffee shop, Wang Yulan came in a hurry and was quite interested in Cheng Ran's appointment. Sitting down in front of her, Wang Yulan raised her glasses and said with a smile, "What's the matter? Is there any event that you want me to report? Is it news from your side or from USTC? Your USTC is very popular now... By the way, the poor student subsidy system you helped Xie Feibai to develop is quite meaningful. After our report, the response was very good. The senior leaders came to inspect and especially praised this event. When I first came to Nanzhou, I came for the ambition of Economic Herald, which had just been established in Nanzhou, an economically active place, to be the first newspaper in China to analyze the international situation, see through the economy, and observe the trends of the industry... Facts have proved my vision. Within three years, our Economic Herald has become the leader of Chinese business newspapers."
Wang Yulan had already formed a fairly correct evaluation of Cheng Ran during her dealings with him. Not to mention the sudden favoritism of her uncle's family, who had always given her a high evaluation, at Xie Feibai's house, and the subsequent high-sounding discussions between Cheng Ran, President Tonglang, and the director of the Commercial Bureau in Rongcheng, all refreshed Wang Yulan's understanding of Cheng Ran. So there was the meeting at the University of Science and Technology, and she paid a lot of attention to him. And basically, perhaps it was also some kind of comparison mentality. Whenever she met Cheng Ran, Wang Yulan would show her "muscles", and it seemed that she was unwilling to show weakness in front of such a person as Cheng Ran.
But she is also quite capable. In developing their "Economic Report" in Nanzhou, Cheng Ran provided a lot of academic material for thinking, such as the Integrated Circuit Competition and the plan to jointly build a laboratory between HKUST and the famous Internet company CQ. These have attracted a lot of praise and thinking from the academic community.
After their economic report, the Southern District Model has aroused a lot of response from the leaders of many provinces and cities. Some provinces and cities have even adopted it as a breakthrough point for their own reforms. As the most cutting-edge observer and reporter of China's economic development system model, Wang Yulan and her economic report are deeply favored by the business community, government departments and scholars for their social observation and in-depth investigation of some major events at the first time.
It was even praised by the Central Propaganda Department, saying that the economic series of reports had a positive impact in Xining, the capital, Tianjin, Sichuan, South Island, Shanxi, Huizhou, Shenyang, Fujian and other provinces and cities, and received wide acclaim from leaders of relevant provinces and cities and all walks of life. The article praised the economic report's ability to respond quickly to hot issues, which was welcomed by readers, increased the initiative to influence international public opinion, and enhanced the newspaper's authority and credibility. It also called on other media to learn from and carry forward the spirit of "Economic Report" to look forward, boost morale, and promote development.
Another commentator said, "With its more professional and independent journalistic spirit, more authoritative and more unique journalistic quality, Economic News deserves to be the leader of Chinese business newspapers."
And now, this deputy editor-in-chief, who has left a deep impression on the leaders of the Central Propaganda Department, with her enterprising spirit and hardworking spirit, and who is as capable as any man, is Xie Feibai's nightmare during his growing up.
Just like that, he asked Cheng Ran what news he had in front of him.
“It’s… like this.”
Facing Wang Yulan, whose eyes were flashing with the flame of pursuit of truth and a raging gossip heart, Cheng Ran handed over the small notebook in his hand.
If the goal is to appear out of nowhere and ascend to heaven, then at this moment on the ground, the manhole cover on the ground is probably lifted up, revealing the warhead.