In the Beijing International Trade Building, the 38th floor is named "Dragon Hall", a luxurious inner courtyard of the Chang'an Club. In a reception room that is designed as a courtyard within a hall, Liu Gao and Chen Yue, who was on a business trip for a meeting, were sitting at the tea table.
The outside world has already been undercurrent.
"The person in charge of Cheng Ran Hanwu Technology is Hu Zhiwei. He was a student of Xia Pei, who was one of the first three-person electronic computer research team. He has been unknown in HKUST. Who knew that he was helping Cheng Ran develop chips behind the scenes? Li Taihang also stood up and spoke out on this matter. I guess he was the one who led the whole thing, otherwise Cheng Ran would not have enough technical strength. In addition, some newspapers followed Li Taihang's lead and echoed Emeishan's Internet chip-making plan. Zhang Hua and Liu Tuohai are both national think tank experts with status in the computer industry. These people followed Li Taihang's words. Now it seems that Li Taihang and Hu Zhiwei are all run by Cheng Ran..."
Chen Yue sat there and drank a sip of tea, which tasted bland and bitter. This landmark building in the capital was a place where only a few high-ranking officials and dignitaries had ever entered. The core of the ultra-luxurious hall was filled with a different and more depressing atmosphere than before.
Liu Gao felt like he had something stuck in his throat. His sister retreated from the Guoxin matter, and the Lu family entered the scene, took over, and then set up the business. It was supposed to be a major victory, but it took a sudden turn for the worse.
The problem now is that the Lu family's layout and investment in this matter were all brokered by him, and he was selling out the interests of the Jiang family. In other words, he was tied to them, otherwise how could Wen Jie replace Jiang Yueqin and take over Jiang Yueqin's business. But if this business is a bomb, then the power of the explosion will not only cause the reputation and even political future of those involved in it to suffer a major loss, but also he who led it all will be finished.
Considering the huge implications behind this, if the previous reshuffle and reconstruction of all parties collapses, it will be a disaster.
"Li Taihang and I have always had a grudge against each other. It's not surprising that he supports Cheng Ran behind the scenes at this time..." Liu Gao said in a deep voice, "Boss Wen has fully supported your National Core. Even when something unexpected happened, he didn't hesitate at all. If something goes wrong now... It's not just your own business. Many people, including me, will be involved. You have to think clearly. Are there any loopholes?"
After a moment of silence, Chen Yue looked up. "Even if Cheng Ran can stir up such a big commotion, it's useless. After all, Guoxin is still with us and has already released a piece of film. Our Alpha team is also working on technical issues. You also said that with so many people involved, the country will recognize it. It's just that the balance above is best not to be broken. Although they have no way to provide evidence, you must also try your best to ensure that the investigation team above does not come down. Although it's okay if they come, the tactic is to delay, and they will always come up empty-handed. However, if the investigation team comes down, it will restrict our work. We must carry out follow-up processing. As long as we break through a few circuit micro-innovations and make some functions actually work, I dare to guarantee that they will lose a lot of money."
Liu Gao nodded, "Many people are against us. They had opinions before. Some of them are political conspiracies. Hanwu has become a banner for them to counterattack. Cheng Ran is the one who raised the banner. As long as they can't provide evidence, the storm raised by Cheng Ran and Hanwu will hit them. You are leading now. If you can take the lead and occupy the commanding heights, the die will be cast... Hanwu will become a joke."
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The members of Tianxing Club gathered at the University of Science and Technology. They had originally joined the club under Cheng Ran's call, and they wanted to use this platform to gain knowledge and improve themselves. It would be even better if they could do something in the future. The current situation was something they had never thought of.
“In general, we should adjust our thinking and always remember the original intention of joining Tianxing Society. We are not here to become reserve cadres. Our goal is to find what we want to do and our future career, and then work hard to achieve it…” In front of Tianxing members, Cheng Ran’s roommate Li Wei and others, was Xie Feibai.
When Xie Feibai arrived at USTC, he was immediately treated as a guest of honor. He chose a restaurant at the back door that everyone liked the most. It was the place where Qin Xizhen came and had dinner and took photos with Cheng Ran. Now it has become the gathering place of Tianxing Society. The noodle shop owner not only sells noodles, but also makes stir-fries. At this time, in the room converted from a residential building, there was a table full of stir-fried dishes, and members of Tianxing Society sat around it. Xie Feibai was among them, talking to everyone.
Can you imagine that Xie Feibai is now seriously explaining such principles to the students of the University of Science and Technology
This was actually Cheng Ran's request. Cheng Ran was not with the University of Science and Technology, and considering the impact of the Shushan Sword Contest on the University of Science and Technology, it is conceivable that the members of the Tianxing Society must be in a mess. Since it is a club, Cheng Ran still regulates it according to the company's management. At this time, he still needs to adjust everyone's thinking. The most important thing is not to let everyone lose their direction and think that they are all reserve selected talents of the companies related to Cheng Ran.
From the first day that Tianxing Society was founded, Cheng Ran's goal was not to select talents for the company. What he needed were people who could lead a new direction. The members of Tianxing Society should be such people. They must obey their inner hunger and desire and pursue what they want to pursue. They want to find their own career, not just a job.
However, if this matter was to be conveyed, apart from Cheng Ran himself, his roommates at HKUST, Li Wei, Lao Guo and others, were too familiar with the members of the Tianxing Society, and it was impossible to achieve the desired effect at this time. Therefore, Xie Feibai, who was a little mysterious and had a natural aura of coercion and represented Cheng Ran, was the best person to do this.
The former bully of one school, the evil young man in the mountains and seas, the lord of half of Rongcheng, the future king of small goals, now finds that his best identity is actually the political commissar beside Cheng Ran.
In the crowd, Xie Feibai said, "Don't think about always doing big things, working for the welfare of society, etc., you don't need that. What you need is for everyone here to find your own direction, and then work hard to do it, and walk on the road to your goals. As for dreams, just keep pursuing them, and it's better not to realize them.
Dreams are things that you don’t want to realize… What’s the meaning of life if you realize them… If you don’t realize them, you will find that you will not stop, you will keep pursuing them. Is there anything better in life than this, with some regrets?”
Xie Feibai, who has always been unwilling to waste words with others and prefers to speak with his fists, has become the best debater of the School of Political Science and Law, and is very likely the best debater who speaks with facts in the history of their university.
He, who had always been a poor talker and taciturn, now became a charming poet and philosopher in the eyes of the Tianxing Society members of HKUST.
Liu Wenyi and Hao Qian both pulled Zhang Jing and whispered, "He's really handsome."
Xie Feibai finally understood why Cheng Ran always liked to teach others. It turned out that the feeling of fooling people was really damn good.
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The outside news has refocused on Guoxin, the huge inertia has been pulled back, and public opinion is competing for it.
Looking back on this period, the overall situation was a chaos.
Some media reports on Hanwu Technology are encouraging, while others are full of suspicion, contempt, and arbitrary denial.
There are affirmations and attacks, there are discussions and controversies, and all kinds of voices are rampant.
During the process when the Tianxing Society members were agitated, gathering, comforting and calming down, Cheng Ran returned to USTC.
From the time Cheng Ran arrived at Xingyuan to the time he walked into the dormitory building, every time he saw someone who knew him, he felt like he had seen a monster.
Pushing the door and entering the dormitory, three roommates were sitting in front of the computers. In addition to the public computer contributed by Cheng Ran at the beginning, people were allowed to buy computers in their sophomore year. Li Wei and Wang Xinbo each bought one, and Lao Guo used the public one. Someone glanced at him and turned around. After a moment, he jumped up and exclaimed "What the hell!" The three of them ignored the online games they were playing and stood up to look at Cheng Ran walking in, dumbfounded.
Li Wei said, "You were in the news a few days ago, why are you back?"
Cheng Ran said as if it was a matter of course, "This is my dormitory, of course I have to come back. I still have classes..."
Several people were hysterical, "You've been absent for a month! I haven't seen the hospital dare to say anything about dealing with you!"
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When Cheng Ran returned to USTC, the situation was very different. He met with USTC presidents Zhu Huaqing and Huang Pei the next day.
Not only Cheng Ran, the president of the School of Computer Science, but also brothers Nie Yun and Nie Chuan, Hu Zhiwei, and even Li Taihang were present at the meeting.
When Cheng Ran returned to USTC, the school authorities responded immediately and the president's schedule was postponed. All the time was given to the young man who caused a sensation at the Shushan Sword Conference.
Of course, the one that is in contact with HKUST right now is Hanwu Technology, and there is also the matter of HKUST's national core. Before this, when the incident started, Vice President Huang Pei also acted as a peacemaker, trying to facilitate an internal solution between Cheng Ran and Chen Yue, but failed.
The current situation is that USTC wants to know Cheng Ran's next course of action. Once Cheng Ran notifies USTC, USTC will have a certain degree of room for maneuver.
"Of course that's the case. We will try our best to cooperate if we can, but we also need you to provide some specific information or plans." President Zhu Huaqing said. The entire USTC knew that Cheng Ran would never stop after returning from the Shushan Conference, so there was no need to say anything like paying attention to the social impact. Although Zhu Huaqing might have wanted to say such things many times, looking at Li Taihang's statement, he would definitely push him back, so he would swallow the words when they came to his lips.
The university was obviously unable to mediate, and Zhu Huaqing's conversation with Cheng Ran was not like a principal talking to a student, but more like an equal exchange. Of course, the university needed Cheng Ran's help, and they were most worried that Cheng Ran would not do something behind their backs that would catch them off guard. No matter what was going on, the university would just need to know about it in advance.
"We will hold a press conference later, focusing on the previous incident, and there will be a general explanation about Professor Chen Yue's Guoxin plagiarizing our Hanwu chip."
Zhu Huaqing said with some difficulty, "Is it held inside HKUST?"
"We can hold it inside HKUST or in a hotel outside the school..." Cheng Ran said, "The location is not important. If HKUST is not convenient, we can hold it outside."
Zhu Huaqing was silent for a moment and said, "Let's stay at HKUST. Seeking truth and being honest is the motto of HKUST. Since this incident happened at HKUST, it's not a good idea to solve it outside. No matter what the truth is, seeking truth from facts and staying sober are the principles of our HKUST in doing research and doing things."
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After the meeting with the leaders of HKUST, Cheng Ran had time to meet with Xie Feibai in the evening. "That was a very good point."
Xie Feibai was stunned for a moment, "What?"
"I've heard people say... you've done a very good job as a political commissar. That's a very good saying," Cheng Ran said. "Yes, it's better not to realize dreams. If they never come true, we can keep walking and running, which is a very good thing..."
"It's obvious that having invested in so many companies is already the dream of many people." Xie Feibai glanced over, "Do you know that saying this now will get you beaten up?"
Cheng Ran said, "That's different. There are many dreams, such as traveling around the world with your friends or the one you love, or finding a place by the sea and living a good life. These are also dreams that people can strive for."
Xie Fei rolled his eyes, "You're asking for more beatings."
The phone rang, Cheng Ran answered it, it was from Hu Zhiwei, "The tape-out has just been delivered."
Cheng Ran nodded and made a phone call. It was Zheng Xing, Zheng Laosi, who said, "It's time to break the wall."