"Boss.
Why did you choose that person?
And we clearly only had the authorization for Plan B on our hands... Plan A was off the table."
Xiao Zhang drove the car and asked Old Chang with a puzzled look.
After they left Manager Wang's office space, they got into the car and headed toward the second target location.
Along the way, Xiao Zhang couldn't figure out some of Old Chang's previous words and actions no matter how hard he thought.
Because before setting off, the order they received was to cooperate with Manager Wang, and they would invest technology and money.
Yet when Old Chang and Manager Wang were communicating, the so-called Plan A actually popped up.
And that drone technology wasn't provided additionally; it was bundled.
"Hahaha~"
Old Chang heard Xiao Zhang's question, smiled, and shook his head. "Do you believe pies fall from the sky?"
"Of course I don't believe that!"
"Right, neither do I." Old Chang sighed and explained, "If we ran straight to Manager Wang's place and said we'd give you money and give you technology.
If you were Manager Wang, what would your first reaction be?"
"A fraud!"
"There you go."
"But Plan A, it also seemed like a pie falling from the sky?"
"Have you looked at Manager Wang's profile?"
Old Chang didn't wait for Xiao Zhang to reply, and continued, "He himself has specialized research in this drone technology sector, and the main purpose of starting a company is not to be restricted by others, but to control the product's R&D direction himself.
So he couldn't possibly choose Plan A.
And the reason I mentioned Plan A was to hint to him that we only need a superficial target.
Therefore, Plan B is the most suitable for him.
After all, he'll just have less money in the future.
But the premise is that he has a future!
Right now, he has no employees, no capital, no products, and completely zero visibility of the future.
While we can provide him with the road leading to the future, he definitely, and can only, choose Plan B.
Unless he's an idiot..."
Pausing for a moment, Old Chang continued, "At the same time, these two plans can also show whether he is someone who seeks stability or has ambition.
If he seeks stability, we don't need him.
If he has ambition, haha, are you worried that the family cannot accommodate someone with ambition and capability?
And if he has ambition but no ability, then there's even less need to worry..."
"Mm."
Xiao Zhang nodded, keeping Old Chang's words in his heart, waiting to ponder them when he had time.
After all, while driving, safety comes first.
Subsequently, the two fell silent and drove all the way to the second destination: Longteng Technology Co., Ltd.
A veteran private information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, focusing on the ICT field, adhering to steady operations, continuous innovation, and open cooperation.
It has built end-to-end solution advantages in the fields of telecommunications operators, enterprises, terminals, and cloud computing.
It provides competitive ICT solutions, products, and services for operator customers, enterprise customers, and consumers, and is committed to realizing the future information society and building a better, fully connected world.
Therefore, this company was not comparable to the previous Wujiang Technology Co., Ltd.
Most obviously, they were an enterprise with an industrial park as their headquarters.
While Wujiang Technology Co., Ltd. was just a 20-square-meter residential warehouse...
However, Old Chang approached this trip with a relaxed and optimistic attitude.
Because this time it wasn't an acquisition, but a cooperation.
A cooperation that was heart-stirring and impossible to let go of!
Besides that, there was another reason...
"Old Meng, long time no see!"
"Old Chang, you've put on quite a bit of weight!"
In the Longteng chairman's office, as soon as Old Chang saw the master of the place, he immediately smiled, stepped forward, and embraced him.
"You guy, how do you suddenly have the time to come and visit me?"
"Sigh, robbing the rich and dividing the land, I was forced into it with no other choice!"
Old Chang deliberately and despondently said to Old Meng as if he came here against his will.
"Forget it, we've been comrades-in-arms for so many years. With that acting skill of yours, don't show off in front of me."
Old Meng looked at Old Chang's performance and showed merciless disdain. "If you could act like this back then, you wouldn't have been caught by the old commander sneaking food in the kitchen, which got me dragged out too!"
"Heh..."
Yes, Old Chang and Old Meng were comrades-in-arms of many years.
It was just that one specialized in entering the commercial sea, while the other specialized in politics.
It was rare for both sides to meet, and they couldn't help chatting idly for a while. Then Old Chang formally entered the main topic, "Coming here this time, there are a few projects I want to cooperate on with Manager Meng."
When Old Meng heard Old Chang change his form of address, he understood: Old Chang was representing the family to negotiate this matter.
"Please speak."
"First, your chips in the future will be provided by the family, and you just need to report the parameters of the chips already existing on the market.
However, that semiconductor company in your hands must be handed over without a single ripple.
As for selling chips to the outside world, net profits will be split eighty-twenty, and you get twenty."
"..."
Upon hearing Old Chang's words, Old Meng couldn't help narrowing his eyes while feeling secretly startled. Are all the people leaving?
"No, keep the honest ones.
As for managing them, on the surface, it will still be you."
"That works."
Old Meng breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he had spent a lot of effort on that semiconductor company.
Some of the people inside were honest and rare talents.
Moreover, the personnel structure spanned three generations—old, middle-aged, and young—so there would be no generational gap in the talent pipeline.
Therefore, if everyone were let go, he would still agree, it was just that his heart would bleed.
As for why there were other issues.
Old Chang would naturally remind him of what he ought to know, and knowing what he ought not to know would be harmful instead.
"Second, we are going to help you upgrade base stations and core network equipment, and we'll only charge a service fee."
"..."
Hearing Old Chang's words, Old Meng narrowed his eyes. "What about the communication technology?"
"You continue doing what you're supposed to do, and we're only responsible for helping you upgrade related equipment.
Oh, right, Yidongbudong and Liantongbu will be upgrading too."
"..."
Old Meng couldn't remain calm this time. He couldn't help standing up and pacing back and forth while thinking—damn it, there is a huge problem here!
Generally speaking, base stations and core equipment must match corresponding network technology; otherwise, they are incompatible.
And what did he hear just now?
Continue doing what he was supposed to do?
He was currently developing a set of new communication technology, and it was technology that required upgrading existing equipment to be compatible.
Did Old Meng have, or did the family already have, corresponding equipment on hand?
As for the family not knowing about the project he was currently researching...
What was he daydreaming about? His enterprise was a key monitoring target; Old Meng even dared to believe that someone had helped him count how many grains of rice he had eaten.
Not to mention, this equipment replacement wasn't just for his company. Judging by this posture, it was estimated that the entire family was going to exchange theirs.
After a long while, Old Meng stopped his steps and asked seriously, "Must we?"
"Mm!"
"..."
Old Meng closed his eyes, opened them, and took a gamble. "Fine, will you send people to replace it, or give us a manual?"
"We'll send people to learn, remember, honest people!"
"Gulp~"
Old Meng instinctively swallowed his saliva and nodded.
It seemed that the things he used to do for the family, although unsaid, were still kept in mind by the family.
Look, the reward had arrived!
He didn't believe that the family with more advanced equipment didn't have matching more advanced technology.
As for why it wasn't brought out at the same time?
Anyone could figure out that the waters here were too deep for an individual to wade through.
"Is there anything else? Say it all at once!
I'm getting old, and if you give me too many thrills like this, my body can't take it!"
"Mm."
Old Chang nodded and looked at Old Meng with a solemn expression.
And Old Meng, upon seeing Old Chang's face, straightened his posture and sat upright.