Hua Long Technology's Shock

The night was cool as water, but Zhou Feiyu's mood burned as brightly as the dazzling lights.

"How did it go?"

After arriving at Hua Long Technology Company at an unhurried pace, Zhou Feiyu smiled and asked Wang Wei. He suppressed his excitement, intending to play it cool.

"Come with me!"

Wang Wei had no time to banter with him and directly pulled him toward Hua Long Technology's R&D building.

At nine in the evening, life in the countryside had long since gone quiet, and most people were already asleep. Even in fifth- or sixth-tier counties and prefecture-level cities, the daytime bustle had given way to deep tranquility. But in Peng City, at Hua Long Technology, the lights still blazed as if it were daytime.

People in R&D were especially tough—they could endure and stay up later than anyone.

According to Wang Wei, Hua Long Technology's R&D staff had only just begun working overtime. It was still far too early to go home and rest.

The moment he entered, Du Yu, the R&D manager he had met two days ago, and materials engineer Zhai Zhigang were already waiting.

"President Zhou, you're finally here."

Du Yu, dark-skinned and now all smiles, was far more enthusiastic than before. Compared with his stern, unsmiling demeanor on their first meeting, it was like night and day.

"President Du, I've been waiting day and night for good news from you."

Zhou Feiyu smiled faintly.

Zhai Zhigang still wore a serious expression. Even though he was smiling now, he still looked stern, though the excitement on his face was obvious.

He said, "President Zhou, I ran some tests on your material. Many tests still haven't been completed, but in terms of light utilization alone, it's no worse than King Material's overseas product. It even exceeds it by nearly one percentage point. That's simply unbelievable. And your material is also 0.01 millimeters thinner."

"Nicely done!"

Wang Wei clapped his hands and shouted, "That's great news! Damn it, they've been choking us at the neck. I've wanted to stop using their materials for ages."

After letting out that colorful remark, Wang Wei immediately asked, "What other tests have you done?"

Du Yu said, "Zhai Gong, tell us about the results you tested today."

Zhai Zhigang nodded and immediately began explaining in detail. "There wasn't much time, so I only roughly tested the light utilization and compared the material-level analysis. I already mentioned the light utilization. At the material level, ordinary optical films on the market usually consist of multiple layers of film covered with an optical material, most of which are metals—conductive metals, at that. But President Zhou's material, like King Material's overseas product, contains no metal at all. It is simply layer upon layer of molecular film..."

As Zhou Feiyu listened, he was secretly amazed. As expected of a materials engineer at Hua Long Technology who specialized in material introduction and verification.

In just one day, aside from tests that required long periods of time and molecular-level material technologies, Zhai Zhigang had basically explained the performance and structure of his Basic Optical Film with complete clarity.

This is the gap. Even with the Galaxy Technology Library directly instilling the technology into me, it still took me two or three days to understand this much?

Comparing himself to others, Zhou Feiyu once again realized that there were always greater heights and greater people beyond.

And this was merely an ordinary materials engineer at Hua Long Technology, someone completely unknown in wider society. If it were Zhong Zheng Company's outstanding talents or the country's top talents, the depth of expertise in their respective fields would be even more unimaginable.

Of course, Zhou Feiyu would not sell himself short. After all, he had graduated from a key university.

And now, he also had the Galaxy Technology Library!

"...Manager Wang, I believe President Zhou's material can proceed to the sample-making and testing stage."

At last, Zhai Zhigang gave his concluding opinion.

"Impressive!"

Wang Wei gave Zhou Feiyu's shoulder a hard pat, relief clear on his face.

He asked Du Yu for his opinion. "Brother Yu, give us your recommendation?"

Du Yu smiled. "R&D is responsible for verification. You handle the materials matter as you see fit."

Wang Wei nodded. After a brief moment of thought, he made up his mind and said to Zhou Feiyu, "Old classmate, send over some information about your company. I'll have procurement add you to the supplier resource pool. We'll arrange the sample verification at the same time, otherwise we won't make the schedule."

Du Yu's words sounded like he had said nothing, but how could Wang Wei fail to understand what he meant? It was nothing more than this: you can introduce the material, and R&D will be responsible for verification without putting obstacles in your way. But Wang Wei had to assume responsibility for the introduction himself. Wang Wei would be the one leading it, and if problems came up later, he would have to deal with them himself.

Wang Wei was not afraid. He could shoulder that much responsibility, so he followed company procedure.

"Alright, thank you for the support!"

Gratitude showed on Zhou Feiyu's face as he hurriedly nodded in agreement.

He understood it perfectly well, but no matter what, this trip had truly been thanks to Wang Wei.

For now, they had merely entered the sample-making and testing stage. It was only the beginning. There would still be sample testing, entry into Hua Long Technology's supplier resource pool, and even H Customer's review, among other hurdles. It could be said that he had only passed one of eighty-one tribulations, and the road ahead was long. But all beginnings were difficult. Zhou Feiyu believed the obstacles ahead would not be impossible to overcome.

With the matter settled, Zhou Feiyu immediately offered to treat them to a late-night meal.

Du Yu laughed and said warmly, "President Zhou, don't go out to eat. It'll cost you too much. Since you've come all this way, let us treat you to our company's late-night meal."

Their attitude this time was worlds apart from when they had first met.

Sure enough, it still comes down to strength!

Zhou Feiyu thought to himself.

"Old classmate, I'll treat tonight. Put it on my card. Our cafeteria's late-night selection is very extensive, and it's much healthier than food outside."

Wang Wei chimed in, pulling out his work badge and waving it.

Zhou Feiyu immediately said, "Then I'll have to properly experience the food at a big company."

With that, the four of them left the R&D building and headed to the cafeteria building for a late-night meal.

It had to be said that Hua Long Technology, a listed company and the number one ODM manufacturer, had excellent food. Everything was free for employees, and as long as it was available on the market, they basically had it here. The flavors were fairly authentic too. Fried, stir-fried, stewed, boiled, drinks, fruit, tea—everything was available.

Zhou Feiyu's eyes were opened. As he ate, he thought, My Fei Yang Technology will be like this in the future. No, it should be even better.

It was enough to bring tears to one's eyes. Most domestic companies had terrible food, practically pig feed—mass-cooked rice and dishes with neither oil nor salt.

The materials company where Zhou Feiyu worked was the same. Even as a key technical talent entitled to manager-level meal benefits, all he got were small stir-fried dishes. They were still awful, so he usually went home and cooked for himself.

A company's conscience showed in its food!

During the meal, Zhou Feiyu also mentioned something he had heard about Oupai Mobile, saying to Wang Wei, "I heard Oupai Company is launching a Dual Punch-Hole Screen, and Zhong Wei Technology is bidding for it. Has your company participated?"

Wang Wei was startled inside, but he smiled on the surface. "We probably have. I don't know the specifics. I handle the Zhongzheng Mobile account; I'm not the one following the Oupai Mobile account."

"Oh, I see."

Zhou Feiyu smiled, then immediately said, "Old classmate, I strongly support your company's work. For this material, I can supply your company at seventy percent of King Material's price, whether the end customer is Zhongzheng Mobile or Oupai Mobile."

Wang Wei was deeply impressed and gave him a thumbs-up. "Old classmate, that's truly generous of you!"

With quality that surpassed King Material's, yet sold for only seventy percent of King Material's price, this was no ordinary support. It was wholehearted support.

By the time the late-night meal ended and he returned to his place, it was already eleven thirty.

But Zhou Feiyu was wide awake. He even wanted to make a social media post to share his excitement.

In the end, he held back. After picking up his phone, he only sent Li Shihan a message: "Shihan, are you asleep? I want to ask you to see a movie tomorrow."

Li Shihan did not reply for a long time. It seemed she was already asleep.

Thinking that, Zhou Feiyu lay down on the bed. He first imagined the plans ahead, then thought about the blind date for a while. Before he knew it, he gradually fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Wang Wei did not rest after returning. Instead, he called his immediate superior, Wu Feng, Hua Long Technology's project director. "President Wu, sorry to disturb you. There's something I need to report."