20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3700 Fan Chufei's Dream of Xu Xiake
"So, Zhao Chang'an, according to you, we can't beat them?"

Qi Xuan'er was clearly unconvinced.

"I'm not saying you can't win, but rather that you're far from being able to compete with others right now. There are at least fifty or a hundred companies and research institutions around the world developing smartphone operating systems. Ultimately, it's a race against time, and those who start early aren't guaranteed to win."

Zhao Chang'an said, "For you, the best approach would actually be to acquire a company that performs well in this area, specifically in the PAD field. Psion's EPOC operating system has been used in European railways and airports for over a decade, and their PAD sales have consistently ranked among the top three in Europe. They possess powerful and mature templates and technologies."

However, currently, besides Imagination Technologies, there's really nothing else like that in China. I certainly don't have the capability to acquire Imagination Technologies' PAD business. As for cooperation, look at all the criticisms you've leveled against Trade & Technology on BBS forums over the past year—there's absolutely no foundation of trust between the two parties. The rest is up to us to slowly explore and build the foundation ourselves. This process is extremely long and tedious; it's not like playing a game where you can just throw money at it and use acceleration packages.

Even if, as I said, you are more inclined to develop an excellent and mature OS for domestic use only, and if you can become number one in the domestic market, with 12.8 billion people, accounting for one-sixth of the world's total population, wouldn't that be enough?
Moreover, if that day really comes and so many people in China are using it, it will prove the excellence of this operating system. If you want to promote this system abroad, I will stop you.

All of this depends on strength, not on haggling and wavering when you have nothing. You've only just planted the apple tree, and you're already fighting over how to divide the fruit. The point is, you have to let the tree grow, blossom, and bear fruit before you have the right to talk about anything else.

Research and development is inherently a long and tedious process. Like the development of China's nuclear weapons and satellites, countless talented individuals gave up comfortable lives to immerse themselves in remote mountain valleys for years, even decades. Without this quiet accumulation of strength and dedication, there would be no later, magnificent achievements.

Zhao Chang'an spoke for a long time, saying that he had wanted to tell Fan Chufei and Qi Xuan'er these things for a long time, but he had never found a suitable time. Now, taking this opportunity, he simply made sure to say it all clearly and thoroughly.

His words were very clear: even if they were willing to use Qi Xuan'er's smartphone operating system on the Pro phone, the question was, could they really do it completely independently in such a short time?

If you don't have the ability, then why bother with this matter!
Furthermore, the investment in this operating system doesn't require a huge sum of money all at once. To put it bluntly, if Zhao Chang'an were to give Qi Xuan'er and Fan Chufei hundreds of millions of yuan all at once, their best option would be to deposit it in a bank and earn interest.

Because the current project team simply cannot handle such a large amount of funding.

Regardless of whether Zhao Chang'an had any hope for their research and development, the research funding he was supposed to provide never stopped, and the various benefits and treatments for the one-nanometer system were never lacking for the members of the project team. At this time, Qi Xuan'er complained that Zhao Chang'an had no confidence in them. The question is, does it matter whether Zhao Chang'an has confidence or not?
Fan Chufei looked at Zhao Chang'an driving in front, her eyes filled with contemplation.

Back then, she went abroad to study against her family's wishes. She met a male student from Taiwan at school, and after graduation, she worked with him at TSMC in Taiwan for two years. Later, they broke up due to differences in their philosophies, and she returned to work at an information technology company, and then moved to 1nm.

Even without what Su Bo said to her, Fan Chufei had already decided to leave when her contract expired.

She moved from Yanjing to Mingzhu because of the depression and restlessness in her heart, and wanted to change her environment. However, in the year or so she spent in Mingzhu, she did not feel any more relaxed. She felt that living and working were both boring and bland.

As for what she will do after resigning, she plans to become a backpacker, traveling around like Xu Xiake.

Fan Chufei actually possesses the qualities of a melancholic young woman. She enjoys writing short stories about unrequited love among urban men and women, and has collaborated with several magazines in China. Although the rate of one yuan per word is not very high, her articles are about three to five thousand or six thousand words long. The fee for one article is equivalent to one or two months' wages for an average worker.

Zhao Chang'an's words did not change her decision to resign, but at this moment she thought to herself that Zhao Chang'an was actually right.

Qi Xuan'er, after being swayed by Zhao Chang'an, was suddenly filled with excitement, as if she had been injected with chicken blood. She asked Fan Chufei in a low voice, but in a voice that everyone in the car could hear, "We're not leaving, are we? If there are hundreds of millions of mobile phones in China using our operating system, that would be really awesome. Besides, we can also go overseas and conquer new territories!"

However, Fan Chufei gently shook her head and said, "I'm already tired of this monotonous, repetitive work. I need to go out and redefine my life. Xuan'er, I have high hopes for you; you're the future mother of China's smartphone operating system." "Holy crap!"

Qi Xuan'er cursed and said dejectedly, "This is boring."

"How about going out for a trip, maybe traveling abroad?"

Zhao Chang'an asked curiously.

"I have that plan."

Fan Chufei: "I want to go to Africa, Oceania, South America, those more primitive places, to seek the relationship between humans and nature."

Zhao Chang'an burst out laughing upon hearing this.

Fan Chufei was very dissatisfied with Zhao Chang'an's attitude. She glanced at him but didn't say anything. She was just a little displeased, thinking, "What do you know about a money-grubbing businessman who only knows how to make money?"
"Does your family agree?"

Zhao Chang'an.

"I'm an adult now, so I still have that freedom."

Fan Chufei said it calmly.

“You’re a little over 1.7 meters tall, weigh less than 90 pounds, and are so beautiful with such fair skin. To be honest, if you were to film a new version of Dream of the Red Chamber, I think you would be the most suitable.”

Fan Chufei ignored Zhao Chang'an, finding his words somewhat frivolous.

Qi Xuan'er was very unhappy to hear this and said to Zhao Chang'an, "Sister Fei is beautiful, but that has nothing to do with you. Don't be so eager to please her."

"I think Qi Xuan, you may have misunderstood Zhao Chang'an. He put it rather tactfully, meaning that Fan Chufei's health is really not suitable for that kind of wilderness exploration and survival."

As Zhao Chang'an's former advisor, Wang Yu had frequent contact with him for over a year and naturally knew some of his personality. Moreover, when she was working in North America, she often went on trips and camping trips with friends.

She is 1.66 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms. Her thighs are slightly thick and strong. She participated in the school's women's soccer team in college. Sometimes she would get so tired from climbing mountains that she would collapse. Fan Chufei's figure is simply a joke.

The distant horizon is sometimes more than just poetry.