You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 535

Early in the morning, before seven o'clock, Qin Shaoyan arrived at the Sentinel Technology Headquarters.

Unlike the usual pace of starting work at 9 o'clock, all employees in the company arrived early today.

The entire company was cleaned thoroughly, and the employees who used to be unkempt tidied themselves up and put on clean and tidy clothes.

Zhang Pingyi put on a suit and sat upright on the sofa in Qin Shaoyan's office.

But after a while he couldn't help asking, "Do you know what time the leader will come?"

Qin Shaoyan glanced at him and said, "Calm down. How could I know the leader's specific schedule so clearly?"

Zhang Pingyi said anxiously, "Will he not come?"

"It's very possible." Qin Shaoyan answered very calmly, "The leader has a lot of things to do. If there is any emergency, he may cancel the inspection. It is also possible that he will go to another place for inspection on a whim."

Zhang Pingyi showed a disappointed expression, "I was hoping to take a photo with you."

"Just wait." Qin Shaoyan let out a long breath, "Xiao Chen, notify them to get back to work and don't be absent-minded."

That's what they say, but I guess it's hard for the employees to listen.

Government workers came to inspect a few days ago, and someone came to inspect again early this morning. This scene made everyone very curious.

Everyone knew that a leader might come to inspect, but they didn't know who it was, and they didn't dare to gossip openly, so they had to inquire secretly.

By nine o'clock in the morning, Qin Shaoyan began to feel anxious, with a mixture of fear and nervousness in his heart.

He was not good at speaking, and he kept thinking about what to say when he met his leader, but he was not sure.

After thinking for a long time, I finally decided to take it one step at a time and answer whatever the leader asks.

After all, leaders are not investors, so they can’t just say whatever they want.

When Qin Shaoyan was daydreaming, the phone in his hand suddenly rang. He immediately picked it up and answered it. He was startled at first, then said calmly, "Okay, I understand."

"Is there any new news?" Zhang Pingyi asked immediately.

"The leader has gone to Jingdong Mall." Qin Shaoyan let out a long sigh after hanging up the phone, "I guess he will come to our place next."

Zhang Pingyi stood up subconsciously. The headquarters of Jingdong Mall was very close to Sentinel Technology, and it wouldn't take long to drive over.

"Sit down first. You didn't come that fast. You will probably have to stay in Jingdong Mall for a while." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand.

Zhang Pingyi sat down again.

An hour later, Qin Shaoyan received another call, "Here I come."

Zhang Pingyi stood up and walked out.

Qin Shaoyan slowly straightened his clothes, then rushed to Zhang Pingyi in a few steps.

The company's door was pushed open, and several young men in suits walked in first.

Afterwards, the big leader walked in surrounded by staff.

Qin Shaoyan also saw the somewhat inconspicuous Zhang Wanli in the crowd, following behind with a serious expression.

Warm applause and cheers immediately broke out in the company. The bespectacled leader smiled amiably and waved his arms to greet the people around him.

"Hello, comrades."

The big leader looked around the crowd, then saw Qin Shaoyan standing at the front, and stretched out his hand.

Qin Shaoyan shook hands with the leader, "Hello, leader."

"You must be Qin Shaoyan." The big boss said with a smile, "You are very famous. I have seen you in the newspaper."

Qin Shaoyan smiled awkwardly, "That's all just empty reputation."

"That's not an empty reputation. You have done a lot of real work." The big leader said with appreciation, "You donated money and materials, and contributed manpower and effort, which reflects your sense of social responsibility."

"This is what I should do. As an entrepreneur, I should give back to society at the appropriate time," Qin Shaoyan said modestly.

"You are so young but have such high ideological awareness, which is very good." The senior leader looked around and said, "The Internet is a high-tech industry and an emerging industry. The practitioners I see in this industry are all young people, full of vigor and vitality, which shows that the Internet is the future."

"They all say that you are the person who understands the Internet best. You have opened up many new Internet fields and have made a lot of achievements in the Internet field abroad."

"I don't deserve the title of knowing the most about the Internet. In fact, there are so many talented people in this industry, and I am not better than others." Qin Shaoyan smiled shyly, "I am just a little bolder than others, tried more new things, and took one step ahead of others."

The leader smiled gently and said, "Young people should be brave enough to try and not be afraid of making mistakes."

“The key to many things is to take one more step than others. It is this critical step that leads to a breakthrough.”

The big boss walked inside as he spoke, stopped at a workstation and talked to a young programmer.

Qin Shaoyan introduced the company's main business and gave a brief account of the campus network and Weibo.

The big boss listened with great interest and even checked his Weibo.

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for a long time and did not dare to say that he would give the leader an account on behalf of the company and employees.

Giving away chat tool accounts is fine, but giving away Weibo accounts is a bit... unnecessary.

The leader turned around and suddenly saw a dozen middle-aged people in their thirties or nearly forties in the crowd.

These middle-aged men were wearing washed-out gray-blue work clothes and looked a little embarrassed. Although they also had work badges hanging around their necks, their image and temperament seemed out of place compared to the young people around them who were wearing suits and plaid shirts.

The big boss asked curiously: "They are also employees of your company."

"They are from our company." Zhang Pingyi said quickly, "They are new employees who are still in the training period. They belong to the customer service department and the supervision department."

“Mainly responsible for collecting user feedback and reviewing and handling information that violates regulations and laws on social platforms.”

Qin Shaoyan added, "They were laid-off workers before. The Customer Service Department and the Supervision Department are basically re-employed laid-off workers and disabled people."

The big boss was a little surprised, then he immediately stepped forward and shook hands with these people cordially, and began to ask about their situations and how their families were doing.

The new employee was a little excited and said quickly: "It was very difficult before, but it is much better now, thanks to President Qin for finding work for us." "Do you have any other difficulties?" the big leader asked kindly.

"Nothing, I just can't keep up with the training." The new employee said a little embarrassedly, "I'm old, and I learn things slowly."

"You are in your prime, how can you be considered old?" the senior leader encouraged. "Re-employment after being laid off is a difficult process. It is said that every new job is like a mountain. When you enter a new industry, you have to learn everything from scratch, especially in high-tech industries such as the Internet. There is indeed a threshold for learning."

"But I believe that you will be able to keep up the good work and create new glories in new industries and new positions."

Warm applause broke out immediately. The leader waved his hand and said humorously, "I've also been learning how to use the Internet recently. It's really not easy."

Qin Shaoyan said beside him: "We will increase the training time and simplify the operations at work to make it easier for new employees to adapt."

The big boss nodded, and then said, "Let's go to the customer service department."

The staff member next to him whispered something in the ear of the big leader, who hesitated for two seconds and said, "It's still early, let's take a closer look here."

After saying that, the leader walked towards the customer service department under the leadership of Zhang Pingyi.

Qin Shaoyan followed behind and looked at Zhang Wanli in the crowd. They nodded in greeting without saying anything.

The big boss walked around the customer service department and the supervisory department, shook hands with the employees there, gave a speech to encourage them, and asked about the living conditions of some employees.

"There are quite a few disabled employees in your customer service department," the senior leader asked.

"There are more than a dozen." Qin Shaoyan replied, "When we set up the customer service department, I specifically requested that we recruit more laid-off workers and disabled people if conditions permit."

"Because the work is simple and can be started after training, it can reduce the burden on their families."

"Our company has a special car that takes employees to and from get off work every day, which makes it more convenient for employees."

"We are considering allowing employees to work online when the business matures, so that employees can work directly from home."

"Well, you did a great job." The big leader praised.
"Technology is people-oriented. The better the technology develops, the more convenient our lives will be." Qin Shaoyan replied, "The development of technology will bring more convenience to the people, which is also the significance of the development of the Internet industry."

"The speed of the Internet in our country is very fast, and the number of Internet users is increasing. The development of the Internet will penetrate into every aspect of ordinary people's lives and affect everyone's life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation."

"You are very optimistic." The senior leader laughed. "Computers are indeed becoming more and more popular. In the future, every household will have a computer, just like televisions. Only then will the Internet be truly mature."

"Maybe in a few years, computers will be out of date." Qin Shaoyan said casually.

"Hey, why do you say that?" the big boss asked in surprise.

Qin Shaoyan was a little embarrassed, "This is just an immature idea of ​​mine."

"It's okay, we can just chat and you can say whatever you want," the big boss said encouragingly.

Qin Shaoyan took out a mobile phone from his pocket. "This is a smart phone we developed ourselves. It can realize basic Internet functions through the mobile network, including browsing the web, chatting, watching videos, etc."

"Hmm?" The big boss took the smartphone curiously, then looked at Qin Shaoyan's dazzling operations on it and said with interest, "This is equivalent to a microcomputer."

"The leader is wise." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Smartphones can realize many functions of current computers. They are small in size and easy to carry."

"In the future, everyone will have a smartphone, which is equivalent to carrying a miniature computer with them, allowing them to surf the Internet anytime and anywhere."

"Not bad, not bad." The senior leader took the smartphone and examined it for a while. "Did you develop this yourself?"

"Yes, we developed it ourselves." Qin Shaoyan replied, "This is just a prototype, not a finished product. The operating system and software on it are also our own."

When the senior leader heard that the operating system was also developed by ourselves, his eyes lit up immediately, "Great, great, you did a great job in independent research and development."

"When your phone goes on the market, I will buy one."

"The product is not mature yet. It will take another one or two years." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "By that time, the 4G network will be mature and the infrastructure conditions for promoting smartphones will be in place."

The senior leader took the smartphone and studied it carefully, kept asking some detailed questions, and praised it with great satisfaction.

Qin Shaoyan glanced at the photographers around him and his heart was filled with joy.

The leaders then visited Qin Shaoyan’s company’s AI R&D center and game R&D center, and watched several stand-alone games under development.

Finally, they arrived at the conference room. All the other outsiders had left, leaving only the top leaders and a few staff members. There were only Qin Shaoyan and Zhang Pingyi from Sentinel Technology.

The senior leader said with a smile on his face: "Before, our domestic Internet construction has always lagged behind the world, but after today's visit, I found that our Internet industry has caught up with and even surpassed the United States."

"As a leader in the Internet industry, what are your thoughts?"

"This..." Qin Shaoyan hesitated.

"It's okay, just say whatever you think." The big boss said encouragingly, "Don't worry about anything."

Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds. "I have been in the Internet industry for five years. I have worked in many companies and tried many fields. Not only did I start an Internet company in China, I also created two social platforms and a video website in the United States."

"After learning about the Internet industries in China and the United States, I have thought about a lot of things in the past two years."

"As for my experience, there isn't much new." Qin Shaoyan changed the subject, "But I think there are two things I can say."

"One is Internet governance, and the other is Internet sovereignty."

"Internet sovereignty?" The senior leader was a little surprised. He was surprised that Qin Shaoyan would think about this area. "How did you think of this?"

Qin Shaoyan said sincerely: "Because I have run social platforms in both China and the United States, I have found many problems during the operation process."

"The Internet is a virtual space. With the rapid development of the Internet, many relevant laws and regulations have not kept up, resulting in the Internet becoming a lawless place."

"On the Internet, everyone hides behind computers, and many people show the evil of human nature unscrupulously, giving rise to many new crimes. Many criminals also put illegal things on the Internet, taking advantage of the convenience and concealment of the Internet to carry out illegal activities."

The big boss didn't say anything, and the staff around him kept taking notes in their notebooks with pens.

Qin Shaoyan continued, "The Internet breaks the limitations of real geography. In theory, it allows people all over the world to communicate and interact online. No matter where you are on the planet, as long as there is an Internet connection, you can communicate."

"The Internet has no sovereign boundaries and allows people from all over the world to communicate, but people who use the Internet are divided by country and ethnicity."

“Beyond that there are differences in ideology.”

(End of this chapter)