Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 609: The Thoughtful Bai Girlfriend

The next day, December 29th, Bai Xiyao was busy discussing matters with another company and could not leave, so she arranged for the human resources manager Zhao Hongrui to pick up Zhou Jing at the airport.

"Mr. Zhou, shall we go eat first?"

The human resources director of Ideal Technology is a lady in her thirties who used to work in HR. She is very pretty and thirty is the age when one still has charm. After meeting Zhou Jing, Zhao Hongrui respectfully took over Zhou Jing's suitcase and pushed it.

"No, go back to the company."

Although it is a nice thing to have a young woman accompany him for dinner, Zhou Jing is still not used to it. He is more accustomed to eating with his bestie Bai or Liu Hanyu.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, please get in the car."

When they arrived at the car, Zhao Hongrui opened the door of the presidential seat first. After Zhou Jing got in, she gently closed the door, then put the suitcase in the trunk, walked to the front, got in the car and drove.

After Zhao Hongrui got in the car, she unscrewed the bottle of water she had bought earlier and handed it to Zhou Jing: "Mr. Zhou, have some water."

Zhou Jing took the water, took a sip and put the cap on. There was nothing to talk about with Zhao Hongrui, so Zhou Jing sent a message to Gu Jia and another message to Yang Wenwen. He squinted his eyes. Last night, the child woke up in the middle of the night and ate milk and didn't sleep, so he tossed and turned until very late. When he arrived at Ideal Technology Co., Ltd., Zhou Jing got off the car and went to the office.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

Bai Xiyao was waiting in the office and said to him.

"No, how are the preparations for the annual meeting going?"

Zhou Jing threw the information about the smart phone developed by Chuangzhi Technology to her bestie Bai.

"Everything is ready. Let's take a break and have dinner?"

Bai Xiyao flipped through the information and spoke as she read it.

"Just eat something in the cafeteria. Is there any food in the cafeteria at this time?"

Zhou Jing was too lazy to go out for a meal as the area near his company was remote and there wasn't much good food.

"If you want to eat, we have it." Bai Xiyao looked at the research and development materials and said, "The software must be designed by the creative team. It's really wonderful."

"Industry specializing in surgery."

Zhou Jing smiled and said that software development is the capital of Chuangzhi Technology.

Bai Xiyao asked: "How is the agreement on cooperating with Huawei to develop the operating system going?"

Zhou Jing said: "Basically there is no problem. The funds will be split 50-50, and the core and infrastructure will be shared permanently."

“How much money can we save by splitting the funds 50-50?”

What Bai Xiyao cares most about is the substantial benefits that the cooperation will bring to her own company, and the most practical benefit is of course money.

"It's hard to estimate how much money will be invested in total." Zhou Jing shook his head and said, "Taiwei Semiconductor can also cooperate with Huawei. We will arrange for Taiwei Semiconductor personnel to visit HiSilicon for exchanges next year."

"Okay." Bai Xiyao nodded and said, "According to gossip, Huawei's new generation of chip research and development is going well. If Huawei phones use its own chips, will it have a big impact on the chip supply chain?"

"The impact is certain, but it will not affect us in the short term."

Zhou Jing is not worried that other competitors will complete the independent research and development of mid-to-high-end mobile phone chips first.

Even after the chip is developed, there will be an optimization process.

If the impact on the supply chain is not taken into account, Ideal Technology's Tianji chip is expected to be installed in the low-end series in 15. Under the condition of high and stable mobile phone sales share, it will only take two to three years for the chip to iterate from low-end to mid-to-high-end. In other words, Ideal's entire smartphone series can gradually replace its self-developed chips in 17. However, this timing is awkward. If the Tianji chip develops smoothly, it is likely to be suppressed in 18.

"The research institute at Taiwei is going very smoothly. This month, they have mastered two relatively important technologies, which are crucial for subsequent research."

Bai Xiyao opened the safe and took out the technical data of Taiwei Semiconductor Research Institute and gave it to Zhou Jing.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a nine-story tower begins with a pile of earth. I would like to give this sentence to the institute.”

Zhou Jing said with a smile.

Bai Xiyao said: "Okay, which ancient text does this sentence come from?"

"Tao Te Ching."

"Okay, I forgot it completely. I thought it was in the Tengwang Pavilion Preface or Yueyang Tower Records."

Bai Xiyao took a piece of paper, wrote down "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, a nine-story tower starts with a pile of earth - Zhou", took a photo and sent it to the director of Taiwei Semiconductor Research Institute.

"slacker student."

Zhou Jing kicked Bai’s best friend’s calf and said.

"I, a poor student, did better than you in Chinese in the college entrance examination. I scored 125 points in Chinese. How about you?"

Bai Xiyao said with a snort.

"I forgot. Can you recite the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng now?"

Zhou Jing said calmly.

Bai Xiyao recalled the vague memories in her mind and said, "What was the first sentence?"

"Autumn of the fourth year of Qingli."

Zhou Jing reminded.

"It was in the spring of the fourth year of the Qingli reign. In the spring of the fourth year of the Qingli reign, Teng Zijing was exiled to Baling County. The next year, the government was in order and the people were in harmony. Everything was revived, so he rebuilt the building. This is the Yueyang Tower Record."

Bai Xiyao was speechless, she was led astray without even realizing it.

"So what if I did well in the exam?"

Zhou Jing also realized it later.

"Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng." Bai Xiyao looked it up on the computer. "Yuzhang is the old prefecture, Hongdu is the new capital, the stars are divided into Ji and Zhen, and the land is connected to Heng and Lu. This is indeed not easy to memorize. It is a bit awkward to read it aloud. I don't know how you memorized it back then. Did you learn it secretly from me?"

"I studied openly, but you just didn't see it. I did homework during self-study classes and I also went to the classroom to study on weekends."

Zhou Jing is not the kind of person who studies in secret.

After all, the class teacher is Yang Wenwen. How could Zhou Jing just lie down and do nothing when Yang Wenwen is watching him every day?

"Are you going to rent a house and go home to study after evening self-study in your senior year?"

Looking back on high school, Bai Xiyao realized that her best friend was definitely not a poor student who had given up on life. During breaks, when she passed by her best friend's classroom, she could see him studying.

"I don't study when I go home. I never stayed up late in high school, and I never stayed up late in college, except for all-nighters."

Zhou Jing shook his head and said.

When Zhou Jing was in the first and second year of high school, he lived in the dormitory, and the dormitory students had to attend three evening self-study classes. In the third year of high school, Zhou Jing rented a house outside the school and went to school as a day student. Day students did not have to attend the third evening self-study class, but Yang Wenwen would still keep an eye on Zhou Jing and make him attend three evening self-study classes.

“It has to be said that people’s IQs are different.”

After taking a break in the office, Bai Xiyao accompanied Zhou Jing to the cafeteria for lunch.

There was no fast food in the company cafeteria at around two o'clock in the afternoon. Zhou Jing ordered a stir-fried dish and Bai Xiyao ordered another. The chairman was having a meal, so the cafeteria staff did not dare to be careless and ordered the chef to cook it carefully.

Bai Xiyao smiled and said, "After learning that they can get dividends, the offline store staff worked very hard."

Zhou Jing is no exception.

"The second phase of offline stores have been renovated, and staff training will be completed next month to prepare for opening. We have added 173 new stores, plus the previous 657, for a total of 830 stores, with a total of more than staff, basically covering all cities and counties with good economic development in the country."

Bai Xiyao said as she looked at the file on her phone.

“When will the expanded factory employee dormitory be put into use?”

Zhou Jing nodded and said.

Bai Xiyao said: "The living area is scheduled to be put into use in mid-March next year, and we will start recruiting personnel for advance training once the living area is put into use."

"it is good."

What Zhou Jing wanted to say was to train the personnel needed for the expansion of the factory in advance, and he wouldn't need to worry about it once Bai Guimi had made the plan.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Bai, enjoy your meal. Please let me know if you need anything."

The canteen manager personally brought the food to the table. In addition to the two dishes ordered by Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao, the canteen also prepared a separate soup. "It's okay, go get busy!"

Bai Xiyao looked at the cafeteria manager and said.

After the canteen manager left, Zhou Jing picked up his chopsticks and started eating. The dishes were cooked very well, and both the taste and cleanliness were much better than those in the small restaurants outside.

"Mr. Zhou has worked so hard that he is only eating now."

"Mr. Zhou is so successful and still works so hard. What right do we ordinary people have to not work hard?"

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Employees who were eating or shopping in the cafeteria saw Zhou Jing whispering.

“It’s also a great pleasure to give money to employees.”

Bai Xiyao was not sad about the 1 billion yuan in year-end dividends. Instead, she felt refreshed. She was worried that the employees would be sad if they lost too much cash, otherwise it would have felt even better to use the cash to form a wall to distribute dividends at the annual meeting.

"It's a big deal. How many people will be attending the annual meeting in person tonight?"

Zhou Jing gave her best friend a thumbs up.

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"More than 600 people, all from the company headquarters, the company's administrative shifts, the workshop day shifts and off-shifts. Other research institutes were too scattered and no one was invited."

Things like the annual meeting should be treated as a company team-building event. Other research institutes will arrange their own dinner parties, with the expenses paid by Ideal Technology.

Zhou Jing thought so too. The annual meeting of Chuangzhi Technology Headquarters did not invite personnel from the joint research institutes of the three universities in BJ. It would be inevitable that they would feel uncomfortable if they were invited because they are not familiar with the company. Moreover, not everyone likes to participate in company activities. Some people may not be able to arrange their time. Adults with children are busy enough with work and taking care of the family.

"Boss Zhou and Boss Bai are eating now?"

A female employee got her meal and sat down at the table next to Zhou Jing and said.

"Um, night shift?"

Zhou Jing could tell from the girl's expression that she had been staying up all night.

"Well, tonight is the third night shift, and I'll be off tomorrow."

Although the girl worked the night shift, she was looking forward to having two days off after tonight.

Ideal Technology has four shifts and three rotations. The shift system is three night shifts followed by one day off, then three day shifts, the third day shift and a night shift, and then two days off after three night shifts. Overall, the shift system is more humane, and the benefits of the night and mid-shift shifts are also good. Among the same shift systems, there are not many that are more humane than Ideal Technology.

"Where is your home?"

Zhou Jing moved his dish to the middle so that the girl could eat with it.

"Jin Province. I heard that Mr. Zhou's hometown is Qing County. My home is only separated from Qing County by the Yellow River. I have been to Yuanjiagou and the county seat of Qing County from the Yellow River Bridge before."

The girl seemed quite talkative and was not at all shy in front of the chairman and vice chairman.

"That's pretty close. Did you go to university in Tangdu?"

Noticing that Bai Xiyao was indicating soup with her eyes, Zhou Jing asked the staff to bring an empty bowl, thinking that Bai's best friend was quite thoughtful.

"I studied in Tangdu, but Mr. Zhou may not have heard of my university. It's City College. I graduated last year."

When talking about academic qualifications, the girl said with some self-mockery.

"I've heard of it. Jiaotong University City College and Mr. Bai are alumni."

Zhou Jing glanced at Bai Xiyao and said.

"Really?"

The girl couldn't believe that she and the company's vice chairman were college classmates.

"I graduated a year earlier than you, and started following Mr. Zhou in my senior year."

The staff brought the bowl, and Bai Xiyao personally scooped a bowl of soup for the employee and junior.

"Thank you, Mr. Bai, thank you, Mr. Zhou. Were Mr. Zhou and Mr. Bai classmates in high school?"

The deputy boss personally scooped soup for her, and the girl was flattered. Both the boss and the deputy boss were so approachable and considerate of their subordinates.

"A high school."

Bai Xiyao told the truth.

The girl felt in her heart that it was true that if you can't succeed, you should follow someone who can. A senior girl who was one year older than her and studied in the same university as her high school classmate became the vice chairman of a company with assets of over 100 billion yuan before she was 25 years old, and she was also a partner who owned 30% of the company's shares. She was so enviable.

"Eat slowly."

After Zhou Jing finished eating, Bai Xiyao told the employees to stand up.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Bai, take care."

Watching the boss and deputy boss leave, the girl thought that she would continue to work at Ideal Technology in the future.

“How should we adjust the R&D budget for next year?”

Bai Xiyao said after leaving the cafeteria.

"First, decide on 35 billion."

Zhou Jing thought for a while and said, R&D expenses should be included in product costs, and product prices need to be adjusted based on R&D budget and sales volume. Annual budgeting costs is a very complicated matter.

The reason why Ideal Technology's net profit is so high this year is mainly due to two reasons. The first is the explosive sales of products. The second is that the budget for product research and development was low at the beginning of this year. In addition, the R&D budget was adjusted and R&D investment was increased since the third quarter. The total R&D funds invested this year are only more than 17 billion.

Increasing the R&D budget by 35 billion next year does not put much pressure on Ideal Technology at the moment, but it will be a huge test on product sales. The huge R&D investment requires huge sales to balance it.

Bai Xiyao said: "Ideal traditional mobile phones have almost monopolized the traditional mobile phone market, and the price does not need to be adjusted. How can the price of smart phones be adjusted?"

"The prices of Ideal 1 and Changxiang 1 should be appropriately reduced. The launch price of Ideal 1s is set at 2799, with a starting price of 3299 overseas. The launch price of Changxiang 1s is set at 1299, with a starting price of 1599 overseas. Don't destroy the price just to boost sales. Price protection for digital products is also a form of marketing."

Zhou Jing is very calm now. He is taking advantage of the software system to establish the price and brand. When the Android system is optimized to the extreme, the software system advantage of Ideal Phone will gradually be lost. When competitors are almost catching up, it is time for Tiantu system to start exerting its strength.

“I admire your foresight.”

Bai Xiyao sincerely admired him. Price protection for digital products cannot be ignored. The emergence of smart phones has accelerated the replacement of mobile phones, but mobile phones are not just general consumer products after all. If a brand of mobile phone is priced at 2599 when it is launched, and the old model drops in price in less than half a year or before the new product of the same series is released, it will have a great impact on the brand image. Consumers may wait and wait for price cuts over time.

"It's hard to build a brand, but it's easy to destroy a brand. Stick to making high-quality products."

After returning to the office to rest until around four o'clock, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went to the hotel where the annual meeting was held first. Bai Xiyao contacted Liu Hanyu and asked Liu Hanyu to hitchhike with them.

It is quite far from the hotel, so the company has chartered buses for the employees, and several buses are already parked outside the company.

"Are you driving or accompanying Liu Hanyu?"

Bai Xiyao drove her Bentley Flying Spur to the company gate and said with a smile.

"drive."

Zhou Jing thought it would be better to drive with Liu Hanyu.

"Are you busy lately?"

Liu Hanyu went to the dormitory to change her clothes, and came out and said to Zhou Jing.

"I'm used to being busy. Please get in the car, beautiful lady."

After Zhou Jing put his suitcase in the trunk, he opened the door for the girl and said.

"I don't deserve it, thank you, boss."

The boss opened the car door himself. Liu Hanyu said in her heart that such a domineering president was really a girl's ideal life. He was capable, handsome, young and considerate. It was a pity that he was someone else's domineering president.

“Serving the employees.”

Zhou Jing got in the car, turned on the navigation and set off.

"What a great boss. By the way, my supervisor is pregnant and is hesitant to decide whether to take leave to have the baby and then return to her position because she is worried that she will be replaced. In this case, will the end of maternity leave affect her position?"

Liu Hanyu is more concerned about this matter with her superior. Since her superior has taken leave, the company should let her take over temporarily.

(End of this chapter)