Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 680 Ideal Second Generation Launch
In mid-August, Ideal Technology awarded prizes to individuals and teams that won the company's technology awards. The award ceremony was originally scheduled for late July, but because there were too many awards and the selection required more time, it was moved to mid-August.

The award ceremony was held in the auditorium of Ideal Technology's new factory. Zhou Jing attended in person and prepared to present the special prize and first prize winners in person. The winners from Zhou Jing's company in BJ, Tangdu, and Taiwei Semiconductor in Suzhou all went to Tangdu to receive their awards. Ideal Technology opened a hotel for them and provided special cars to pick them up, showing full respect for talents.

The day before the award ceremony, Zhou Jing went to Tangdu, Yang Wenwen and her daughter returned to Yulin, and Zhou Jing went to find Chen Jiaqian.

The law firm opened by Chen Jiaqian completed its decoration and Chen Jiaqian began to recruit employees.

Zhou Jing does not personally interfere in the affairs of the law firm. Chen Jiaqian is in charge of everything from registration, decoration to recruitment. With a small goal given by Zhou Jing, Chen Jiaqian will not be short of money.

Knowing that Zhou Jing was coming, Chen Jiaqian interviewed several applicants in the afternoon and went home early to buy groceries and prepare dinner.

"Take a break first, and take anything you want to drink from the fridge."

When Zhou Jing arrived, Chen Jiaqian was busy in the kitchen. She heard Zhou Jing coming into the house and shouting at the kitchen door.

“Is the recruitment going well?”

Zhou Jing walked into the kitchen and said as he looked at the back of the girl in an apron.

"It's going well. Are you hungry?"

Chen Jiaqian's law firm mainly provides legal services for Zhou Jing's company. There is no need to collect resources, nor is there a need for many elite lawyers. Junior lawyers with ordinary bachelor's and master's degrees are enough.

"Hungry, are intellectual property and patent infringement cases a problem?"

Zhou Jing opened the refrigerator, took out a can of Sprite, took a sip and said.

"It's quite troublesome, mainly because it takes too long to collect information, obtain evidence, and conduct trials. Even if the lawsuit is successful, the compensation may not be enough to cover the cost of defending the rights. It depends on whether the infringed property rights and patents are worth pursuing."

Chen Jiaqian said while cutting vegetables.

"There are always companies that use our technology without paying royalties, which is annoying."

Zhou Jing put down the Sprite, washed his hands and helped with cooking.

"We should sue if necessary. We don't need your help."

Chen Jiaqian is not worthy of having a domineering CEO worth tens of billions of dollars help her cook for him.

"I don't like lazy eating."

Zhou Jing smiled and said.

"Then put on your apron." Chen Jiaqian took another apron and tied it on the boy and said, "Do you usually cook at home?"

"Not much. Someone at home does it. How does it feel to be your own boss?"

Zhou Jing said while looking at the girl's cheek.

"It's quite troublesome. Being your own boss is not easy. I really admire how you can manage so many large companies in an orderly manner."

When Chen Jiaqian first started setting up the law firm, she realized the tediousness of being a boss. She had to worry about big and small matters, and working and leaving get off work hours.

"The most important thing for a boss is to learn how to employ people, just like being an emperor in ancient times."

Zhou Jing said it lightly, but in reality, being a boss is not easy. To be a good boss of a technology company, one must not only know how to employ people, but also understand technology and keep learning throughout one's life.

"It is very difficult to know how to employ people and what kind of people to employ. Judging people is also a kind of ability. In ancient times, there were many incompetent emperors who could not distinguish between loyal and treacherous ministers."

Chen Jiaqian said with a smile.

"Yes." Zhou Jing scratched Chen Jiaqian's face with his fingers and said, "You look much better recently."

"I just came back and was mad at you."

Chen Jiaqian also felt that her complexion was much better recently than when she was abroad. When she was abroad, she missed the people in China. Although her mood was like a roller coaster after returning to China, it was not too bad after calming down.

"Are you still angry now?"

Zhou Jing picked up the Sprite and fed the girl a sip and said.

"Angry." Chen Jiaqian snorted in pretended anger and said, "Are you going to stay like this forever?"

"Paper cannot contain fire."

Zhou Jing has been thinking about how to let Gu Jia know.

"Are all men so fickle?"

Chen Jiaqian heated up the oil in a pan and prepared to cook.

"There are always people who are not fickle."

Zhou Jing himself is a scumbag, but he believes there are still upright gentlemen out there.

"Nine out of ten men are bad, but the other one is loved by everyone, right?"

Chen Jiaqian thought of a line of lyrics.

"more or less!"

In fact, Zhou Jing doesn't think so. Most so-called love is based on material things. How many people would like a poor, ugly D-sister, no matter how loyal he is? It's a bit extreme to prefer crying in a BMW to laughing on a bicycle, but it's very common to prefer crying in a decent house to laughing in a leaky and shabby house.

"You are the kind that everyone loves."

Chen Jiaqian is no longer an innocent girl. There are many girls who admire a boy like Zhou Jing who is as handsome as an Oppa and has both ability and money. There were many girls who liked Zhou Jing in college.

"I'm not a good man anyway."

Zhou Jing shook his head. It was much more comfortable to be a bad man than a good man. Perhaps it was the same for villains and heroes. No wonder villains were always more cool.

"You're not a bad man."

Chen Jiaqian is not trying to please boys. People like Zhou Jing cannot be judged as good or bad. He is not loyal, but he is not heartless or promiscuous, nor is he fickle. At most, he is quite ambitious.

"Stop encouraging me."

Zhou Jing said to himself that if he were not so rich, it would be unforgivable whether he married and had children with another woman behind his girlfriend's back or had an affair with another woman behind his wife's back. This is the reality. When you are strong enough, some mistakes are not considered wrong. Even if you really did something wrong, others will understand. This is the privilege of the strong.

After the meal was ready, the two of them had dinner together. Chen Jiaqian took a bite of the food and said, "I went to Normal University yesterday. It's better to go to university."

"Then you can continue your studies."

Zhou Jing looked at the girl and said.

"I mean, undergraduate studies were easy, but master's and doctoral studies were not easy at all. Do you miss college?"

Chen Jiaqian explained.

Zhou Jing said: "Nostalgia, if time could go back to my senior year of high school, I would be willing to trade everything I have now."

"Can you really bear with it?"

Chen Jiaqian couldn't think about this from Zhou Jing's perspective. Zhou Jing had to give up assets worth hundreds of billions.

"What's the use of having more money?"

"Too."

Chen Jiaqian understood Zhou Jing's character. He had no desire for consumption and had very low requirements for material life. He was not heartless or indifferent. He yearned for freedom and liked a romantic life, but he could not bear to abandon his wife who was six years older than him. Although he was young and had a net worth of hundreds of billions and was a top domestic entrepreneur, he still lived in invisible shackles.

While Zhou Jing was eating, his cell phone rang. It was Gu Jia calling. Zhou Jing did not panic, nor did he answer the call in front of Chen Jiaqian. Instead, he walked out of the restaurant leisurely and answered it.

Chen Jiaqian guessed it was Gu Jia after listening to their conversation. She felt sad and didn't make any noise on purpose. She ate quietly by herself. Accustomed to her current identity, Chen Jiaqian accepted it silently. Anyway, she and Zhou Jing had never broken up, so strictly speaking, she was not a third party.

Gu Jia called and talked about some company matters, then hung up.

"You're so calm, aren't you nervous at all?"

Chen Jiaqian looked at Zhou Jing who was calm and composed and said.

"Nervous, what do you think I should do?"

Zhou Jing sat down and continued eating. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous at all. A few days ago, Zhou Jing had revealed some information about Chen Jiaqian to Gu Jia.

"I do not know."

Chen Jiaqian rolled her eyes and said. "."

Zhou Jing stayed with Chen Jiaqian at night. When night fell, the two sat on the roof of the villa and enjoyed the evening breeze.

The next morning, Zhou Jing went to Ideal Technology and preparations for the award ceremony began. While Zhou Jing was back, Ideal Technology held the launch ceremony of the Ideal 2 smartphone in the office of the smartphone R&D department. After everything was ready, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went to attend the ceremony. All members of the team responsible for the development of Ideal gathered in the conference room.

"Boss Zhou, Boss Bai."

Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao arrived at the office, and the others sat down at their seats and calmed down.

"The first and second generation of Ideal were both very successful. This is just the beginning for us. If the next generation does not do well, all the previous efforts will be wasted. We must maintain the seriousness and rigor of the beginning for each generation. The goal of the second generation of Ideal is to consolidate the market between 2,500 and 3,000, and prepare for the third generation to impact the market above 3,000. Therefore, based on the performance improvement, the second generation of Ideal can only be better than the first generation in all aspects, not worse."

Zhou Jing went straight to the point and emphasized the research and development requirements for the second generation of Ideal.

Listening to Zhou Jing's speech, the others took note of the key points carefully. The members of the Ideal II R&D team are all technical elites of Ideal Technology's smartphone R&D department. They have first-class academic qualifications and abilities. Some of them are older than Zhou Jing, and some are younger than Zhou Jing. They are not at all slack in front of their boss Zhou Jing.

After the Ideal II R&D launch ceremony, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao returned to the office.

“Do you feel the difference between our latest screen and Samsung’s screen is obvious?”

Bai Xiyao took out two Imagine 1s, one with a screen developed by the domestic Ideal Technology and the other with a Samsung screen.

Zhou Jing tapped the screen with his fingernails, pressed and scratched it with moderate force, opened the phone to feel the color of the screen and said, "Not obvious, how is the hardness?"

"Ours is more durable, and the next generation of self-developed products should be able to meet the requirements of mobile phones priced between 2,000 and 2,500 yuan."

Bai Xiyao said confidently.

The company's technology award ceremony was held in the afternoon. After the ceremony, Zhou Jing stayed in Tangdu for two days and then returned to BJ.

BJ's company was also quite busy in August. Chuangzhi Technology was working on many projects. The top priority at the moment was to cooperate with Ideal Technology to test the Ideal II smartphone and develop software and systems for the new smartphone series LeXiang. LeXiang was the series decided by Zhou Jing in July, positioned as a low-end phone priced at seven or eight hundred yuan.

Currently, Ideal Technology is developing or preparing to develop the following smartphones: the LeXiang series, Changxiang series, Ideal series, LightEnjoy series and PureEnjoy series, as well as a new sub-brand, Xingyue phones. LeXiang, Changxiang, Ideal and LightEnjoy have all entered the R&D cycle, PureEnjoy is in the testing phase, and the Xingyue series is waiting for the right opportunity.

"Pornhub's application for listing has been approved, and it will soon become a listed company. Do you know when the stock price will rise or fall after the company goes public?"

In the car, Gu Jia reported to Zhou Jing.

"Just intervene and operate."

Zhou Jing will not manipulate the stocks of his own company. What he holds are original shares and he has no intention of cashing out, so it does not matter whether the price goes up or not.

"I got a dividend from investing in that movie last year. I made less than two million. How was it?"

Gu Jia said with a smile.

"good."

Zhou Jing didn't have high hopes for the movie. It was good enough to make more than one million from an investment of five million.

Gu Jia asked, "Are you still planning to invest in film and television?"

“Invest if there is a suitable one.”

For Zhou Jing, investing in anything is the same, it’s just a matter of maintaining the operation of Jinlin Capital.

"Brother is finally back. Zhou Zhou thinks of you eight hundred times a day."

After returning home, Wu Yuan walked towards Zhou Jing with her child and said.

"Dad~"

The little girl hugged Zhou Jing's legs and cried.

"What's wrong? Who bullied Zhou Zhou?"

Zhou Jing picked up his daughter and said.

"I miss my dad~"

Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes, and her aggrieved expression was heartbreaking.

"Daddy misses Zhou Zhou too. Let daddy kiss your cheek."

Zhou Jing wiped the little girl's tears from his own face and said.

The little girl obediently put her face close to Zhou Jing's mouth.

Zhou Jing kissed the little girl on the cheek and carried her into the house. He said to his cousin behind him, "How is your life at work?"

“It’s more fulfilling than being in school.”

Wu Yuan has finished her freshman year. The internships during the winter and summer vacations made her realize the boredom and lack of freedom of work. Thinking that this is life after graduation, she feels that both going to school and working are quite boring.

"Working is also a part of life. Have you decided whether to take the postgraduate entrance examination?"

Gu Jia said after parking the car and returning to the house.

"No test."

In the past, she always thought that the purpose of going to school was to get a better class. Wu Yuan felt that life was just like that and there was no need to waste time on postgraduate studies. Anyway, she wouldn't have to worry about finding a job as she had her cousin's support.

Zhou Jing went to the bedroom on the second floor to change clothes, took the child in his arms, went to the bedroom and put the child on the bed. He noticed the small red spots on the child's white and tender feet from mosquito bites, and gently scratched them and said, "What's wrong with your feet?"

"Bugs bite~"

The little girl's feet were itchy, so she grabbed Zhou Jing's hand and put it on the small red spots.

"Bad bug, how dare you bite Zhou Zhou."

Zhou Jing scratched it and took his hand away.

The little girl grabbed Zhou Jing's hand again and placed it on her feet.

"The more I scratch, the more itchy it gets. I can't eat my feet after applying the medicine. Does it hurt?"

Zhou Jing rubbed some toilet water on the child's feet and scratched the red spots with his fingernails in the shape of a cross.

"No~" the little girl shook her head, looked at her feet and said, "Bad bug, daddy will beat the bug~"

"If children don't wash their feet, hands or faces, bugs will bite them more. Will they wash their feet properly in the future?"

Zhou Jing said as he changed his clothes.

"Well, Dad, I want to see ducks~"

Without waiting for Zhou Jing to change his clothes, the little girl climbed on top of him.

"After dinner, Dad will show you."

Zhou Jing quickly changed his clothes and took the child to the first floor to eat.

Gu Jia prepared meals for Zhou Jing and took the child to feed her. While feeding the child, she watched Zhou Jing eat. She had originally planned to wean the child in August, but the child would pester Zhou Jing for food whether he was hungry or not. Gu Jia couldn't bear not to let Zhou Jing eat because he was crying.

“Ready to invest in logistics?”

Gu Jia said as he ate a small piece of watermelon.

“Just a token of my appreciation.”

Zhou Jing had no intention of getting involved in the logistics industry. He looked down upon the profits in the industry. A few days ago, Liu from JD.com invited Zhou Jing to invest in logistics. Zhou Jing made a symbolic investment of 500 to 600 million yuan. 500 to 600 million yuan is a small amount for Zhou Jing, but it is not a small amount for JD.com Logistics.

In the future, Zhou Jing plans to develop his own urban logistics, using stores covering all city-level cities across the country. When consumers place an order for Ideal Technology's products, Ideal Technology will arrange for the nearest offline store to pick up the goods and deliver them to their doorsteps, which can be done quickly and safely.

"I remember you said you knew a girl who studied law in college. Is she the one who opened a law firm?"

Gu Jia recalled the gossip she had about Zhou Jing’s college life and asked curiously.

"Yes, she came back from studying abroad and wanted to work as a legal officer in the company. I asked her to let me open a law firm."

Zhou Jing said with a little hesitation while drinking porridge.

Gu Jia understood Zhou Jing's intentions. He must have been worried that she would misunderstand and that was why he didn't let the girl come to the company.

(End of this chapter)