The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 201 The Headache of the Superior

As they talked, the atmosphere in the computer room became tense.

Isn't this tantamount to looking down on their game R&D center?
Zhang Weiguo said first: "That's right, without you, we still have completed the game programming, right?"

"Yes, you have been learning from us these days." Zhang Kai agreed.

It's just one exam that I beat them in. Do you really think you can always be better than them?

Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel, Li Mu said in a deep voice: "What are you arguing about? Be quiet first!"

There is no doubt that his words carried great weight in everyone's heart. For a moment, no one dared to speak and they all looked at him.

Seeing this, Li Mucai continued:
"Do you think game programming is a simple thing?"

“You think it’s easy because researchers from the Semiconductor Research Institute have solved the most difficult parts for you.”

"If you guys are really capable, finish Tank Battle and compete with each other in research and development!"

……

Back to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

The handheld game console here had already been upgraded after the chip manufacturing process was improved, and Li Mu didn't even have to worry about it.

It took a while to load the game onto the handheld.

Looking at the lit screen and running game, everyone smiled with ease.

Since then, the development of the handheld game console has been a complete success!

Huang Kun walked forward with the brand new handheld game console and said, "How about giving it a name? The game also needs a name."

"Just call it a handheld game console. It's simple and clear. There's no need to change it. As for the game..." Li Mu paused, then said, "Let's call it Puzzle Cube."

After all, the game is sold overseas, and calling it Xiaguo Cube will increase the difficulty of future sales.

Just call it Puzzle Cube to point out the main function of this game.

Huang Kun and the others nodded in agreement after hearing this: "This is a good name, let's call it Puzzle Cube!"

……

Afterwards, Wu Youxiang heard the news and came over soon. He looked at the completed handheld game console and listened to the startup music. He was filled with joy and said:
"Success! Finally succeeded!"

"Director Wu, please contact the First Ministry of Machine Building as soon as possible to put the handheld game console into production as soon as possible. Also, please contact the Foreign Trade Commission and contact foreign countries as early as possible to do a good job of publicity." Li Mu reminded.

The successful development of a handheld game console is only the first step.

Whether it can be sold and how well it is sold is the most important thing.

Hearing this, Wu Youxiang said immediately: "Okay, okay, I'll go right away, right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode out of the laboratory with nimble hands and feet.

……

Afterwards, Li Mu held a small celebration banquet in the cafeteria.

Two pots of braised pork and a large plate of poached chicken made everyone's mouths drool.

At this moment, Huang Kun suddenly said, "It's really a good idea for you to transfer people to the game development center of Beijing Institute of Technology. Our game development pressure will be much less in the future!"

The other researchers paused and nodded in agreement.

We have to continue optimizing supercomputing software while also taking into account game research and development tasks.

This is a huge challenge to their energy.

Not everyone can stay in the laboratory like Li Mu every day except for eating and sleeping, and occasionally take a day or two off, and then come back to continue his research full of energy.

"I was worried about your ideas. After all, you put in so much effort in the early stages, but in the end you didn't witness the moment of success." Li Mu said.

"How is that possible!" Everyone looked at each other and laughed, saying, "As long as it can be successful, why bother about whether there is a personal witness or not."

This sentence made Li Mu stunned for a moment, and he had a deeper understanding of the simplicity and innocence of people of this era.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand and said directly: "Add another pot of braised pork feet!"

"Consultant Li is so generous!" Upon hearing this, everyone cheered.

……

On this side, Wu Youxiang first went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and informed Guo Mo of the successful development of the handheld game console.

The latter immediately picked up the phone and called the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Foreign Trade Commission.

Soon, Leader Qiu and Dong Huaxing arrived together.

Before I even entered the door, I heard Leader Qiu's loud laughter: "Old Guo, you are really a timely rain. I was worried that the construction speed of the factory has slowed down recently."

"I am not worthy of this. Li Mu is the timely rain." Guo Mo stood up to greet him.

He invited the two to sit on the sofa in the office before continuing, "Now that the handheld game console has been successfully developed, the remaining issues are production and sales. This all depends on you to complete."

"Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem with sales. With our current channel influence overseas, we will have no worries about sales!" Dong Huaxing immediately assured.

Everyone who does business with them now knows that the semiconductor industrial products produced by Xia Country are good things. They can sell electronic watches even at such a high price, not to mention handheld game consoles.

Leader Qiu said happily: "I will personally supervise the factory and ensure that it goes into production as soon as possible with guaranteed quality and quantity, and there will be absolutely no problems."

When the handheld game console went into production, the ones that benefited the most were first the Foreign Trade Commission and then the Ministry of First Machine Building.

Not only did it solve the employment target problem assigned by higher authorities, but factories were also built one after another, and the profits were extremely high. These were real political achievements.

"However, we still want to learn from Li Mu on sales strategy. I wonder if he has time?" Dong Huaxing said on the side.

Products such as air fryers and programmable digital switches are hot-selling abroad, all thanks to Li Mu's excellent sales strategy. At least, his strategy is the key to their hot sales.

Guo Mo didn't say anything, but just looked at Wu Youxiang standing beside him.

"He isn't busy with his research lately..." the latter said in surprise.

Dong Huaxing was instantly overjoyed: "That's settled!"

……

After the successful development of the handheld game console, Li Mu continued with other research and development work.

However, considering the need to cultivate researchers' independent research capabilities, he strictly controls time and never stays in each laboratory for more than an hour, leaving when the time is up.

After a while, the people below understood this point and would only ask him the most difficult problems that they had tried to solve many times without success.

But this is clearly not enough.

So he talked to Wang Shoujue and asked for a day off.

……

Walk out of Wang Shoujue’s office.

Li Mu tightened his collar. The winter in Kyoto was getting colder and colder. Even wearing a thick cotton coat, he still couldn't resist the pressing chill.

He went downstairs and first went to see Wang Ya's D-bullet trajectory computer optimization group. Seeing that she was working very hard, he did not disturb her.

After watching quietly for a while and about to leave, I suddenly bumped into Professor Zhuang who was returning with a stack of experimental data.

Professor Zhuang asked curiously, "What are you standing outside for? If you want to go in, just go in."

"It's okay, I just came to take a look." Li Mu waved his hand and was about to leave, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Wang Ya had raised her head.

"Are you here to see Wang Ya?" Professor Zhuang smiled teasingly, then walked into the laboratory and said a few words to Wang Ya, who then walked out.

She asked puzzledly, "Why are you here? Professor Zhuang suddenly gave me a day off. Is there something wrong?" Li Mu first looked at Professor Zhuang who gave him a knowing look, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

He said, “I just came to see you, I didn’t mean to disturb you.

"But since we're on vacation now, how about going out for a walk together?"

At this time, he definitely couldn't ask Wang Ya to go back and continue her research, and he didn't want to do that.

"Okay~" Wang Ya nodded gently. Her little face was red because of the cold weather, which made her look especially cute.

Like a ripe apple, it makes you want to take a bite.

Li Mu smiled and took her hand. The latter struggled shyly for a moment, then let him hold her hand.

Feeling the warmth of his palm, Wang Ya's face became even redder.

……

Afterwards, the two left the Semiconductor Research Institute.

It's freezing cold and there's nowhere to go.

If I go home, no matter where I go, I can't avoid being nagged.

There is less than a month left until the wedding, and both families are now busy making preparations, which will inevitably involve a lot of chores.

Of course, everyone knows that they are busy with work, so neither Grandma Li nor Wang Ya’s mother will disturb them if they can.

But a few naggings are always unavoidable.

After thinking about it, Li Mu took Wang Ya to the purchasing and marketing cooperative first, bought some pork, mutton and vegetables, and then walked towards the special building.

……

After being checked by the guards, the two walked into the special building.

Just as he was about to go in, he suddenly ran into the director of the Department of Geophysics at HKUST, Zhao Jiuzhang.

Seeing Li Mu and Wang Ya, he walked up to them with a smile and said, "Hey, it's so rare to meet you in the special building. Are you not busy with your research?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Ya beside him, thinking that they were truly a perfect match.

"I'm not that busy at the moment, so I thought of coming over to take a look. I don't know if the teacher is here." Li Mu said with a smile.

He had a very good impression of Zhao Jiuzhang and was very enthusiastic.

However, when he thought about what happened to the other party later, he couldn't help but sigh.

If possible, he must find a way to protect these important scientists.

"That's a coincidence. He happened to be at home today. I went to look for him too." Zhao Jiuzhang said, then looked at the things they were holding and said with a smile, "It seems I'm in for a treat."

When Li Mu heard that Master Qian Wu was at home, his eyes lit up. Now he didn't have to worry about his trip being in vain.

……

Soon, the three of them came to the door of Master Qian Wu's house while chatting and laughing.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door twice. After a while, the door was opened with a creaky sound, and a burly boy came out from behind the door.

After seeing the three people clearly, he immediately ran back to the house and shouted loudly: "Dad, Uncle Zhao, Brother Li Mu, and Sister Wang Ya are here."

Hearing the noise, Jiang Ying came out first. She greeted Zhao Jiuzhang first, then looked at the things in Li Mu and Wang Ya's hands, and couldn't help but nagging again:
"You're here, why did you bring so much meat? How could you be missing a bite to eat?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jiuzhang on the side suddenly laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, don't you know how big his appetite is? He is well-known in Beijing Institute of Technology and University of Science and Technology. He can eat as much as more than a dozen people in one meal."

"Ah, no way, he can really eat so much, are you kidding?" Jiang Ying looked at Li Mu with suspicion. She believed that there was someone who could eat enough for seven or eight people in one meal.

But feeding more than a dozen people is a bit too much.

Li Mu, in particular, had a very well-proportioned body shape, and did not have the physique of a big eater at all.

"Ahem, Master's wife, what Director Zhao said is right. It's true." Li Mu was exposed and did not continue to hide it.

Jiang Ying then said doubtfully:
"So you didn't eat enough the last few times you came here?"

"That won't do. If you're not full, just tell me. How can I let you go hungry?"

"Your teacher is reading in the study room. Go over there first. I'll go cook now and make sure you have enough to eat today."

"No need, Master's wife, I'll just eat something casually. I'll go to the cafeteria to eat more when I get back." Li Mu said quickly.

If I want him to eat enough, I may have to wait until the afternoon to prepare the meal.

But Jiang Ying ignored him, turned around and walked into the kitchen.

"I'll go help the master's wife." Seeing this, Wang Ya took the meat and vegetables from Li Mu's hands and quickly followed.

Zhao Jiuzhang realized that he had said something wrong and said with shame: "It turns out that they don't know that you eat a lot. It was me who said too much."

He thought Jiang Ying should know that Li Mu ate a lot.

After all, every time Li Mu had to eat the food of more than a dozen people in the cafeteria to be full. Even if he was restrained in Master Qian Wu's house, he was at least a big eater in the eyes of others.

Now it seems that I always leave on an empty stomach.

"It's okay, Director Zhao, I'll just bring more cooked food next time to save your wife the trouble." Li Mu thought for a while and then said.

Now that it has been exposed, we might as well go with the flow.

And with the excuse of eating a lot, he can bring more food in the future and won't be nagged by Jiang Ying and Master Qian Wu anymore.

Hearing this, Zhao Jiuzhang couldn't help but remind him: "Buy your own cooked food, is your salary enough?"

"You're going to start a family soon, so you need to learn how to be frugal."

He knew that Li Mu worked as a consultant in several research institutes and earned a salary no less than theirs.

But cooked food is not cheap. Without school reimbursement, it would cost at least ten or twenty yuan to buy enough for Li Mu to have a meal.

"Don't worry, it's enough." Li Mu smiled slightly. Not to mention the special allowance from the Foreign Trade Commission, even the salary is enough.

And he has completed so much research, he will definitely be rewarded.

Don't even think about getting promoted given your age and length of service, but increasing your salary shouldn't be a big problem.

I just don’t know what’s going on. The supercomputing has been successful for quite some time, but there’s still no news of the reward.

……

What Li Mu didn’t know was that this matter was actually a headache for his superiors as well.

Cloth coupons, grain coupons, meat coupons, these rewards have been given out countless times, and when they are given out as rewards again, it is inevitable that people will feel that it is a bit perfunctory.

In the courtyard, Secretary Song looked at his superior sitting in front of a stone bench and worried. He suggested, "Leader, why don't we just increase Li Mu's salary level?"

"It's possible to raise his salary level, but his current salary already adds up to more than 300 yuan. If he raises it further, people might gossip about him. The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind!" said the superior, shaking his head.

To upgrade your salary level, it will definitely not be as little as one or two levels, it must start at at least three levels.

If the technician's salary standard is raised to level 10, it will be 86.5 yuan per month, and if the administrative level is raised to level 19, it will be 78 yuan per month.

All in all, Li Mu’s monthly salary was as much as 502 yuan.

This figure even exceeds the salaries of all leaders.

If it's too eye-catching, it won't be a good thing for Li Mu.

Thanks to "You are the sand that cannot be held" for giving 200 points
Thanks to "花似雪雪非花" for giving 100 points
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