Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 203: Trouble and Fu Youyou

The transformation from keypad phones to flat-screen phones was a design and industrial revolution in the communications field. To give a hardware example, the change from resistive to capacitive touchscreens to a small glass panel involved more than just changes in touch sensitivity.

It's also more fragile.

"Fragile? Is that a good thing?"

After listening to Xia An's long-winded explanation of the technical details, Liu Xiao only half understood and asked a question.

Xia An laughed and said, "Fragile means frequent replacement and repair. That's called the mobile phone backend industry, think of car dealerships."

One of Nokia's globally renowned selling points is its durability; it can even crack walnuts.

Xia An was very clear that things that are too durable have a low repurchase rate. In the future, mobile phones will be very valuable, especially for Chinese people, who like to protect good things as if they were good things, which will lead to the development of various accessory industries around mobile phones.

From an industrial aesthetics design perspective, the general trend is for mobile phone bodies to become thinner and lighter. Our large protective case directly exposes the designers' true intentions.

"Furthermore, software, especially open, ecological, and integrated software functions, is more in line with future development trends. In the future, everyone will be an internet user, which is a huge and immeasurable market. With the upgrading of communication technology and the popularization of terminal devices, the evolution of software towards vertical applications is an unstoppable trend."

When it was time for the bar's resident singer to take the stage, Xia An took a sip of his drink and said, "I was talking about Renren. These two words have a huge meaning, encompassing all future business models. Of course, this is just my personal understanding. Just take it as a joke, Brother Liu."

Liu Xiao gave a wry smile: "Don't even mention listening to this for fun, I don't understand it at all. Fine, you're the boss, just tell me straight, what kind of project do you want to work on?"

"Big data".

Liu Xiao pondered it, but didn't understand.

"Not hardware?"

"No, you can think of it as a research center."

"Is scientific research... very expensive? Is there a budget?"

Xia An glanced at the flashing stage lights and nodded wistfully: "The first phase doesn't need much. I want to apply to the government for a building, not too big, and the location doesn't need to be too good. As for funding... let's go with the maximum amount, and I will also continue to invest in it myself."

Liu Xiao frowned and said, "Continue? You mean this project won't yield results in the short term?"

Xia An nodded: "Not for at least five years."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiao was in a dilemma. It would be difficult to explain this to his superiors, even though it was hard to say who would be in charge five years later.

Xia An could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression.

"I need time to wait for the software and hardware to be in place; this cannot be accomplished by one place or one company."

4G and gigabit fiber optics are the minimum performance requirements for big data applications.

Putting everything else aside, the future leader is still just a workshop right now.

"But once the time is right, this technology will be the foundation for setting trends."

"Guidance? Foundation?"

Liu Xiao repeated the sentence, meaning: Is it really that exaggerated?
Xia An nodded: "I think so."

"It's you again," Liu Xiao thought, opening another bottle of wine without asking any more questions.

Looking intently at Xia An, he asked one last question.

"Five years? Do you think you can stay in power for five years?"

This is also a question that many people at the official level are most concerned about. It's a well-worn topic. Geniuses are not uncommon, but the phenomenon of "the tragic loss of talent" is the most common in the world.

To become famous overnight and then continue to rise in popularity is a miracle, something that has been rare throughout history.

Xia An raised her glass and smiled: "I'll try my best."

Liu Xiao smacked his lips and clinked glasses with him.

He deeply understands the personality of people who start from scratch and rely on their own abilities. Such people are often easy to talk to on the surface, but in reality, they have clear bottom lines and are stubborn.

To put it bluntly, they appear all smiles and obedient on the surface, but secretly they still do as they please.

Stubborn and self-willed sounds bad, but it is indeed a fact.

The saying goes, "One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers." Leaving aside the role of the team, the direction is entirely in the hands of the individual.

He achieved brilliant success, and all the credit goes to him.

When things fail, it's usually due to the individual's arbitrary and autocratic decision-making.

Liu Xiao asked him to produce a project proposal.

"It would be best to finalize it before the end of the year. After the new year, there might be some personnel changes at my superiors."

Xia An said, "It's already in the process, and it will be submitted within a week."

Liu Xiao said no more and glanced at his watch.

"It's almost time. I have to go entertain my boss. You sit down. I have a card for this restaurant. If you drink any more, it'll be on the tab."

It's the end of the year, and officials of all ranks have to visit each other and attend many banquets.

When Xia An came, he gave Liu Xiao five large-value gift cards for a candy store, each worth 20,000 yuan, for him to use himself or give as gifts to friends and superiors. He was to pay for the meal. Anyway...

After Liu Xiao got up and left, Xia An looked around at the environment of the quiet little bar. It was really stylish, and the wine was not only inexpensive, but it was also all genuine.

Although it's small and quite secluded, it's packed with customers. Not a single table has been turned over since he entered, clearly indicating that they're all regulars.

The crucial point is that Xia An and his two generations lived by the sea, yet they were completely unaware of this place.

The resident singer was a girl with a husky voice.

Bars generally prefer to hire singers with this kind of voice; the general public loves to listen to it and finds it emotionally resonant.

The female singer can sing English songs, one after another. You can tell from her pronunciation that she didn't learn it; she's naturally good at English.

Xia An was completely absorbed in the song "Yesterday Once More" that was being sung.

Just then, a tall girl in a gray trench coat walked in through the door. Her long hair was wrapped in a hand-knitted scarf, her face was red from the cold, and she was carrying a small handbag.

Xia An was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled.

The girl looked around at the empty seats and was taken aback when she saw Xia An.

Xia An waved to her, and the other woman didn't hesitate and sat down directly.

"This is the first time I've seen you here."

Zhou Yitong said as she took off her scarf.

Xia An raised her hand to call the waiter over, ordered a few more snacks, and asked, "Sitting down so casually, I guess you don't have any plans. Could you drink less?"

Zhou Yitong smiled slightly and said to the waiter, "One dozen Budweiser."

Xia An: "Wow."

After the waiter left, Xia An said, "This is indeed my first time here, but you seem to be a regular customer?"

Zhou Yitong even took off her trench coat, revealing a beige turtleneck sweater underneath, the kind that's fitted and shaping.

She tied her hair up with her arms raised and said, "Not really, I've only been in Binhai for a few days. Even if I'm an old customer, I'm still a new customer. A female leader in the bank told me that this place has a good environment, so I came to try it out and got hooked."

Xia An laughed and asked, "Are you addicted to drinking or listening to music?"

Zhou Yitong said, "Yes, I have both."

Xia An asked, "Why don't you go out with your friends? We met last week, and you said you were going to treat some girls from the sales office to dinner."

Xia An became an overnight sensation on Weibo at the beginning of the month, and Zhou Yitong, who had just joined the company, also knew about it.

She hesitated for a full two weeks before daring to take the plunge and invite him to dinner.

Xia An agreed immediately, but they didn't eat. The last time they met, Xia An went to the coffee shop downstairs in the branch and chatted with her for a while. It wasn't that he was arrogant, but he was just too busy in the previous period.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yitong paused, a wry smile appearing on her face, and simply said, "Everyone is busy, and they don't really like to go out at night."

Upon hearing this, Xia An understood immediately.

From a bank manager to a real estate agent, after only a short time together, instead of being reinstated, he rose to an even higher position. This kind of change is hard for the young women to accept.

If you're not doing well, everyone will ask you how you're doing. You can also be doing well, even better than me, but not too much better, otherwise how will you make friends?
Especially among close female friends, class consistency is very important.

As a result, Miss Zhou was left alone.

"You come here every day after get off work to kill time?"

Xia An handed her a bottle of wine and they clinked glasses.

Zhou Yitong drank half a bottle from the bottle, seemingly very thirsty. Holding the bottle, she smiled and said, "When the heart is at peace, everything is serene; when the heart is agitated, worldly dust arises. Let all the turmoil be released into tranquility. Living a peaceful life like this is not bad at all; I quite like it."

"He's a master of life."

Xia An smiled and nodded, offering a compliment.

Zhou Yitong laughed and said, "So this is what a life expert looks like? What about you? You should be very busy these days, how come you have time to come to a place like this and just daydream?"

"I came to talk to the leader about something, and after we finished, he left. I took the opportunity to relax."

"Then you're just taking a break from your busy schedule, while I'm genuinely free."

Seeing Xia An laugh, Zhou Yitong also chuckled. After thinking for a moment, she asked a step further: "Are there still people who dare not take Boss Xia seriously?"

Xia An waved his hand and briefly explained that he needed to work on a project, and that a friend of his was in charge of that area.

"The National Development and Reform Commission? From Binhai?"

Zhou Yitong asked in a strange way.

Xia An nodded.

Zhou Yitong laughed: "That's quite a coincidence. When it comes to approving the loan, it will still go through our bank."

(End of this chapter)