King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

Upon arriving at Building No. 3, Zhao Xiaobo was led to a room where Chen Jianghe, Li Mingyuan, and a middle-aged man were sitting.

Zhou Yuguang gestured for Zhao Xiaobo to sit down opposite him, then walked around the table and sat down next to Chen Jianghe.

Chen Jianghe said expressionlessly, "Old Zhao, let me introduce you first. This is Attorney Song, the legal counsel for Tiangong Group."

Zhao Xiaobo sneered, "Old Chen, how come I've never heard of Tiangong hiring a legal advisor?"

As Zhao Xiaobo said, this "Lawyer Song" was not a lawyer.

He is an associate professor at the University of Political Science and Law. He met Chen Jianghe many years ago during a lawsuit between Tian Gong and Zhong Chaohui.

He was one of the few people Chen Jianghe knew but Zhao Xiaobo did not.

The incident happened so suddenly that Chen Jianghe was reminded by the police after they called the police that such matters should be handled by a lawyer.

During the New Year's Day holiday, not knowing where to contact a lawyer, I had no choice but to contact Associate Professor Song.

Chen Jianghe didn't want to get entangled with Zhao Xiaobo, so he said bluntly, "Old Zhao, you've violated the company's strategic decisions."

"Conducting business activities without the company's approval, privately contacting the company's channel agents, and reselling goods of dubious origin for your personal profit."

"Your actions have seriously damaged the vital interests and corporate image of Tiangong Group."

"After deliberation by the company's leadership, it has been decided that, effective December 31, 1993, your employment contract with Tiangong Group will be terminated, and you will be dismissed from Tiangong Group."

"Your personal belongings will be sorted and handed over to you by the administration department."

"From this moment forward, you have absolutely no connection with Tiangong Group!"

Zhao Xiaobo jumped to his feet, pointed at Chen Jianghe, and shouted, "Nonsense!"

"You didn't do any investigation at all; you have no idea what the truth is! And of course, you don't care about the truth!"

Sitting to the side, Zhou Yuguang couldn't help but chime in, "Then tell me, what's the truth?"

Chen Jianghe immediately turned his head and glared at Zhou Yuguang.

Zhou Yuguang seemed to understand something immediately and lowered his head.

Zhao Xiaobo continued, "What do you mean by 'allegedly'? Where's the evidence? Did I embezzle company funds or not?"

"I'm telling you, no! The money for this batch of goods came from two computer companies in Shenzhen, and they raised over ten million yuan for me."

"Furthermore, these two companies have absolutely no connection with Tiangong! I haven't touched a single penny of Tiangong's funds, and I absolutely won't!"

Li Mingyuan couldn't help but glance at Chen Jianghe, only to find him completely unmoved.

Zhao Xiaobo continued, "That's right, I did violate your decision, I did do it without your approval, and I did contact Tiangong's agents privately."

"But I'm doing this for one purpose only: to prove with facts that your decision, Chen Jianghe, was wrong, and to prove that this deal should and could have been done!"

"I want you to see with your own eyes that this shipment can be cleared away very quickly and cleanly."

"In fact, there is no risk of price drop or even being unable to sell what you described."

"Users who bought the AST386 because it was cheap would not have bought the much more expensive new model, the Xuanyuan 486, in the first place."

"These are completely different customer groups, so Mr. Chen, your worries are entirely unnecessary!"

"You're lying! It's all just excuses!"

Chen Jianghe finally lost his temper. "You're doing this for your own personal gain, putting the company in danger!"

"To profit myself? Where's the evidence?"

"I've already discussed it with those two friends. Once this deal is done, I'll return all the money they raised to them, and at most, I'll pay them some interest over time."

"As for the profits, I will hand them all over to the company; I will not take a single penny for myself."

"Like I said before, my goal is to prove to everyone that I'm better at business than you, Chen Jianghe!"

Chen Jianghe immediately stood up: "I'll ask you the same question in return, where's the evidence?"

"These are all just your side of the story, maybe with the addition of your two friends. Do you think anyone will believe you?"

"These were all fabricated by you after things were exposed!"

"Businessmen are profit-driven. Why would your friend take such a huge risk and provide you with tens of millions in working capital just for a little interest?"

"You said you would hand over the profits, but when you did this, you even avoided Tiangong's subsidiaries and joint ventures, and only traded with pure agents."

"All the funds are circulating off-the-books; who would believe you'll actually hand the money over to the company?"

Chen Jianghe tried his best to calm himself down and continued, "Even if we take a step back and consider your motives, you have already admitted that the whole process was a series of serious violations and even illegal acts."

"Your actions have harmed the company, and your dismissal is entirely justified!"

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Upon hearing this, both Zhou Yuguang and Li Mingyuan lowered their heads!

Just moments before, they had been speculating that perhaps there was a misunderstanding.

Perhaps Zhao Xiaobo can truly prove himself, and that he was not after that million-plus yuan.

But by this time, they had completely realized what was happening!

In fact, there is no truth to the whole matter.

Even if the truth is indeed as Zhao Xiaobo said, and it was truly just to prove that he was superior to Chen Jianghe…

Precisely because of this, Zhao Xiaobo had absolutely no hope of survival at Tiangong!

His fate today was sealed long ago!

At this moment, Zhao Xiaobo seemed to suddenly understand something!

He then calmly sat down opposite Chen Jianghe again.

He said somewhat sadly, "Brother Jianghe, have you forgotten? How many years have we been together?"

From the Xuanyuan Card to the Pangu Card, and then to the Xuanyuan Microcomputer…

"Don't you remember how many ups and downs we've been through together?"

"That's right, we've had some disagreements on some things over the past two years, but that just proves that we complement each other rather than overlap."

"There are always differing opinions; perhaps that's a good thing for Tiangong!"

"After all these years, don't you understand me at all?"

"Are you really going to kick me, Zhao Xiaobo, out of Tiangong?"

"Brother Jianghe, even though we're sitting face-to-face across the table right now..."

"But it's completely different now compared to when we were living in tin shacks and factories in Huilongguan..."

"Our hearts are too far apart now..."

Chen Jianghe said expressionlessly, "Xiao Bo, you can rest assured about one thing: your name will definitely be recorded in the annals of Tiangong in the future."

"Your dedication and contributions to the Tiangong project are evident to all."

"You and I both treat Tiangong like our own son, and we both know how difficult it has been for Tiangong to get to where it is today."

"That's why you should understand why I did this."

"Back in the Zhongguancun electronics market, I was willing to fight those people to the death with a wrench for Tiangong..."

"Just as before, I will show no mercy to anything that could jeopardize the survival and development of Tiangong, no matter who it is!"

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