Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman

A week later, Li Xiao called back to say that the appointment was made, and Lin Ying dragged her suitcase to the living room early the next morning.

The box contained several sets of clothes, two notebooks, a stack of television industry materials, and copies of mainland investment documents that Shen Yanwen had just compiled.

Lin Lanying came out of the kitchen and saw her about to leave again: "Didn't you say you were going to take a few days off after the New Year? You've only been off for a few days?"

Lin Ying zipped up her jacket: "I've been resting for two months. I'm just going to ask about some technical information. I'll be back soon."

"You always say it'll be quick," Lin Lanying said, stuffing a box of pastries into her bag. "But it always ends up taking either half a month or a month."

"I really won't this time."

He Dazhu came in from the garden: "Sister, do you want me to take you home?"

"No need, Ah-Qian will take me to the airport."

Lin Qian was sitting at the dining table eating noodles: "When did I agree to that?"

Lin Ying looked at him: "Now."

Lin Qian put down his chopsticks: "Sis, I have to go back to the law firm this afternoon."

"My flight is in the morning, so I can go back to work right after dropping you off."

"Your arrangement is so thoughtful, it leaves me no room to refuse."

Half an hour later, Lin Qian drove Lin Ying to the airport; the car was Lin Ying's Bentley, and Lin Qian drove carefully, his hands on the steering wheel looking very serious.

Lin Ying sat in the passenger seat, flipping through the documents in her hand.

Halfway there, Lin Qian asked, "Sis, are you really going to make TV?"

"Um."

"The toy factory isn't even fully stable yet, and now the TV is here. Are you planning to split yourself into several parts?"

"I don't care about the daily routines; someone else does."

You mean Chen Guodong?

"right."

Lin Qian thought for a moment: "That person seems alright. Wouldn't there be any risks in making him the legal representative?"

"The contract will be clearly written. He will keep the company seal initially and retrieve it later. Cinda Yongdao will oversee the finances, and Shen Yanwen will handle the legal matters. There shouldn't be any major problems."

Lin Qian clicked his tongue: "You, you even have to arrange everything for your own brother."

"If you're willing to help me, I can arrange it for you."

"No!" Lin Qian immediately refused. "I've just sorted things out with my lawyer and want to enjoy some personal life. I don't want to work with a workaholic like you."

Lin Ying........

Upon arriving at the airport, Lin Qian parked the car and helped her take her suitcase down.

Lin Ying took the suitcase and then remembered something: "Oh right, take my car in for maintenance this week; the maintenance slip is in the glove box, and the appointment number is on it too."

"Sis, I just dropped you off at the airport, I didn't take over your car concierge job."

"Aren't you going to open this weekend?"

Lin Qian immediately changed his question: "When will you deliver it?"

"Before this Friday."

"Okay, I'll drive you; I'm willing to put in the effort so I can drive on the weekend."

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The plane landed in Beijing in the afternoon.

Lin Ying dragged her luggage out of the airport and went to the service counter to get a local SIM card.

The sales clerk looked at her Hong Kong ID card, and the process was a bit slow. She flipped through it several times to confirm: "Miss, you need to register temporary contact information."

"Can."

"Would you like to pick a number?"

"No need, as long as I can make phone calls, that's fine."

The sales clerk gave her a card, which Lin Ying immediately put into her phone. After turning it on, she waited half a minute before a signal came through.

She dialed Li Xiao directly, and the phone rang a few times before being answered.

"Who is it?"

"Brother Li, this is Lin Ying."

"Lin Ying? You've arrived in Beijing so quickly? Why didn't you tell me? I would have come pick you up!"

"I can walk by myself, it's not like it's my first time here."

Where are you now?

"Airport."

Li Xiao sighed, "You really are... You wait here, I'll drive over and pick you up."

"No need to trouble yourself, I'll just take a taxi."

"Don't take a taxi. You're not part of the station anymore, so you don't know some of the rules still apply. I'll drive there; it'll take half an hour."

Lin Ying had no choice but to agree.

Half an hour later, a gray sedan stopped outside the airport.

Li Xiao came in person, dressed casually and carrying a bottle of water. As soon as he saw Lin Ying, he joked, "Miss Lin, it's been a long time. I'm glad you haven't forgotten me."

"I won't forget."

"You haven't forgotten? You hardly ever even make a phone call."

"Long-distance travel is expensive."

Li Xiao looked at him incredulously: "My God, you're telling me you're broke now?"

Lin Ying took the water: "I'm used to saving."

Li Xiao helped her put the box into the trunk, saying as she closed the door, "I've already reported it to D3 Institute. If it's just about publicly available technology and industry information, it shouldn't be a big problem; don't touch anything classified."

"I know the rules."

After driving into the city of Beijing, Lin Ying first went to a nearby hotel to drop off her luggage.

The next morning, Li Xiao took her to Institute D3, located on the outskirts of the Science and Technology Innovation City.

The D3 Institute and the D6 Institute are separated by two roads. The building is older, and the sign at the entrance reads "D3 Display and Image Technology Research Institute".

As soon as Lin Ying entered the lobby, she heard someone call her name: "Lin Ying?"

She turned around and saw Liu Yang standing at the bottom of the stairs, holding a stack of documents.

Liu Yang was a bit darker than when he was a graduate student, his hair was shorter, and he was wearing a white lab coat: "So you finally decided to show up!"

Lin Ying greeted him with a smile, "Liu Yang, long time no see."

Liu Yang put the documents on the table next to him and walked over: "You left so suddenly, didn't you? Back then, you were supposed to be transferred to work on a project, but you disappeared. Your dorm bed was empty. Sun Miaoshu thought you had been abducted by aliens."

"It's not that exaggerated."

"What do you mean you didn't? You didn't even show up for your thesis defense, and Professor Gu even handed out your graduation certificate on your behalf; our class reunion was missing you, and Chen Jian said that he finally doesn't have to live in the shadow of being number one anymore."

"Is he doing well now?"

"It's good. I went to an automation company in Nangang. I work overtime every day, the salary is good, but I look like I'm about to die."

Lin Ying was also curious about why Liu Yang was there: "What about you? What are you doing in D3?"

"It was assigned here." Liu Yang patted his chest. "Now I'm doing image signal processing, dealing with circuit boards and debugging equipment every day. Three-phase electricity isn't as scary as it used to be."

Li Xiao interjected from the side, "Alright, we can catch up later. I'll take some people to see Engineer Wen first."

Liu Yang immediately said, "Engineer Wen is in the lab today, but he has a strange temper, so be careful."

Lin Ying asked curiously, "How old is Engineer Wen?"

"Twenty-two."

Lin Ying was somewhat surprised: "Twenty-two?"

"Yes, he's two years younger than you; he came from the gifted youth program, graduated with a bachelor's degree at seventeen, a master's degree at eighteen, and is now a core researcher in the field of color display at D3 Institute."

Li Xiao nodded: "His name is Wen Xu. He's very smart, but he can be a bit impolite when he speaks."

Liu Yang complained, "It's not sometimes, it's often."

The three of them arrived at the laboratory on the third floor. As soon as they pushed open the door, they saw several disassembled television prototypes inside, and circuit boards, oscilloscopes, and blueprints were scattered all over the table.

A young man sat at the lab bench, measuring signals with a probe; he was wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his hair was a little messy, and the notebook in front of him was filled with formulas and parameters.

Li Xiao knocked on the door: "Wen Xu."

The boy, without looking at them, said, "Wait a minute."

A minute later, he put the probe down, wrote two more numbers in his notebook, and then looked over.

He spotted Lin Ying immediately and asked Li Xiao, "Is this the Hong Kong investor you mentioned?"

Li Xiao coughed slightly: "Lin Ying is also a former researcher at Institute D6."

Wen Xu looked at Lin Ying: "You're not that Li..."

Li Xiao immediately interrupted, "Ahem!"

Wen Xu immediately changed his address: "Lin Ying".

Lin Ying smiled and extended her hand: "Hello, Engineer Wen."

Wen Xu stood up and shook her hand: "You want to work in television?"

"right."

"What price range are you targeting? Low-end for volume, mid-range for home use, or high-end displays?"

"Mid-to-high end".

Wen Xu looked at her and said, "The current domestic consumption level can't support anything too high-end."

"Therefore, the first generation cannot be ridiculously expensive. The price must be lower than imported models, and the quality must be better than low-end domestic models."

Wen Xu: "It seems you've looked into this market; which part are you interested in? CRT, horizontal and vertical scanning, power supply, image decoding, or overall system reliability?"

Lin Ying opened her notebook: "I want to know about everything, but let's start with the parts that are most prone to breaking down in the market."

Wen Xu smiled and said, "Your approach is good."

Liu Yang crossed his arms, looking like he had goosebumps: "Oh no, Engineer Wen praised someone too much. The sun is in the wrong direction today."

Wen Xu picked up a blueprint and slammed it on the table: "Liu Yang, the capacitor you soldered backwards last time is still in my drawer. I can take it out anytime to remember you."

Liu Yang immediately shut up: "I'll shut up."

Lin Ying sat down and opened her notebook.

Wen Xu took a pen and circled a few spots on the drawing: "The biggest problem with domestically produced TVs right now is not whether they can turn on, but how long they can stay on without breaking down; power supply design, heat dissipation, and component consistency are the three most critical issues."

Lin Ying asked, "What if we controlled the supply chain from the very beginning of building the factory?"

Wen Xu looked up: "You have money?"

"There are some."

How many?

Li Xiao reminded him from the side, "Engineer Wen, don't ask about his wallet right away."

Wen Xu was very direct: "If you don't ask about money when doing technical work, the plans are all empty words."

Lin Ying thought for a moment: "One hundred million RMB for the first phase."

Liu Yang?! : "How much?"

"One hundred million."

Liu Yang sighed, "Lin Ying, did you hide things from us too well when you were in school?"

Lin Ying........

Wen Xu sat down in a chair: "That's negotiable; one hundred million is enough to build a decent production line and a small R&D center. But if you want to catch up with imported machines within three years, the money isn't enough."

"That's why I'm looking for someone."

Wen Xu looked at her: "Who are you looking for?"

Lin Ying smiled and said, "Let's start with you."