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

The day the contract was signed, Lin Ying didn't rush back to Hong Kong.

Li Xiao led her to complete the accommodation procedures, and also processed the key and access card at the same time: "The dormitory conditions here are not bad, it's just that there are not many people living here."

Lin Ying took it and saw that it was a single room, similar to D6; it had a bed, a table, a wardrobe, a private bathroom, and a small balcony outside.

She had just put her bag down when she heard a knock at the door next door.

Li Xiao: "Your neighbor is Wenxu."

"What a coincidence?"

"It's not a coincidence, this floor was originally intended for key project personnel," Li said with a smile. "You two are both important people, so it's more convenient for you to live closer together."

Lin Ying thought about it and it worked; if she was working on something until midnight, she could just knock on the door and ask, saving her the trouble of running back and forth.

She spread out her luggage, sat on the edge of the bed, and then remembered that she should call home. Lin Ying looked at the phone on the table, pondered for a while, and finally dialed back to Hong Kong.

The phone rang a few times, and Lin Lanying answered it quickly.

"Feed?"

"Mommy, it's me."

Lin Lanying immediately asked, "Have you arrived yet? Have you eaten? How's your accommodation?"

"We've arrived, and the accommodation has been arranged. It's a single room, which is quite convenient."

Lin Lanying seemed satisfied: "That's good. When are you coming back this time?"

Lin Ying didn't say anything.

Lin Lanying immediately became alert: "Lin Ying, don't stay silent! If you don't speak, I'll know something's wrong."

Lin Ying had no choice but to say, "I probably won't be able to go back for the next six months."

Sure enough, the next second, Lin Lanying shouted, "I knew it! If you go back to Beijing, you won't be back for at least a year and a half!"

"Mommy, I really didn't mean to do it this time."

"When did you do it on purpose? You always have an excuse!"

"This time it's about television; I'm investing 100 million to build a factory. The factory needs to be built, the production line needs to be bought, and the television itself needs to be researched." Lin Ying quickly continued, "There are ready-made people, laboratories, and equipment here; if I were to build a whole new system myself, the research alone would cost an extra 70 to 80 million, and it might not even be usable immediately."

Lin Lanying's attitude softened slightly upon hearing about money: "Seventy or eighty million? Just for those machines?"

"Yes, and it's not just machines; it also requires people, testing environments, and all sorts of materials."

Lin Lanying sighed, "I don't understand these things. Anyway, you say it's to save money, so let's save money then."

Lin Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Lanying then asked, "Do you have enough clothes? I'll send you a few boxes."

"No need, it's not convenient to store too many things here. I'll just buy a few sets myself when I'm on break."

"What kind of clothes do you buy? You always buy the same black, white, and gray clothes."

"Black, white, and gray are good; they don't get dirty easily."

"You're such a grown girl, and you keep saying 'I don't care' all the time. It's so hard for me to teach you!"

Lin Ying laughed at her words: "I know, I'll try to buy some with colors."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ying went downstairs to the cafeteria for lunch.

The D3 cafeteria is a bit smaller than the D6 cafeteria, but the food is decent. She ordered rice, stir-fried vegetables, and braised chicken pieces. As soon as she sat down, Liu Yang sat down opposite her with his tray.

"I heard you live in 508? Next to Wenxu?"

"right."

Liu Yang lowered his head, took a bite of rice, and said earnestly, "Lin Ying, take care."

Lin Ying: "Will he tear down the wall at night?"

"No, not at all. He just remembers a question in the middle of the night and will stand at the door for three minutes; then he gets really clumsy! And he likes to pull me along to clumsy with him! He used to live next door to me, and I almost doubted myself for not being worthy of sleeping because of all the questions he asked me."

Lin Ying: "What did you do after that?"

"I moved."

Lin Ying affirmed, "You have great execution skills."

On the morning of the third day, the project approval notice was officially issued.

The project number, document number, access permissions, and lab usage periods were all clearly written down. After receiving her temporary pass, Lin Ying officially joined the D3 display group.

The display team is small, with only nineteen people; there are only two women, one named Liu Ya, who is in her early thirties and does reliability testing; the other named Li Jia, who is twenty-eight and is responsible for materials and sealing processes.

Wen Xu introduced Lin Ying to everyone: "Lin Ying is the provider of technical data for the collaborative project and will participate in the subsequent solution design and key verification. She has worked on communication terminal projects before and has a very good foundation in mathematics and circuits; in future discussions, just get straight to the point."

Liu Yang whispered from behind, "It's rare that the person who introduced Engineer Wen didn't take the opportunity to put us down."

Wen Xu turned to look at him.

Liu Yang immediately looked down and flipped through the documents: "I didn't say anything just now."

The project has just started, and there's a lot to do.

The first week was mainly about organizing data and breaking down the route; Lin Ying broke down the overall solution for the 45-inch plasma display into six parts: glass substrate, discharge unit, gas ratio, phosphor lifespan, drive circuit and power supply heat dissipation.

After looking at the watch she had disassembled, Wen Xu added two items to the side: "Manufacturing yield and maintenance cost".

Lin Ying nodded: "I forgot this."

Wen Xu: "It's good that you admit your mistake."

Liu Yang happened to be passing by and, upon hearing this, immediately grabbed the documents and ran off.

A few days later, everyone in the lab noticed something was wrong.

Wen Xu has stopped swearing.

In the past, if someone wrote down the wrong parameters, he could talk about everything from academics to your family; if someone soldered the wrong component, he could talk them into wanting to go back and retake the basic courses.

It's different now.

A new employee missed two lines when copying the power supply test record. After reading it, Wen Xu just rolled his eyes and said, "Copy it again; if this data is missing one line, the rest is useless."

The new employee said nervously, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wen, I'll fix it right away."

Wen Xu waved his hand: "Check twice next time."

Liu Yang was stunned! During lunch, he shared these things with his colleagues: "Have you noticed? Wen Xu has changed recently."

Liu Ya picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks: "I've noticed, he's actually stopped swearing."

Li Jia nodded: "Yesterday, Xiao Zhao put the sample numbers upside down, and he just had someone put them up again."

Liu Yang said mysteriously, "I suspect it's because Lin Ying came."

Liu Ya looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"He got embarrassed when a woman came over."

Liu Ya put down her chopsticks and stared at him.

Li Jia also looked over.

Liu Yang realized he was in trouble and quickly tried to salvage the situation: "No, that's not what I meant."

Liu Ya: "Aren't we women?"

Li Jia: "I've been in this lab for three years, and you're only finding out today?"

Liu Yangqian laughed: "Hey, in our lab, the women are treated like men. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten that Sister Liu and Sister Li are actually women."

Liu Ya glared at him and said, "Liu Yang, you really know how to talk! Never say a word on a blind date again, or you'll be done for!"

Liu Yang quickly apologized: "I was wrong, I just spoke too quickly."

Li Jia added with a laugh, "You're not fast with your mouth, you're slow with your brain."

In the afternoon, Lin Ying was discussing the drive circuit with Wen Xu in front of the whiteboard. She wrote a set of scanning control schemes and listed the power consumption estimates next to it.

After looking at it for a while, Wen Xu asked, "Where have I seen this idea of ​​partitioned drives before?"

Lin Ying had already prepared her explanation: "I've read some papers before, plus my own reasoning."

Wen Xu didn't press further, but simply circled a spot with his pen: "This spot can reduce power consumption, but it will increase control complexity; if you're making a 45-inch device, the control board will be very troublesome."

"The problem can be solved, but if the voltage consumption doesn't decrease, the product won't sell."

Wen Xu nodded: "That's true."

Liu Yang, slumped over the nearby table, listened with obvious hurt: "Can you guys even consider how ordinary people feel? I've barely grasped the first step, and you're already talking about not being able to sell anything."

Lin Ying asked him, "Which area are you in charge of?"

Image signal processing.

"That's perfect, I'll discuss input standards with you later."

Liu Yang sat up straight: "I suddenly realize that it's okay for me not to understand."

Wen Xu threw the documents at him: "You can't."

Over the next two weeks, Lin Ying's rhythm in D3 became completely stable.

She spends her mornings reviewing materials, her afternoons in the lab, and her evenings organizing data. She's not just good at writing proposals; when she's actually at the lab bench, her hands are steady as she connects wires, measures waveforms, and verifies parameters.

When Liu Ya first saw her doing reliability testing, she thought she was just casually looking at it.

As a result, Lin Ying re-sorted through more than a dozen sets of temperature rise data and directly pointed out that the heat dissipation structure of two of the samples had problems.

Liu Ya took it for a second test, and the results matched perfectly: "Lin Ying, what did you study before?"

Lin Ying is writing notes: "Mathematics, automatic control, and later I worked on communication terminals."

Liu Ya: "That's quite a leap."

Liu Yang added from the side, "She was like this in class before. If the teacher asked about control theory, she knew the answer; if they asked about signal processing, she knew the answer; if they asked about computer science, she knew the answer too. We all suspected that she secretly grew an extra brain."

Lin Ying looked up: "You can compliment me in a more normal way."

Wen Xu walked over from the lab bench, picked up the table Lin Ying had just compiled, and looked at it: "This data is well compiled. Continue in this direction tonight."

Liu Yang turned to look at Liu Ya and winked at her.

Lin Ying quickly realized that this place was different from D6. It was noisy, chaotic, and full of young people who were also very talkative. The pace of the lab was fast, with questions coming one after another, and no one had time to pretend.

She liked this state of affairs; a 45-inch plasma TV wasn't something that could be accomplished by simply writing a few pages of proposals.