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

Lin Ying did not go on stage at the press conference.

She sat in a small dressing room temporarily set up backstage, with a laptop in front of her and a stack of process sheets next to her.

Liu Yang peered out the doorway and returned to report, "Boss, a lot of media have arrived."

Lin Ying looked up: "How much?"

"I can't count them all, but the sign-in board by the door is almost full."

Liu Ya placed the test report on the table: "All sixteen prototypes are powered on normally, and the power lines in the display area have also been rechecked."

Wen Xu stood in the corner, holding the press conference materials in his hand; he had just turned to the page on company introduction when his gaze stopped.

Hong Kong's Top Ten Outstanding Youth, Cambridge University Department of Mathematics, and Beijing University of Science and Technology's research experience in Automatic Control.

Screenwriter, representative works include: "Death by Light", "The Gambling King", "Exchange Student at Magic Academy", "The Gold Rush", "The New Territories' Riches", and "Qin Pass".

Founder of Yingchuang Technology.

Wen Xu flipped the document back to the cover and glanced at Lin Ying again: "Is all of this true?"

Lin Ying: "The publicity department wouldn't dare to write anything reckless."

Liu Yang laughed from the side: "Engineer Wen, you just found out? Our boss used to be a regular on the front page of newspapers in Hong Kong."

Wen Xu looked at the "Top Ten Outstanding Youth" list: "You got this at sixteen?"

"Um."

"Still writing screenplays?"

"I wrote it."

"The box office was very high?"

Lin Ying nodded: "This is the path I came from, and it's also my first pot of gold!"

Wen Xu didn't say anything more. He knew Lin Ying was rich and she was smart, but it wasn't until today that he pieced together these scattered pieces of information.

This person is not an investor who suddenly appeared; she is someone who rose from the ordinary class in Hong Kong to work her way up to laboratories and factories.

The banquet hall outside was already full.

Mainstream television stations, financial newspapers, technology weekly magazines, and entertainment magazines all came.

Initially, many media outlets didn't want to cover this trip! A newly built home appliance factory launching a television didn't sound exciting enough.

But Boss Peng made the arrangements, and someone from the Su family also stepped in. In addition, there were old stories about "Lin Ying" in the Hong Kong media circle.

As a result, what was originally a quiet press conference turned into a frenzy among reporters scrambling for the front row.

Someone holding a camera quietly asked their colleague, "Is Lin Ying herself coming?"

"I heard you're here, but you're not going on stage."

"Not going on stage? Then who are we filming?"

"To make a TV show."

"What's so interesting about filming television?"

The reporter had barely finished speaking when the staff unveiled the red cloth covering the exhibition area.

Sixteen 45-inch large-screen color TVs lit up in unison, playing the same high-definition demonstration video.

The scene fell silent... The screen was huge, yet the device was so thin; the colors were clean, the edges of the figures were sharp, and the channel switching delay was short.

Several reporters in the front row instinctively stepped forward: "Is this really made in China?"

"Is it not an imported product with a private label?"

"So thin? Is there a machine hidden on the back?"

The staff immediately turned one of the machines around so the media could take pictures of the back panel, interfaces, and heat dissipation structure.

At 7:00 sharp, the press conference began; Chen Guodong, dressed in a dark suit, went on stage. He had seen many big occasions over the years, but his palms still sweated when facing the densely packed cameras below the stage.

He glanced at the first row below the stage; Lin Ying wasn't there, she was sitting backstage.

Chen Guodong felt more at ease. The boss's refusal to take the stage meant he trusted Chen Guodong to finish the battle.

"Distinguished guests, friends from the media, good evening! I am Chen Guodong, General Manager of Yingchuang Technology."

As the stage lights flashed, Chen Guodong continued speaking from the prepared script, revised by Lin Ying: "The product we are launching today is Yingchuang's first-generation large-screen color display terminal."

"It adopts a brand-new plasma display solution, with a 45-inch display area and an overall thickness of less than 8 centimeters."

"We don't define it as a regular television."

"It is a new choice for home entertainment, commercial displays, high-end clubs, and hotel conference spaces."

On the big screen, the presentation Lin Ying had prepared in advance began to play.

The first page shows the product's appearance.

The second page is a structural breakdown.

The third page is a comparison of image quality.

Page four contains aging test data.

Page 5 is the after-sales service system.

The video shows the production line, aging chamber, testing building, and materials laboratory appearing in sequence.

The media, who had initially come for Lin Ying's past fame, gradually began to take notes seriously upon seeing this.

Financial journalists focus on costs and selling prices, while technology journalists focus on technological routes.

Entertainment reporters are in a bit of a predicament... They were originally prepared to write "Genius Screenwriter Returns to Hong Kong," but the interviewee talked about phosphors, driver boards, heat dissipation, and signal decoding.

A female reporter from an entertainment weekly whispered, "I came here with a full face of makeup, ready to interview the legendary girl, but now I'm listening to a TV repair lesson."

The tech reporter next to him said, "Quiet down, this is useful."

Once the press conference moved into the demonstration segment, sixteen prototypes simultaneously played different content.

One device is playing movie clips.

One device is playing sports games.

A screen connected to a computer.

One machine switches channels on-site.

The audience quickly buzzed with excitement: "Can this screen be mounted on a wall?"

"What about after-sales service?"

When will the bulk shipments begin?

Are there different formats for overseas versions?

Chen Guodong answered them one by one; for some technical questions, he directly asked Liu Yang and Liu Ya to go up and explain.

When Liu Yang went on stage with the microphone, he looked back at the backstage area where Lin Ying was.

Lin Ying didn't come out; she just raised her hand at him.

Liu Yang cleared his throat: "Don't worry, everyone, this machine isn't just for show; we've already conducted continuous aging tests, temperature rise tests, and transportation vibration tests."

A reporter asked, "What if it breaks?"

Liu Yang answered quickly: "We'll come to your location to repair it during the warranty period; if we can't fix it, we'll replace it."

The reporter pressed further: "A TV that costs 30,000 yuan, you just replace it like that?"

Liu Yang said, "Our boss is even more afraid of customers calling and yelling at us every day."

The audience laughed again.

Wen Xu stood at the backstage entrance, looking at the prototype on the stage. He rarely attended such commercial launch events; he had always stayed in the laboratory, and his technological achievements were far removed from the market.

But tonight, for the first time, he clearly saw how a blueprint, a set of parameters, and a test curve were placed under the spotlight and transformed into a product that others were willing to pay for.

He turned his head to look at Lin Ying: "Are you nervous?"

Lin Ying looked at the screen: "A little."

Wen Xu asked, "Are you worried about not being able to sell them?"

"We're afraid that if we sell too fast, our production capacity won't be able to keep up."

As the press conference drew to a close, the host came on stage to wrap things up, and according to the original schedule, it ended there.

But the media in the audience had already started shouting, "Is Lin Ying here?"

"Ms. Lin, could you please come out and say a few words?"

"Miss Lin, come out and take a picture!"

The sounds are increasing.

Backstage, Lin Ying closed her laptop and stood up.

Liu Yang's eyes widened: "Boss, didn't you say you weren't going on stage?"

Lin Ying straightened her coat: "They've made such a fuss. If we don't go out now, they might write a story tomorrow that I'm hiding in the factory and too ashamed to face anyone."

Li Jia whispered, "They might also write that you're mysterious."

Lin Ying looked at her and said, "Being mysterious is not good for selling goods."

As she walked onto the stage, all the cameras turned to her, and flashes went off one after another.

Lin Ying took the microphone and stood next to Chen Guodong. She hadn't prepared a long speech: "Good evening, everyone. I'm Lin Ying."

Someone in the audience shouted, "Ms. Lin, look this way!"

Lin Ying looked at the audience: "Many years ago, you got to know me from the newspapers because of my outstanding academic achievements, my high school graduation exam results, and my movie scripts."

"Later, I left Hong Kong and went to Yingqiao University and Beijing University of Science and Technology. I also worked in a laboratory."

"I haven't disappeared these past few years; I've just changed where I'm studying and how I'm doing things."

She glanced at the large screen TV behind her.

"Today, I'm not bringing back a new script, but Yingchuang's first-generation large-screen color TV."

"The top ten students you watched grow up are now back in the manufacturing industry; their success depends not on their stories, but on their products."

The audience fell silent.

Lin Ying continued, "This TV is very expensive, I admit that."

People in the audience immediately laughed.

She smiled and said, "Its value lies in the materials, the research and development, the testing, and the after-sales service, not in my face."

"The products that I and my engineers create together will definitely not disappoint you."

Thank you everyone.

applause.

Several veteran media professionals in the front row looked at Lin Ying on the stage with great emotion, recalling that they had photographed her in her school uniform nine years ago.

Back then, she was a top student, a screenwriting prodigy, and the child that all parents in Hong Kong talked about.

Nine years later, dressed in a simple suit, she stood in front of her products and said she was back in the manufacturing industry.

After the press conference ended, the media did not disperse. Reporters surrounded Chen Guodong, as well as Liu Yang and his group.

More cameras followed Lin Ying: "Ms. Lin, do you think Yingchuang can change the television market?"

Whether or not things can be changed is up to the consumers.

Why did you choose such a high price?

"Because the cost is really high."

"Ms. Lin, is your computer from Ingenic Semiconductor also this time?"

Lin Ying glanced at the laptop on the backstage table: "No, I bought it."

The reporter then asked, "Will you work in the computer industry in the future?"

Lin Ying: "Let's sell the TVs first."

The next day, all the major newspapers in Hong Kong changed their front pages.

The top ten student from nine years ago is back, and this time she brings a 45-inch large-screen TV!

From Genius Screenwriter to Tech Boss: Lin Ying's New Identity – Inventor and Manufacturer

"Yingchuang dares to sell domestically produced large-screen TVs priced at 30,000 yuan each, but will the market dare to buy them?"

The financial section was doing the math, the technology section was dissecting the technology, and the entertainment section finally found its joy again, writing about Lin Ying's experiences from being conscious at nine years old, to being a top student at sixteen, to studying at Yingqiao, to conducting research at Beijing University of Science and Technology, all the way to last night's press conference.

The newspaper also published two photos: the left one is Lin Ying wearing a school uniform nine years ago, and the right one is Lin Ying standing in front of a 45-inch TV last night.

The title is simple: "She really is back."

By noon, overseas channels also began to respond.

Claire called: "Lynn, you're on the front page again."

Lin Ying was checking the order fax at the factory: "I saw it."

"We've already received inquiries about the demo unit from Europe, especially from hotel procurement and private home theater channels."