Chapter 345 I Want Money

When Li Yan woke up, good news and bad news were weighing on her head.

The good news is that this press conference held by Mr. Joe, the boss of Pineapple Company, really reminded everyone of his concept phone and started the fermentation of expectations.

The bad news is that the fermentation was a bit too aggressive.

He woke up at eight in the morning and when he turned on his phone, there were more than twenty missed calls. Huang Zhan called several of them, and there was even a call from Zuo Yuming.

Some digital media that were paying attention to the launch of Pineapple Phone 4 wrote articles all night to compare Li Yan's semi-finished concept phone with Pineapple Phone , asking "who can truly change the world."

Obviously, the sense of urgency that Li Yan expected everyone to feel due to the release of the fourth generation of Pineapple mobile phone did appear, but its intensity was beyond his imagination.

He thought that this kind of comparison would take some time to ferment, but he didn't expect it to be so confusing right away.

No matter what, the Pineapple Phone 4 is a mature commercial product. Although some of its concepts are not as good as Li Yan’s current semi-finished products, in most industries, “everyone has the idea, the key is who can make it.”

There is a wall between science fiction and semi-finished products, and between semi-finished products and commercial products.

The Pineapple Phone 4 is available for purchase, can make calls, and connect to the Internet, and all its functions can be experienced directly.

This is something Li Yan cannot catch up with at the moment no matter how hard he tries.

However, the biggest drawback of the Pineapple phone is that it is an American product.

Li Yan correctly judged the self-esteem and competitive spirit of the Chinese people.

But I also underestimated how much energy everyone was holding back in 2010, an era that placed great importance on national self-confidence.

It’s common for America to produce amazing technological products.

Even though I feel a little unwilling in my heart, thinking "Why can't we do it?", I don't know where to express it, and if I complain too much, I'll sound like an angry young man.

But Li Yan's sudden appearance gave them an outlet.

Many people who had not paid attention to Li Yan’s press conference before - or should I say, the concept presentation - paid attention to it through the press release of Pineapple Phone 4, and immediately became very excited.

Waiting for Li Yan’s finished product to kill the pineapple phone 4.

"This time, China is ahead!"

Such remarks are of course dangerous and can easily arouse people's rebellious psychology.

So the discussion exploded, and the conflict point gradually changed from the initial "Can a semi-finished mobile phone be compared with a finished product" to the old topic of "Is the genius boy just a gimmick?"

Li Yan was just thinking about how to fight back against these idiots when she realized the topic had changed to:
"Is it so difficult to have confidence in China?"

Damn, how did it get to this height?

Then the discussion posts about him changed from technical exchanges to hating each other.

Anyone who says something good about the Pineapple phone is a traitor, and anyone who says Li Yan is awesome is accused of exploiting patriotism.

Li Yan was terrified by what he saw. Even for those who supported him, the bar was too high. It was like putting him on the fire.

He decided not to read the messy reports on the Internet and quietly got up and washed his face.

I was thinking about calling back all the missed calls, but then I changed my mind and put the phone down.

It’s tiring to call back, so if they are really sincere, just call again.

Just as I finished thinking about it, Huang Zhan called.

Mr. Huang, you are really diligent.

"Li Yan? Are you awake?"

"I just woke up and finished washing up."

"I'll pick you up and come to the Chuang Clan for a meeting?"

"no problem."

"Then go downstairs."

"what?"

"I'm right at the door."

Hiss... too positive, a little scary.

The roommates who were fast asleep missed the opportunity to communicate with the person involved at the first time. After Chen Fan got up and saw the news "Can the genius boy fight against the American technology giant" on the homepage of the portal website, he couldn't help but shouted "Oh shit".

Chuangzu Building was already very familiar to Li Yan. He followed Huang Zhan to the office with ease. The difference was that this time there was a beautiful woman following him the whole time, carrying Li Yan's bag, handing him water, and opening the door, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"Your boss is on the other side." He also made a special joke.

Huang Zhan just laughed out loud, he looked very happy.

The two sat down, and Huang Zhan actively made tea for Li Yan.

"Boss Huang, I'm a little panicked..."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to talk to you about joining the founding clan or anything like that." Huang Zhan waved his hand.

"So what is Mr. Huang doing today..."

Li Yan really thought that Huang Zhan had this purpose.

"You only think of me as a businessman?" Huang Zhan smiled. "I was in the product department last night, studying the prototype you made, and suddenly I heard Fang Shu say that Pineapple Company was holding a press conference... I personally don't pay much attention to these things, so I watched the live broadcast."

He suddenly snapped his fingers. Mr. Huang was being a little too playful today. “To be honest, the excitement your concept phone gave me only reached its peak after the release of Pineapple 4.”

"Because conceptually, I am more futuristic than him." Li Yan said calmly, "In this respect, I am the leader."

Huang Zhan sighed, "It's just a simple thing to say something extraordinary, but that's how I feel."

"You are a relatively close follower and know the conditions under which this mobile phone was created." Li Yan took a sip of tea, then remembered that he had not had breakfast yet, so he put it back.

The beautiful woman next to her immediately turned and left.

"So I am more excited than anyone else. If there is enough resource support, the finished product of Jiaolong mobile phone - even if it is just a usable product, it will be enough to create a huge wave in this industry."

"From what Mr. Huang said, you want to invest in me?"

"Of course I will support you." Huang Zhan nodded, "Not just financial support."

The beautiful woman came back with a plate of pastries and bread and placed it next to Li Yan.

"So, what's the price?"

"No price. If you make money, just give me the normal share."

Li Yan blinked, picked up a piece of cake and put it in her mouth, then drank the hot tea that Huang Zhan had just changed.

"I thought you would mention something like 'Creation Clan Joint Release'."

In fact, it is not impossible to give it, as long as the phone is not turned into Chuangzu w9w10. Li Yan did not think of giving only monetary rewards to Chuangzu for providing such support in the early stage.

For Chuangzu, being able to directly defeat Pineapple Phone with a product related to itself is probably a kind of cool revenge.

"No, no, no," Huang Zhan waved his hands repeatedly. "Li Yan, in my eyes, you are no longer a junior high school student or a student. You are the leader of this industry. Even Pineapple Joe's confident 'baby' doesn't look as amazing as you. If this phone wants to continue to be amazing until its official launch, you must be the soul of it."

Li Yan was a little moved... no wonder.

These words, which sounded like words from a close friend, should have moved him, but the timing was wrong and it could be said that he missed it.

Huang, you will know the quality of this concept phone after the press conference. If you didn't show your sincerity at that time, you will realize how good I am after comparing it with foreign products?
Of course, Li Yan was still grateful for Huang Zhan's sincere support, which was rare among businessmen at least. But one thing is for sure, seeing that Huang Zhan seemed a little moved by what he said, Li Yan didn't really want to respond to this emotion.

“My remarks on the stage were not empty words. Making money from this phone is secondary. Changing the world is the primary goal. But these words themselves are useless. Even if they can really change the world, we will probably make a lot of money.” Li Yan ate another small piece of bread.

"You are amazing. It's just two days. If Pineapple Joe's phone was released first, everyone would have the idea that he was leading the world. If you released a half-finished product, there would be no discussion at all."

There was no way to respond to this, so Li Yan could only vaguely say, "So there's no harm in doing it faster."

"I couldn't understand why you were in such a hurry to make it. Now that I think about it, it's a little unbelievable. There was no announcement of their press conference. You couldn't have known they were going to release a new phone a few months in advance, right?"

Oh, don’t ask me that, you are touching the core of the problem.

"I've said before that this year is a year of chaos. Everyone is trying hard to seize the blue ocean. Time is more precious than anything else."

Huang Zhan sighed and ignored the question. "I didn't sleep all night last night. Director Zuo even called me. He said that the New Taipei City Government would take the lead in holding a meeting to discuss policy support and investment for you."

Wow? This is big news, but Li Yan thought that Linjiang Province would take the lead. It seems that no official results have been produced. No matter how much expectations are in the heart, they will still be restrained in doing things.

In addition, Li Yan has already set up a company under his father's name, so it seems unlikely that he will be recruited by the company, so it is normal to be cautious.

"Is he asking you for investment on my behalf?" Li Yan asked.

"Why would he need to come looking for me?" Huang Zhan laughed. "But Li Yan, have you ever thought about this specifically?"

Li Yan's expression suddenly became solemn.

Yes, of course he did. He was always thinking about it.

Even though it seems to be going smoothly now, the semi-finished mobile phone has amazing results, academicians and the province have supported it, and the publicity effect is explosive...

These things complement each other. The more the public expects and the more the government pays attention, the easier it will be to mobilize resources. The more the words "genius boy" are mentioned, the more secure Li Yan's dominance will be.

But these are all empty talk in the final analysis. He has not yet secured the most real thing - money.

No matter what, Li Yan still needs to make a complete Jiaolong phone by himself. If someone else takes advantage of him after achieving this, it would be a shame for his rebirth.

If others were reborn or got a system and developed to a million words, they would have made others bow down to them long ago.

Any big boss would tremble when seeing him.

He was reborn to do something big with the system, but was still constrained by funds. What a shame for this bastard author.

First of all, he couldn't expect the academicians or the government who endorsed him to secure the funds for the research and development of mobile phones or even the funds for the subsequent production of mobile phones.

Unless he directly joins some research institute or state-owned enterprise, this thing will become a national product once it is made.

But even if he wanted to take this path, it might not be easy.

Not to mention that he didn't want to leave at all...

Secondly, although he believes that he now has enough appeal and can raise enough start-up capital and R&D funds, there will be absolutely no problem in asking for investment in the future with the interim results.

But that would mean more fathers.

We can’t expect everyone to think the same way as Huang Zhan. Competitors have even started paying people to lead the trend on Weibo.

Li Yan is not going to slowly win over individual talents and then use the promising company shares to attract them to join, because his goal is not to get rich by eating a few bites of cake with domestic mobile phones under the influence of Pineapple Phone 4. If he wants to be a leader, he needs more mature technology and resources to intervene.

We have done a lot so far, but...

Li Yan's dominant position and funds still seem to be a win-win situation.

You can't have both.

Unless a rich man comes out and invests a large sum of money and says that he will give dividends to Li Yan if he succeeds, he won't want anything else.

Look for it in your dreams.

Li Yan answered Huang Zhan's question with a raised eyebrow.

And while keeping thinking about this issue, I attended the "Smartphone R&D Project Promotion Coordination Meeting" organized by the New Taipei City Government.

The name doesn't sound very formal, indicating that everyone is not too happy to treat it as a formal meeting.

But the number of participants was huge. The host was the deputy mayor of New Taipei City, and there were several people from the Municipal Party Committee Office, as well as several directors and deputy directors of New Taipei City's science and technology and investment promotion related departments.

There was also Director Zuo who organized the bureau, Academician Ni who was a technical expert, and several business representatives from Linjiang's technology industry.

Li Yan originally planned to bring his father, the nominal CEO of "Future Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.", to the meeting, but Li Chun firmly refused.

He said that he was nervous when he saw the captain of the law enforcement team of the district industrial and commercial bureau in a third-tier small city, and going to such an occasion would only cause trouble for Li Yan.

So the fifteen-year-old boy Li Yan sat leisurely on the left side of the conference table - he was the only one.

On the right side of the round table sat two rows of big men.

Reporting work to the boss isn't this grand.

The bigwigs on the opposite side were still a little surprised, including Director Zuo. Even if there was no bigwig behind the scenes, they more or less thought that Li Yan would bring his team and even "supporters" to the meeting.

I came here by myself... There's no need to pretend to be cool here.

This means that he was the one who controlled this phone.

In fact, Li Yan had never seen such a scene in his previous life, but he was indeed very relaxed now.

You came to me on your own initiative, but it’s not like I want anything from you.

Li Yan absolutely could not show any pressure about funds. Once this signal was caught by the business representative on the other side, it would be troublesome.

Today, our attitude is "give or take", and we always believe that the investment of this group of people will bring huge returns, and Mr. Li is here to do us a favor!
"Today's meeting is not a formal one," said Ren Jiangfeng, the deputy mayor of New Taipei City in charge of the technology industry, a middle-aged man wearing square-framed glasses. "It's mainly to understand your needs and see what ideas and suggestions everyone has. It's just an exchange meeting, so everyone can speak freely."

“Thank you, leaders…”

"Don't say that," Zuo Yuming waved his hand without even turning on the microphone. "You are only a few years old, don't be polite with us old guys, just say what you need to say, and show the same momentum you showed at the Developer Conference."

"Director Zuo is so young, how can he be called an old guy?" Director Chen of the New Taipei City Science and Technology Bureau said with a smile.

You can even lick this? Advanced.

Li Yan secretly gave a thumbs up.

"That depends on who you're competing against. The guy opposite us is a 15-year-old genius. Who wouldn't be an old guy when compared to him?"

With Zuo Yuming's two sentences, the venue laughed a little and the atmosphere became more relaxed.

Then Deputy Mayor Ren asked a rather strange question: "Li Yan, how do you register a company named 'Future Intelligent Technology'?"

As expected, he was most concerned about Li Yan's company registration.

"I originally wanted to call it Future Technology, something simple and direct, but it was already registered by someone else, so I added 'Intelligence'. I'm too lazy to think of a name." Li Yan said with a smile.

“Check who registered Future Technology.” Deputy Mayor Ren said directly to the people in the Municipal Party Committee Office.

"Well, um, Uncle Ren... this name is good now, there's no need to change it."

Both senior leaders asked questions. Academician Ni was a technical person, so he probably only said something when it came to system development. The others were more relaxed and formally asked Li Yan some relatively core questions.

What is the current progress of the mobile phone, what kind of support does it need, what kind of support can New Taipei City provide it, etc.

After a brief chat and face-to-face praise, Deputy Mayor Ren finally got straight to the point:

"The most important thing for today's meeting is to clarify the investment issue. Li Yan, do you have any idea of ​​the start-up capital you need?"

(End of this chapter)