Chapter 354 I will form the head
help?

Mai Wen narrowed his eyes. Is this issue going to be brought to the table so soon?

Because of Academician Ni’s statement, Mai Wen was reluctant to raise a question that should have been raised long ago:

Ways of cooperation.

There are many kinds of "cooperation", but they all basically cannot escape one word - interest.

Research and development is a money-burning activity, and there is no guarantee of visible returns. Academician Ni was once optimistic that the research and development of domestic systems could be tied together with corporate profit-making to form a virtuous circle.

I spend money on research and development, and the things we develop allow you to make more money, and then you invest the money in further research and development.

It sounds great, but one condition must be met: making more money than spending money.

The management of a company will not allow themselves to see a project continue to burn money but fail to make any money. They like to paint a rosy picture for others, but they cannot eat a single bite of the rosy picture others give them.

Because of the special identity of Li Yan - in the eyes of most people, he is first a young genius, then a student, and then the actual helmsman of future technology.

Even the label of "mobile phone maker" is more popular than "company boss".

Therefore, all major news reports on the "cooperation" mentioned by Academician Ni basically assume that it is academic research cooperation. But it is obvious that after the "Hetu System" is developed, it will definitely be used commercially by Li Yan Future Technology.

It’s not enough to just publish a paper.

And issues such as commercial secrets will be involved at that time. After this research produces results, what can Academician Ni's team and Mai Wen himself gain?
It is indeed a problem.

Only after figuring this out can we answer Li Yan’s question.

“Perhaps we should first discuss the mode of cooperation and make it clear,” Professor Mai said.

At this time, the meeting room was filled with the aroma of food and the atmosphere was very comfortable.

Many people were still talking about what dishes they liked and had already gone to rest.

"That's easy. The research and development results will be signed under our joint names. You can use this project to apply for funding and awards, and I just need the finished product to be used on the phone."

Mai Wen tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers.

"I only have one request, which is that this achievement belongs to both of our units, so the disclosure and sale of it to the public must be approved by both units before it can be carried out."

In other words, as long as Future Technology does not want to sell it, this system will always belong to Future Technology.

"How much funding can you provide?" asked a middle-aged man sitting at the side.

After all, it involves money. He Zixiang stared at Li Yan. He was also very curious about how much money Li Yan was willing to pay for Academician Ni's team - or in other words, how much money he needed to pay.

"Mr. Wang, do you want to become the 16th employee of Future Technology?"

The four people on Li Yan's side were stunned.

But Mai Wen smiled.

Engineer Wang glanced at Mai Wen, then just laughed twice and passed the matter over.

"Professor Mai, I don't like to play the game of tacit agreement. Cooperation requires sincerity. I will explain my position and ideas, and you can give me a clear answer."

The noises from eating became quieter.

"Well, you go ahead." Mai Wen put down his chopsticks.

"As for the Hetu system development project, we are in a cooperative relationship. We did not entrust Cursor Labs to make products, nor did we hire or even recruit people from Cursor to participate in the project. Cooperation emphasizes that each party takes what it needs, complements each other's strengths, and shares the results."

Maiwen nodded.

"I won't say too much. The real cost of this project is borne by me. If things don't go well, you can quit the project at any time, but I have to keep hitting the wall. If you don't participate, I will still find other talents to carry out the research and development. If I don't do this project, will you use all the research funds on it?"

Mai Wen took a sip of water.

"So, Professor Mai, I think that at least in the cooperation of this project, there is no option for us to provide you with financial support. Future Technology will invest money in research and development. This money is for both me and you. I am sure I can't answer the specific amount now."

"The research and development results belong to us all?" Mai Wen asked.

"These can be written down in the cooperation agreement, and we can discuss it in depth at that time." Li Yan said, "Or at that time, I can buy it out at a price that both parties agree on."

Mai Wen took a deep breath, opened his mouth slightly and then closed it again.

In fact, when it comes down to it, when it comes to collaborating to produce shared results, the most critical point is whether the levels of the two parties are equal and complementary.

Obviously, in Mai Wen's eyes, the current R&D capabilities of Li Yan's team do not match the technical support he can provide.

If I put in 90% of the effort, you give me ideas, and then we share the results, I take it as an honor, and you use it to make mobile phones and make a fortune...

Then I wasn't taken advantage of?

What is the essential difference between this and hiring them to do the job?

Li Yan did take the risk of wasting money if the business failed, but he was the one who started the business, so he had to bear the risk himself.

There's no need to talk to Mai Wen about how meaningful this research is. Scholars, experts, and researchers are all human beings, and they do things for money.

Only when you have money can you pursue further goals. It is meaningless to talk about ideals without even money.

Academician Ni holds a high status as a national figure, so of course he has his own pursuits.

In Mr. Ni’s opinion, as long as Li Yan’s domestic system can be developed, it will be enough to prevent problems before they occur and prevent the lifeline of information security from being controlled by Western countries.

That's not Maiwen!
However, this time, he also represented Mr. Ni. He couldn't make decisions or express his opinions on many things, which was why he seemed so conflicted.

Then Li Yan pushed the information of employees No. 6 to 15 to him.

"Professor Mai, these are all talents with sufficient technical skills and experience in the mobile phone industry, mobile phone system development, and even smart phone research. I think, at least in the field of mobile phone system development that we are going to do, we can be said to have each taken what we need, right?"

The number of people inside exceeded Mai Wen's expectations.

"You even managed to get Cao Haibin to move?"

"Well, I agreed readily."

"This is a notorious madman, be careful." Mai Wen raised his eyebrows.

"No problem, he said I'm crazier than him." Li Yan said with a smile.

……OK.

"Well, I'll talk to Mr. Ni later and take his advice as the final word."

Li Yan smiled. At this point, it can be said that he has won.

Mai Wen's eyes when looking at Li Yan had completely changed. He thought Li Yan was a pure technology fanatic, but he didn't expect her to be so difficult to deal with.

From the beginning to the end, the decision-making power of the cooperation between New Taipei Cursor Laboratory and Future Technology did not lie with Mai Wen, but with Academician Ni, who was responsible for both external and internal arrangements.

Mai Wen didn't expect that when he tried to test Li Yan's bottom line, he would be shown off. He wanted to show off his muscles but failed for a long time. He wanted to get some research and development funds but was completely blocked by Li Yan.

Because what he relied on most, "Li Yan really needs their technical support", was not true.

"Well, happy cooperation." Li Yan said with a smile, "After dinner, please ask Professor Mai to tell us, what kind of help can you provide for our mobile phone system development?"

Mai Wen finally came to his senses. It turned out that Li Yan's words were a test for them!
This brat, does he still have the option of "not cooperating with Cursor Lab"?
No wonder he was recognized by Cao Haibin, the legendary madman in the technology circle who refused to become a senior executive in an electronics factory in the 1990s and had to sell blood to make a living... Li Yan's madness is different from the outward madness of most people. His self-confidence is very high.

It is an exaggerated self-confidence that "whether I have your support or not, as long as I am here, it is enough". Even if it is expressed very restrainedly, this sense of freedom of "come or not" still makes people who talk to him feel quite pressured.

The discussion continued for another afternoon.

Li Yan made everyone in the Cursor Lab experience a wave of high-pressure interviews without distinction.

In terms of professional ability alone, especially the ability in system development, Li Yan is definitely not as good as Mai Wen.

Not to mention Mai Wen, even if you pick the most marginal and worst one in the opposite row, Li Yan can’t compare to him at the moment.

The reason is simple, the difference in experience points.

It's essentially information asymmetry.

Information asymmetry can be said to be a powerful weapon in the workplace. Superiors manage subordinates, and old employees suppress newcomers. The core is based on these three words.

That's why there are so many young people who far exceed their superiors in terms of IQ, theoretical knowledge and technical ability, but become idiots after joining the company.

I have studied a certain field and you have not, then no matter whether you are smarter than me, have better education than me, or have a higher status than me, you will inevitably be shy when talking about this field.

Li Yan has relatively little exposure to the field of computer system development, and the problems he has seen are not as many as those that Mai Wen has solved personally.

If we really talk about it in detail, I'm afraid that even if he asked a hundred questions, it would only highlight how awesome Mai Wen's team is.

So Li Yan specifically asked about the mobile phone system. For example, what should be done to meet a certain functional requirement of the Hetu mobile phone system?
Li Yan has an advantageous information gap in this kind of problem. They have worked on the mobile phone system themselves and know the difficulties in operation, but Mai Wen doesn't know.

Even though these difficulties would be insignificant given the technical level of Mai Wen's team as long as they officially participated in the development of mobile phone systems, they did not have the conditions to face them directly at the meeting.

Seeing Li Yan leading the discussion and setting the pace so that even Mai Wen's team looked embarrassed, employees No. 2 to 5 of Future Technology were still smiling happily.

I didn't realize that Li Yan could also apply this approach to company management and become a terrible boss.

But they really don't need to worry. As long as these guys are willing to continue to "naively" trust Li Yan, Li Yan will definitely give them enough rewards.

The meeting didn't end until dinner time. Li Yan had originally planned to treat Mai Wen's team to a meal, but Mai Wen's team obviously had a lot of things on their minds and were in no mood to eat.

After they left, the initial five-member team of Future Technology returned to Li Yan's office and suddenly burst into cheers.

"Boss Yan is so handsome!" Deng Yudi clenched his fist and shouted, "We were the ones in charge the whole time!"

"Are we in charge? It's Mr. Yan who is in charge, alone!" Lai Yining sighed and lay directly on the sofa, but immediately jumped up as if he had been electrocuted.

"Everyone, relax." Li Yan sat in the office chair with his eyes closed. "Today is not a big deal. The real issue of profit distribution can only be discussed after the results are achieved. As I said in the afternoon, Professor Mai will assign a team to work with us starting tomorrow. There should be a few people in place next week. Let's get used to each other."

"We only have a little over a month left. We have to go to Beijing at the end of August." Deng Yudi was actually a little sad. "I was thinking of studying in high school for another year to follow your project."

"I still have to go to school." Li Yan said.

Everyone was a little uncomfortable at once, and almost asked, "What school are you still in?" But then they realized that this guy was the top student in Huada University's Youth Excellence Class...

"Being a student during the day and a CEO at night?" He Zixiang muttered, "Okay, okay, Chen Fan, you have to keep an eye on our CEO Yan. This guy must be very eye-catching and popular with girls in school!"

"You don't know that he and Yi Li..." Chen Fan felt a cold pressure halfway through his words and quickly shut up.

This man has been busy with his career recently and didn't even have the chance to meet the beautiful senior during the summer vacation. Maybe he is depressed. Chen Fan successfully convinced himself.

In fact, Li Yan and Wei Yunzhi had a very pleasant chat in private. Li Yan didn't talk to her about work at all, but talked about novels, painting and life, just as if it was a break.

In the hot August, Li Yan's Future Technology finally gathered the first batch of employees.

Zhou Yang was asked to work for Dai Li temporarily because of the long process of handing over work - in fact, it is very difficult for Dai Li's company to recruit another person like him. In addition, Li Yan is currently in the system development stage and does not really need Zhou Yang to be present in the office, so Dai Li temporarily lets him work. Li Yan can consult him when necessary and let him do some preliminary preparation work.

The same goes for Li Guangde. Currently, he basically connects directly with Li Yan and there is no need for him to work in the office.

Anyway, these two big guys don't ask for money. It's enough that they can do their best for the common goal when we need them in the future.

There is also Liu Liwei, who showed up on the first day of work and then started running around. He was directly recommended to Li Yan by Dong Zhenchang, the CEO of Wei De Map.

Liu Liwei is the youngest of the ten people recruited by Li Yan this time, at only twenty-six years old.

He has been researching mobile phone software since college, and can be considered a special talent recruited by Dong Zhenchang for Wei De Mobile Map. Since Dong himself has reached a verbal cooperation with Li Yan, and Liu Liwei is from Linjiang, he might as well go with the flow and do him a favor.

"Anyway, it helped me a lot in the end," said Dong Zhenchang.

This buddy formed a mobile phone software development team during college, but failed because they didn't know who would dominate the smartphone system in the future.

So now he is grateful to Dong Zhenchang and Li Yan from the bottom of his heart. He feels that his value has been recognized and he has been given a stage to perform.

Li Yan was so happy that he kept saying thank you when he offered him a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan.

It can be seen that there is a great need for a stage for self-display...

The remaining seven people are all technical backbones related to system research and development.

Sun Miao was one of them. Because he hesitated for a few days, he lost the job number NO.06, and the position was taken by Shang Jie, a researcher at a technology-based state-owned enterprise in Xin'an City who readily agreed.

Sun Miao himself is No. 07, No. 08 is Zhou Yang, and No. 09 is Cao Haibin, who was singled out by Mai Wen. He is also the other of the two talents Li Yan found to go to Beijing.

A madman who worked his way up to a senior executive position in an electronics factory and then resolutely resigned to enter the real estate industry. After making a small fortune, he switched to Xin'an City, a famous counterfeit mobile phone center, to open a store. He was then poached by a new mobile phone company to be the deputy chief engineer. Due to different development concepts, he decisively resigned and announced that he was going to start his own mobile phone factory.

He is bald, very strong, and looks like a gangster.

Cao Haibin claimed that he understood "the entire production line of a mobile phone" and said, "Give me a day, I will buy all the parts of a mobile phone for you and assemble it for you with my bare hands." He also said that he was "not the rubbish of the mobile phone integrators in the Shanzhai Mobile Center"...

Anyway, his remarks are bound to shock the audience, but considering that he was poached by a mobile phone manufacturer, he should not be an "integrator" who is only good at appearance design.

What Li Yan was attracted to about this guy was his familiarity with the entire black market mobile phone industry chain and the resources he might have at his disposal.

Moreover, he has a recklessness that is very suitable for bringing vitality to start-up companies. Talents who are too technical tend to fall into a state of not daring to try and make mistakes, so it is not bad to have such a devil to stir up trouble.

As for how Li Yan brought this guy back... it's simple, the way to deal with a madman is to use your great strength to make him fly.

Cao Haibin is already forty years old, and he always brags that he is a genius and learns things incredibly quickly.

When it comes to learning things...Li Yan has never been afraid of anyone.

He didn't even need to show anything to Cao Haibin. He just introduced himself - that is, talked about all his achievements, commonly known as showing off - and then handed him his ID card.

The age of fifteen speaks for itself. To have mastered so many skills and achieved so many results in such a limited time, there can only be one reason - he learns things very quickly.

Afterwards, Cao Haibin officially joined the team on the grounds that "Li Yan is better than me", and he only asked for salary, saying that although he did not work for money, he could not do anything without money.

No. 10 is Liu Liwei, No. 11 is Li Guangde, and No. 12 to 15 are all technical personnel from Xin'an.

The overall ability is average, but each has his own special strengths.

A week after they got together, in mid-August, Li Yan suffered from insomnia.

When such a group of people with many ideas in their heads and who somewhat don't regard Li Yan as their boss get together, let alone holding meetings, even when they work together on research or even sit together to have lunch, the noise can make Li Yan dizzy.

As the de facto helmsman of future technology, Li must do something.

(End of this chapter)