CH 174 Yanghui Technology
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
Who would have thought that this investigation would actually reveal a problem.
In the private room, Jiang Chen and Shen Xu, who were joking around, stopped at the same time because of Huo Bo's serious expression after returning from a phone call.
Jiang Chen said, "What's wrong?"
Shen Xu also asked: "Who was it just now? What did you talk about? That your expression is so ugly?"
Huo Bo's tone was low, with a bit of anger in his eyes: "The Changjiang home version we sent out was resold."
Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
Changjiang was of great importance, and the home version was equally important. When selecting gift recipients, Shen Xu and Huo Bo even screened the recipients three times in order to be cautious, and everyone implemented specific contracts and agreements. One of these clearly stipulated that transfer trading was not allowed.
However, as the Changjiang home version had gradually gained a reputation among users, it had been talked about more and more often in Yan City's high society, academic, and scientific research circles. It was originally intended as a gift trial, but it had also turned into a malicious competition method from other people in the same industry.
Jiang Chen was very confident that no one would be able to decipher his Changjiang for at least the next ten years, but this did not mean that he would watch others gain Changjiang using unfair means for research.
"Do you know that company?"
Huo Bo's voice became deeper: "Yanghui."
They already knew that there might be malicious competition, and were prepared that the Changjiang Home Edition might be taken away for study. Now they knew why Huo Bo's mood was so bad after the phone call.
Jiang Chen entered the research institute before graduating from high school. Since the establishment of the company, he had never participated in any of the company's affairs except for research, so he didn't know much about the companies in the same industry. However, he did know the name of Yanghui Technology very clearly.
Yanghui Technology was currently the top tech company in the country. Yanghui was involved in almost all cutting-edge electronic equipment in the domestic market. Moreover, this company also started with software, and later established factories to research and produce hardware by itself. And possessed a complete set of testing equipment and the top talents in the country.
More importantly, Yanghui Technology was only an independent branch of Yanghui International Group, and Yanghui International was the real behemoth.
If the He family was famous in Yan City, then the Yang family of Yanghui could be said to be able to cause three reverberations across the country with just a stamp of their feet.
Shen Xu's expression also changed: "Yanghui? Is that right? Don't they make mobile phones? How come they are stealing food from us?"
"Yanghui Technology has been researching artificial intelligence." Huo Bo told his two friends the news he just got over the phone: "The current boss of Yanghui Technology is the youngest son of the chairman of Yanghui International. He pulled down his second brother five years ago and came to power. He received an investment of 500 million from his father three years ago to build a laboratory to study artificial intelligence. He also issued a military order to the family that results would be produced within five years. And in ten years, open the doors of the domestic artificial intelligence market, become a national pioneer of artificial intelligence electrical products and take over the domestic market.”
“Don't they sell hardware?" Shen Xu frowned and said, "Why compete with us who sell software?"
"What he wants is to be the top person in artificial intelligence in the country." Jiang Chen said calmly: "He wants to be a pioneer and monopolize the market."
Huo Bo nodded: "Once Changjiang is put into the market, even if they develop better smart products than Changjiang, they will not be everyone's first choice."
"Then what if they crack Changjiang?" Shen Xu said worriedly: "Our company has no ability to fight head-on with Yanghui."
Even if they own Changjiang, the military version of Changjiang was still under development, and the level of confidentiality was very high. Few people know about this project, let alone the fact that their company's most mysterious boss was the developer of Changjiang. Without this background, before Changjiang actually went public and opened up the market and gained a reputation, the company started by the three of them was just a little-known small business company.
How could a small company that was just starting out, with three partners who have not yet graduated, and a total of no more than 30 employees, be able to compete with an already mature company, backed by Yanghui International that had thousands of employees?
“They won't be able to crack Changjiang." Jiang Chen frowned slightly.
Shen Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he was barely even halfway relieved, when he became tense again. During this period of time, he had gained a lot of experience. Although he was not as sharp and good at judgment as Huo Bo, he also learned a lot, and his intuition was especially accurate.
"Then they... won't let Changjiang go public smoothly?" Shen Xu looked at Huo Bo and Jiang Chen uncertainly.
Huo Bo frowned, pursed his lips and nodded.
"What should we do?"
"I'll ask my dad." Jiang Chen rubbed his forehead and sighed softly. Who knew that even if he didn't want to let the He family get involved, in the end he still had to ask his family to intervene.
"This is the only way." Shen Xu said, "Let's see if Uncle He can do anything first."
The long-awaited gathering among friends ended in a hurry.
He Yanfeng was sitting in the living room back at home. When he saw Jiang Chen come back, he said hello: "You’re back?"
Jiang Chen paused, turned and walked towards him: "Dad, I want to talk with you about something."
“Sure." He Yanfeng raised his eyes and saw that his expression was not right. He sat up slightly and said, "What's wrong? Something happened?"
Jiang Chen nodded lightly, sat down next to him, and briefly recounted the news he got today.
"The Yang family?" He Yanfeng frowned, "Are you sure no one can crack your system?"
"Yes."
"Then it's easy to handle." He Yanfeng said: "It's okay. I'll go make a call when the time comes and your company can move ahead as usual. Don't worry."
Jiang Chen didn't expect that this matter would be so simple when it came to He Yanfeng. As far as he knew, even for the He family they might not be able to change the mind of the Yang family with just a few words.
"Dad, if this thing troubles you or affects the interests of the company or family, then forget it and I'll think of a solution."
"What kind of sacrifice can be made?" He Yanfeng laughed, patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder and said: "This is the first time my son has asked me for help. I must handle the matter properly. Don't worry."
With that said, He Yanfeng stood up and left to go to his study.
Jiang Chen also wanted to go back to his room to work for a while, but as soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he received a call from Yang Si, telling him that old Mr. Miao had fallen. The couple were now with him in the hospital, taking care of the other and paying the hospital bills, with Jiang Ran along as well who couldn't be separated for the time being. Miao Miao was at home alone, which was why they called him to go over and help take care of her.
Since returning to the He family, Jiang Chen had not seen old Mr. Miao and Miao Miao for a long time. Suddenly hearing the news about them, and it happened to be bad news, he immediately put aside the problem he was thinking about just now and drove back home.
On the way, after Jiang Chen learned from his parents that old Mr. Miao was fine, he felt relieved and rushed to the Miao's as quickly as possible.
Now that Miao Miao was in elementary school, she hadn't seen Jiang Chen for a long time. She opened the door and blinked at him for a long time before suddenly smiling and asking him to pick her up.
Jiang Chen picked her up and said with a smile, "Do you remember this big brother?"
"Remember!" Miao Miao was still the same as before, her face was apple red and her dark eyes were bright, but she was also a little thinner. She hugged Jiang Chen's neck tightly: "I miss Big Brother so much."
Old Mr. Miao fell down on the way to buy groceries. At that time, the Jiangs happened to come across him when they came back from shopping. It was only when they got to the hospital, did they remember that they had left Miao Miao alone at home. So at this time, the little girl in front of him did not know that her grandfather had an accident.
When Jiang Chen knew on the way that old Mr. Miao was fine, he had planned to take Miao Miao to the hospital. After all, the two were very close, and the old man had to recuperate for a long time, so it was not like they could keep it secret from her.
But, looking at the little girl whose eyes were full of joy, he didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, Jiang Chen decided to take her to have lunch first before telling her.
Miao Miao was very obedient all the way, holding his hand and skipping without making any noise. Jiang Chen waited until he took her near the hospital before telling her what happened to old Mr. Miao. He thought she would be scared and worried and cry after knowing it. Who knew that the little girl who was only about his waist high just had reddened eyes, and then said softly that she wanted to see her grandpa.
Jiang Chen took her to old Mr. Miao's ward. Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si were both there. Seeing them coming, Yang Si shushed softly and gestured that old Mr. Miao was asleep.
Miao Miao was very well-behaved. After whispering hello to the Jiangs, she walked over quietly and took a closer look at her grandfather's face. When finding that his complexion wasn't very ugly, she breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the visitor chair obediently, making no sound at all.
Yang Si felt distressed and asked Jiang Chen in a low voice, "Have you taken Miao Miao to eat?"
“Yeah." Jiang Chen asked them, "Where about you and Dad?"
Yang Si shook her head: "We're not hungry."
Jiang Chen was worried: "You and Dad should go to eat first, I will take care of them."
Yang Si was worried: "Your Grandpa Miao just fell asleep. You don't know what to do when he wakes up. You don't know how to take care of him. Your dad and I can take turns eating..."
But before she finished speaking, Jiang Ran, who had been in Jiang Zhuo's arms, woke up. This little princess was not one who could be left hungry, and immediately opened her mouth to cry as soon as she opened her eyes. If she hadn't turned her head and saw Jiang Chen, the beginning of a wail would not have turned to stretched hands and baby babbling for a hug. Thankfully, as that wail probably would have woken everyone in the ward instantly.
Jiang Chen took Jiang Ran, held his sister who was quiet and sweet in his arms, and whispered: "You and Dad should go back first, have a meal and rest for a while, then come back in the evening. Ran Ran must be hungry too."
Having been running around from the morning to now, Yang Si was indeed a little hungry, and her daughter was still too young to be left hungry, so it was really not an option to continue to stay here. Knowing that Jiang Chen could basically take care of the patient, they whispered some reminders before finally returning home.
Jiang Chen sat next to Miao Miao and talked to her in a low voice. He looked at her and glanced at the hospital bed from time to time. She was obviously uneasy but seemed to dare not cry. Seeing this his heart became softer. In order to divert her attention, he told her a story.
Children had the habit of taking a nap, and the curtains were drawn in the ward, which was a suitable environment for sleeping. So after a while, Miao Miao fell asleep little by little.
Jiang Chen stood up and looked at the old man, and saw that he was still sleeping. Then he returned to the sofa and thought deeply about the issue involving Yanghui.
After an unknown amount of time, his cell phone rang suddenly. Jiang Chen quickly turned off the sound, looked at Miao Miao and the old man, then gently closed the door and went outside to make a call.
The call was from Shen Xu. In the past few hours, he had asked people to investigate Yanghui's affairs, and also found out the reason why the recipient sold it to Yanghui. It was nothing out of the ordinary, basically just the temptation of money and pressure from power.
Jiang Chen had already guessed it, and his eyes were very calm when he hung up the phone. It was indeed the best and most suitable for the Changjiang home version to be launched now, but it didn't matter if it was later. It was just that Yanghui was a problem. If it was not solved now, it would remain a future problem and something would go wrong again.
Returning to the ward, Jiang Chen found that old Mr. Miao had woken up and was leaning on the bed, seeming lost in thought.
"Grandpa Miao." Seeing that he had already slipped on his shoes, Jiang Chen figured he probably wanted to get out of bed and walked over in a few steps quickly: "What do you want to do? I'll help you."
Old Mr. Miao shook his head. There were deep wrinkles on his face, but he had a kind smile: "Chen Chen, Grandpa just heard you on the phone. Did you encounter any trouble?"
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's about the company, nothing big. Do you want to drink water? I'll pour you a glass of water."
"No need." Old Mr. Miao waved his hand: "Is it related to the Yang family? The Yang family that opened Yanghui?"
Jiang Chen paused and was a little surprised that old Mr. Miao knew about Yanghui, but he didn't think much about it and nodded.
"Shall I cut an apple for you?"
Old Mr. Miao smiled: "Okay."