The way he said "Academician Lu" was not only full of awkwardness, but it was also a bit helpless and aggrieved.
When Lu Zhou heard this voice, he suddenly remembered who this person was.
"Oh, CEO Wang, sorry for not recognizing you … What's up? Why did you suddenly call me? "
Wang Zhengfei: "…"
What's up?
They had just agreed to meet up for a chat three days ago, and now they had completely forgotten about it.
If it were someone else, he would have thrown the phone away.
But I have no choice …
He tried to comfort himself. Academician Lu, who was devoted to his scientific career, was usually busy, so he didn't pay much attention to ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhengfei immediately felt much better and calmer. After clearing his throat, he said politely, "Thank you.
"Academician Lu, here's the thing. Didn't we meet at the report three days ago? We made an appointment to have dinner at the Purple Mountain Hotel. Of course, if Academician Lu is too busy, we can wait a few days. "
Three days ago?
When Lu Zhou heard this, he suddenly remembered that they did meet at the Purple Mountain Hotel.
Not only that, but Lu Zhou seemed to be the one who suggested the meeting at the Purple Mountain Hotel.
"Ahem, sorry, I've been really busy these past three days …" Lu Zhou coughed and quickly changed the topic. He asked, "Where are you now?"
Wang Zhengfei: "I'm at the Purple Mountain Hotel."
You're already there?
"Then … Wait for me for ten minutes, I'll be right there."
After that, Lu Zhou hung up the phone.
Actually, Lu Zhou wasn't particularly interested in interacting with the big bosses in the industry. First of all, his EQ wasn't high enough, and second of all, most of the people in the industry couldn't help him.
Money?
To him, it was just a number.
Unlike other academic professors, his academic prestige had already radiated to fields outside of academia. Because of China's policy of expert governance, to a certain extent, it had reached the extent of interfering with the course of history.
If it was not a very expensive project, he would invest his own money. If he did not have enough money, he would write a letter to the central government for the government to invest.
Up until now, Star Sky Technology had plenty of cash flow. The patents in their hands were like gold mines. Plus, they had shares in East Asia Power and a bunch of other assets. The only other business in China that was more profitable than Star Sky Technology was real estate.
But this time, Lu Zhou changed his mind and decided to talk to President Wang from Huawei Group.
Even though Star Sky Technology was strong in research and development, it had a very obvious weakness, which was its weak manufacturing industry and insufficient production capacity.
The controllable fusion project relied on the power of the China National Nuclear Corporation, and the aerospace industry needed the help of the two aerospace giants. In most cases, Star Sky Technology played the role of the brain. They either cooperated with other companies or outsourced the research results to other companies.
Of course, from the perspective of a market economy, this was not a weakness at all. In fact, it could even be an advantage.
Instead of doing everything, it was far better to do the best in the field that one was best at and the most core business. Not to mention, the patents held by the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study were enough to make Star Sky Technology the father of the industry. This was also Chen Yushan's suggestion.
However, Lu Zhou's focus wasn't on how to make money.
Compared to piling up those unattractive numbers, revealing the secrets behind the system one step at a time was far more exciting. The carbon-based chip contained the second key to the future. Whether it was the suspended third phase of the "Control of Earth and Moon" mission, or the "artificial intelligence" technology branch, they were all closely related to the carbon-based chip.
If possible, Lu Zhou still wanted to control this industry chain, or at least have some influence on it. After all, the condition for Xiao Ai to advance to level 4 was that it had to collect enough data from human social activities.
The word "enough" might sound like an understatement to the system, but for Lu Zhou, it was undoubtedly an astronomical number …
In short, now that Star Sky Technology wanted to enter the chip field, they had to find a suitable ally to quickly transform their technological reserves into tangible products and take the lead in capturing the market.
Fortunately, China didn't lack production capacity.
…
There were only a few places on the east side of the Purple Mountain that had beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. The Zhongshan International mansions were one of them, and the Purple Mountain Hotel was another. The two places were only one or two kilometers apart.
Before Lu Zhou left the study room, he gave Wang Peng a call and told him to drive the car to his apartment. He then changed into a clean set of clothes and left the house.
When he walked out of the door, the Purple Electric Max was already parked in front of his door.
Lu Zhou opened the car door and got in.
"Go to the Purple Mountain Hotel."
"Okay."
Wang Peng nodded and turned the steering wheel onto the road.
Lu Zhou soon arrived at his destination.
At the entrance of the Purple Mountain Hotel, a man in a suit stood at the bottom of the stairs, waiting quietly. When he saw the legendary Purple Electric Max, which was said to be the only one in the world, stop, the man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he enthusiastically went forward to welcome it.
"Hello, Academician Lu, I'm CEO Wang's secretary. You can call me Li Yang or Xiao Li."
"Hello, I've been a bit busy lately, sorry to keep you guys waiting." Lu Zhou shook his hand and said, "Take me to Mr. Wang."
Secretary Li made an inviting gesture.
"Okay, this way please."
The group of people walked through the hotel lobby and arrived at an antique single room. When Lu Zhou opened the door, he saw CEO Wang sitting at the coffee table waiting for him.
When Lu Zhou saw Wang Zhengfei, Wang Zhengfei already heard the footsteps outside the door. The moment the door opened, he stood up from the sofa and walked to the door with a smile.
"Academician Lu, you're finally here!"
Lu Zhou nodded to Wang Peng and signaled him to wait at the door. He then looked at the old man with a smile and reached out his right hand.
"Nice to meet you, sorry to keep you waiting."
"What's there to wait for, I'm the one who should say nice to meet you." Wang Zhengfei shook Lu Zhou's right hand enthusiastically. After he let go, he politely made an inviting gesture. "Please, sit down."
The two sat down at the table.
The hotel waiter came up and poured a cup of jasmine fragrant tea for each of them. He then respectfully left the room and closed the door for the two of them.
Wang Zhengfei looked through the dense fog and smiled kindly. He then found a topic to talk about.
"I'll ask the waiter to bring some tea over. Do you have any taboos?"
"No." Lu Zhou shook his head. He saw that Wang Zhengfei wanted to chat with him for a while, so he said, "CEO Wang, you're a busy person, right? Let's not waste time on small talk."
Wang Zhengfei was slightly taken aback when he heard this unexpected sentence.
However, this wasn't his first time dealing with people from the academic world, so he quickly reacted.
He smiled and put down the teacup. The smile on his old face was replaced with a sincere expression.
He looked at Lu Zhou and spoke.
"Then, we'll do as you say."
"Since there's no one else here, I'll get straight to the point. That carbon-based chip … Is it your research?"
Lu Zhou slowly put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Wang Zhengfei, who was looking at him expectantly. He cleared his throat and spoke.
"No."
Wang Zhengfei: "…?"
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