On the 20th of January, in the laboratory of Lenovo Group, Academician Ni Guangnan sat weakly in a chair. He stared blankly at the instrument in front of him, looking very dispirited.
Those who were familiar with Ni Guangnan knew that he was a man who would never admit defeat no matter what. He was as tough as a piece of sticky candy. They had never seen Ni Guangnan in despair and decadence.
But now that they saw it, most of Ni Guangnan's researchers had a complicated look in their eyes. Some people even couldn't help but start crying.
The reason was very simple. Because just yesterday, the joint electronics laboratory, which was almost ready to start work at any time, came to an abrupt end.
Because the 50 million research funds promised by Liu Chuanzhi had not arrived, Ni Guangnan tried his best to invite representatives from other parties to the Imperial Capital for a meeting. Everyone calmly discussed a suitable plan. However, Liu Chuanzhi directly stated at the meeting that this was not the right time to build a joint electronics laboratory. If Lenovo wanted to build one, they could build it independently. There was no need to form a partnership with others.
The other two parties were furious. The joint electronics laboratory was completely ruined. The angry Ni Guangnan went to Liu Chuanzhi and asked him to agree that Lenovo would invest 100 million yuan to build an electronics laboratory. Liu Chuanzhi directly said that he was the chairman of Lenovo. If he did not agree, there was nothing to discuss. Ni Guangnan could continue to research other office equipment. Currently, Lenovo did not need to be involved in the field of chips.
This was the reason why Ni Guangnan fell into despair and decadence. Because at this moment, Ni Guangnan completely understood.
Lenovo would never be able to create a computer chip that belonged to Hua Xia. Liu Chuanzhi, who used to be a close partner, was no longer the researcher who could work in the laboratory for more than a decade.
He was the boss. He held hundreds of millions of yuan in his hands and had tens of thousands of employees. He was no longer the same person. He only cared about profits and no longer looked at the big picture.
That's right. Ni Guangnan himself admitted that the current development direction of trade and technology, which was more trade than industry than technology, was indeed the most suitable development direction for Lenovo.
However, this was only temporary. In the future, it would definitely be the world of technology. An enterprise would only be able to shine if it persisted in the strategy of technology, industry, and trade. In other words, technology was more than industry and more than trade.
At this moment, Ni Guangnan was suddenly very envious of those people at Huawei. Ni Guangnan had met Huawei's CEO before. He was a man who always put technology first, just like himself.
Although Huawei was now far behind Lenovo, Ni Guangnan believed that in the future, Huawei would be able to support Hua Xia's technology field.
Not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of commercial output. Lenovo was not comparable to Lenovo, because Lenovo had taken the wrong path from the beginning.
In 2020, Huawei's total revenue reached a terrifying level of 721.2 billion yuan, while Lenovo's total revenue was 350 billion yuan. In this regard, Huawei was more than twice as much as Lenovo.
However, all of Huawei's products were in Huawei's hands, and Lenovo was still an assembly factory. The profits that belonged to them were pitifully small.
This was only a comparison of revenue. If one were to look at the total market value, Lenovo's total market value in 2020 was 70 billion HKD. As for Huawei, it was not listed, so it was hard to know its total market value. But according to Wall Street's estimates of Huawei, if Huawei chose to be listed, then its total market value would be more than 400 billion USD. It was much more than Lenovo.
In 2020, Lenovo's total market value was only 15% of Xiaomi's.
Cough … … Back to the topic. Ni Guangnan had realized that with Liu Chuanzhi around, Lenovo would never be able to realize Hua Xia's chip dream.
But Lenovo was raised by Ni Guangnan, and Ni Guangnan did not want to leave Lenovo. He wanted Lenovo to go down the wrong path.
There was only one way to solve this problem, and that was to get rid of Liu Chuanzhi as the CEO and replace him with someone who could cooperate with his technology, industry, and trade strategy. This was the only way.
But the problem was, if you asked Ni Guangnan to research a technology problem, he could think of a few hundred ways to solve it. However, Ni Guangnan really couldn't think of a way to get rid of the chairman of a company, who was deeply rooted in the company and had students all over the company. Ni Guangnan really couldn't think of any way.
So, Ni Guangnan kept quiet. He realized his future was bleak, and he could only give up or leave this path.
That night, it was rare for Ni Guangnan to get off work on time. His surprised wife began to prepare lunch for Ni Guangnan, but Ni Guangnan tasted it like he was chewing wax.
When night came, Ni Guangnan was still sitting on the sofa. He did not say a word for a long time.
At this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang. Ni Guangnan's wife opened the door, and in came Ni Guangnan's student, who was also his right-hand man, Zhang Lu.
"Teacher! Are you still worried? "Zhang Lu asked with some heartache.
"Sigh, I'm not worried. I just feel that the future of Hua Xia's computers is almost gone!" Ni Guangnan sighed.
"Teacher, we all know this without you saying. Liu Chuanzhi is a bastard. He only cares about money. He doesn't have any vision. Such a person doesn't deserve to be the CEO. He doesn't deserve to lead the entire Lenovo Group!"
"What are you talking about?" Ni Guangnan frowned.
"Teacher, I'm telling the truth. Liu Chuanzhi is not a good person at all. Not only did he fool around with women, but he also embezzled tens of millions of the company's assets!" Zhang Lu said.
"Enough, don't say such baseless things!" Ni Guangnan said angrily. "Liu Chuanzhi and I are just fighting over the business route, but I trust Liu Chuanzhi's character. He is not the kind of person you are talking about. Don't slander him!"
"Teacher, I'm really not lying. If you don't believe me, take a look. When one of our juniors brought a camera to take photos, he saw Liu Chuanzhi holding a young woman's hand and looking at the scenery in Summer Palace. They were even hugging each other. There are photos to prove it!" Zhang Lu took out a few developed photos from his pocket. Ni Guangnan glanced at them and found that the male lead was really Liu Chuanzhi. The female lead was a young woman who looked to be in her twenties. She was young and beautiful. She was dressed very provocatively, revealing her entire thigh and arm.
"No way!" Ni Guangnan was shocked when he saw these photos. In his impression, Liu Chuanzhi was not such a person.
"That's not all. A while ago, there was a fire in Sujiang Province because of lightning. It led to the warehouse and burned a large number of computers. The company lost 30 million, right?"
"One of my relatives lives next to that warehouse. He told me personally that the warehouse he saw was not set on fire by lightning. Someone deliberately set the warehouse on fire. The computers inside were not new computers at all. They were a batch of old computers that were moved in overnight. These new computers just disappeared into thin air. "
"Teacher, do you think these computers went into Liu Chuanzhi's pocket? Or did they go somewhere else? You know, Sujiang Province is the territory of Yang Yuanqing, his favorite subordinate. Liu Chuanzhi also gives the team in Sujiang Province an excellent award every year. How could this have nothing to do with Liu Chuanzhi? "
"Teacher, look. These are the serial numbers of the computers that I secretly asked the property manager to get. There are the detailed serial numbers of the damaged computers. And this is the serial number of a computer that I found in the computer market in Jiangzhe. It is one of the damaged computers. These are all solid evidence! "Zhang Lu said excitedly.
"Yeah, I didn't expect Liu Chuanzhi to be such a person!" Looking at the solid evidence, coupled with the fact that he wanted Liu Chuanzhi to step down immediately, Ni Guangnan instinctively believed these words.
"What do you think I should do?" Ni Guangnan murmured.
"Teacher, let's report Liu Chuanzhi. Lenovo is not Liu Chuanzhi's Lenovo. Most of the shares are in the hands of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology. As long as they say that they want to change the chairman, Liu Chuanzhi will definitely not be able to continue.
"Teacher, you have so many friends above. As long as this evidence is handed in, Liu Chuanzhi will definitely lose!" Zhang Lu said.
"But, it's a bit too immoral to do this …" Ni Guangnan was still hesitant.
"Teacher, have you forgotten how Liu Chuanzhi managed to get Song Hongbing into the prison? Although Song Hongbing was a bit domineering in the company and didn't give Liu Chuanzhi face, he was indeed the best performer in the company. He was the one who opened up the national market! "
"But because Sun Hongbing didn't listen to Liu Chuanzhi and even talked back to him, Liu Chuanzhi immediately fabricated evidence and sent it to the Public Security Bureau to report the case. Now, Old Sun is still in the detention center and has been sentenced to five years in prison. What a smart and capable person! Won't he be crippled after five years? "
"Teacher, Liu Chuanzhi is the most ruthless person in the world. He can send his men to prison. Why can't you report him? These are all solid evidence. We didn't frame him! "Zhang Lu said.
"Okay! Teacher knows! " Ni Guangnan nodded. Song Hongbing's experience finally made Ni Guangnan determined. Moreover, he didn't do it for himself. He didn't want money or power. He just wanted to fight for Hua Xia's computer chips. "
Liu Chuanzhi must step down. Otherwise, Lenovo will be an assembly factory for the rest of its life!
[PS: In history, Ni Guangnan did do this. He reported Liu Chuanzhi, but it was in early 1994. For the needs of the plot, it was brought forward a year. Just treat it as Jia Yapeng, the little butterfly, flapping its wings!]
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