"Xiao Yang, didn't Director Tong give you a week off? Why are you back already?" Deputy Director Li Guangrong of the research center asked curiously upon seeing Yang Yunhe return.
"It's boring outside. It's more interesting to do research at the institute!" Yang Yunhe replied honestly.
"Hahahaha! It's great that you have this mindset. That's what a true researcher is like!" Li Guangrong exclaimed, reminiscing about his own youth as a university student entering the provincial research institute.
He also prioritized scientific research, finding it more engaging than anything else. However, many things happened later that caused him to lose this attitude and philosophy towards life.
But after jumping ship to Jiangnan Group, that feeling actually returned. Seeing Yang Yunhe, Li Guangrong couldn't help but feel more fondness and admiration. He told others that Yang Yunhe's achievements were already astonishing, not much worse than his own.
"By the way, I came to tell you something else. The transfer from Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi arrived at the institute's account yesterday. Finance has transferred it all to your team's fund account. Please review it quickly. If you're satisfied with the figures, disburse it. If not, our institute will help you negotiate for more!"
"The people at Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi are incredibly wealthy. There's no reason not to squeeze more out of them!" Li Guangrong rambled, leaving Yang Yunhe somewhat bewildered.
Finally, Li Guangrong explained that the day before yesterday, Yang Yunhe had signed an agreement with Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi. Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi hadn't paid nothing; instead, they had directly transferred a sum of money to the research center's account, designated as a bonus for Yang Yunhe's entire team. That's why Deputy Director Li had proactively come to inform him today.
With Deputy Director Li himself present, Yang Yunhe felt embarrassed to proactively check his account. Li Guangrong knew this and, after saying a few words, prepared to leave.
"Director Li, when will Director Tong be free? There are some things..." Yang Yunhe was still eager to gain Tong He's trust.
"Don't even think about it. I think Director Tong won't be seeing anyone for a considerable time," Li Guangrong said, shaking his head with a wry smile.
"Ah? What's going on? Did Director Tong...?"
"Don't overthink it, he's just too busy. But then again, you're the one to blame for all of this!" Li Guangrong muttered, not revealing the full story before leaving.
Yang Yunhe felt dejected for a moment before remembering the bonus. He couldn't help but open his account, take a look, and then felt as if his heart had been squeezed.
"1 followed by seven zeros! That's ten million!?" Yang Yunhe stared incredulously at the balance in his account. Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi had so easily given him a ten-million bonus?
And this was just for him personally. The team account also showed the bonuses for other researchers. A total of twelve researchers, each receiving a one-million bonus.
Additionally, there were four interns, each receiving two hundred thousand. This totaled a bonus of twenty-two point eight million. The generosity of Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi reached a level Yang Yunhe found unbelievable.
"I was a spy for the Americans for so long, and I only received less than 300,000 US dollars in total. This is less than a fraction of what Liushang QuShui Caiwei Shi gave me..." At this moment, Yang Yunhe began to waver. He suddenly felt that his espionage career over the past few years was utterly foolish.
However, Yang Yunhe dared not dwell on it, as he still had many leverage points in their hands.
Yang Yunhe took a deep breath and then distributed the bonuses to the entire project team.
Although the bonus distribution had to go through him, the amount each person received was already decided by the finance department. Yang Yunhe himself didn't have the authority to allocate bonuses. At most, he could deem the amount incorrect and send it back for re-evaluation; he couldn't transfer other researchers' bonuses to himself. It was better to just disburse them.
As a result, the very next second, almost all researchers received text notifications, discovering a substantial sum of money had been added to their personal accounts. Yang Yunhe then stepped forward to offer an explanation, and the entire team erupted in celebration.
While Yang Yunhe rejoiced with everyone else, he also fell into deep contemplation.
"If I can get a bonus of tens of millions for developing a liquid clothing technology, then if I find a way to get another better technology from Goldman Sachs, won't the bonuses be even more outrageous!" Such thoughts kept swirling in Yang Yunhe's mind, refusing to dissipate.
A week later, Old Zhou, who was responsible for the research center's Shaanxi district canteen, was naturally clearing away the dishes after the researchers had finished their meals. In the bottom of a bowl of beef noodles, he felt something slippery – a small piece of tape.
Old Zhou collected the bowl without a trace of emotion. While taking the bowls to the washing area, the small piece of tape transferred to his palm.
A few days later, this tape was delivered to another person through a material exchange, and from there, it was directly sent to Professor Parkinson, the head of Goldman Sachs.
"What? He wants another technology!" Professor Parkinson's expression was already quite unpleasant as he looked at the new intelligence received.
"Yes, he said he has already gained Director Tong's appreciation, but Tong He still doubts his professional capabilities in materials. Therefore, he hopes to come up with a more attractive material, otherwise, he won't be able to join Tong He's team."
"Also, he mentioned that Tong He has almost disappeared from the research center. According to some information he heard, Tong He might have made a major discovery. He doesn't know the specifics, but anything that could make Tong He disappear must be a very important discovery!" the secretary said.
"Is what this person says true?" Professor Parkinson asked.
"Another source has corroborated that Tong He has indeed not appeared for over two weeks."
"Fine..." Professor Parkinson said through gritted teeth, "Go to the technology department's repository and find a material technology for him."
"What grade of material?" the secretary asked cautiously. "Is it like the previous one, without practical commercial value, or something else...?"
"Give him something truly valuable!" Professor Parkinson said through gritted teeth. "Go tell him this time, success is the only option, failure is not!"
"Yes!" the secretary nodded.
Thus, a few months later, Yang Yunhe once again stunned the entire research center because, during an experiment, he had stumbled upon another special material.
This material was highly sensitive to electric current, capable of sensing even the weakest electrical charge and reacting accordingly.
Upon seeing the material's specific data, Deputy Director Li Guangrong excitedly pounded the table. This meant that the material for the human bio-electrode, which had been a persistent problem for the entire research center, had finally been found.
The research center had not relaxed its efforts in the development of more advanced forms of personal terminals. One of the most in-depth forms was to connect the terminal more deeply with the human body, even completely discarding physical interaction methods like touching screens and pressing buttons.
Instead, it would directly control the terminal through brainwaves. A thought in the mind would immediately cause the terminal to react.
For example, when playing a game, if you suddenly wanted to check the time, the time would instantly appear on the screen, as naturally as if you wanted to move your finger and your finger moved.
Of course, this technology sounded extremely complex and difficult. Besides discerning human intentions amidst the complex bio-electric currents of the human body, the most critical issue was the lack of a suitable device that could quickly and comprehensively receive any bio-electric changes.
Such devices weren't entirely non-existent, but the problem was that these devices required the implantation of electrodes beneath the human epidermis, collecting bio-electric currents through direct contact with human nerves, as the signal strength was strongest this way.
However, no normal person would accept having an electrode implanted inside their body, let alone one installed by capitalists. Who knew if this electrode might explode in the future and blow up their entire head?
Therefore, truly marketable human-brain interactive devices could only be those that, without entering the human body, could sense human electrical signals by simply touching the skin.
But this made the requirements for the receiving material extremely stringent. The research center had always struggled to find such a material. However, with Yang Yunhe's breakthrough, this material problem was solved.
Li Guangrong immediately reported it to the company headquarters. Boss Huang personally approved it. Just two days later, Yang Yunhe's team received a bonus exceeding five hundred million yuan, with Yang Yunhe alone receiving three hundred million.
This made Yang Yunhe ecstatic once again, but also further led him to question whether being a spy for tens of thousands of dollars was a very idiotic decision.
However, Yang Yunhe later made peace with himself. He realized that if he hadn't been a spy for Goldman Sachs, he wouldn't have been able to obtain the materials and technologies that he couldn't have developed himself, and thus couldn't have "fleeced" Jiangnan Group. Therefore, he still had to thank Goldman Sachs. It was just that the other party had begun to warn him not to "fleece" them anymore, which made Yang Yunhe particularly uncomfortable.