"Boss, I truly didn't know it was you. I was wrong, please don't blame Teacher Ni. He's too busy and genuinely can't attend to many matters!" The researcher handed the mobile phone to Huang He and explained in a low voice, on the verge of tears.
"Tell me, why didn't you know I was the boss here? I just looked at your file; you've been working here for a year and graduated from Peking University. There's no reason you shouldn't recognize me!" Huang Boss's words sounded rather boastful, but they were the truth.
Not to mention how absurd it was to not know who the boss was after a year at the company, Huang Boss should have been famous throughout China when this person was studying at Peking University. There were few people in China who hadn't seen Huang He's photo, just like in the future, there would be few Chinese people who hadn't seen Jack Ma's photo.
"Boss, the situation is like this. When I first entered university, I genuinely hadn't heard your name. Later, in my sophomore year, I heard of you. However, our teachers told us not to bother with external matters and just focus on our studies. So, I diligently studied and didn't pay attention to these things. Therefore, I only knew your name, but I never saw your photo online!"
"As for after joining the company, I’ve been focused on research. Although I heard the company was yours, I never really thought about it. The company also doesn't allow access to external networks, and I haven't had a break in a long time. So, we genuinely didn't know about these situations!" the R&D personnel said with a wry smile, looking fearfully at Huang He, afraid that the boss would fire him with a single word.
It was known that because of the existence of the China International Electronic Technology Industry Development Alliance, the domestic research environment was much stronger than in history.
However, a company like Jiangnan Group, which directly offered a five-digit salary to college students who had just joined, was truly unprecedented.
For example, the young man who had just graduated a year ago could earn 12,800 yuan in this research center. Meanwhile, his classmates who were not hired by Jiangnan Group were currently best off in state-owned enterprises, earning a basic salary of 3,000 yuan while enduring their days. This was simply incomparable.
Therefore, he was terrified, fearing that Boss Wang would dismiss him with a single word. If that happened, he would never find a job at Jiangnan Group again.
"I ask you, is there not a single photo of me hung up anywhere inside the entire research center?" Boss Huang suddenly asked. "This is my research center. It should be natural to hang a photo of me at the entrance!"
"..." Silence. The scene immediately fell into silence. The researcher's mouth was tightly shut, and he had no idea how to respond. This scene also made Boss Huang realize the situation.
"Heh heh!" Boss Huang sneered. Tong He, the highest-ranking manager present, quickly explained, "Boss, the situation is like this. Our management believes that the most important thing for researchers is to focus wholeheartedly on research and not worry about other matters. Therefore, there are no photos of anyone posted in the entire research center; it's all decorated in a uniform cool color scheme!"
"How about this: go conduct a study to see how much the work efficiency of the entire research center will decrease if I have a photo posted here. That way, I'll know exactly how powerful my appearance is!" Tong He immediately shut his mouth, and the atmosphere at the scene grew even more awkward.
"Boss, I think you've gone too far this time!" Seeing Huang He's constant cold remarks, someone finally couldn't hold back and spoke directly, "We are all engaged in scientific research. In our eyes, only research is important. We have no inclination to care about other things because they are not important to us."
"You can deduct our salaries, and you can punish us as you please, but please don't humiliate us like this. If there's nothing else, I'm going back to work. I have an experiment to do, and if I miss the timing, the entire experiment will be in vain!" After saying this, the professor, who held a somewhat significant position in the R&D center and was a leader of a scientific research project, left directly, even signaling others to follow him.
"Try stepping out of this ward!" Huang He roared. However, the person remained unfazed and turned to leave.
"Very good!" Huang He nodded. "Halt his laboratory, revoke all his access privileges in the research center, and suspend all his research tasks. We'll find someone else to be in charge later!"
"Also, carefully investigate all his research projects for any financial issues. If there are any, send him directly to prison. If not, send him to the Northwest to conduct research on desertification prevention. Anyway, all of you have signed contracts for at least 10 years, so I'll have him stay in the Northwest for 10 years. If he can make our great Northwest a little greener, it will count as his contribution!" With a few words, Huang He directly dispatched such a leader to the Northwest in front of all the executives of the photoelectric research center.
Seeing this scene, many people's legs turned weak. These people had never witnessed such a display before. To be sent to the Northwest for desertification prevention research was comparable to being sent to Siberia to plant potatoes in the past.
"Arrogant, truly arrogant!" Huang He sneered coldly. "You all exude arrogance. You didn't even take me seriously this time! It seems I've been too kind to you all, leading you to think I'm a fool, or perhaps garbage, not worth mentioning, even though I am your provider!"
Some might find Huang He's outburst inexplicable, exaggerated, or excessive.
However, imagine investing billions of dollars annually in a research center, only for the staff not to recognize their boss. Furthermore, if they harbor a disdainful attitude towards the wealthy, how would you feel? The situation would become perfectly clear.
This is respect that cannot be bought with money.
Beyond this, there was another point that filled Huang He with dread: he felt as if he was losing control of this research center.
Jiangnan Group currently had many research centers. Excluding the minor ones belonging to various companies, Jiangnan Center had three large-scale research centers.
One was a transportation research center studying vacuum high-speed magnetic levitation trains, and the other was a newly established mechanical research center. The former belonged to the state, and the latter was a hobby. Neither was considered overly important to Boss Huang and Jiangnan Group.
However, this photoelectric research center was different. It was absolutely the lifeline of the entire Jiangnan Group. It managed the research and development of the group's most core black gold material metal, the research and development of the five-进制 computer system, and the research and development of the most crucial chips and various semiconductors.
These were also the most core businesses of Jiangnan Group and the foundation upon which it stood. They were core assets that even the state could not take away. For Huang He, it was absolutely his lifeline, consuming tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars in funding annually, and it could not afford any problems.
Yet, in such a research center, there wasn't even a photo of him. There were security guards and researchers who didn't recognize him, and even more distressingly, the emergence of academic cliques. All of this made Huang He's blood run cold, so he had to take action against the entire research center.
At this moment, Huang He suddenly understood many things he couldn't comprehend before.
Why did that seemingly brilliant and wise, groundbreaking super-great figure of the year 2000, later engage in something that was incomprehensible to ordinary people and make such a decision?
At this moment, Huang He understood. Some people must be taught a lesson! You
"Teacher Ni will temporarily no longer be in charge of the management of the entire research center. I will transfer Zhang Yingguo over. He will be responsible for the daily operations of the entire research center!" Huang He said coldly, while all the executives present wore bewildered expressions. They hadn't even heard of Huang He, let alone knew who this Zhang Yingguo was.
So, after Huang He asked them to leave the ward, these executives were still asking each other who Zhang Yingguo was.
Fortunately, not all of these researchers were people who were completely uninterested in external affairs. There was someone who knew about the group's affairs. This person was Zuo Sicheng, who said with a wry smile, "This Zhang Yingguo can be considered a veteran of the company, known as one of the Four Great Vajras. It is said that he made some mistakes in the early years, displeasing the boss, and was suppressed for quite some time."
"He only slowly returned to management in recent years and is currently mainly responsible for market development business. That's all I know, as he has nothing to do with us, so I don't have more information!" Zuo Sicheng said.
"What about his education?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"I'm not sure, but I know that among the Four Great Vajras, except for Liu Xiangjiang, none of them are university graduates!" Zuo Sicheng said.
"Are you saying that the boss is letting someone who hasn't even attended university and handles business manage our research center?" a responsible person said, dumbfounded.
At this moment, they realized that a single button pressed by that researcher had caused the entire research center to completely change.
"You don't need to worry, I won't fire you!" Everyone else had left, but the researcher who had sounded the alarm was kept by Huang He. Then, a rare smile appeared on Huang He's face as he comforted him.
"Really?" The person looked at Huang He pitifully, still finding it hard to believe, especially since the big boss of the research center had been dismissed because of this matter.
"Mm!" Huang He nodded. "Since you don't recognize me, your actions are not wrong; on the contrary, they are commendable. By the way, I also want to commend those security guards. They did nothing wrong. In the future, when encountering strangers entering the research center, you must stop them immediately. If necessary, you must also shoot decisively. The research results of the center are more important!"
"By the way, what's your name?"
"My name is Leng Jingmo!" Leng Jingmo said softly.
"You're also surnamed Leng?" Boss Huang felt a sense of kinship and smiled. "Tomorrow, I will have the head office issue commendations to you all. You will all receive promotions and raises! You are not the ones who should be unlucky, and I won't make the wrong choice!" Huang He said with a smile. "Alright, now you can introduce me to the superbrain personal terminal that I spent billions of dollars to develop!"