The staff at the research center threw a grand party to celebrate their discovery and the joy of saving their boss. They naturally attributed all the credit to themselves or to modern medicine.
It wasn't until much later that these people learned their boss had credited everything to Grandfather Sanqing.
This wasn't entirely wrong, given how coincidentally the good news arrived. They had just returned the Yangping Zhidou Gong Yin and established immeasurable merit, only for major breakthroughs to be reported directly afterward.
A normal person would believe this was the merit of Grandfather Sanqing, not science or dollars.
Especially after Jobs himself investigated and found that experiments for this compound had been logged in the work journal half a year prior and were scheduled to be conducted three months ago.
However, due to an accident, the container storing the compound malfunctioned, causing the experiment at the time to skip this particular compound.
Since the lab tested over a dozen different compounds daily, no one paid attention when one was skipped. Humans also have a peculiar trait: once something is missed, they generally don't go back, assuming it was an inconsequential result.
After all, how could it be so coincidental that one compound was missed, and it happened to be the crucial one?
If that were the case, the missed compound was destined never to reach the experimental stage. But then, three days prior, another compound showed signs of contamination. When the experimenter went to the warehouse to find a backup of that compound,
They discovered there was no backup. However, the daily work tasks had to be completed. Consequently, they happened to find the backup of the previously skipped compound and casually used it for the experiment.
The result was a miracle: the lab achieved a major breakthrough. [PS: This coincidence is indeed true, a very magical coincidence!] Using this overlooked compound, Jobs successfully gained a new lease on life.
Jobs calculated and realized this was precisely three days after he received the Yangping Zhidou Gong Yin. So, the Grand Master Sanqing had already rewarded him with merit at that time. In that moment, Jobs was thoroughly converted.
Of course, if Jobs had scrutinized the timing further, he would have discovered it was actually four hours *before* he received the Yangping Zhidou Gong Yin, making it less miraculous.
Humans also have another trait: they love to connect two things, find a commonality, and then conclude that the two things influence each other, forming a causal relationship.
As Jobs prepared for the research and development of the iPhone while also preparing to extend his life, Android on the other side was also approaching its moment of destiny.
Andy Rubin looked at the document in his hand and angrily questioned the person before him, "Why? Why was my R&D funding stopped? The chairman promised me he would provide ample funding for Android's development!!"
"Mr. Rubin, the head office sent you the relevant funding documents three months ago, requiring a response within a week. Yet, you haven't provided any reply to the head office. Why should the head office continue your R&D funding?" Hao Jianguo said helplessly, looking at the man before him.
Hao Jianguo had already been promoted and was now the highest-ranking official for Jiangnan Group in the United States, responsible for all its affairs. He was, without question, the most powerful figure in the entire Jiangnan Group.
Of course, Hao Jianguo often mused about how amusing Huang He's expression would be if he knew his most powerful regional manager was an infiltrator from the rival company. The thought of this sometimes made Hao Jianguo struggle to suppress his excitement and impulse.
Unfortunately, Hao Jianguo's identity was destined to remain a secret. Aside from him and the old man behind him, no one knew his true identity.
Therefore, even though Hao Jianguo knew that Andy Rubin, like himself, was a pawn of the old man, he still had to feign loyalty to the head office and explain.
"Don't mention that document to me. What kind of nonsense graphics are those? I can't understand any of them!" Andy Rubin snorted.
The document the two were referring to was issued by the Jiangnan Group's head office, detailing the financial plan for Android's second half of the year, which required Andy Rubin to complete.
However, this document was sent after Boss Huang left the United States, making it entirely in Chinese, with no English on it.
In fact, this wasn't specifically targeting Andy Rubin. All documents sent by the Jiangnan Group headquarters to the United States had become Chinese. They also required replies from the US side to be in Chinese, and all internal company documents in the US were mandated to be in Chinese.
This policy naturally caused significant turmoil. According to statistics, in the past three months, the work efficiency of Jiangnan Group's branches in the United States had decreased by at least 30%. Furthermore, almost every company experienced various low-level errors daily due to language issues.
The financial losses incurred by the company exceeded $300 million.
Given these figures, any reasonably sane boss would have stopped issuing such documents. However, our Boss Huang proactively terminated those employees who made mistakes.
Boss Huang directly implemented a policy of giving any employee who made a mistake three chances. The first mistake would result in a warning, the second in a pay cut, and the third would lead to immediate dismissal.
The policy for executives was even more stringent. An executive making a mistake due to language issues was immediately dismissed. If their subordinates made mistakes due to language issues, the executive would have 10% of their annual bonus deducted, and this would continue until the entire bonus was depleted.
This meant that if an executive's subordinates made more than 10 mistakes, their annual bonus would essentially be wiped out. It's worth noting that Jiangnan Group was quite generous with compensation, and their annual bonuses were exceptionally lavish, nearly double that of comparable companies.
If their annual bonus was zeroed out, it was equivalent to losing half a year's salary, which for many executives represented a loss of over $200,000. Who could possibly endure that!
Consequently, regardless of whether the executives of Jiangnan Group were willing, they immediately hired a large number of translators within their companies. Since the Chinese proficiency of native Americans was notoriously poor, the majority of those hired were overseas Chinese.
However, Jiangnan Group had a rule: they did not hire American Chinese, only genuine Chinese nationals. Therefore, the number of Chinese employees in these US branches saw a substantial increase.
But merely having translators was not enough, as much of the actual work could not rely on translators. Employees themselves needed to learn Chinese. Thus, with the approval of Jin Guang, Hao Jianguo, and Boss Huang, all companies allocated over $2 million to hire professional Chinese teachers to conduct classes within the company, offering all employees a free opportunity to learn Chinese.
Since this policy was implemented at the headquarters of each branch, and those who could work at headquarters were generally high achievers with strong learning abilities, learning Chinese was not a difficult task for them.
Driven by these policies, although Jiangnan Group's businesses in the United States experienced a regression in the past three months, the Chinese proficiency of the various branches improved dramatically. Over 60% of employees could now read Chinese text without hindrance, and half of them could communicate directly in Chinese without any issues.
The remaining 40% of employees were also making efforts to improve. Therefore, while the Chinese policy did cause some growing pains, these pains were expected to pass quickly, with the exception of the Android company.
Among Jiangnan Group's branches in the United States, excluding joint ventures, most were wholly owned by Boss Huang. The only two exceptions were Netflix and Android.
The former had now become wholly owned, leaving Android as Jiangnan Group's last stand in the United States. Since Andy Rubin, like Lasvis, possessed absolute operational control, the Chinese policy encountered significant resistance at Android, starting with Andy Rubin's strong opposition.
The headquarters consistently sent Chinese documents, and Andy Rubin either did not reply or replied in English. Thus, their relationship with the headquarters was practically severed.
Initially, Andy Rubin was quite pleased with this situation, as it allowed him to completely escape the control of the headquarters and engage in more clandestine activities privately.
As for the reprimands from headquarters, he could simply use his dislike for Chinese to deflect them, considering himself an annoyance but not caring, as he was about to leave Android anyway.
However, Andy Rubin soon discovered the problem: the research funding from Jiangnan Group headquarters had been directly suspended. Jiangnan Group cutting off Andy Rubin's financial lifeline brought Android's development to a standstill.
This led to Hao Jianguo's visit this time. He had been deliberately summoned by Andy Rubin with one purpose: to restore the research funding for Android!
"How about this: you send a letter of apology to the headquarters, remember to write it entirely in Chinese, preferably in your own handwriting, and then I'll put in a good word for you. This might allow the boss to approve your funding!" Hao Jianguo sincerely suggested, also hoping for the headquarters to allocate funds quickly so he wouldn't have to argue with this imbecile anymore.
Unfortunately, this esteemed white man shook his head and refused, "I will not write anything in Chinese. Regardless, Android's research is at a critical juncture. If the headquarters doesn't want the several hundred million dollars already invested to go to waste, then they should remit the remaining funds to me now, otherwise, it will all be over!"