The banquet ended well past eleven. Everyone was thoroughly satisfied with the food, and many were tipsy, walking with a sway.
Qin Chuan had also drunk a lot, and a wave of dizziness washed over him, making his head feel heavy.
Although Zheng Chengdao was with him, the latter didn't know the location of the laboratory dormitories. So, Qin Chuan decided to simply find a nearby hotel and book a room for the night.
Naturally, Alisa was with Qin Chuan. The young boss, Qin Chuan, and the beautiful female doctor from America, Alisa, were no longer a secret. They no longer hid their relationship.
Besides, it was impossible to hide it. Alisa was too passionate, fiery, and unrestrained; few could resist her.
As soon as they entered the hotel, both inebriated individuals collapsed onto the soft, large bed together, embracing.
Alisa, also about seventy percent drunk, had a layer of unusual blush on her fair, flawless face, making her even more radiant and captivating.
The moment she fell onto the bed, Qin Chuan felt a pair of soft lips passionately kiss him, their actions filled with intensity.
Qin Chuan reciprocated, and soon their movements became increasingly passionate, their clothes diminishing.
Fueled by alcohol, the man and woman, like dry wood and raging fire, were more passionate and energetic than usual. This was destined to be a night filled with heat.
When Qin Chuan woke up, it was already almost eight o'clock the next morning.
Beside him, Alisa slept soundly like a kitten, her fair, alluring leg resting on him.
Qin Chuan looked at the beautiful female doctor sleeping soundly, his emotions a mix of complexity.
He realized that as their time together grew longer, he seemed to be gradually falling for her.
Perhaps their initial encounters were purely for pleasure, with little deep emotion. After all, people abroad were always much more open about sex than in China.
But after this period of interaction, Alisa's passion, her fiery nature, her extensive knowledge, especially her research in the chip field, were truly top-tier.
Qin Chuan found that he was indeed gradually falling for the beautiful female doctor beside him, and for a moment, he felt quite troubled.
He knew his scumbag nature was acting up again. He already had Li Ya, the perfect mature woman, and Teacher Yang, who was as pure and beautiful as an immortal, yet he wasn't satisfied.
Now he had fallen for the beautiful Alisa. He was truly beyond saving!
"Mmm~~~"
As Qin Chuan's thoughts swirled, a sound came from his ear. Alisa, lost in a sweet dream, slowly opened her eyes.
"Darling, you're awake so early?"
Seeing that Qin Chuan was awake, Alisa coiled around him like a beautiful snake, her warm and fragrant body pressing against him, feeling incredibly comfortable.
"Mhm, I just woke up too."
Qin Chuan said with a smile.
"What time is it?"
Alisa asked.
"It's almost eight, just five minutes away."
Qin Chuan glanced at the time and said.
"Oh no, hurry up and get up! I'm going to be late!"
Hearing the time, Alisa jolted awake and sat up from the bed.
"It's fine to be a little late. I, the big boss, am here. Besides, with your position in the lab, who would dare say anything to you?"
Qin Chuan said with a smile.
"That's different!"
Alisa said as she quickly dressed. "Precisely because we are management, we should set an example and not give the employees below us an impression of laziness or complacency."
"Work is work, and rest is rest. They cannot be treated the same."
Qin Chuan had nothing to say to this explanation. He could only give her a thumbs-up, and then he also quickly got ready.
Without even having time for breakfast, they had Zheng Chengdao drive them to the laboratory.
Fortunately, the laboratory started work at eight-thirty, so they weren't late.
Qin Chuan sent a message asking Zheng Chengdao to buy some breakfast, then put on a white lab coat like a professional and entered the experimental area to observe closely how the researchers were working.
As mentioned before, although the CPU for the MP3 product had been successfully developed and all data was standard, this matter was too critical, and no oversight was permitted.
So, for the next period, it would be various tests and adjustments to ensure the product was the best it could be.
Furthermore, the laboratory was not just working on one project. Besides the CPU, another project was underway – the problem of memory chips!
This so-called memory chip problem was also specifically developed for MP3s, and the idea was Qin Chuan's own.
As someone from the future, he was acutely aware of the future trajectory of MP3 players.
Currently, MP3 players developed in South Korea and the United States were products with built-in memory. These products had a significant limitation: very small storage capacity.
Only about twenty to thirty megabytes, allowing for the storage of at most ten to twenty songs, which was far from meeting people's daily needs.
Qin Chuan therefore proposed whether it was possible to create a separate card slot on the MP3 chip specifically for flash cards.
Flash cards had already been developed in this era and were beginning to be introduced to the market.
These well-known storage cards were developed by Toshiba Corporation from Japan. Although not widely used in the market at present, their market potential was immense.
As far as Qin Chuan remembered, within the next year or two, three major Japanese companies – Toshiba, Sony, and SanDisk – would jointly develop a new type of storage card called the SD card!
The advent of the SD card completely monopolized the status of storage cards, making it impossible for anyone to shake its position.
In the future, cameras, mobile phones, MP3 players, MP4 players, and a series of other high-tech products would all rely on SD cards.
They were compact and portable, with high security, and were recognized by the market upon their release.
Therefore, Qin Chuan had proposed his requirement from the beginning: the MP3 product must be equipped with a suitable card slot for storage cards, thereby significantly enhancing the product's selling points.
Currently, a portion of the laboratory personnel was working on overcoming this hurdle. Once it was conquered, the MP3 players could be fully put into production.
As for screens and other accessories, they would be sourced through business partnerships.
Two days later, Qin Chuan arrived at the laboratory early in the morning. All the laboratory personnel were present. Everyone was neatly dressed, and the laboratory was meticulously clean.
The reason was simple: Qingbei University had arranged for media representatives to visit for an interview today.
By Qin Chuan's side was another familiar face – the major shareholder, Fang Rumei.
It was already a regret that Fang Rumei, as a major shareholder, had not attended the celebration banquet when the laboratory successfully overcame the CPU challenge. She definitely wouldn't miss this interview.
Moreover, the media outlets visiting this time were quite significant: one was called China Youth Daily, and the other was called China Science and Technology Daily.
The reputations of these two newspapers were undoubtedly top-tier in the media industry, with only a few capable of surpassing them. Being featured on the front page of such newspapers was an immense honor for any enterprise.
Because these two newspapers had nationwide circulation, it meant the laboratory was about to gain national recognition!
This was where the benefits of collaborating with a strong partner became evident. The laboratory's partnership with a powerhouse like Qingbei University was an undeniably brilliant move.