Lin Wen watched Gao Chengshan beside him with a speechless expression, clearly wanting to ask about his mentor's original intentions.
However, Gao Chengshan ignored Lin Wen and fixed his gaze on Wang Yu.
"You said that 5% of the product's profit goes to me, and 5% goes to Tiangong University. Is this true?"
Wang Yu answered without hesitation, his tone firm and decisive.
"That is natural. All investments and costs will be borne by me personally!"
Although this action might make others think he was putting on a show or being a saint, he genuinely admired those who dedicated themselves to learning and silently contributed to the nation's prosperity and strength.
Therefore, Wang Yu chose to contribute his profits. On one hand, it stemmed from the national pride and social responsibility of a reborn individual. On the other hand, he truly needed these professional experts and professors to help him realize and develop his technologies.
After all, he was the director of an automobile factory, and only secondarily a technical genius.
A single thread cannot make a rope, nor a single tree a forest. How many nails can be made from a whole body of iron? He, Wang Yu, was not a robot and had to delegate many tasks to his subordinates or other partners!
"Then, if I were to give my share of the 5% profit to Tiangong University as well?"
Gao Chengshan asked Wang Yu, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately attracted Lin Wen's attention.
"Oh? That's not impossible."
Wang Yu was somewhat surprised but also found it natural. For these older generation scholars, strengthening the nation was their true aspiration, so he was not surprised by such behavior.
"After all, that is your disposable asset. If you choose to give it all to Tiangong University, that's perfectly fine."
Upon hearing Wang Yu's words, Gao Chengshan's face broke into a smile. "I need your complete technical manuscripts and a solid theoretical foundation. Combined with my years of research, I can achieve multimedia digital compression storage and recording technology, what you call the VCD, in at most three months!"
Hearing Gao Chengshan's words, Wang Yu was overjoyed. "That would be wonderful. If you can truly complete it this quickly, I can add another 2 million yuan in research funding. Not only that, but I have many other projects and technologies that we can discuss further!"
In his original plan, the VCD would take at least two years to be completed and implemented. The playback equipment itself was not an issue; it was simply for playback and storage.
The most crucial part was the carrier medium, the production of the so-called recordable optical discs.
In his previous life, there were various speculations about who invented this. Some said it was a domestic achievement, while others claimed it was first completed by the island nation. Of course, people from the neighboring country also claimed it as their own.
Excluding the last unreliable claim, it was always difficult to determine who first invented the VCD.
However, one thing was certain: it was popularized by the island nation, which then entered countless households, allowing them to harvest immense profits.
Subsequently, with the derivatives like DVD and CD technology, their country took one wrong step after another, being completely left behind in the multimedia manufacturing field.
Of course, the fees extracted because of this were unimaginably vast!
Therefore, Wang Yu had always wanted to race against time and develop the product before the island nation.
After all, the island nation already had deep technical accumulation in this area, and they could turn theoretical technology into practical products with a final push at any moment.
However, the lack of researchers and specialized equipment constrained Wang Yu's progress. He never expected to connect with Tiangong University now, especially since they were seasoned experts who had been researching this field for many years. How could he not be overjoyed?
"Oh? Is that absolutely true?"
"Absolutely true!"
Wang Yu and Gao Chengshan were both incredibly excited. Without regard for the many onlookers around them, they immediately began to discuss.
Initially, they were merely communicating and negotiating the terms of cooperation. Then, the conversation quickly shifted to the key point of VCD technology: how to compress and store multimedia data.
Wang Yu and Gao Chengshan were both engrossed in their excitement, spewing out technical terms and jargon that left the onlookers' minds in a muddle.
Why could they understand every word spoken, but when strung together, it sounded like a foreign language?
Was the world too crazy, or was their own intelligence too dull and lacking in knowledge?
No, they absolutely could not let others see through them!
Some people began to nod frequently with feigned seriousness, appearing to be in full agreement. Others furrowed their brows in contemplation before suddenly enlightened. Still others wore expressions of rapturous absorption, as if hearing profound truths.
"A bunch of lunatics!"
Wu Lingling shook her head, looking at the scene before her. It was as if they all understood! Who among them could comprehend this jumbled technical jargon, except for Wang Yu, that fool whose head was filled with oil and gears?
Wasn't this just a modern version of The Emperor's New Clothes?
And Wang Yu, that big idiot, didn't even consider the occasion and started an academic discussion with the elder directly.
Wu Lingling grumbled to herself and then turned her gaze to Lin Wen beside her. He was also engrossed, even taking out paper and a pen to take notes. He was likely the only one present who could keep up with the conversation between Wang Yu and Gao Chengshan.
She watched him constantly scribbling and drawing on his notebook, the symbols on it making Wu Lingling feel dizzy after just a glance.
"Hey, I say."
Wu Lingling patted Lin Wen's shoulder.
"Hmm? What is it?"
Lin Wen was slightly displeased by Wu Lingling's sudden interruption.
However, upon seeing that it was Wu Lingling who interrupted him, and recalling that she always seemed to be with Wang Yu, their relationship appearing unusual, suggesting she was someone not to be offended, he courteously asked her.
"Do you have something you need?"
"I'm asking you, you promised us before that if Wang Yu truly had real talent, you would help us resolve the matter of the 500 cars in the Dongma country tender.
Now that you've seen Wang Yu's abilities, don't you think we should go and sign the tender contract soon?"
Wu Lingling asked with a smile, subtly twisting the concept. Lin Wen had only said he would give them a fair chance to compete, but now in her words, it had smoothly become that they were the designated winners!
As for the original winning bidder, Zhao Tao? Who was Zhao Tao?
"Oh, you're talking about this? Then I'll mention it when I go back. Let's consider these 500 cars yours."
Lin Wen replied casually without thinking, then seemed to remember something.
"Oh, right. We need to repair the main highways in the country. Do you have engineering machines like truck cranes, hoists, excavators, road rollers, and so on?"
Hearing Lin Wen's question, Wu Lingling was stunned for a moment, then a foxy smile spread across her face.
"Not at the moment, but... I can immediately ask him to develop and design them!"