dkrc Chapter 38, Lin Jianye Draws His Sword
Chapter 38, Lin Jianye Draws His Sword
7 PM, Ziyunxuan, Great Wall Hotel.
There was only one small round table covered with a snow-white tablecloth.
Lin Jianye sat alone, dressed in an elegant suit, slowly sipping his red wine.
Upon seeing Chen Jianghe, he smiled warmly: "Mr. Chen, please have a seat. To keep your appointment despite the impending storm, I admire your courage."
Chen Jianghe sat down and got straight to the point: "Manager Lin is well-informed. I wonder how Hong Kong Starry Sky can help me resolve this patent predicament?"
Lin Jianye put down his wine glass, leaned forward slightly, and lowered his voice: "It's simple. A joint venture."
"joint venture?"
"right!"
Lin Jianye's eyes gleamed with shrewdness. "Gangcheng Xingchen has invested in Tiangong Factory, taking a 51% stake."
"Tiangong's brand, technology, and team will be preserved."
"According to the mainland's reform and opening-up policies, as a joint venture, it is protected by the Company Law and the Joint Venture Law. What are Zhong Chaohui's little tricks compared to that?"
"As for patent disputes, Hong Kong has the best intellectual property law team. Counter-suing them for invalidity... is a piece of cake! Even..."
He smiled slightly, "We can do the opposite: use a joint venture to acquire Chaohui Electronics! That would solve the problem once and for all!"
Fifty-one percent!
Absolute controlling stake!
This means that Tiangong will completely lose its autonomy!
Technology, brand, and even development direction will all be controlled by the capital behind Lin Jianye!
"What's the price?" Chen Jianghe asked calmly.
"cost?"
Lin Jianye was somewhat surprised by Chen Jianghe's calmness.
He then smiled and said, "Mr. Chen is a smart man. After the joint venture, Tiangong will receive strong financial support from Gangcheng Xingchen and international management experience."
"The Pangu Card can not only quickly establish a domestic marketing network, but also rapidly expand into Southeast Asia and even the Chinese markets in Europe and America!"
"Your technical value will be amplified a hundredfold or a thousandfold! As for the cost... it's simply that everyone gets rich!"
He paused, then spoke with even greater candor: "Mr. Chen, you and Engineer Zhou have worked very hard in Huilongguan. But small-scale operations won't amount to much."
"Only by having a strong backing can we truly benefit from technology and transform it into a force for changing the world!"
His last sentence struck a chord with Chen Jianghe's deepest, most primal ambitions.
Chen Jianghe picked up the water glass in front of him, took a sip, and the icy liquid completely sobered him up.
Lin Jianye's vision was beautiful, but he saw the bottomless pitfalls hidden behind it.
The trap of foreign capital swallowing up technological dominance!
Once a joint venture is formed, Tiangong will no longer be the Tiangong it is today, but a puppet of foreign capital.
The technological essence of [Pangu Card] will be packaged and distorted by capital, ultimately turning it into a mere tool for making money.
Even... the technology was stolen!
Zhou Yuguang and his pursuit of "craft standards" and "technical quality" will inevitably be sacrificed in the pursuit of capital to maximize short-term profits!
"I appreciate Manager Lin's kindness."
Chen Jianghe put down his water glass, his voice calm yet firm.
"Although Tiangong is small and difficult, technology is our foundation, and autonomy is our lifeblood."
"Joint ventures... are not currently in Tiangong's plans. As for the patent predicament..."
He stood up, his expression calm. "We'll handle this in our own way. No need for Manager Lin to worry about it."
For the first time, the smile on Lin Jianye's face froze noticeably.
He clearly hadn't expected Chen Jianghe to so readily reject this "huge" temptation!
His gaze behind his glasses turned cold.
"Mr. Chen, acting impulsively won't solve anything. You've only tasted the appetizer of Chung Chiu-fai's methods. There's more to come..."
"Without the protection of substantial capital, how many storms can you, a sapling, withstand?"
"No matter how strong the wind and rain, the sun will always shine again."
Chen Jianghe met Lin Jianye's gaze. "Tiangong's technology isn't something you can hide in a greenhouse. Zhong Chaohui wants to use patents to pressure me? Let's see who's in the courtroom!"
"Manager Lin wants to cooperate? Fine! But it must be based on equality and mutual benefit, and Tiangong must hold a controlling stake! Otherwise, forget it!"
"Controlling stake?"
Lin Jianye seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, a cold smile curving his lips. "Young man, your appetite is too big; you'll easily overeat."
"Very well... It seems Mr. Chen needs more time to see reality clearly."
He picked up his wine glass and swirled it gently. "The door to Ziyunxuan is always open for you."
"I just hope... when you come next time, the craftsmanship... will still be the craftsmanship."
The threat in his words was blatantly obvious!
Chen Jianghe said no more, nodded slightly, turned around and strode away from Ziyun Pavilion.
Behind him was Lin Jianye's face, shifting between light and shadow in the flickering candlelight, and the blood-red liquid in his glass.
Stepping out of the Great Wall Hotel, a biting night wind swept over me.
Chen Jianghe took a deep breath, but the pent-up emotions in his chest did not dissipate; instead, they became even heavier.
He rejected the offer of co-optation from capital, but also completely stood on the opposite side of Lin Jianye.
Chung Chiu-fai's overt attacks, Lam Kin-yip's covert maneuvers, the future of Tiangong...
They are destined to carve out a bloody path on a thorny road with their own technical skills and iron fist!
He looked up in the direction of Huilongguan…
The lights in the workers' sheds there, though dim, carry an indomitable spirit.
We must win this patent war!
The technological barriers must be even higher!
He sent two messages to Zhou Yuguang's pager:
"Engineer Zhou, there's a meeting in Huilongguan first thing tomorrow morning! We'll launch the development of the [Pangu II]!"
"Goal: Integrated graphics acceleration! Double performance! Completely relegate graphics cards to the dustbin of history!"
The allure and threat of Ziyunxuan's capital, like ice water being tempered, made Chen Jianghe even more clear-headed and resolute.
The next morning, in the simple yet vibrant workers' shed in Huilongguan.
Chen Jianghe convened an emergency meeting with core members Zhou Yuguang, Zhao Xiaobo, Xiao Wang, and Xiao Li.
Everyone's face was solemn and a little tired, but their eyes were unusually bright.
"Chung Chao-hui is using patents to strangle us, and Lam Kin-yip wants to swallow us up with capital!"
Chen Jianghe cut to the chase, his voice steady and powerful, "Now, we can only use even more advanced technology to shatter their plans!"
He spread out a sketch and description of the [Pangu II] drawn overnight:
"I. Research and development goal: to integrate basic graphics processing units."
A simple graphic dot matrix generation and filling algorithm is solidified using a programmable logic array.
Supports basic line and block drawing, significantly improving the display speed of tables and simple graphics!
"II. Comprehensive upgrade of font library: Supports 24x24 dot matrix high-definition printing font library, and adds a secondary font library of GB standard extended character set."
"III. Enhanced Bus Driver: Adopting a more advanced signal buffering and filtering design, the risk of 'burning the motherboard' is completely eliminated, and compatibility is improved to 99%!"
IV. Structural optimization: A smaller four-layer board design is adopted.
Although the cost is high, it is necessary to improve integration and heat dissipation.
"V. Performance Targets: Overall speed increased by over 100% compared to [Pangu Type I]. Graphics display efficiency increased by 300%!"
Completely leaving [Longka] behind by a whole era!
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