Zhang Chen called Yang Zhuping's secretary Liu Yunkai before going to bed, wanting to intervene in the oil industry without introducing national power, almost no play, even if the economic crisis in Southeast Asia is serious, the wrestling in it is not something that Huoxinyuan can participate in at this scale.

Zhang Chen hopes that through the cooperation with Zhongxin, the industry can open up the upstream and downstream industrial chains, and prepare for the take-off after 2,000 years of WTO accession.

When Liu Yunkai received Zhang Chen's call, he was presiding over a meeting of directors to talk about new ideas for the restructuring of state-owned enterprises.

Liu Yunkai couldn't help shaking his head in his heart, so he had to adjourn the meeting, and as soon as he returned to the office, he received a call from Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen told Liu Yunkai what he had learned, but Liu Yunkai didn't care very much, after all, no one can say whether TPI can survive this crisis.

Moreover, even if it really does not survive, when it comes to liquidation, there may not be many creditors staring at it, and it is also a question whether the shares of the Tapis oil field can be successfully delivered.

In Zhang Chen's view, these problems considered by Liu Yunkai are not a problem, and through financial tools, all risks can be controlled to a minimum. Moreover, the Tapis oilfield in which TPI invests is a separate joint-stock company with its own legal entity, and the preferential repayment right of the mortgage loan can complete the delivery of shares at the moment of TPI's default.

Liu Yunkai thought about it for a while, and was also a little tempted, as the person around the leader, sooner or later he would have to go out, if this matter is really feasible, there is no doubt that it will be a big achievement.

Moreover, without taking into account the international influence, it can provide certain economic support for TPI, and to a certain extent, it can also play a positive role in promoting the image of China in Southeast Asia.

Liu Yunkai did not immediately report the matter to Yang Zhuping, but contacted Zhongxin, Huaxia's capital spokesperson in Xiangjiang, and he knew that even if Huaxia made a move, it would not be the government that would personally go into battle, and would definitely operate through this external window.

Liu Yunkai told the faithful to try to contact the TPI people first, and then report to the boss if possible.

After Zhang Chen woke up, he called Liu Yunkai again, and Liu Yunkai told him that he had given his contact information to Zhongxin, and Zhongxin would send someone to contact him.

General Pla was suspicious, but since Zhang Chen said so, he inevitably had a glimmer of hope and planned to go back and report to Pracha.

The brand-new Gulfstream V slowly docked at Mountain View, and after filling up the tank, it will fly back to Bangkok, Zhang Chen has reached a verbal agreement with Tongpla, and the rest is a matter for the lawyer teams of both sides.

Zhang Chen is not ready to return the plane to the factory to modify the layout, Platsa has worked a lot on this plane, the cabin that could carry eighteen passengers, due to the existence of the rest area, has become a layout that can only carry eight passengers and four crew members, although the number of passengers is reduced, but it also improves the comfort, which is very practical for a company like Tinder, which has few people but may fly frequently.

Regarding the registered nationality of the aircraft, after consulting professionals, Zhang Chen decided to register in the United States and host it in the leasing company of Blanche Gates.

At present, there is no mature business jet custody program in China, and there are no relevant regulations on how to naturalize private jets, Xiangjiang only had the first private jet last year, and the United States, not only has the world's largest private jet market, but also the standard setter of the world's aviation industry, and the aviation standards of other countries are basically modeled after the United States.

The most important thing is that it is fast, naturalization in the United States, even if it is a transfer, the process time is only four to six weeks, but in other countries, some even take half a year to a year.

Although it is a pity that Blanche Gates failed to sell the plane, it is also very good to have an annual hosting income of nearly one million dollars, you know, this is a stable annual income, which is reflected in the financial statements, which is far better than a one-time income of several million dollars.

"Bob, you say. As soon as Zhang Chen got off the plane, he received a call from Bob Mansfield.

"Done, great, where are you?" asked Zhang Chen eagerly.

"Okay, I'll go to Stanford now. Hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen asked Frank to send himself to Stanford first, and the project team of ME310 had already made the optical mouse.

It's nearly late March, the temperature in the Bay Area has begun to gradually rise, Zhang Chen's suit shirt still feels a little hot in the sun, walking on the Stanford campus, the lawn has become tender green, and everything is a thriving scene.

Many students at Stanford know Zhang Chen, but there is nothing pointing at them, at most they say hello generously, and Zhang Chen also thanked him with a smile, which makes the hearts of some girls beat wildly.

is close to 1.8 meters tall, although he is not tall among Europeans and Americans, he is not short, Zhang Chen's fitness habits maintained all year round are even more upright, plus a neat short hair, the whole person looks very sunny.

Pushing open the door of the laboratory, Zhang Chen saw Bob and several ME students gathered around a pile of experimental equipment, pointing and talking about something.

"Zack, you're here?" Bob said excitedly, "It's almost done, you can come and have a look." ”

Zhang Chen took off his blazer and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt: "How about accuracy and stability?"

Bob held his big belly: "The minimum is 320DPI, and now it's no problem to do 800, but the requirements for reflective materials are relatively high, and at 400DPI, there is good stability." ”

400DPI is twice as accurate as the DPI of the scroll wheel mouse, which is enough to meet the current mainstream 640*480 display resolution.

Zhang Chen stepped forward and saw that this simple prototype of the optical mouse was very different from what he was used to seeing in later generations, and it looked a little huge, and an adult's palm might not be able to cover it, so he couldn't help frowning.

Bob laughed: "There is no problem with the technology, all that remains is to improve the integration and product design, these are all easy to do, I have told Jonny to come up with a design plan, and he promised to give me the first draft within three days." ”

Zhang Chen tried to operate it, and found that the accuracy was really good, but in terms of stability, there were still some problems, if you don't use a mouse pad, operate on a smooth desktop, and occasionally there will be positioning problems.

Zhang Chen shook his head and said: "We still need to continue to improve, if it is only at this level, we can't sell it to our customers, I hope that this mouse can run on other reflective media except transparent glass, and it can achieve more than the indicators of mechanical mice." Especially in terms of stability. Also, Bob, the feedback on the keys has to be revised, the feedback is too soft now, and I want the feedback to be clear and have a longer key life than all the mice on the market today. ”

Bob smiled bitterly: "I knew you would put forward a bunch of opinions, okay, we will continue to improve, however, the design work on Jonny's side can indeed be carried out, and the two aspects will be carried out at the same time, and the speed will be much faster, and after half a month, we can let the supplier try to produce a prototype, otherwise the delivery date may really not be in time." ”

Zhang Chen picked up a pencil from the desktop, found a piece of white paper, and drew a sketch with a little brush, "This is the shape scheme I had thought of before, which is consistent with our iCom design style, the optical color of our mouse itself is blue, and with the blue translucent resin shell, the effect will be very dazzling." ”

A few Stanford students around looked at the sketch and couldn't help but whistle, "Cool." ”

Bob Mansfield looked at the sketch: "I can't imagine the effect of this thing right now, let Jonny come up with a detailed design plan as soon as possible, and we will try to solve the rest of the problems within a week." ”

Zhang Chen put away the drawings, picked up his clothes and was about to walk out of the laboratory, turned around and said: "Hurry up and notify Monica, let the legal department assist you in applying for a patent, damn, I don't want to see our technology has been copied by competitors early tomorrow morning into a bunch of cheap and inferior products." ”

Bob shrugged: "As you wish." ”

(End of chapter)