"Bao'er, can I not go?"

The Ministry of Commerce, which has made outstanding contributions to the development of NB Electric, has been ruthlessly abolished in this round of major adjustments, and most of its functions have been delegated to various subgroups and subsidiaries.

A "Group Affairs Department" was formed from subsidiaries such as NB Electrician, NB Electric, NB Electric, NB Transformer, Berlin NB Industrial Manufacturing, NB Instrument, and NB Motor, each with a management or business person.

This is a new department equivalent to the President's Office, except that it will serve the Group Planning, Human Resources, Finance, Investment and Technology with only one office.

Zhang Lin is the only intern in the group affairs department, because the department has just been established, a lot of work has not yet been on the right track, and there are a total of 19 colleagues, including 4 on night duty, which shows how heavy the work is.

Working overtime every day, one person has to be two envoys, and the identity of the sister-in-law of the chairman of the board of directors and the sister of the largest shareholder did not allow her to get any preferential treatment.

Liang Baoer, who had just been promoted to the head of the group's affairs department, asked her to go upstairs to change her clothes so that she would go to the Information and Manpower Department (the predecessor of the Information Services Department of the Hong Kong Government) on Queen's Road in Central to attend a press conference with President Wu of the group, Gong Qizheng, deputy director of the Basic Engineering Laboratory, and Jiang Meimei, acting director of the Systems Engineering Laboratory.

"No," Liang Bao'er said helplessly while helping her pack up her documents: "Linlin." It's not that I'm inconsiderate of my subordinates. Instead, Chairman Liu and President Wu asked you to go by name. ”

"I'm not a regular employee. Just an intern! ”

Looking at her indignant appearance, Liang Baoer felt a little funny, put the document aside, and said seriously: "Just because you are an intern now does not mean that you will still be an intern in the future." When you get your degree, you'll definitely be entrusted with important responsibilities, and you won't have to be my immediate boss, so you should get involved in events like press conferences. ”

Zhang Lin patted her forehead. Shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "If you go to school like me, you won't get your degree until the Year of the Monkey?" ”

As a veteran of the group, Liang Baoer knows too much about the "key training" Miss Zhang Er in front of her.

I was finally admitted to Hujiang University of Science and Technology in the mainland, but I dropped out of school and went abroad before I learned anything; After studying German in Berlin for a year, he was admitted to the Freie Universität Berlin, and at the strong recommendation of his family, he changed to the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin.

Although it was an elite university founded on the initiative of 25 major German companies, including Allianz AG, Springer Publishing Group, BMW, DaimlerChrysler AG, Deutsche Bank and Lufthansa. But it will take at least four or five years for her to get her MBA.

Born in a wealthy family, it's not necessarily a good thing, the best time in life is busy with school, it's pitiful to think about.

Liang Baoer didn't know what to say. can only be comforted like coaxing a child: "Linlin, I know you are under pressure. But not everyone can have an opportunity like yours. Either you can't pass the exam like me, or you can't afford to study if you do. First bitter and then sweet, work hard now, and it will be easy in the future.

Look at those 'handbag parties', which one is not studying until twenty-seven, eight, or even thirty. If they hadn't worked so hard, would they be so beautiful now? ”

Zhang Lin subconsciously asked, "Handbag party?" ”

It is the collective name of a group of senior female officials of the Hong Kong government, led by the Chief Secretary, who will dress up carefully and carry handbags when they appear in public. Although the handbag is small, it has great courage and high official position, so Hong Kong people call them the 'handbag party', which is a compliment. ”

Liang Baoer paused, and added: "Ms. Qiu Li, the director of information coordination who presided over the press conference, is the 'handbag party'. ”

Brother-in-law and Mr. Wu obviously wanted to let themselves see the world, Zhang Lin realized that he couldn't shirk it, so he could only pout and mutter: "Okay, you have more experience than me in what clothes to wear and how to dress up on any occasion, and you have been a press spokesman, so you have to accompany me to change." ”

Liang Bao'er snorted and said, "No problem, my second daughter." ”

It was already 3 p.m. when the company rushed to the Information Manpower Department by the bus that the company had just purchased, and the press conference was crowded with reporters.

Just to feel the atmosphere, you don't need to be on stage like Wu Jinhua, CEO of the group, Gong Qizheng, deputy director of the basic laboratory, Jiang Meimei, acting director of the system engineering laboratory, and Qi Haoying, deputy director of the technology application laboratory.

"Borrowed, borrowed."

"Miss, please excuse me."

No sooner had she found a spot where there was no one than a dozen reporters rushed in, pushing her aside and scrambling to fiddle with their photographic and videography equipment.

After a while, the Director of Information and Coordination walked up to the press table from the side door, and sure enough, after being well-dressed, he was still radiant and temperamental in his forties.

Under the flickering spotlight, she shook hands with the officials of the Education Department, representatives of the education sector and representatives of NB Electric, who had been invited to the press conference, until the reporters scrambled to ask questions, and then smiled and walked to a pile of microphones.

"Ms. Yau Lee, I'm ATV reporter Kwan Shuqing, may I ask whether the HK$400 million grant just passed by the Legislative Council will subsidize NB Electric or higher education in Hong Kong? As we all know, NB Lab is the technical R&D department of NB Electric, which is easily reminiscent of benefit transfer. ”

"Ms. Yau Lee, I'm Newsweek reporter Tak Pao Shing-kee, is it an afterthought that the Hong Kong government has passed the funding for basic research and technology applications after the successful young scientists of the NB laboratory have been away en masse for so long? Is it a waste of taxpayers' money? ”

……

Hong Kong's news media Zhang Lin was completely convinced, and before the funding proposal was passed, they shouted for NB Electric in unison; Appropriation Proposal I passed. Their positions have become diametrically opposed.

"Friends of the press."

Director Yau Lee is not surprised by this. After all the reporters had finished asking, he smiled and said, "Before officially answering your questions." Let me first introduce the basic situation of NB Lab and the relationship with NB Electric Group. As the gentleman just said, NB Labs was indeed the R&D organization of NB Electric Group. The funding provided by the Hong Kong government through the UGC for several years has also been limited to basic research.

However, with immediate effect, NB Lab will be spun off from NB Electric Group and become a non-profit legal entity. The main operating financial resources are divided equally between the Hong Kong government and NB Electric Group, with a total budget of HK$600 million this year, including investment in infrastructure projects. ”

"Then the decision-making power of the laboratory belongs to the Hong Kong government, or to NB Electric?"

"The decision-making power of NB Labs is not vested in the Hong Kong government. It is also not owned by NB Electric, but by a deliberative body similar to the board of directors of the company. The members of the Council are composed of representatives of the government, NB Electric, the scientific community and the public opinion, and they are in a cooperative relationship with each other on an equal footing.

In view of NB Electric's rich experience in laboratory operations, and the founding and largest funder of the laboratory, it will have two seats in the council; The Hong Kong Government also has two seats, one for public officers of the Education Department and the other for representatives of the UGC. One seat in the NB laboratory, one seat in the scientific community and one seat in the public opinion community, and the staff of the method will be sent to you in the form of a press release later. ”

Director Yau Li paused and continued, "The Academic Committee is the highest academic body of the NB Laboratory, which is divided into three divisions: Basic Research, Systems Engineering, and Technology Application. Responsible for discussing the common affairs of their respective divisions. He also advises on the Council's science policy, such as the establishment and abolition of programs and the appointment of new academic committees.

It is worth mentioning. Unlike any UGC-funded university, the restructured NB Lab is an independent institution outside the university, no longer responsible for internal teaching as before, but with better equipment and more abundant funding than the university to maintain its world-class academic status. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a reporter got up and asked, "Does this mean that NB Electric needs to set up another R&D department?" ”

"I have more say in this issue," Seeing that she nodded slightly towards herself, Wu Jinhua stepped forward and said: "For example, my group abolished the audit and inspection department and outsourced the relevant business to an accounting firm in Hong Kong; The Customs Clearance Department was abolished and the relevant business was outsourced to logistics, customs declaration and customs clearance companies in Hong Kong. Our group will entrust the main R&D business to the Hong Kong NB Laboratory and the Berlin NB Laboratory in the form of commissioned R&D.

Considering that the research direction, R&D capabilities and capital equipment of the two laboratories have certain limitations. Our technical department cooperates with research institutes and university laboratories all over the world at the same time, without the need for a separate R&D department. ”

"Do you pay?"

"Of course," Wu Jinhua reconfirmed: "Donations are donations, and business is business, these are two different things." ”

Ms. Qiu Li nodded slightly, and then said: "In terms of the use of funds, at least 30% of the funds of the NB laboratory will be used for basic and forward-looking research and development to ensure that its research level is in a leading position. At least 10% will be used for social, non-commercial scientific research, such as environmental protection.

The other 60% are engaged in world-class, application-oriented systems engineering and technology application research, and provide consulting and services. To develop new technologies, products and processes for local enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

In addition, the Financial Secretary has earmarked a special fund for the establishment of an independent Division of Business Administration. Recruit the best economic and managerial talents from all over the world to solve the organizational and management problems in the innovation and development of Hong Kong enterprises, and support the 'industrial upgrading' plan just formulated by the Hong Kong government.

In short, you can think of NB Lab as a partner for universities, industry and the Hong Kong government. It is regarded as the engine for the second take-off of Hong Kong's industry and commerce, especially the manufacturing industry. ”

"But all the young scientists in the lab have left en masse?"

Although Ms. Qiu Li did not think that they would return, she still said meaningfully: "Mr. Reporter, there must be something wrong with your sources. As far as I know, they didn't run away. Instead, they go to a foreign university for a three-year academic exchange. Among them is the founder of NB Labs, the largest shareholder and chief engineer of NB Electric Group. ”

The largest shareholder will definitely come back. But that doesn't mean everyone will come back. It's just that there is no conclusive evidence, you can't talk nonsense, and you can't see the newspapers, in case people come back in a few days, then the joke will be big.

A female reporter decided to change her strategy and raised her hand to ask: "Three years is not a long time, if it is calculated according to the progress of the infrastructure project, it may be able to catch up with the completion ceremony of the NB laboratory." But Ms. Qiu Li. Do you think Hong Kong can wait three years? ”

"You can't wait a day."

Ms. Qiu Li turned around, pointed at Jiang Meimei and the others and said in high spirits: "The NB laboratory has enough talent reserves, such as just from Max? Dr. Jiang Meimei, who returned from the Planck Society, Dr. Gong Qizheng, who has been involved in carbon nanotube research from beginning to end, and Dr. Qi Haoying and Dr. Unit De, who have rich research experience, are just some of the many young scientists in the NB Laboratory.

What's more, after the Hong Kong government and NB Electric Group increase investment, NB Lab will have enough funds to hire more scientists around the world to conduct more and more in-depth research.

At the same time, I would like to announce to you the latest news that Mr. Gao Kun, who is not re-serving as Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of CUHK. It has been decided to accept the invitation from the Hong Kong Government, NB Electric Group and NB Laboratory, which will end at the end of the term of Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor. He was officially appointed as the Chief Scientist of NB Electric Group and the Chairman of the Academic Committee of NB Laboratory. ”

Chairman of the Academic Council, equivalent to Max Planck's Chief Scientific Officer.

As for the chief scientist of NB Electrical, in the eyes of everyone, it is just a title that is convenient for President Gao to carry out his work. After all, NB Electric does not have a communication business, and NB Electric is the founder and donor of the laboratory, so it will be difficult for the principal to carry out his work if he is not given a status commensurate with his identity and position.

Principal Gao is too famous, especially his transcendent position in the international communications community.

This news is very shocking, and it is also very effective to break out at this time, so that reporters can clear away their doubts about whether the young scientists in the NB laboratory can maintain the level of scientific research after "leaving en masse".

"Before the completion of the infrastructure project, the NB Lab will borrow Building 3 of the first phase of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for research. At the same time, it will admit 200 master's and doctoral students to eight universities in Hong Kong, including HKUST, and their degrees will be awarded by the universities where they were admitted to NB Labs. ”

An Education official walked up to the microphone and said, "This is not a general higher education, and it is not contrary to the positioning of the laboratory and the constitution of the organization. The reason for this is to nurture more young scientists in Hong Kong.

In addition, these 200 local science and engineering students will have the opportunity to participate in the forward-looking and applied research of the NB Laboratory, and at the same time, they will also enjoy the subsidy provided by the NB Entrepreneurship Fund......"

The benefits are numerous and the prospects are bright.

It is conceivable that as soon as the news here is on TV and in the newspapers, there will definitely be much less doubts before.

After standing for nearly an hour and a half, Zhang Lin's leg was about to break, and she finally stayed up until the end of the press conference and climbed onto the company bus. ”

"How's that?"

"Such a crisis management."

Zhang Lin was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, looked at the reporters outside the car who were still unfinished and still taking pictures around the car window and asked: "Mr. Wu, is this a crisis?" ”

"Count."

Zhang Lin smiled: "It was handled very properly, at least in my opinion, it is impeccable." ”

The chairman of the board of directors is not going to take care of things next year, and the chairman's wife, who owns the equity of the group, will not care. The articles of association of the largest shareholder clearly stated that he was only responsible for entrepreneurship and research and development, and he would not bother with matters like today.

This shows how much power the CEO has.

Wu Jinhua needs power, but he knows how to exercise the power given to him by the board. Proper communication and maintaining mutual trust are particularly important, and Zhang Lin is undoubtedly the best channel for communication. At the same time, he believes that it is necessary to help the Zhang and Liu families cultivate a person who can manage things, after all, this is Hong Kong, not the United States, thousands of years of culture and tradition, which determines that NB Electric cannot be completely managed by professional managers like some large companies in western developed countries.

"It's barely good enough, but it's far from impeccable."

Wu Jinhua shook his head and said step by step: "Because a crisis is a crisis, no matter how you deal with it, you can only minimize the harm, and it is impossible to completely eliminate the negative impact." And the negative public opinion in the past few days was also expected by us before, and we even prepared several sets of response plans.

What if it wasn't expected, what if it was a more serious emergency? For example, the 220 kV main transformer burned, causing a large-scale power outage and causing huge economic losses, what should we do then? ”

Zhang Lin has always been very confident in the company's products and never thought of this possibility.

Looking at her thoughtful look, Wu Jinhua continued: "It is theoretically impossible to cause a large-scale power outage, because almost all substations have one or even two backup transformers. But it is normal for transformers to burn out, and not only we will definitely encounter them in the future, but also international counterparts including Dongmenzi and NBB.

Because the product is used, as long as it is put into use, there will be various problems. For example, long-term overload operation leads to excessive temperature rise and eventually burns out; For example, the ventilation in the space is not smooth; For example, lightning impulse or overvoltage, which leads to insulation breakdown or damage; For example, the temperature control temperature is set too high to dissipate heat; Another example is that there is a large amount of metal dust in the environment, which causes a short circuit in the turn...... Customers don't care so much, they think of the equipment provider first. ”

Zhang Lin realized the seriousness of the problem, not only blurted out: "Mr. Wu, what should we do if this situation really occurs?" ”

Wu Jinhua did not answer her question, but said in an unquestionable tone: "This is the question I asked you, go back and think about it, and give me a crisis management plan before next Tuesday." (To be continued......)