The days passed day by day, and Ankang traveled between Lujiazui and Zhangjiang all day long.

Ankang, who likes to stand at the junction of the carriages, always feels like an earthworm. Of course, the subway drills like an earthworm in the ground, and Ankang has no leisure to look at the sunshine and clouds during this time. Only when it was raining one day and stood at the exit of the subway station with an umbrella, Ankang looked up and saw the misty Jin Mao Tower.

The clouds are really nice to look at, and people really like the way the building is covered in clouds.

People love clouds, but Ankang now has a desire to avoid them.

Chenhui's project is precisely in the boundless mist.

In the process of the project encountering technical bottlenecks, although the people of Ankang and Chenhui have been working hard to overcome the difficulties, there are fewer and fewer people who are optimistic about the project within Bristal Investment. So much so that in the end, only Ankang was struggling to support himself.

Although Ankang has invested in many projects, he has always regarded any investment project as his own children, and cared for them wholeheartedly to grow up healthily. Even if the child has a natural deficiency or an acquired disability or even life-threatening due to an accident, Ankang would rather stay until the last moment.

Although Ankang has similar feelings to his parents for Chenhui's project, more importantly, he does believe that the project will be successful. Even his belief is stronger than that of Chenhui's people.

Ye Qi, who had been to Chenhui for several meetings, was very puzzled by Ankang's mentality: "How can you be more confident than Chenhui's people?" ”

Ankang said: "Because the people of Chenhui are like first-time climbers. Although they have the ability and will, after all, it is the first time to climb the mountain, and they do not know where the path to the mountain is. And they are in the mountains, and they are confused that they don't know the true face of Lushan. But I'm different, I've done so many successful projects and followed successful teams to the top of the mountain, so I know very well that Chenhui is only blocked by a boulder in the road. As long as this boulder is solved, there will be a smooth road ahead. ”

Compared with ordinary entrepreneurs, Ankang, as an investor, has indeed experienced the scenery of the mountaintop, and he has also used this experience to help other companies successfully reach the top, so he is convinced that he will be able to help Chenhui Company succeed.

However, startups have to go their own way. Although Ankang has been in contact with a lot of TMT projects in recent years, he is only a technical layman after all, and he can neither replace technical personnel nor managers, not to mention that he is only an investor rather than the company's operator.

Ye Qi said: "It's a pity that they can't solve this boulder. Oh no, it's not that they can't solve the boulder, it's that they don't have time. It's going to change. Do you know what is the most feared thing about mountaineering? Change the sky! ”

Ankang knew that Ye Qi was right. With the tenacious spirit of the people in Chenhui, they will definitely solve the technical problems in time, but the problem is that they may not have time.

An Kang picked up the beer and said to Ye Qi, "So I need my brother's strong support." ”

Although Ankang is very worried about the company's situation, after all, the objective situation is there. He had nothing else to do but do what he could to help them integrate their resources.

Part of his energy is also focused on Bristel & Horizons Investment, on the one hand, to continue to communicate with the general manager Zheng Lichen, and on the other hand, he believes that he also needs to find allies within the company to support his projects. Ye Qi is one of the candidates.

Ye Qi drank the beer and watched the band performance in front of the bar for a long time before speaking: "My strength is too weak." Moreover, everyone in the company is paying attention to their own year-end bonuses this year. When will Chenhui's project produce results? Next year. Next year's year-end bonus will be discussed next year. See for yourself how many people you can find to support you? ”

Ye Qi was telling the truth. It is not enough to have Ye Qi's support alone. Ankang also needs more allies.

However, in the process of Ankang's search for allies, things changed dramatically.

In the latest monthly report, Zheng Lichen reported Chenhui Technology Company to the headquarters as a key project, and at the end of the report, he used a slightly more normal analysis conclusion to give his negative evaluation very clearly.

After analyzing the project, the headquarters of Bristal Tower Investment issued a clear exit order to Zheng Lichen, the general manager of China, and An Kang, the project leader.

This time it was not a suggestion, but a directive. It was not the general manager of China who issued the order, but the headquarters.

An Kang understood that this was Zheng Lichen forcing him to the palace.

Of course, Ankang disagrees with the headquarters' handling opinions. He contacted the managers involved in the decision-making at headquarters, as well as the people responsible for the audit and risk management, to give them a detailed overview of the background and progress made so far, and promised that it would only take another six months for the project to get through the difficulties.

The personnel at the headquarters listened to Ankang's statement and said that they needed to fully consider the opinions of Zheng Lichen and Ankang, and then give their official reply after discussion.

For Chenhui's project, Ankang expressed limited content to the U.S. headquarters, but the content expressed to Zheng Lichen was unreserved.

Ankang found Zheng Lichen again and said, "Mr. Zheng, we really can't withdraw this project." This is not a matter related to whether our company will have investment risks or investment returns, but a matter related to whether the industrial chain of our country's electronic manufacturing industry is sound. ”

"I understand."

"You don't understand. In order to do this project, I have done a thorough study of the current situation of China's electronics manufacturing industry. The development speed of China's electronics manufacturing industry is the fastest in the world, and the country is also trying to make China become a major electronics manufacturing country like the United States and Japan as soon as possible. This will not only affect the development of light industry and consumer goods, but also affect the technological and economic development of a country. Do you know why the quality of the mobile phones we make is so poor? It's not that our level is not good, it's because the processing equipment is not good. ”

Zheng Lichen looked at An Kang and did not interrupt him. He understood that after Ankang received the instructions from the headquarters, he needed an emotional catharsis. He listened to Ankang with great patience.

Ankang continued: "Most of the precision machining equipment in the electronics manufacturing industry needs to be imported. Did you know? Foreign manufacturers of processing equipment have set up barriers for us. On the one hand, there are the technical barriers that have been erected. Because China can't produce, and only they can, they will sell at a high price. This is the wool that cushions us. On the other hand, there are political barriers. The governments and institutions of those countries do not want China to be strong, so they set export restrictions on precision machining equipment, and the imbalance between supply and demand makes the price of equipment further increase. ”

"I see." Zheng Lichen listened to the old story of Ankang for a long time, and showed some impatience a little, "High prices will lead to two results. First, Chinese companies use higher costs to purchase equipment, which makes the cost of final products higher, which affects international competitiveness. The other is that many companies cannot afford to use such expensive equipment, and retreat to poor quality, resulting in low product quality, which also affects international competitiveness. Right? ”

"yes." Ankang said, "So ......"

"Ankang, what you are talking about is too big and too macro. We are just employees of a small investment company, what we can do is to find suitable investment targets and earn reasonable profits. If we are fortunate enough to help several companies contribute to the industry in the process, then we will also be moved by it. That's all. You remember, I am the general manager of an investment company, and you are the investment manager of an investment company. We are neither the Prime Minister of the country nor the Minister of Industry. We can only do something on a micro level. ”

"This project of Chenhui Technology is very microscopic, but it has a huge impact on the macro. This is obviously beneficial, so why don't we spend more time cultivating it? ”