It seed that those who often said, "If money can solve the problem, it's not a problem," were usually consoling others. However, when it ca ti to spend their own money lavishly, they conveniently forgot this saying completely.
As for Xilin, it was his own beloved daughter's business, and it was in the entrepreneurial stage with its own set of troubleso issues.
Every city had its own distinct managent style.
Being a seasoned businessman, he knew exactly how to adapt.
Fortunately, the company had intricate ties with Youwei and Xilin University of Technology, which helped him establish a firm foothold quickly.
Otherwise, the company would have faced many more chaotic issues during its startup phase.
Troubling indeed.
Forcing himself to stay focused and not to think of the exquisite models in the villa at Linhai, he reviewed and approved a human resources proposal hoping for funding to attract talent. Then, Zhang, his secretary, ca in with a phone in hand.
"Su, the president of Apple in the Greater Huaxia Region, Cheng, just called and said he would like to invite you to visit the Apple Headquarters in Linhai. Would you like to return the call?"
Su Lixing had two main phone numbers, one for work, which was kept with Zhang, who would decide whether he needed to take the calls that ca in. His private number was known to very few people—even so old-tirs at Linhai Licheng were unaware of it.
Clearly, Apple's call had gone straight to his office number.
Su Lixing was not surprised, knowing that many people were aware of his work number. With Apple's influence in Huaxia, it was easy to locate him.
As for the purpose of Apple's invitation to visit their headquarters, Su Lixing was well aware.
This must be really urgent.
Su Lixing's wife was a diehard Apple user.
It wasn't that she was particularly fond of the iPhones; it was more about familiarity with Apple's ecosystem after using it for over a decade. She had always felt awkward with previous HM and Android devices.
But this ti he sent her an M60P, and after experiencing the Qunzhi voice assistant, she dropped Apple's UI the next day and got used to HM's operating system, now she practically couldn't do without it.
Last night during their video call, she was showing off the new phone tricks she had learned. After he briefly explained HM's ecosystem capabilities, she imdiately ordered a full set of Youwei devices, whether they were imdiately needed or not. When Su Lixing jokingly comnted that they'd just gather dust at ho, he was t with fierce objection.
"How could these devices gather dust? Didn't you say that Qunzhi will be cross-platform compatible in the future? Then I can place my phone, laptop, and tablet together and have them perform a crosstalk for . Right now, the phone can only do stand-up cody," she told him.
Besides admiring his wife's playfulness, Su Lixing didn't know what else to say.
But receiving a proactive call from the president of Apple in the Greater Huaxia Region today was unexpected for Su Lixing.
It showed sincerity, but not much.
It still felt a bit arrogant to Su Lixing.
In the past, Yu Hongwei, in his hopes of securing a license for the Qunzhi System, had made a special trip to Xilin to discuss it.
However, Su Lixing was a businessman and didn't hold grudges. After a mont's thought, he said, "Call him back."
Zhang approached, dialed the number, and then handed Su Lixing his work phone.
"Hello, this is Cheng, right?"
"Yes, this is Cheng. Su, hello. I'm calling to invite you to co and visit our Apple Headquarters soti soon. When might you be available?"
"Ha-ha, thank you for the invitation, Cheng. But as you know, we've just established Xilin Licheng and I really can't step away right now. Tell you what, when I'm back in Linhai, I'll definitely pay a visit to Cheng."
"I see, that was indeed presumptuous of . Then how about I visit you in Xilin tomorrow?"
"Oh, if it's just a casual visit, of course I would be delighted to welco you. But if it's business we're talking about, I'm afraid I might have to disappoint Cheng," Su Lixing replied courteously.
Indeed, it was going to be a disappointnt.
To secure a good price, Su Lixing had negotiated for an exclusive licensing agreent.
It wasn't that Su Lixing didn't want to pursue a non-exclusive deal, but the problem still lay with Qiao Ze.
The boy just wanted to create the frawork; he had no interest in dealing with anything else.
But to evolve from a frawork that served a limited scope to a platform that could serve hundreds of millions of users, both hardware and software required significant investnt.
As a developer, Qiao Ze was unwilling to be involved, and even if Su Lixing could sohow co up with the funds, he dared not invest blindly.
So, in reality, it was Youwei Group that took over the subsequent developnt work. Under these circumstances, a non-exclusive license was out of the question.
Major companies like Qualcomm, Apple, and Youwei could sell their patents everywhere precisely because they had robust R&D teams continuously conducting technological research. For now, at least, Licheng Technology did not possess that capacity.
"What does Su an?"
"Haha, just what it sounds like. I'm sorry, Mr. Cheng," Su Lixing said firmly.
"Oh, these are trivial matters. I wonder if Su could introduce to Qiao Ze?"
"Truth be told, I'm not unwilling to help, but Qiao Ze is currently focused on his studies and really doesn't want to leave school. You have no idea; it's pretty hard even for to get a chance to see him."
"I understand, then I won't bother Su any further."
"It's fine, sorry I can't help you, Mr. Cheng."
"You're too polite, Mr. Su, goodbye."
"Goodbye."
After hanging up the phone, Su Lixing let out a heavy sigh.
He felt inexplicably relieved.
Even the thought of Qiao Ze's rarely expressive face seed quite handso to him.
After all, it's unlikely that the head of Licheng Technology in Linhai would ever receive a call from a regional president of a world-class high-tech enterprise.
Now, not only had they called him, but they had also been extrely polite.
And he had been able to confidently refuse their request.
This sense of spiritual satisfaction was indeed sothing that couldn't be brought about by re wealth.
It was even slightly more interesting than playing with models.
The mont he handed the phone back to his secretary Zhang, Su Lixing suddenly felt that dealing with the pile of docunts on his desk wasn't so tireso anymore.
"Cough cough, go on, if there are any more calls that co out of nowhere, just tell them I'm not available," Su Lixing coolly instructed.
"Got it, Mr. Su."
EditWith his daily affairs so nurous, Mr. Su of Xilin Licheng had no ti to entertain these irrelevant parties.
...
Xilin University of Technology.
While Su Lixing was putting on airs, Qiao Ze saw an email from Roth Dugan, the editor-in-chief of Mathematics Annual, from Princeton.
The email roughly said that the paper had t the publication requirents of Mathematics Annual. However, considering Qiao Ze's previous papers were mainly in the field of Group Theory, the reviewing editor hoped to have a direct call with the author of the paper.
It was essentially a request for a remote video defense of the paper.
Well, Qiao Ze thought the request wasn't too unreasonable.
It seed they were just being overly cautious.
After all, it was just a mathematics paper that hadn't solved any significant problems.
But thinking of Ackerman Konietz from the University of Cologne, Qiao Ze felt a bit of rigor wasn't bad at all and even felt so fondness for this editor. After all, he himself didn't find the paper particularly impressive; a paper he completed in one afternoon still got attention.
It just showed there were too many bored people in the world.
Thus, Qiao Ze simply replied with an email, asking the other party to confirm a ti for the video session.
What he didn't expect was that just five minutes after sending out the email, he received a reply saying they could hold the video call in half an hour.
The efficiency was so surprising to Qiao Ze, especially considering the ti difference—it was already past eight in the evening during daylight saving ti in the United States, well after working hours.
If they were willing to make the effort even after hours, Qiao Ze, who was just starting on his work, naturally didn't mind, and he replied with an "OK".
Soon after, the other party sent a download link for a video software, along with an internal eting room link.
It took five minutes to download the software, pass the security check, install, register an account, log in, copy the link to enter the eting room, and with 20 minutes left on the countdown, Qiao Ze thought for a mont and then said to Su Mucheng, "Call Liu Chenfeng over."
"Huh? You need him for sothing?"
"The editor-in-chief of Mathematics Annual says the paper is ready for publication, but there are a few issues to confirm with the author. Liu Chenfeng is the third author; he should show his face too."
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