It was lunch time, and the slightly famous tea restaurants were full of people. Chen Yanbei didn't like crowds, so Jiang Yao simply chose a French restaurant.
Sure enough, looking around, half of the seats were empty.
After finding a seat by the window and sitting down, the waiter placed a menu in front of both of them.
Jiang Yao rarely eats French food, so she looked at Chen Yanbei: "You order it, I'll do the same as you."
She believed in Chen Yanbei's taste.
Chen Yanbei browsed the menu, ordered two appetizers, main courses, and desserts, and handed the menu back to the waiter.
There weren't many customers, so the food was served fairly quickly. Unfortunately, Jiang Yao didn't have the appetite, so she ate a little symbolically and put down her knife and fork.
Chen Yanbei cut a piece of foie gras on her plate, "Still thinking about the pager?"
Jiang Yao poked at the piece of foie gras with her fork, her expression worried: "Well, I always feel uneasy, and I'm afraid of causing trouble for your company."
Chen Yanbei put down the tableware in his hand and looked at her seriously: "Fool, if something happens to the company because a prototype is lost, it only means that the incident was originally directed at my company and has nothing to do with you. Change it. In other words, if not you, it will be someone else.”
"Really?" Hearing what he said, Jiang Yao was comforted, but whether it was her or anyone else, she didn't want anything to happen to Chen Yanbei's company.
Chen Yanbei nodded, "Actually, the technology of pagers is not a secret in the industry. As far as I know, the U.S. Military Region has long used this technology, but it has not been commercialized on a large scale. In fact, Xiangjiang Telecom will also follow suit. An American electronics company collaborates to launch pagers.”
"Did you know that Xiangjiang Telecom is also going to launch a pager?" Jiang Yao was surprised, and judging from his tone, she already knew about it.
Chen Yanbei hummed lightly, "This is not a secret in the industry."
Jiang Yao didn't understand: "If this is the case, then why don't you seize the opportunity and be the first to release pagers to seize the market?"
After all, in later generations, smartphone vendors would hold pre-sales before their products were ready, and consumers would have to wait more than half a month to receive the goods after paying.
Chen Yanbei: "This may be true for other industries, but pagers rely heavily on base stations. Once there is a problem with the base station, the entire communication will be paralyzed. Now O2 is conducting repeated base station tests to ensure that there are no problems. Let the pager come out.”
It turned out to be like this, Jiang Yao understood. Radio technology has just become popular now, and it does need enough testing time. What's more, O2 has had a wiretapping scandal before, so it must be foolproof to win the trust of users again.
After the two had lunch, Chen Yanbei went to the hospital for a physical review, and Jiang Yao accompanied him.
St. Mary's Hospital.
In the ward, Chen Yanbei had just completed a full-body examination and was waiting for the results.
The pager on him suddenly rang, and the caller ID showed the company's number.
There happened to be a landline phone in the ward, so he directly picked up the phone and called back.
On the other end, Zhong Yi's anxious voice came over: "Master, where are you? Something happened at the factory."
"What's the rush? Speak slowly, what's going on?" Chen Yanbei said in a deep voice, without any trace of panic between his brows.
Zhong Yi took a breath and said: "There was a fire in the factory, and a large number of pager assembly parts were burned. I'm afraid we can't deliver to O2 as scheduled. A large number of reporters have rushed to the scene to report, and there will be news soon. , I don’t know what those reporters will write at that time.”
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Chen Yanbei didn't speak. He tapped his knuckled fingers on the table, thinking deeply.
Zhong Yi didn't dare to continue speaking, his heart hung in his throat, waiting for the other person to speak.
He knew that the young master had left the Chen family to start his own business, and the pager project was an important part of his business plan. There could not be any mistakes in this project.
A moment later, Chen Yanbei's cold voice sounded: "Contact the original parts supplier and order a new batch of parts as soon as possible. Contact two more OEMs and I will return to the company immediately."
Jiang Yao listened briefly and felt bad, something really happened.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yanbei didn't hide anything from her and said: "There was a fire in the assembly plant and the delivery cannot be made on time. The release date of the pager will have to be postponed. I have to go back to the company to deal with it now."
"I'm with you!" Jiang Yao immediately stood up and followed him. She just lost the prototype in the morning and the factory was burned down in the afternoon. She always felt uneasy.
The two of them walked out of the ward. Jiang Yao said hello to the doctor and came back to get the test results. After that, the two of them drove directly back to the company.
Chen Yanbei's company is also in Central, very close to Jiang Yao's company.
The company team used to work in the UK, and then went to Singapore. Now because of the cooperation with O2 Company, a company was directly registered in Xiangjiang called Moore Electronics.
The company has rented an entire floor of the most impressive building in Central for its offices. Recently, employees from the British team came to Hong Kong for a business trip and will stay here for half a year.
The most important project of the entire company this year is the pager business in cooperation with O2, so a fire broke out in the pager assembly factory, and everyone in the company looked solemn.
Zhong Yi had just finished reporting to Chen Yanbei, and several senior executives were already waiting in the conference room, waiting for Chen Yanbei to come back and take charge of the overall situation.
In the conference room.
The heads of the R&D, sales, marketing and other departments were sitting on both sides of the long table, their faces as heavy as water, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Chen Yanbei led Jiang Yao and pushed the door open.
"Mr. Chen."
Everyone's eyes immediately turned towards Jiang Yao, and when they saw Jiang Yao, there was surprise in their eyes.
Several people in charge were either transferred from Singapore or the UK and knew very little about Chen Yanbei's personal affairs. They didn't even know about his marriage, let alone his divorce and pursuit of his wife. Everyone thought he was single.
This was the first time they saw Chen Yanbei bring a woman to a meeting.
Zhong Yi didn't expect Jiang Yao to follow him, and was about to push a chair for her and let her sit next to Chen Yanbei.
Jiang Yao shook her head at him and automatically walked to the side of the long table and found a seat to sit down. She was just here to listen and see if she could help. I don't want to stick to Chen Yanbei at this time and make my subordinates think that their boss is so lustful that they are crazy.
"Mr. Chen," after Chen Yanbei sat down, the person in charge of the sales department began to report proactively, "We have contacted several parts manufacturers. They are currently processing the backlog of orders and have no extra goods to give us."
"It's the same situation at the assembly plant. Even if they take our order, the delivery date has to be pushed back. The foundry in Southeast Asia even raises the price three times the original price. After all, we profits will be compressed by more than 30%."
Facing Chen Yanbei's cold gaze, the head of the sales department wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, feeling extremely guilty.
It's not that he didn't think of a way, but that every path he took led to a dead end.
Chen Yanbei's eyes darkened a bit, and his knuckled fingers kept tapping on the table, making it difficult to distinguish his attitude.
After a moment, the phone on the long table suddenly rang.
Zhong Yi was the closest and picked up the phone. After hearing what was said on the other end of the phone, his expression suddenly changed.
While hanging up the phone, he frantically found the remote control, turned on the TV in the conference room, and tuned it to the Jade channel.
On the TV, the reporter's sad expression and voice were heard:
"According to our reporter, a fire broke out in an electronic assembly factory in Wan Chai District around 12 noon today. After full rescue efforts by firefighters, the fire has been controlled and no casualties were caused. However, a large number of electronic accessories were burned. At present, The damage is still being counted. The cause of the fire is also under investigation."
"In addition, it is reported that this assembly plant cooperates closely with O2. I wonder whether it will affect the launch time of the pager. The reporter has not yet contacted the person in charge of O2."
Zhong Yi picked up the remote control and switched to the business news station next door.
"A fire broke out in an electronics assembly factory that cooperates with O2 Company. According to insiders, the cause of the fire was a short circuit and explosion of accessories. This electronics factory was assembling pagers that O2 Company was about to put on the market. We hope that O2 Company will We can strictly conduct quality inspections to prevent fire tragedies from happening again."
Then there are financial reports. So far, O2's stock has fallen by 20% due to the fire incident.
Snapped.
Zhong Yi turned off the TV.
Everyone in the conference room looked even uglier than before.
A fire, and finally blamed the problem on product quality?
The head of the R&D department was so angry that he punched the table: "Fuck!"
"Our products have been tested hundreds of times, and there are quality inspection reports. How could the accessories be short-circuited? Anyone with knowledge of the matter is completely slandering! Slander!"
The person in charge of the marketing department said angrily: "It goes without saying that this fire must have been deliberately caused by someone. There can be no problem with our products!"
The person in charge of the sales department said: "Things have happened. Regardless of whether it is slander by the opponent or something else, the top priority is to deliver the product as scheduled and ensure that the pager can be launched on the market by the end of the month. Also, how should we explain to O2."
As soon as they finished speaking, a colleague from outside came in and reminded: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Zheng from O2 Company is here and is waiting in the reception room."
"Invite him to the conference room." Chen Yanbei said calmly.
After the person who reminded him went out, Chen Yanbei frowned slightly, glanced at everyone coldly, and finally looked at Zhong Yi and said, "You will take people to investigate the fire now."
As for how to conduct an investigation, Zhong Yi naturally knew that extraordinary times require special measures, and the group of people the young master had raised in private should be put to use.
Zhong Yi took the order and went out, and a group of people from O2 Company Zheng were led in.
Mr. Zheng is in a suit and leather shoes, with a Chinese character face, a sullen expression, and a briefcase in his hand.
Behind him were two foreign white lawyers, blond and blue-eyed, with serious expressions and a hint of arrogance.
"Mr. Chen, please explain." As soon as he sat down, Mr. Zheng took out a pile of things from his briefcase and threw it on the long table.
what's the situation?
Everyone stretched their necks to see what was on the table.
It was the first time someone threw something in public. Chen Yanbei raised his eyebrows indifferently. His eyes flashed past Mr. Zheng, and his whole person looked gloomy and full of hostility.
He raised his hand slightly and took the stack of things on the table.
