In May of 1975, Huang Tian Shan and Jiang Yan Hong, a kind and driven couple from the Wenzhou State-owned Leather Factory, welcomed their only child, Huang He.
On July 10, 1982, Huang Tian Shan and Jiang Yan Hong, a kind and driven couple from the Wenzhou State-owned Leather Factory, decided to leave the factory. With their severance pay, they established the first factory building of Jiangnan Leather Factory in a shack beside a small river in Wenzhou.
On September 6, 1984, during a business trip to Guangzhou, Huang Tian Shan saw a pair of stylish leather shoes. Upon inquiry, he learned they were a European brand. He estimated his factory's production cost to be around 2 yuan, but the selling price was a staggering 666 yuan.
In January 1985, Jiangnan Leather Factory's first best-selling shoe model was successfully produced. Priced at 50 yuan per pair, it sold 3600 pairs nationwide in one year.
In March 1985, Jiangnan Leather Factory donated 1000 yuan to the Wenzhou Red Cross. In July of the same year, they donated another 3000 yuan.
In July 1986, in response to the national call, Jiangnan Leather Factory decided to produce affordable leather shoes and bags for the public. They launched a two-yuan cowhide wallet, significantly improving the wallet experience for Chinese citizens and selling 100,000 units nationwide.
In July 1989, the Wenzhou State-owned Leather Factory went bankrupt due to poor management, leaving over 300 workers with over 16 months of unpaid wages. Chairman Huang Tian Shan resolutely took on the responsibility to save the workers, assuming over 4 million yuan in various debts from the state-owned leather factory and paying all outstanding wages.
Subsequently, Chairman Huang Tian Shan personally planned and began constructing a new, modern Jiangnan Leather Factory building on the site of the former state-owned leather factory.
In November 1990, Jiangnan Leather Factory once again responded to the national call by importing advanced leather processing technology from abroad. This established the nation's first professional production line for high-grade leather, concurrently producing leather garments of world-class quality.
In December 1995, Jiangnan Leather Factory made history, achieving an annual marketing turnover of 180 million yuan, becoming the leader in the national leather industry and the largest leather goods processing enterprise in the country.
In February 1996, under the guidance of relevant departments, Jiangnan Leather Factory further expanded production. They also encouraged and assisted laid-off individuals in re-employment, supporting the establishment of over 30 upstream and downstream leather goods processing enterprises, making outstanding contributions to the economic development of Wenzhou.
"In September 1999, Chairman Huang Tian Shan and Ms. Jiang Yan Hong tragically passed away in a car accident. The factory was handed over to Chairman Huang He, who had just returned from abroad and was still very young. In the same year, Chairman Huang He decided to align with international advanced enterprises by importing three professional production lines from Europe to produce luxury-grade, high-quality products domestically. He also reached cooperation and supply intention agreements with companies like Prada and Chanel!"
"In 2000, the three new production lines were fully operational. However, due to an immature market and Chanel and Prada's breach of contract, our high-end leather goods could not be sold. The Jiangnan Group fell into a crisis."
"In July 2001, Jiangnan Group, with 350 million yuan in debt, entered an unprecedented period of danger. It was at this critical juncture that Chairman Huang He astutely perceived the market, focusing on producing affordable, high-quality, and cost-effective leather for the entire nation. He also innovatively invented the blind box sales method, which greatly opened up the market for the group. Within just three months, all losses were recouped, and many outstanding employees emerged, laying a solid foundation for the comprehensive development of Jiangnan Group."
"In 2002, Jiangnan Group achieved a turnaround and recorded an astonishing annual profit exceeding 100 million yuan. However, Chairman Huang was not blinded by success. He decided to further expand the group's market, looking beyond the leather industry towards the broader technology market."
"In the same year, OO Network Service Technology Company was established, and OO Communications gained national recognition, rapidly dominating the market and earning the admiration of countless users. However, Chairman Huang He was not satisfied. While operating OO, he discovered that the entire server market in China was monopolized by foreign enterprises, preventing Chinese people from producing their own servers and thus subjecting them to exploitation and grievances from foreign companies."
"Under these circumstances, Chairman Huang resolutely decided to embark on his third venture, entering the chip and server industries, which he had never touched before. Moved by Chairman Huang's sincerity, Academician Ni Guang Nan agreed to join Jiangnan Group and establish the Jiangnan Optoelectronics Research Center."
"In June 2002, Chairman Huang He set forth the famous five major goals: Goal 1: Become the world's richest man, Goal 2: Chinese culture spreads globally, Goal 3: China's economy becomes the world's number one, Goal 4: RMB becomes the global settlement currency, Goal 5: Build and pilot a mecha."
"In June 2003, Professor Tong He, a recipient of the Huang He Award, visited the Jiangnan Optoelectronics Research Center. In the same year, Professor Tong He discovered the high-performance material XX. The material's properties were too advanced for display!"
"In March 2004, Professor Tong He discovered an even more advanced material, XX. This material was too advanced for display."
"In May 2004, Professor Zuo Si Cheng joined Jiangnan Optoelectronics and created a more advanced algorithm for a quintimal computer system, breaking a 70-year stagnation in world computer history!"
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"In 2007, Academician Ni Guang Nan decided to retire due to his health's inability to support the demanding work. Mr. Zhang Ying Guo took over the leadership of the entire research institute. Under the great leadership of Chairman Huang He and the diligent efforts of Director Zhang Ying Guo, the Jiangnan Optoelectronics Research Institute is expected to usher in a more magnificent and standardized development in the future!"
The preceding text is a highly simplified version, with the original written words totaling over 12,000 characters, densely printed on both sides of two walls, completely covering the original pure white surfaces.
Beneath the dense text, three walls were adorned with large portraits of Chairman Huang He, making them particularly striking.
While adding these elements at the research center's entrance hall might be considered normal, upon entering the institute, researchers discovered that almost every corridor was lined with a photograph of Huang He, smiling at them.
Opening any research room revealed a picture of Huang He prominently displayed. Even the computer desktops were entirely transformed into images of Chairman Huang.
The researchers found that everywhere they went, except for their private spaces, they were guaranteed to see a photograph of Chairman Huang.
Frankly, if this outlandish change had occurred a week or two ago, these researchers would have certainly erupted in anger and caused a significant stir.
However, following the recent incident, particularly the reason for it – a researcher not recognizing Chairman Huang or seeing his photograph – the situation changed. The direct consequence was that Director Ni, who possessed unparalleled prestige within the research center and was considered the undisputed leader in research within the entire Jiangnan Group, capable of authorizing projects exceeding ten million yuan without any other person's approval, applied for early retirement, citing fatigue.
With this turn of events, who dared to say anything more? They could only grudgingly accept the omnipresent photographs of Chairman Huang throughout the institute. As time passed, the pictures of Chairman Huang on the walls no longer seemed awkwardly out of place; they became somewhat pleasing to the eye. In fact, the absence of Chairman Huang's photographs on the walls would now feel abnormal.
However, photographs were, in reality, a trivial matter for the institute. The true seismic shift in the entire research center occurred half a month after Zhang Ying Guo assumed his position.
On this day, a notice was suddenly issued by the Director's office of the research center. The very first line declared that Jiangnan Optoelectronics was initiating lawsuits against sixteen research personnel within the institute.
The notice stated that these sixteen researchers, through various means, had submitted fraudulent research projects, embezzling a total of over 160 million yuan in funding from the center.
Upon investigation, it was found that these funds had, through various channels, flowed into the hands of the researchers' friends, relatives, or so-called partners, constituting severe illicit gains.
These sixteen researchers were taken away by the public security organs the night before the announcement was made. Detailed evidence investigation would follow, and it was estimated they would spend the rest of their lives in prison.
News of the sixteen individuals' arrest certainly frightened many, but the subsequent announcement was even more chilling. Over the next two weeks, the work group reviewed a total of 1625 research projects initiated by the research center since its inception. Only 986 projects were genuinely linked to the company's development.
Of the remaining over 600 projects, more than 300 had weak relevance, with their research outcomes only indirectly benefiting Jiangnan Group's development.
Another 200 or so projects had no connection whatsoever with Jiangnan Group, offering virtually no benefit to the company's future development.
Finally, there were 32 projects that were purely using company funds for personal gain, exploiting company resources for individual interests.
The announcement directly stated that these 32 projects were overseen by a total of 21 individuals. Eleven of them had already been prosecuted and imprisoned, including the previously mentioned sixteen.
Furthermore, the remaining 10 individuals were spared prosecution solely because they were genuinely dedicated to research and did not use company funds to advance their personal interests.
The announcement, spanning over a hundred thousand characters, focused almost entirely on this aspect. The more than 600 irregular research projects were all exposed. From the project leaders to the participants, everyone's name was explicitly listed in the announcement, accessible to anyone who looked them up on the internal network.
The reputations of these individuals were effectively put on public display, plastered on the walls of the research center's cafeteria. Anyone going for a meal would see their names.