"Speaking of the quintal system, from my one month of work at the optoelectronics research center, it seems they are developing brand new computer chips using the quintal system, and these chips are specifically intended for a small computing device!" Zhao Yao recalled his experience at the Jiangnan Optoelectronics Research Center. As one of only three students chosen in their second year to enter the research center for a trial of a small device, Zhao Yao had a vivid memory of it.
He remembered that it was about a year ago. Zhao Yao was diligently working and studying at school when he suddenly received a notification that he had been selected to go to the Jiangnan Optoelectronics Research Center for a mission. He was instructed to immediately put aside all his work and studies and report to the center.
Zhao Yao had no choice but to agree. Two other students accompanied him. Unlike Zhao Yao, these two students were top performers in the school, with the best academic records. Zhao Yao, despite being the student council president, was actually in the lower-to-middle tier academically.
After all, Zhao Yao's own learning ability was not great. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been rejected the first time. It was only because over a hundred people who had been accepted failed to report that Zhao Yao ended up barely making it into the school.
The three of them, in a state of confusion, entered the research center and met the staff. Under their guidance, they signed over a dozen documents.
Zhao Yao also read each document carefully. These included documents regarding his salary and benefits, as well as his permitted areas of activity and movement within the research center.
Finally, the majority of the documents were confidentiality agreements.
According to the restrictions in these confidentiality documents, everything he saw, heard, learned, and experienced at the research center was absolutely confidential. He was strictly forbidden from speaking a single word about it to anyone, otherwise, he would face immense compensation—compensation in the tens of millions.
Not only that, but he would also be imprisoned because this confidentiality was also a state-level secret. It was terrifying. As compensation, the confidentiality fee was a substantial 8,000 yuan per month. Combined with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, his income for staying there for one month reached an astonishing 18,000 yuan, which was indeed very good.
Therefore, Zhao Yao signed these agreements without hesitation. He was then given a small mobile device, similar in size to a phone but with vastly different functionalities, almost like a computer.
Zhao Yao's task was to use and experience this device for the next month, identify any issues, and record his various feelings during the experience.
In simple terms, Zhao Yao was participating in an internal test.
At the same time, through this test, Zhao Yao learned that this device was developed using the quintal coding he was studying. In particular, its core chip was the world's only quintal chip, and the entire system was also written in quintal code. This discovery excited Zhao Yao immensely.
He had always wondered about the practical use of the quintal computer programming code he was studying. Now he understood its purpose. Zhao Yao even guessed that in the future, Jiangnan Group would surely develop a complete set of computer equipment centered around quintal coding technology. Then, students like him, who were the first to learn quintal coding, would become giants in this industry because they alone knew how to use quintal code.
Unfortunately, Zhao Yao only stayed at the research center for one month before the test ended, and he returned to school. However, the other two students did not return. Later, he heard that during the testing process, they were directly noticed by the leaders of the research center. Even before graduating, they became interns at the research center, and it seemed they had already been officially hired. This made Zhao Yao quite envious.
This experience had always remained hidden in Zhao Yao's heart. Now, encountering such a project, Zhao Yao suddenly felt that perhaps this small computing device was the core of his entrepreneurial plan.
If everyone could carry such a small device, then in the future, they could all place orders through this small device. Simultaneously, if all his employees each carried such a small device to receive orders, the entire company would be very easy to manage. Even if the business expanded significantly, there would be no worries!
Zhao Yao thought about many things, then suddenly realized he was daydreaming. He should honestly figure out how to hire someone to build a website, allowing users to place orders directly through the website. This would improve efficiency. He also needed to provide a mobile phone for all employees so they could receive work instructions from the company via their phones.
This would solve most of the problems his startup faced under the current conditions, but it would also require a substantial amount of capital. At the very least, buying phones for employees and building a proper website would cost a lot of money.
Zhao Yao pondered whether he should ask his parents for money and use all the money he had earned from school over the past three years to launch the company in one go, seizing the entire market while no one else had ventured into this territory yet.
Zhao Yao's idea was indeed very good, but what he never expected was that when he went home to ask his parents for money, he discovered that his parents had already spent all of his money.
Of course, the money wasn't spent recklessly. In Zhao Yao's name, they had bought a house in the city as a future marital home for Zhao Yao. Moreover, this amount was not enough; his parents were currently responsible for repaying the monthly mortgage.
Therefore, facing this situation, Zhao Yao could not say anything. He could only helplessly watch his burgeoning venture, unable to find the capital to nourish it.
"How about I borrow from some of my classmates?" Zhao Yao mused. He still had some good friends in school. Although these classmates earned far less than Zhao Yao at school, they had still earned some money. Zhao Yao was confident that with his charisma, he could persuade these classmates to lend him money.
This would somewhat cost Zhao Yao his pride, which made him very reluctant, but there seemed to be no better solution.
Just as Zhao Yao was about to put his pride aside and call to borrow money, his phone suddenly rang. Looking down, he saw an unfamiliar number, at least not saved in his contacts.
However, this call caused Zhao Yao's expression to change drastically because the call started with 0577, which indicated it was from Wenzhou. And the prefix 2001 was not ordinary in Wenzhou; it was the prefix for Jiangnan Group's headquarters. All outward calls from Jiangnan Group started with 2001.
So, seeing a landline call from Wenzhou starting with 2001, it was almost certain that this was a call from Jiangnan Group.
Of course, there were many scammers nowadays, and there had been instances of scammers impersonating Jiangnan Group's phone numbers, so he still needed to be cautious.
"Hello, may I ask who you are?" Zhao Yao asked cautiously.
"Hello, may I ask if you are classmate Zhao Yao?" came a pleasant female voice from the other end.
"It's me. What do you need?"
"Hello, classmate Zhao Yao. Please wait a moment. I will transfer your call to the secretary's office, where a secretary will discuss the specific details with you!" said the female voice. Then Zhao Yao heard a call transfer sound, and finally, a man picked up.
"Hello, classmate Zhao Yao. I am He Ruoming, the administrative secretary in Jiangnan Group's secretary's office!" said the man in very standard Mandarin. "Are you free the day after tomorrow? If it's convenient, we will arrange for someone to pick you up to the company headquarters. We have some matters to discuss with you in person!"
"Ah... okay, I'm free... but you don't need to pick me up, I can go myself!" Zhao Yao forcefully refused their offer to pick him up. After all, Zhao Yao still suspected they might be scammers. What if they drove him to a desolate area?
But Zhao Yao did not want to miss this opportunity that had fallen from the sky. So he decided to go to Jiangnan Group's headquarters himself, so he wouldn't be deceived.
The next day, Zhao Yao boarded the train back to Wenzhou. Then, at the agreed time, he easily arrived at the headquarters of Jiangnan Group. After proving his identity, Zhao Yao was led by the front desk secretary to meet someone he had never dreamed of meeting.
"Hello, President Huang!" Upon seeing Huang He appear before him, Zhao Yao abruptly stood up. Huang He smiled and gestured for him to sit, but Zhao Yao remained standing, filled with excitement.
"Alright, you can sit down. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to talk to you!" Huang He said with a chuckle. Only then did Zhao Yao sit down.
"How is it? Being ignored by your school for a month, do you feel very wronged?" Huang He asked, narrowing his eyes. Zhao Yao hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "A little. I believe my abilities should not be treated this way by the school."
"Don't blame your school. They originally recommended you to the company headquarters immediately, and even to my secretary's office, to be my secretary, saying you are an absolute talent and excellent at handling various affairs. However, I rejected it!" Huang He's words caused Zhao Yao's emotions to fluctuate greatly.
If the headquarters of Jiangnan Group was the most attractive place in Jiangnan today, then the secretary's office of Jiangnan Group was the most attractive place in the headquarters.
After all, it was closest to Huang He, offering many opportunities to see President Huang and report to him. It was possible that President Huang might notice his shining qualities and provide focused training, then directly assign him to a lower-level leadership position in various departments.
As long as he didn't make mistakes during this process, his promotion speed would far exceed that of employees who advanced step by step normally. The members of the initial secretary's office were now spread throughout the group's middle management, and there were quite a few in senior management as well.
This secretary's office could be called the Hanlin Academy of Jiangnan Group.