"Are you coercing the company?" Hao Jianguo asked coldly, mentally praising Andy Rubin. "You know the chairman's temperament. He won't be intimidated by your threats. I advise you to admit your mistake, otherwise, Android will get nothing!"
"It doesn't matter, Android is mine anyway. No one has the right to interfere with my command, not even Huang He!" Andy Rubin said dismissively.
Andy Rubin indeed had his reasons. Due to the equity agreement, Huang He couldn't seize control of Android's operations. As for the lack of R&D funding, Andy Rubin was unconcerned.
"Have you forgotten the precedent of Netflix?" Hao Jianguo rebuked.
"Heh, I'm not Steve Jobs, and Android is not NeXT," Andy Rubin sneered. "Netflix went bankrupt because it owed a massive amount of debt to the parent company. But Android has only received appropriations from the parent company over the years, not loans! Also, thanks to the chairman's prompt payments, we don't owe any other external debts. It's impossible to make my Android go bankrupt through debt issues!"
"You scoundrel!" Hao Jianguo retorted. "Even so, don't forget that the company also holds Android's financial rights. Moreover, Android currently has no profitability. Your company's accounts have less than 200,000 US dollars left. If there's no capital injection next month, Android will directly enter bankruptcy proceedings!"
"That's fine. I can deposit money into the company's account in my personal capacity!"
"That's possible. As I said, the financial control is in our hands!"
"I won't use the financial channels. I will personally donate money to the company without any return. Is that not allowed either?" Andy Rubin's words left Hao Jianguo speechless. Finally, Hao Jianguo left in anger, leaving Andy Rubin with a cold smile.
Of course, Andy Rubin didn't know that after Hao Jianguo left, he also smiled and called his benefactor, saying, "Sir, Andy Rubin has fallen out with me as planned. Now it's up to Huang He to deal with it!"
"How do you think Huang He will deal with it?" the old man asked curiously.
"He'll be furious, then immediately return to the US, and then find a way to strip Andy Rubin of his control over Android and kick him out, just like he did with Netflix before!" Hao Jianguo replied.
"In that case, let Huang He come," the old man said softly.
Upon returning to the company, Hao Jianguo immediately reported the day's events to Huang He. Apart from the phone call with the old man, he recounted all the events in full detail.
"I never thought I would misjudge someone," Huang, the boss, sighed after hearing Hao Jianguo's report. "When I first met him, he was such a good student, knowledgeable, sensible, obedient, and even learned a few phrases of Chinese to please me. I thought he was a good kid, but now he treats me like this. He's truly an ungrateful wolf! Have I wronged him in any way over the years?"
"No, boss!"
"Did I owe him less money?"
"No, boss!"
"Did I insult his female relatives?"
"No, boss!"
"Alas, then he really is a wolf!" Huang, the boss, lamented. However, when Hao Jianguo heard this, he felt his face burn. Fortunately, Hao Jianguo's thick skin allowed him to quickly adjust his mindset.
"Boss, since things have happened, we can't just sit around and do nothing. I think we must act immediately and find a way to reclaim the Android company! Just like we took back Netflix back then!" Hao Jianguo echoed Huang, the boss's usual line of thinking.
"Exactly!" Huang, the boss, nodded, greatly approving Hao Jianguo's suggestion. However, he continued, "But, first and foremost, we must figure out who is behind Andy Rubin's actions!"
"Ah..." Hearing Huang He's words, Hao Jianguo trembled slightly, a surge of subconscious fear rising from the depths of his heart. Of course, Hao Jianguo immediately suppressed this fear with his excellent psychological resilience and then said softly, "Boss, what could possibly be behind this?"
"Of course there is!" Huang He snorted coldly. "As you just said, I, Huang He, have never harmed him, nor have I shortchanged him, nor have I insulted his female relatives. I have treated him exceptionally well. For the sake of a mere Chinese document, he is turning against me, even going so far as to fill back tens of millions of dollars he embezzled under various pretenses into the company.
"Moreover, Android has not yet been successfully developed, and he still needs hundreds of millions of dollars to complete the development. Do you think he would do something so foolish? Even if he wanted to betray me, he would wait until Android was fully developed and no longer needed my money, right?"
"He has already succeeded in the research..." Hao Jianguo muttered in his heart, but naturally, he wouldn't say these words aloud. Instead, he agreed, "Therefore, there must be a force behind Andy Rubin that is backing him, a force that can provide the final R&D funding!"
"That's right. It seems this Andy Rubin has long planned to betray me. I suspect he has already leaked our crucial Android and PT information and plans to sell them for a good price. And the person who is steadfastly supporting him is the force behind him!" Huang He's words sent a shiver down Hao Jianguo's spine, as this man, purely on speculation, had almost constructed the entire truth of the situation.
"What do you need me to do!" Hao Jianguo felt a sense of fear and said eagerly, "How about I take people to the company right now and seal all of Android's technical data, so this guy can't sell our technology!"
"No, absolutely do not alert the enemy!" Huang He refused decisively. "Since Andy Rubin dares to do something like this, he must have made preparations long ago. He will never store the technology only in the company; there will definitely be backups elsewhere. Even if we seal all the company's technical data, we may not be able to prevent the technology from leaking. On the contrary, it would give Andy Rubin grounds to accuse us of violating the agreement, and we would be at a significant disadvantage in a major lawsuit!"
"The most important thing now is to find out who the force behind Andy Rubin is, and gather more intelligence. The most crucial aspect is to ascertain whether Andy Rubin has already handed over our technology to the force behind him.
"If he hasn't handed it over, then where are all the technology backups hidden? Once we understand all these situations, we will act in unison and strike a decisive blow to protect our most important assets!!" Huang, the boss, said leisurely.
"Boss, just give the order!" Hao Jianguo immediately said.
"Alright, Jianguo, your work is very important from now on. You must do your utmost to complete it. First, find the best commercial detectives in the United States and investigate all of Andy Rubin's violations. Then, find evidence so that we can, with this evidence, revoke his absolute operating rights and completely take control of the Android company!"
"Secondly, you must find out where all the technology backups are, and also figure out who is attacking us from behind Andy Rubin. You must treat these matters as your top priority and spare no expense. Hire the most capable people to complete this task!"
"Also, go and contact a security company to upgrade the security level of the Android Group, but do it secretly, so that no one in the Android company knows about it!"
"Finally, and most importantly, find a way to obtain all the technical inventories, and then be the first to apply for patents with these technologies. As long as the patent is in our hands, even if Andy Rubin transfers the technical data to others, he will not be able to use these technologies. They will be a pile of waste paper!"
Listening to Huang, the boss's orderly commands and arrangements, Hao Jianguo felt genuine admiration. With all these measures in place, all of Andy Rubin's actions would be completely blocked, and almost all of Android's interests would be perfectly protected.
It was a pity that he, Huang He, would never have imagined that he, Hao Jianguo, was also a traitor.
Then, this traitor remembered the task assigned to him by his behind-the-scenes boss and asked, "Boss, will you personally come to the United States to direct our operations this time?"
"What? Do you have something to say?" Huang, the boss's voice immediately became vigilant. Hao Jianguo quickly said, "Yes, boss. I implore you. Please leave this entire mission to me. You must not come to the United States, and you shouldn't even step on a plane to go abroad. The last incident was too terrifying. I suspect someone is already targeting you!"
Originally, Hao Jianguo's task was to find a way to get Huang, the boss, to come to the United States again. However, when he heard the wariness in Huang, the boss's voice, he immediately changed his tune and began to strongly persuade Huang He not to come.
"You have some conscience!" Huang He's attitude indeed softened, and then he snorted coldly. "Are they just a bunch of petty criminals that I, Huang He, can't handle? However, I trust your ability, and I believe you will definitely complete this task, and you won't have your boss personally come to handle these matters and put himself in danger, right!"
"Yes, I guarantee to complete the mission!"
"Good!" Huang He ended the call with satisfaction. Hao Jianguo, sweating profusely, hung up the phone and then eagerly dialed the old man's number, reporting the entire content of the phone call in detail.