SFS Chapter 275 Provocation from Out-of-Town Financial Entities, Technological Bottlenecks
Chapter 275 Provocation from Out-of-Town Financial Entities, Technological Bottlenecks
Jiang Chen's casual question struck a chord in the hearts of everyone in the study.
The money problem... is it solved?
Su Tianhao looked at Jiang Chen's excessively young face, and his throat went dry.
Having lived for over fifty years, this was the first time he realized that the word "solution" could be uttered so easily and so naturally.
The tone of his voice made it sound like he wasn't talking about 3 billion yuan in cash at all, but rather about 30 yuan for a meal.
He tried his best to calm the shock in his heart, and shook his head bitterly: "Jiang Chen, things... are not as simple as you think."
The vice president with the slicked-back hair also recovered from his stunned state. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained to Jiang Chen in a trembling voice, "Mr. Jiang... you don't know this."
He has now changed his way of addressing Jiang Chen from "kid" in his heart to the respectful title "Sir".
"The group that attacked us this time is a conglomerate from another province with assets worth hundreds of billions, called 'Tianhong Group'. They are notorious in the industry for their ruthlessness and willingness to do anything to achieve their goals."
"Funding was just the first step they used to crush us; what's more deadly is technology!"
Su Tianhao picked up the conversation, his anger, which had just been suppressed, rising again.
"The core of our 'Star Hub' project is a 'full-domain intelligent scheduling system' that we developed over three years with countless hours of effort."
Without this system, no matter how much money we have, how many transit stations and trucks we have, we'll just be a disorganized mess, unable to form an effective logistics network!
Su Tianhao slammed his fist on the table, his teeth grinding together.
"And now, Tianhong Group has poached our core technical director in charge of this system, as well as his most capable senior programmers, with three times the salary and vague stock options!"
They not only took people with them, but also a portion of the core code at the very bottom of our system!
Now, our own technical team is completely helpless when faced with the remaining unfinished product!
Su Qing stomped her feet in anger, her eyes reddening again.
"Those traitors! Ungrateful wretches! My dad always treated them well! They earned millions a year, were provided with cars and houses, and their holiday bonuses were enough for them to buy a small apartment in the provincial capital! How could they do this!"
The atmosphere in the study became heavy once again.
If funding is a mountain weighing down a camel, then technological blockade is a sharp knife stabbing straight into its heart!
Just then.
"Buzzing..."
Su Tianhao's personal cell phone suddenly vibrated.
He picked up his phone and saw the unfamiliar number from another province on the screen; his face immediately turned extremely ugly.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally pressed the answer button and turned on speakerphone.
"President Su, how have you been?"
On the other end of the phone came a man's mocking and arrogant laughter.
"I heard your Su Group is facing a cash crunch lately, begging and pleading for investment everywhere? How about it, how about I, Ma Haibo, take pity on you and lend you a few hundred million to tide you over? Hahahaha!"
That voice belonged to Ma Haibo, the chairman of Tianhong Group!
This phone call was clearly meant to show off and kick someone when they're down!
The executives in the study all clenched their fists, veins bulging on their faces, their teeth practically grinding to powder.
This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!
Su Tianhao trembled with rage and said coldly, "Ma Haibo, don't be too smug!"
"Hahaha! Me, so smug?"
Ma Haibo laughed even more wildly on the other end of the phone.
"Su Tianhao, Su Tianhao, you're such a stubborn bumpkin! Let me tell you, money alone is useless! In this era, technology is king! Do you understand?"
"Those few useless programmers under you are kneeling in my office right now, begging me to take them in! As for your so-called scheduling system, in my eyes it's just a pile of garbage code!"
"You're just going to sit there with your billions of dollars in mess and slowly wait to die!"
"Beep...beep...beep..."
After saying that, Ma Haibo hung up the phone.
The study was deathly silent. Humiliation and resentment were clearly etched on everyone's faces. The technological barrier had become an insurmountable mountain, suffocating them.
Su Qing was so angry that she trembled all over, tears welling up in her eyes. She had never seen her all-powerful father so publicly humiliated.
However, amidst this gloomy atmosphere, only Jiang Chen let out a big yawn.
He felt that these so-called business tycoons' tactics for tearing each other apart were utterly unoriginal. It was always the same old story: who had more money, who had more people, and who had the best technology.
so boring.
In his mind, Jiang Chen brought up the system panel that only he could see.
The gleaming golden interface of the [Advanced System Shop] unfolded before him. A dazzling array of goods, from "Anti-Gravity Engine" to "Gene Repair Fluid," were available.
Jiang Chen was too lazy to look it up, so he simply typed "logistics dispatch" into the search box at the top.
"Whoosh!"
Page refreshed.
A row of product icons, gleaming with the glow of futuristic technology, appeared before his eyes.
[Interstellar Federation Military-Grade Logistics Algorithm (Cut-Down Version)]
[Galaxy Empire Caravan Route Planning AI (Civilian Version)]
【Four-Dimensional Space Warp Transportation Protocol (Basic)】
……
Jiang Chen was dazzled by the variety of items, but eventually his gaze settled on one of the most "simple and unpretentious" products.
[Super Dimension Hive Intelligent Logistics Scheduling Source Code (Leading the Era for 5 Years)]
The product description is very simple: It adopts a honeycomb parallel algorithm, has a strong self-learning and path optimization capability, can schedule tens of millions of units at the same time, and has a computing efficiency of more than 100 times that of current Earth technology.
"This is it."
Jiang Chen glanced at the exchange price.
[Price: 20 million system points.]
"Ha, cheap."
He had just received a system rebate of 15 billion for investing 3 billion in the Su family. This 15 billion, in addition to the cash reward, also included a whopping 300 million system points! A mere 20 million was nothing to him.
Jiang Chen clicked "Buy" without even blinking!
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully purchased the [Super Dimension Hive Intelligent Logistics Scheduling Source Code]. The item has been automatically stored in the system's storage space and materialized as a physical USB flash drive.]
Get it done.
Jiang Chen turned off the system panel and casually pulled out a black USB flash drive without any markings from his pocket.
He took the USB drive and tapped it lightly on the mahogany desk.
"Da, da, da."
The crisp sound attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone looked at the ordinary-looking USB drive in Jiang Chen's hand with puzzled expressions.
Ignoring their gazes, Jiang Chen walked directly to the slick-haired vice president who was still wiping away cold sweat and handed him the USB drive.
"Alright, stop sighing and complaining."
"Take me to your technical department."
Jiang Chen said casually, "I happen to have a friend who's a hacker. He got drunk a couple of days ago and forced me to give him a USB drive, saying it contained some gadgets he wrote himself."
"Let's try anything, even if it's a long shot. Maybe it'll come in handy?"