Zhu Wenhai was completely lucky to be able to take over the position of dean. Seeing the arrival of the big financial boss Zhou Liwen, he smiled so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth. After saying a few polite words, Zhu Wenhai took Zhou Liwen to Lin Ruofu's new office and said he took the initiative to leave. He knew very well the relationship between his deputy and Zhou Liwen. Zhu Wenhai was not a professional researcher, but he was very good at observing his words and expressions. He knew very well how the position under his butt came from. From the moment he appointed and removed the dean, he made plans. With Zhou Liwen and holding Lin Ruofu, he could do it comfortably, and in fact he did the same.

"Why are you here?" Lin Ruofu was a little surprised when he saw Zhou Liwen coming.

"Congratulations, dad." Zhou Liwen smiled and stretched out his hand to congratulate him. Lin Ruofu shook his head with a smile and cried, "Why are you still doing this? Besides, the official appointment above has not yet come down."

"Anyway, I can't escape you. A little earlier or later, aren't this position yours? Besides, you have moved in to this office, so it's normal for you to congratulate in advance."

Lin Ruofu laughed and scolded him without hesitation, and asked him to sit there casually. Indeed, Zhou Liwen was right. Although the appointment of his superiors has not been given yet, he has already talked to him, which is the past two days. This time, SARS was too fierce, and the attention of the whole country was extremely high. As a hero, Lin Ruofu was promoted and reused, and no one would say a word of gossip. Moreover, with Zhou Liwen's support, everyone in the Academy of Sciences applauded.

"Why are you here today?" Lin Ruofu asked strangely while sorting out his office supplies. It's afternoon now, and it's time to get off work in two hours. What's Zhou Liwen here at this time?

Zhou Liwen was not polite either. She poured himself a glass of water, took a sip and said, "Some things are discussed with you, because it is business, so there is no way to discuss it at home."

"Business?"

"Yes!" Zhou Liwen smiled and said, "Didn't Xiaoya want to find a job to pass the time a while ago? I thought about it and planned to let her manage the coordination work between the company and the hospital. This job is relatively leisurely, mainly the allocation of funds and financial review. Now that you are the vice president, you are in charge of this business again. I feel at ease if you ask Xiaoya to help you."

"This... is a bit inappropriate?" Lin Ruofu hesitated. If Zhou Liwen asked Lin Yaxuan to do this, the Academy of Sciences would be himself in this regard, and Zhou Liwen's company was his daughter. If this was spread, someone would probably gossip. Lin Ruofu is a standard scientific researcher and is still very particular about this. He didn't expect anyone to gossip about this matter at that time.

"What's wrong with this?" Zhou Liwen knew what his father-in-law was thinking, and immediately smiled and said, "You are the president and you will be able to raise funds for the hospital. Is this fund I pay or Xiaoya's management? This is not a problem. You might as well think about this matter. Xiaoya is responsible for this matter. Doesn't it mean that you, the vice president, are you seeking benefits for the hospital? Outsiders will never think that you will put your daughter's money in your pocket? Some things are better than being ambiguous if you put it bluntly."

"Is this... true?"

"Don't worry, I have already said hello to President Zhu, and he said there is no problem. Besides, the agreement will not change at the beginning, and everything will be handled according to the rules, but let Xiaoya be responsible. Usually, you need to coordinate with Xiaoya directly. It will not be more convenient sometimes if I don't delay the major affairs in the hospital in Shanghai, which will not be more convenient?" Zhou Liwen explained with a smile, which sounds the same. He also emphasized that President Zhu has agreed. Originally, no one in the hospital would object to this matter. After all, the money was originally paid by Zhou Liwen. Who would Zhou Liwen want to let him care about it?

Lin Ruofu thought about it, but couldn't find a reason to object. Moreover, Lin Yaxuan was indeed more convenient for being in charge of this matter as Zhou Liwen said. He was me, and a daughter would never get stuck in my funding, right? Thinking of this, he smiled and agreed readily.

Then, Zhou Liwen and Lin Ruofu talked about the specific arrangements and promised him that the funding allocation this year would increase by another 20% compared with last year, as his supportive attitude of being promoted to vice president. Lin Ruofu was of course happy to hear the increase in funding. Over the years, Zhou Liwen and the Academy of Sciences have engaged in cooperative research, providing funding and profit sharing to gradually get rid of the previous difficulties and make a lot of profits.

In addition to Zhou Liwen's research institute in Huacheng, the Shanghai Academy of Sciences has other research projects, a large part of which are supported by Zhou Liwen's funds. Before and after, dozens of scientific research projects have made breakthroughs. Of course, Zhou Liwen has also gained a lot of benefits. Not to mention the patents, he can make a lot of money. It can even be said that the value of the patents far exceeds Zhou Liwen's investment in the Academy of Sciences. From this point of view, his deal has not lost at all.

Of course, Zhou Liwen is not Huang Shiren. After investing money, he took away the patent and counted the money. If he really did this, he would not be able to cooperate with the Academy of Sciences for a long time. Everyone is not fool, especially the president, vice president, secretary, and even superior leaders of the Academy of Sciences. What does patents represent? The slogan that science and technology is the primary productivity is not in vain. Patents can be turned into products, products can be turned into money, or patents can be changed directly to money, everyone knows in their hearts.

Zhou Liwen didn't think about taking advantage of this little thing from the beginning, so he took this into consideration in his cooperation with the Academy of Sciences. According to the agreement, Zhou Liwen has half the ownership of the patent, and has priority purchase and use rights, but he also has to compensate the Academy. For example, regarding the patent for the functional mobile phone of the Huacheng Institute, the Academy of Sciences will share the profits of Orz mobile phones by direct investment. As for other patents, what Zhou Liwen directly needs is basically buying through negotiation, or using the share of the patent, or even tying the two parties together in the name of a joint factory. Even some patents that are not related to Zhou Liwen's company's business, Zhou Liwen will sell it at a good price through his channels, thus achieving a win-win situation.

Apart from these, Zhou Liwen was not negligent in the management of the leaders. Not only the Shanghai Academy of Sciences, but also the National Academy of Sciences and other superior departments also managed the management of the positions. This is also one of the reasons why Lin Ruofu made contributions to this SARS and the superior leaders readily gave up his position as vice president.

In the eyes of some people, letting Lin Ruofu take up his position also sends a signal of being friendly to Zhou Liwen. Such a wealthy and tactful financial backer must win over any matter.

After talking about this with Lin Ruofu, Zhou Liwen didn't sit long after, so he got up and left first. However, he did not go home directly, but went to Zhu Wenhai for a while and then left the Academy of Sciences and drove to the southern suburbs.

After SARS, Zhou Liwen has been considering the future direction of the company. The development of smartphones has been decided long ago. The new generation of touch-screen smartphones has entered substantial sample production. If it weren't for SARS, they would have been able to be put into production long ago. Guo's logistics, shipping and express delivery industries have developed well, especially the express delivery business. This year, it has been booming. Since Zhou Liwen laid a solid foundation from the beginning, Guo's express delivery has become one of the top three express delivery industries in China, which is no less than SF Express.

The business of online companies, including Taobao, Alipay is growing rapidly. Taobao users are already close to eBay and become the second e-commerce network in China, while Alipay has more users. Under the influence of the two major e-commerce platforms, Taobao and EBay, Alipay users have exceeded 10 million. At present, Zhou Liwen is considering whether to acquire eBay and combine Taobao into one to lay the foundation for its position as the leader in the e-commerce industry. However, Zhou Liwen has never set a decision. On the one hand, the price offered by the other party to acquire eBay is too high. On the other hand, Zhou Liwen is also hesitating whether the two are one can achieve the result of one plus one greater than two. If there is no such effect, or one plus one is less than two, the acquisition will be somewhat more than two.

In addition, it is not that simple to acquire eBay. Last year, since Zhou Liwen was focusing on the development of smartphones and MediaTek, the American eBay company invested $30 million in eBay. Zhou Liwen has received news that eBay is also interested in a full acquisition of eBay as a springboard to enter the Chinese market. If Zhou Liwen takes action at this time, it will inevitably fight an acquisition war with the other party. Now, eBay has more than doubled its user base in history due to Zhou Liwen's intervention and the role of Alipay, and has reached 11 million registered users. The price offered to him is US$250 million. According to Zhou Liwen's estimate, if one of them takes action, it may be possible to win it for 220 million or even 200 million. However, if the two companies compete for it, the price may even exceed 250 million US dollars.

Zhou Liwen still has some money in hand. In the mobile phone industry, his Orz company is usually spitting money for him with a money printing machine. But the problem is that operating income and net profit are not the same. From 2001 to March 2003, Orz company's total profit was as high as US$5.7 billion, but in fact, costs, taxes, research investment, etc. have to be removed, and the final net profit was only just over US$3 billion.

In addition, this money is the profit of the company. The company is a company, and individuals are individuals. Zhou Liwen personally gets about $1 billion, and the rest has to be invested in research and development and expansion of production. If the profits of several other companies are added, and Zhou Liwen's recent personal investment in other places is removed, the funds that can be used are only about $800 million. Of course, with the growth of the smartphone business, his personal wealth will grow faster and faster.

(According to official data, eBay registered users were 4.3 million in 2003, increased to 10 million in 2004, and reliable data at the end of 2007 was 150 million. According to the early growth factors in the article, it can be achieved based on 11 million. When eBay was acquired in June 2003, it was acquired in cash. According to the increase in the proportion of users, it is normal to open a price of 250 million US dollars.)
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