Chapter 186: The Lion of Kings

On 15 April 2015, the Silicon Valley Convention and Exhibition Center was an ocean of high technology. It brought together all the high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, and even many foreign high-tech companies had also rented exhibition booths here, to showcase their painstakingly researched high-tech products. Reporters from all over the world, armed with cameras and video recorders, faithfully recorded these epoch-making products that could change the future.

The Jieke booth was located in the centre of the exhibition hall, near the main exhibition stand, and was the most conspicuous location. Inside, there were a dazzling array of smart robots, holographic 3D smartphones, virtual reality functions and many other high-tech concept products, making people feel as if they were in a science fiction world.

'Although artificial intelligence and virtual reality are still in the experimental stage, they have already made great strides compared to the past, especially with the emergence of artificial intelligence with deep learning capabilities artificial intelligence, there is every reason to believe that they will definitely become commonplace in our lives in the future, and we at Jieke will work hard to achieve this goal as soon as possible!'

At the entrance to the Jieke booth, Jieke's CEO Zhou Heng spoke eloquently to dozens of reporters, expressing his views on future technological innovation.

After Zhou Heng's speech, the reporters were not willing to be left out and asked, 'Hello Mr Zhou Heng, we have just seen the demonstration of the Cougar AI system, and you have also explained the concept of this system to us, but what is strange is that you explained that the system's design concept is to facilitate the intelligent security of future smart cars and homes, but cougars are carnivorous beasts. Do you have another intention in choosing the cougar to name this system? Or does this system itself have other implications?'

When the first reporter asked about the naming of the cougar, other reporters also asked the same question: 'Yes, I remember that the first mobile operating system launched by Jieke was also called the Cougar system. It seems that Jieke has a unique fondness for cougars. What is the reason? Is it because of the domineering nature of cougars, or is it because Jieke's system wants to dominate the entire market with its name?

Zhou Heng smiled slightly in response: 'In fact, when the name was first decided, I knew that it would cause a lot of ambiguity, but I still insisted on using it. This is not because I am arbitrary, but because I believe that only this name can best represent Jieke Company.'

'As for a name dominating the entire market,' Zhou Heng shook his head helplessly, 'if that were really possible, then I think I should have moved the company into a church rather than a laboratory.'

Zhou Heng's answer took everyone by surprise, and there was an instant uproar. When they heard the last sentence, everyone burst into laughter.

Amidst the laughter, Zhou Heng continued, 'The reason for Cougar is actually very simple. In my opinion, this system is destined to usher in an era, just like the mobile operating system proposed ten years ago, both of which can set trends.'

Zhou Heng paused for a moment before continuing: 'You know that Jieke knows me, Zhou Heng. Maybe it's through the mobile operating system, maybe it's through the smart app, or maybe it's through the game industry. industry, but the Jieke company I know started with a cougar, or rather, a cougar really awakened Jieke and set the company on the path to technological supremacy.'

'Therefore,' Therefore,' Zhou Heng concluded, 'the cougar is a rebirth for Jieke, a symbol of moving towards the future. Whether it is now or in the future, if someone asks what the deepest impression on Jieke is, I will tell you without hesitation that it is the cougar.'

All reporters raised their cameras and shot and discussed like crazy. The centre of attention was undoubtedly Zhou Heng and the cougar, because they all saw Zhou Heng's reminiscing performance at the end. It seemed to everyone that it was definitely not an ordinary cougar, but no one knew what it really meant. Only the real old-timers at Jackel could remember the events and people from 25 years ago and knew that it was a true king of the cougars.

Time reversed back 90 years to 10am. Zhou Ming and Tang Ran walked into the company meeting room and sat down. Zhou Ming looked around the meeting room and suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere. So he asked, 'Is there something you want to tell me? But President Tang and I don't seem to be late, so we shouldn't have to be punished by buying coffee, should we?'

Zhou Ming 's little humour made everyone laugh out loud. After the laughter died down, Liu Qiang, the manager of the technical research and development department and a veteran of the company, stepped forward and said, 'President Tang, Vice President Zhou, we would like to apologise for today's meeting.'

Zhou Ming put his hands together and said, 'So why should we apologise?'

'It's because of the attitude we previously had towards you and towards Jieke,' Liu Qiang replied, 'I believe that both President Tang and Vice President Zhou knew before you came to Jieke that Jieke had a glorious past and was even once the best company in Silicon Valley, but it has only begun to decline in recent years. This is because we old employees have lost our enthusiasm for our work.'

Zhou Ming This time, he didn't ask anything, but just gave Liu Qiang a gesture to continue.

Liu Qiang continued, 'At one time, our company's chairman and president were both Mr. Li Jie, and he single-handedly brought Jieke up. But later, due to Jieke's booming success, it was coveted by a large consortium, which maliciously acquired it, and Mr. Li Jie consequently lost his position as chairman.'

'Of Of course, this kind of thing is very common in business competition, and we can all understand it. But the problem is that after Jacko was acquired, the consortium kept putting their people in, taking away our customers and resources and even distributed our resumes to headhunters and competitors. They used these dirty methods to replace the old employees of Jacko one by one.'

Liu Qiang said with a laugh, 'I can't help but say that this consortium is truly a genius, to have come up with these methods to deal with us. But that's not the worst of it. They ended up driving Mr Li Jie to his death. Mr Li Jie died at home, but he was holding a military order from the board of directors in his hand when he died. It was a performance improvement agreement. If Mr. Li Jie was unable to lead Jieke to achieve 20 million in sales by the end of the quarter, he would be fired by the board of directors and would not receive any compensation.'

'This Isn't that a clear attempt to get rid of Mr Li Jie? Those bastards, it's obvious that Jieke is Mr Li Jie's company, but they came and tried to take over his company and get rid of him. That's too much! We understand that it was Mr Li Jie who helped us before, and now that he has chosen to end his life, our lives will definitely become even more difficult after he is gone.

Liu Qiang then said, 'But we are not easy to bully, so we are fighting back too. We maintain our sales performance, we use our connections to steal customers. We deliberately made things difficult for them. Whenever they placed an order, we would do a poor job and embarrass them!'

'So in this kind of internal conflict, Jieke Company became worse and worse, until it reached this point today.'

Speaking of Liu Qiang suddenly changed the subject. He looked at Zhou Ming and continued, 'But it's all because of those people in the past, they only wanted to turn the company into their personal property. Only President Tang and Vice President Zhou, you are the ones who really care about the company and us.'

'Yes whether you want to be a coward for life or a hero for a second. As long as we have confidence, our team is invincible. We will always remember the words you have said to us, so we are willing to work for you!' Liu Qiang said.

Liu Qiang words were forceful and the others were also very determined, but Zhou Ming did not rush to express his opinion in response to their words, just quietly watching them. This made Liu Qiang freeze in his tracks, and he asked carefully, 'Vice President Zhou, are you angry?'

'I very angry!' Zhou Ming pointed at each person and said, 'Do you think that your confrontation with the consortium is an inheritance of Mr. Liu Jie's will and that you are avenging Mr. Liu Jie? In fact no, you are just ruining the company for your own revenge!'

'For the consortium, a company like Jieke is just one of many investments, but for Mr. Liu Jie, Jieke is his whole world,' Zhou Ming said, 'So Mr. Liu Jie chose to end the endless internal friction at Jieke with his own death, in order to allow the company to re-enter the fray lightly and become the most dynamic company in Silicon Valley. But what about you? What are you doing?'

Facing Zhou Ming's questioning, everyone bowed their heads. Zhou Ming continued, 'A company that used to have peak sales of 10 million in the past month has now dropped to just 200,000. The company's employees have from two hundred people at the peak to less than twenty people now, you idiots are still bragging about revenge. I think if Mr. Liu Jie were still alive, he would definitely be crying from anger at you.'

Zhou Ming words were like steel needles, piercing the hearts of the old employees, leaving them with tears of remorse.

'Vice President Zhou, you are right, we were really stupid, we are the stupidest idiots in the world!' Liu Qiang shouted.

As Liu Qiang shouted, and the others followed suit, until they all turned to Zhou Ming, each one of them regarding him as their last hope. They asked, 'Vice President Zhou, so how should we atone for our sins now?'

In response Zhou Ming's answer was very simple: 'Do your best and work hard to make Jieke a top company in Silicon Valley and the world. This is the best way for you to atone for your sins. Are you all confident?'

All said in unison that they had confidence. Zhou Ming was not satisfied, however: 'Have you not eaten? Or have you all forgotten the confidence you had yesterday against the cougars? Answer me again!'

Following Zhou Ming's words, almost everyone shouted "have confidence" in a hysterical voice.

Being in in such a meeting room, Cheng Qian was completely shocked. He looked at everything in a daze. He could feel the determination and confidence of the people in front of him, as well as an indescribable fighting spirit and a frightening fighting spirit. He simply simply couldn't believe that this was Jieke, the rubbish company that only had 200,000 yuan in sales a month and that no matter how experienced a manager came along, they couldn't get it going.

Even even Cheng Qian himself, who had thought more than once that if he could motivate these employees, then he could easily turn Jieke around, but in the end he himself was unable to do it, and he didn't think that Zhou Ming could do it so easily by relying on a cougar.

Was this luck? Cheng Qian didn't know, perhaps there was a little luck involved, but he believed more that it was down to Zhou Ming's personal charm and wisdom, as well as his unparalleled leadership skills.

These thoughts all excited Cheng Qian, because he believed that he was following a great miracle.