"No money? How is that possible!"

Chen Weidong was sitting in the office and was really surprised after listening to his report.

With such a huge cash flow, how could the company run out of money so quickly? According to his original assumptions, it should be able to survive for at least a few more years.

"Mr. Chen, it's true. There are only more than 10 billion left in the financial accounts now. According to the company's current expenditure rate, we can last for three months at most." Zhan Hongtian showed a wry smile and looked very helpless.

Now his finance department has more than 200 professional accountants who handle the company's large and small income and expenditure every day, so this data is absolutely unmistakable.

"What is it that costs so much?" Chen Weidong couldn't help but be curious. More than 100 billion can be spent. The speed of spending money is comparable to the speed of making money.

"There are various research projects with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, but the electronics laboratory is the most expensive. They spend hundreds of millions of yuan every month." Zhan Hongtian answered cautiously after thinking for a while.

Although he is the company's financial director, the company's scientific research department has always been aloof.

Every time the project leaders come over with a funding application form stamped and signed by the academic committee, they only need to arrange the appropriation.

In fact, he does not have any authority to ask about the other party's use of funds, so he does not know where those researchers spent their money.

"Is that so... Just go back to work first. I will solve the money problem. You don't have to worry."

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

....

Send Zhan Hongtian away.

Chen Weidong leaned on the office chair and closed his eyes slightly.

The company is getting bigger and bigger now. There are at least more than 200,000 people who rely on Infinity Company for food, directly or indirectly. Although the society has a lot of praise for their company, as an operator, he has undoubtedly failed.

of.

The company's financial level has never improved, and it has always been in a state of being unable to make ends meet.

If I hadn't made a fortune in the Hong Kong stock market in the early years, it would have been impossible to sustain myself until now, let alone secure my position as one of the world's top 100 companies.

Up to now, Infinite Company has actually made quite a lot of money-making businesses.

For example, instant messaging, game sector, entertainment industry, equipment sales, complete computers, supercomputers, server exports, etc. are all projects that are continuing to make profits.

Games, in particular, are simply money-grabbing monsters.

According to the report submitted by the financial department, the revenue of the game department in the latest quarter reached more than 700 million RMB, an increase of 17% compared with the previous quarter.

This was already a very huge number in 2001.

The total for the whole year is close to 3 billion.

The market capitalization of many listed companies is not that much.

But this amount of money is not worth mentioning at all if you say it is going to be used for research and development, especially for large projects that require long-term investment.

Ordinary people can't imagine how much R&D investment those foreign technology giants spend every year, but Chen Weidong knows it very well.

It's about 20% of revenue.

It is equivalent to retaining only a little profit every year and investing most of the funds earned in technology upgrades.

The number one in the world is working so hard, and the rest are not as good as him. If you want to catch up with him, the cost and energy required will increase exponentially.

He can also take his time and let Infinite Company slowly make money, and then use part of the net profits to slowly invest in scientific research. In this case, the company's financial situation should be very healthy.

This is also the way most businesses operate.

But since you want to create something that is beyond this era in advance, you will naturally have to pay a high price.

The difficulties in the real industry are unimaginable to outsiders, especially those involving research and development, which are simply a bottomless pit.

It all seems to be back to the starting point.

It seems that you have to use the lever of finance to obtain enough capital to support what you want to do...

Chen Weidong didn't approve a single document all morning. He sat on a swivel chair, facing the floor-to-ceiling glass wall, looking at the sky outside and the dissipating clouds in a daze.

When Li Xi'er saw his action, she knew that he was thinking about something.

Every time before he made any new move, he would stare out the window in a daze, sitting there all day long, or in a daze for several days in a row.

And when he woke up from his unconscious state, he said that soon some scientific research project or new plan would pop up in his mind.

Li Xier walked over quietly, picked up the documents on his desk, and prepared to move them to her own desk to review them for him.

As a result, Chen Weidong's daze lasted only for a short while and he stood up immediately.

"Xi'er, please help me notify Lin Zeju, Zhao Gong, Liu Weitao, and Yu Guangbin to come over. By the way, ask Yu Guangbin and Liu Weitao to bring over a professional expert from their department."

Liu Weitao was originally the head of the company's automation instrument department. He once served as Gong Zhao's deputy, and was later transferred to the materials department to be responsible for the research and development of new materials.

Yu Guangbin is the general person in charge of the electronic laboratory and photonic computer project.

He specifically focuses on the research and development of photonic computers, spanning several disciplines such as optoelectronics, automation, computers, materials, etc., and coordinates the work of various departments.

Chen Weidong waited for a while, but the first person to arrive was not Lin Zeju, who worked on the same floor as him, but Yu Guangbin.

Lin Zeju is one of the shareholders of Huanghe Group and has rich management experience, so at Infinite Company, he is responsible for the company's specific management work.

Infinite Company is getting bigger and bigger, and his work is becoming more and more arduous. He is busy all day long with his feet hitting the back of his head. Chen Weidong and Chen Jie are not as leisurely as Chen Weidong and Chen Jie. Even if they want to come over, they have to finish the things at hand first.

Yu Guangbin didn't expect that he was the first to arrive. He knew very well why Chen Weidong asked him to come here.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Naturally, the boss wants to ask about the development progress of photonic computers.

Photon Computer was established very early last year, and almost a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

The boss knew how difficult this work was and never interfered with their work. He even instructed the academic committee many times to strongly support this project.

If we need money, people, or outside help, the academic committee will work tirelessly, running around the country and even the world to find connections, and negotiate with other institutions and companies to purchase each other's technology, without any complaints.

But until now, they are spending money like water and have not reported good news to their boss once!

In fact, there is no progress in research progress.

Everyone on the project team was arrogant from the beginning because of the company's special treatment, showing in front of their colleagues how important their work was to the company's future.

Later, because there was no progress, I kept my head down all day long. When I saw my colleagues, I was afraid of being asked, and I was embarrassed to go up and say hello.

Everyone is holding back their energy and wants to achieve something.

Every day, people in the photonic computer research group are the first to go to work and the last to get off work. They often take the initiative to work overtime on holidays.

But this photon computer, this computer that is a thousand times faster than traditional electronic computers, is always like the floating clouds in the sky, visible but intangible.

As of today, a large warehouse can be filled with scrapped parts and verification machine models from experiments, but they still have not been able to produce a photonic computer that is barely operational.

Yu Guangbin and Cen Jingping, the chief engineer of this project, had already discussed it when they came in. The two of them still sat down behind the crowd, not attracting attention.

But as soon as they opened the door, they were stunned.

They were the only two who arrived first!

"Gong Yu, Chief Engineer Cen, you are here, come in quickly, sit down, sit down and talk." Chen Weidong sat on the sofa on the side of the office, warmly greeted them in, and asked Li Xi'er to pour them two cups of tea.

Yu Guangbin and Cen Jingping looked at me and I looked at you. It seemed that the boss was not angry and did not want to accuse them.

Although Chen Weidong's expression looked very kind, the two of them still felt guilty. They could only sit nervously on the edge of the sofa, put their hands on their knees, and lowered their eyebrows.

The two scientific and technical staff, whose combined age was close to a hundred years old, did not dare to show off their dignity in front of Chen Weidong.

Chen Weidong noticed their nervousness and started to chat casually. He also told them some interesting things about his time in the island country, without putting any more mental pressure on them.

A few minutes later, Liu Weitao walked in with a researcher from the materials department.

As soon as Liu Weitao entered the door, he did not act like a little wife like Yu Guangbin and others, but directly complained to Chen Weidong: "Mr. Chen, you came to me, don't you want to show off some tasks for our department?"

"You don't know how heavy our tasks are now! Over in the mechanical laboratory, Engineer Zhao is like a reminder every day, asking us to test the hardness of various parts for them. The optoelectronics department has recently embarked on a drone project. We need to

We got them lightweight alloy materials, and we also talked about making micro engines, and improving the company's chip production line..."

"Now I wish I could grow dozens of hands, just to have enough! Mr. Chen, just let me catch my breath!"

The researcher behind him also touched his nose and laughed.

In the company, the mechanical laboratory is the busiest and has the most complicated things, especially the subordinate automated instrument department.

As soon as they get busy, they need the cooperation and assistance of the materials department, and they will not let go if they are caught. The materials department also has its own scientific research projects to do. The researchers go to work every day, like a top, and they cannot stop spinning once they start.

When they saw Yu Guangbin and Cen Jingping huddled aside, they both pretended not to notice.

For the photonic computer project team, the funds are spent every year, the most assistance is required from other departments, the academic committee strongly supports it, and the boss pays the most attention to it, just like his own son. However, it cannot achieve any results all year round, and many departments in the company privately sneer at it.

Especially in their materials department, there are several senior engineers with the best technical capabilities, including the automation department where he used to work. There are two chief engineers who are still in the photonic computer project team. Seeing that the work is so busy, people

But don't come back.

Liu Weitao and others had very strong opinions.
Chapter completed!