324: Chapter 323 Inspiration

Just as Instructor Duan Chengwu began officially incorporating the new recruits of the Security Company into the training program, the woman with the surname Song had already arrived at the Software Park and walked into the headquarters of Frontier Technology—a small three-story building.

The small building was quite compact, and its layout was very simple. It was nowhere near as luxurious or imposing as the headquarters of the large corporations she had seen, and it was even far inferior to the administrative building at Lin Junfeng's former factory.

Yet, she still dared not underestimate it.

Her future now rested in the hands of this company's owner.

Both out of propriety and reason, she ought to be respectful.

The lobby on the first floor was quiet, and the reception desk was completely unmanned.

Just as the woman with the surname Song was feeling a bit at a loss, a spherical flying object came to her side. Two covers lifted, and its propellers emitted a faint buzzing sound.

She recognized this thing; it was the new product released by this company, which seemed to be called zero egg?

"Ms. Song, welcome."

A gentle male voice came from zero egg: "President Wang is already waiting for you on the third floor; please follow me."

The woman with the surname Song was slightly taken aback, surprised by the intelligence of zero egg, but she quickly snapped out of it and immediately followed zero egg, which was already flying toward the second floor.

zero egg was not flying fast, which allowed the woman with the surname Song to observe it better.

Its flight was stable, its obstacle avoidance was precise, its altitude was neither too high nor too low, and its choice of route was without any hesitation.

The woman with the surname Song marveled inwardly.

They arrived at the third floor very quickly.

The moment the woman with the surname Song stepped onto the third floor, the door in front of her opened automatically, and zero egg stopped moving, hovering quietly outside the door.

The woman with the surname Song walked in slowly, and the door closed.

Before her, a young man was focused on a computer screen. Hearing someone enter, he looked up at the woman with the surname Song, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"Welcome, Dr. Song."

Looking at the young face before her, the woman with the surname Song was momentarily dazed, but then realized she was being impolite and quickly bowed slightly.

"Hello, President Wang, I am Song Xuezhi."

"I have heard of you."

Wang Shuo said with a smile: "A top student from the Medical Department of Donghai City Jiaotong University, you went to work at the Beijing Union Hospital after graduation. During your tenure, you obtained a medical doctorate from Fudan University in Donghai City. Six years ago, you resigned for unknown reasons and have since been engaged in medical device research."

"Honestly, I admire you."

Wang Shuo sighed with feeling.

Although Dr. Song was already thirty years old, she was still in the prime of her youth, at the most perfect time for a woman.

She was not as quirky and clever as Xu Kexin, nor was she as cold, glamorous, and noble as Chen Xin and Liu Yemei, who were like icebergs. What she possessed was a gentleness unique to the beauties of Jiangnan. However, gentleness did not mean a lack of backbone. On the contrary, this woman was proud to the bone. Otherwise, she would not have resigned from the Hospital at the slightest disagreement, nor would she have offended her superior at the research institute over research issues, landing herself in a situation where no one dared to hire her.

For a woman who had faced repeated setbacks yet remained persistent, Wang Shuo's expression of admiration was not merely a compliment.

"President Wang knows me very well."

Song Xuezhi tucked her hair back and said softly: "In that case, I won't need to introduce myself."

"Of course not. However, before we officially begin, I have one question I would like to ask you."

Wang Shuo looked up, gazing into the eyes of the woman before him.

"Why did you leave the medical field and choose to research medical devices?"

"For fame, for money, or simply to satisfy your own research needs?"

Song Xuezhi hesitated slightly, opened her mouth, and then closed it again. After struggling for a moment, she closed her eyes dejectedly and said: "For someone."

"I understand."

Song Xuezhi opened her eyes and, seeing Wang Shuo nod gently without any intention of continuing to ask, couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you going to ask who it is?"

"Everyone has their own reasons for doing things."

Wang Shuo said with a smile: "As long as you are not breaking the law or violating discipline, I have no reason to interfere, do I?"

Song Xuezhi nodded slightly, showing a touch of gratitude.

"However, since we are going to cooperate, I also have some requirements of my own."

Wang Shuo took out a document and handed it to Song Xuezhi.

The content on it was something he had carefully considered, including the mode of cooperation, the content, specific details, and so on.

"Dr. Song, you can take a look and choose a mode of cooperation. The specific cooperation requirements are listed here, and each mode has different requirements."

Song Xuezhi flipped through it, then set the document aside and said: "President Wang, I only want a quiet place to conduct research and some financial support; I don't need anything else."

Wang Shuo raised an eyebrow slightly: "Are you not considering establishing a medical device company? I can inject capital and make you the General Manager."

Song Xuezhi shook her head: "I don't know how to manage a company, and I don't have the time to manage one. I only want to do research. If you can provide room and board, I don't even need a salary."

Requirements this low?

Wang Shuo was shocked.

What kind of divine employee is this? Is she a fated worker?

Even when he hired Liu Yemei, she wasn't this easy to talk to; didn't he have to obediently pay her a monthly salary of fifty thousand under her tyrannical might?

The same went for Xu Kexin; just two days ago, she was demanding a raise.

"In that case..."

Wang Shuo thought for a moment, then looked up and said: "Then you will have to join Frontier Technology as an individual. As an employee of Frontier Technology, all your research results will belong to the company. You need to think this through."

Song Xuezhi nodded firmly: "I am willing."

Looking at the determined and cute expression on Song Xuezhi's face, Wang Shuo felt a slight headache. Having grown accustomed to the likes of Chen Zhongxuan who wanted to take advantage of him, he found it somewhat difficult to adapt to someone who didn't want to take advantage of him at all.

It was all that damn capitalist society's fault for making someone as pure as him develop schemes.

"A medical company definitely needs to be registered. Since you don't want to manage it, we will temporarily list it under the name of Frontier Technology as a subsidiary."

Wang Shuo considered for a long while before saying.

This was also a plan he had formulated with Liu Yemei a long time ago. The company had to be established. Every step he took now had to be directed toward one goal: monetization.

All research must be monetized through marketing to maximize profits.

Only in this way could he accumulate capital quickly; otherwise, he would only be living beyond his means and exhausting his resources.

And the best way to monetize was undoubtedly direct sales; a company was the best sales tool. As for obtaining legal qualifications and opening up sales channels, Wang Shuo didn't even consider them as issues.

What a joke; if the things he researched couldn't be sold, then there would be a problem.

Only, in that case, Frontier Technology could not exist solely as Frontier Technology.

Rubbing his nose, Wang Shuo looked at Song Xuezhi before him and continued: "As for you, Dr. Song, I will give you a laboratory. You can form your own research team, but as the investor, I will limit your research direction to a certain extent. In necessary cases, I will forcibly intervene in the experimental steps and technical principles. Can you accept that?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Song Xuezhi's face, then she gritted her teeth and nodded.

"Very good."

Wang Shuo nodded with satisfaction. If Song Xuezhi could not accept this, he would still give her a laboratory, but then he would simply let nature take its course and would not intervene in any experimental projects until the research institute exhausted the funds he had allocated and closed down on its own.

There was no need to be overly eager when it wasn't reciprocated.

"Since that's the case, let us discuss the first research project."

Wang Shuo smiled and said: "I wonder if Dr. Song has any research on Prosthetic Limbs?"

"I do."

Song Xuezhi nodded gently, took out a document she had prepared long ago from her bag, and handed it to Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo opened it curiously, only to see a thick stack of technical drawings inside. The drawings were clear, and the parameters were detailed. By following these drawings to set up a production line, one could immediately manufacture the finished product exactly as designed.

"This is the Prosthetic Limbs that President Lin... Lin Junfeng commissioned me to research earlier."

"Very good."

Wang Shuo looked at it very carefully, and upon hearing Song Xuezhi's words, he nodded in approval: "However, if we manufacture it this way, the cost won't be small, right?"

"Yes."

Song Xuezhi nodded: "Not counting the production line, the cost for the entire set is about two hundred thousand."

Wang Shuo shook his head slightly.

Two hundred thousand, and that's not counting the production line and R&D costs. If those were all added, this Prosthetic Limbs would have to be sold for at least three hundred thousand, or even four hundred thousand.

For a mechanical Prosthetic Limbs to be sold at this price, it was basically an astronomical price.

And in this market, the established brands had greater advantages and better reputations. Without a price advantage, it was estimated that sales wouldn't be very good.

He remembered that Lin Junfeng had also told him before that he had indeed researched a type of Prosthetic Limbs, but because he hadn't investigated the market demand, it ultimately failed.

It seemed that this was indeed the product before him.

Wang Shuo closed the file and looked at Song Xuezhi, saying: "The product is very good, but Dr. Song, you seem to need to change your line of thinking."

Song Xuezhi looked puzzled.

"Mechanical design is not your strength; medicine is. Professional matters should be left to professional people. For the mechanical dynamics design of the Prosthetic Limbs, I suggest you find someone more professional to assist you, while you focus on other topics, such as..."

"How to achieve brain-wave communication, and how to connect to neuron endings..."

"This is where you, as a medical doctor, should shine."

Looking at the stunned expression on Song Xuezhi's face, Wang Shuo waved his hand lightly and said: "Zero, call up the seventy-fourth, seventy-fifth, and seventy-sixth third-edition data from the database and display it on the big screen."

The TV screen turned on automatically, displaying dense content of data.

"These things are not difficult; I will give you some help."

Wang Shuo pointed at the screen.

"These are some of my thoughts when I was bored. I recorded them, and perhaps they can provide you with some inspiration."

Song Xuezhi looked at the screen blankly, and for a moment, she was actually stunned.