14: Chapter 14 A Mistake Leads to an Unexpected Encounter with Zhang Mo

Hearing Zhou Yuan's question, a hint of awkwardness appeared on Chu Qianlan's face; he truly hadn't considered this issue before.

Whether it was the memories of Chu Hui from Earth or Chu Qianlan himself, neither had any experience in business.

If it weren't for Chu Hui watching videos and reading novels to learn common knowledge, and for his own guidance from Chu Tianxiong, his company might have run into trouble long ago.

Furthermore, the books in the Technology Library were all related to technology; other disciplines were not included.

This meant Chu Qianlan couldn't seek solutions within the library.

"There's always a way around a mountain; I will find a solution to this matter," Chu Qianlan said with a determined gaze.

"It's good that CEO Chu has a plan! After so many days, the people in the Technical Department have mostly recovered, and I plan to gather all the programmers tomorrow to start developing xingliao software!" Zhou Yuan shifted the topic to the new project.

"Handle that as you see fit!" Chu Qianlan waved his hand; he was still thinking about the issue of the software being free.

In recent days, news of people making money by promoting Internet Cafe Management Software had already appeared on major forums.

This attracted another group of people to register and promote the Internet Cafe Management Software.

Of course, most of these people only successfully promoted one order, most likely by introducing the software to the owner of the internet cafe they frequented.

Such occurrences were everywhere, popping up all across the country.

The sheer volume was already nearing the combined total promoted by the teams of Zhang Lei and Liu Daocheng.

In the afternoon, after discussing the technical aspects of StarChat with Zhou Yuan, Chu Qianlan returned to school.

The "Ziguang Editor" software he was replicating was nearing completion, and he had been busy with it during this period.

After returning to school, apart from attending classes, Chu Qianlan spent his days coding on his computer, constantly optimizing the software's functions.

Of course, his so-called attending classes wasn't about listening to the teacher talk about the textbook content, but rather continuously learning knowledge from the Technology Library.

Since he began replicating the "Ziguang Editor" software, Chu Qianlan had stopped his programming studies.

In the Technology Library, he started tackling various technical materials that could be used for mobile phones.

Whether it was batteries, screens, cameras, or memory, flash storage, and processors, he studied them all earnestly.

Although he couldn't manufacture these things now, he would definitely mass-produce them in the future.

That evening, as Chu Qianlan passed by an artificial lake on campus, he suddenly heard an argument coming from not far away.

He walked closer and discovered that one of the people was Professor Zhang Mo, a materials science expert, who had taught one of Chu Qianlan's elective courses last semester.

It was said that this professor specialized in the research and application of battery-related technical materials.

At that moment, Professor Zhang Mo was arguing with another teacher until their faces were red.

"My project is only one-third of the way through. If the college cuts the research funding by half, I won't even have enough money to buy materials! I do not agree to this!" Professor Zhang Mo said, his emotions running high.

"Professor Zhang, it's not that I don't support you, but the school's funding is limited, and we must prioritize projects that are more likely to yield results.

Your project has dragged on for too long; the college cannot provide research funding indefinitely!" the other teacher responded helplessly.

"It's because the funding you provided was too little; otherwise, my project would have already yielded results!" Hearing this, Professor Zhang became even more agitated.

"This is the result of a joint discussion between the Research Department and the Finance Department; I cannot change it.

Professor Zhang, you should consider whether or not to continue with this research project!" After saying this, the teacher walked past Professor Zhang and left.

Professor Zhang Mo sighed and sat directly on a bench nearby.

Chu Qianlan's heart stirred, and he walked straight up to him.

"Hello, Professor Zhang! I am Chu Qianlan; I attended your elective course last year."

Professor Zhang Mo looked up, glanced at Chu Qianlan, and squeezed out a faint smile: "Student, is there something you need from me?"

Chu Qianlan sat down beside Professor Zhang Mo and said: "Professor Zhang, my father assembles mobile phones in Huaqiangbei.

I am quite interested in this area and would like to ask you a few questions."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mo immediately became serious: "Student, you're interested in mobile phone assembly? I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, as I don't know much about mobile phones."

Chu Qianlan quickly said: "My questions are mainly about batteries. Currently, the mobile phone market mainly uses nickel-metal hydride batteries and Lithium Battery..."

Involving his own field of expertise, Professor Zhang Mo immediately began to speak eloquently.

Chu Qianlan also opportunely raised a few questions or expressed his own viewpoints, revealing his own knowledge.

He planned to enter the mobile phone industry in the future, so he naturally needed to recruit some research talent.

This type of research-oriented professor was his most desired target.

Even if Professor Zhang Mo couldn't join Xinghai Technology in the end, he could still get to know more research talent through him.

Initially, Professor Zhang Mo only answered out of routine, but as the conversation deepened, he was surprised to discover that Chu Qianlan not only had a solid foundation of knowledge but also unique insights into the industry's development direction.

This was not at all the knowledge and vision an undergraduate student should have.

"Professor Zhang, you often conduct research in the laboratory; I wonder if you are familiar with the prices of this equipment?

If one were to establish a Lithium Battery Laboratory, approximately how much would it cost?" Chu Qianlan suddenly changed the subject.

Professor Zhang Mo looked at Chu Qianlan with some surprise; ordinary companies wouldn't establish such a laboratory, let alone an ordinary student.

"Student Chu, you don't intend to build a laboratory, do you?

This kind of laboratory rarely yields research results.

Apart from companies with relevant industries, very few people invest in this."

After cautioning Chu Qianlan, he still answered the question: "A laboratory for researching Lithium Battery would cost about 600,000 for a small one, over 2 million for a medium one, and over 6 million for a large one.

The specific price also depends on the advancement of the purchased experimental equipment.

Moreover, this is just the cost of renovation and equipment; venue costs are separate!"

Chu Qianlan's eyes lit up: "This cost isn't too high!"

Hearing this, the corner of Zhang Mo's eye twitched.

As a professor, he was still worrying about hundreds of thousands in research funding, yet Chu Qianlan, a student, was thinking about building a laboratory.

"That is just the cost of building the laboratory; later, there will be maintenance and the purchase of experimental materials, which is also a significant annual expense.

If you only want to conduct a few small experiments, the best method is to go to the school's public laboratory; it's cheaper and worry-free."

Chu Qianlan didn't care about these expenses at all; to him, the dividends from the Tianxiong company alone were enough to support the operation of the laboratory.

If not for the fact that Xinghai Technology would need to spend a large amount of capital in the near future, he could build the laboratory right now.

"Professor Zhang, I plan to establish a laboratory next semester to research various technologies for Lithium Battery.

You have extensive connections; could you help me contact some relevant talent?"