77: Chapter 77 A Storm is Brewing!

Hangzhou High-Tech Industrial Park.

Meng Ziang stood on the rooftop of the park building, looking at the five-story building of Fanmi Technology in the distance, feeling somewhat emotional and deep in thought.

"Building up the newly planned industrial park is a long and difficult task. How is the matter of setting up connections for Fanmi that we discussed last time?"

As the newly appointed head of the industrial park, he felt a sense of urgency. The higher-ups had issued a new strategy for technological innovation, and this industrial park was a pilot project.

Looking at the empty industrial park, everything starting from scratch, how to take the first step was what he needed to think about now. In fact, he already had some ideas, but in those ideas, Fanmi, the newly rising tech company, undoubtedly played an important role.

"Department Head Meng, we have screened some potential companies with good qualifications that are also interested in moving towards technological innovation. We've had preliminary contact with Fanmi Technology, and the response was quite good. One company that focuses on optical lenses has already established a partnership with Fanmi Technology!"

Beside him, Meng Ziang's secretary reported.

"So fast. That CEO Lei of Fanmi didn't bluff me. Judging by the speed at which this company is rising, it might really become a leader in the tech field. It's already starting to look like a big ship pulling small boats!"

Meng Ziang smiled. Fanmi's technological innovation capability was too important, especially the self-developed mobile operating system and the comprehensive domestic substitution mentioned by Lei Jun earlier; these were strategies with extremely profound significance for the country.

He knew very well that if the current momentum continued, this company would definitely be a key target for national support in the future. For the industrial park to truly develop, it would have to rely on Fanmi!

"Department Head Meng is right, but Fanmi's current situation is still not optimistic. Although the supplier issue was resolved a while ago, the suppression from some foreign-funded giants in the country hasn't stopped. As Fanmi grows, their pressure will certainly increase..."

Hearing this, Meng Ziang fell into silence, his brow slightly furrowed.

After a moment, he suddenly spoke, "Qianjiang Village should be within the coverage area of the industrial park, right?"

"This..." The secretary hesitated for a moment, then said with a bitter smile, "According to the plan, the scope of the industrial park does not include Qianjiang Village... It's just one road away..."

"How can that be? How can our Hangzhou High-Tech Industrial Park exclude Fanmi?"

"How about we allocate a piece of land within the industrial park and have Fanmi move over?"

"Why so much trouble? Do you think a company can just move like that? Our duty is to serve these tech companies. If there's a problem we can solve ourselves, don't throw it at them!"

Meng Ziang thought for a moment and immediately made a decision.

"I'll go apply to have Qianjiang Village brought in right now; otherwise, I can't do this job!"

With that, Meng Ziang turned around and left in a hurry.

The secretary quickly followed, but couldn't help wondering why the leader was so agitated today—it wasn't his usual style!

However, thinking of Fanmi, he understood a bit. A tech company with such potential was just across the road from the industrial park; it was right to be anxious...

...

Evening, Qianjiang Village.

"Girl, did you buy that phone I asked for? I heard many phone stores in the city are having sales lately, and they're very cheap now. Hurry up!"

Lin Guoxiang shouted to his daughter, Lin Shuang, who had just returned.

"Alright, I know. What's the rush? When our company has stock, I'll definitely get you one. Don't worry about whether other phones are cheap or not; don't buy them!" Lin Shuang replied, emphasizing her warning.

"Is this... your dad?" Beside Lin Shuang, Jiang Yuechan, who had come back with her for a meal, looked at Lin Guoxiang and let out a low cry of surprise.

"What's wrong?" Lin Shuang looked at Jiang Yuechan in confusion.

"Isn't that the village chief? Sister Lin Shuang, you're actually a second-generation official!"

"What second-generation official? A small village chief hardly counts as an official..." Lin Shuang rolled her eyes and said speechlessly.

"Even a sesame-sized official is still an official..." Jiang Yuechan giggled.

"Alright, stop playing around. Go inside and sit!" Lin Shuang then turned back to Lin Guoxiang and asked curiously, "Dad, why are there so many construction vehicles in the village again?"

"Your company bought a piece of land in the village. Now that we have money, we naturally have to invest it in the New West Lake project. See, I just contacted the construction team!"

"The New West Lake project again..." Lin Shuang was speechless. Although Qianjiang Village was by the river and drawing water for an artificial lake wasn't hard, the scale of the work was massive. She had never been optimistic about this project, feeling it would be a huge loss.

At this moment, a thought suddenly occurred to her.

"Dad, why don't you just build buildings instead?"

"Build buildings? Why?" Lin Guoxiang looked at his daughter in confusion.

"Our company is buying land and building!" Lin Shuang said as if it were obvious.

She wasn't just talking nonsense. As a veteran of Fanmi Company, she knew best how fast the company was developing. Perhaps it could completely transform Qianjiang Village.

If they didn't build more buildings now, how would they sell them later?

However, her idea clearly didn't get her father's approval.

"What do you know, kid..."

Lin Guoxiang didn't care at all. He dropped that line and walked out of the house.

"No, I really think building large buildings is better!"

Lin Shuang looked helplessly at her father's back and sighed.

"Sister Shuang, Samsung and Apple are really having sales. Prices have dropped on E-commerce platform and E-commerce platform too, as if they all agreed on it. Look!"

Jiang Yuechan's voice came from behind as she handed over her phone.

"I don't care about the price cuts; I'm not buying anyway!" Lin Shuang didn't care.

"I just scrolled past this too. It's written quite well. I didn't realize our company was so powerful!" Jiang Yuechan opened another community post and handed it to Lin Shuang.

"Is the Rise of Fanmi the End of Western Giants' Monopoly??"

After seeing the title of the post, Lin Shuang's brow furrowed slightly.

"What's wrong, Sister Shuang? Isn't it well-written? It even says that if we can develop, we will definitely break the long-standing dominance of Western giants in the tech field!"

"Do you think this is a good thing?" Lin Shuang's brow furrowed even tighter.

"Why... isn't it?" Jiang Yuechan was stunned for a moment.

Isn't it praising the company? It should be a good thing...

"This post is obviously written by paid internet trolls, and not very good ones at that. They only know how to compare our company with foreign giants, without mentioning a single word about the difficulties the company is currently facing. It makes it sound as if Fanmi could shake the position of those Western giants tomorrow."

"So?" Jiang Yuechan was still a bit confused, her small head unable to wrap around it.

"It's clearly baiting a conflict!" Lin Shuang's expression became more solemn.

"Baiting... to get those Western giants to attack us? It shouldn't be that serious..." Jiang Yuechan was a bit hesitant and also frowned.

"The storm is coming..."

Lin Shuang's mood grew heavier. Being by Zhou Fan's side, she naturally understood some of the difficulties the company was facing. So, her first reaction upon seeing this post was that paid trolls were stirring up trouble.

Otherwise, who would go out of their way to use Fanmi to disparage those Western giant companies? Anyone with eyes could see that the gap between them was too large; there was no comparison.

But she looked again just now, and there were quite a few posts with this kind of rhetoric...

She thought to herself that if combined with the news of Samsung and Apple cutting prices at the same time, it wasn't hard to guess that someone was stirring up trouble behind the scenes again!