"Su, hello, hello."
When the middle-aged man enthusiastically came forward to start a conversation, Su Lixing finally recognized who this somewhat familiar man was.
Yu Hongwei.
A man who was incredibly high-profile in an exceedingly low-key company.
Theoretically, such an out-of-character executive for the company should have been dismissed long ago.
But this man's abilities were indeed too terrifying.
To describe him as a fierce general who expanded territories was by no means an exaggeration.
Many people only saw the side of him making grand statements at Youwei Group's press conferences, without any understanding of his past.
But as it happened, Su Lixing knew a little.
That year, Su Lixing's company was still in its infancy.
Youwei Group was still a communications equipment company in Shencheng, not even as well-known as the neighboring Foxconn.
It was this man who, on his own, had gone to Europe, found the pain points of telecom companies there, led the R&D team to overcome the technology for split base stations, and on this basis secured orders from twelve out of fifteen telecom operators in Europe. Later, in just one year, he captured more than thirty percent of the market share in Europe.
One must realize that before this, the entire European telecom equipment market was dominated by behemoths of the communication industry at their zenith, like Alcatel, Ericsson, Siemens, and Nokia. It was truly snatching food from the jaws of a tiger, an achievement that commanded respect.
As for after Youwei Group put him in charge of the consumer mobile phone business, this fierce warrior of Youwei Group formally came into the public's view, known for his bold claims and for being confrontational.
"You're too kind, Yu. This is my secretary, Zhang Cheng."
"Secretary Zhang has also worked hard." Yu Hongwei responded politely.
"Yu, not at all, not at all." Zhang Cheng replied somewhat flusteredly.
Compared to Su Lixing, this secretary had not yet recovered from the surprise.
After all, Li Jian had not mentioned that they would meet such a big shot from Youwei Group this time, let alone at such a late hour.
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In fact, Li Jian himself had not expected Yu Hongwei to appear at Xilin.
After taking Group Wisdom for certification and testing, the news indeed spread within a small circle. He had also received a few phone calls, which he dealt with offhandedly.
After all, he only had advisory powers over the project, not decision-making authority.
That's why he had asked Su Mucheng to bring Su Lixing over to discuss how to handle this achievement.
But who could have anticipated that Yu Hongwei would arrive at Xilin University of Technology and contact him that afternoon?
Now that he had arrived, he couldn't very well not be received.
So from three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jian had been accompanying Yu.
It must be said that Yu Hongwei's ability to engage in small talk was in no way inferior to his skills in business, and as they chatted, Li Jian virtually spilled the beans about the project, even inadvertently revealing that Su Lixing would be coming over in the evening.