Chapter 61: Fifty Million Dollars

"I told you a long time ago that Yang Hai is very powerful. As long as the problem can be solved with money, there will be no problem." Li Ying continued.

"But you also know that the development of mobile phone operating systems cannot be solved by just having money. It also takes time."

"If you return to China and join Huaguang Technology Company, how long will it take you and your team to come up with your own smartphone operating system?"

Lu Manman nodded and said, "When we were developing the Apple smartphone system, we actually developed a backup system. When I submitted the Apple mobile phone operating system, I actually didn't expect that the company would decide so quickly to adopt the Apple mobile phone operating system that is currently in use."

"What's even more infuriating is that our superiors took all the credit for the Apple smartphone operating system we developed, and it became our superiors who developed the smartphone operating system. The credit and bonus that should have belonged to our team were also embezzled by our superiors, who only gave us a tiny amount of bonus, just like giving alms to beggars."

"In fact, our backup system is more advanced and easier to use than the real Apple smartphone operating system."

"After something like this happened, our team certainly would not hand over this better backup system."

Li Ying understood what he said very quickly, so she said happily: "If that's the case, if you return to China to develop, you can quickly come up with a mature smartphone operating system."

"It's not very mature yet. It will take some time to test and debug before it can be installed on a smartphone for use." Lu Manman shook her head and said.

"It's just that it won't take too long. It will probably take about half a year to complete."

Li Ying thought about it, and then asked with some concern: "If you return to China to develop and use this smartphone operating software, will it infringe on Apple's patents?"

"If our smartphones, equipped with this smart operating system, are sued by Apple for infringement, we will be in trouble."

Lu Manman said confidently: "That's no problem. No one except the R&D team I lead knows that we have a more user-friendly smartphone operating system in our possession."

After listening to this, Li Ying nodded with relief and said, "That's good. If you join us and you can quickly come up with a new smartphone operating system, then we'll be done."

"What if other people in your team betray you in the end because of unfair distribution of benefits? If they tell Apple that this smartphone operating software is a backup system you developed while at Apple, will Apple cause trouble for you?"

"It's okay! Our R&D team is composed of software system developers from our country. I will bring the entire team back to China and join Huaguang Technology Company. There will be no problems this way." Lu Manman said.

"When the time comes, let Huaguang Technology Company pay a sum of money directly to buy out the ownership of our smartphone operating system. They will all get a share of the money, and then we will ask them to sign. Even if they want to regret it in the future, it will be impossible."

"Even if they tell Apple, they don't have any evidence. And they wouldn't be so stupid as to take the money and sign the document and then go to Apple to file a complaint. What do you want?"

After listening to Lu Manman's words, Li Ying said, "I feel relieved now."

"I didn't expect that the last of our three talented women would marry Yang Hai. We two have to work for Yang Hai as well."

"By the way, can you tell me about Yang Hai?" Lu Manman asked curiously.

"Shen Ruobing is known as an icy beauty! Many rich second-generations and wealthy young men wanted to pursue her, but she rejected them without hesitation. How could she suddenly marry Yang Hai?"

Li Ying smiled and said, "You should ask Shen Ruobing yourself about this question after you return to China. It's not convenient for me to tell you."

"You will be even more surprised after you listen to what Shen Ruobing said to you."

"You already know it, so just tell me and satisfy my curiosity." Lu Manman turned into a gossip girl and begged Li Ying to tell her.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that this involves personal privacy and it's really inconvenient for me to tell you. Anyway, you have to return to China, so go ask Shen Ruobing, and Shen Ruobing should tell you." Li Ying shook her head and said.

"Since you know that Shen Ruobing will tell me sooner or later, what's the harm in you telling me in advance?"

Lu Manman was burning with gossip and was eager to know, but Li Ying refused to tell her.

"That's definitely different. How can what Shen Ruobing told you be the same as what I told you?" Li Ying said.

Lu Manman was kept in suspense by Li Ying, but Li Ying insisted on not telling her. Lu Manman was helpless in the end, and Li Ying had no choice.

Yang Hai was very happy when he received the call from Li Ying. He didn't expect that Shen Ruobing, the software development engineer who worked at Apple in the United States, would give him such a big surprise.

If what Li Ying said was true, the mobile phone intelligent operating system would really be like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. At that time, the Apple system, the Android system, and the Huaguang system would each lead the way in the era of smart phones. Yang Hai hoped that Lu Manman would return to China as soon as possible. He was so anxious that he wanted to take a plane himself to the United States to pick Lu Manman up and bring her back to China.

"What are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping so late?"

Shen Ruobing felt that Yang Hai was about to make a move again, so she wrapped herself in a quilt as if to prevent a thief.

"I'm so excited that I can't sleep! When will your classmate Lu Manman return to China?" Yang An asked Shen Ruobing.

"According to the previous plan, we would have returned to China long ago." Shen Ruobing said.

"But before, I just went back to China for a vacation. This time, I plan to go back to China to develop. I must hand over the work over there, and there are other people in their team. There are so many miscellaneous things to do. How can it be so easy!"

"Whether Apple will approve their resignation applications is still a question. If Apple is unwilling to let them return to China, it will be a bit troublesome and they may have to give up some of their interests."

"They are in Apple, but they also get some dividends from their shares, what do you think?"

"If Apple doesn't approve their resignation and they insist on returning to China, then their shares and dividends will be useless."

"If there's no reason, then there's no reason. After they return home, I will compensate them for all the losses caused by their resignation." Yang Hai said nonchalantly.

As long as it is a problem that can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

"As long as they can really bring back a set of fully developed intelligent operating system software, they will be great heroes, and no amount of generous rewards will be excessive."

"Speaking of the issue of intelligent operating system software, you really have to think carefully about how much money you want to pay to buy out the ownership of the operating system software." Shen Ruobing turned around and looked at Yang Hai, and said seriously.

"I know you are rich, but you shouldn't ask for too much. Let them name a price. That way, they won't have anything to say no matter what happens."

"If you're the one making the offer, no matter how much you offer, they'll feel like they've lost money."

"As for money, many people are never satisfied with it. No matter how much money you give them, some people may not feel satisfied."

Yang Hai thought about it carefully and felt that what Shen Ruobing said made sense, so he asked, "If it were you, how much money do you think would be appropriate to give them?"

Shen Ruobing thought for a moment and said, "Google spent 50 million US dollars to acquire the Android system. I think if you want to acquire their entire team and their smart operating system, it should not be more than 50 million US dollars."

"It depends on the demonstration results. How far has this intelligent operating system been developed? How long will it take to make a real prototype?"

"If they ask over $5000 million, it's probably too much."

About a week later, Lu Manman finally returned to China with her software development team. Yang Hai did not go to Linhai International Airport to pick them up in person. As a boss, he should have been more steady.

Yang Hai arranged Huaguang Technology Company to do the reception work.

However, Shen Ruobing drove to the airport personally to welcome back her old classmate Lu Manman and treated her to a meal.

Lu Manman's home is in Linhai City, so after returning home and settling the team members, she had a meal with Shen Ruobing and then went home.

However, after returning home, Lu Manman's gossiping fire could no longer be suppressed. Before she had even taken a few bites of the food, she started asking straight to the point.

"Shen Ruobing! Of course you advocate celibacy, don't you? How come you are the first one among the three of us to get married?"

"I heard that your marriage to your husband Yang Hai has a very legendary story. How legendary is it?"

"Didn't you meet Li Ying in the United States? Didn't Li Ying tell you?" Shen Ruobing asked back.

"No! No matter how I begged her, she refused to tell me, and said it involved your personal privacy." Lu Manman said angrily.

"It's nothing, actually. My parents were really pushing me to get married, so I just found a man who had just completed his divorce procedures outside the Civil Affairs Bureau, and went in to get the marriage certificate." Shen Ruobing said in a very calm tone.

(End of this chapter)