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Chapter 499: Accelerating Pace
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Sun Cheng had his reasons for thinking this way.
The group of CIA agents that had come to China earlier clearly had a strong purpose. Even though he had ordered Safeguard to deal with them and eliminate any traces of battle, there was no guarantee that they hadn't left some breadcrumbs for the domestic intelligence agencies to notice.
After all, Sun Cheng knew that Safeguard, just like Revenge, possessed a certain level of logical thinking ability, since their original wills were clear to him. If his suspicions were correct, he felt he needed to be prepared ahead of time.
The unfinished Base One was not an option for him to go to. To avoid exposing Safeguard, Sun Cheng had to consider having them stay hidden in the partially constructed underground shelter for a while.
In the real world, his power and influence weren't yet sufficient to face the might of a national apparatus.
Unless Sun Cheng had reached a point where he didn't care about anything in the real world anymore!
Of course, judging by the fact that the other party was only tracking rather than taking coercive measures, they were probably still in the phase of secretive investigation and intelligence gathering. So, he should have some time to think about solutions.
There were many worries on his mind. Aside from this matter, there were quite a few things Sun Cheng needed to resolve as soon as possible.
"... Recruitment?"
Even over the phone, Sun Cheng clearly sensed the change in tone from Wang Lu, who was thousands of miles away.
"Yes, I'm planning a large-scale recruitment... Although our company was established just a few months ago, both our business and scale are rapidly expanding. Staff shortages are becoming apparent... This is especially prominent in the management team. Since you left, many of our planned projects have started to stagnate..."
"At first, I was only planning to bring in a few project managers and department heads that hadn't been arranged by the company. But after careful consideration, when the merger of Panda Weiyun is completed on your end, our user count will experience a qualitative leap. Without proper preparation, we'll be scrambling again when that time comes..."
Wang Lu didn't object, but advised in a tactful manner, "Are you perhaps moving too quickly? Integrating just Weiyun will occupy us for quite some time. Suddenly proposing the acquisition of a well-established domestic storage device manufacturer, New Sea Technology, and simultaneously spinning off several of our ongoing research teams into independent subsidiaries... this will add significant financial pressure on the company..."
"You don't need to worry about funding. Besides the $300 million that has already been allocated to the company's finances... I still have some funds that haven't been used. I'll personally cover the acquisition of New Sea Technology... As for your side, you need to expedite the integration of Weiyun. Remember to recruit according to plan. For the original Weiyun technical team, as long as they are willing to work in Nandu, we'll provide an additional housing subsidy as part of their benefits... In short, try to recruit as many people as possible..."
After discussing the recruitment matters with General Wang and informing the department heads during the company's morning meeting, Sun Cheng left the company's headquarters and drove to his alma mater.
There were still four or five days left until the graduation ceremony arranged by South China University of Technology for their entrepreneurship students.
Naturally, Sun Cheng's purpose for coming here was not to obtain his certificate early.
Because he had already promised the president of South China University of Technology, and they had been actively using him as an example of a successful entrepreneur in their promotional materials, abruptly changing his stance would not be conducive to the increasingly close cooperation between them.
After all, there was already considerable collaboration between Cybertron Technology and South China University of Technology.
As one of the top domestic universities in engineering and technology, South China University of Technology had made significant contributions in fields like microelectronics and semiconductors.
With graduation season in full swing and Sun Cheng being a shining example of entrepreneurship emerging from South China University of Technology, many students had been actively applying for interviews with Cybertron Technology. Some early interns who had joined Cybertron and become regular employees were spreading the word among their fellow students. As a result, the number of South China University of Technology students joining Cybertron had surpassed a hundred.
For a startup with only a few hundred employees, this was not a small number.
Furthermore, there was a more important collaboration project between the two.
The Intelligent Mechanics Laboratory!
Sun Cheng was here at South China University of Technology today to push this matter forward.
Setting up a commercial laboratory in China wasn't particularly difficult. Almost any company of a certain size had the qualifications to establish their own research center and laboratory.
However, what Sun Cheng wanted wasn't the typical company-oriented commercial lab. He hoped to collaborate with South China University of Technology. The actual management and financial expenses would be handled by Cybertron Technology, while the main technical staff would be divided evenly between both parties.
This way, he could use the technical expertise of one of China's top engineering universities to help him unravel the seemingly advanced but still largely incomprehensible black technology he had brought back from the "Transformers Universe."
The goal was to quickly cultivate intelligent robots and even Decepticons that would obey him in the real world.
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