Chapter 213: Hey, hey, hey! Who's in charge here?
Through his future father-in-law's connections, Zhang Yang bought a military-grade long-range infrared HD camera—ten million pixels, 1080P resolution, capable of monitoring about two hundred meters, with intelligent analysis within fifty meters.
According to the requirements of the "Magic Eagle Eye Surveillance System", the hardware requirements dictated that the infrared HD camera must at least reach 2160P resolution. Although such products already existed on the market, the bitrate had to reach 200MBPS—four times that of 1080P. Moreover, a 90-minute recording would take up about 500GB of space. For real-time analysis, the frame rate had to be at least 25 frames per second. Without a small supercomputer, it was nearly impossible to run the system properly.
However, it really was easy to get things done when you had people up top. With Qiao Yunfeng's help, Zhang Yang ordered a custom-built forty-eight-core mini supercomputer and installed it on the fifth floor.
There were a total of eighteen cameras. After modification, all data transmission was switched to wireless mode. The main monitoring room was on the fifth floor, but both Zhang Yang's and Xu Danlu's rooms could access monitoring mode anytime.
It could be said the hardware part was almost done. Now only the software was left. Xu Danying had already finished the first draft—much faster than expected. But since it had to be integrated with the hardware, they'd have to wait until she came to the villa to finish it together.
Speaking of which, winter break was approaching. These days were exam time, and Zhang Yang still had one elective—Fermentation Engineering and Equipment—and one required course, Genetics and Molecular Biology Lab, plus English exams to take.
Although Zhang Yang was now a famous man, his other identity was still that of a fourth-year student at Meining University College of Chemical Engineering, and he hadn't graduated yet. He hadn't even completed his required credits.
But for Zhang Yang now, even though he hadn't attended class in a long time, these three courses were no problem. As for English, thanks to Yang Fei's personal tutoring, while he wasn't yet at a professional level, passing Level 4 was absolutely no issue.
As for the course Fermentation Engineering and Equipment, he was doing pretty well.
And Professor Ke, who taught that class, was a decent person—he rarely took attendance. As for Genetics and Molecular Biology, he was even less worried.
The current lecturer, Associate Professor He, often helped out in the Nanxing One Research Lab. Zhang Yang knew him well. Besides, he was fully familiar with the course content, and his practical level was enough to make Associate Professor He look at him with new respect.
Once he finished those courses, there was only the graduation project left. But Professor Zheng had already told him, "What graduation project? Just the technical data from Nanxing One is enough to earn you full marks."
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Time passed quickly, and soon the winter vacation arrived.
Meining University's winter break ran from January 15th to February 11th, a total of twenty-seven days. But to Zhang Yang, it didn't mean much—he was now busier than the average office worker. Whether it was vacation or not didn't matter.
Still, there was one perk—he could skip school guilt-free. And once the vacation started…
Liu Qing, Zhou Wei, and Li Jindong, along with several Meining University graduates, could officially start working at Nuwa Company.
As for the current Nuwa Company…
Most of the hires were part of Nuwa Pharmaceuticals, mainly in the R&D department. Unfortunately, most of them were fresh or soon-to-be graduates, not very hands-on. But proudly, they were all top graduates from Meining University Medical School, the College of Chemical Engineering, and Tsinghua Union Medical University.
The total staff had already reached over sixty people.
Aside from the large R&D department, the administrative department alone had over twenty staff members, and the marketing department had more than thirty.
There were also departments for quality, finance, materials, security, and even a manufacturing department in preparation. Including the Rehabilitation Center, Nuwa Pharmaceuticals' total staff had already exceeded three hundred. Once production lines officially launched, the number would skyrocket.
However, with the increase in personnel came management challenges. Hundreds of people—eating, housing—it was all a problem. If not for Gao Qi and Lulu working themselves to death, Zhang Yang might have already lost it.
Although Zhang Yang had learned Advanced Management Technique, he could never really manage the company himself. He hadn't even planned to—management wasn't his passion or strength.
Most importantly, even if he wanted to manage, he didn't have the time.
He needed to find a professional manager! But the same old problem remained—the person had to be trustworthy.
Maybe he should just send Lulu and Gao Qi to study for an MBA. After all, Meining University's EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) program was famous throughout Huaxia.
Over the weekend, Zhang Yang, Gao Qi, and Lulu were in Lulu's room discussing it. As soon as he brought it up, both women shook their heads like rattles.
"Hubby, I heard the people there are all big bosses and old men. With our looks, temperament, figures, and these big boobs, if we study with them, won't they all be drooling? What if one of them takes a liking to your wife, invites her to dinner, slips something into her drink, strips her clothes, and sticks his dick in? Wouldn't that make you a cuckold?"
Fuck!
That reasoning was too damn strong. Zhang Yang thought it was better not to let them study with a bunch of old men in some EMBA class. Even if those guys didn't drug them, with his two gorgeous wives there, they'd definitely become jerk-off material for half the class.
"Fine, I can't count on you two then. But you'd better help me figure something out, or it'll end up on your heads."
"How about letting Sister Qiao come up with an idea? After all, her mother is the chairwoman of Lanchen Group. She must have hundreds of professional managers under her. Getting a few would be a piece of cake," Xu Danlu suggested, seeing Zhang Yang's troubled face.
"I'd love to, but Sister Qiao's not willing. She said Nuwa is ours, while Lanchen is the Ye family's. She wants to prove to her mother that her business talent is no worse than hers. And she's right—our baby should be raised by ourselves. Otherwise, when we succeed, people will just say we lived off others."
"Makes sense," Gao Qi muttered, pouting. "But the thing is, she hasn't managed a single thing about the company—just keeps thinking about her lab."
"So what now?" Zhang Yang slumped back onto the sofa, rubbing his hair and burying his face in a pillow. "Ugh!"
"Obviously, we'll have to find someone ourselves." Xu Danlu stretched lazily. Since they were in her bedroom, she wasn't wearing a bra. When she stretched, her slender waist straightened, her chest pushed forward, and her firm boobs made her thin thermal shirt strain to the limit—her nipples were clearly visible.
But Zhang Yang could only look. She was on her period—nothing he could do.
Gao Qi, on the other hand, was available, but she said it was her dangerous days. For Zhang Yang, who hated wearing condoms and loved going raw, that meant he could easily end up a dad tomorrow.
Not that Zhang Yang feared being a father, but if a baby came now, it'd be an unregistered kid…
But enough of that. Zhang Yang patted his head, squeezed his two charming wives, and said, "Whatever, it's on you two. Either you go study for an EMBA, or you find me someone loyal, reliable, and…" He bent his finger like a hook and waved it. "Someone who won't be distracted by all the beautiful women in the company. Preferably a cute girl…"
"She also has to have a great figure, fair skin, big round perky boobs, high education, and be a virgin. Oh, and she should let you fuck her every day too, right, Boss Zhang?" Gao Qi teased, pinching Zhang Yang's elbow with a grin.
"Damn, you read my mind."
"Keep dreaming!"
"Yangzi, it's not impossible, actually." Lulu, ever the one with ideas, raised a finger and gestured.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Yang and Gao Qi both locked their eyes on her.
"It's not that there's no talent out there. What we're worried about is loyalty, right?" Xu Danlu tilted her head, glancing between Zhang Yang and Gao Qi.
"Yeah, people's hearts are unpredictable. Nuwa Company is our precious baby, built with our blood and sweat. If we hand it to a loyal person, great. But if it's someone with ulterior motives, we'll be crying later."
"Exactly. So let's find someone loyal, reliable, beautiful, elegant, and experienced in management to help us."
"Isn't that obvious? If someone like that existed, would I even be asking you two for help?" Zhang Yang looked deflated, thinking Lulu had some brilliant plan. "We have plenty of gorgeous women who treat Nuwa like their own child, but not one of them can actually manage a company."
"Aren't you working on that Magic Eagle Eye Surveillance System?"
"Yeah, it's for catching bad guys. What's that got to do with hiring a manager?" Zhang Yang slipped his hand under her thermal shirt and grabbed her firm tits. He couldn't fuck her now, but touching wasn't a crime, right?
"Ah! Share one with me, share one with me…" Gao Qi protested, quickly prying one of Zhang Yang's hands away and grabbing the other boob with a lecherous grin.
Xu Danlu teared up, smacking their pervy hands. "Get lost, both of you! We're talking business!"
"Go on, we're listening." Neither of them let go, groping happily—it wasn't their own flesh, after all, and it felt damn good.