huang tiesen also came to wuhan to make his name.s trying to market software that will enable fruit retailers to adjust their stock and pricing according to real time demand. but, after a year, there has been little sign of success. staff are becoming nervous. this man is a front—end programmer who has been with the business since it began. tiesen chose wuhan to set up his company, hoping to break into this major new technology centre. he turns to his technical director to discuss finding a replacement programmer, but the cream of the crop has been snapped up by all the big players. tiesen lives with his girlfriend, ying menghua, who's in charge of operations at senguo. the business premises are also tiesen and menghua's personal residence. xu visits the distillery to offer a personal apology to his client after one of the young technicians was caught breaking health and safety regulations. in china, sitting down over a meal is the best way of clearing the air. the client is appeased for the moment. but xu has to make sure they deliv

and a start—up founder, huang tiesen, struggled to raise more capital to support his struggling techs. summer in wuhan is intense and oppressive. the scorching heat and high humidity can continue from may to october and it's often difficult to be outside. xu zishui has bearly three weeks to deliver the distillery project. his trials into robotics have been financilly crippling and if his present project goes wrong, it could mean the end of the business. in beijing, tiesen continues to meet with potential investors. the $300,000 he received from an angel investor a year ago is almost gone. without another source of funding, they'll struggle to keep going. tiesen makes one final stop, beijing's start—up street in zhongguancun, where all dot companies aspire to be. for tiesen, that dream seems out of reach. spirits are low, the only person tiesen can turn to is his girlfriend and colleague, ying menghua. always in search of ideas and inspiration, xu jishui and a colleague go shanghai to attend an international robotics exhibition. tiesen is also in shanghai. he's come to give his angel