Chapter 80: Sense of Crisis
Chapter 80: Sense of Crisis (Eighth Update)
The head of the R&D department was scolded and returned to the empty R&D building in a dejected mood. Then he had a brief chat with several key project personnel under him to boost morale and told them to overcome the many difficulties of insufficient funds and insufficient personnel and to continue with R&D.
After the meeting, the leader of a research and development project team just walked out of the door and directly took out his mobile phone to send a text message to Luo Yinian: "I've figured it out, I'll be there!"
Soon, the other party replied with a text message: "We welcome Professor Li to join our Zhiyun team!"
Professor Li replied: “I will go there directly with a research and development team of about 20 people. I think there will be some non-compete legal issues by then!”
Luo Yinian replied via text message: "Just come over, the company will take over and handle the subsequent legal issues, don't worry!"
What Professor Li didn't know was that the head of the R&D department, who was trying to appease him just now, also started talking to Luo Yinian on the phone soon after...
If nothing unexpected happens, they will become colleagues again after a while...just in different companies!
Many people in the industry do not understand Zhiyun Technology's many messy R&D projects. Many people say: It's simply crazy...
However, those investors have expressed their unconditional trust and support for Xu Shenxue as always...
Now these investors are still immersed in the success of the C1 mobile phone brought by Xu Shenxue. As long as the Zhiyun mobile phone continues to sell well, these investors will express % support for any decision made by Xu Shenxue... Even if Xu Shenxue said today that he wanted to make a mobile phone for dogs, although investors are skeptical, they will still not express opposition...
Why not object? You have to know that investors have an exaggerated imagination... When Xu Shenxue said he wanted to make a mobile phone for dogs, investors immediately began to imagine: Isn't this a tool for communication between humans and dogs? Can dogs be extended to all animals? Can humans and animals communicate smoothly?
So what technology is used to achieve this? Is it the kind of brain wave technology that is seen in science fiction novels?
Damn, brain wave control technology...even a trillion dollars can’t stop it!
Although this possibility is very small, but what if?
right!
Of course, all this is based on Xu Shenxue's continued success...
Investors are actually very simple. As long as you make him profitable, you are his father. Even if you ask him to get his ass up, he will ask you if he wants lubricant... Not only that, he even asks his whole family to get their ass up...
But if you make him unprofitable or even lose money, he will kick you into hell and you will never be reborn!
So Xu Shenxue launched a large number of R&D projects and even successively acquired or invested in some seemingly messy companies, and these actions did not cause any objection from investors.
At least, no objection at the moment!
As long as Xu Shenxue continues to grow, they will have no objections.
Of course, there is no point in opposing it... Zhiyun Technology has an AB share structure, and Xu Shenxue has absolute voting rights to maintain the management rights of Zhiyun Technology.
So no matter what outsiders think, Xu Shenxue will start a series of technological research and development... The reason why he started financing is to carry out large-scale research and development. He would not raise funds if he did not carry out research and development!
Among a series of R&D projects, Xu Shenxue is most concerned about the chip R&D project.
In the office of Zhiyun Technology, Xu Shenxue and Ji Chenghe chatted while drinking tea: "Although we can use chips from Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Fourstar and other companies now, in the long run, we still need our own chips!"
"American fruit has plans to develop its own chips, and Four Star also has its own chips!"
"And what about us? Nothing... This will not only affect product development, brand building, and ecological chain construction, but more importantly, it will affect supply chain security!"
"What if the supplier fails to deliver competitive chips in time? What if the supplier is lured away by other competitors and stops supplying us? What if some special circumstances arise one day in the future that prevent us from using foreign chips?"
"As a company, we must have a sense of crisis!"
Ji Chenghe nodded slightly after hearing this: "I don't know much about the supply chain security issue. I believe that you have corresponding considerations, Mr. Xu, but considering brand building, it is inappropriate to use other people's core components."
"After all, it is difficult for an assembled mobile phone to be considered high-end!"
"We can purchase some high-end spare parts, and others can also purchase them. In this way, we will no longer have a unique advantage in hardware. In the end, we may end up competing with others in terms of stacking materials and price-performance ratio!"
“For high-end brands, the most taboo is cost-effectiveness!”
"Because of the way of self-research or investment, it is necessary to make some unique parts, especially mobile phone processor chips!" Xu Shenxue took a sip of tea and continued: "It's good that you have such an idea. At least we have a consensus on the general direction."
"Assembly plants have no future. We must be clear about this. If we want to do well, go far, and become a truly international manufacturer, we must conduct self-development or exclusive supply of some core components!"
"Especially for some special parts, such as the fingerprint recognition system I recently promoted, self-developed or exclusive supply can enable us to obtain valuable monopoly resources and gain an important strategic development window!"
As a highly integrated electronic consumer product, mobile phones involve many fields. It is impossible for Zhiyun Technology to develop all the core components by itself, which is unrealistic.
What Zhiyun Technology needs to do is to independently develop various core and critical things such as chips, and then set up an internal R&D team or acquire and hold controlling stakes in related R&D companies to develop some technical products that are not currently available on the market, such as fingerprint recognition, face recognition, fast charging and other related technologies.
At the same time, we will adopt the method of partial equity investment and order support to find some partners to cooperate with, such as screens, batteries, camera modules, multi-touch ICs, etc.
As for some less noticeable spare parts with more competition, they will follow the normal bidding and procurement process, such as speakers, headphones, data cables, etc.
Of course, we will definitely face various problems in the end.
For example, if the chip factory refuses to provide foundry services to you, even if you set up your own chip foundry, they will not sell lithography machines to you. What will you do then?
What else can we do? If an enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth!
Just do whatever you need!
In the future, if the other party does not provide chip foundry for us, then we will directly set up a chip foundry. If the other party does not sell equipment such as lithography machines, then we will make lithography machines and other equipment ourselves!
Normally, it is almost impossible for a single company to completely open up the advanced semiconductor industry chain and reach a level where it can compete in the global market...
But Zhiyun Technology is different, Xu Shenxue is different!
For Xu Shenxue, if he doesn’t dare to engage in the semiconductor industry chain even though he has the system in hand, then what’s the point of engaging in manufacturing…
It would be better to just build a castle on the beach, such as starting an Internet loan sharking business, and then selling vegetables, delivering takeout, or running a taxi to make some quick money… Don’t be fooled by their reputations, but they really make money!
Finally, let’s make some big bucks with a wave of short videos and live shopping!
After finishing all this, you can buy a plane ticket and leave, and still enjoy life in the paradise of capital!
But... wouldn't this be a waste of the scientific research system?
Xu Shenxue never thought that he was a good person, let alone a person with any special feelings... He was not that kind of person. In his eyes, the so-called feelings were just a sickle for harvesting leeks!
But now that we have a scientific research system at hand, it becomes a matter of course to use this system to do something special and fulfilling.
People always have some pursuits.
Xu Shenxue is also a vulgar person, and he also pursues vulgar things like money, sex and power... But besides being vulgar, he also has some more special pursuits, such as trying to challenge the technological blockade of Europe and the United States!
This kind of thing actually has little to do with sentimentality, it’s purely because competing with others is endless fun… If you really succeed, you will definitely feel a huge sense of accomplishment!
Even if you look at it from a vulgar perspective, accomplishing this kind of thing will bring you both fame and fortune!
In addition, Xu Shenxue also has some small curiosities:
For example, Xu Shenxue was curious whether the virtual online games in science fiction novels could be created?
And Mars, what exactly is outside the solar system?
Is it true that there is only life on Earth in the universe? Is it true that apart from humans, the vast universe is completely dead?
Or is it that, for some reason, the entire solar system is shrouded in a huge bubble, making it impossible for humans to observe any signs of alien civilization?
Then, he wanted to live longer...
As a super billionaire and owner of a scientific research system, it is reasonable for him to want to live hundreds or even thousands of years, right?
But the technology is not good enough now, what should we do? We still recruit teams to use the system to study... It is normal for super-rich people to invest in the field of health and life, and even the research in this field is basically supported by the private investment of the rich... Because the super-rich don't want to die!
It’s just that they don’t have a system, so the success rate is too low…
However, Xu Shenxue is different. He has a system, so it is possible for him to do it.
We already have a scientific research system, so you don’t even dare to hope for immortality. You might as well invest in the entertainment industry and form a girl group... It’s quite popular now anyway.
What's the point of doing business or technology?
Therefore, Xu Shenxue has many ideas that are difficult for outsiders to understand. Why do you do research and development? Why do you have so many messy projects...
But Xu Shenxue ignored them and pushed forward a series of R&D and investment projects that seemed unreasonable to outsiders.
I believe in myself and you, 500 first orders should be achievable, so I will increase the first order and post it first.
(End of this chapter)