20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3696 Tian Xue
"Welcome Mr. Schaudwiner and Mr. Mills to China. Ericsson and Siemens are both good partners of the Chinese people. Ericsson entered China a century ago, and its many firsts—the first telephone, the first manual exchange, the first automatic exchange, the crossbar exchange, the SPC digital exchange, and the first mobile communication system—are testaments to the friendship between our two countries. Siemens also entered China a century ago, and its first telegraph machine, the first steam generator, the first tram line, and the first power plant—"

Listening to He Daoxing speak eloquently, Zhao Chang'an was quite impressed. He knew that He Daoxing was speaking without notes when he presented these data. For a leader like him who was extremely busy every day, it was truly commendable that he could put his heart into this.

This also shows how much they valued Zhao Chang'an and his group, who were just passing through. Zhao Chang'an even suspected that they had held a pep rally beforehand, determined to keep the OneNanometer chip manufacturing plant in Jiangcheng.

Tang Juqin is already in her early forties, yet she was able to translate so fluently and accurately, which shows that the director is quite capable. Placing her in Optics Valley is a high priority, with the hope that she will become an engine for the city's and province's economy and technology.

To Zhao Chang'an's surprise, there were not only three bouquets of flowers, but also several cardboard boxes behind the two female college students, filled with bouquets of flowers, and there were people responsible for passing them around.

This thoughtfulness alone deserves praise.

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That noon, the Optics Valley Management Committee hosted a banquet, and the leaders who came to welcome them also attended. However, these people were usually very busy, so Tang Juqin was in charge of the reception and tour.

In his hotel room, Zhao Chang'an reviewed the itinerary sent by the management committee: visits to the 'One Nanometer - Jiangcheng R&D Center', Huazhong University of Science and Technology Industry Group, Huagong Technology, a meeting with Jiangnan University, the Yellow Crane Tower, and the provincial veterans' reception.

"They're determined to keep this chip factory in Jiangcheng!"

Zhao Chang'an shook his head and smiled wryly. Of course, if the talks went well, it wasn't impossible.

"To be fair, Jiangcheng has put in a lot of effort and invested a lot over the past two years for this R&D center, but now it's clearly in a passive position, and there are some strange comments and voices. Especially since the R&D center has acquired such a large area of ​​land, right next to the subway station, the cost of acquiring the land was only 300,000 yuan per mu. Just recently, a piece of land next to the R&D center, which wasn't in such a good location, was auctioned off for 2 million yuan per mu. Just this one item alone, if the land use of the R&D center can be changed in the future, will be worth hundreds of millions of yuan in premium."

At this moment, in the living room of the luxurious suite where Zhao Chang'an was staying, Su Bo, Nan Li, Tian Xue, Yang Yixin, He Danni, Chu Yanling, and a group of people were sitting in the room.

He Danni said, "Of course, if the land use is changed, there will definitely be a symbolic compensation for the price difference, but the premium here is still astonishing."

"This reflects the current superficiality in China's economy and technology. It's like planting an apple tree today and thinking about eating apples tomorrow. Especially in scientific research, we must always adhere to scientific principles."

At this point, Su Bo couldn't help but complain, saying to He Danni, "As a microelectronics major, you don't need me to tell you these basic facts, do you?"

"Although I only have a smattering of knowledge, I do know a little bit, but I can't explain this to outsiders. I haven't heard from Mingzhu that Dr. Chen's research is progressing by leaps and bounds. It is said that, conservatively estimated, he will be able to produce solid 16-digit results by the first half of next year."

He Danni said, "If that's the case, we'll be at a disadvantage."

“If he can develop it under those conditions, I’ll eat it while standing upside down—” “Let’s not talk about that. Let’s each do our own thing. If one day someone really creates a miracle, that’s their business. Don’t be jealous or compare yourself to others. Let’s focus on our own studies and research.”

Zhao Chang'an interrupted Su Bo, who was red-faced and thick-necked, before he finished uttering the word "shit." No matter how Dr. Chen from Mingzhu acted, that was their business. The One Nano Jiangcheng R&D Center had no need to be the first to stick its neck out and cause trouble for itself by stepping forward to expose fraud.

Otherwise, if he were to say that word, Zhao Chang'an really didn't know whether Su Bo would jump out to expose the fraud or grit his teeth and accept it once Dr. Chen used a file to create a DSP chip with world-leading technology.

Neither of these two options is a good choice for either OneNanometer or Subo.

It was originally something that had nothing to do with me, so why be an angry young man instead of spending my time and energy on research and development?

In fact, in Zhao Chang'an's previous life, anyone with even a little knowledge of DSP chips would know that his chip definitely had a problem, just like the Emperor's New Clothes, but no one was willing to shout it out.

At the time, many experts in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry privately suspected that Dr. Chen had probably used some of the underlying architecture of the DSP chips from his former employer, Motorola, and then made some technical modifications and innovations on the surface.

Just like some operating systems that claim to be completely independent, but in reality, the most basic things are still based on other people's templates, and only the middle and upper layers are directional designs developed by themselves.

Even so, it's already a very good step forward.

So even though everyone knows there's some exaggeration involved, it's still quite remarkable. We're thinking of giving him more resources and support, and maybe he can actually make a truly independent DSP chip.

However, no one expected that Dr. Chen would actually have his brother buy a few Motorola chips from abroad, hire a grinder to file off the logo on the chips, and then turn them into a self-developed 32-bit DSP chip. When the truth came out, he not only ruined his own reputation, but also implicated many people and severely damaged domestic chip design research.

At that time, there were quite a few people in China doing this. Of course, there were probably some who wanted to scam funding, but there were also people like Su Bo who worked hard for the domestic chip design industry.

Sometimes, a single bad apple spoils the whole bunch. This incident, including the previous trade-industry-technology dispute, is a case of Gresham's Law. Back then, Liu must have considered many things and thus chose a path that was more self-serving but did not take much responsibility for revitalizing science and technology.

As a result, he has indeed made steady progress and built his vision into a large international enterprise.

Sometimes when discussing a person, we can't impose all of society's responsibilities on that person while ignoring those who party every night. Everyone has their own choices. As long as they don't cheat or swindle, do business honestly, and pay their taxes properly, then they are a respectable businessman.

This represents a genuine shift in Zhao Chang'an's thinking over the past few years.