Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 145 Battle of Chips 3
In a McDonald's in Huaqiangbei, a man was holding a glass of Coke and sipping.

The messy and matted hair and beard seemed to have not been washed for a long time.Bloodshot eyes from frequent late nights, dirty t-shirts and slippers.But no one regarded him as a beggar, he had an air of disdain for the world, as if he was the king here.

Zhang Yong and this person agreed on the time and place to meet on the phone, but did not introduce his characteristics and clothes.As soon as Zhang Yong entered the restaurant, he knew that this must be the person he invited.

"Liu Xin? It shouldn't be her real name."

"Zhang Yong? You should be using your real name. There are not many people who come to crack the chip so openly."

"I am not breaking the law, there is no need to hide my head and show my tail."

"Is it illegal to copy other people's chips?"

"I use it for my own research, not for commercial use, and will not sell it in the market. Of course it is not illegal."

"What a coincidence," Liu Xin smiled, revealing a row of smoked teeth. "I only do legal things, helping others to do scientific research, and I never use it for commercial purposes."

"Can you program Emel's chip?"

"No," Liu Xin shook his head, "No one can program their chips except Aimel himself."

Zhang Yong suddenly got up, "You promised on the phone, are you kidding me?"

Liu Xin dismissed Zhang Yong's anger, "I promise you because I know what you want to do. I see hundreds of people like you every year. Just like you, I want to burn Aimee chip. Okay, I can do it..." He stretched out his hand, "Bring it?"

"what?"

"The burning program."

"I, I haven't got it yet, but as long as you can do it, I will." Although Zhang Yong's cultivation has reached the level where he can play with Horton.But when lying, still can not achieve complete composure.

"Come on, I don't know you guys yet. I don't know, and I don't care if you're doing something illegal. But I know, you don't have a programming program at all. But you should have the original chip, you just have to do it It's just a copy chip. Am I wrong?"

Zhang Yong didn't speak, but his expression already confessed everything.

Liu Xin smiled sadly, Zhang Yong turned his head and couldn't face the row of yellow teeth.

"Bring it here," Liu Xin stretched out his hand again.

"what?"

"Are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused? Chip!"

Zhang Yong looked at the person in front of him who exuded a unique aura and whose clothes were worth no more than one hundred. He didn't quite believe that this was the person he was looking for.

"Why do you want me to give you the chip? How do you convince me that you can do it? How about we go to your factory to talk."

"No one can go to my factory. If I can do it, I will know if I try it. Bring it."

Seeing that Zhang Yong was still hesitating, Liu Xin smiled disdainfully, "Don't think that your things are so valuable and look down on me? Let me tell you, the chips I handle in one year are enough for you to look at for a lifetime. The little things in your hand are just yours. I think it’s precious, but it’s worthless in my eyes. Give it to me? Hurry up, if you don’t give it to us, it will be for nothing.”

Zhang Yong gritted his teeth, and took out two wrapped chips, "This is the original chip, copy the program inside to this chip."

"Okay," Liu Xin's dirty hands with long nails casually grabbed the two chips and stuffed them into his trouser pockets, making Zhang Yong frown secretly.

"Three days later, at this time, see you here."

"Wait," Zhang Yong grabbed Liu Xin who got up to leave, "Are you leaving now? If you don't come back, where can I find you? You left with my things like this, without a mortgage or Guarantee procedures?"

Liu Xin spread his hands, and there were two Aimel chips in his palms, "If you don't believe me, just take it back and pretend I haven't been here. Believe me, just come back in three days and wait here. You choose?"

Zhang Yong let go of his hand, "See you in three days."

……

During the three days that seemed like years, Zhang Yong was not idle, and continued to look for opportunities in Huaqiangbei, but there was no more useful information.

Three days later, Zhang Yong came to McDonald's early.Liu Xin showed up almost on time, and Zhang Yong was very suspicious. Not only did he not change his clothes in the past three days, he also most likely didn't wash his face.

"Return you a chip," Liu Xin snapped a chip in front of Zhang Yong like tossing a coin.Zhang Yong picked it up and found that several stitches on one side had turned black.

"It's burned out and can't be used anymore, give me another one."

"Where's the original chip?"

Liu Xin spread her hands, "Here, intact."

"You didn't get it done, and even burned a chip, why should I trust you again?"

"If it was really that easy, you wouldn't bother waiting for me here. It's normal to burn a chip. If you want to do it, just give me another one. If you don't do it, this source chip will be returned to you."

Zhang Yong gritted his teeth again, "Okay, I'll bet with you to the end."

Five chips were slapped on Liu Xin's hand, and Liu Xin showed his yellow teeth again, "Yes, you are very bold. Let's make an appointment in three days."

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Tang Liwei called Zhang Yong.

"Boss, which one should you listen to first, the good news or the bad news?"

"good news."

"Jiechuang's drawing came out. We have carefully evaluated it, because we can't make a board test, we can't be 100% sure that it is correct, but we believe that the accuracy is as high as 90.00%[-], and it must be an insignificant small mistake. It was easy to spot and fix during the board process.”

"What about the bad news?"

"The design of the circuit board is more complicated than imagined. Circuit changes need to be made, and some materials must be replaced in some places. I estimate that it will take at least four months. Your goal of mass production will be completed in six months. Difficult to complete."

"I'll give you three months, but I'll pay six months' salary. You have to get it done. You contact Wang Yuexin, and you go to his factory together, and work with Yuexin's engineers. For refueling, discuss it face-to-face. It's done. Immediately after that, the boards are produced, and problems are solved on the spot. Just do it.”

"Okay, I'll contact Wang Yuexin to go to Kunshan right away, believe me, we will do our best. As for the salary, we will send us an extra one after we get it done..."

"Actually, I'm more worried about Emel's chip. On our side, the main problem is the workload and time, which can be solved in the end. But if the chip problem is not solved, are you sure we want to go on-line board placement? Our side The better we do, the greater the risk in the future? The factories in Kunshan are very smart and can help us with anything, but we have to pay the price for everything.”

"The matter of the chip will soon come to light. Let's do it boldly. There is no difference between failing after we achieve 90.00% and failing after achieving [-]%. Don't worry about the effort and get things done."

"Okay, boss."

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Zhang Yong came to the same McDonald's again, waiting for that figure with a special aura.

As the time approached, Zhang Yong was inexplicably nervous, if this person who claimed to be Liu Xin disappeared from now on.What he lost was not just three days and three days.

Liu Xin finally appeared, and Zhang Yong let out a long breath.Thank God, he changed his clothes. It was still a worn T-shirt, big pants and slippers, but at least it was cleaner.Judging by his appearance, it is very likely that he has taken a bath in the past three days.

"Return this to you." Liu Xin still threw over a chip without cherishing it.

Zhang Yong accepted it, this is his source chip.

"Crack", another chip was thrown in front of him, Zhang Yong picked it up, his face turned slightly pale.The pins were black and the piece was burnt.

"Crack", the second piece, Zhang Yong picked it up, the stitches turned black.

"Crack", the third piece, the stitches are black.

"Crack", the fourth piece, the stitches are black.

Zhang Yong's face also turned black, and seemed to turn pale again.

"Crack", the last piece, Zhang Yong's hands trembled slightly, he picked up the chip, closed his eyes first, then took three deep breaths, then slowly opened his eyes, carefully looking at the chip in his hand.

The chip turned around in the hand, turned the chip over again, and turned around again.Then he raised his head, looked at the yellow teeth on the opposite side, and asked in a trembling voice, "Okay?"

Between the two rows of yellow teeth, there was laughter.

"Zhang Yong, do you still say it's not for commercial use? Seeing you like this, I'm afraid you've gambled your wealth and life."

"How do you prove that you are doing well?"

Liu Xin's expression of indifference all the time suddenly showed a trace of anger, "You have to trust our expertise, take it back for a test, come back after the test, and apologize for what you said."

"Okay, see you here in three days, no problem, I'll pay you."

"Okay. It's too hot, buy me a Coke." Liu Xin still didn't care.

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, "It's so fun, aren't you afraid that I'll repudiate my debt?"

Liu Xin grinned and said, "Seeing how nervous you are, how could you come back with only one chip. I'm not worried about your refusal at all."

Zhang Yong smiled and thought, "You are very smart, but you may have miscalculated."

He said: "Let's talk on the phone first in three days. I will give you a deposit of [-] yuan first, and we will talk about the rest later."

Liu Xin was also a little surprised, "It's rare to be so eager to pay. I'll accept it first, and the subsequent price will be determined according to your quantity. If there are still sporadic quantities, then 1000 yuan each."

"Thank you, Liu Xin, I just have one request. If you change your phone number, please let me know. There are not many chances to meet a master like you, so you must keep in touch."

Both chips were sent back to Yuexin Manufacturing as quickly as possible.

That night, Zhang Yong got feedback that the two chips were exactly the same, and both could work normally.

Zhang Yong didn't stay long in Shenzhen, he sent Liu Xin a text message, "Everything is normal, see you later." Then he bought a plane ticket to fly to Shanghai, and drove straight from Shanghai to Kunshan.

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Dear Francois,
Thank you very much for your trust in allowing me to work on the modification of Mag's new generation of dual-frequency measurement OEM boards.

With the support of Oliver and François, we have made good progress.The photo in attachment 3 is the design drawing of our new generation OEM board, the photo in attachment [-] is the photo of the PCB board, and the photo in attachment [-] is the photo of the OEM board that we have not fully completed.

Because of the lack of Emmel's chips, we can't complete the entire product, and we can't even test the current board, and we can't know whether the design is defective or not, and the yield rate of the board.

By chance, I met Christophe in China, and he explained to me something about the Emmel chip and the process of using it.

I think it is necessary to make a formal application to you. We must change this process, otherwise it will be difficult for our new generation of OEM boards to go offline.

I now need [-] Emmel chips with programs for final testing, complete the current OEM board development, and meet all technical requirements for mass production.

At the same time, I hope that the OEM board will be officially processed and manufactured in a factory in China (not T-key), and we will arrange a plan to formally submit a PO about the Aimel chip to Mag, hoping to get your approval.

The last attachment is my forecast for the sales of OEM boards for the Chinese market in the future and the factory's production capacity.

If you agree, we will arrange a meeting in France or China to discuss the above issues face to face.

Best Regards
邕哥
The email opened and was displayed on the computer screen. Big Sewa's eyes slowly swept over the little Sewa, Oliver, and Christopher in front of him.

"Gentlemen, what do you think of Brother Yong's request?"

Several people have already read this email, and Oliver said first: "The first thing I want to say is, François, congratulations. Your plan is successful and everything is perfect. As you said , Brother Yong created a miracle. He completed the transformation of this board. Although he has not provided any information, he just sent photos and screenshots. But from my professional point of view, there is no problem with his design. Impossible There is no bug at all, but this needs the whole board test to find and optimize. I know many principles of Amel chip, but I think we should support Brother Yong and finish this matter. This is in the interest of Mag of."

"I agree," Xiao Sewa followed immediately, "Since Brother Yong has done what he should do, we will follow up as soon as possible, otherwise all the efforts of Brother Yong will be in vain. Regarding the matter of Emel's chip, we should From now on, communicate with Aimel to see if their supply plan can be modified appropriately."

"What do you think?" Da Sewa turned to Christopher who had not spoken.

Christophe sighed in his heart, of course he knew that Zhang Yong's request would be difficult to meet. There are not only Aimel's rules, but also Mag's rules, as well as some unspoken rules of European companies.

"I think," he said slowly, "In any case, we should solve the [-] chips he urgently needs first. We will discuss the formal production plan later."

Oliver and Xiao Sewa immediately agreed, "Yes, we should send these [-] pieces to Brother Yong as soon as possible."

Da Sewa didn't nod, he asked: "Can Brother Yong provide his design directly to T-key for production?"

There was a hint of anger on Xiao Sewa's face, "François, it would be too unfair to Brother Yong. Besides, we didn't pay him a penny, so his current results belong to him personally, and he has nothing to do with him." Mag has nothing to do with it. Unless we pay for it.  …”

"But the conditions we agreed with Brother Yong are not like this. You can't break the contract after he completes the task."

"What did I promise Brother Yong? Can you find out the signed document?" Da Sewa's face was innocent.

"you……"

"I didn't set the rules for using Aimel's chips, and it's very difficult to change. I can't make a decision including the [-] chips in the early stage, so I sent them directly to Brother Yong."

"Then what should we do?"

"Francois, you write back to Zhang Yong and tell him that his request cannot be realized at present. Please prepare a hundred boards and send them to us as soon as possible. At the same time, apply for a hundred chips from Emel, and wait for the boards from China to arrive. , we packaged them and sent them to T-key’s Suzhou factory.”

"Francois, if you do this, Brother Yong may take at least two months to get the finished product we sent from France to complete the test. Do you think this efficiency is acceptable to Brother Yong or TS? .”

"Yes," Oliver added, "It takes two trips between China and Europe, freight, and tariffs, which is a lot of money, plus time costs, so the cost for us to make new boards is too high. "

Da Sewa said sternly: "Aimel's rules are not easy to change, and our policies are not easy to change. We all know this. But there is a more important reason. I don't want to send the chip to Brother Yong. After he took this Before the incident, you seemed to be against it, I remember right? And you were all on his side, afraid that he would get into trouble. But the result? He completed the design of this board. We shouldn’t treat this People, be more careful? I definitely don't want any chip to pass through his hands alone, because I can't judge whether he can do something terrible."

(End of this chapter)