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Chapter 1162 Second Battle

Li Dongling's original purpose in establishing the Hanxi Joint Laboratory was to leverage the research and development capabilities of universities such as Hanxi Jiaotong University for Dongling High-Tech's benefit!
Industry, academia, and research are inherently integrated. America has mastered this system quite well. In the past, major American companies all relied on universities to enhance their research and development capabilities.

In addition, due to insufficient domestic funding in recent years, major universities have been able to receive some funding through the Hanxi Joint Laboratory, which helps them retain talent and sustain research and development projects.

Dongling High-Tech can also leverage joint laboratories to bring together top academic talents and R&D teams from universities such as Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an University of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Yenching University to help Dongling High-Tech develop projects and overcome technical challenges.

Both sides get what they need, which is why the Hanxi Joint Laboratory is growing larger and larger. Even many academic leaders from universities have joined the joint laboratory in their personal capacities, hoping to use the joint laboratory's funding and experimental equipment to continue their research and development.

To say that universities like Xi'an Jiaotong University rely on joint laboratories for their research funding is utter nonsense.

However, the Hanxi Joint Laboratory has indeed become one of the choices for many domestic academics.

Even for some schools with tight budgets, the funding they receive from joint laboratories has become an important source of funding each year!
After all, tens of millions of yuan in R&D funding per year is enough for a university to support a large number of top academics and professors, and also to support them in developing their own projects. All of this is brought about by the joint laboratory.

As for becoming the mainland version of Bell Labs, that depends on luck and requires waiting for the right opportunity. This is not only an academic issue, but also a matter of international influence.

Currently, the American Empire holds the dominant voice in the global academic arena, so the selection of the Nobel Prize is certainly "fair."

However, in this world, there is only relative fairness, not absolute fairness. Currently, the global academic discourse power and the qualification for Nobel Prize selection are in the hands of the United States. On the basis of fairness, the United States has influence over who wins the prize.

Only when domestic academia truly catches up with overseas, and the mainland's international influence catches up with that of the United States, will the Hansi Joint Laboratory have the potential to win a plethora of awards, just like Bell Labs did in its early days.

Furthermore, by then, the Ho Chun Prize under the Zhi Xing Foundation may have become an internationally renowned academic award. Countless scholars around the world are working tirelessly on research to win the Ho Chun Prize; who can say for sure...

Of course, awards are just empty titles; having them is good, but not having them doesn't actually have much impact on Dongling High-Tech.

However, numerous universities and academic leaders have joined the Hanxi Joint Laboratory, and the patents and technologies they develop in the joint laboratory can greatly benefit Dongling High-Tech!
According to the agreement previously reached between Dongling High-Tech and Hanxi Joint Laboratory, academic articles produced in Hanxi Joint Laboratory belong to the researchers, but experimental results and related patents and technologies belong to both the researchers and the joint laboratory. The latter has the right to dispose of them, that is, to decide who to sell the patents to!
This doesn't mean the joint laboratory is domineering; after all, the funding and equipment come from the joint laboratory, so it should collect some interest.

Dongling Hi-Tech has priority purchasing rights, which means that the Hanxi Joint Laboratory will prioritize cooperating with Dongling Hi-Tech on any products, patents, and technologies it has stockpiled if they have potential.

These technologies and patents may be immediately useful to Dongling Hi-Tech in the future, or they may not all be useful, but what if they are?
Just like the tens of thousands of patents that Bell Labs produced, including the UNIX system, the C language, and laser technology, they were not popular immediately upon their creation, but gradually became popular after more than a decade.

Even now, the patents and technologies stockpiled by Bell Labs have not been fully explored. Even in another ten years or so, they will probably still be "archaeologically excavated" from time to time, and who knows what useful technologies they might unearth.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Bell Labs' technologies will never be outdated; rather, it means that innovation and optimization are being carried out on the existing foundation.

Just as Bell Labs has done, the future Hanxi Joint Laboratory will also be able to continuously discover technologies over the years and make them available to Dongling High-Tech.

Such a gold mine requires a large investment, but it will be useful for Dongling Hi-Tech both now and in the future.

"I try my best!"

Li Dongling's words were meant as a joke, but Xiong Tianming did not take them seriously. For him, even if he didn't talk about dying for someone who understands him, he had to be absolutely worthy of the support of his major benefactor.

Seeing Xiong Tianming's serious expression, Li Dongling suppressed his smile, raised his teacup to Xiong Tianming, and solemnly said, "I await that day!"

In the evening, Li Dongling hosted a banquet to welcome Xiong Tianming. Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Gao Peng, Chen Tao and other senior executives of Dongling High-Tech were all present, expressing their high regard for Xiong Tianming.

Different strategies are needed for different people. For traditional scholars like Xiong Tianming, you can't keep bringing up things like treatment and salary, because he doesn't actually value those things that much.

On the contrary, he was given enough respect, with private jets picking him up and Dongling High-Tech executives accompanying him. Tomorrow, the news will be published in major media outlets announcing the appointment of the new head of the Hanxi Joint Laboratory.

With the sedan chair carried high, are we still afraid of Comrade Xiong, who will not do his utmost?
"The second director of the Hanxi Joint Laboratory is Professor Xiong Tianming from Harbin Institute of Technology. Professor Xiong Tianming is a leading scholar in the field of communications in China..."

The following day, the Hanxi Provincial Daily spearheaded the news, followed by more than six provincial media outlets, including the Hanxi Provincial Capital Daily, China Youth Daily, Southern Daily, Science Times, Guangming Daily, Education Daily, Reading Weekly, and Wenhui Daily, as well as several academic newspapers, all publishing the news of Xiong Tianming becoming the second head of the Hanxi Joint Laboratory. This event was a major event in academic circles, and Dongling High-Tech invested considerable resources and connections to secure such widespread media coverage.

This commotion, coupled with the resources, connections, and huge funding represented by the Hanxi Joint Laboratory, has propelled Xiong Tianming to the status of a leading figure in the domestic academic circle!

Not only that, the Zhi Xing Foundation is also promoting Xiong Tianming, and he will also serve as the head of the selection committee for the He Zun Award.

In other words, Xiong Tianming has the final say on who will win the Ho Chun Award and receive the one million yuan prize next year!

Seeing Xiong Tianming's change in status, the attention he received from numerous media outlets, and the support from members of the joint laboratory, including universities such as Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an University of Technology, Yenching University, and Harbin Institute of Technology, it's no wonder that Xiong Tianming has become one of the most influential figures in academia!

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On the very day Xiong Tianming took office as the head of the Hanxi Joint Laboratory, a plane from across the Pacific Ocean landed at Yanjing Airport, and the group then quietly arrived at Intel Continental.

"I am Chen Junsheng, the new chairman of Intel China, appointed by Intel headquarters and President Craig!"

Executives at Intel Continental's headquarters gathered in a conference room to look at the newly appointed chairman of Intel Continental.

Also received was a resume of Chen Junsheng at Intel, which was very clean, or rather, impressive. He joined Intel 18 years ago and became Intel's global vice president in charge of sales.

The fact that Chen Junsheng, a Chinese American, was able to become a vice president at Intel is enough to prove his ability. He was dispatched to Intel's mainland China office as a "firefighter" by Intel.

In addition to Chen Junsheng, who was parachuted in from Intel headquarters, some newly recruited and promoted executives from Intel in mainland China also attended the event.

The most important of these is Yang Xu, who has begun to take over the day-to-day affairs of Intel China, replacing Chen Weidi, the former president of Intel China.

Looking at Chen Junsheng on the stage, then at Yang Xu in the conference room, and a group of new faces, Chen Weidi knew that his Intel career was over!
In fact, Chen Weidi had anticipated this after Jim Garrett ran away with the bucket.

He and Jim Garrett were a pairing at Intel Continental, arranged by Intel headquarters. The chairman was parachuted in from the American headquarters, and the president was a local executive from the continental company. As a result, Jim Garrett messed things up.

But Intel headquarters wouldn't think that way. They wouldn't just push the blame onto Jim Garrett. In Intel headquarters' eyes, Chen Weidi was also negligent or no longer trusted. Even if Chen Weidi didn't leave voluntarily, he would be marginalized.

Chen Junsheng didn't care what Chen Weidi was thinking. He went to America to study twenty years ago and then joined Intel. Over the years, his work habits and style have become completely Americanized, which can also be described as a typical work style of people with yellow and white skin.

After all, he already has a green card and a family in America. For him, this is probably the real place he wants to be in a foreign land.

“I don’t care what’s going on here, and I’m not interested in knowing, but headquarters sent me here to change all of this.”

Intel chips are number one in all global markets, and mainland China is no exception!

Chen Junsheng tapped his fingers on the table and said, word by word, that as an agent of Intel headquarters, he had to uphold the authority of Intel headquarters in mainland China.

"To defeat Dongxin, we must first suppress Shenzhou and Founder!"

Chen Junsheng has lived overseas for many years, but he was born in Taiwan. He is also familiar with the way Chinese people do things, which is why Intel headquarters sent him to Beijing.

"If Intel wants to launch a customized chip in mainland China, it must have a price advantage over Dongxin's Tianji chip, and it must get other computer manufacturers and chip suppliers in mainland China to side with Intel!"

"However, Intel cannot limit itself to just engaging in a price war with Dongxin in mainland China!"

"Intel also wants to become a representative of 'domestic' chips in mainland China, making Intel's mainland chips a fulcrum for Intel in Asia!"

(End of this chapter)