Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 510 Li Yan's Importance

A remarkable opening.

Huang Guohui is preparing to reveal some information that only people at his level can obtain.

Li Ming felt a familiar tension.

The pressure is like going to Beijing to make a report.

Each level has its own considerations, and it must be said that under the current system, it is indeed difficult for the lower level to understand the considerations of the upper level.

The information gap is the biggest threshold. The so-called vision and ideological realm, sometimes if you don’t reach that level, there are no conditions for awakening.

"First, a question for both of you."

Li Ming sat upright, like a student - in fact, he was a little older than Huang Guohui, but after all, Huang Guohui was the youngest chief officer in Linjiang's history, and this age difference was actually a symbol of his status.

Huang Guohui paused, looked at Li Ming and then at Ren Jiangfeng, "What does Li Yan mean to you?"

A bit of a confusing issue.

However, if you do not answer sincerely and with all your strength at this time, I am afraid that your upward path will be capped.

"Jiang Feng and I have basically reached an agreement on this point," Li Ming replied. As the chief officer, he had to shoulder the responsibility. "Li Yan is a real genius. Future Technology is one of the best comprehensive technology companies in the country. In the field of smartphones..."

"Don't tell me the official language." Huang Guohui interrupted directly, "Do I need you to tell me what Li Yan has accomplished?"

Li Ming blinked and took a deep breath. "Well... Future Technology is located in New Taipei City. It is naturally a major taxpayer and has a strong driving and radiation capacity for the development of high-tech industries. This is also an important reason why I think Dongshi Land can cooperate with it."

Huang Guohui looked away and drank his tea.

This is very unsatisfactory.

Li Ming swallowed his saliva and continued, "In terms of his personal influence, he also has a very high positive impact on our city. He has many typical deeds that are worth writing about, which is very helpful in attracting talents to our city and even our province..."

Huang Guohui slammed the teacup on the table, and Li Ming immediately shut up.

"Stand higher."

In fact, Li Ming wanted to talk about the value of Li Yan breaking the monopoly of some foreign technologies, but he felt that it was easy to misjudge this thing, and it would be inappropriate to say it too high or too low, so he could only bite the bullet and continue talking:
"In recent years, New Taipei has not been able to catch up with Xin'an in the development of high-tech. The country and the province are all focusing on Xin'an. Li Yan's rise this time may help New Taipei's high-tech industry regain the attention of the upper echelons."

"You..." Huang Guohui shook his head, "Jiang Feng, what do you have to say?"

"Secretary, with regard to the future city planning of the Dongshi area today, Li Yan's future technology provides a focal point for joint development..."

"That's enough." Huang Guohui waved his hands repeatedly, "Old Song, I don't want to talk to them anymore."

Song Chun just smiled.

"I'm sorry, boss," Li Ming said with a wry smile, "we don't have enough vision."

"How can you say you don't have enough vision?" Huang Guohui sighed, "You are just too conservative and don't dare to speak out. You are still looking for this moment to bargain with me. When I am speaking my heart out to you, you are talking to me about distribution."

"I am narrow-minded."

"Forget it. After listening to you, it seems that all you care about is Li Yan's direct impact on New Taipei's finances and publicity. You've completely ignored the significance of his existence itself."

Li Ming listened attentively.

"Guess why I took the initiative to call this meeting today?"

"I don't know."

Huang Guohui searched his pockets, and Li Ming immediately took out a cigarette and threw it to him.

"I'm sorry, Old Song. I can't speak in this situation unless I smoke a little."

Song Chun still smiled.

"The National Security Bureau intercepted an assassination attempt on Li Yan by foreign forces."

After these words were spoken, Li Ming and Ren Jiangfeng's expressions froze.

Li Ming was about to smoke one himself, but his hand stopped halfway in the air.

"I won't go into the details of what happened two days ago. I don't know much about it. We busted a propaganda gang and found out by following the clues. They are still in the preparation stage. The tactics are simple and the success rate is low, but we have already made three plans. We have already found out Li Yan's daily travel, license plate number, and surveillance location."

It is a hundred times more difficult to do this in China than in other countries, but we dare to start it under such circumstances and even reach the stage of implementation.

The determination is quite strong...

Huang Guohui spoke these few words calmly, but the danger contained in them was enough to make one break out in a cold sweat.

"Overseas?" Li Ming asked.

"The force is overseas, but the personnel are Chinese nationals."

Li Ming and Ren Jiangfeng looked at each other and both frowned.

"Pineapple Company?" Li Ming continued to ask.

The so-called high-end business wars are often very plain and simple. Watering the other party's money tree to death is just a joke, but killing the other party is indeed a way.

The success of some top companies does not depend on personal will. Even if one boss is removed, there will be successors. As long as the company itself exists, even if the development is not as expected, it cannot really be damaged.

For example, Pineapple itself. After Steve Jobs passed away, although his successor was far less charming and capable than Steve Jobs, the Pineapple phone is still the best phone in Lighthouse.

But for a company like Future Technology, if Li Yan was gone, it would probably collapse in minutes.

An accident brought back his monopoly position.

No matter how you look at it, this is a very good deal.

"lighthouse."

Li Ming broke out in a cold sweat almost instantly.

"It seems that you two cannot accurately assess the significance of Li Yan's lithography machine." Huang Guohui took a deep puff of cigarette and said, "The previous leader once wrote in a paper that we must clearly realize that we cannot buy core technology and must rely on ourselves. If we continue to introduce new productive forces and cannot keep up with the world's advanced level, developed countries will inevitably strangle us in core technology."

Li Ming and Ren Jiangfeng sat up straight and listened attentively.

"The role of chips is huge. This thing is not only used in mobile phones and computers." Huang Guohui looked at Ren Jiangfeng, "Jiangfeng, you should be familiar with this, right?"

Ren Jiangfeng was very nervous and nodded, "As long as it is an electronic product, it basically cannot escape the chip. It's just that daily electronic products and the factory's production equipment have relatively low requirements for chip performance and are updated slowly, so they don't have a strong presence. In fact, this is the bulk of chip use." "Yes. You're right, the update is very slow. And most of these products were manufactured in Western countries in the past. They control the technical architecture standards, which also involve laws and regulations, technical standards, and manufacturing processes. Many things that cannot be clearly stated... that is, the so-called technological monopoly. With such a large share, we are subject to others. Without a breakthrough in high-end chip technology, we will always live in their shadow. If they want to strangle us one day, there will be no way we can do anything about it."

Huang Guohui rarely expressed his emotions. He took a long puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled, then continued:
"It's OK to hand over a lot of money, but the key is that we don't have any initiative at all. We can't build our own chip ecosystem at all."

"But Li Yan has invented the photolithography machine, and the core difficulties have been solved. Foreign countries can no longer stop us even though they haven't strangled us yet," Li Ming continued.

"The significance is not just this." Huang Guohui said, "If it was just this, I'm afraid Lighthouse would not take such a big risk to do such a dirty trick. If this kind of thing is reported, it will be a diplomatic incident."

Ren Jiangfeng had worked with the technology department before, and he was also an engineering genius, so he understood immediately: "Secretary Huang, are you saying that after we take the initiative in chip manufacturing, we can lower the price of chips?"

"Lighthouse can't do this, but China can." Huang Guohui nodded. "Maybe we can't break through the most advanced chip manufacturing methods in a short period of time, but we can cut down the existing high-end chips. We can even cut the price down to a level that middle and lower-end electronic devices can accept."

Ren Jiangfeng's breathing became rapid. "That means replacing the chips of all electronic devices in the middle and lower levels. Once the usage increases, the laws and regulations, implementation standards, and design procedures can also be replaced. In other words..."

"We have our own chip ecosystem, a comprehensive new ecosystem from the bottom up to the high-end and sophisticated." Song Chun finally spoke.

"So I say we should have a higher vision. Even if it is not the most advanced chip, after we achieve mass production of high-end chips, low-end electronic products will surely usher in zero-cost chip upgrades. With the support of more powerful chips, various new processes and technologies will continue to emerge, and the electronic technology industry will gain new impetus."

Huang Guohui spoke powerfully.

Li Ming also followed the train of thought, "Let me exaggerate a little bit, it's like an air conditioner equipped with a computer chip?"

"It's not accurate, but you can understand it this way. From the perspective of life, electronic products will usher in full-line intelligence; from the perspective of industry, the efficiency of production equipment will be greatly improved; from the perspective of military industry, we will also have higher-performance weapons while ensuring safety and stability." Huang Guohui nodded.

"But," Ren Jiangfeng got into the state, not caring about whether he was a leader or not, "If we want to realize the new ecosystem, we can't just apply the chips directly. All related designs must be rebuilt, there will be transformation pains... and the cost will be very high. Of course, this is all short-term, at least we have the right to choose."

Huang Guohui shook his head and said, "Don't forget, Li Yan has a project called assembly line intelligent manufacturing."

Ren Jiangfeng froze for a moment.

"Or let me ask you, if you think someone could do this kind of technological innovation project, who would you think of?"

"...Li Yan."

"He also has drones, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence..." Huang Guohui said, "Think about it again, how long did it take him to complete the breakthroughs in operating systems and lithography machines? If he is given a little more time, can he directly complete a major upgrade of China's industrial system from the bottom up?"

Ren Jiangfeng was sweating profusely.

"We have all seen how popular the 2000-yuan Jiaolong mobile phone is internationally," Song Chun said. "Low-priced, high-performance products will have a devastating impact on other products. By then, we will export high-quality and low-priced smart products to the outside world. You can even foresee that these products will be world-leading. How much impact will it have on foreign products?"

"We are already ahead in the field of civil drones," Huang Guohui added. "At that time, we will not accept the technical logic of foreign countries, but let foreign countries accept our technical logic. These impacts are worth discussing at the national level."

In silence, the two leaders of New Taipei City have been trying to calm down.

Huang Guohui finished the cigarette in his hand and threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray with a thin layer of water. "All of this is still assuming that Li Yan can't make an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine for the time being. But... what if he can? The existence that the enemy regards as a major threat is our winning weapon!"

Really loud.

"You can't imagine how important Li Yan is in the eyes of the leaders."

This sentence was too heavy... so heavy that Li Ming couldn't take it at all.

"He is only 18 years old! He still has unlimited potential! A person with strategic significance and strategic value is a real treasure." Huang Guohui said with emotion, "We must quickly bind him to us now, not for the little money and resources you care about, but to protect him!"

Song Chun added, "From the various twists and turns of Dengta's actions, they still have many concerns. Li Yan is still just a private entrepreneur. We should seize the opportunity to deepen the relationship and make him a semi-official representative. This is also a way to protect him."

"Be careful about what you do?" Li Ming said.

"Hey!" Ren Jiangfeng looked as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Then he went back by himself just now, would it be possible that..."

"Why are you so nervous now?" Huang Guohui was a little dissatisfied with Ren Jiangfeng's slow response. "We have already arranged for a plainclothes escort."

"Does Li Yan know?" Li Ming asked.

"I don't know." Huang Guohui said, "But with his intelligence, it shouldn't take him long to realize the abnormality. We don't know what he is thinking, and we are worried that the assassination will cause him too much concern."

The scene fell into silence again.

"In short," Secretary Huang sighed, "I'm telling you all this today because I hope you can put yourself in the right position and cooperate where you should. We should try to control the exposure of Li Yan's information in our hands."

"Then his parents..."

"You don't have to worry about these." Huang Guohui waved his hand and the topic immediately stopped.

"Protecting Li Yan is a requirement of the country." Song Chun concluded, "Today's conversation is considered the highest level of confidentiality."

"clear."

"If you have any problems when connecting with Li Yan, report to us immediately." Huang Guohui finished his last cup of tea and suddenly said something a bit inexplicable, "Don't go and scold the Dongshi District."

Li Ming reacted instantly. It was probably to prevent Xian Qingsong from feeling that the government attached too much importance to Li Yan. He might even worry that Xian Qingsong would feel resentful...

Having been so cautious, Li Ming could truly feel Li Yan's importance from such tiny details.

This is a burden that New Taipei City cannot bear.

"Xiao Gao, slow down first." On the way back to the super high-rise luxury residence "Huajiang No. 1" near Baijiang New City, Li Yan suddenly stood up from the back seat and said in a low voice.

Xiao Gao had never seen him in this state before and suddenly became very nervous.

"What...what's wrong, Mr. Li?"

Li Yan didn't say anything, but just directed Xiao Gao's actions, "Go straight in the lane, and when the traffic light turns off, speed up and turn left, and go back to the company."

"Eh? This is against the rules, Mr. Li, and aren't you going back to Huajiang No. 1?"

Yes, Li Yan was originally planning to check out the actual progress of the future building the next day, so she went back home after a long absence.

Now you've come so far from Rongxi and suddenly you're going back home?
Do you have to deliberately break the law?

"listen to me."

Xiao Gao felt great pressure and had no choice but to do as he was told.

After the car accelerated and turned left, Li Yan immediately gave the instruction to "turn right and pass through the community". After walking for about ten seconds, Li Yan called Huang Guohui:

"Secretary Huang, I'm being followed."

(End of this chapter)