Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 586: Smart Desk Lamp Launched
On Tuesday at noon, Bai's girlfriend arrived in BJ, and Zhou Jing went to pick her up at the airport in person. After picking her up, Zhou Jing took Bai's girlfriend out for dinner first.

"Invitation to the December Science and Technology Symposium. Are you looking forward to it?"

When they arrived at the hotel, Bai Xiyao took out the invitation letter for the December BJ National Science and Technology Symposium from her bag and gave it to Zhou Jing.

"that's it."

Zhou Jing took the invitation and opened it. The person invited was Zhou Jing, the chairman of Ideal Technology. This technology symposium was more formal.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn't looking forward to being invited to such a meeting, and Zhou Jing wasn't too excited about it either.

The science and technology symposium is nothing more than setting up the general direction of scientific and technological development, encouraging enterprises to actively innovate independently and develop innovative technologies. The help it can provide to companies like Ideal Technology is very limited. Currently, environmental technology companies still have to rely mainly on themselves.

"All domestic mobile phone manufacturers should participate and see the world. Ideal smartphones are preparing to enter the North American market next. Do you have any instructions?"

Bai Xiyao wanted to participate, but the company only had one spot.

"There are no instructions. We just need to deepen cooperation with Qualcomm appropriately."

If conditions permit, Zhou Jing wants to invest in building a wafer foundry in MG. The purpose is to deeply bind the industrial chain with MG for the time being, so that he can retaliate if he is sanctioned in the future. However, the hollowing out of MG's manufacturing industry is too serious, and the labor cost is too high, so the real industry cannot be established at all. Investing in the real industry in MG is a dead end.

“I don’t know if Qualcomm is willing to jointly develop chips with us.”

Bai Xiyao said that foreign countries are very wary of China in terms of high-tech. Even if they spend money to cooperate with foreign technology companies, they may not necessarily engage in joint research and development with domestic technology companies. They will not allow domestic companies to have access to sensitive technologies.

"No chance. We can choose to cooperate in less sensitive areas. Don't even think about chip design."

Zhou Jing knew Qualcomm's character.

"Well, I can only rely on myself, but chip design is not a big problem."

Bai Xiyao gave up her naive thoughts. Shengtang Chip Design Institute has already started work in full swing. The research and development is going smoothly based on the architecture and ideas designed by Zhou Jing. It will be able to reach 16 nanometers as early as 14, and by then it should be able to catch up with other high-end chips in terms of manufacturing.

"Mobile phone chips are only part of the project. Once the research and development progress of Tianji chips stabilizes, we will start the PC chip project."

When the meal was served, Zhou Jing put away the invitation to the science and technology symposium and said.

"it is good."

Bai Xiyao nodded. All things are difficult at the beginning. Shengtang Chip Design Institute has integrated the chip research related information of Taiwei Semiconductor, and Zhou Jing personally participated in the design. As long as the mobile phone chip design goes smoothly, everything else will be a piece of cake.

After dinner, Zhou Jing took her bestie Bai to the Chuangzhi Technology office building. Gu Jia was not in the company in the afternoon. After going home for lunch, she prepared for the reception at home.

"This building is really impressive. The billions of dollars spent were not wasted. If there is a chance at the technology symposium, I will discuss communication technology patents with Huawei to see if there is a possibility of cooperation in communication technology research and development."

When making communication equipment, HUAWE's technical patents are unavoidable. Recently, Bai Xiyao has been looking for opportunities to cooperate with HUAWEI. Although HUAWEI has deep technical reserves, Ideal Technology now also has its own strengths. Ideal Technology is very strong in wireless transmission, artificial intelligence, and especially software, and has the chips to cooperate with HUAWEI.

Zhou Jing is also planning this, including cooperation in chip production. If HUAWEI can be brought to the Taiwei Photolithography Technology Research Institute, it will not only speed up the research and development progress, but also save Ideal Technology a lot of money.

In the office lobby of Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd., employees cast curious glances at Bai Xiyao.

"Mr. Bai from Ideal Technology?"

"So young."

Most people at Chuangzhi Technology had never met Bai Xiyao in person before and had only seen her on the Ideal Technology website.

"Everyone, stop for a moment. This is Ms. Bai, the deputy general manager and executive CEO of Ideal Technology. Even though she is a girl, she has extraordinary computer skills."

Zhou Jing clapped his hands and introduced.

Bai's best friend Zhou Jing was a little at a loss for words when introducing the headquarters of Chuangzhi Technology. Bai's best friend only has a third-tier degree and is not usually responsible for research and development. She is mainly responsible for the general management of Ideal Technology Co., Ltd.

"Welcome, Mr. Bai."

The office staff greeted him one after another.

They did not look down on Bai Xiyao, a girl of the same age as Zhou Jing. The fact that she could manage a business as big as Ideal Technology was enough to prove her ability.

"Thank you, everyone is busy."

Bai Xiyao raised her hand and went to Zhou Jing's private office.

At this time, Bai Xiyao was wearing a dark green windbreaker on the upper body, blue slim jeans on the lower body, and had long hair. She looked simple and cool. People who didn't know her couldn't tell that the girl was a billionaire.

"This office is nice. Is this large area all Zhongguancun?"

Bai Xiyao stood in front of Zhou Jing's office window and looked out over the entire building.

"That building over there is Baidu's headquarters, and across the street is NetEase."

Zhou Jing pointed to the northeast.

"That's really generous. We deserve it."

Bai Xiyao turned on her phone camera and took a photo.

"We will have it. We will build a technology park here in 15 years."

The current office building of Chuangzhi Technology can accommodate four to five thousand people, which will definitely not be enough in the future. Chuangzhi Technology will expand into a software company with 10,000 people in the future.

"Come on, I'll see how the operating system development is going."

Bai Xiyao said while sitting on Zhou Jing's chair.

"this."

Zhou Jing pointed to the document to Bai's best friend.

Computers are Bai Xiyao's specialty. After opening the operating system information, Bai Xiyao can tell at a glance, "It's very well designed."

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "That is a plan I planned personally."

Bai Xiyao's dreams have been about the company lately. "What do you think will happen if we have our own systems and chips and master the key technologies of lithography machines?"

“It can kill all foreign technology companies.”

“My blood is boiling just thinking about it. Is there any clue about the control system of the lithography machine?”

“Software systems don’t hold us back.”

Zhou Jing has full confidence in the software tasks.

After taking a look around the Chuangzhi Technology office building, Zhou Jing and her bestie Bai completed the handover of chip design and lithography technology research materials and went home.

"Living in a villa is good in every way, except that the interior is too big. I'm lazy to begin with, and I don't know where to start cleaning the house after moving into the villa. It would be more convenient for you and Gu Jia to hire a nanny."

Arriving at the Diaoyutai villa area, Bai Xiyao said while looking at the villas outside.

"We'll see after a while!"

Zhou Jing and Gu Jia don't want to hire a full-time nanny.

Gu Jia prepared dinner at home early in the afternoon. Zhou Jing went home to greet Bai Guimi and talked with her for a while before going to see the child. The reception of Bai Guimi was left to Gu Jia. After all, Zhou Jing was a man, so it was more appropriate for him to keep a distance from Bai Guimi at home. Although nothing out of line had ever happened between him and Bai Guimi, Zhou Jing would at most touch Bai Guimi's thigh.

"A two-story villa is just right. I wanted more indoor space and bought a three-story one, which is very troublesome. The third floor is not necessary and needs to be cleaned frequently. It is also uncomfortable to look down from the third floor, which is too high."

Bai Xiyao looked around in the living room and said. Gu Jia smiled and said, "We also looked at the three-story house at the beginning and almost bought it, but after seeing this one, we changed our minds. A family can live on two floors, and the floor space is small, so we can choose the three-story house. Have your parents moved to Tangdu?"

"Not yet. I just dealt with the Internet cafes and shops in Yu City last week. I will go to Tangdu next month."

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"Do you still remember your godmother?"

When the child woke up from his nap, Zhou Jing carried the child to the rest area on the first floor. Last year, Bai's best friend said that she wanted to be the godmother of Zhou Jing's child. They met in person in Tangdu during the National Day holiday.

"Let godmother hug you."

Bai Xiyao stood up and said to the child who had just woken up and had not yet recovered his energy.

"Call godmother."

Gu Jia doesn't mind Bai Xiyao being the child's godmother.

The little girl was unfamiliar with the word godmother, and looked at a loss when being hugged by Bai Xiyao.

"Let godmother kiss you."

Bai Xiyao leaned close to the child's face and said.

"Kiss godmother."

Gu Jia said to the child.

The little girl kissed Bai Xiyao obediently.

Looking at the cute little girl, Bai Xiyao liked her from the bottom of her heart. Bai Xiyao didn't want to have children but she liked them very much.

After a break, Gu Jia went to help with cooking. Zhou Jing gave the child to his mother-in-law and took his best friend Bai to the activity room to play billiards.

"I'm regretting buying a three-story villa. The three-story villa has a small footprint and the activity room can only accommodate a billiard table."

Bai Xiyao walked into the activity room which was more than enough to accommodate two billiard tables and said.

"Let's buy another one while the house prices are still not too high."

Zhou Jing smiled and said.

"I'll go back and have a look. Ideal's mobile phone sales are expected to exceed 13 million in the third quarter, and will probably decline starting from ."

If Bai Xiyao wanted to buy ten villas in Tangdu, it would be no problem.

"The decline in the first two quarters of next year will not be much, and Nokia's traditional mobile phones will definitely not be able to hold up in the fourth quarter of this year."

Zhou Jing said while playing billiards.

Nokia is still holding on. In the past few years, it has been able to sell traditional mobile phones that cost less than one thousand yuan for more than four thousand yuan. That kind of industrial waste should have been eliminated long ago. Smartphones are already very cheap in China, but Nokia still dares to sell traditional mobile phones for more than two thousand yuan. I really don't know where it gets the courage from.

"If traditional mobile phones can maintain their current sales in the first and second quarters of next year, and smartphone sales surge, net profit in the first half of next year is estimated to reach 70 billion yuan, but it should decline in the second half."

Bai Xiyao was excited just thinking about it. Ideal's smartphone target for 13 is to sell more than million units. After the sales of traditional mobile phones begin to decline, revenue will have to be made up by smartphones. In the next ten years, Ideal Technology plans to invest more than billion yuan in research and development expenses, which will be a huge test for the company's operations.

"It's not a big problem. The second generation of smartphones is starting to improve profit margins, and the mid-to-high-end series are competing with Samsung in the European and American markets."

For Ideal Mobile Phone, it is easier to go high-end abroad than in China. People abroad pay more attention to the actual experience. As long as the experience is good, they are willing to pay the same price as Samsung or even iPhone. Many people in China pay great attention to parameters.

After lunch in the afternoon, Zhou Jing sent Bai’s best friend to the hotel. Bai’s best friend stayed in BJ for one night and returned to Tangdu the next day.

October is over quickly. On November 12st, the Ideal smart desk lamp "Xiaoguang" was launched on the market. As soon as it was launched, it set off a new fashion trend in the technology circle. In , lamps with voice-controlled switches were like science fiction shining into reality, subverting people's traditional cognition. It is hard for ordinary people to imagine that a lamp can be so versatile.

[It is worthy of being an ideal, walking in the forefront of technological innovation, and truly achieving technology changing life]

[I really love this desk lamp]

[No longer afraid to turn off the light after using the bathroom]

[It’s flashy but not practical. It’s just a desk lamp. There are already voice-controlled and light-controlled lamps.]

[Comparing the voice-controlled light-controlled lamp with the Ideal desk lamp is really a talent. Why don’t you install a voice-controlled light-controlled lamp in your home?]

[I saw a short film last year, where a car was driving itself. People in the office could remotely control the car's driving and control the furniture and appliances at home. This day is really coming.]

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Amidst the chorus of praise for the Ideal Smart Desk Lamp in the digital circle, there are inevitably some who sing a different tune. However, no matter how many people sing a different tune, they cannot stop the trend of criticizing the Ideal Smart Desk Lamp. The smart desk lamp is too practical, even more practical than smart speakers.

The Ideal smart desk lamp supports USB interface, supports customized name and Bluetooth switch of mobile phone Bluetooth, the basic trial version is priced at 299 yuan, the upgraded version is priced at yuan, and the home deluxe version is priced at yuan. The trial version and the upgraded version were hot-selling as soon as they were launched on the market, with sales exceeding units on the first day of launch. The sales of the home deluxe version were much lower.

This was all within Zhou Jing's expectations.

The launch of Ideal Smart Desk Lamp was not only a heavy blow to traditional lighting companies, but the stocks of traditional lighting listed companies plummeted the day after the launch. Ideal Smart Desk Lamp also made life difficult for other mobile phone manufacturers. They haven’t even figured out smart speakers yet, and Ideal Technology has launched a smart desk lamp, leaving them no time to breathe.

Just a few days after the Ideal Smart Desk Lamp was launched on the market, traditional lighting companies approached Zhou Jing hoping to cooperate. Zhou Jing did not refuse, nor did he authorize brand OEM to traditional lighting companies. Instead, he disclosed the smart lighting control technology and collected patent fees. Zhou Jing did not intend to make money by selling lamps. Smart lamps are just a tool to enter the smart home market, and through smart lamps, people can recognize the concept of smart home.

Artificial intelligence is an inevitable trend, and traditional furniture factories joining this track will help the development of smart homes.

“What will the next smart furniture do?”

Gu Jia looked at the comments on the smart desk lamp.

"Smart lighting continues to upgrade, smart TVs."

Zhou Jing hooked his finger on the belt of Gu Jia's pants and said.

"Technology is amazing. Every day there are people in your comment section asking for reservations. Free reservations are not useful. I don't know how many people are waiting for reservations. Your students often leave you comments. Please reply."

Gu Jia opened Zhou Jing's Weibo comment section and browsed the comments.

"Let me see."

Zhou Jing rarely reads the comment section, but he opened it and replied to a student.

"Another year is almost over. Shouldn't the company celebrate this year's end?"

Gu Jia stretched and sighed. The only flaw in this year was that he was about to turn thirty-one, and that was the saddest age.

"Well, after the employee stock ownership, the last-in-first-out system will be clarified. If an employee fails the assessment for three consecutive months, his/her position will be adjusted. After the adjustment, the performance points will be calculated based on the new position. If the employee fails the assessment for three consecutive months in the new position, the adjustment will continue. The end point of the adjustment position is backend maintenance. If there is no room for adjustment, the employee will be considered for dismissal."

Starting next year, Chuangzhi Technology will undergo a comprehensive upgrade. Several core projects, such as operating system development, assisting Taiwei Semiconductor in lithography machine technology research and development, and chip design, need to be accelerated. The company has a long way to go and will not allow employees to slack off. Chuangzhi Technology offers high salaries and good benefits and will not support idlers.

Zhou Jing thought for a moment and continued, "Next month, have each department prepare a report on the construction of professional attitude and mental outlook for the new year, and have all levels of management write an efficient management manual."

"it is good."

Gu Jia sat back in her seat and opened her notebook to take quick notes.

(End of this chapter)