Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 687: One hundred million is indeed a small goal
Zhou Jing took Gu Jia and the children on vacation for more than a week. It was already September when they returned to BJ. The company was busy at the beginning of the month, so after the vacation, Zhou Jing devoted his energy to work.

Two-thirds of the third quarter has passed unknowingly, and the company has started its sprint to achieve performance results.

The August financial reports of various companies came out one after another and were sorted out and submitted to Zhou Jing. The overall performance of several companies in August can be summarized in one word: "stable".

The core Ideal Technology's smartphone sales continued to surge in August, while sales of traditional mobile phones dropped sharply, with the increase and decrease basically the same. Sales of Ideal Technology's other products also surged. The company's net profit in August remained above 10 billion, less than 10.5 billion.

The second most profitable company under Zhou Jing in August was Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd. The third quarter is the golden period of each year for Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd. The net profit in August exceeded 200 million. This is the first time that the net profit exceeded 200 million in a single month since the establishment of Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd.

P站 and Starlight Games have other people's shares. The tens of millions that Zhou Jing can get after the shareholders divide the cake are dispensable to Zhou Jing. Zhou Jing's more than one billion shares can easily earn a few small goals a month.

After reading the August financial report, Zhou Jing roughly calculated that Ideal Technology had more than 65 billion in idle funds and more than 20 billion in cash reserves, with a total of more than 80 billion in cash assets. With more than 800 small goals circling in his mind, Zhou Jing, who regarded money as something outside of his body, was not disturbed at all. He realized that 100 million was indeed a small goal.

"Taiwei Semiconductor plans to buy a lithography machine for more than 11 million yuan that was basically eliminated by a foreign foundry due to a fire. This lithography machine is the latest model delivered in 22. When it is not broken, it can produce -nanometer chips. The purchase requires signing a confidentiality agreement and can only be used for research and cannot be exposed."

Gu Jia said as she checked the report sent by Bai Xiyao on Zhou Jing’s work account.

"If the core part of the lithography machine is worth studying, buy it!"

Zhou Jing did not hesitate at all. Although he felt very cheated, the price of a brand new most advanced lithography machine manufactured two years ago was only about 100 million yuan. He had to buy another one for more than 70 million yuan after it was scrapped. He was extremely upset, but there was nothing he could do. He could not buy a new one in China, and even a second-hand one was impossible. He believed that Taiwei Semiconductor must have used a lot of connections to buy this scrapped machine. As long as the core technology had research value, Zhou Jing would be the cheated one.

"The engineers have checked it first and found no major problems with the control system and laser light source. It's really cruel of foreign companies to sell something that is close to being scrapped at such a high price."

Gu Jia replied to Bai Xiyao as she spoke.

"Some things are like this. Once we have mastered the core technology, all foreign high-tech companies will have to kneel down and beg us for food."

Zhou Jing knew capitalists too well. They really wanted to get the most out of their money.

Gu Jia smiled and said, "I hope to see this day sooner. More than a hundred years ago, the West used guns to plunder, and now it uses economic, political and monetary means to plunder. The nature of the great powers has not changed. If our company really puts an end to the situation where the West uses technology to plunder, how will history books evaluate you?"

"Even if I die, you can still accept the Moving China Award on my behalf."

Zhou Jing smiled and said.

"I will die first."

Having said that, Gu Jia sighed.

Compared with birth, aging, sickness and death, what makes Gu Jia more sad is that she grew old before Zhou Jing. It is also a heartbreaking thing to grow old day by day under the watchful eye of her other half.

"There's a long way to go. I've been telling you to buy a car in Tangdu for almost a year, but you still haven't bought it. Do you prefer a sedan or an SUV?"

Zhou Jing stretched, stood up, walked behind Gu Jia, hugged Gu Jia's neck and said.

"A sedan? You won't have much chance to drive it even if you buy it. You don't need to buy something too expensive. An ordinary Audi or BMW will be enough."

Gu Jia doesn't like driving a car that's too conspicuous. The Rolls-Royce that the boy bought her last year is too attractive to drive around, so she rarely drives it.

“Then buy an Audi A8.”

Zhou Jing thought for a moment and said.

"How much does an Audi A8 cost? From over 6 to over million. It's also so expensive. An A will do."

Gu Jia opened the web page and searched for Audi A8.

"The mid-range version is only about one million, not much difference. Consider it your third quarter bonus."

Zhou Jing set his sights on the Audi A8 and planned to let his bestie Bai buy it. Of course, he would choose the high-end model when buying one for Gu Jia.

"Thank you, boss."

Gu Jia accepted it with a smile.

The hot summer in BJ in September has gradually subsided. The hottest temperature on a sunny day is only around 30 degrees Celsius. It rarely exceeds 30 degrees Celsius. Twenty degrees Celsius is the most comfortable season. The only drawback is that the season for showing legs is over.

After resting in the office for a while, Zhou Jing went to the smartphone R&D department.

The smartphone R&D department of Chuangzhi Technology is testing the Ideal 2 smartphone that Zhou Jing brought back from Ideal Technology yesterday.

In order to ensure the quality of smartphones to the greatest extent, Zhou Jing has always maintained independent testing on both sides of Ideal smartphones. The testing of Ideal Technology headquarters and Chuangzhi Technology do not interfere with each other. Ideal Technology's testing focuses on hardware, while Chuangzhi Technology's testing focuses on software and systems. Any problems with hardware are handled by Ideal Technology, and any problems with the software system are solved by Chuangzhi Technology.

"Mr. Zhou, the biggest problem with the Ideal II is that the processor power consumption causes high heat, which is difficult to solve. Compared with other brands that use this chip, our power consumption control should be better."

Li Jianwei handed the printed temperature image of the mobile phone to Zhou Jing and said.

“Just optimize what can be optimized.”

Zhou Jing knew about the processor problem. Qualcomm's new generation of chips had good performance, but the price was high power consumption and severe heat generation. Too high a temperature would in turn lead to the chip not being able to perform well. This was a problem that mobile phone manufacturers could not solve. The general user experience would not be a problem, but it would have a greater impact on users who played games and watched TV series on their phones.

"There are no other problems. Ideal Technology has done a great job in hardware configuration and software and hardware tuning."

Li Jianwei nodded and said.

"The planning of the Ideal III system has begun, right? Is fingerprint unlocking feasible on the Ideal III?"

The testing of the second generation of Ideal has no problems and it is just waiting for the official supply of the chip. Zhou Jing is now concerned about the third generation of Ideal. The processor performance will be taken to a higher level next year. With the support of processor performance, the next generation of Ideal smartphones will begin to break through the new technologies and functions of smartphones. While challenging higher levels, the risks will also double.

"It's hard to say now. It depends on the progress of the fingerprint recognition chip and the new screen research and development. Even if the fingerprint chip is made, the screen perception may not be ideal."

Li Jianwei said truthfully.

"Then give up the screen fingerprint recognition of the third generation and design the fingerprint recognition to the back of the phone."

"Make a pressable button here, and unlock it with static touch. This should avoid the perception problem, and you can design some optional functions for the button, such as single-clicking to trigger the camera or album, double-clicking to trigger screenshot, long pressing to trigger smart voice search or reply, swiping down with your finger to pop up the message bar, and touching the button twice in succession when the message bar pops up to clear the messages in the message bar and exit the message bar at the same time. Let's call it Xiaoling Smart Assistant." Zhou Jing took out his mobile phone and said to Li Jianwei.

"Okay, I'll sort it out in detail and communicate with Ideal Technology's R&D department."

Li Jianwei took out his mobile phone and tried to imagine that there was such a button under the rear camera. His mind was instantly opened. It must be said that adding such a button at the back is very convenient. It can make Ideal Technology's immature fingerprint function meet the current needs. Taking actual experience as an example, he often pulls down the menu to take screenshots and is anxious about not being able to find the screenshots quickly. With this smart auxiliary button, many troubles can be solved.

"Plan a seminar with the Ideal Technology R&D team."

After talking about smartphones, Zhou Jing went to the tablet software system R&D team to learn more about the situation.

The software system testing of Ideal's first-generation tablet has been going on for some time. The next step is to adapt the hardware and test the entire device. According to Ideal Technology's progress, Ideal's first-generation tablet will be available on the market by the second half of next year at the latest.

After leaving the R&D department, Zhou Jing went to the project department to find Wang Tao.

The Chuangzhi Technology Project Department is not only responsible for the development of the Ideal autonomous operating system Tiantu system, but also for the lithography machine control system R&D team, the electric vehicle intelligent driving R&D team and the intelligent chip design team. It can be said that the Chuangzhi Technology Project Department shoulders the core work of the company.

Wang Tao, deputy general manager and project director of Chuangzhi Technology, knows what the success of these projects means. The success of any of the three major projects can make Chuangzhi Technology a truly global technology giant.

Wang Tao, the project leader, will become a world-class executive. At that time, Wang Tao's annual salary will be in the billions, no worse than being his own boss. Being valued, Wang Tao works very hard and has two mobile phones on call 24 hours a day, although Zhou Jing rarely arranges work for him after work.

"What's happening with Vision now?"

Zhou Jing asked Wang Tao to go to the lounge and poured him a cup of tea.

"The slideshow mode attracted a lot of users, but the next stage will not be easy to implement in the short term. The real promotion of the short video mode is expected to take three years. We are in a hurry to launch it. We should have listened to Mr. Zhou and abandoned this project."

Wang Tao learned firsthand the cost of making the wrong decisions.

Although the short video project has unlimited potential in the future, on the one hand, it was started too early, and on the other hand, the huge cost of promoting the short video project was ignored. Many so-called business opportunities are not suitable to be done just when you think of them in advance. It is not suitable to do it when you think of it ahead of time, and when it is suitable to do it, it may not be your cup of tea. To really start making short videos, you need to invest a lot of money in promotion and database building.

The investment from development to the first phase of Vision has exceeded 10 million. In the short term, the cost far exceeds the benefits, and Wang Tao feels a little regretful.

“Keep going, and create software that will hopefully become worth trillions of dollars in the future.”

Zhou Jing is not a person who gives up halfway. Since the short video project has already entered the first stage, he will continue.

"Thank you Mr. Zhou for your support."

Wang Tao lamented that meeting a good boss is more important than marrying a good wife.

The main business of Chuangzhi Technology is software. Zhou Jing talked to Wang Tao about setting up a semiconductor company in BJ that focuses on chip design. The difference between BJ and Tangdu Shengtang is that Tangdu Shengtang specializes in designing mobile phone chips, while BJ develops computing chips, car chips, etc. after establishing a chip design company, in preparation for entering the AI ​​field in a few years.

After BJ's semiconductor company is established, the management of Chuangzhi Technology's chip design department and lithography machine control system R&D department will be transferred to it, so that Chuangzhi Technology can focus on software.

Wang Tao strongly supports the plan to establish a semiconductor company in BJ. There is no rush for the moment. Zhou Jing asked Wang Tao to plan slowly and establish the company before the second quarter of next year.

After discussing work with the senior executives, Zhou Jing returned to the office.

Gu Jia was busy checking last month's information. She turned around and said to Zhou Jing who had just entered the room, "The investment agreement for JD Logistics has been negotiated. When will the funds be transferred to Jinlin Capital?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

All the projects Zhou Jing invested in were through Jinlin Capital. Including the JD Logistics he was planning to invest in, the investment areas included logistics, technology, medical science and medicine, Internet media, etc. The total investment amount was more than 7 billion yuan, excluding stock speculation.

After Zhou Jing decided to invest in JD Logistics, JD Liu invited Zhou Jing to dinner and discussed the launch of Ideal 2 in JD stores in November. Ideal Technology's mobile phones, Bluetooth speakers, smart speakers, smart lamps, etc. are all the most popular electronic products at present. In the first two quarters of this year, nearly 15% of JD Digital Channel's revenue came from Ideal Technology products. Zhou Jing was regarded as a guest of honor by JD Liu.

"I've earned over 10 billion again. I don't know how much there is if I pile up 10 billion in cash."

Gu Jia looked at the August financial reports of several companies and said with a smile.

"They are all brand new 119 yuan bills. billion is about cubic meters, which can fill up this office."

Zhou Jing was also curious and measured it with a ruler. A bundle of 155 new 77-yuan bills was about 10 mm long, 119 mm wide, mm thick, and had a volume of about cubic centimeters.

"That's not much. I'm still wondering if a 150-square-meter house can hold it."

The 119 cubic meters were not as spectacular as Gu Jia had imagined.

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "119 cubic meters are tightly packed together, just like a bundle of new banknotes worth yuan. If you spend yuan every day, it will take years to spend billion yuan, not considering the interest."

"I don't know how to spend 10,000 a day."

Gu Jia made a rough calculation and found that, not counting the money for buying a car, the family spent less than two million in the first eight months of this year. Compared with the money they earned, the family's expenses were negligible.

"From an economic point of view, we have to spend money properly or give employees a raise."

Zhou Jing prepared appropriate salary increases and social security allowances for ordinary employees of Ideal Technology, including offline store clerks.

Gu Jia thought about what she needed to buy. She had everything she needed, but spending money was a tiring task.

Zhou Jing's cell phone rang. It was Qin Zhengyu calling. Xingguang Youke and Wang Sicong had almost finished discussing the matter of jointly creating a live broadcast platform and were preparing to sign an agreement. Qin Zhengyu reported and sought Zhou Jing's opinion.

The two parties discussed the establishment of a live broadcast platform with Jinlin Capital holding 65% of the shares and Pusi holding 35% with Wang Sicong as the CEO. The software development costs would be borne by Xingguang Youke, and Zhou Jing had no objection.

With the strength of Xingguang Youke, it can do it alone, but Zhou Jing does not want Xingguang Youke to directly participate in the live broadcast industry. Zhou Jing will not use his own traffic on the live broadcast platform. In this case, the influence of Wang Sicong, a rich second-generation internet celebrity, is needed.

"The agreement adds a clause that Wang Sicong will step down as CEO and exit management after the live broadcast company is established for three years, retaining only shareholder rights. The reason is that in order to develop the platform in the long term, it is not only about entertainment, but also about positive energy content."

Zhou Jing was not afraid that the company would be too closely tied to Wang Sicong, but he was worried about being backlashed by Wang's traffic. After all, Wang Sicong's reputation as a playboy was too loud and not positive enough.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou."

(End of this chapter)