Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 708 First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress
After staying in Tangdu for two days, Zhou Jing went to Suzhou Taiwei Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

On November 5th, Suzhou shiweishuji visited Taiwei Semiconductor. Zhou Jing, as the chairman, must attend. Moreover, Suzhou shiweishuji had some ulterior motives in inspecting Taiwei Semiconductor, which was to meet Zhou Jing, or to take the opportunity of inspecting Taiwei Semiconductor to discuss the possibility of cooperation between Ideal Technology and Suzhou.

After parting with Yang Wenwen and her daughter on the morning of the 4th, Zhou Jing drove back to the villa to pack his things.

"Where did you stay last night?"

Bai Xiyao asked as she arrived at Zhou Jing's villa in the Ideal Technology Chairman's private business car.

"here."

Zhou Jing threw the keys to the Range Rover to Bai Xiyao and said.

"So honest?"

Bai Xiyao took the key and put it in her pocket and said.

"Always very honest."

After packing his luggage and making sure that everything in the villa was closed, Zhou Jing pushed his suitcase out.

"I hope you can change your ways."

Bai Xiyao pulled the suitcase from Zhou Jing and said.

"Boss Bai, I'm here."

The driver of the business car outside the gate saw Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao coming out of the villa, and immediately got out of the car to help.

The driver is not a full-time driver, but a part-time employee from the Human Resources Department of Ideal Technology.

After sending Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao to the airport, the driver returned to Ideal Technology. This car was Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao's exclusive business car at Ideal Technology. Some security measures had been taken on the car, such as anti-eavesdropping and anti-surveillance. No one dared to ride in this car without Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao's permission, including the driver. Suzhou Taiwei Semiconductor had a similar business car.

"Are you ready to agree to Suzhou's investment?"

Bai Xiyao said after boarding the plane.

"It depends on what conditions they offer. We can consider it if it is less than 1 billion in the first phase."

Zhou Jing took off his mask and said.

"Mr. Zhou is also going to Shanghai?"

"Mr. Zhou, I am a loyal Ideal user. My mobile phone, speakers and desk lamps are all Ideal. I have not received the Bluetooth headset I ordered yet."

"I bought Ideal Bluetooth headphones last month and they haven't been shipped yet. Can Mr. Zhou help me to rush them?"

"Mr. Zhou, can we take a photo together?"

The person sitting next to him was surprised and excited to recognize Zhou Jing, and people in other seats in the business class looked over.

"Thank you for your support. The pre-sale orders for Bluetooth headsets have far exceeded expectations. The company is working overtime to produce and ship the products. We guarantee that all pre-sale orders can be shipped before the 10th."

"I am so lucky to be able to take a flight with Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Jing said apologetically.

Ideal Bluetooth headsets prepared one million pairs before they were launched on the market. The stock was sufficient, mainly because there were too many orders. During the pre-sale period, we received more than 800,000 orders, and now the number has exceeded one million. It is impossible to ship out so many in a short time.

When the boarding time was over, the flight attendant asked those who had taken photos with Zhou Jing in the business class to return to their seats.

After the plane took off, Zhou Jing took out his Bluetooth headset and put one on, then turned on his Ideal 2s phone which was set to flight mode to watch a movie that he had cached in advance.

"Is this the Ideal 2 and Bluetooth headset? Mr. Zhou, what if the headset runs out of battery when I need it?"

A passenger standing diagonally opposite looked at Zhou Jing and said.

"You can wear one and put the other in the box, or you can use both to keep them charged. In addition, we will continue to improve the battery life of the headphones."

Zhou Jing looked up at the other person and said.

"Excuse me, Mr. Zhou, is there anything I can help you with?"

The flight attendant was equally excited to see Zhou Jing, and was more gentle and polite when serving Zhou Jing, or secretly taking pictures.

"A glass of orange juice, please."

"You're welcome, Mr. Zhou, please wait a moment."

"The overbearing president is so handsome."

The stewardess suppressed her excitement and hugged her colleague's waist excitedly after leaving.

While Zhou Jing was watching two blockbuster movies, the plane landed safely at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao got out of the airport and got into the special car sent by Taiwei Semiconductor to pick them up. When they arrived in Suzhou, they went to the hotel first. Bai Xiyao asked the driver to take a taxi back and leave the car behind.

The weather in Suzhou in November was not cold. Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao changed their clothes in the hotel room, took off their windbreakers, put on thin coats and went out to eat. After dinner, it was almost time to get off work, so they did not go to Taiwei Semiconductor. Instead, they walked around Suzhou City and went back to the hotel to rest.

The next day, November 15th, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went to Taiwei Semiconductor in the morning. Liu Guangyuan, the general manager of Taiwei Semiconductor, arrived at the company early. Upon learning that Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao had entered the company, Liu Guangyuan went downstairs in the office building to greet them.

"Have Mr. Zhou and Mr. Bai had breakfast?"

Liu Guangyuan walked towards Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao and spoke attentively.

Zhou Jing said, "I've eaten. How is the preparation for the shiweishuji inspection going?"

"Everything is ready, please come in, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Bai."

Liu Guangyuan opened the door of the office building and stepped aside and said.

"Send the process instructions to my office later and notify the managers of each department to hold a meeting at 10:30."

Zhou Jing didn't hesitate and went to the office with Bai's best friend.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou."

Liu Guangyuan watched Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao go upstairs and then turned to go to his office.

"Good morning, Mr. Zhou Zhou."

"morning."

When the employees in the corridor ran into Zhou Jing, they almost thought they were seeing things. Taiwei Semiconductor had been acquired by Ideal Technology for more than a year, and the company's employees only saw Zhou Jing a few times a year. Some employees had not even met Zhou Jing, the new boss.

Liu Guangyuan did not delay and quickly sent the important work materials of Taiwei Semiconductor and the process instructions for Shiweishuji to come to the company to Zhou Jing's office. Zhou Jing asked Liu Guangyuan to go and get busy while he and Bai Guimi checked the materials.

“The current logistics is still too slow.”

Ideal Technology has a lot of orders every day, and Bai Xiyao is very anxious because she can’t ship the goods.

"How much investment will it take to continue expanding the store coverage area and develop to all counties in the next step?"

The development of the logistics industry cannot be perfected in two or three years, and Zhou Jing does not count on express delivery companies.

Ideal Technology's physical stores have covered all cities and key counties across the country. After completing the physical store coverage in all counties, Ideal Technology will form its own logistics system. At that time, remote counties will be equivalent to Ideal's exclusive express delivery points. Users in remote areas can directly purchase in the physical stores in their respective counties. Online purchases will be shipped from the nearest physical store, and users in remote villages and counties can pick them up. "There are more than 1,800, but the investment in counties is small and the salary level is low. It won't cost 200 million to get them all."

Last year, Bai Xiyao learned how many cities and counties there were in the country and was ready for the next plan at any time.

"Then do it!"

One or two hundred million is just a drop in the bucket for Zhou Jing.

"A monthly salary of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan including social security is enough for a county store. If there are four employees, the annual salary expenditure is more than 300 million yuan. The biggest problem is that the quality of employees in remote county stores is difficult to train."

Bai Xiyao roughly calculated on her phone and said.

“Organize training in stores in prefecture-level cities.”

Zhou Jing thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, I forgot about that." Bai Xiyao nodded and said, "With four clerks, more than 7,000 new jobs can be created nationwide. With the workload of an ordinary county, two or three clerks are enough, but they can't be adjusted during off-duty hours."

"Just press four!"

Zhou Jing can afford a monthly salary of more than 3,000 to 4,700 yuan. He does not seek to make money by opening a store in the county. It is enough to avoid losses or to lose less. In fact, even if he loses, the loss will not be much. Spending hundreds of millions of yuan every year to provide more than 7,000 jobs can achieve the effect of spending little money to achieve big things, and can make Ideal Technology truly take root in the eyes of places large and small across the country. Ideal Technology does not plan to specialize in smart home appliances. If it does, it will be very convenient to have a store system covering cities and counties across the country.

"Next year may be our biggest challenge in the history of making smartphones. From the leaked photos of the iPhone 4.7, it looks very thin, with a -inch screen and a very good appearance."

After seeing the leaked photos of iPhone 6, Bai Xiyao is a little worried whether Ideal Mobile can achieve its goals next year.

"It has no impact. Users with a budget below 3,000 yuan will not buy Apple products, but those with a budget above 4,000 yuan will consider our products."

Zhou Jing is not worried about what will happen if iPhone is changed to a larger screen, as they are not the same user group at all.

Bai Xiyao said, "That's right. Zhirui Communication has established the direction of baseband research and development. Without Taiwei Semiconductor and Chuangzhi Technology, the research and development budget for next year will be about 36 billion."

“Adjust the net profit target downward.”

Zhou Jing said that with the addition of Taiwei Semiconductor and Chuangzhi Technology, the R&D budget for next year will reach 60 billion.

"Based on this year's performance, even if we lower our net profit target by 20% next year, we can still reach more than 80 billion."

Ideal Technology's net profit for the whole year this year is expected to reach 110 billion yuan. Based on this as a benchmark for next year, it can be reduced by 20%, or by about 20 billion yuan. As long as Ideal Technology's performance can be maintained, there will be no pressure to spend 60 billion yuan a year on research and development.

After Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao finished checking the documents, it was almost time for the meeting, so they took a break and went to the office.

All the executives of Taiwei Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. gathered in the conference room in advance. When they learned that Chairman Zhou Jing was coming to the meeting, they felt a little nervous. Although it has been almost a year since Zhou Jing reorganized the company in December last year, the scene of Zhou Jing's turning his face in public is still vivid in their minds. That was an attitude that showed that they might be fired at any time.

Zhou Jing did think about laying off all the executives of Taiwei Semiconductor at first, but he calmed down and gave them a chance to perform again. He retained them because they had run the company well in the past two years.

At the meeting, Zhou Jing mainly talked about the next development plan of Taiwei Semiconductor. This year, Ideal Technology acquired a semiconductor equipment company. Zhou Jing plans to make technical adjustments to the two companies and verify the technology mastered by Taiwei Semiconductor's R&D department in the semiconductor equipment company. After the verification, Taiwei Semiconductor's equipment will be replaced.

Technology not only requires research, but also practical testing. Technology that cannot be verified through practical testing is meaningless. In the semiconductor field, Zhou Jing does not have extensive channels and can only create a closed-loop space by himself.

Taiwei Semiconductor's large-scale technological adjustments will inevitably affect the company's original equipment suppliers and damage the hidden interests of those who control the original supplier channels. However, no one dares to disobey the decision made by Zhou Jing. The management of Taiwei Semiconductor must either cooperate with Zhou Jing's other semiconductor equipment company or pack up and leave.

"Such adjustments have certain risks. Technological changes may affect normal production and damage the supply chain you have accumulated over the years. However, we cannot let the short-term benefits of Taiwei Semiconductor and the interests of any individual affect long-term development."

"I only give Taiwei Semiconductor ten years. One year has passed, and there are nine years left. If it fails to meet my expectations by then, it can be disbanded. I have great confidence in Taiwei Semiconductor, and I hope you do too."

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Zhou Jing spoke lightly, but he had an aura of authority without even getting angry, and in his twenties he displayed the stability of a domineering president.

After the meeting with the executives, Zhou Jing went to the R&D building and asked the director of the R&D department to organize a technical team to provide technical guidance to the semiconductor equipment company. The R&D department was very happy about this because technology requires a carrier. Without a carrier, the work of the R&D department would be just talk.

During the lunch break, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went to the company cafeteria to eat.

"These executives are completely obedient to you."

Bai Xiyao recalled that when Zhou Jing was speaking at the meeting, the group of executives admired him as if they were students listening attentively.

"Management without human relations is very simple. If someone is capable, do the job. If not, replace him."

Zhou Jing has no feelings for the management of Taiwei Semiconductor. He will fire anyone who doesn't do his job.

Bai Xiyao smiled and said, "Will they fire me too someday?"

"You are my right-hand man. I can live without my wife, but I can't live without you."

In Zhou Jing's career, Bai's best friend is more important than Gu Jia.

Suzhou shiweishuji arrived at Taiwei Semiconductor at 2:30 pm, and Zhou Jing led the company's senior executives to receive him.

Taiwei Semiconductor is a long-established semiconductor company in Suzhou. It was very successful in China in the 1980s and 1990s. It faced bankruptcy two years ago, but was revived after being acquired by Ideal Technology. Suzhou shiweishuji praised Zhou Jing and thanked him for saving Taiwei Semiconductor and preventing more than a thousand employees from being laid off.

"Secretary Sun, thank you for your praise. Suzhou is a place I have longed to visit since I was a child. Having the opportunity to develop here has fulfilled my dream."

Zhou Jing has heard too many empty words, so he doesn't take them seriously.

"On behalf of Suzhou, I sincerely welcome Mr. Zhou. If you need anything, please feel free to ask."

Sun was very happy with Zhou Jing's answer.

"Then I would like to thank Secretary Sun first."

Zhou Jing pretended not to hear what Sun meant. He had learned about it before coming to Suzhou. Suzhou has been attracting investment recently, and the main targets of investment are low-pollution modern enterprises. In recent years, every place wants to attract emerging artificial intelligence technology companies. Ideal Technology is one of the best artificial intelligence companies in the country, and places that hope Zhou Jing to invest are lining up. If Sun doesn't take the initiative to make it clear, Zhou Jing will not take the initiative either.

After visiting Taiwei Semiconductor, Sun finally couldn't hold back and told Zhou Jing about the investment promotion. Zhou Jing followed up the topic and said that Ideal Technology was planning to invest in an artificial intelligence development company. When Sun heard that there was hope, he formally invited Zhou Jing. Zhou Jing didn't beat around the bush and agreed verbally first, and then see what specific conveniences he could get later.

After the inspection, Zhou Jing could not catch the appropriate flight back to BJ and planned to stay another night in Suzhou.

“Want to invest here?”

Bai Xiyao said after returning to the hotel.

"This place is quite attractive to people, but the cost is not as high as the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock markets, so it is more suitable for small-scale investment."

Ideal Technology will also develop big data and big models in the future, and cities like Suzhou and Hangzhou are the first places Zhou Jing considers.

"Indeed." Bai Xiyao clicked on a piece of news on her phone and said, "Do you remember this investment institution? It wanted to invest $360 million in Ideal Technology last May but you rejected it. This institution recently invested in ."

"They'll go wherever there's the sound of money."

Of course Zhou Jing remembered that it was Zhou Shouzi who came forward to negotiate the investment with this investment institution last year. After Zhou Jing refused the investment, they planned to poach Zhou Shouzi to be the president of international affairs at Ideal Technology. However, the other party was still eyeing the shares of Ideal Technology, so Zhou Jing had no choice but to give up. Ideal Technology not raising funds was Zhou Jing's bottom line.

"Ideal won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award."

Bai Xiyao said after receiving a message from Fang Ming, executive chairman of Ideal Technology.

Zhou Jing was not surprised at all. Ideal Technology won the Tangdu Science and Technology Progress Special Award last year, and it was expected that it would achieve another success and win the National Science and Technology Progress First Prize this year.

(End of this chapter)