Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 723 Good Men and Bad Men

Soon it was late December. After the winter solstice, Zhou Jing went to Tangdu, and Gu Jia took the children with him.

There was snowing on the way from BJ to Tangdu, so Zhou Jing did not drive. The family of three took a plane. The child was still young, so Zhou Jing and Gu Jia took good care of him on the plane. Zhou Jing held the child in his arms when the plane took off.

"Keep your head on Daddy's shoulder."

Gu Jia rubbed the child's head and let the child's head rest on Zhou Jing.

"We'll be taking to the skies with the planes soon."

Zhou Jing, who was wearing a mask, kissed the child on the forehead and said.

Feeling the turbulence of the plane taking off, the child snuggled tightly in Zhou Jing's arms, looking around with his watery eyes.

"Let's take Zhou Zhou on a plane for the second time. Is Zhou Zhou afraid?"

Gu Jia said while holding the child's hand.

"Dad will protect me~"

No matter whether she was afraid of something, the little girl would always say this.

"Dad is not Superman. Dad has to protect Mom, so he can't protect you."

Gu Jia held the child's hand to her mouth and kissed it and said.

"Dad protects me! Mom protects me too~"

The little girl scratched Gu Jia's mouth with her finger and said.

"why?"

Gu Jia said softly.

"Because I am mom and dad's little cutie~"

The little girl said in a baby voice.

Gu Jia said: "You are a little naughty, not cute at all."

The little girl hummed unhappily, hugged Zhou Jing and said, "I'm daddy's little cutie~"

"Is mommy cute?"

Zhou Jing bit the child's ear and whispered.

The little girl also whispered in Zhou Jing's ear: "Mom is not cute~"

"Mom is your dad's big cutie."

Gu Jia leaned on Zhou Jing's shoulder and said.

The child unwillingly pushed Gu Jia away from Zhou Jing, as if he wanted to monopolize Zhou Jing.

After the plane was flying steadily, the flight attendant came over with a cart. Gu Jia ordered two glasses of juice, put on one Bluetooth headset for herself and gave the other to Zhou Jing, and turned on her phone to watch the cached movie.

"Which one?"

Gu Jia opened the cache list and said.

"Any one is fine, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 or 1 is fine too."

Zhou Jing didn't have anything in particular he wanted to watch, but when he saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3, the scene of the final battle with people shouting "fire" came to his mind.

"Then watch 1, and watch 3 when we get back to BJ."

Gu Jia opens Pirates of the Caribbean 1.
Zhou Jing carried the child all the way. The plane arrived in Xianshi before the movie was over. The whole flight took less than two hours. After getting off the plane, Gu Jia held the child while Zhou Jing carried the luggage.

"Brother, sister-in-law."

Zhou Jing did not ask Bai Xiyao to pick him up at the airport, but asked his cousin Wu Hao to do it. When Wu Hao saw Zhou Jing and Gu Jia, he immediately stepped forward to help with the things.

"Are you busy during this period?"

Zhou Jing gave the luggage to his cousin and took the child from Gu Jia's arms.

"It's not too busy. All outdoor projects have stopped. Now I'm mainly collecting bills."

Wu Hao pushed the suitcase and led the way.

Zhou Jing asked, "Did you collect the money smoothly?"

“Some companies drag their feet, and that’s basically fine.”

Wu Hao is now one of the main persons in charge of Bowei Network Technology Co., Ltd. He is not only responsible for procurement, but also for project construction funds. If the other party refuses to pay, legal proceedings will be taken.

After sending Zhou Jing and Gu Jia to the villa, Wu Hao rested for a while and went to the company, while Zhou Jing drove to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house.

"Tell Grandma we'll be there soon."

When they were almost at her mother's house, Gu Jia called her mother to talk to the child.

"Grandma~"

The little girl shouted into the phone.

"Hey, is Zhou Zhou almost here?"

Having been separated from her child for more than a month, Mother Gu missed her child very much and her voice was full of love and joy.

"It's almost here."

"It's almost time~ Grandma, where are you~"

The little girl spoke in a baby voice and tried hard to organize her words.

"Grandma is at home, Zhou Zhou, are you hungry?"

"I'm hungry~ Grandma, please let me eat~"

"No, grandma made you something delicious."

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When the car arrived at the gate of the community, Zhou Jing handed a box of Huazi to the security guard and asked him to open the door. The guard took the cigarettes and raised the pole happily.

Gu's mother came downstairs to greet them, recognized Gu Jia's car, and walked towards it with a smile on her face.

"Do you miss grandma?"

Gu Jia opened the car door and said to the child.

"Grandma~"

Seeing Mother Gu, the child cheered happily.

"Granny, give me a hug. The baby has grown up again. I can't hold him anymore. Are you cold?"

Mother Gu took the child out of the car and said affectionately.

"It's not cold~"

The little girl shook her head, and the long rabbit ears on her hat swung.

Zhou Jing found a place to park on the side of the road, parked the car, got out and took the things he had brought for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Daddy hug~"

The little girl was a little hungry and didn't want to walk, so she pulled Zhou Jing's finger and acted coquettishly.

"Your father has carried you all the way. Ask if he is tired?"

Gu Jia looked at the child and said.

"Dad, are you tired?"

"Daddy has to carry Zhou Zhou even though he's tired. Is Zhou Zhou too hungry to walk?"

Zhou Jing picked up the child and said.

"Hmm~"

The little girl lay on Zhou Jing's shoulder, looking very satisfied.

Gu Jia gently pinched the child's face and went upstairs with the things. Her father-in-law knew that Zhou Jing and Gu Jia had returned, so he rushed back from work. When he saw his granddaughter, he couldn't stop smiling.

"Call me grandpa."

When they got into the house, Zhou Jing was not in a hurry to take off the child's clothes and hat. The child was wrapped tightly and sweated, so he stayed in the house to warm up for a while before taking off his clothes.

"Grandpa, is it time for dinner?"

The little girl's ability to organize language is limited. She asks everyone she meets if they have eaten. She also asks cats, dogs and other animals when she sees them.

"No, Grandpa is waiting for you to eat together. Is your stomach growling?"

Dad Gu touched the child's belly and said.

"Coo, coo, what's the food?" The little girl tilted her head and said thoughtfully.

"Eat rice, meat, porridge. Do you like meat?"

"Like it~"

After a short break, Gu Jia took off the child's down jacket and hat and took him to the bathroom to wash his face and hands. After washing, they had dinner. It was not often that she brought her children back to Tangdu. It was very lively when Zhou Jing's family of three came back. The child was speaking more and more fluently. With this chatterbox child, there was no need to worry about the atmosphere being lonely.

"My mom's dad is called grandpa, and my mom's mom is called grandma~"

The child couldn't stop eating and sat on Zhou Jing's lap, eating and singing at the same time.

"Silly and happy, aren't you silly and happy?"

Gu Jia pinched the child's chin and said.

"Children of this age are very active, just like you were when you were a child."

Dad Gu said with a smile.

"Your carefree age is really enviable." Gu Jia picked up a small piece of rice and fed it to the child, saying, "I don't feel sorry for your father at all. Your father has been holding you since around eight in the morning until now."

Looking at his innocent daughter, Zhou Jing felt that no matter how hard it was, it was worth it. Daughters are meant to be pampered.

After dinner, Gu Jia went to wash the dishes while Zhou Jing coaxed the child. After Gu Jia washed the dishes, Zhou Jing went to the Ideal Technology office building. In front of the child, Zhou Jing could not get away, so Gu Jia carried the child to the bedroom before Zhou Jing could go out smoothly.

"Are you going to Suzhou with Gu Jia and the children?"

Bai Xiyao first went to the Ideal Technology office building to wait for Zhou Jing. After Zhou Jing arrived, the two of them went into the company together.

"No, I'll go back to Tangdu after finishing my business in Suzhou."

Since there was no time to travel in Suzhou this month, Zhou Jing didn't let Gu Jia and her daughter go around.

"Boss Zhou, Boss Bai."

People entering and leaving the office building give way and say hello.

Zhou Jing nodded and said to her bestie: "Ruihua Semiconductor Equipment Company will reorganize as soon as possible after the acquisition. How is the import channel of this company?"

Bai Xiyao said: "The channel is fine. The main problem is the price increase of foreign equipment, and Ruihua's own financial crisis has made it difficult to operate. If we acquire it, we can quickly resume basic operations by tying it to Taiwei Semiconductor."

"That's fine."

Zhou Jing does not expect to make money after acquiring Ruihua Semiconductor. It is enough to avoid further losses. The purpose of acquiring Ruihua is to facilitate the verification of the technology developed by Taiwei Semiconductor's R&D department, so that mass production can be achieved as soon as possible after mastering the key technologies of lithography machines.

"How are your thoughts on acquiring DOOV Mobile Phones?"

Bai Xiyao said when they arrived at the office.

"We will not acquire the company. We will set up a pure mobile phone project team in our company, which will operate independently from management to R&D."

After much deliberation, Zhou Jing decided to give up acquiring other mobile phone manufacturers to build Ideal's sub-brand. On the one hand, he was preparing to save money. The acquisition of Ruihua Semiconductor and Suzhou artificial intelligence projects had exceeded the investment quota for 14. On the other hand, acquiring other mobile phone manufacturers to build sub-brands was too risky. Building a sub-brand directly under Ideal Technology would be easier to be recognized.

"OK, apart from the ones that have already been confirmed, we will not invest in new projects next year, right?"

Bai Xiyao nodded and said.

"I won't consider it for now."

Zhou Jing's career layout has formed a large closed loop, and the most important thing next is to master core technologies.

"If we can sell 70 million smartphones next year, the total R&D cost and profit budget will be RMB 430 per smartphone."

Bai Xiyao reported Ideal Technology's 2014 budget to Zhou Jing.

The company's R&D budget for next year is initially set at 50 billion yuan. With a significant increase in the R&D budget, the R&D cost allocated to products will naturally increase, with the highest cost allocated to smartphones. Although the R&D costs allocated to Bluetooth headsets, smart speakers, and traditional mobile phones are much lower than those for smartphones, with the average R&D cost for Bluetooth headsets being less than one hundred yuan, the volume is large.

The sales target of Ideal Bluetooth headsets next year is 50 million pairs, including overseas markets. In fact, with the selling price of Bluetooth headsets, more R&D costs can be spread out.

Zhou Jing opened the R&D budget and looked at it carefully. The Taiwei semiconductor lithography machine project, which accounted for the majority, was 15 billion yuan. With domestic work efficiency and cost, 15 billion yuan could be equivalent to more than 25 billion yuan abroad.

Ideal Technology's direct and indirect R&D teams have been fully formed, with a strong talent pool. R&D goals are focused on artificial intelligence and software, lithography machines, and chip design. An annual R&D investment of 50 billion yuan can produce tangible technological results, and R&D investment will increase in the future as demand increases.

"So be it!"

Zhou Jing waved his hand and signed the R&D budget.

"This year's total revenue is expected to be around 290 billion yuan, and next year's revenue budget is around 280 billion yuan. Next year's overall net profit margin is expected to be around 28%, and the net profit is expected to be around 80 billion yuan. Traditional mobile phones really support half of the company's business."

Bai Xiyao lamented that Ideal Bluetooth mobile phone laid the foundation for Ideal Technology. Although the domestic price of Ideal Bluetooth mobile phone is only four or five hundred yuan and the export price is more than five hundred yuan, the profit margin is ridiculously high. Based on the cost of Ideal traditional mobile phones in the second half of this year, the profit margin is as high as 60 to 70 percent.

“Quantitative change will lead to qualitative change. When the sales volume of smartphones reaches more than 200 million units, it will be truly powerful.”

Zhou Jing never underestimates low-profit businesses. In fact, small profits but quick turnover is more stable.

"If we can achieve 200 million smartphone sales, our other products will also be among the best in the industry, and our net profit can reach more than 200 billion. When do you plan to achieve this goal?"

Bai Xiyao couldn't imagine that Ideal smartphones could sell more than 200 million units a year.

Zhou Jing said: "Four years from now, the target is 16 million units next year, 17 million units the year after, million in , and million in . I am going to step down as the general manager of Chuangzhi Technology and will be in charge of Ideal next year."

"That puts my mind at ease. So, we should strengthen our overseas marketing starting next year, right?"

Bai Xiyao feels much more at ease with Zhou Jing around.

"Well, how's Qualcomm doing?"

Zhou Jing said that Ideal Technology has laid the groundwork both at home and abroad, and will make full efforts to boost sales both at home and abroad starting next year. Starting next year, the smartphone industry will enter a more intense final round.

"We are very happy now. They hope that we can sell more mobile phones. The latest test shows that the Tianji chip is more than 09% more powerful than the same generation Snapdragon, reaching the level of Snapdragon in 17. It can catch up with Snapdragon in at the earliest."

In order to endure humiliation, Bai Xiyao has asked Ideal Technology to please Qualcomm in the past two years. As long as the development of the Tianji chip goes smoothly, it will be worth it to endure the humiliation now.

Zhou Jing said: "Come on, this way we can increase the R&D budget of Taiwei Semiconductor."

"We need to expand the team, recruit more people with high salaries, and increase investment in related upstream and downstream semiconductor companies."

The budget that Bai Xiyao approved for Taiwei Semiconductor is already generous, and under normal circumstances the current team cannot use it all. This year, Ideal Technology invested in several semiconductor industry chain companies in the name of Taiwei Semiconductor.

"can."

Zhou Jing hopes that the Tianji chip and Taiwei lithography machine will be released at the same time to give the world a little shock.

Zhou Jing stayed in the company until around five in the afternoon and then went to his parents-in-law's house. He returned just in time for dinner. After he left the house, the children became more dependent on him. As soon as Zhou Jing returned, the children who played well with Gu's father immediately stuck to him. It seemed like they had been apart for only half a day. Zhou Jing remembered that he was the same when he was a child. His father would be away for most of the day at work, and Zhou Jing would stick to him as soon as he came home.

"Zhou Zhou asked your father to drink water."

Gu Jia made a cup of tea and put it on the table and said.

"Dad, drink some water~"

The little girl patted Zhou Jing's leg as he was washing his hands in the bathroom and said.

"Okay, Zhou Zhou, have you washed your hands?"

Zhou Jing said while looking at the follower behind him.

"Washed~"

"Wash yourself up and have dinner."

Zhou Jing washed his hands and washed them for the child. After washing, without waiting for Zhou Jing to wipe their hands, the little girl raised her watery hands and splashed water on Zhou Jing's face.

"Are you happy to be naughty?"

Zhou Jing kissed the child's head and said.

"Ho~"

The little girl sticks out her tongue cutely.

"Daddy's little cutie."

Zhou Jing picked up the child and went to eat.

"Want to have a drink with my dad?"

Gu Jia opened what she brought today and said with a smile.

"Drink some. The last time I drank white wine was during the National Day."

With Gu Jia driving, Zhou Jing of course had to accompany his father-in-law for a drink.

"Xiao Zhou has maintained his habits very well."

Mother Gu said cheerfully.

"He need not be worried about that."

Gu Jia said with a smile.

Listening to the praises from Gu Jia and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Zhou Jing pretended to tease the child and avoided their sight. Zhou Jing did not think that he was a bad man, but he did not have the face to claim to be a good man.

It was obvious that Zhou Jing was too embarrassed to face it, so Gu Jia pinched Zhou Jing on the waist.

(End of this chapter)