Reborn: Billionaire in College

However, what Huang Ru did not expect was that although she was still planning to wait for Chen Pingjiang to visit her three times, she was called over by her tutor after work the next day.

Huang Ru’s mentor is Wang Yangyuan, who was the dean of the Peking University Microelectronics Research Institute in his early years. He is also an academician and a leading figure in the domestic chip industry.

I am already over eighty this year and am basically in retirement.

In a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard on the North Third Ring Road in Beijing, Huang Ru was sitting on a stone bench in a daze.

Opposite her, Wang Yangyuan was watering the flowers with a kettle.

From Huang Ru's perspective, she could clearly see the hunched back of her mentor.

How long?
More than ten years, right?
Since that incident, Wang Yangyuan's academic prestige suffered a severe blow. Although he made many contributions to the country later, he could not make up for the loss.

"You're still hiding such a big thing from me?" Wang Yangyuan threw down the kettle, wiped the water stains on his hands, turned around and sat down slowly.

Only in front of her mentor would Huang Ru show her girlish attitude. She smiled shyly and said, "How did you know?"

Wang Yangyuan: "I went to Huaxin in Shanghai a few days ago to help solve a technical problem. Later, I chatted with Lao Meng and Lao Liang. Huaxin has developed very fast in recent years. It has already fully mass-produced 28 nanometers and caught up with SMIC's progress. Industry-university-research, industry-university-research, it turns out that neither environment can be achieved without it."

At this point, his drooping eyelids sparkled, "Tell me, what do you think?"

Huang Ru thought for a moment and sighed, "I just can't bear to leave Beijing. I've lived here for decades and I'm used to it. My classmates, colleagues, teachers, and family are all here. Dongjiang is my hometown that I can never go back to. Moreover, it's a pity to leave the academic environment and system that I've worked so hard for for decades."

Wang Yangyuan sneered at the words, "You have the mentality of a little girl. You are good in every way except that you are very conservative at critical moments. Back then, maybe you could have learned more by going abroad, but you insisted on staying in Peking University."

"Teacher, you can't say that. I just can't bear to leave you, right?"

"Haha, the sky is free for birds to fly, the sea is wide for fish to leap. I hope you can fly higher." Wang Yangyuan paused and said, "Since you can't make up your mind about this matter, I will use my seniority to help you make a decision. I will give you a week. You can report directly to Dongjiang in a week, right?"

"Ah!?" Huang Ru was stunned. She had never expected that the teacher would chase her away.

Seeing his beloved disciple's astonishment, Wang Yangyuan's mouth twitched, and it was obvious that he was experiencing a fierce struggle in his heart. After a long time, he sighed and said, "The Hanxin incident is a pain in my heart for a lifetime. I didn't expect that I would be so blind at such an old age. It caused huge losses to the country and the government. I really can't shirk my responsibility. I am old and can no longer fight, but I hope you can stand up, take over the mantle, and "atone" for me to some extent."

"We need to train a large number of talents for the country and enterprises, and try to improve the chip industry. You have basically reached the end of your career at Peking University. If you want to develop further, you will have to jump out of academia and work in a ministry or somewhere else. In this case, why not give it a try, paint on a blueprint, and see how good a painting you can make."

The Hanxin No. 1 fraud incident caused a lot of uproar in China at that time. I don’t know how many people were hurt and how many people were cursed by it.

The cause was that the team of Chen Jin, Dean of the School of Microelectronics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, released the "Hanxin No. 1", claiming that this was China's first high-end DSP chip with independent intellectual property rights and that its technology was close to the international advanced level.

However, in January 2006, there were reports that the "Hanxin No. 1" was actually a 56800 chip purchased from Motorola, which was polished and removed to be counterfeit as the "Hanxin".

The investigation showed that Chen Jin defrauded national scientific research funds by tampering with chip logos and fabricating technical documents. The amount involved was as high as 11 billion yuan, but he was not held accountable for this.

The incident directly led to the fraud of 11 billion yuan in national R&D funds, and the exposure of fraud triggered widespread doubts about domestic chip technology, which indirectly led to a reduction in industry investment. The development of China's chip industry stagnated for about 7 years. It was not until after 2010 that domestic chips gradually resumed development.

It can be said that the Hanxin fraud incident dealt a heavy blow to the Chinese chip industry, otherwise the domestic chip industry would definitely not be in the current situation.

In this, the role played by Wang Yangyuan was extremely disgraceful.

He was an authoritative expert in the expert group that reviewed "Hanxin No. 1", but he failed to discover obvious fraud, exposing the formalization of academic review and the lack of expert responsibility, which directly led to a huge academic trust crisis.

What made Wang Yangyuan even more ashamed was that after the incident, in order to protect his academic reputation and position in the industry, he did not stand in front of the public to admit his mistakes, but remained silent for a long time with other members of the expert group, claiming that Chen Jin's team should bear the main responsibility as the counterfeiter. Hearing the self-blame in the teacher's tone, Huang Ru hurriedly comforted him: "Teacher, that incident can't be blamed entirely on you. Because even if the source of the chip is suspected, if there is no Motorola original data or chip samples as a reference, it is difficult to directly prove the counterfeiting with the technical means at the time. Chen Jin further increased the difficulty of tracing by purchasing overseas chips and tampering with the logo. Moreover, I remember that you clearly suspected it at the time, but you did not conduct an in-depth investigation due to some pressure and influence, because they were willing to believe that Hanxin was real."

Wang Yangyuan shook his head. “You don’t need to comfort me. I don’t have the courage to admit my mistakes in public, but I know in my heart that I have a responsibility that I cannot shirk. If a thorough physical test had been carried out at the time, the problem might have been discovered. At that time, I relied too much on technical documents and demonstrations, and did not conduct a thorough inspection of the chip itself.”

This is where Wang Yangyuan’s inner struggle lies, and it is also the main reason why he did not stand up and admit his mistake.

There were many academicians involved at that time, at least seven or eight.

I always feel that if there is a problem, even if I can't see it, other academicians will be able to see it, right?

Turns out everyone thought so!
Over-trust in other expert group members and Chen Jin's first-class counterfeiting skills led to the biggest failure in China's chip history.

How did Wang Yangyuan apologize afterwards?

If he admitted his mistake in public, wouldn't he be selling out the other academicians? While denying himself, he also offended the other academicians.

At this point, Wang Yangyuan paused, his tone full of persistence and stubbornness, "So, you must go to Hua Xia University! The Hanxin incident caused the domestic chip industry to stagnate during the Chinese New Year. My students and I have the responsibility and obligation to make up for the lost time, and Hua Xia University is the best way to do it."

Now that things have come to this, Huang Ru has to go even if she doesn't want to.

Not only do Chen Pingjiang have better resources and conditions, it also allows her to unleash her energy, and it also helps make up for the guilt in her teacher's heart.

"Okay, teacher, I will submit my resignation report tomorrow, and I will go there after handing over my work."

Huang Ru took a deep breath and said.

This decision is indeed not easy to make.

Wang Yangyuan smiled and said, "You won't regret the decision you made today in the future!"

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On the other hand, Chen Pingjiang unexpectedly received a call from Lao Liao from the Provincial Department of Education.

On the phone, Lao Liao brought good news.

This surprised Chen Pingjiang a little.

How did Huang Ru figure it out?
Self-strategy is too fast!

In fact, Chen Pingjiang could understand Huang Ru very well and did not think that she was aloof or disrespectful.

After all, not everyone has enough courage to leave their familiar environment and the job they have worked for many years, and choose a future where challenges and opportunities coexist.

Life is made up of countless choices.

Different choices lead to different results and different lives. (End of this chapter)