Our Rise Era

Chapter 196 Break the shackles and break through the blockade!

Chapter 196 Break the shackles and break through the blockade!
Late at night.

The lights of Los Angeles are bright.

Thomson lit a cigarette and looked silently at Jester who was sitting in the president's seat.

Ten years ago.

They left Apple with a common goal, working hard to create a great Internet company.

They have experienced failure...

I don’t know how many times I was abandoned by investors, and how many times I was coldly treated…

I finally built a system, but in the end I didn’t sell it for much money…

They mortgaged their properties and everything they had, firmly believing that they could create a myth like Microsoft.

However, no one could have imagined that at that moment they would see the dawn of success.

Jester, the once high-spirited entrepreneur, chose to retreat at this moment.

“We are already over thirty years old…”

"$6 million..."

“How many late nights do we need to stay up, how many lines of code do we need to write, how many phones do we need to sell before we can make $6 million?”

"..."

Jester was a tall man with a messy beard, and his eyes had long lost their former ambition. At this moment, he sat in the chair in a somewhat decadent manner, as if he had lost his spirit, muttering to himself.

"But, that's not what you said at the beginning... At the beginning, you said, we want to be the next Microsoft! We want to sit at the poker table, we want to sit at the dining table!"

When Jester heard this, he didn't dare look at Thomson, but looked out the window: "Don't you know? The table is already full, and we can't go up anymore."

"Google, Apple, Microsoft..."

"Do you know how much resources and data they have?"

"This is not our era. If we were ten years earlier, we might still be able to compete, but now..."

“We don’t have the resources!”

Jester silently took out a data survey form.

"I have investigated in our think tank and also talked to our analysis team. If we don't sell the [Web OS] system, then our only outcome will be death!"

"Zhang Yang's [Xiaomi 2] is selling very well, but from a component to the system motherboard, is there anything that he controls?"

"If Qualcomm is a member of the Android Developers Alliance, and Samsung is also a member of the alliance, and if one day Qualcomm suddenly announces that it will suspend the supply of its chip system, then tell us, even if its reputation is good, what will it sell? In addition to chips, circuit boards, cameras, and even a speaker are all part of the system..."

"There is a Chinese saying that goes, 'A good cook cannot cook without rice!'"

"Besides, do you know who is behind Zhang Yang? His girlfriend is Sophie, one of the founders of the Android system, the daughter of Qiao Taike, who controls nearly 4% of Android's shares..."

"Everything is like a web that has been woven long ago, firmly controlling everyone... and we are just insects flying next to the web, and we can be caught at any time!"

"..."

The most desperate thing in this world is not that you are always in darkness.

Instead, after you have experienced the light and seen a ray of dawn, you suddenly fall deeply into the cage of darkness.

After hearing these words and seeing Jester becoming more and more excited, Thomson finally chose to lower his head.

"Now, we are still valuable, we can sell it, we can join one of the [Android] development teams and become a part of them... If we refuse, when all supply chains are disconnected, we will be completely finished!"

"140 million mobile phones, you don't have any, how can you sell them?"

The cruel reality made Thomson lower his head more and more.

At one point, the pressure was so severe that he couldn't breathe.

He put out his cigarette and sighed.

But then, he clenched his fists and stared at Jost.

"I don't want to sell it. I own 30% of the shares. I don't want to sell it!"

"you……"

"We have come so far, we have touched the dawn, we cannot accept this moment of collapse! No matter what, I will not sign!"

"Faced with the general trend, we have no choice but to bow our heads! Wake up, Thomson, we must bow our heads. If we don't, we will die and have nothing. What does it mean to have nothing? It means that all our efforts over the past decade have been in vain. Gone, gone, everything is gone! All gone!"

"..."

"Your persistence will not bring vitality to our company. You will only bring us disaster and despair! Are you going to watch all this end?"

Facing Jester's questioning.

Thomson gritted his teeth and said, "I won't sell it, and I won't sign it! I want to be on the table, I don't want to be food on the table!"

"you……"

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9 month 6 day.

The situation in the mobile phone industry...

It did not affect all the R&D personnel in Shenglan Laboratory.

8 o'clock in the morning.

【Shenglan Technology】.

Diao Guangdou went in and out of the laboratory.

The brows on his face have been wrinkled for several months!

He never thought that one day he would bear such great pressure!
Spending money is like boiling water...

This year...

He spent nearly 2 million yuan on research.

The six months promised to Zhang Yang had actually already been exceeded.

However, even with the talents from Huaqing University, Yenching University and other universities working together to tackle the problems in the fields of monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon, breakthroughs have been very slow.

It seems that there is only one layer of membrane missing...

But it can't be broken anyway.

During this period……

Zhang Yang has been to the laboratory.

"Give me another half year!"

"At most half a year!"

"Another half a year..."

When asked about the experimental results, Diao Guangdou was very anxious, but he continued to try his best to ensure them.

then……

Diao Guangdou looked at Zhang Yang with a complicated expression as he turned and left.

I thought Zhang Yang had cut off Shenglan Technology's R&D costs...

But no one expected that Zhang Yang did not stop supplying, but continued to supply every month...

Half a year passed again.

Their research topic shifted from the field of [monocrystalline silicon] to the field of [polycrystalline silicon], and they finally gritted their teeth and moved forward in both fields!
Until today, September 9th... when he put on his lab coat and walked into the lab again...

He suddenly became very excited...

I had a vague premonition of something.

but……

There were so many similar premonitions before, and they all ended in failure...

This time...

He looked nervously at the figure moving back and forth inside the laboratory glass.

He walked over!
Watching the scenes...

test……

test!

Results data analysis!

Test again, debug again, and...

Watching the checkpoints one by one, watching the green lights light up!
He became even more nervous, and at one point, he even felt a little breathless.

He took a deep breath.

Try to calm yourself!
Be calm again!
I don’t know how long it took…

He saw the person in charge of the [Polysilicon] field come out and excitedly handed him the report.

"How about it?"

"And one last test. If the last test is successful, then we can start mass production!"

"..."

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September weather.

The feeling of heat in June is gradually gone.

After a round of extinction, China's photovoltaic industry finally showed signs of recovery with the support of the "Golden Sun" policy.

The shadow of the financial crisis still exists, but after experiencing a round of trauma, Europe and the United States have implemented a series of large-scale money-printing measures.

The euro began to depreciate and no longer posed any threat to the US dollar. Some industries in Europe and the United States were also gradually acquired by an invisible hand during the financial crisis.

of course……

It doesn't matter!
What’s important is that many stagnant industries are gradually starting to restart.

Among them, the photovoltaic market has gradually begun to recover and demand has gradually increased.

After repeated consultations and communications between Germany's science and technology and commerce departments, and with the active cooperation of the country, the photovoltaic subsidy plan was finally restarted.

but……

When the photovoltaic restart project really reaches the implementation stage...

Europe and the United States once again set their sights on China's low-end manufacturing industry, and have communicated with China's Ministry of Commerce on several occasions regarding future trade and cooperation plans.

these years……

Due to high welfare and unwillingness to work on the front line due to the control of core technologies, the labor costs of low-end manufacturing industries in Europe and the United States are constantly rising...

However, China's low-end manufacturing industry has always been well-known around the world...

Therefore, Europe and the United States often regard China as a transit point for manufacturing...

They took out the technology and blueprints and asked China's low-end manufacturing industry to assemble and piece together the physical products. They then integrated these physical products and resold them to Europe and the United States.

With this calculation, in a sense, it is much more cost-effective than manufacturing it themselves, and it can also upgrade their infrastructure.

The division of labor is clear, very good!
……

After several rounds of negotiations, the photovoltaic market in Europe and the United States once again opened its doors to China.

And in the market...

The so-called "environmental news" is starting to appear more and more!

For China!

Naturally, I enjoy it too.

The photovoltaic industry, which had been stagnant for nearly a year, finally saw the light of day. Countless practitioners had jobs again and could eat their fill.

why not?

but……

The only thing that made everyone feel aggrieved was.

The raw materials needed by the photovoltaic industry, [polysilicon], are still dependent on imports...

Although the price has dropped to US$55 per kg.

but……

However, more money was earned by Europe and the United States.

In China, it seems that we are returning to the cheapest, lowest-end processing field.

In fact...

It’s not that polysilicon cannot be developed.

But...

Mass production is not possible!

It's just like a chip!
No matter how sophisticated the chip is, as long as other countries can successfully develop it, then China can also successfully develop it.

But if something cannot be mass-produced, it cannot be commercialized, it cannot be commercialized...

Everything is empty!

of course!

I'm not in the mood to pay attention to these things right now.

As long as you survive!

Saving the land and losing the people is better than saving the people and losing the land!

They chose to save people.

however……

Just at this time.

9 month 7 day.

Song Guifang received a call from Zhang Yang!

After receiving the call...