Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 289 Projects at Baisheng Semiconductor Laboratory

RTV has been making a lot of moves lately. RTV originally thought that Phoenix TV could not pose much of a threat to it.

Because before Phoenix TV was established, RTV had already made preparations, one of which was to sign non-compete agreements with its own employees!

On the other hand, they poached a large number of people from TVB.

A TV station needs to prepare so many programs every day, so a large number of staff are essential!
Filming a TV series involves more than just actors; there are other staff members as well, including lighting, cinematography, set design, props, script supervisors, screenwriters, directors, and so on!
Rediffusion Television mainly poached directors from TVB.

This resulted in Phoenix TV not having enough drama directors.

Even TV drama actors were poached by RTV.

However, during that period, Phoenix TV and TVB were constantly at odds!
Therefore, RTV did it quite discreetly!

Phoenix TV thought it had the victory in its grasp, but unexpectedly, Li Song directly co-produced Romance of the Three Kingdoms with the mainland.

Therefore, the shortcomings in TV drama production suddenly disappeared.

The director and screenwriter are all from mainland China; only a portion of the artists are from Phoenix TV!
Phoenix TV not only dominates the ratings for its dramas, but also boasts extremely high viewership.

Because historical films like Romance of the Three Kingdoms appeal to people of all ages.

Unlike before, when some members of a family liked romance movies, some liked martial arts movies, and some liked business war movies.

In addition, in the variety show arena, The Voice of China has outperformed the variety shows of the other two TV stations.

This has made the owner of RTV (Rediffusion Television) feel very uncomfortable whenever he sees chairs, because the chairs of the three mentors on The Voice of China had their backs to the singers.

Others might not know, but as the owner of the TV station, don't you know these are all pre-recorded?

nausea!

But Hong Kong audiences believe these things!

And then there's that million-dollar quiz, where one person sits there asking questions, and then everyone else answers!
Why do so many people want to watch this? Isn't it better to watch singing and dancing, and beautiful women performing hot dances?

What disgusted the two Hong Kong TV stations even more was that Phoenix TV had applied for patents for The Voice of China's million-dollar quiz show, as well as other shows like The Masked Singer and Avenue of Stars.

In other words, if they want to use a rotating chair format for talent shows, they will have to pay a patent fee to Phoenix TV.

nausea!

Therefore, both television stations bribed some newspapers to publish articles criticizing Phoenix TV for its unseemly behavior.

They say Phoenix TV is disloyal and lets others make money from it.

Unexpectedly, Li Song announced a pay raise during the interview!

What's even more distressing for both TV stations is Phoenix TV's studio model!

The celebrities promoted by the two television stations are now living in fear.

Even a fool could calculate how much money he could make by setting up a studio and collaborating with a TV station.

However, neither of the two television stations was willing to give up this studio model.

Because neither of these two television stations could afford to be as wealthy and powerful as Li Song.

Although the owners of these two television stations also have other businesses.

But compared to Li Song's magazine publishing house, motorcycle manufacturing plant, airplane manufacturing plant, instant noodle manufacturing plant, cosmetics manufacturing plant, and automobile manufacturing plant, it's really not enough.

A single-volume novel can sell millions of copies in Europe and America.

He is also a world-renowned author.

Even the Taiwanese didn't dare to do anything too outrageous to Li Song.

If it were just a well-known Hong Kong writer, Taiwan would have already come knocking on their door to threaten him.

Even the Hong Kong Island government turned a blind eye to Li Song.

No matter how the two TV stations tried to appeal to higher authorities or how they tried to negotiate, there was no feedback whatsoever once it reached the higher levels!

Instead, it cost the owners of the two television stations a lot of money.

Li Song felt increasingly pleased as he saw more and more bad things being said about him in the newspapers.

This is what we call trending!
Anyway, these newspapers often smear themselves!

Li Song isn't afraid of being criticized!

The worse they are criticized, the smoother their cooperation with the mainland will be.

"Boss, this is the race schedule for the Around Taihu Lake Motorcycle Cross-Country Race!"

"The opening ceremony will be held on the 19th!"

"The competition will officially begin on the 20th!"

"The competition will last for twenty-five days!"

There are a total of 162 teams!

"They come from forty-three countries in total!" Tian Jiahui produced a detailed competition schedule!

The reason there are so many participating teams is that some European countries send five or six teams from a single country.

Because Europe is fragmented, the reason why European football leagues are so popular is because even within a single country, the various cities are also divided, with each city vying for power.

The top-tier Serie A league has dozens of teams!
Just look at the number of football clubs in those European countries!

Moreover, these teams don't use any Italian names at all, leading Li Song to suspect that some of them are actually teams composed of young people from the countryside.

"How are the advertisements prepared? This one is sponsored by BMW Motorrad, so no other advertisements have been brought in!"

"Everything is arranged. Various advertisements have been placed along all the more exciting sections of the road." "And the backpacks prepared for the reporters have also been decorated with advertisements," Tian Jiahui continued.

"News has come from the mainland that a very important person may be attending!" Tian Jiahui came here mainly to discuss this matter.

“Then let’s go there on the 17th!” Li Song nodded upon hearing this, as he had already heard Ma Shengli mention it.

"Okay!" Tian Jiahui nodded.

As for other matters, there's not much to deal with for the time being. The instant noodle factory and the cosmetics factory are still under construction and are estimated to take several months.

As for the construction of the headquarters building, that will take a year and a half.

After processing some documents at Baisheng Company, Li Song went to Baisheng Semiconductor Research Institute.

Harry and the others had already divided themselves up, and the dozen or so people were divided into two laboratories!

One of the two laboratories submitted a research project that Li Song found interesting: CDMA technology.

This technology is more accurately described as 2G communication technology, and it also serves as the standard for the future development of 3G technology.

Li Song wasn't sure if these guys were sent by his rivals to burn his money and take advantage of him.

Historically, 2G communication technology didn't become a standard until 91, and how much money was invested in those ten years?

1G was already a standard in 1979, so it was indeed timely to develop 2G at this point.

Because 2G technology includes not only CDMA, but also TDMA.

In the early days, many people were optimistic about TDMA.

Even the mainstream opinion is optimistic about this area of ​​research.

"I'll invest!" However, Li Song had only used this laboratory as a front, so of course he had to invest in these guys who wanted to research communication technology!

Harry had no choice but to accept the boss's decision. He had wanted to explain to his boss that it was too early to be developing this technology.

Semiconductor labs should now be researching some fundamental things!

Because the current staffing at Baisheng Semiconductor Laboratory is simply insufficient to develop this communication standard.

However, as the head of another experimental department, Harry couldn't say anything because both sides had agreed not to speak ill of each other.

Of course, Harry's proposed research is also significant; he proposed industrial software development.

Li Song didn't know much about this, so he offered a reward directly on a second-hand platform.

As of now, there is no commercial CAD software available, but Aramco has the SAGE system for military applications.

Li Song was unsure how long it would take for this CAD software to be commercialized.

"I've submitted it!" Li Song signed the document without hesitation!

Harry was speechless about his boss.

"Thank you, boss!" The heads of the two labs, the one in charge of CDMA research named Tony, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Li Song sign off on the research projects for both labs.

Because this project was part of our own lab, it was a project that everyone discussed for a long time before finalizing.

Because this project is high-end enough!
Why do people come to the Far East? Isn't it to prove themselves?

If you come to the Far East and still study some trivial matters, people will laugh at you.

If you're going to be researching scraps, you might as well stay in Silicon Valley.

Of course, Tony was also a little worried because his boss was too unprofessional. He didn't even ask any questions and just signed the report after looking at it.

If you encounter a boss who doesn't understand this, and the investment is too large without any results, you might give up halfway.

"Well, come on!"

"I originally thought you guys were going to develop computers or something." Li Song had assumed these people were going to research computers.

Unexpectedly, they came up with two high-end projects.

"Boss, if I may be so bold, the average income level in Asia is not high enough to support the computer industry."

"We've conducted a professional investigation!"

"Furthermore, all the components needed for the computer, including chips, have to be imported from Europe and the United States!"

"This way, the things we develop will cost more than theirs!"

"As for the chip patent the boss applied for, no chips have been produced yet, so he can't design computers," Harry said after hearing Li Song's words.
“Boss, you have many factories, so I think industrial software is more suitable for you!” Harry added.

"Okay!" Li Song nodded, agreeing with the other party's idea.

“I believe that digital communication will be the mainstream in the future. Current analog communication technology still has many shortcomings, while digital communication technology has many more advantages,” Tony explained.
"Ok!"

"You can go back and prepare the experimental plan!" After the two projects are approved, a detailed plan needs to be prepared, which is why Li Song said this.

"Okay!" The two then went off to prepare separately.

Li Song knew that neither of these projects would yield results in a short period of time!
"Let's keep our focus on the mainland!"

"Let's get the chip out first!"

"This year's main tasks are chips, automobiles, and airplanes."

"Then we'll launch computers based on our own chips."

"Then release a free operating system!"

"I want to see how Microsoft will respond!" Li Song thought to himself as he left the semiconductor research institute and sat in his car.

(End of this chapter)