1991 Starting from the core

This time Jobs came to visit the foundry.

Compared with history, Mr. Qiao returned to Apple one year earlier, which means that he faces greater financial pressure and needs to seek breakthroughs and reduce costs.

As a leader in the field of product design, it is only normal for Apple to choose to enter the field of MP3 playback at this moment.

After all, Yuanxin has already launched the concept and even paved the way for MP3 channels.

Not hard to guess.

…

At the Hongyuan foundry, Su Yuanshan and Jiang Qingchuan personally accompanied Mr. Qiao to visit the production line. Su Yuanshan even "generously" allowed him to visit the Yuanxin Vidoo5M assembly line.

When he saw the skilled young workers completing various processes in an orderly manner, Mr. Qiao was silent for a long time. After walking out of the workshop, he asked Su Yuanshan how much these young people were paid.

"If you work a lot of overtime, the average monthly salary can reach 600 US dollars." Jiang Qingchuan answered for Su Yuanshan: "Generally speaking, between 400 and 600 US dollars is more."

Jobs took a breath without leaving any trace and continued to ask: "What about the average salary in the mainland?"

"It all depends..." Su Yuanshan replied with a smile: "On the whole, we are a backward developing country after all."

After hearing this, Jobs smiled: "Then why did Yuanxin's vidoo5m achieve such good sales when it was launched in the mainland?"

"Because of the large population base, Mr. Qiao. Don't forget, this is a country with a population of 1.2 billion and an annual GDP growth rate of more than 8%..."

Jobs nodded, agreeing with Su Yuanshan's statement. After a while, he asked again: "But how long can this growth rate be maintained?"

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and looked across the factory area to the tall buildings rising from the ground in the special zone. After a few seconds of silence, he smiled and said, "At least ten years, right?"

"Well... that's an amazing achievement." Mr. Qiao nodded, and after thinking for a few seconds, he looked at Jiang Qingchuan: "Mr. Jiang, can we find a place to discuss the OEM of other products alone?"

This request...of course cannot be done anymore.

Jiang Qingchuan smiled and nodded.

*

Since the two sides want to discuss cooperation, Su Yuanshan does not need to continue to follow. After the two parties agreed to continue the meeting the next afternoon, Su Yuanshan turned around and went to the Suo Xin Lithium Battery across the wall.

Suoxin, relying on commercialized lithium battery solutions and technologies, not only won the National Science and Technology Achievement Award last year, but also won many awards from GWY to the province to the special zone.

What are the best Sino-foreign joint ventures, advanced private enterprise units, scientific and technological innovation demonstration parks, etc... The certificates alone are all hanging on the wall.

Of course, it is also indispensable to take photos with many leaders who came to inspect, with a strong atmosphere of state-owned enterprises.

However, as the certificate says, this is the place with the most foreigners in China, except for Yuanxin - well, it is actually Sony's lithium battery team.

"Mr. Takeuchi, are you still used to being here?"

In the hall, Su Yuanshan shook hands with Wang Chuanfu first, and then turned to Heiyuki Takeuchi, the head of Sony's lithium battery team in the special zone, to greet him.

Takeuchi Heiyuki is the most capable subordinate of Sony lithium battery inventor Nishimio. In addition to witnessing the birth of commercial lithium batteries, he also participated in the standard customization of Sony lithium batteries.

Sony sent him here to lead the group, so one can imagine how much they attach importance to Suo Xin.

Of course, Suoxin here specializes in polymer lithium batteries, while Sony's local laboratory specializes in 18650 lithium batteries. In order not to be lame, Su Yuanshan has also been asking Li Xiao's team to conduct joint research with Sony.

"It's very nice here, I'm very used to it." Heiichi Takeuchi speaks Cantonese Mandarin. Although he speaks a bit slowly, he can still be heard clearly.

Su Yuanshan smiled, and then shook hands with Cheng Peng - this long-haired artistic young man who was by the Weiming Lake has now shaved his head into a straight head, and his whole person is extremely capable.

"Mr. Shan."

"Haha, Senior Brother Cheng, you're lucky."

"Hey, it's okay. Not as good as Li Xiao - by the way, when will you call her back? She complains to me every day."

"Ahem... wait a minute." Su Yuanshan is most afraid of Li Xiao giving up his job. It's not that no one can replace Li Xiao's job there - the main thing is that when Li Xiao comes back, there won't be much place to place her. .

Not to mention her status as a "childhood sweetheart" who had seen Su Yuanshan's "bare buttocks", her status as the "founder" of the Yuanxin lithium battery project meant that she could not be dismissed in any random position.

"Come on, let's go sit in the reception room."

Su Yuanshan came over temporarily this time, so everyone had no intention of reporting on work. They just treated it as usual chat and briefly introduced the current situation in the factory.

Thanks to the express train of the vertical procurement system of the foundry, as well as Yuanxin's sparing no effort in publicity and promotion - yes, Yuanxin has already shouted the slogan "Charge for half an hour, standby for a whole day" in the promotion of Vidoo5 series mobile phones. .

To be fair, in the era of feature phones, especially for those feature phones that only have call functions and don’t even have a greedy snake, battery life is of use...

But I couldn't hold Yuan Xin and started to roll.

What's more, compared with the current mainstream nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries, the most exquisite thing about lithium batteries is that they have no memory effect and can be plugged and unplugged at any time. There is no need to wait until they are completely empty before charging.

Under this circumstance, Suoxin's performance has increased significantly in the past six months. At the same time, foreign battery companies have also spent huge sums of money to invest in the field of polymer lithium batteries.

"Then what are you thinking about next?" Su Yuanshan naturally believed in Wang Chuanfu. Although this person was not very good at aesthetics, his market insight and grasp of technical direction were unparalleled. He asked just out of habit.

"Continue to deepen safety technology, and at the same time... Mr. Duan's half-hour charging and full-day standby reminded me. I think we can work harder on the charging speed." Wang Chuanfu said and looked at the two R\u0026D leaders beside him. Person: "As far as lithium batteries themselves are concerned, increasing density can definitely increase battery capacity. There is no doubt about this. And it is far from reaching the limit now."

"But just like the chip manufacturing process, the density will eventually reach the upper limit. At that time, if there is no breakthrough in new materials. If you want to increase the energy output within a certain period of time, I am afraid you will have to find a way to charge the time. ”

Takeuchi Heiyuki and Cheng Peng nodded at the same time. It seemed that these two people also recognized this point.

Su Yuanshan also recognized it. However, in his memory, it seems that the fast charging technology was developed by mobile phone manufacturers.

Of course, no matter who does it, at least no one is doing it now - Duan Yongping's slogan is just to highlight the concept of "half an hour" and highlight the advantages of lithium batteries that can be recharged at any time.

Moreover, isn’t this what electric cars rely on?

"This is a good direction. After it is developed, it can be used as a licensing solution to increase competitiveness. But do you have a clue?"

At this time, Cheng Peng said with a smile: "It's nothing more than increasing the pressure within the scope allowed by safety. It should be enough to write an agreement by then."

"That's okay, but be aware that the most important thing about lithium batteries is safety, safety, safety."

Su Yuanshan repeated the three safety issues one after another, and said it very seriously: "As long as a spontaneous combustion or explosion occurs, it will have immeasurable negative impacts - don't forget, we are now the leader in the lithium battery industry, and this is also the case. Market creator."

"Now our opponents are cost and user recognition. But our enemies...are traditional rechargeable batteries such as nickel metal hydride and nickel chromium that represent backward technology. As long as an accident occurs in lithium batteries, the enemy will seize the opportunity and wreak havoc. attack."

Seeing that Su Yuanshan rarely used such a serious tone to explain things, Takeuchi Heiyuki gave it up, but Cheng Peng and Wang Chuanfu's expressions became clear, knowing the importance of this matter in Su Yuanshan's mind.

"Don't worry, Mr. Shan." Wang Chuanfu said solemnly: "Although no one can guarantee that everything will go wrong, but one day, we will definitely respond immediately. I will immediately set up a team to prevent such accidents - oh no, directly I'll be responsible!"

"Okay." Su Yuanshan breathed out softly: "Now is the concept promotion period, and you can just highlight the importance of safety by staring at it."

…

After chatting for a while, Su Yuanshan had a meal at Suo Xin. It wasn't until the next morning that he returned to Yuanxin Internet Center.

He stayed here throughout the last year, and did not return to the provincial capital until the foundry and cable core were on track.

After half a year, his office still remains the same.

But since he was here to accompany Mr. Qiao this time, Su Yuanshan was too lazy to turn on the computer and pretend to work. Instead, he walked around the Internet Center and pretended to check everyone's work progress.

Finally, he returned to Zhang Xiaolong's office, planning to chat for a while before continuing to eat, and then preparing to meet with Mr. Qiao in the afternoon.

While they were chatting about Ding Lei's listing, Zhang Xiaolong answered the phone and then gave Su Yuanshan a strange look.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Yuanshan was a little confused.

Zhang Xiaolong covered the phone: "Lao Qiu, don't you have your phone number?"

"Lao Qiu? Which Lao Qiu?"

"Ahem... Mr. Qiu Aihua, CEO of Chengdian High-Tech, asked if you are free, and invited you to have a meal at noon."

"Oh! Yes, yes!" Su Yuanshan slapped his forehead and laughed.

Qiu Aihua was once one of the owners of the SAR Computer City and Ma Min's classmate. When I accompanied Ma Min to promote the company's Yellow Pages, of course I had the mentality of "we all work on the Internet, let's get to know each other." As a result, Ma Min had nothing to say after meeting Su Yuanshan. On the contrary, Qiu Aihua was attracted by Su Yuanshan and recommended him to Chengdian Hi-Tech.

Today, with the support of the board of directors of Chengdian High-Tech - to be precise, President Zhou, Qiu Aihua has established a firm foothold in Chengdu High-tech, which has many hills, and has begun to carry out drastic reforms and expansion.

Su Yuanshan didn't know the current situation of Chengdian High-Tech, but he knew that He Wei seemed to have been in contact there recently, or in other words, helping...