1991 Starting from the core

Capital, XC area, connected to the headquarters.

As a newly established enterprise, even if it is a central enterprise, it can only temporarily rent an office in Financial Street.

Of course, since it is a central enterprise...the specifications of the chairman's office cannot be discarded.

After all, Yang Weichang now enjoys the treatment of deputy minister.

The large office is 40 square meters. When you enter the door, there are two rows of large bookshelves filled with various economic and electronic works. The dark-colored furniture is full of atmosphere.

"Xiaoshan, this move of yours is taking something out of the fire."

Because of the rapid development of connectivity, Yang Weichang has been very proud recently. He sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, holding a thermos cup, and said happily to Su Yuanshan.

When he saw the news announced by Yuanxin, he saw through it at a glance. Yuanxin hoped to fully occupy Thailand's telecommunications field by cooperating with two telecommunications companies in Thailand, and at the same time use it as a springboard to achieve complete control of the entire Southeast Asia. expansion and penetration.

Su Yuanshan sat opposite him, shrugged upon hearing this, and said with a half-smile: "There is no way, some domestic communication companies do not support us, so we will have no choice but to develop abroad."

"Hey! You kid! Who doesn't support you anymore?"

"I don't know, I didn't say anything - I don't know whose business hall puts domestic mobile phones in the corners, and all the conspicuous places sell foreign brands."

Yang Weichang laughed: "Since it is market behavior, we must follow market rules. Isn't this what you reminded me at the beginning? What? You forgot it yourself?"

"Uh..." Su Yuanshan thought about how he had always kept saying this, but he accidentally shot himself in the foot and said angrily: "Anyway, I want to give domestic brands a way to survive."

Yang Weichang knew this guy was joking - how precious is Su Yuanshan's time? How could he come to his office just to pretend to be pitiful?

And from the perspective of connectivity, there is a reason why Yang Weichang prefers to support foreign brands in the business hall.

LianTong was established less than a year ago and has only been officially operational for half a year. Although China Mobile was caught off guard by its initial raid - yes, the mission of China Unicom was to break the monopoly of telecommunications and mobile. (This is also true in history)

But after all, China Connect is just a newly established company. Even if it does things according to orders, it is still not easy to quickly open up the situation.

Fortunately, China Connect has no baggage, has set its goals, seized the excellent opportunity of this year's mobile phone price reduction, and received support from international brands, so it has achieved a wonderful breakthrough in the past six months.

As of now, the number of connected mobile phone users has exceeded 3 million, and it still maintains a monthly growth rate of 400,000 - this growth rate is already approaching that of the big brother China Mobile.

As for supporting the development of mobile phones of domestic brands...

From Yang Weichang's perspective, except for Yuanxin, there are only two ways for other brands to get policy tilt.

——Either they are about to be wiped out, and if the country does not take action, the flame of mid- to low-end independent mobile phone brands will be cut off.

——Either they can complete the transformation in the competition, even if they cannot reach the level of Yuanxin, they must at least be able to fight.

This attitude had a particularly appropriate and fashionable term in later generations.

Raising gu.

Sure enough, Su Yuanshan quickly said seriously: "Uncle Yang, since you are using my words to block me, then don't double standard - Yuanxin has many plans to support domestic brands. In a month or two at most, domestic mobile phones will be available Produce models that meet the price range. Then it will be boring if you don’t buy a foreign brand that is naturally more expensive... They will just bully their friends who have no foundation. If they have the ability to come up with high-end prices and compete with Yuanxin Gang! "

Yang Weichang suppressed his laughter and nodded one after another: "Okay, okay, I'm fair and impartial, okay?"

"Hehe!" Su Yuanshan relaxed, crossed his legs, and smiled slightly: "Then let's talk about business."

"..."

"Uncle Yang, HK is back, don't you have any ideas?" Su Yuanshan raised his eyebrows slightly, his tone full of temptation.

Yang Weichang was slightly startled and quickly said seriously: "Say it."

"Uncle Yang, it wasn't me who said it, it was you who said it..."

Yang Weichang pretended to glare at Su Yuanshan and pondered. After a moment, he slowly said: "We have indeed inspected the HK market, but you also know that HK is no better than the mainland, and there is no tower group to provide us with help - all business is We have to carry it out on our own. Even with your Yuanxin, we dare not rush into it at this extraordinary stage."

"Don't talk about us, Telecom and China Mobile have also tightened their resources recently, for fear that the financial crisis will affect Hong Kong."

Su Yuanshan nodded to express his understanding.

State-owned enterprises, especially central enterprises like China Connect, can rely on policies to open and close businesses in China without having to consider other things.

Once you go to sea, you have to face real capital and cunning enemies.

Especially now that HK has just returned, not to mention that China Connect is a newly established small business with less than 5 million users. Even an "old" communications company like China Mobile with tens of millions of users has to stay put when it comes to Hong Kong.

For example, China Mobile's tariffs in Hong Kong are only half of the current domestic tariffs - so China Mobile is scolded by users in Luohu District every day.

You know, one G, two systems, we have to stick to it for 50 years.

"But back to what you just said about Yuan Xin." Su Yuanshan picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said softly: "Uncle Yang, it doesn't matter whether you want to gain wealth from the fire or seek wealth from the danger. Under the financial crisis, , all walks of life in the local area are undergoing comprehensive retrenchment, and it is the time for new forces like us to come in. After passing this village, I am afraid it will be difficult to find this store again. "

"Now the Thai baht is collapsing, and the financial crisis is sweeping across Southeast Asia and even Asia. The back-and-forth confrontation between international hot money and those governments that adhere to the Washington Consensus is just a few tricks."

"International hot money builds short positions, then borrows money, builds momentum, and smashes the market. And what about those governments? There are only two tricks, using foreign exchange to take over orders and raising interest rates. But you have also seen that the consequences of raising interest rates are the high demand for funds in the stock market and the real estate market. The areas of circulation were under pressure - then international hot money took a two-pronged approach and went short in many areas. Finally, the government ran out of foreign exchange and announced its surrender. The international hot money was wiped out, and they left with a reward."

"At this time, if we expand, apart from other things, will the rent and labor costs become cheaper?"

After listening to Su Yuanshan talking for a long time, Yang Weichang slowly shook his head: "What if the economy cannot recover for a long time and people lose their consumption ability?"

"Uncle Yang, don't forget what we do." Su Yuanshan chuckled: "We are basic service providers! What is basic? The kind that we can't live without."

Yang Weichang smiled and nodded in approval, but then said: "But Xiaoshan, you are basing your judgment on the fact that HK is about to encounter a financial crisis and cannot withstand it. Now... there is no sign that a financial crisis will break out in HK, and HK will be unable to resist."

"Don't worry, how could international hot money miss HK?" Su Yuanshan said with a pout: "HK is playing the sign of a financial free port. Even if the HK government has foreign exchange, it will not dare to end it rashly - if it just returns to Hong Kong, the government will intervene forcefully. I’m afraid the road ahead will only become narrower and narrower.”

Yang Weichang frowned slightly.

Suddenly he looked at Su Yuanshan: "Is Xinghai Fund also together?"

"...Don't wrongly accuse good people!" Su Yuanshan categorically denied: "Xinghai Fund is not a hedge fund, Xinghai is engaged in advanced forward investment."

Yang Weichang: "..."

"So, Uncle Yang, if you have an idea, be prepared. Yuanxin will support you at any time - and by the way, take domestic brands overseas."

Yang Weichang nodded slowly: "You are right. Judging from the current situation, China is indeed much more stable than neighboring countries and regions. If the surrounding countries can recover quickly after this financial crisis, that will indeed be our way out. good time."

"Don't worry, technology leads the economy. Mobile communications and the Internet are two emerging industries that are booming. Under the huge waves of technology, what can't be moved?"

"From our technical point of view, all those economic experts have changed their careers to become carpenters, which does not hinder the social driving force brought by the technological revolution at all..." Su Yuanshan said with excitement: "So listen to me, you are right!"

"..."

Listening to Su Yuanshan's nonsense, Yang Weichang, who is an economist, couldn't laugh or cry: "Go to hell!"

*

*

This time Su Yuanshan went to Beijing, of course, not to encourage Yang Weichang to enter Hong Kong in advance, and to call his mobile phone partners "little things" like this.

He came to inspect BOE.

Chen Jing has been flying around various countries in Southeast Asia recently. While reassuring her partners, she is also looking for opportunities to maximize benefits.

Therefore, only Su Yuanshan came in person.

After all, BOE has a big surprise for him.

The next day, when Su Yuanshan arrived at BOE, Wang Dongsheng and technical representatives from Sony and Fujitsu greeted him.

"Let's go, let's stop the red tape, and there are no outsiders." Su Yuanshan quickly shook hands with a few people and hurried inside: "Let me see the results."

When several people saw this, they couldn't help laughing, and rushed to the laboratory with Su Yuanshan.

After Su Yuanshan's repeated urging, and Chen Jing's constant attention, BOE's pace has suddenly accelerated in the past two years. Not only has it completed a first-generation line factory and a second-generation line factory ahead of schedule, but a third-generation line factory is also about to be completed. —This 3rd generation line factory is specifically targeting the PDA market that is about to become hot.

The division of generation lines is based on the size of the cut glass substrate.

For example, the size of the first-generation line is 320*400 (mm), which is often used for cutting products below 9 inches.

In addition to catching up in generation lines and investment scale, BOE's technology has not fallen behind. Relying on the efforts of the three cobblers and the intervention of Yuanxin, BOE has invested a lot of energy in the technology used for mobile phones.

This time, they asked Su Yuanshan to check the color driving effect of the small-size display.

…

As an engineer connected the circuit, a display screen about 5 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide flashed for a moment, then showed the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue, and then a simple color scale.

Su Yuanshan pursed his lips and his eyes fell on the electronic board behind the approximately 2.5-inch display screen. The expression on his face was extremely complicated.

These guys... are indeed laboratory products.

"How about it? 256 colors." Wang Dongsheng smiled at Su Yuanshan: "If you use it on a mobile phone, it will be a color screen mobile phone. It is very beautiful!"

"Yes... it's beautiful. But what protocol are you using? And... can this thing be installed in a mobile phone?" Su Yuanshan pointed at the driver board and said in a dumbfounded voice: "I'm afraid you didn't directly remove the driver panel of the monitor? ?”

"Uh... no." Wang Dongsheng saw that Su Yuanshan had misunderstood, and explained with a smile: "It's just because there is no ready-made agreement, so we have been struggling for a long time."

After listening to Wang Dongsheng introduce the origin of the industrial-style driver board, Su Yuanshan realized that it was still 1997...

This means that, let alone the DSI protocol, even the later MIPI standards committee is not even an embryo at this time.

In later generations, anyone who works on mobile phones will come into contact with the MIPI standard - a standards organization launched by ARM, Nokia, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments in 2004 to provide mobile communication equipment - to be precise It is a mobile phone that provides a common protocol standard and solution.

In this way, the production threshold and cost of equipment manufacturers can be reduced, and compatible solutions can be provided.

In the end, the members of this standards organization expanded to dozens, all of whom are well-known industry leaders.

MIPI protocol covers everything, such as camera interface CSI, display interface DSI, radio frequency interface DigRF, microphone/speaker interface SLIMbus, etc...

What it means now is that BOE and the others have developed a display interface protocol specifically for mobile phones.

"Uh..." Su Yuanshan looked at several depressed engineers, especially the Niguo engineers, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood. I apologize to you all."

Everyone said it was okay and breathed a sigh of relief.

A year's hard work is not recognized, but instead the big boss complains about it. It makes anyone feel uncomfortable - and if you say that the big boss doesn't understand anything, it's better. You can scold him in your heart, but this guy The boss is famous for his technical genius...

As a result, several people began to waver in their confidence, thinking that their efforts were really in vain.

"Does that mean that the next task is just to integrate this thing?"

Wang Dongsheng smiled and nodded.

"How long will it take?" Su Yuanshan looked around and asked again.

It stands to reason that Yuanxin is strong in integrated circuits, but it specializes in technology. This thing is so big, and the agreement is also made here. I am afraid that it will not work for anyone else, and this job has to be like this. Help people.

An engineer from Ni Country stood up and replied in blunt Chinese: "Mr. Shan, give us half a year."

Half a year... Su Yuanshan thought for a while, walked to the engineer, stretched out his hand and shook it, nodded with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. What should I call him?"

"My name is Karasawa Nixiong."

"Well, come on!" Su Yuanshan let go and suddenly felt that this man looked familiar, and his last name...

"Who are you, Kazuo Karasawa of NEC?"

"It's my brother." Tang Ze Erxiong smiled slightly: "My brother said that Yuanxin is a good place. If I have a chance, I must come here, so I came."

Su Yuanshan held Tangze Erxiong's hand again, sighed silently in his heart and said with a smile: "Although this is not Yuanxin, it is still a good place. Thank you for your contribution to BOE."