1991 Starting from the core

"Brother Chen, let me tell you something about me."

Su Yuanshan did not wait anxiously for Chen Daohua's response, but started chatting first.

"Well, tell me." Although Chen Daohua was a little confused, he saw that Su Yuanshan was not in a hurry, and he was not in a hurry either. He gave Su Yuanshan a cup of tea and looked at him with a leisurely smile.

"Among the many decisions made by Yuanxin, there are always strategies that even Sister Jing, Mr. Duan, Mr. Xi, and other senior executives of Yuanxin cannot make up their mind at the first time. Because these strategies are often not isolated and only serve a certain person. programs and policies in various fields. It often involves a huge network of social and corporate relationships, and is accompanied by many unpredictable risks."

When Chen Daohua heard that Su Yuanshan added so many prefixes to this "decision", he was a little surprised - how big an investment would this be? It's actually so involved.

“Generally speaking, when faced with this situation, we will adopt a voting system, and then fully listen to and consider everyone’s opinions. While unifying our thinking, we will also try our best to take into account the concerns of every decision-maker, and ultimately ensure implementation. The policy is foolproof.”

"Well..." Chen Daohua nodded slightly.

He wasn't sure what Su Yuanshan meant when he told him this, but he had heard about Yuan Xin's decision-making methods for a long time.

It's just that he never thought about learning - because he can't learn it!

Mei Jie's size is too far behind Yuanxin, and it is not enough to establish a collective leadership system like Yuanxin.

——The major leaders of Yuanxin, except for Xi Xiaoding who is in the purely technical field and therefore does not have a business "office", Chen Jing, Duan Yongping, and Su Yuanshan, all three of them have their own huge "offices" to serve them. To say that Yuanxin is the collective leader is absolutely correct.

"But, just like this, we still have heated discussions, and sometimes everyone even holds their own opinions." Su Yuanshan smiled and said softly: "Democracy is indeed a good thing, but sometimes, if we rely entirely on democracy to make decisions, This is a bit of a hindrance when it comes to talking about it - especially for enterprises, especially technology companies."

Chen Daohua: "..."

"So, when we are unable to make a decision, we will use a ruler."

Chen Daohua was slightly startled: "Ruler?"

"Yes, ruler."

“When a situation is too complex to make a decision, then we drop the whole situation and look at just one point.”

"Whether this decision is conducive to the development of science and the advancement of technology."

Su Yuanshan looked at Chen Daohua with a smile: "Brother Chen, promoting the advancement of technology is the destiny of people like us..."

*

*

That night, Su Yuanshan had a little entertainment with the people in the special zone, and it was already early morning when he returned to the hotel.

But before he could change his clothes and take a shower, the phone rang.

Chen Jing was a little surprised on the phone: "How did you fool my brother?"

"Hey! Sister Jing, let's see what you said!" Su Yuanshan was in a good mood, sitting on the back of the sofa, laughing: "Can't we have some tacit understanding as engineers?"

Chen Jing: "..."

"Okay, no kidding. Brother Chen is willing to help us, and we can't let him lose money. I just came up with an idea ten minutes ago. Please take a look at the details."

"……you say."

"Meijie can also launch a solid-state drive based on PCI-E. In terms of technology, it can be authorized by Yuanzhong Microelectronics. At worst, it can be treated as an OEM... What do you think?"

Chen Jing thought for a moment and nodded immediately: "Okay, then I'll tell him later?"

"okay."

…

Silicon Valley, small villa in the mountains.

Chen Jing stood in the yard and slowly hung up her phone in the face of the rising sun.

Behind her, Yang Yiwen was trying to teach her nearly three-year-old son to fly a drone. Of course, he could only fly a meter or two at most.

Not long after, there was a buzzing sound not far ahead. A black Jingwei-3 top-mounted drone drew a graceful curve in the rising sun and quickly passed through the sky.

"Mr. Chen, which genius invented the Yuanxin drone?"

Chen Jing smiled slightly: "Pandora's Ma Junyi, in fact, since its marketization, we have always thought that it would be used on a large scale in industry and agriculture. Unexpectedly, it will shine in the consumer market."

"Hey, good products are always favored by people."

"Well, yes!" Chen Jing smiled, looked back at the villa, and saw the nanny waving at her, so she said, "Let's go back to eat. I don't know if Mr. Qin is up yet."

"Then she's probably a little bit embarrassed." Yang Yiwen laughed: "I've never seen anyone show signs of pregnancy and still react."

"..."

——Chen Jing came to Silicon Valley this time. On the one hand, she wanted to visit many companies for cooperation and exchanges on behalf of Yuanxin. On the other hand, she wanted to discuss with Qin Si and Carly the feasibility of building a wafer fab in Silicon Valley. . Logically speaking, her status should not allow her to live in such a "private" villa. But Qin Si was not in good condition because of her pregnancy, so she simply followed Qin Si and lived here.

Last night, Qin Si and she discussed a lot about the future and direction of Internet investment from a capital perspective. Chen Jing was fine. Qin Si, a pregnant woman, probably had a hard time getting out of bed.

Back in the restaurant, it turned out that Qin Si hadn't gotten up yet, so everyone stopped waiting for her. After breakfast, Chen Jing went directly to Apple according to the planned itinerary.

——Although Mr. Qiao made a nice talk with Su Yuanshan in private, but it was not implemented in the contract, it was all fake. This time Chen Jing came here to put both parties on paper to jointly promote the new generation bus standard.

At the Apple headquarters, Steve Jobs was very considerate to Chen Jing. Not only did he greet her with a smile the whole time, but his temperament was also completely different. He actually gave people a feeling of spring breeze... This makes people feel a little emotional about the treatment of female CEOs. It's really different.

As for cooperation, there will naturally be no suspense after the discussion.

The second stop is the sea of ​​​​stars.

…

Carly and a group of senior executives greeted Chen Jing at the gate from a distance. The two shook hands politely, then stood side by side, leaving three seconds for media reporters to take photos.

"I thought you were coming over yesterday." Carly and Chen Jing walked side by side in the long corridor of Xinghai Headquarters. On both sides was a scenery similar to a wetland park, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

"I had to get jet lag yesterday, otherwise my condition would be too bad and I wouldn't be able to see anyone."

The two walked forward with smiles on their faces, chatting like old friends.

"Hey, are you still in bad shape?" Carly stopped after hearing the words and looked at Chen Jing's smooth forehead with an expression on her face that said "Don't be here".

"...covered by makeup." Chen Jing coughed.

Compared to Carly, she is really well maintained. In other words...Carly has never taken care of herself. She is the type who lets time take its toll on her face, and her beauty depends entirely on her temperament.

After the two chatted for a while, they walked around the corner. Carly extended her hand to invite her and led her into a glass room cafe.

Two engineers who were having afternoon tea in the cafe were waved away by Carly.

"Does Mr. Shan really intend to have a full-scale confrontation with Intel?"

"In fact, we have been in full confrontation with Intel..." Chen Jing blinked and smiled slyly: "Aren't you the same?"

Carly smiled and shook her head.

After a moment of silence, Carly said softly: "In the past, it was just a single category of the flash memory and processor market. But now looking at your product layout, you are involved in all areas of Intel."

"There is no way, we will face each other sooner or later." Chen Jing no longer denied it, and said calmly: "We have set our ambition to defeat Intel a long time ago, but we are not as stupid as the PowerPC Alliance and want to compete with Intel. The entire Wintel alliance will fight against it. Instead, it will enter the X86 system and win Intel's dominance."

"Yeah." Carly nodded and remained silent.

As the leader of Xinghai, she naturally knew Su Yuanshan's ambition when he acquired Cyrix - in fact, this was how Su Yuanshan persuaded her to acquire Cyrix.

It's just that after so many years, even the party that "takes advantage of the situation", Yuanxin Processor, has the courage and strength to dare to fully challenge Intel. As for Xinghai, the Cyrix team is still "resting on its laurels"...

Thinking of these, a feeling of depression rose up for no reason.

Today's Xinghai is still one of the big guys in Silicon Valley, and it is the only comprehensive giant that has made achievements in the Internet, central processing units, graphics cores, and consumer electronics products. But Carly felt keenly that Xinghai's stamina was somewhat lacking.

The staying power here refers to the direction of progress.

To put it more bluntly, Xinghai seems to have been determined early.

This feeling is not only felt by Carly, but investors... are also aware of it - the continued stability of Xinghai's stock price is a good proof.

For a technology giant, long-term stable stock prices are not a good thing. It often means that the company has not participated in new capital and technology ventures... which means that Xinghai has actually been resting on its laurels in recent years.

Looking back at Yuanxin, although Yuanxin has not been listed on the market, it has given birth to new industries and new products one after another, which seems to be so full of vitality.

If nothing else, take this press conference of Yuanxin as an example. If Yuanxin goes public, there will be no problem if the stock rises by ten points - if calculated based on a market value of 500 billion, then if it rises for just one day, it will be as high as HP. century-old store.

This is really infuriating in comparison.

Chen Jing silently read Carly's emotions. She probably guessed a bit of the other party's mood. However, although the two parties had a good relationship in private and the two companies were essentially closely connected, they still had their own positions after all. I have a mission, so it’s hard to say too much. So she quickly got to the point: "This time I came here, in addition to PCI-E, I also hope to see if we can find a solution to integrate the wafer factory."

Carly nodded: "Yeah, you say."

"...Carly, what do you want me to say?" Chen Jing smiled bitterly: "You know, if you integrate the wafer fab, you will definitely not be able to just rely on new construction. Now, not to mention the most advanced twelve-inch line, it is eight-inch. Line, the cost starts at over two billion US dollars... And since we want to integrate, we must form a dominant force like Deyuan in Asia, otherwise we will just be cannon fodder."

"But Xinghai's wafer fab alone is definitely not enough." Carly nodded again, looked at Chen Jing, and said seriously: "Jing, you know, the wafer fab here in Silicon Valley has not been reshuffled yet."

"I know, and the most important thing is to attract AMD... They have technical reserves and business needs. If they can attract AMD, everything will be easy."

"But President Shan has not been able to reach an agreement. Who among us can convince Sanders?" Carly frowned slightly: "Sanders is famous for his stubborn temper in Silicon Valley. And according to the latest news, they There has also been a breakthrough in the 0.13 micron process - in this case, even if they are willing to integrate, I am afraid it will cost much more than expected. Even if Qin Si takes a stake, the investment is not worthwhile. "

"You have to give it a try." Chen Jing didn't take it seriously: "We must believe that in the future, Foundry-Fabless each performs its own duties, which is the most fundamental and most in line with the direction of technological development."

"..." Carly looked at Chen Jing and couldn't say anything for a long time.

After a long time, Carly sighed softly: "Okay, I'll give it a try and see if that old guy will give us both face."

"Yeah." Chen Jing smiled slightly.

*

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That night, she continued to return to the villa, and in the following days, she also visited and communicated with other companies in Silicon Valley, waiting for Carly to arrange a meeting with Sanders.

——She is different from Su Yuanshan. Su Yuanshan can "break in" to AMD in a private capacity to meet with the old man at any time, but as the chairman of Yuanxin, she must be formal.

However, three days later, she did not wait for Carly's arrangements, but instead received a business email from Intel.

…

HK, Repulse Bay.

Su Yuanshan touched his personal mobile phone while half asleep, glanced at the call and pressed the answer button. But then, he half sat up.

"Wait a minute, Sister Jing, please speak more clearly. I'm a little confused right now."

In the dark night, Su Yuanshan's eyes widened instantly when he was woken up by a personal phone call.

Snap, Ye Rudai turned on the desk lamp and looked at Su Yuanshan sleepily. When she heard the word "Sister Jing" coming out of Su Yuanshan's mouth, she was startled and asked "Mr. Chen" with her mouth.

Su Yuanshan nodded and lowered the phone a little.

Chen Jing's voice came clearly on the phone.

"To put it clearly enough, Intel suddenly sent an invitation and asked me to visit their headquarters tomorrow."

"What about the original words? I want the original words in English."

"...Do you not believe my English level or do you think you can recognize a few more words? Well, I will ask you to forward the email to you, and you will go to the mailbox to collect it later."

"Yeah, okay." Su Yuanshan pursed his lips, no longer feeling sleepy.

"Sister Jing, you shouldn't be here to ask me if I should go, right?"

"Yeah. I'm asking you to guess why Intel sent out the invitation - is it to reconcile? Or is it just going through the motions? Or is it that you want to persuade us? Or is it that you simply want to test our attitude?"