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Lu Haifeng said in a deep voice: "Huaxing Laboratory, when we entered the semiconductor project last year, we had already established a photolithography machine project, but many people couldn't understand it. Some of them even asked me why we wasted such huge sums of money instead of

Wouldn’t it be enough to use this money to seek cooperation with foreign companies and obtain their technology licenses?”

Mr. Ren stared at Lu Haifeng and said loudly: "We can understand, we understand best! As early as 2002, when we were in litigation with Cisco, we had already been deeply aware of this problem. In 2002, it was absolutely

This was the most difficult year for Huawei, and the entire company almost collapsed."

The old man had a serious look on his face, with a trace of sadness in his eyes: "When the IT Internet bubble burst, the entire technology and Internet sectors were in a downturn. At that time, Huawei also experienced negative growth for the first time in history. At that time, there were many internal conflicts within the company."

"At that time, our company's strategy had some problems. We were always being strangled by others, which triggered a large-scale panic in the company."

He looked at Lu Haifeng and said: "Mr. Lu, he was able to think of starting his own photolithography machine project at the beginning of the company's establishment, which shows that he is strategically forward-looking and admirable."

After hearing these words, Lu Haifeng also said sincerely: "To be honest, I also saw the records of Huawei's lawsuit with Cisco in 2002, and then I saw the "Huawei's Winter" speech delivered by Mr. Ren.

Then there’s the “extreme survival hypothesis” you always put forward.

"I was also affected by these influences, so I defied all opinions and firmly embarked on the most difficult path of self-research and independence."

Mr. Ren greeted with a smile, but Xu Wenwei and Zhang Yu who were next to him felt a bit stunned. After thinking about it, they couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

Mr. Ren took a sip and said: "Then you must be prepared to burn more money in the future. It can easily cost tens of billions of dollars, or even more money than this. And no matter how much money is spent in this field,

Money, no matter how much time you spend, may not produce results, and it often happens that everything comes to nothing.”

"What's more, there are international giants setting up a lot of patent barriers ahead, which are difficult to overcome."

"If you want to take this road, you must be prepared for a protracted war. The road ahead is full of thorns and traps. If you are not careful, you will fall into an abyss."

Lu Haifeng thought for a while and sighed deeply, looked at Mr. Ren and said: "Yes, this is a road full of thorns, but we have to walk it. Buying things from foreigners will definitely save you worry and effort. Just buy

If you assemble it yourself, you can launch the product quickly, but if you look at the overall situation and extend your horizons for more than 10 years, you can see clearly."

"In the future, high-precision industries, aviation, and artificial intelligence will be the upstream fields, and these foundations all require chips, and chips are inseparable from lithography machines."

"At that time, as long as the upstream suppliers suddenly cut off supply, or the countries on the other side of the ocean introduce a series of technical restrictions, then the losses will not be billions, tens of billions, or hundreds of billions."

"On the contrary, it will lose the entire market, and the company may die directly. So now we try not to use it if we can. If we use it, we have to find a spare tire like you Huawei."

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Ren was shocked and looked at Lu Haifeng with a face full of relief.

Xu Wenwei was even more shocked. He was very familiar with these words, because his big boss also said similar words to them, and there was almost no difference.

Mr. Ren said seriously: "At present, most of the world's underlying technologies are in the hands of foreign giant companies. We are still in the honeymoon period with these companies because we can bring them to the market without affecting their market size.

Make huge profits.”

"Once we affect their absolute market share, they will attack us in turn. This is inevitable."

Lu Haifeng said: "Many people think this situation is unfounded, but the way you look at things depends on the height from which you stand."

"Our opponents are not giants like Norgren, BlackBerry, and Fruit at all. They are just electronic terminal manufacturers and sellers of cutting-edge technology."

"Our real opponents are the world's top companies, those companies that stand on the top of the world on the other side of the ocean, and even the political systems themselves."

At this moment, Mr. Ren and Xu Wenwei were once again shocked and shocked. They had already thought highly of the young man in front of them, but they didn't expect that they still underestimated him. He saw the essence.

Lu Haifeng continued: "Our company continues to expand, and the influence of such a large company will also be important, and the competition I mentioned may happen at any time, and I think Huawei is already facing similar problems."

Mr. Ren listened very seriously and asked thoughtfully: "Why do you see it?"

His heart became more and more shocked, but he glanced at Lu Haifeng with relief in his eyes, more like the joy of finding a companion.

Lu Haifeng did not show off, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said: "Compared with previous years, Huawei is almost like a phoenix resurrected from the dead, and the company's annual profit is more than 30%."

Rapid growth."

"The company has more than 100,000 employees, of which researchers account for 45%. If my calculation is correct, Huawei will enter another stage, the fifth stage, starting next year."

"The theme of the first phase from 1987 to 1994 was to survive.

The theme of this second phase from 1995 to 2003 is to get out of chaos and rebirth in nirvana.

The theme of the third phase from 2004 to 2009 is to recognize ourselves and look forward to the future, because Huawei’s global business scale has continued to expand in recent years, and it has undoubtedly become a diversified high-tech giant. The business scale increases with age.

growth, so we must recognize ourselves and look to the future.”

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