Reborn Industrial Tycoon

"Chairman Li, Professor Martin Fang is a top expert in sensor research, especially in MEMS sensors. He has many mature scientific research results. If you can invite him, your company's sensor research will definitely make a qualitative leap.

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Martin Fang signed a five-year contract with Caltech. This contract will expire early next year. Caltech has proposed to him to renew the contract, but he has not agreed. It is widely speculated in the industry that he will either form his own organization

Scientific research institutions, or going to companies to get high salaries.

According to the intelligence we have, many companies have already extended an olive branch to him, including traditional sensor giants Honeywell, ABB and Siemens, as well as emerging ones such as Intel, Motorola, Samsung Semiconductor, etc. But according to our research and judgment

, the possibility of him going to a traditional enterprise is not high.

Because Martin Fang’s scientific research focus in the past two years has mainly been on MEMS sensors, he should still look for companies with relatively advanced microelectronics technology, especially companies with semiconductor technology, which will be his first choice!”

Headhunting companies have previously said that there are some high-end scientific research talents that Li Weidong needs to personally invite. Professor Martin Fang of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is such a talent.

Just by looking at his name, we can tell that Martin Fang is of Chinese descent, which is in line with the recruitment principles set by the headhunting company. Moreover, he is an expert in mems sensors, which is an extra bonus.

Mems sensors are sensors manufactured using microelectronics and micromachining technology. Compared with traditional sensors, mems sensors are small in size, light in weight, and reliable. The key is high added value.

In the future, MEMS sensors will probably account for 30% of the sensor market, and they will continue to grow, and are expected to eventually reach more than 50%.

Mems sensors are also widely used. Of course, they are mainly used in electronic products. This is also because mems sensors are relatively small. Just like smart phones, as the thickness becomes thinner and thinner, more mems sensors must be used.

The United States has been researching MEMS sensors since the 1980s. After entering the 21st century, American companies have carried out small-scale mass production of MEMS sensors. At that time, the technology was not fully mature. It was not until 2010 that the United States began to mass-produce MEMS sensors.

Scale promotion of mems sensors.

The promotion of mems sensors is inseparable from the intelligence of electronic consumer products. Since Apple launched smartphones, various electronic consumer products have gradually become intelligent, and the demand for mems sensors has also increased significantly. From smart watches to new energy sources

As long as cars are related to "smart", MEMS sensors are indispensable.

Li Weidong also knew that this talent was definitely what he needed, so he asked: "Is this Professor David Fang a Chinese American or an overseas Chinese with a green card?"

"He is a Chinese American." Manager Liu explained.

"Do you know which generation of Chinese he is?" Li Weidong asked again.

"I don't know, Caltech doesn't have any information about this either. In the past, those with English names should have been second- or third-generation Chinese, but now many first-generation Chinese immigrants to the United States,

In order to quickly integrate into the local culture, I will also give myself an English name." Manager Liu replied.

"Then where did he go to the United States? Was it from our mainland, or from the other side, or from Hong Kong Island, or from Southeast Asian countries?" Li Weidong then asked.

"I don't know." Manager Liu continued: "Caltech does not have such information. The earliest information we have about Martin Fang was in 1994 when he was studying for a master's degree at MIT.

He published a heavyweight paper and attracted the attention of the industry. At that time, his research was still on materials.

Afterwards, he obtained a doctorate at MIT and stayed at the school to teach. During this period, he also made several very important scientific research results. However, at that time, MIT already had several project teams focusing on researching MEMS sensors, so he stayed at the school.

At MIT, he could not obtain more scientific research resources, so he switched jobs to Caltech five years ago.

The information provided by Caltech is mainly about his scientific and technological achievements since arriving at Caltech, as well as papers published in recent years. We also asked MIT about his previous experience, but MIT provided more

This is only the information that can be found so far, and they are unwilling to provide more information."

"Why? With your Heidrick & Struggles public relations capabilities, you still can't open MIT's mouth?" Li Weidong asked with some confusion.

Manager Liu sighed helplessly and replied: "According to the gossip we collected, when Martin Fang was at MIT, his research direction was in conflict with other projects. In the end, MIT chose other projects.

As a result, Martin Fang left MIT.

Later, Martin Fang made achievements at Caltech, which also proved that his scientific research direction was correct. This also means that MIT was blind and let talent drain away in vain. Maybe MIT

It’s because of face that I don’t want to mention Martin Fang’s matter.”

Manager Liu said, lowering his voice and continued: "But these are just appearances. I specially used my personal connections to contact the investigator responsible for this matter. It is said that Martin Fang's project was not recognized by MIT.

Mainly because he is of Chinese descent, and the person competing with Martin Fang is a Jewish scientist.

After all, MIT is a private university. It has been funded by Jewish consortiums for nearly a century. Their scientific research funds will also give priority to scientific research projects of Jewish scientists. It is also because of this matter that Martin Fang and MIT

The relationship is very tense."

Li Weidong nodded suddenly: "In this case, if I recruit him to come to China, there may be a real chance. Such a capable scientist who comes to China should be worshiped as a living Bodhisattva. How can he be like a second-class citizen in the United States?

And I’m still being criticized by foreigners every day!”

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In order to recruit Martin Fang, Li Weidong personally came to the California Institute of Technology.

"Mr. Li, please come over here!" The teaching assistant brought Li Weidong into a room. There were several small tables in this room. There were chairs beside the small tables, and there was a projection screen on the wall. It looked like a seminar.

room.

There were already people in the room at this time. They were sitting at different small tables, obviously not together.

"Mr. Li, please sit down wherever you like. Professor Fang will be here soon," the teaching assistant said in English.

Li Weidong nodded and led his men to find an empty table and sit down.

Several tables nearby immediately began to discuss in low voices. Although their voices were not loud, words such as "China", "Puppy", and "Li" came out from time to time. These keywords were still caught by Li Weidong's ears.

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Li Weidong immediately understood that these people recognized who he was.

"Who are they? Are they also here to see Professor Fang?" Li Weidong asked the American assistant beside him.

This American assistant was a headhunter from Heidrick & Struggles and was sent to serve Li Weidong specifically.

The headhunter immediately replied: "Professor Fang is an authority on researching MEMS sensors. Many companies have contacted him before, and we are just one of them. These are people sent by other companies."

"Do you know them?" Li Weidong asked again.

The headhunter lowered his voice and answered: "The people over there are from Motorola, the ones next to them are from Texas Instruments, the bearded guy behind is from Intel, and the Asian guy on the left should be from Samsung Semiconductor..."

The people in the room are all known to Heidrick & Struggles headhunters, and they have obviously done enough homework. Perhaps many of them are Heidrick & Struggles clients.

After listening to the headhunter's introduction, Li Weidong had a solemn expression. The other professor was interested in all powerful semiconductor companies. Among them, Samsung Semiconductor was already relatively young, but it was still a few steps ahead of Li Weidong's Puppy Sensing.

grade.

If there was really a competition for corporate strength, Li Weidong would be destined to fail today.

"This Martin Fang has invited so many people here. He is obviously telling us that he is the emperor's daughter and has no worries about getting married! He plans to sell it at a price. This will force various companies to spend money!" Li Weidong thought to himself.

After a while, the teaching assistant came in again and invited representatives from various companies to interview Professor Fang alone. The first people invited were industry giants like Intel, followed by Motorola and Texas Instruments, and small companies were ranked behind.

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Ordinarily, with Americans' time management skills, you can agree to meet with representatives of each company at different times. There is no need to gather everyone in a room and then meet one by one, making it look like a recruitment interview.

It's also a waste of everyone's time.

But Professor Martin Fang deliberately conducted this kind of "recruitment interview", obviously telling various companies how popular he is, and if they want to recruit him, they have to be willing to spend money, otherwise they will be snatched away by other companies.

Already.

Li Weidong waited until it was his turn at the end. He had no complaints about Li Weidong. After all, the scale of Puppy Sensing was still far behind giants like Intel and Motorola.

Li Weidong was invited by the teaching assistant to an office with Martin Fang's name on the door.

When I walked into the room, I saw an Asian man sitting there. He was wearing a white lab coat of a scientific researcher. He looked about forty years old, but his head was half bald. Fortunately, his face did not look old.

"Are you Professor Martin Fang? I am Li Weidong from the Puppy Group." Li Weidong said in English.

Professor Fang looked at Li Weidong carefully before replying in Chinese: "Mr. Li, we can talk in Chinese."

Professor Fang’s Chinese pronunciation is straight and round, which is standard Mandarin.

"Professor Fang speaks Chinese very well." Li Weidong said immediately, but he was thinking in his heart that Professor Fang is most likely a Chinese of the first generation and has lived in China before, so he can speak such standard Mandarin.

Professor Fang smiled slightly, motioned for Li Weidong to sit down, and then asked the teaching assistant to bring him coffee. After the teaching assistant left, Professor Fang said: "Mr. Li, I know you are here to invite me to join. It is important to win your company's favor."

My pleasure."

This was just a polite remark, and Li Weidong didn't take it seriously.

Sure enough, the real show was about to begin. Professor Fang continued: "But I also have some personal conditions. If your company can meet these conditions, then we can talk about other matters. I have written down the details.

Please take a look."

Professor Fang said, picked up a document from the table, handed it to Li Weidong, and said at the same time: "To be honest, I have rejected Intel and Texas Instruments before because they could not meet the above conditions. Motorola and Qualcomm

Said it could be considered…”

Li Weidong took the document and read it at a glance. Professor Fang's conditions were not personal salary and benefits, but scientific research rights, including project autonomy, independent use of scientific research funds, and personnel rights. This is equivalent to

A new start has been made within the company.

Such conditions are indeed difficult for the giants in the industry to accept. For companies of Intel's level, scientific research projects belong to the company's strategy and are firmly controlled by the management, and it is impossible to delegate power to the scientific research department.

The internal affairs of large enterprises are always complicated, and internal struggles are no less than those in palace battles. For example, in palace battles, there is an emperor who can make the final decision. However, among joint-stock companies, the chairman who holds the largest share of the company has

It may be kicked out by several shareholders joining together.

Many products that change human experience are often launched when companies have not yet become giants. When companies become giants, they will always become mediocre.

Perhaps from Professor Fang's point of view, he is not willing to go to those industry giants.

There must be a lot of talented people under the command of giant companies, and there will be people who are not inferior to Professor Fang. Professor Fang will also face fierce competition. If he fails to compete, he will lose face.

This is probably like Zhuge Liang. If he went to seek refuge with Cao Cao, he would have to compete with a large group of first-rate counselors, including top brains such as Jia Xu, Xun You, and Sima Yi. Even Yang Xiu, who was seeking death, could see into people's hearts. How fierce would the competition be?

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But if you go to work under Liu Bei, it will be completely different. Liu Bei has no think tank, and 2D is just the ceiling. If it is not good enough, even 3D will have to be used as a half-strategist. If Zhuge Liang goes, Liu Bei will definitely obey his words, even marry a wife.

Listen to Zhuge Liang.

Li Weidong is in urgent need of scientific research talents now. Not to mention Zhuge Liang, Guo Tu, and Jiang Qian do not have any scammers. Naturally, he is also thirsty for talents. Professor Fang's conditions were proposed by Li Weidong without even thinking about it.

Come down.

"Professor Fang, our puppy sensor can completely meet your requirements!" Li Weidong said.

Professor Fang smiled and nodded, and then said: "Mr. Li, thank you for your trust, but I still have a few questions."

"Professor Fang, please speak." Li Weidong said immediately.

"I have checked the relevant information of your company. Although the Puppy Group is a multinational enterprise with a wide range of businesses, it has only entered the field of sensors in recent years. It has been less than three years since you mass-produced sensors! Why do you want to develop sensors?

Business?" Professor Fang asked.

Li Weidong immediately replied: "I originally planned to make sensors because many of our group's products require sensors. If we make our own sensors, we can ensure the stability of the supply chain. But now, I am more interested in consumer electronics.

The future development trend of products.

Just like Apple's iPhone, I think that in the future, touch-screen smartphones will replace push-button phones and become the mainstream of the market in the future, and many kinds of sensors will be used in smartphones.

Mobile phones are just one of them. Other consumer electronics, and even ordinary household appliances such as televisions and refrigerators, will all move towards intelligence. Intelligence cannot be separated from sensors, and sensors have a very broad market prospect."

Professor Fang thought for a moment and then asked: "Mr. Li, is he planning to develop smart home appliances?"

"To be honest, it's still too early for smart home appliances. I want to start with smartphones. In this regard, I have already formed a team, and our smartphone operating system will be released soon." Li Weidong replied.

"Operating system? This is not easy!" Professor Fang said.

Li Weidong replied: "Compared with hardware research and development, the investment in operating system is actually much lower."

Professor Fang nodded, and then said: "Speaking of R&D investment, I would like to ask how much R&D funding your company can provide me every year?"

"In the early stage, 100 million yuan per year should not be a problem. After the product becomes profitable, I can invest half of the profits in research and development." Li Weidong replied.

"Mr. Li, don't forget, I have the final say on how to use scientific research funds. I have the right to use such a large sum of money, are you at ease?" Professor Fang asked with a smile.

"We have a saying in China: Don't trust people you employ, and don't trust people you doubt." Li Weidong replied simply.

"Okay! Since Mr. Li trusts me, I am willing to join your company!" Professor Fang said.

"What?" Li Weidong was a little confused. He couldn't believe his ears.

"What's going on? He just said these two words and he agreed? Can't such a capable person be a little reserved? You have to look at the thatched cottage to ask Zhuge Liang to come out! And so many big companies are inviting him, how can he do it so easily?

Did you promise me?"

Li Weidong didn't believe in pie-in-the-sky pie. Professor Fang agreed so readily, which actually made Li Weidong feel that this was a fraud!

So Li Weidong asked: "Professor Fang, I have a question. There are so many big companies inviting you, why would you choose us? You shouldn't be interested in the large scientific research funds we provide, right?"

"Hahaha, it seems you really don't recognize me!" Professor Fang actually said this in the Qinghe dialect.

Li Weidong was startled, suddenly realizing that Professor Fang in front of him might be his fellow Qinghe fellow, and also his old acquaintance.

Seeing Li Weidong's confused look, Professor Fang replied: "Mr. Li, my Chinese name is Fang Zhenhong."

Li Weidong seemed to have heard the name "Fang Zhenhong" somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Professor Fang continued: "Mr. Li, when my father was building a house for your family, he accidentally broke his leg and had no money for medical treatment. It was you who paid for my father's medical expenses and later gave our family a sum of money."

, I have the tuition to go to college!”

"It turns out it's you!" Li Weidong finally remembered, and he immediately asked: "I didn't expect that the famous Professor Fang turned out to be an old friend! We haven't seen each other for twenty years, right? How is your father?"

"My father is fine, but he is old and has senile diseases. I wanted to bring him to the United States to enjoy life, but he didn't speak English and couldn't even recognize the road signs when he came here, so he returned to his hometown and is now taken care of by my brother.

"Professor Fang said.

Li Weidong immediately said; "If you return to China to develop, you can also take your father with you. You don't have to worry about food, housing and medical care. I can help you arrange it. If the elderly are not used to living in the home, you can also go home often."

.Domestic transportation has also developed now. It takes more than two hours to fly from the SAR to Qinghe."

Fang Zhenhong nodded: "I think so too. After working hard in the United States for more than ten years, I didn't care much about family affairs. Now that the financial conditions are better, I should take on the responsibility of being a son!"

At that time, Li Weidong made money and planned to move out of the family home of the transportation company, so he bought several self-built houses in the city, demolished them and built a new big house.

During the process of building a house, a worker broke his leg and had no money for medical treatment. Li Weidong paid for the medical expenses. Later, he learned that the worker's son had just entered college, so Li Weidong gave another condolence payment. And that one

The worker's son's name is Fang Zhenhong, who is the Martin Fang in front of him.

This happened twenty years ago. Even relatives who have not been in contact for twenty years may not recognize what they look like. Li Weidong would naturally not be able to recognize Fang Zhenhong. If Fang Zhenhong hadn’t taken the initiative to remind him, Li Weidong would have remembered

I can't afford this.

With this level of friendship, it makes sense that Fang Zhenhong is willing to give up the requirements of a large company and join Li Weidong.

What's more, filial piety comes first, and Fang Zhenhong can easily take care of his father when he returns to China to develop.

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Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago, is where Motorola's headquarters is located.

The head of Motorcycle is Edward Zander, who graduated from Boston University. He once served as the president of a server company and helped the company become a leader in the server market, with annual revenue reaching $18 billion.

It was also because of this brilliant resume that Edward Zander took over Motorola in 2004 and brought Motorola into a new era of glory.

At this time, CEO Edward Zander was listening to reports from his subordinates.

"Mr. President, David Fang from Caltech has rejected our invitation," his subordinate said.

Edward Zander frowned sharply: "Didn't I already agree to his conditions? He was given financial autonomy and personnel power, why would he refuse? Is there any other company that gave him better conditions? Is it Qualcomm?

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"It is understood that he eventually joined a Chinese company. Considering that he is of Chinese descent, this is not surprising!" the subordinate replied.

"Are there any companies in China that make sensors? It's a waste for such talents to go to China!" Edward Zander looked dissatisfied, then frowned and said, "No, China is also going to make MEMS sensors!"

"Mr. President, China's technological level is far behind ours. They should not be able to make MEMS sensors." His subordinate said.

"Just because we can't do it now doesn't mean we can't do it in the future. Take mobile devices for example. Ten years ago, Huawei came to us and begged us to cooperate in research and development. But what about the last two years? How much market share have we been robbed by Huawei!

"

Edward Zander snorted coldly, and then said: "The semiconductor department run by South Korea's Samsung is enough to give us a headache. China is dozens of times larger than South Korea. If Chinese companies develop, it will definitely be more difficult than Samsung Semiconductor.

Damn, maybe he'll eat us all!

They must be stopped! You should immediately contact the lobbying company and ask them to make a plan to lobby members of Congress. It is best to propose a bill that restricts the research and development of Chinese companies and is beneficial to us!"