Reinventing the Millennium

There are still half a month before the Spring Festival, and Fang Zhuo is about to go to the capital. In addition to attending the Spring Festival Gala, he also has to do other things there.

For example, the honor of academician was mentioned when Liang Mengsong was recruited to join the team.

Academicians are reviewed every two years, with additional selections starting in odd-numbered years. The next time, nominations will begin on January 1, 2011, and will end on March 31. The candidate list will be announced in April, and the first and second rounds of reviews will continue until the end of the year. Then announce the results.

Fang Zhuo once mentioned this matter when his leader inspected the Luzhou wafer fab. However, Liang Mengsong joined Ice Core not long ago in 2009, and it is not convenient to mention some achievements. Naturally, he cannot keep up with the odd-numbered years.

This year, Bingxin has been focusing on improving the yield rate of the 45nm process, and the name of the technology leader "research on key technologies for the large-scale production of 65nm-45nm extremely large-scale integrated circuits" can be finalized.

Fang Zhuo hopes that Liang Mengsong can win the National Science and Technology Progress Award this year, and it will be more logical to be nominated as an academician next year.

Of course, he personally thought so, and the leader had verbally agreed before, but the time in between was neither long nor short. In order to avoid any problems, he just took advantage of the Spring Festival to move around more.

After all, semiconductors are semiconductors, and this is not the only industry in China.

It is still difficult for Fang Zhuo to decide on matters in the technical field, but those outside of technology can help. Now Professor Hu Zhengming is already a foreign academician. If Liang Mengsong can be successfully co-opted, this pair of master and apprentice academicians will also be a good story in Bingxin. .

In the evening of January 28, the President Office of Hang Lung 23 temporarily welcomed guests from Pengcheng.

Zhao Tao, the technical director of DJI, came to wish Mr. Fang a happy new year with gratitude and courtesy.

During the Spring Festival last year, DJI sent a drone model of its own to Henglong 23, and sent it directly via e-commerce. This year... Seeing that it was the Spring Festival again, I suddenly felt that it was not polite to express it directly like last year, so the technical director personally coming.

Zhao Tao is an employee who joined DJI from the beginning. In the past two years, DJI has encountered many difficulties, and the core founding team has basically left, but he still persisted.

He didn't know whether drones would work. Anyway, he was quite happy doing what he liked.

At half past six, Zhao Tao walked into Yike's president's office for the first time, met the legendary Mr. Fang, and gave him his second gift since receiving Yike's investment.

"Next time, just send it directly. There is no need for Mr. Zhao to make such a trip." Fang Zhuo exchanged a few pleasantries, accepted the gift with a smile, and said, "Being able to make a good product is... well, the best gift."

"Mr. Fang, on behalf of everyone at DJI, I would like to express my sincere gratitude." Zhao Tao said seriously.

"Very good, Mr. Zhao, sit down, sit down." Fang Zhuo extended his hand to signal, then placed the simple transparent box in front of him and looked at the drone model inside.

Compared to the last time the drone broke after just playing with it in the office, this time it looks like... it's like an assembly of two products, with a multi-rotor on top and a digital camera on the bottom, with clearly marked labels on the camera. With Sony's "SONY".

Zhao Tao is a technical person and not very good at words.

He saw Mr. Fang silent and didn't know what to say.

Anyway, he came to express his gratitude sincerely.

When DJI first sought investment, it wanted to try out Penguin, which was also based in Pengcheng. Later, there was a "war of words between innovation and micro-innovation", so it went directly to Yike in Shanghai and successfully got the money. .

Then... continue to work on products, continue to fail, the team is shaken, there is a wave of resignations, changing ideas, looking for money for research and development... The model now given to Mr. Fang is the drone after changing the product idea.

It is a multi-rotor UAV flight control modified from a helicopter flight control.

DJI has been developing helicopters for three years and has barely managed to break even. Now I feel that everyone is more interested in multi-rotors. This market may be a better breakthrough point.

During this process, DJI received a lot of help from Yike.

Originally, DJI just had the attitude of giving it a try, wondering if Yike could provide some other support since it had invested money, so it wanted to ask about the optimization of drone chips. As a result, Yike established a docking The engineering team also recruited people from the ice core team to do this specifically.

This is what DJI is most grateful for. Even because of the pleasant cooperation with each other, the leader Wang Tao wanted to recruit this small Yike team. Unfortunately, the price and treatment were not available.

As for other things, such as the Sony camera in the drone model in front of me, it is a product from Bingxin Shencheng 3 Factory and the price is very affordable, so it is not worth mentioning.

Zhao Tao kept quiet and didn't say anything when he saw Mr. Fang unpacking the box. However, he suddenly saw the four words on the wall and couldn't help but muttered.

Don’t they usually write something like “tranquil and far-reaching”? Mr. Fang, this is new.

However, when he thought about it, it was okay for Mr. Fang to call himself this way. DJI was aided by heroes. As for...what was written in the news media, anyway, Mr. Fang must have his reasons. He is a real person like Penguin. How bad could it be?

Fang Zhuo played with the drone for a while and asked with a smile: "This is quite heavy. The future direction must be to integrate the camera together, right? Otherwise, what would it look like hanging a Sony camera?"

Zhao Tao nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Fang, but our most important job now is to stabilize its flight attitude. It has motors on its X, Y, and Z axes, which must be coordinated when the drone tilts. The gyroscope gives power in the opposite direction to avoid camera shake, and camera integration is the future direction."

Fang Zhuo thought for a moment and said, "There is a linear motor in our mobile phone. I think the laboratory sometimes studies screen rotation and the like. Is this related to yours?"

Zhao Tao replied politely and briefly: "It doesn't matter."

"Let's leave professional things to professionals." Fang Zhuo gave up on technical associations and smiled, "Yike has a small team to work with DJI on optimization, but we are a mobile phone company after all. Since Zhao Now that you are here, what do you think about recruiting a team from Morningstar to engage in special optimization and research and development of drone chips?"

Zhao Tao stood up, surprised and shocked: "Mr. Fang, this, uh, this is of course good, but I can't decide, um, uh, we don't have enough funds now. Can I call Mr. Wang?"

He came here to give gifts and pay New Year greetings, and never thought of discussing business cooperation.

"Let's fight. Joint research and development is good for each other's technology accumulation. It doesn't cost money." Fang Zhuo said gently, "Besides, if you really need money, you come to me for financing again, just to figure out what to do."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tao sat back down, stopped using his phone, and nodded: "No money? Then I can decide, Mr. Fang, we at DJI are very willing to join this kind of joint research and development!"

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Well, that pragmatic approach is needed.

He didn't waste any time, picked up the landline and arranged the matter, putting it aside after the Spring Festival.

Zhao Tao witnessed everything and felt that Henglong Hero was well-deserved. He was willing to help others and helped the strong and the weak. Apart from anything else, he had just acquired Morningstar and was always thinking about Morningstar. Where could he find such a chairman?

There was one person in the office who was not good at words, and the other one who took time out temporarily. After Fang Zhuo finalized a small matter, he said a few polite words. Seeing that Zhao Tao really had nothing else to do, he gave the same New Year blessing. He hoped that DJI would launch it soon. A product that everyone loves.

And, if you need anything, Yike, Chenxing, and Bingxin can all help.

Zhao Tao heard the content of Mr. Fang’s phone call with his own ears. He believed in the promise from the head of Yike. When he left Hang Lung Building, he called his boss and was full of praise for the giant leader. He was completely in line with the legend. It's different!

At the President Office of Hang Lung 23, before Fang Zhuo had time to put the drone back into the box, Su Wei came up and saw the new gift.

She held the remote control and smiled: "This seems to be different from the one last year?"

"It is said that it is stronger and more stable." Fang Zhuo said, "The technical director personally came to visit and send it to me for New Year greetings."

Su Wei asked: "Can I fly in the office?"

She still remembered the last time her phone crashed.

Fang Zhuo glanced at the multi-rotor and replied uncertainly: "Yes."

Mr. Zhao just said something about X, Y, X axis and so on.

Su Wei conducted a test flight.

Snapped!

Facts have proved that it is an unsurprising result for less mature products to encounter unqualified users.

"Put the parts away and give them to Zhou Keke as a New Year's gift. This is quite commemorative." Fang Zhuo suggested as he looked at the drone on the ground.

"Then this company must be able to develop in the future." Su Wei said with a smile, "I have to tell Coco that this is bought for 1,000 yuan and cannot be flown for too long."

Fang Zhuo said "Yeah": "If you want something stable and long-lasting, that's another price."

Su Wei received the parts in the box, hoping that Zhou Keke would like this toy of assembling a drone. She took out a newly launched product on Tesco from her pocket and said with a smile: "Look, it's a card from China Unicom."

To be precise, it is China Unicom’s Yike exclusive package card.

Fangzhuo and China Unicom previously reached a consensus that they would launch a traffic-focused package before the Spring Festival. Now, it is here.

"It's only two weeks. Hey, China Unicom is really afraid that Yixin will become bigger and stronger." Fang Zhuo took the card and said, "This time I am in the capital to pay New Year's greetings to Penguin and also to China Unicom."

Yixin will discuss financing matters with China Unicom after the Spring Festival, and the prices will be two before and after this period.

"Okay, Mr. Fang will fly to the capital. I will be in charge of the overall situation during this year's New Year." Su Wei was not referring to the company, but to family matters during this year's New Year.

The two families have gathered in Shanghai in the past few years, which has become a habit. This year, they will inevitably need to pay more attention.

Fang Zhuo shook Weiwei's hand and said with a smile: "I've really been encouraging others lately, Mr. Su, you can do it."

Su Wei is in charge of Tesco, so she often faces trivial matters, but when she thinks about the scenes of seven aunts and eight aunts during the New Year, it is inevitable that she will have a headache.

"This year our Tesco will finally go public." She sighed.

"Then I will take folic acid." Fang Zhuo said seriously.

Su Wei glanced at the man in front of her, picked up the drone box in her hand, and said, "President Fangda is going to the capital, so I will take it with me and give it to Coco in two days."

She added: "Xiao Su would like to wish Mr. Fang that this year the tiger will bring blessings, the jade tiger will bring treasure, and the golden tiger will bring spring."

Fang Zhuo said "hmm", nodded and said, "Okay, the golden tiger is in spring, that's what I'll say on the Spring Festival evening."

…

Fang Zhuo had almost finished arranging many matters and official matters and got on the flight to the capital. Because the private plane was undergoing routine maintenance, the group of people met a hippopotamus man in a suit and tie in the first class cabin.

When people arrive in the capital, the time and atmosphere are different. Fang Zhuo first went around Sina and Weibo, distributed New Year red envelopes, and listened to a lot of auspicious words and his feelings about the capital actions in January.

To be honest, Fang Zhuo had considered the impact of such a move before he launched the acquisition of Morningstar, but he really didn't expect such a large-scale movement.

However, there is no need to worry too much about personal image at this time, because the Spring Festival Gala will soon refresh everyone's memory.

After meeting his family, Fang Zhuo sent New Year's greetings to his leaders the next day, mentioned the ice core's achievements and progress this year in person, expressed his credit for the technical team headed by Dr. Liang Mengsong and Professor Hu Zhengming, and then talked about the domestic industry. There is no need to delay and the weak link.

In fact, this was not the first time that Fang Zhuo had talked about this in front of the leader. He had talked about it many times at different times and on different occasions. He even felt that it might be boring for the leader to say this by himself.

But regardless of whether the leadership is tired or not, the reality of the semiconductor industry is that attention and support will not exceed the conventional meaning. This is a judgment for a foreseeable period in the future.

The biggest reason for this situation is that domestic manufacturers are limited by the purchase of equipment and technology, but there will be no such restrictions on the consumer side. When others have better products, lower prices, and more stable technical services, everyone I am not willing to choose domestic products.

This is a basic law of market economy and is difficult to violate.

Without stable product iteration and technology accumulation, it will be difficult for domestic manufacturers to form a healthy hematopoietic cycle, and their progress will be relatively slow. This is also an important reason why Bingxin's wafer service alliance quickly gained industry support.

What really allows the domestic semiconductor sector to gain extraordinary support is the broken market rules. It is better to buy than to make. When you cannot buy or face the situation that you may not be able to buy at any time, you can greatly enhance the internal driving force and expand market demand.

This is the real situation that Fang Zhuo has experienced in the development of ice core ecology in the past two years.

There will be crises and there will be hopes.

After meeting with the leader, Fang Zhuo said some of these things, but overall the goal was achieved. The development of the ice core was greatly appreciated and affirmed, and Liang Mengsong and the others were once again promised for their achievements.

Just like SMIC, where Academician Wang Yangyuan was previously in charge, and he once served as chairman in order to calm the turmoil, Bingxin has its own family members to gain honorary status, and both corporate development and related industry, academia and research will be in a better situation.

The conversation with the leader was relatively pragmatic, but after the communication was basically concluded, Fang Zhuo's conversation with the leader's secretary became more pragmatic.

"Secretary Zhao, is there any reliable channel that can provide me with a transfer?" Fang Zhuo made a request.

"Where to transfer?" Secretary Zhao remained calm.

"It's the kind where machines dismantle and dismantle them, treat them as rubbish and ship them to East Asia and Africa, and then pick and choose them." Fang Zhuo said clearly.

Secretary Zhao coughed: "Mr. Fang, isn't the ice core licensed?"

"Just think of it as studying in advance." Fang Zhuo was very serious.

Secretary Zhao looked at Mr. Fang left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Fang, you are quite pessimistic. Let me ask you about this."

"Thank you, Secretary Zhao." Fang Zhuo shook hands gratefully, "Everything is done in advance, otherwise it will be ruined. I will find someone to get familiar with and learn more about it."