Reinventing the Millennium

On the night of New Year's Eve, Fang Zhuo finally tasted the skills of the chef invited from Shencheng.

The construction of the ice core factory is very complete. Because it is located in Luzhou, the land is convenient to use. It also wants to make up for the conditions of the employees in terms of basics. Therefore, the standards including the canteen are very high.

But the two top chefs carefully selected by Fang Zhuo are above the standard, making all the employees and experts praise today's food.

Even though I said I was working overtime, I still had time set aside on New Year's Eve.

In the cafeteria, we made a special trip to Changhong Meiling's factory to bring in several large TVs so that everyone could watch and chat while eating.

So, in the Bingxin Canteen on New Year's Eve, some people laughed while watching the Spring Festival Gala, some people chatted on the phone with their families at home, and some people chatted about production line technology with great interest.

At 8:30 in the evening, Fang Zhuo was eating melon seeds and chatting with the top management of Bingxin and the expert team leader of SMIC next to him.

He is not good at talking about technology. At most, he just memorizes some nouns and parameters like when he first met Hu Zhengming, but this is not interesting at all in front of an expert.

But if you talk about a topic that interests people, there will be plenty to talk about.

Hey, it's not appropriate to talk about the purchase of ice core equipment at this time. That might seem heavy, so just talk about Yike.

You can talk about what happened during the road show, how you were respected by investors when you arrived in Singapore, and how you were exposed as a warning to Sony at that time.

You can talk about the snowstorm in New York, about yourself and Pan Ben going to the warehouse to help with loading and unloading, and about the channel connection of foreign supermarket chains.

Fang Zhuo talked so much that he felt thirsty, but he saw that everyone else was serious.

"You don't have any suspicions or anything?"

Qiu Ciyun replied: "Mr. Fang, there is nothing suspicious about this. What you said falls into the category of the 'Ten Proverbs of the Richest Man', which sounds reasonable to me."

Wu Jingang from SMIC listened with gusto and said: "It may be a little exaggerated, but I believe what Mr. Fang said is true, because I have also watched CCTV's "Win in China"."

Fang Zhuo laughed. He was celebrating the Chinese New Year, so he felt quite comfortable hearing such words.

Wu Jingang asked again: "Mr. Fang, you said on TV that the future is an era of consumer electronics. MP3 players are very popular in China now, but what about abroad? Is there any difference from domestic ones?"

"Team Leader Wu, are you interested in this category? Are you interested in switching from R\u0026D in the future?" Fang Zhuoxian asked curiously.

Wu Jingang shook his head: "Research and development is very interesting. I feel that every step we take at SMIC brings China one step closer to the world. This feeling is very..."

Fang Zhuo helped him complete: "It's very cool."

"Well, it can be said that the lawsuit between the company and the reporter will also come to an end. From now on, everyone will rely on their true abilities." A smile appeared on Wu Jingang's face, "I am confident, we are all confident."

Fang Zhuo nodded, roughly understanding the sense of accomplishment that research and development can bring under such circumstances.

——Every step I take is the first step in the country. One more step I take is one more step in the country.

This is what SMIC is now.

"I hope SMIC can go faster and further." Fang Zhuo sincerely blessed him. Many things have been completely different. Maybe SMIC can really make brave progress.

He brought the topic back: "Consumer electronics have a very fast rising trend. The difference between foreign countries and domestic countries is that the prices outside are faster. Take the music player that I can confirm as an example. Oh yes, you know that abroad Because of music copyright, this market is basically occupied by our Yike and Apple, right?"

Everyone nodded, not even eating melon seeds now.

"In 2003, the annual sales volume in the U.S. market was 1.2 million units. Last year, in 2004, our mid-year forecast was 3.6 million units. At the end of last month, we revised the full-year sales estimate, which should be around 5 million units. , the error will not be too big.”

“1.2 million → 5 million.”

"Almost 4.1 times."

Fang Zhuo asked with a smile: "The increase is very fast, isn't it? Is it amazing?"

Everyone nodded again, this increase is too strong!

"But this is not the most powerful thing. The growth rate this month has not slowed down." Fang Zhuo looked at the expressions of these people and nodded, "Yes, it is what you think. The target sales volume of the entire market this year will be 2000- 25 million units.”

Fang Zhuo took a sip of dumpling soup and listed the comparison of market sales again: "1.2 million units the year before last, and 22 million units this year. If I said in 2003 that the market would increase, would anyone believe it?"

1.2 million→22 million.

The comparison is even more amazing.

Wu Jingang thought more deeply, this is the estimate for this year, what about next year? How high will the sales figures jump to in this market?

He couldn't help but exclaimed: "No wonder Mr. Fang said that this is the era of consumer electronics. This, this is really shocking. Moreover, there are moats for music copyright abroad, and Yike has in-depth cooperation with Sony Music. We will follow this in the future The market took off together.”

Yike is already very powerful now, what will it look like if it continues to take off?

An integrated product formed by hardware products + software + music, how can this allow competitors to enter the track?

"Moat or not, well, of course it is at the moment, but just like Sony Walkman couldn't imagine that Internet + music would defeat it, the competitors of mp3 players may not be of the same dimension at all." Fang Zhuo commented seriously, Yi Ke is not as carefree as he seems.

He connected consumer electronics and integrated circuits and said: "The explosive growth of consumer electronics has caused the entire industry chain to follow suit, including SMIC and Taiwanese, and demand has surged."

"From this perspective, Bingxin's entry into the game this year is not bad. At least he won't be too hungry."

"The market prospects are good, mainly due to technology."

“Leaving aside our production capacity, I am also a little worried about IC design and IC packaging.”

Wu Jingang replied: "Mr. Fang, it's hard to say about the design. Today's packaging manufacturers are still very mature. You don't have to worry about the downstream. From our experience, the upstream design and orders will test the competitiveness."

Competitiveness is the quotation of wafer manufacturing. The higher the yield, the more room for competition.

At this time, exclamations came from the canteen.

"Oh, Thousand-Armed Guanyin!"

"This is beautiful!"

Fang Zhuo and others looked up and saw the Spring Festival Gala program "Thousand-Hand Guanyin" being shown on the TV. This music-picture dance drama presented by the Disabled People's Art Troupe was shocking.

People in the cafeteria admired it for a while.

When the next program was played, everyone was still talking about the impact of the scene just now.

Fang Zhuo came to his senses and was about to speak when he saw Qiu Ciyun's eyes jumping behind him.

He turned his head slightly and saw Su Wei walking over with a smile on her face.

"Xiao Su is here, sit down, I'm not at home with my family today." Fang Zhuo moved his butt to make room.

"Aren't you with me? I'm just here to take a look and I'll go back later." Su Wei greeted the people next to her.

"Then you are at a big loss. The "Thousand-Hand Guanyin" that was played just now is really good. Didn't you see it?" Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Besides, Bingxin is my home, Mr. Qiu is my eldest brother, and Team Leader Wu He’s my brother, the people in the cafeteria are all my family members, how can I say I’m not accompanying him?”

Before Su Wei could speak, Qiu Ciyun, Wu Jingang and others responded in unison.

"Hey~~~"

Mr. Fang talks so disgustingly!

Qiu Ciyun winked at Wu Jingang, but the latter made no move. He grabbed the other person's arm and stood up, saying, "Let's go. Mr. Fang started to speak untruthfully. Let's go over there to find the boss." Cook and eat fresh food.”

Wu Jingang said "Uh" before saying, "Okay, fresh food, let's take a walk."

Several senior executives nearby left chatting and laughing.

Fang Zhuo shrugged: "Xiao Su, look, you have driven me away."

"As expected, Mr. Fang's family members are very knowledgeable." Su Wei then untied the satchel on the table and took out the thermos box, "I made dumplings with my parents at home, let's try them."

The insulated box is still steaming hot when opened.

Fang Zhuo was actually very full. He really had nothing to be polite about in his cafeteria, but...

"It's delicious." He praised while eating, and an idea came to his mind. This is the most difficult thing to bear with dumplings.

"Really? Is it more delicious than what the chef makes?" Su Wei asked with a smile.

Fang Zhuo said "hmm" and said seriously: "It's delicious. I don't know why, but this dumpling makes my heart feel sweet when I eat it. I can't figure out the situation."

Su Wei's eyes curled up when she smiled.

Fang Zhuo added: "When I have free time these days, I will also make dumplings and let Xiao Su try my skills. I am very good at rolling dumpling wrappers."

"Waiting for free time, that is, I don't know when." Su Wei said slightly, "Xu Beihong painted horses, Qi Baishi painted shrimps, you always painted cakes, and now you are also painting dumplings."

Fang Zhuo looked serious: "Xiao Su has seen clearly, and you must never say this to investors."

Su Wei pouted: "Hey!"

She watched Mr. Fang eating the dumplings slowly and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, okay, if you can't eat it, don't eat it. I just want you to have a taste. Have you called your uncle and aunt tonight?"

"They should be watching the lion dance in New York's Chinatown right now. Hey, it's very lively there. Let's watch two sketches later." Fang Zhuo put down his chopsticks, "I asked Xiao Yu to help arrange it. Qi Qi's English It’s okay, but my parents and uncles can’t.”

"It's okay in Chinatown, but elsewhere you have to bring a translator."

"It's quite cold in New York when they visit international metropolises. When they get to Miami, the temperature there will be much more comfortable."

Fang Zhuo chatted casually.

"Will they buy you a gift?" Su Wei blinked and asked, "Will they buy a watch?"

"Hmm..." Fang Zhuo immediately understood the meaning, "You don't have a watch in your bag, do you?"

"No, no, I mean, for the Chinese New Year, well, I saw a very nice watch, um, that's it." Su Wei had expectations in her eyes.

Fang Zhuo showed his wrist and there was a watch on it.

Su Wei said gently: "I will discuss it with Zhou Xin."

The watch on this wrist was a gift given by Zhou Xin when he had some money. It was considered a pain in the ass for him at the time, but now, its price is a bit lower than the wealth of the richest man...

"The watch isn't broken either." Fang Zhuo never cared about this and thought for a while, "That's okay. You can give me one and I'll wear it."

Su Wei became happy.

"There is a sketch." Fang Zhuo pointed to the TV.

The Spring Festival Gala came to Guo Donglin and Niu Li's sketch "A Manly Man".

"I'll get some dessert, you drink juice or something?"

"Whatever, um, apple juice if you got it."

Fang Zhuo stood up, took a few pieces of cake and two glasses of apple juice, continued to eat melon seeds, and watched the show with Xiao Su.

Happy time is always short, and it was not convenient for Su Wei to stay out all the time on New Year's Eve. After watching two more shows, she left Bingxin's busy canteen.

At half past nine in the evening, a call came from overseas.

Fang Zhuo knew from the noisy background sounds and the loud and cheerful voices of his parents that they had a good time in Chinatown.

"Don't buy it, Mom, I don't need anything. Don't buy me a gift. You can buy it for someone back home. You can buy it for me if you have to. Don't buy a watch."

Fang Zhuo chatted for a while about New Year gifts.

"Hahaha, son, I have no intention of buying you a watch." Mother Zhao Shumei laughed.

She smiled and handed the phone to Yu Hong, the marketing director of Yike, who was accompanying her when she went shopping.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Fang, happy New Year. Hey, speak louder."

Chinatown was quite noisy. Yu Hong didn't hear clearly, so she heard the key word "watch" and continued to say with a smile: "Auntie, I can't hide my words. I want to buy a few watches, and I'll buy one for you as a way of honoring President Fangda." of."

"Uh..." Fang Zhuo hesitated for a second and wanted to decline politely.

"Oh, yes, my dad will go to Luzhou for a meeting after the New Year. If you buy any gifts for me, just say I bought them." Yu Hong said.

"Why don't you buy it yourself?" Fang Zhuo wondered.

"It's too late, I forgot, I was too busy." Yu Hong said confidently. "It's just right. I don't know what he will like. You male compatriots should know what kind of razor is suitable. Anyway, you can just say that I bought it. I said I would buy him a gift years ago."

"Okay... OK." Fang Zhuo agreed and then asked, "He is coming to Luzhou for a meeting? What kind of meeting?"

"It seems to be some kind of cadre study meeting. I heard he said that he might be promoted to an official position." Yu Hong said nonchalantly, "I didn't ask in detail. I will send you the phone number when I get back. It will probably take two days."

Fang Zhuo knew that Yu Hong's father was a deputy county magistrate. If he was promoted, it might be a key step for him to move from being a deputy to a full-time official.

His mind was spinning, not sure what Xiao Yu meant, so he thought about it and asked, "Do you need my help in a more tactful way?"

"No, the old man is happy to study and make progress. You might make people hate you if you speak." Yu Hong simply refused.

"That's right." Fang Zhuo thought about it. It's not very convenient recently. "Okay, I'll help you choose. If he's not satisfied, I'll have to rely on you."

Yu Hong said cheerfully: "As long as I buy it, he will definitely be satisfied. Then I will help you choose a watch with a little bit of care. That's it, that's it. Happy New Year! Go shopping, go shopping!"

"Well, let's have fun together." Before Fang Zhuo finished speaking, he heard the phone being hung up furiously.

Toot toot.

call ended.

Fang Zhuo looked at his wrist. The watch was performing its function innocently. It was very good, very good. In the blink of an eye, the hour hand could jump to the new year.

The new year starts with... changing your watches.

Fang Zhuo hadn't thought about it for two minutes when another call came in.

This time it belongs to Zhou Xin, the president of the medical department.

"Mr. Fang, happy New Year. I bought you a Rolex in Xiangjiang. I don't know if you like it or not." Zhou Xin said with a smile, "My wife helped us pick it out and we just paid for it."

Fang Zhuo choked back the second half of his words: "Well, I like it, I definitely like it. I actually like the watch you bought me the most."

"Hahaha, that's good, Mr. Fang, have a happy New Year and good luck!" Yu Lanyu's cheerful voice next to him came from Zhou Xin's mobile phone.

"Okay, thank you, I'm happy, I'm happy." Fang Zhuo took off the watch on his wrist and put it in his pocket, preparing to wear a Rolex next year.

It’s not because of who gave it to me, I just like the brand.