Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

After about ten minutes, Wang Haowen finally hung up the phone, walked over and said to Kang Chi: "It's still open, but I heard that the efficiency has not been very good in the past few years, and it may go bankrupt at any time... Anyway, I have discussed the situation with him. I said, if you are interested, you have to hurry up."

"Thank you! Thank you so much this time."

Kang Chi nodded gratefully to Wang Haowen, and then recorded the contact number and address of his classmate.

Of course, Wang Haowen’s contact information is also required.

"How about we go have lunch together?"

"I won't stop eating. I have a small experiment this afternoon. If you don't have anything else to do, I'll go back first."

"Okay, I'll invite you next time I get the chance."

Wang Haowen nodded and walked towards the research institute.

"Wait, are you taking a part-time job?"

"part time?"

"Well, do you or anyone you know know how to write a graphics card driver?"

"Graphics card driver? Is it the 2D accelerator card you designed?"

"No, it's a serious graphics card."

Wang Haowen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "Let's wait until you bring the graphics card."

It could be seen from his perfunctory expression that he thought this was another joke by Kang Chi.

Kang Chi doesn’t mind either,

He already got the answer he wanted,

When Wang Haowen really sees the graphics card, he will naturally be able to dispel his misunderstanding and prejudice against him.

After leaving Jiangsu University, Kang Chi returned to the hotel and checked out, then took the train non-stop to Yuecheng, where he successfully met Wang Haowen's college classmate Liu Yu.

There is a big difference between Liu Yu's image and Kang Chi's imagination.

The loose suit he wore tried to cover up his huge beer belly, but in the end he could barely button it up. When he saw Kang Chi, although he had a warm and cheerful smile on his face, his eyes were full of exhaustion.

In short, he is completely different from the science and engineering man in Kang Chi’s impression.

On the contrary, he is more like a boss who failed in business.

Well,

It seems to be the case...

Chaoyang Electronics Factory.

In the dilapidated factory building, several elderly workers were working on the assembly line, slowly processing circuit boards. The rusty equipment gave off a strong smell of engine oil, which made Kang Chi feel a little heady.

Kang Chi picked up a square black chip from the assembly line. It was about the size of a thumbnail, with eight pins on each side.

"What is this?" Kang Chi asked curiously.

"A 40-micron process microprocessor, 4.19 MHz main frequency, 8 KB memory and 8 KB video RAM, these are the main products of our factory."

40 microns?

Performance is quite low.

However, the performance of the 2D accelerator card he designed himself is not much better. The two of them can be regarded as sleeping dragons and phoenixes...

"What's the use of this thing?"

"It has many uses. When we were young, we played Tetris on the Game Boy, a handheld game console with this kind of chip inside. However, almost no one plays this game anymore. We now mainly supply it to manufacturers that produce children's toys for use in children's toys." On products such as rocking cars.”

Because Wang Haowen introduced him, Liu Yu was quite enthusiastic about Kang Chi.

I just don’t know if he will be so enthusiastic after knowing that Kang Chi just wants to borrow their equipment to make a 2D accelerator card...

After briefly understanding the situation at the electronics factory, Liu Yu took Kang Chi for a late-night snack.

"I was still in elementary school when handheld game consoles became popular. At that time, my family's factory was much bigger than it is now. Dozens of workers were crammed into it and it was too busy."

"Later it stopped working in China, but the demand in the Philippines increased again. There were still export orders until I graduated from college, but in the past few years, it has stopped working both at home and abroad."

After a few glasses of wine, Liu Yu started chatting and kept talking to Kang Chi about the past glory of their factory.

Kang Chi also felt a little sad after hearing this.

The relationship brother came back from college, and what he inherited from his father was actually a mess.

"After all, it's been decades, and it's almost going to be completely eliminated." Kang Chi shook his head, "Why don't you try to upgrade the industry? For example, make some more advanced graphics cards?"

"Industrial upgrading?" Liu Yu suddenly showed a complicated expression, "Have you ever heard of a saying? Failure to engage in industrial upgrading is a slow death, and engaging in industrial upgrading is a direct and sudden death."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Industrial upgrading requires buying equipment and improving the quality of workers. There is money everywhere, but the market is also expanding. If you can't keep up with marketing, won't you die suddenly? Even if marketing can keep up, you will still make a profit. The real big ones, the small ones, are all made by those selling equipment.”

Kang Chi nodded.

In fact, Daqin Optics is currently facing a similar situation, but it is not as severe as Chaoyang Electronics Factory.

Because Daqin Optical's manufacturing equipment was all made by Kangchi itself, this saved an unknown amount of money.

And once it upgrades to the more competitive mid-to-high-end market, it will immediately be surrounded by manufacturers such as Sony, Canon, and Nikon.

If he spent a lot of money to buy his equipment and the capital chain was insufficient, he would not be able to escape a sudden death.

However, Daqin Optics has the soil to develop manual focus lenses, but Chaoyang Electronics Factory does not. What they are facing is a land that is nearly dry, and they don't know whether they can survive tomorrow.

"But you can't sit still and wait for death, right? You have to give it a try to find out if it works, right? Your business was so good before, you should have made money, why don't you invest some?"

"Don't mention it. When the old man got rich, he only gambled and took care of his mistress. His whole family was ruined by him."

"..."

Kang Chi was silent for a moment, and in order to change the subject, he mentioned the purpose of his trip.

Liu Yu felt a little disappointed when Kang Chi said that he came here just to borrow the equipment in his factory to make something.

But for the sake of my college classmates, I didn't show it obviously. I just hesitated for a moment and nodded: "No problem. Give me the design and I will help you make it tomorrow."

"Uh... maybe I didn't make it clear just now. What I meant was that I wanted to make it myself."

"?"

Liu Yu was also a little confused when he heard this strange request.

"Do you have to do it yourself?"

"Yes, just think of it as my personal hobby."

"Okay...but the question is, can you use those devices?"

"No." Kang Chi smiled, took out an envelope prepared in advance from his pocket and stuffed it into Liu Yu's hand, "So I have to ask Brother Liu to teach me. This little trivial thing can be regarded as training fees."

The envelope was so stuffed that the seal couldn't be folded at all. Liu Yu could see at a glance that there was money inside.

Based on Liu Yu's experience, he knew that this thick stack would cost forty or fifty thousand as soon as he got it.

He immediately pushed the envelope to Kang Chi: "Brother Kang, you are too foreign! You were introduced by Haowen. Although he and I have not been in contact for so many years, the friendship between classmates in the bunk beds will always be there. Besides, you It’s just a little effort.”

"No, one code is the same. Your friendship is yours. Don't put any pressure on me."

Kang Chi naturally refused to accept it, so the money was put on the table.

"Actually, I just met Dr. Wang. If you don't accept the money, how can I bother you?" Kang Chi said and stood up, "Unless you want to drive me to find someone else?"

"Uh, that's not what I meant..."

Liu Yu saw that Kang Chi was so persistent and that he really needed money recently, so he finally had to accept the money.