Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1360 Technical Barriers

Seeing the current situation of Huawei, I have an indescribable feeling in my heart.

Youth is the most beautiful thing. Even if you have nothing, you will still have dreams and longings. Even if you work hard and sleep on the road, life is sweet, because you have physical strength, energy, and more importantly, hope.

It is precisely because of this that just relying on Ren Zhengfei to draw a big cake, this group of young people will work day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep. This is also a true portrayal of many young people who came to Shenzhen to start their own businesses.

"Bang bang bang!"

And at this moment, there was another knock on the door outside the house.

"Manager Ren is back!"

There was a sound of joy in the room, and Duan Yun also looked down at the door.

Sure enough, it was Ren Zhengfei who came, and he walked in with a big basket of apples and vegetables in his hand and a familiar smile on his face.

"President Duan!"

When Ren Zhengfei saw Duan Yun walking out of Li House, he was taken aback for a moment, then put down the basket in his hand, and walked over enthusiastically.

"Old Ren, you are such a big manager, you still have to go out to buy groceries yourself?" Duan Yun stepped forward to shake hands with Ren Zhengfei, and then said jokingly.

"These young people in the company are working too hard. I can't help with technical matters, so I can only help with grocery shopping and cooking." Ren Zhengfei smiled and said to Duan Yun: " Today, my old family sent some tea, I thought Manager Duan loves to drink tea, so I sent him to you, but I didn’t expect Manager Duan to come to the company in person..."

"Hehe, at least I have a part in this company. I'm usually busy, so I'll stop by today to have a look." Duan Yun didn't believe that Xin Zhengfei would give him a gift if he had nothing to do, so he continued to ask: "By the way, your company's current How is the development going?"

"Go to the back room and tell..." Ren Zhengfei glanced at the surrounding employees, and then took Duan Yun to the next room.

"Our conditions here are poor, Manager Duan, don't be surprised." After closing the door, Ren Zhengfei gave Duan Yun a stool, motioned him to sit down, and said, "Manager Duan, to tell you the truth, our company's R&D progress is relatively slow now. It went well, but my only concern is that these young people have no experience in product development before, and I am afraid that the chips they develop may fail..."

"I think you still lack trust in your team." Duan Yun put away his smile and said with a serious face: "Nothing is 100% successful, even if the technical experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in our Tianyin Group's R&D center , The products they make may not be 100% successful, which is also a normal thing.”

Duan Yun understands that Ren Zhengfei's purpose in saying this is nothing more than wanting money or people, but the task at the Tianyin R&D Center is also very difficult, and Ren Zhengfei is good at "fooling", Duan Yun is worried that once he provides Huawei with technology Staff support, these employees may turn to Ren Zhengfei.

And in later generations, the R&D team of Gao Ping and others lived up to expectations and successfully developed the command chip needed for the switch at one time, and the funds provided by Duan Yun now are much better than Huawei's original conditions, so he also No more funding for Huawei.

When you provide a company with 100 million financial assistance, it is called helping start a business, but if you provide him with 1000 million, Ren Zhengfei is already a successful person, and he lacks a sense of crisis for corporate survival, which will seriously weaken him. The "wolf nature".

"Yes, sometimes starting a business does require some luck." Ren Zhengfei nodded.

"I'm here to remind you that Huawei still has three months to go before the contract we made. If you can't develop the chip by then, then I can only act according to the contract." Duan Yun said seriously.

"I understand." Ren Zhengfei nodded in response.

"Another point is that although I have invested in your company, the decision-making power is still in your hands. I hope that no matter how far your company develops in the future, the switches must use our domestic chips, unless our Tianyin Group goes bankrupt. Otherwise, I don't want your switches to use imported chips, even if the price is more expensive..." Duan Yun said.

"Manager Duan, this is not in line with business logic." Ren Zhengfei smiled, and continued: "But I always think that you, Manager Duan, are my noble person, and without your support, Huawei would not be able to get to this point. So I will definitely give priority to using the chips from Manager Duan's factory."

"Not only the chips of our factory, except for the most core designated chips, other chips are also made in China as much as possible, even if they are not products of our factory..." Duan Yun added.

"Manager Duan, I don't understand what you mean..." Ren Zhengfei asked suspiciously.

In Ren Zhengfei's impression, Duan Yun is a pure businessman. Although many businessmen appear patriotic on the surface, they always focus on making money in private. Although Duan Yun does not have the decision-making power of Huawei, he still has dividend shares. If it is said that Huawei's switches use Tianyin chips for the benefit of their own company, then other unimportant chips are not used for smuggled cheap chips, but domestic chips with high cost and price are used. It will affect Duan Yun's future dividends, so this makes him a little confused.

"Let me tell you the truth, I have always had an idea, that is to establish an integrated circuit industry alliance in China..."

"Integrated Circuit Industry Alliance?" Ren Zhengfei was startled when he heard this.

"Yes, now the domestic chip industry has been facing pressure from European and American manufacturers. The technology is backward, the quality is poor and the price is high. If there is no way to catch up, the domestic chip market will be dominated by foreign manufacturers in the future, and the domestic chip industry will be the whole world. The army is wiped out." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "If the chip market is completely controlled by European and American manufacturers, then they can exorbitantly charge prices and blackmail our domestic electronics manufacturers at will. By then, including your Huawei company, will also become The lamb to be slaughtered..."

"Manager Duan's words are indeed reasonable. Those foreigners are really treacherous. We must guard against them."

"Our Tianyin Group alone is weak, and it is impossible to wrestle with multinational manufacturers such as the United States and Japan. Only by uniting with other major domestic chip manufacturers can we win this competition." Duan Yun glanced at Ren Zhengfei , and then said: "Only interests can bind everyone together. In the short term, we may need to pay more costs, but in the long run, it is definitely a safe solution."

"En." Ren Zhengfei responded.

"And once this alliance is established, it will establish a technical barrier within the alliance. Just imagine, if domestic manufacturers only provide you with the most advanced chips, do you think your Huawei company will still have competitors in China? ?” Duan Yun said again.

"Manager Duan, I'll come here as you say!" Hearing this, Ren Zhengfei's eyes lit up and he said repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)