Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1389 Manuscript Fees
Three days later, Zhao Xuewu and Li Guosheng, who were all ready, left Shenzhen for Hong Kong and started their task of establishing a research and development center in Hong Kong.

Three days later, Duan Yun received an email from the United States on the other side of the ocean. After opening the email, he found in a text message that it contained a sample of the new issue of "Scientific American". On the cover of this sample, The published pictures confirm the NAND chips produced by Tianyin Chip Factory and the appearance of Tianyin Group's chip factory.

It is the first time that a Chinese corporate photo is published in an influential electronics publication like Scientific American, which is a breakthrough. Duan Yun was also very happy when he saw this sample.

There is also a letter sent along with this sample magazine, which is a personal letter from Crews, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Scientific American". He spoke highly of the submission content of Telling Electronics and the affirmation of the superior performance of NAND chips. At the end of this letter, he expressed his hope to maintain long-term academic exchanges with Telling Group, and welcomes more high-quality contributions from them.

Obviously, the last time Cruise and his party got the Tianyin Group's NAND flash memory chip, they returned to the United States and immediately carried out various rigorous tests to confirm that this product is indeed very good. The article introducing the performance of the product shows the rigorous and meticulous work style of "Scientific American".

At the bottom of the mail, there is also a foreign exchange certificate in the amount of 1200 US dollars.

In the 80s, the country had very strict control over foreign exchange. If overseas relatives sent you US dollars, they had to be exchanged for foreign exchange certificates issued by the Bank of China.

With these foreign exchange certificates, Chinese people can buy high-end goods that were regarded as luxury goods at that time in friendship stores, duty-free shops, etc.; Watches, handicrafts and silk with Chinese characteristics can also be bought in the Friendship Store.In those days, foreign exchange certificates became a special pass to enter and exit the Friendship Store.

Duan Yun didn't pay much attention to this foreign exchange certificate. What made him most happy was that his company's new chip was finally recognized by international professional magazines and began to be known to the whole world. It is a very important thing for the Tianyin Electronics Group that cooperates.

After reading the email, Duan Yun immediately took the email to the R&D center and found Huang Lingyi.

"The article you wrote last time was very good, and it has been published in the "Scientific American" magazine in the United States. This is a handwritten letter from their deputy editor, and there is also a sample issue..." After Duan Yun called Huang Lingyi to the office , and handed her the mail.

"Great!" Seeing the cover of this sample magazine, Huang Lingyi suddenly revealed a look of surprise.

For Huang Lingyi, she also knows that "Scientific American" is a very authoritative and influential professional journal, and being able to publish articles in this journal is an honor in itself.

Huang Lingyi has always attached great importance to matters of honor. Although he has published many papers with high technical content in domestic professional magazines before, this is the first time that an article can be published in an American professional magazine on the other side of the ocean.

"There is also a 1200-dollar foreign exchange certificate, which is the manuscript fee sent to you by their magazine..." Duan Yun handed the foreign exchange certificate to Huang Lingyi while speaking.

"Mr. Duan, I am not short of money now. Besides, without our company's scientific research environment, I would not be able to write this kind of paper, so this money should be given to other comrades in the company who are involved in product development..." Huang Lingyi read it After glancing at the foreign exchange certificate, he said to Duan Yun.

The reason why Huang Lingyi did this is because when he was working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, whenever an author in the academy published an article abroad, part of the manuscript fee had to be handed over to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, because many papers cannot be completed by one person. It is the result of a team's hard work, so after receiving the manuscript fee, it needs to be distributed by the director of the academy.

Moreover, although US$1200 is a very large sum of money in the eyes of the current Chinese people, it is not very attractive to Huang Lingyi, whose average monthly salary is as high as 1 yuan, so she hopes to use this sum of money The money is distributed to other members who are all involved in developing products.

"You can keep the money. You wrote the article and you signed it. Who do you want me to distribute the manuscript fee to?" Duan Yun smiled, and then said: "As for the other people involved in the research and development of the product, I have also given all the bonuses that I should give, so you can keep the manuscript fee for yourself, if you want to thank your colleagues, you can use the money to buy something for them, that’s fine.”

"Then... well, thank you Mr. Duan." Huang Lingyi heard the words, and then took the foreign exchange certificate from Duan Yun.

"If you have nothing to do in the future, you should write more technical articles. This will be very beneficial to you personally and our group company. Our group company needs to expand its popularity internationally. In the early stage, it can only be achieved through cooperation with these The cooperation of magazines and the publication of some technical articles will attract the attention of those large international companies, thereby facilitating the cooperation between the company and international companies." Duan Yun said seriously.

"Okay, I will definitely write more when I have time." Huang Lingyi nodded in response.

In fact, for Huang Lingyi, writing some technical papers and articles was also part of her work when she was at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, because the Chinese Academy of Sciences at that time not only undertook the research and development of some national scientific research projects, but also needed to promote some technologies in China. Science popularization, so at that time, many experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences would regularly submit articles to domestic professional magazines, and some of them even paid more than their salary, which was one of their important sources of income.

But in Tianyin Group, everyone’s wages are very high, and many people naturally look down on those meager manuscript fees. In addition, some technical content involves commercial secrets, so those technical experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences came to Tianyin After the group, no one wrote and contributed articles.

"There is one more thing you should pay attention to. There are some things that involve our company's technological secrets. It is best not to write this article, but you can write some introductions to the performance and technical principles of new products. I think Americans should have a good understanding of our country's technological development. Very interested." Duan Yun paused for a moment, and then said: "You can help me tell everyone later, not only you, but if other people submit articles to domestic and foreign journals and are accepted, in addition to their manuscript fees for domestic and foreign journals, our company Here I will also give certain rewards. I will reward 1000 yuan for articles published in domestic journals. If the article can be published abroad, I will reward 5000 yuan at least! Let everyone take time out to write more technical articles.”

(End of this chapter)