Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1443 Value for money

"Manager Duan, Principal Pan learned that you have come to Hong Kong, so he wants to invite you to have dinner at Longjingxuan restaurant tonight, and he will arrange for you to visit the school tomorrow." Li Guosheng said to Duan Yun.

The principal Pan mentioned by Li Guoshun is Pan Zongguang, a native of Panyu, Guangdong. He received a Ph.D. He is also the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Government Science and Technology Committee.

Pan Zongguang is a very experienced and influential figure in Hong Kong. From 85 to the present, he has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the invitation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is open-minded and has been actively participating in the Hong Kong government for many years. Charity events organized.

Last year, Duan Yun and Pan Zongguang met. At that time, Pan Zongguang was the director of the Department of Chemistry at the university. The old principal left at the beginning of the year. He was nominated as the principal of the Hong Kong Institute of Management Engineering and was approved.

At the beginning, Duan Yun had a very good impression of Pan Zongguang. Although the two did not communicate in depth, when Duan Yun visited the Hong Kong Institute of Management Engineering, Pan Zongguang enthusiastically introduced the situation of the Department of Chemistry to Duan Yun, and let Duan Yun Yun learned about the academic situation of this university.

"Okay, you tell him, accept the invitation, and I will go over tonight." Duan Yun nodded in response.

In fact, Duan Yun also understands that Pan Zongguang's invitation to dinner this time is mainly for cultivating the personal relationship between the two. He hopes that Duan Yun can increase his financial sponsorship to the Hong Kong Government Institute of Technology, and the sponsorship is actually the University of Hong Kong. One of the important tasks of many principals.

Different from mainland universities that rely entirely on special funds from the state to maintain their operations, although the main sources of income for local universities in Hong Kong are from the Hong Kong government and the UGC, donations from local companies and rich people are also one of the important sources of income for these schools. In return, Hong Kong Universities will meet some of the conditions of the sponsor, including setting up special scholarships and corporate R&D centers.

At present, Tianyin Group has set up a special laboratory in the Hong Kong Government Institute of Technology, mainly developing USB and MP3-related software and hardware technologies, led by 4 doctors in related majors. Duan Yun has made a major breakthrough in the research and development of USB systems this time. , The laboratory at the University of Hong Kong is also indispensable.

As for the meeting with Hu Zhengming, Duan Yun still has to wait for Wang Shi's Vanke Hong Kong branch personnel to notify and make arrangements, because an academic seminar is being held these two days, and Duan Yun can only meet Hu Zhengming after the seminar ends tomorrow.

"Okay, I'll reply to Principal Pan later." Li Guosheng nodded, and then said to Duan Yun: "Manager Duan, when will Vanke arrange for you to meet Hu Zhengming?"

"I want to meet Hu Zhengming tomorrow afternoon, but we have to wait for the news from Vanke. Professor Hu is currently attending a meeting. We have to wait for him to finish his affairs before we meet," Duan Yun said.

"I heard that Hu Zhengming is very famous in the industry. In the early years, semiconductor companies in Taiwan also wanted to invite Hu Zhengming to work there, and they offered very high remuneration. In addition to the annual salary of one million US dollars, there are also some In the end, Hu Zhengming did not agree to share dividends..." Li Guosheng paused, and then said: "It may be difficult for our group to hire Hu Zhengming as the manager of the semiconductor company, unless the price is very high, otherwise it will be very difficult. Please come to such a great power..."

Li Guosheng had known for a long time that Duan Yun would invite Hu Zhengming to join the group company, so he also used some institutions and personnel in Hong Kong to find out about Hu Zhiming.

Li Guosheng himself is not a technical person. He knows little about the semiconductor industry and thought that Hu Zhengming was just a well-known expert in the industry. However, the information he got surprised him. Very famous top academic figures.

In addition, since 1981, Ho Chi Minh has often traveled to mainland universities, and conducted cooperative research and academic lectures with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BJ University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and Zhejiang University. Promote the holding of international conferences in China.

Hu Zhengming attaches great importance to the cultivation of semiconductor talents, and he prefers to cultivate talents who can solve problems. He has been a professor at the University of California, Berkeley for many years, and he has trained many industry leaders, including the CEO of SMIC Liang Mengsong is one of Hu Zhengming's proud disciples.

In Li Guosheng's view, it is unimaginable to hire such a big man with such a high influence at home and abroad. Although the current Tianyin Group is the largest private enterprise in Shenzhen, with an annual profit of more than 7 million yuan, it is not as good as the top international companies. Compared with the multinational giants, the gap is still very large. Even those foreign giants cannot hire this person with a high salary, and Tianyin Group has no possibility at all.

Moreover, in Li Guosheng's view, although Hu Zhengming is well-known, he has only been a professor at a university before and has no experience in other companies. It is more than enough academically for such a person to be a professional manager, but in terms of management experience, I am afraid. There are still many shortcomings.

Therefore, Li Guosheng is more inclined to hire a professional manager with working experience in a large company. He has also discussed this matter with Duan Yun in private, but Duan Yun has always insisted on his own opinion and said that he will invite Hu Zhengming to him at any cost. company of.

"You probably don't understand my thoughts. What I like is his reputation in the semiconductor industry. If I really want to find someone to manage the company, I don't have to spend so much effort to open recruitment here in Hong Kong. I believe that anyone in the country A factory director and manager of a large state-owned enterprise is enough to be competent to manage our group company." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and then said: "There is a reason why some people have high social status. The development of a group company into a multinational enterprise requires a person who can respond to everyone in the industry and carry the banner, and this Hu Zhengming has such influence."

"Is he really that powerful?" Li Guoshang was somewhat skeptical.

"If we want to become a big player in the semiconductor industry, we can't think about it with the mindset of a small business, and care too much about short-term gains and losses. You have to understand that the most expensive thing in this industry is talent." Duan Yun paused, Then he said: "As long as Hu Zhengming is willing to join our group company and fully cooperate with my plan, then Tianyi Group will definitely have a place in the future international semiconductor industry..."

(End of this chapter)