Reinventing the Millennium.

Because of the arrival of this wave of talents from SMIC, Fang Zhuo stayed at Bingxin for two days longer than originally planned.

Dr. Ji seemed to have made an outpost, and then a group of people from SMIC came.

Most of the people in this group are Ph.Ds, they are all senior technical personnel, and there are also senior executives on the marketing side. Just when the timing is right, Fang Zhuo also met and flew to New York.

On the afternoon of February 2th, Fang Zhuo and Professor Hu Zhengming strolled in the factory area, not only talking about the talents who came from SMIC this time, but also talking about the internal and external arrangements to deal with the intensity of Taiwan's competition.

Compared with the slight restlessness he felt from other people in the past two days, Professor Hu is very calm.

"Mr. Fang, increasing the budget is of course a good thing, but don't be too eager. The current development trend of the ice core is very good. The technology research and development work is solid, and the future will be smoother. If something goes wrong, it will be more troublesome."

Hu Zhengming talked about this aspect of the development trend according to the topic of Bingxin's customers.

Fang Zhuo is also quite satisfied with Bingxin's performance under the financial crisis, and now he is only working hard to match the competitiveness of Taiwan Ji.

"Professor, I'm actually fine. What is it now? Instead, Yike is still hoping that the ice core can go faster and be able to empower the chip of Yike's mobile phone."

Hu Zhengming smiled and said: "Mr. Fang, this is unreasonable. It should be that our ice core hopes that Yike's chip design will be faster, and we want to engage in this kind of empowerment. Hey, it is to reduce the cost of mobile phones. To put it bluntly, Is this what you mean? It should be that Yike has improved the level of chip design, preferably to the level of Qualcomm, and everyone will be happy."

He continued: "It seems that now, the ice core manufacturing process is completely fine, and the important task of this matter is still in Yike, in Silicon Valley."

Hu Zhengming knew about the chip project that Yike Silicon Valley Research Center was cooperating with.

The Yike Mars series mobile phones have already used the wafers from its own factory. As for whether it can use its own design and manufacture of one-stop chips... still need to work hard.

Fang Zhuo is looking forward to seeing this day, Yike design + ice core manufacturing =?

The chairman and the CTO walked around the factory area, and after talking about the main things, they chatted about other topics.

Like Ji Minghua's work planning and arrangement this time, seeing that the Lin'an factory has the assistance from Qimonda and SMIC, the patents, equipment, and funds have not yet arrived, but the team from top to bottom has a general outline.

At 04:30 in the afternoon, the two happened to stroll to the gate of the factory, and a group of SMIC doctors who had been picked up from the airport got off the bus.

"Call someone."

Fang Zhuo turned his head and called out to the secretary who was a little far behind, and Liu Zonghong hurriedly called someone.

Almost none of SMIC’s investors are lonely. Some bring their wives, some even bring their children, and some even bring their entire family to vote.

This reflects the professionalism of Bingxin's related work over the past few years.

Just arranging Ji Minghua, and arranging him well is not a skill. It is only when these dozens of people come together that Bingxin's personnel department can quickly and thoughtfully do the logistics work satisfactorily.

Fang Zhuo and Hu Zhengming welcomed the talents at the gate of the factory, and the former SMIC employees who came after hearing the news also showed up to welcome them.

Hu Zhengming doesn't pay much attention to SMIC's technical research, and generally can't remember people's names.

However, after Ji Minghua greeted and introduced them with flowers, he actually had some impressions of some of them.

The scene was both lively and orderly. After making sure that everything was connected, it was time for dinner.

"Let's go for a walk, let's go to the canteen. Don't be disgusted, everyone. Our Bingxin's canteen is the place with the best taste here." Fang Zhuo raised his arms and called these frustrated people "our Bingxin".

Well, the effect is average.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Hurry up and finish the meal, and I will let Dr. Liang Mengsong talk to everyone about the progress of the 45nm process."

Everyone suddenly promised, go for a walk, go to the cafeteria!
Hu Zhengming laughed beside him and said, "Mr. Fang, you will always focus on the key points."

"Hey, whoever came to eat in the cafeteria, didn't they all come here to want to work." Fang Zhuo felt a little regretful, "But our chef is really first-class in the country."

What he said is true. Apart from the beautiful legend that the secretary-general cooks the food himself, Bingxin Canteen has also gradually gained fame after entertaining administrative staff and surrounding enterprises several times, so that there is really a place to entertain those who come to the canteen to treat them. .

Of course, this may also be because they want to use a golden signboard like Bingxin to talk about things.

Ji Minghua, who had investigated the situation of the ice core in advance, walked ahead and led everyone to eat because he had eaten in the cafeteria.

Next to him is an old SMIC colleague who has been working in Bingxin for a long time, and behind him is a current SMIC colleague who can't help but look around at the internal scenery of Bingxin.

Hu Zhengming walked behind, watching this scene, couldn't help but said: "President Fang, this, this is SMIC's orthodox in Bingxin."

Fang Zhuo had a serious face: "Professor, don't say anything that is not conducive to unity."

He shook his head again: "I reckon that SMIC's new CEO, Wang Ningguo, might scold me in his heart."

Hu Zhengming nodded and said nothing more.

Mr. Fang is young and not afraid of scolding, and SMIC is orthodox in Bingxin.

In another five or ten years, Mr. Fang's feathers must be as white as new.

……

Bingxin raised the budget, joined the alliance, and recruited talents. Everything is in full swing.

After the Spring Festival, Qiu Ciyun, who flew to Germany to discuss investment, will return to China in two days.

Although Liang Mengsong is the co-CEO, he is more responsible for research and development work, while Qiu Ciyun is more experienced in business operations, and his return will definitely sort out the support of the SMIC doctors this time.

More importantly, as a recognized master of factory construction, Qiu Ciyun was able to organize the structure of the Lin'an factory that was about to face new tasks.

This is an important step taken by Ice Core after passing through the niche storage OEM. Even if Qimonda's bankrupt CEO and SMIC's CTO are squeezed out, it will not be sloppy.

Fang Zhuo was always at ease with Qiu.

On February 2, the Qingzi took off from Luzhou, first went to Shencheng International Airport, and then flew to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

According to the arrangement, the private jet picked up a few more people in Shanghai and flew to the United States together.

Zhao Zhishan is one of them.

This time, she was returning home on vacation, and she happened to take the boss's plane to go to work again.

Five years ago, because Zhao Zhishan was proficient in Japanese, he served as the secretary and translator of Mr. Fang for a short time, and then tried to lobby in the United States.

At the beginning, there was no achievement at all, and the response was mediocre in the middle, but since the outbreak of the financial crisis last year, this work has made great progress.

Fang Zhuo now needs this lobbyist leader to provide information work for a period of time in the future.

Xiao Ao has already taken up his new post, and the heads of various departments he nominated have also been approved by the parliament. The new team is already in full swing.

Although Zhao Zhishan has just started to improve, she has at least become acquainted in the United States in the past few years, and she has a better understanding of the superficial and even slightly inner faction faces.

"Mr. Fang, if possible, the relationship with Donald Louis Evans is worth cultivating. Although he has been out of office for a few years, he still has a good influence in business."

When Zhao Zhishan was reporting, even Liu Zonghong, the secretary who had always been by Fang Zhuo's side, was screened out.

"Business Evans, um, we met him before." Fang Zhuo could easily recall this guy.

When Ice Core was looking for the first license to purchase equipment and technology introduction, Evans was the head of the business at that time. He was a rich man before he joined the company. People get married because of this.

Because of this fate, Evans had a taste of the quality of the MIGA fund, but unfortunately, he withdrew the funds after a small profit and failed to eat much.

"Well, he is already a political figure after having a business experience." Zhao Zhishan paused, "And he has become richer."

Fang Zhuo nodded, he has his own way to get rich, and missing the MIGA fund will not affect the appreciation of his wealth.

Since Zhao Zhishan put forward the suggestion of deep cultivation, then this time, we will find an opportunity to make friends with the ball.

He reached out to take the file.

Zhao Zhishan hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mr. Fang, there are a lot of Chinese people here this time, but it may not bring about a good situation. Judging from the information we got, at the very least, Luo Jiahui is not very friendly. "

In Xiao Ao's team, there were unprecedentedly two heads of the Chinese department. Zhu Diwen was in energy, and Luo Jiahui was in business. The formal nomination of the latter was later, but it would not be a problem to pass.

In addition, Lu Peining, a staff member who has won Xiao Ao's trust, has been appointed as the secretary general of the cabinet.

The relationship between Fang Zhuo and Lu Peining is not bad, and the latter is an important client of MIGA Fund.

"How do you judge the degree of unfriendliness?" He asked Zhao Zhishan.

Zhao Zhishan expressed his team's opinion: "Luo once opposed the I-200 bill when he was in Washington, and the goal of this bill is to require that racial factors should not be considered in the process of admission and work, which is beneficial to Chinese Americans. of."

"However, Luo clearly opposed the bill that was finally passed, which also made him lose points in the Chinese community."

The I-200 bill is a kind of meritocracy. No matter what kind of skin it is, as long as it meets the standard.

Fang Zhuo let out a "hmm", it's not difficult to understand, the Chinese only have so many votes, Luo wants the support of a larger group, not to become a label of the Chinese group.

Also because of this, he may be an unstable factor, and it is not easy to develop into a friend. This person wants to gain a foothold in the top management of the United States, just to avoid suspicion.

Fang Zhuo stroked the logical relationship and signaled Zhao Zhishan to continue reporting.

With the increase in sales of Yike mobile phones, the company's sense of presence will inevitably become stronger.

Although I have already made many friends, there are still many aspects that need attention and precautions.

Generally speaking, the lobbying work is to find members of parliament to advocate globalization, and more specifically, to find me in you and you in me, but finding the right "you" is also a very deep knowledge.

Zhao Zhishan's work report is halfway through.

In the second half, Zhao Zhishan went to rest and Liu Zonghong returned to his position.

"Mr. Fang, this is the latest progress of the ITC lawsuit."

"Also, LG is about to launch a new phone. They claim that this is a capacitive touch screen smart phone that does not involve infringement of Yike's patent."

Liu Zonghong talked about the latest news.

Fang Zhuo already knew LG's response to the ban.

ITC's ban on sales is aimed at specific infringing models, and the ones that have been removed from the shelves are the models submitted by Yike. Now, LG is quickly launching new models in an attempt to re-enter the market.

This complies with the regulations.

However, the effect will not be very good.

As far as Fang Zhuo learned, the last time LG and the telecom operator Verizon reached a replica cooperation to cover sales channels, but this time, Verizon did not move.

Operators must be more cautious about products from LG because they have been removed from the shelves once. LG has neither its own channels nor reliable partners in the United States.

Simply launching a new phone is not a good idea.

It can be considered a last resort.

"When we land, let the company continue to file a lawsuit with the ITC. LG produces a capacitive screen, and we will sue one. With the previous ruling result, no matter whether LG is a cover-up or not, the speed must be accelerated." Fang Zhuo did not hesitate. Said.

Liu Zonghong nodded, not loosening his bite.

Once this happens, LG's new models in a short period of time may be difficult to perfect in addition to sales channels and their own design.

Liu Zonghong said another piece of uncertain news: "Mr. Fang, there is news that Apple is likely to reach a patent settlement with Nokia."

Fang Zhuo frowned when he heard this.

If this is the case, a cease-fire between the two sides is still the second priority. The important thing is that Apple owns touch-screen patents in a broad sense. If it authorizes Nokia, Echo’s plan to continue to sue Nokia’s new touch-screen phone may fail.

This makes the obvious situation a nonsense.

He thought about it for a while, turning the chips owned by the company in his mind, and said, "I'll find someone to confirm after landing, and I'll ask about the progress of the Hummingbird team."

Fang Zhuo felt that he could have a talk with Apple.

Judging from the current situation, Nokia is still a common enemy, even if the other party wants to reconcile, it can be slower.

The patent dispute is more complicated, and the battle line fluctuates from time to time.

This trip to the United States also has to challenge Google's maintenance efforts. Nokia is not only coming for Yike, but also for Android.

"Okay, let's talk about other unimportant things after landing, I have to think about it." Fang Zhuo stopped the secretary from continuing to report, and needed to carefully sort out the actions after arriving in the United States.

Keiko flew for ten hours and landed at Kennedy International Airport smoothly.

Fang Zhuo only squinted for a while at the end.

However, when he got into the car, his drowsiness was quickly driven away by the new news from Nokia.

"The head of Nokia Kallasvuo claims that the patents of Nokia and Yike have shown a good tendency to win, and it is expected to solve this problem within two months."

Fang Zhuo asked the secretary: "How did Kallasvuo come to this conclusion?"

After several contacts, Liu Zonghong replied to his boss: "ITC has replaced a first-instance administrative judge. He has expressed his views on Nokia patents before, which is not good news for us."

Fang Zhuo groaned and said nothing, the bad news came a little fast, the shareholders of Xiangjiang Institution were very quiet, and the shares held there had not yet been sold.