Traversing the courtyard

Wei Dongdao: "Also, we, Qiuyu Group, can be a supplier, so we can produce and provide some non-critical parts."

It is impossible for Rolls-Royce to build a complete vehicle production line in Xiangjiang. Rolls-Royce and Bentley are now produced by hand, and there is no assembly line at all. Weidong can only ask for some bolts and tools. produced accessories.

"Okay, I'll try my best to talk, but I don't know if it will work."

The two discussed it all the way, and returned to the manor, Ruan Tao was busy with the matter of getting a share, and Wei Dong was bored at home to take care of the children.

The next day, I took my two babies to visit various scenic spots in London, and even went to a museum on purpose. Weidong was very surprised. The museum has always been open normally, without any bad news, and I don’t know who the management is. Didn't know that these were fakes copied by Weidong.

After playing like this for two days, the negotiation with Ruan Tao also ended. The Peach Group exchanged 3200 million pounds in cash for a 30% stake in Rolls-Royce. The money was invested in the research and development of the RB211 engine, and Ruan Tao successfully became The directors of Rolls-Royce, and of course the most important thing is the Peach Group has the pre-emption rights of Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

Ruan Tao finished the matter, asked Weidong to put away the share documents, and then asked: "Now that the shareholding is completed, I will arrange a plane for us to return to Xiangjiang?"

Wei Dong thought for a while and said, "Why don't we go to Leland Company to see if we can get a share?"

The auto industry in the sunset country has gone downhill. It is difficult to see cars in the sunset country in other parts of the world. The sunset country has set a high tariff on imported cars. Stopping the import of cars will not prevent other car companies from setting off in the sunset country. Setting up a factory for production has beaten the already lagging sunset state-owned car companies to nothing, and in the end they can only hold together to keep warm.

At present, there is only one car company in Sunset Country except Rolls-Royce, which has just been invested by Ruan Tao, and that is Lilan Automobile Company. , Morris and more than a dozen automobile companies also merged with Sunset Motor Company in 20.

Sunset Motor Company has Riley, Wolseley, MG, Avis, Triumph, Jaguar and other car brands.

This merger in 68 brought Sunset National Lilan Motor Company to the throne of the fifth largest automobile company in the world, only behind the three major automobile companies in the beautiful country and Volkswagen.

Ruan Tao was surprised: "You still want to become a shareholder of Lilan Company?"

Wei Dongdao: "If you can buy a share, you can buy a share. If you can't buy a share, we buy a brand and technology, and buy it together with the production line."

Lilan Company has more than ten brands, many production lines, and the related technologies are also cheap. Since Rolls-Royce and Bentley cannot be bought, it is enough to buy other car technologies.

Internationally speaking, Lilan's technology is already a little behind, but Weidong can't buy the most advanced technology if he wants to buy it. At this time, if he goes to GM or Ford to buy technology, he will definitely not sell it, that is, a half-dead man like Lilan The company might be able to buy it.

Ruan Tao said: "Okay, I will contact you tomorrow."

Ruan Tao is also helpless, Wei Dong thinks it's time to come out, he didn't have this plan at all before, he just wanted to buy a Rolls Royce for fun.

Thinking about it again, although the car brand of Lilan Company is also a luxury car, it is not handmade like Rolls Royce. They all use an assembly line, which is more suitable for Weidong to operate.

Weidong gave a few more instructions, and let Ruan Tao handle this matter. Before he had any idea, Weidong received a call from Mi Xiaozhou. Intel had completed the design of the 8008 and it had been taped out. Samples, performance design in progress.

This is out?Weidong was still a little confused. He had been patiently waiting for the design of the chip before, but now he was told that the 8008 chip was ready to be produced and launched.

When Ruan Tao returned to the manor at night, Wei Dong said apologetically, "Sister Tao Zi, I'm going to Intel."

"To Intel? Is there something wrong?"

Weidong explained his request to design the 8008 chip.Said: "The tapes are out now, I'm going to check it out."

Weidong told Ruan Tao about his plan a long time ago. The cpu will be the most important thing in the future. Other industries are all for chips. Custom-made 8008 is the starting point of this series. Now that there are finished products, is the computer right? Can produce?
Question: "Is it possible to build a computer with the 8008?"

Previously, it acquired production lines for hard disks, floppy disks, circuit boards, picture tubes and other accessories. Although it also produced some products for Vie, Weidong has always been a spare parts manufacturer and has never been involved in the computer market.

Wei Dong thought about it carefully before saying, "This performance is average, and the computer installed with it is probably useless."

The performance of the 8008 is still too weak, Wei Dong really doesn't know what use this thing can have, at most it can only be used as a large toy.

"It's important for you to do business. I'll book a plane ticket for you. I'll tell you about the results of Lilan Company later."

Wei Dong picked up Ruan Tao and smiled, "Yes, it's important to do business, and give Xiaolong and Xiaofeng a younger brother and sister."

"I'm going to die, I won't give birth, you ask Ah Zhen to give birth to you."

"It's beyond your control."

Weidong messed around in the manor for another two days before he boarded a plane across the Atlantic, and then changed to a flight to San Francisco when he arrived in New York. After getting off the plane, he took a taxi directly to the villa next to Stanford. The plane was full of smog along the way, and Weidong couldn't sleep because of the smoke.

He almost fell asleep at the rental, and finally got to the villa, Weidong went upstairs to find a bedroom after talking to the bodyguard, and fell asleep.

Qin Xiayue, Yan Jiedi, Wen Xiuyun and Xiaodang Huaihua all don't live in the school, and they have to go home to rest every day, and today they are out of school normally, the five little girls gathered together and chatted.

The bodyguard who looked after the house winked at Qin Xiayue, wondering, is there anything I can't talk about now?

Qin Xiayue found an excuse and walked aside, knowing from the bodyguard that Wei Dong had sneaked in and was currently resting upstairs.

Qin Xiayue suddenly felt a little sour in her heart. This smelly Weidong knew there was a sudden attack, so he winked at Yan Jiedi, turned around and went upstairs.

Yan Jiedi followed behind in a daze, not knowing what happened.

When the two entered the bedroom, they saw Weidong sleeping soundly. Qin Xiayue smiled and scolded: "This stinky Weidong came running to sleep."

Yan Jiedi smiled and said, "Isn't this here to accompany you!"

"Bah, you bastard, you talk nonsense about everything."

Qin Xiayue didn't follow her anymore, and you, Yan Jiedi, accompanied her a lot, and besides, you were the first, and the two of them were fighting and fighting loudly.

Wei Dong also slept lightly. When he opened his eyes, he saw Qin Xiayue and Yan Jiedi lying on the sofa and scratching each other's armpits. The two women were still saying that you spend more time with me, and I spend less time with you. What? It is the words that you get married first and enter the bridal chamber.

What are you talking about?What do you say about tigers and wolves?
The two women didn't notice after the quilt was lifted, and they walked up to the front to grab the two women and nibble on the fragrant face. After the sneak attack was completed, they smiled and said: "Honey, do you miss me?"

Yan Jiedi who was under the pressure had already run out of strength, she screamed and said angrily: "Big villain, quickly pull Xiao Yueyue away."

When Yan Jiedi couldn't win against Qin Xiayue, how could Qin Xiayue, who had practiced martial arts since childhood, have the strength, was crushed under the ground and gasped weakly, her itchy flesh was attacked, and she couldn't help giggling.

Wei Dong hugged Qin Xiayue and sat crookedly on another sofa, Qin Xiayue put her arms around Wei Dong's head and said softly, "Weidong, we miss you so much."

Wei Dong smiled and said, "I'm here to see you!"

Yan Jiedi calmed down with a dry smile, then glared at Qin Xiayue first, then followed Weidong and said, "Little heartless, how did you know you came to see us?"

Wei Dong put his arms around Yan Jiedixiang and said, "You don't have a conscience!"

Qin Xiayue and Yan Jiedi sat on one lap, and the three of them chatted about parting together, until Wen Xiuyun opened the door and came in and shouted, "Why haven't you had dinner yet?"

It was only then that Wei Dong was there, and after a scream, he slammed the door and patted his big chest, embarrassing again.

Although he and Qin Xiayue and Yan Jiedi have met each other frankly, but now he is being held by Wei Dong and directly barged in by himself, when did this boss come?

The fiery hearts of Qin Xiayue and Yan Jiedi were chilled in an instant, Qin Xiayue said angrily, "Well, Si Ni, you don't know how to sell the door." He hurriedly arranged his clothes.

Knowing that she was wrong, Yan Jiedi slapped Weidong angrily, and said angrily, "It's not like they're all bad guys, they mess around in broad daylight."

Weidong knew that he was wrong, this Wen Xiuyun was his nemesis, he didn't know how to knock on the door every day, so he must say more later.

He said awkwardly, "Then shall we go down for dinner?"

As he spoke, he tidied Yan Jiedi's clothes by the way.

Qin Xiayue pulled Yan Jiedi up and said angrily, "What do you eat? No."

It's really embarrassing today, being bumped into by Wen Xiuyun, why not be laughed at by Wen Xiuyun in the future?
Yan Jiedi also said with a smile: "Yes, there is no meal for you."

Wei Dong patted Yan Jiedi's upturned face, and said with a smile, "I hurt you for nothing."

"Who told you to play hooligans in broad daylight?"

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Wei Dong followed behind and went downstairs into the restaurant, Huai Hua exclaimed, "Uncle Wei Dong, why are you here?"

He went forward and put his arms around Wei Dong's arm, bouncing around and asking questions, and then Xiao Dang also jumped up and surrounded him.

Weidong had dinner with his two elder nieces after dealing with them.

The next day, Weidong got up with a sore back and legs, and went to San Jose. First he went to his company, and Veblen, the supervisor, enthusiastically invited Weidong to his office.

Weidong looked at the 8008 chip in his hand. It was the same rectangular shape as the 4004, but slightly larger. There was a semicircular notch at one end for identification and installation. The 18 pins in total were two more than the 4004 pins of the 16. The most is the DIP packaging process.

Asked: "Is it being tested now?"

"Yes, boss, it's just taped out now, and it can be launched after testing."

Veblen went on to say: "But Intel wants us to hold off on the market, so that they can sell the 4004 series chips first."

4004 was launched at a price of $198. Although this chip has a high historical status, its sales volume is not large. The 4004 chip basically has the characteristics of a microprocessor. Using it as a calculator has changed the image of traditional calculators.After using the 4004 chip, it is equipped with a program memory, data memory, shift register, plus a keyboard and digital tube to form a complete microcomputer.

This kind of micro-calculator is displayed by the picture tube of the TV, and can be used to calculate complex functions in scientific experiments. It is not the same concept as the portable calculator launched by Qiuyu Group. Of course, it can also calculate the four operations, but this is more expensive. , need hundreds of dollars to buy one.

After the launch of the 4004 chip, the industry's response was rather muted.Some analysts said that although this chip is interesting, the processing power of 4004 is too limited to arouse people's interest. At this time, it is not that there are no other substitutes. Besides, there are too few application scenarios. Many people are not interested in this 4004. There is little interest in chips.

Wei Dong thought for a while and said, "I'll go talk to them later."

Accompanied by Veblen, Weidong inspected the research institute. Now the main projects here are to research and develop multi-4004 and 8008, and a small number of people also need to research and develop calculator chips and home appliance chips.

Weidong didn't point fingers at the current research and development, but put forward new research and development requirements, that is, to develop the next generation of chips on the basis of 8008 and improve the X86 instruction set.

Returning to the office, Wei Dong said: "Our next step will be to build a chip company and a real estate company in the name of Virginia Company, which is located in Santa Clara County."

Taking advantage of the cheap land now, Weidong now has the money to invest. Of course, he has to invest in real estate in Silicon Valley, buy land to build factories, and build some office buildings for rent. There is no name for Silicon Valley yet, and the land price is still relatively low. It is suitable to enter the market now.

Now just talk to Veblen, and then arrange for the Virginia company to send people to build their own factories and office buildings. Veblen just needs to cooperate and provide help.

Weidong spent a day at the research institute for research, and made an appointment for the next day to come to Intel for a discussion. This time, Arthur Locke, chairman of Intel, received Weidong, accompanied by Intel's application Department head Ted Hoff (Ted Hoff) and young engineer Federico Faggin (Frederico Faggin).

Frederico Faggin (Frederico Faggin) presided over the design of the 4004 chip. Before joining the company, he had already built a computer from scratch for the Italian company Holly Gain. After Weidong reminded the importance of the chip, Intel The company dug in Federico Fagin and presided over the design of the chip. Sure enough, it did not disappoint Intel. It successfully developed the chip and made persistent efforts to make the 8008 chip available on the market ahead of schedule. Oxide semiconductor technology has made important contributions.

After several people exchanged polite greetings, Mr. Wei Dong praised Federico Fagin's ability to develop two chips so quickly.

Federico Fagin said a few words modestly, and this opening is over.

Arthur Locke said: "The sales of 4004 chips are not very good now. I wonder if we can delay the launch of 8008 chips for some time?"