Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1403 President

There was gentle applause at the door. When the secretary pushed open the glass door of the conference room, a rather elegant middle-aged man was standing at the door, applauding softly.

Everyone on the Samsung side, including Cui Zhicheng, Kwon Oh-hyun, and Shin Jongjun, all stood up. Cui Zhicheng bowed slightly to the visitor: "President."

The person who came was none other than the second generation leader of the group and current chairman, Li Jianxi.

Lee Kun-hee just took office as chairman last year, and he is also a key figure in leading Samsung from "the strongest in the country" to "world-class". When he took office, he carried out drastic reforms to the group, shouting the slogan "Nothing but wife and children" Everything must change except what remains unchanged.”

Li Jianxi came to the Chinese delegation, shook hands with Hu Changfeng first, expressed his welcome to the delegation, and then came to Zhou Zhi, stretched out his hand to shake his hand: "Originally, I came here specially to express my gratitude to Mr. Zhou. I expressed my gratitude for proposing a rescue plan for the calligraphy treasure left by my father, but unexpectedly I also heard Mr. Zhou’s wonderful talk about our cooperation, which was really good.”

"President Li is too polite. There is an unwritten rule in the calligraphy and painting world, that is, if you are not sure, it is better not to repair." Zhou Zhi quickly stretched out his hands: "I happen to know a little about calligraphy and painting restoration, but of course I am not happy with the old president's superb skills. Calligraphy was destroyed by barbaric framing."

"If we provide environmental restoration, can Mr. Zhou take action?" Li Jianxi asked sincerely: "I mean to do it in South Korea."

It seems that in just half a day, Li Jianxi's team has found out Zhou Zhi's skill in calligraphy and painting restoration.

This is normal. After all, the opening of the Sichuan University Museum and the mounting of "Lotus Wind in the Golden Age", the largest traditional Chinese painting at present, have both made news. It is not too difficult for those who are interested to check.

"The main reason is that the tools are not easy to use, and the paper, silk brocade, window frames, etc. that need to be used are better transferred from China." Zhou Zhi explained: "The old president's calligraphy paper is made of The Xuancheng old paper in my country is a very rare Xiaoling hairpin produced in Dongkeng in the 1960s, and it should be the hand of Cao Ningtai, an old man who participated in the National Meeting of Heroes."

"For mounting, it is best to use old Xuancheng paper in my country to match it. The existing life paper has the characteristics of old Goryeo cocoon paper. Should it be the traditional craft of South Korea?" Zhou Zhi said: "There is a problem with this."

"Rongbaozhai, which I introduced to Minister Jin before, is the top calligraphy and painting restoration place in our country. President Li, don't worry, as long as you send the old president's works, they will handle it very well."

"What if Mr. Zhou makes a list and we purchase all the repair materials from Rongbaozhai and transport them here?" Li Jianxi continued to insist on his own idea: "In this way, Mr. Zhou can take action, right?"

"Of course that's no problem." Zhou Zhi said this, but he was complaining in his heart that the boss can make a living and turn tofu into meat.

"That's great." Li Jianxi said happily: "Then please contact Mr. Zhou in your country. You don't have to worry about the cost. I will ask the organization there to arrange the fastest flight to transport the required maintenance materials. Please How about Mr. Zhou taking the time to restore my father's works during his visit?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhi simply nodded: "No problem, as long as the repair tools and materials are in place, I can start."

"Great, thank you, thank you very much." Li Jianxi nodded.

Zhou Zhi is a little confused as to why Li Jianxi is making such a fuss out of a molehill. The dignified chairman of Samsung Group must be a man who has everything on his plate. Running back and forth for his father's three pieces of calligraphy, this day's time was basically wasted. If we look at ancient China, it is easier to understand. As the saying goes, "A filial son will not change his ambition to become a father for three years." When the new emperor ascends the throne, he must adjust national policies. Generally, he needs to wait for a period of time before conditions are mature before implementation.

Could it be that there are similar statements in South Korea, which is a radiant circle of Chinese civilization? Is Li Jianxi trying to use this behavior to quell others’ criticism of his massive reforms when he came to power?

Of course, these were just his thoughts. He didn't dare or couldn't ask them out loud. He just smiled and said: "This repair is not difficult. It's just a piece of work. I don't want to be the president of the guild and thank you."

"Our group is currently undergoing a comprehensive and profound adjustment." Li Jianxi seemed to be explaining to Zhou Zhi, but also to Samsung's subordinates: "I have said before that the system within the group, As long as personnel and business are suitable for the development of the group, then we may as well boldly adopt them; as long as they are not suitable for the development of the group, we may as well change them boldly.”

"Again, except for the wife and children who cannot change, you might as well try everything else." Li Jianxi said: "If Chinese wafers can be used for tape-out, it will undoubtedly be a great benefit for controlling production costs."

"Mr. Zhou just said it very well. When we run a business, the ultimate goal is profit. The method that can bring profits to the business is also the same. You might as well try it."

"Mr. Zhou just said that they can let Samsung realize the compatibility redundancy of chip design. I think he has indeed seen a shortcoming in the guidance of our group's electronics industry, and that is the exclusive IDM model."

"The benefits of this model are self-evident, that is, concentrated power, consistent direction, and comprehensive control of upstream and downstream operations."

"But there are also disadvantages, that is, excessive investment, limited production efficiency, and the most critical point, lack of leading research and development."

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and it could be seen that Li Jianxi had definitely thought about this aspect, otherwise he would not have analyzed the pros and cons of Samsung Group's existing model so thoroughly.

"After this period of analysis and analysis, we found that these shortcomings are actually not impossible to improve." Li Jianxi said: "IDM is our successful model, and we naturally have to continue to adhere to this, but the exclusivity premise of this model, can we Let go? Or even abandon?"

"The IDM model does not mean that we cannot work side by side with other outstanding companies to learn from each other's strengths. I think this is the key point. We need to re-understand this point. Therefore, the cooperation method proposed by Mr. Zhou, I think is indeed an idea that can be tried."

"The Jinhai DRAM factory we invested in has achieved success in the cooperation model so far." Li Jianxi said: "This itself has shown that the IDM model can also be non-exclusive."

"Since the results are good, we might as well keep going and continue to adopt the model of joint investment, joint construction and mutual benefits with China." Li Jianxi said: "Mr. Zhou said it well, if we want to cooperate, we must show sincerity in cooperation."

"Using the right to use our self-developed EDA and ASIC, hand it over to the Chinese side for existing tape-out mask modification, and then we reap the benefits while asking Clover to use their core technology in exchange. This is an insincere idea. plan."

(End of this chapter)