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Chapter 942 The urgency of research and development!

Early the next morning, Lu Feng got up and had breakfast. Those who should go to school went to school, those who should go to work, at [-]:[-] in the morning, the first meeting about Electric City officially started today.

It was also the first time that the Electric City project team met Lu Feng, and several related executives seemed a little nervous.

"About the recent interview with the boss of Gome, I have to tell Mr. Lu that we are almost done in terms of resource integration and goods procurement, and half of them are our products, right?" Wei Yandan asked several people .

"Yes, the original small appliances have also been arranged, and [-] new supply contracts have been signed, basically covering most of the home appliances, and the prices are relatively low, because we use our own logistics system. .”

"Show the report to Mr. Lu in a while."

Everyone lay on the table and studied for a long time, and they breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that all aspects of the work were in place.

The door of the conference room opened, Lu Feng walked in, saw Wei Yandan asked: "Mr. Wei, have you eaten?"

"After eating, sit down. These are the current project team leaders of Electric City. Now we have not set up a subsidiary company, but a separate department for management." Wei Yandan introduced.

Lu Feng glanced at a few people, sat down, and asked, "I heard that the boss of Gome has been interviewed?"

"We've also heard that the Electric City hasn't opened yet, and the atmosphere is not right now. Some people even say in private that we want to do everything and are suspected of monopolizing." Wei Yandan said helplessly.

"In terms of electrical appliances city, we are not like them. We make our own! People outside the province say that Jiafeng people are warlike and fight everywhere. It is enough to open a few electrical appliances cities with an area of ​​more than [-] square meters in the first-tier cities. The first batch According to the plan of the ten companies first, how much is the total investment?" Lu Feng asked.

"Mr. Lu, we have made a budget now. Based on the land price, rent, labor cost, decoration cost, publicity cost, transportation cost, etc. of the top ten cities, we have calculated all of them. On average, the initial investment of each family is expected to be around five. About [-], ten companies are expected to need [-] million!"

"Five hundred million is not too much!" Lu Feng nodded and said, "Then open one before the year, and then take your time, but the planning needs to be large. I need a grand planning map and development report for the electrical city."

Wei Yandan has been with Lu Feng for a long time. Before that, he paid more attention to projects such as overseas markets, VCDs, and pagers.

All things are followed by him personally, and the difficulties that cannot be handled will rush to the front line to do it by himself.

But this time in Electric City, Lu Feng didn't seem to care too much. He seemed to need such a thing, but he didn't want to invest too much money.

Lu Feng really doesn't want to build an electric city, but investors need to make a cake for them. If it's about research and development, the devil will give you money.

Only by building an electrical appliance city, and boasting that Jiafeng Electric Appliance City is a large chain electrical appliance city in the United States, will there be a future, and most of the funds will still be injected into R&D companies first.

Moreover, Lu Feng began to feel a little anxious. As the equity in his hand dwindled, Jiafeng Electronics' expansion and market value growth must satisfy everyone on the board of directors. Although the board meeting has not yet been held, this year Lu Feng We are about to face pressure.

During the whole meeting, Lu Feng seemed to be somewhat perfunctory, but he kept mentioning that in order to control costs, the development of the Electric Appliance City must be slow and cautious. First, it will be piloted in Shenzhen, and various data will be researched to form its own set of management systems. Then expand.

Anyone who knows a little bit about Lu Feng can tell that Lu Feng's heart is not in the Electric City at all.

The meeting lasted for two hours, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. At first, several people in charge were afraid that Mr. Lu would be more serious, but they didn't expect to settle the matter just by talking and laughing.

After the meeting, Wei Yandan looked at the happy faces of the few of them and said nothing. He originally thought that they would have important positions within the group, but now it seems that there is not much chance of promotion.

After the meeting adjourned, Lu Feng went to the R&D company non-stop, and summoned all the executives from Liucheng.

"President Ni left?" Lu Feng asked Liu Cheng.

"I'm leaving today, and I'll come over after dealing with the matter at hand. I can see that he still wants to do something, and he has the urge to do so." Liu Cheng replied.

"At that time, a separate project team will be set up and handed over to him, and he can make efforts in whatever area he wants to develop!" Lu Feng said in a deep voice.

"Boss Lu, are we really going to make computers?" Liu Cheng asked in a low voice.

"Not necessarily, we'll see when the time comes!"

"Then investing so much money, we have the technology, and we don't produce it. Isn't this a waste of money?"

"How can it be a waste of money? When the time comes, sell the technology patent for authorization, sell it to Lenovo!" Lu Feng said seriously.

"Ah?" Liu Cheng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's get down to business now. It will be October soon, and 1994 will soon be over. This year, the group has developed rapidly, and the progress of the R&D company has also advanced by leaps and bounds, especially in TVs, pagers, and VCDs. The patents of the three products have reached [-] items, including more than [-] core patents, which is very good and I am very pleased!"

"But! I want to tell you that next year we need to speed up and move forward. We are still far from the world's first-tier level. There is a big gap with companies like Sony, Motorola, Panasonic, and even Samsung. There is a gap in core technology. Too big."

"Why do you attach so much importance to research and development? I coaxed and deceived the money from financing into the research and development company. I just hope that it will be faster, and faster. What are you guys? It's the heart. When the heart is strong, I am not afraid of anything."

"This year is very tiring, and next year will be even more tiring. If you want a budget of [-] million U.S. dollars, you must be worthy of the [-] million U.S. dollars. With the help of Ruixin Lab, communication technology will find its own way within two years. This can only be regarded as ordinary. As for the progress, if you can’t figure it out by yourself, you can find someone to cooperate with, but in other fields, such as core processors, image information processors, signal compilation, and radio transmission technologies, these are all key points.”

"Only by catching up with the international first-tier companies in these aspects can we be considered successful. Among them, with the core processor as the center, independent circuit design, independent chip planning, architecture, and the most mainstream technology in the world at present, they have already moved towards zero. It has been done at a micron level, and it will not take long to move towards the nanometer level, and we are still happy to make a few TV control processors."

"It's not to force you to do it, but to attract more talents. If you can poach people from Intel, don't be soft-hearted. If Intel can't do it, you can poach from AMD. Motorola, you all There’s a sense of urgency, and the company isn’t what it used to be.”

"At the end of this year, the first board meeting will be held. At that time, various budgets will have to be approved by the board of directors. What are those people spending so much money for? Of course it is to make money! They will definitely treat Zhu Lidong as a God, not you!"

The atmosphere at the scene was about to solidify. Everyone present was tense, and the unprecedented pressure made them feel out of breath.

"Mr. Lu, next year we will set up a special team to tackle tough problems. We must win the top of the core technology within two years. This year we set up a core processor project team. There are [-] project teams under it. Research and development around the world. Next year We will speed up our pace!" Liu Cheng said solemnly.

"TV chips are the most successful we have made so far, and we hope to continue to do so. This year, we have opened up the domestic market relying on TV core processors. In the past, we relied on TSMC or Samsung to import them. Even companies like Konka and Skyworth are so hostile to us, they are still purchasing our processors."

"I don't want to say anything superfluous. It's the same sentence. In 1995, which will come in a few months, I hope you will take the core industry to a new level." Lu Feng said in a deep voice.

Others began to report the current situation of the R&D company. This year, the overall expansion is very large. R&D centers have been set up in Germany, France, Finland, and Sweden, and more than [-] senior engineers have been hired at high prices. At the same time, there are more than [-] university professors. Serve as a consultant.

Jiafeng's research and development is like crazy, searching for talents around the world.

I have cooperated with [-] colleges and universities around the world in related majors. Although some of the cooperation is private, I went to do some welfare, donate some money, and fooled some students into joining the trade union first, or other game teams. Ways to attract high-end talents to join.

The meeting went on until three o'clock in the afternoon, and he didn't even eat lunch. Lu Feng was really in a hurry. If he missed the past few years to catch up in research and development, he really couldn't catch up.

In the 80s, the semiconductor industry was dominated by Fuso, and Motorola was the global overlord. In the 90s, the United States began to pursue semiconductors. With a breakthrough of one micron, the core processor officially entered the nanometer world and completed the transcendence.

Coupled with the establishment of the board of directors, it is impossible for Lu Feng not to be in a hurry. Of course, he also knows that it is too difficult to break through within two years.

However, under the money offensive of no less than [-] million U.S. dollars per year, Lu Feng still feels hopeful.

The meeting is coming to an end, and everyone present has a layer of cold sweat on their backs. This year is already tired enough, how will they live next year?

Liu Cheng took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Lu, do you have enough time recently?"

"what happened?"

"Ruixin Laboratory has officially started operation. It is necessary to meet some foreign R&D personnel working there to make them feel that we value it. When the person in charge over there talked to me about this matter, they still treat you more I'm interested, especially if you're so young." Liu Cheng also seemed to think that the people over there were a bit too much, just curious about what the boss looked like, so he asked him to go over there.

"I don't have any plans, just go there!" Lu Feng agreed.

(End of this chapter)