industrial maniac

The big cousin was finally dragged by the engineer to Kirov in the non-zone.

It is said that when he left, the door frames of his hometown were pulled down, and a large piece of the wall was also ripped off.

This made Xu Fei very suspicious, the eldest cousin wanted a new house.

Immediately afterwards, he was very dissatisfied with his performance. He also thought about being an idol who had grown up since he was a child, and that he could be a cheerful guy in front of the employees and make himself look good.

Never thought of breaking down like this.

"If the director of the factory didn't pay attention to seniority, he would have to change the order of our brothers. From now on, I will be the cousin and you will be the cousin."

The reason why the big cousin left in such a hurry, even skipping the training session of the Security Department, was that Xu Fei saw the corn that was about to be harvested in Texas, and suddenly remembered that different regions and different climates required only the same amount of crop seeds. different.

Although the family has not yet obtained land in the African region, the seed experts have to go there in advance to try planting, and then cultivate new varieties according to soil properties, pest status, drought and flooding, etc.

Not that the emperor is far away from Tiangao, and he can't trust outsiders, the eldest cousin is obviously the most suitable one.

Xu Fei was in a good mood after making all these arrangements, and drove to Silicon Hills, the technology center in Austin.

After the dot-com bubble, IT companies went from ten to nine, the semiconductor industry suffered heavy losses, and Silicon Valley suffered a huge blow.

With cheap land, low taxes, well-developed power facilities, and a good environment, Texas has become a new base for IT companies.

It's like a small county town and a magic capital.

An IT company can't survive in Shanghai. It keeps a door in charge of external business, and other departments move to a small county. All expenses are reduced, and in exchange for a substantial increase in profits.

Whether the employees are willing to come or not.

Wan Tao once said something when he went to Shanghai:

High-end talents follow the company, and no one is irreplaceable for low-end and middle-end talents.

In software development, high-end talents come up with design plans, and mid-to-low-end talents squat in front of the computer for 24 hours to write codes, and then change the plan, write the code, change the plan, write the code... If you can't finish the modification, get out, and if you can't finish laying off employees, it's that simple.

Most of these coders only understand the most superficial logic and the meaning of 01, and then rely on the three major series of EDA, chip design auxiliary software, programmable chip auxiliary design software, and system design auxiliary software to complete the tasks in their hands. Work.

They don't understand circuits, layout, wiring, what the codes typed in mean, let alone chips, optics, radar, and radio frequency signals. They only know how to do so, and they can design stand-alone chips or related software.

Even many technical backbones can only write HTML.

Therefore, there is an unspoken rule in the programming world, 'As long as the code can run, don't touch it'.

Therefore, EDA tools are getting more and more expensive, the salary of coding is getting lower and lower, and the capital squeeze is getting more and more ruthless.

It is estimated that in just ten years, programmers will be reduced to low-cost labor, and bosses will become another form of contractor.

In North America, the Internet is a new thing. It is exactly like a country launching a large-scale infrastructure construction, and new projects are everywhere.

The contractor gets the project, and the harder he squeezes, the more money he makes and the more projects he gets.

Therefore, these contractors successively lived in the Austin Seaside Manor worth 3 million US dollars, but the employees were forced to push the newly repaired tram by the flight attendant, standing in the car that was too crowded to turn around, from 20 kilometers away. Small town, rush to work.

Because the rent here is expensive, and the consumption level is infinitely raised by the bosses, but their own salary is at the level of a small county town.

As a result, more and more programmers, in order to save rent, have to work overtime as an excuse to sleep in the company, eat instant noodles, and live a decent life to the outside world.

Xu Fei looked at the IT elites pouring out of the station, as if seeing China ten years later.

In a trance, he thought of Zhang Shiren, the former foreign trader in Wajima, and now the project director of his own crude oil purchase, the "reincarnation theory" mentioned before.

Ten years ago, any North American movie was popular, but now it is remade in China, it will definitely sell at the box office.

Ten years ago, clothing and toys were popular in North America, but now they are remade in China, and they are also selling well.

Ten years ago, something was popular in North America, but now it is sold in China, and it is still a hit.

In the same way, if any product is booming in China now, if you get the third brother ten years later, you will still make money.

The Internet in front of me seems to be the same.

It's a pity that the Internet is just a by-product of technology. It doesn't matter whether you code, design, or do background research and development. It's all just an illusion created by 'data'. It can't promote the development of technology, and it won't bring any blessings to technology. There will be no qualitative change in technology.

Therefore, the global Internet ushered in a bubble period, and Nasdaq evaporated trillions, and it is still plummeting until now.

"If we follow Zhang Shiren's 'reincarnation theory', our camp must not follow the old path."

"So, those Internet companies in Shencheng, Shanghai, and Beijing should all go bankrupt, and then let people who know programming come to the factory manager to design machine languages, improve industrial robots, improve pneumatic mechanical exoskeletons, and research radar systems and radio frequency systems. Signal, digital conversion core."

"Before the disaster, we should concentrate on doing big things instead of doing things that are not there."

"This is called... the overall situation is the most important thing!"

Xu Fei immediately decided to finish the overseas project as soon as possible and set the tone when he returned.

Then he waved his hand towards the sky and asked Kirov to lower the curtain that was hundreds of meters long and 50 meters wide.

Ironhide Company - Hiring:

Software engineer, monthly salary 1600 dollars.

Senior software engineer, monthly salary 2200 dollars.

Web design/production, monthly salary 1800 dollars.

Hardware engineer, monthly salary 2400 dollars.

Internet software development, monthly salary 2800 dollars.

Electronic engineer, monthly salary 3100 dollars.

Electrical engineer, with a monthly salary of 3600 US dollars.

A general-purpose analog chip engineer with a monthly salary of $8100.

A dedicated analog chip engineer with a monthly salary of $1.2.

A high-voltage BCD craftsman with a monthly salary of US$1.6.

In 2001, the average monthly salary in North America was 2400 US dollars. Although Texas is rich, the wealth is mainly concentrated in the hands of the top class and farmers, and the salaries of the middle and lower groups are generally low.

The price offered by the house is considered top-notch.

As for GM's $4600...

The other party is a strange creature who has been dragged down by salary to the point of collapse, but has never died, and the shareholders have made a lot of money.

I can't learn from the other party, and the funds have to be used to strengthen Desi and fight against North America, so as to give my own camp development opportunities.

In just a moment, a large group of people gathered under the curtain.

There is no one irreplaceable for low-end and mid-level talents, which also means frequent turnover of personnel and low loyalty of employees to the company.

Unlike domestic companies that are proud of entering foreign companies and have been working for more than ten years, here they leave as soon as they say. Before leaving, they even ask the trade union for help, ask for a resettlement fee, or sue the company for ill-treating themselves.

Local companies in North America are used to this kind of gameplay, and they will basically not suffer losses, but overseas companies will be tricked every time they encounter it.

Therefore, this recruitment is mainly carried out by the HR team of Bain Capital, and the middle and low-end talents are affiliated with Rapfly Technology.

Xu Fei only entertains talents related to analog chips, and the salary is negotiable, so try to ask for one.

Because the analog chip talents in North America are mainly concentrated in large factories, each project starts at least five years, and the training period is long, which is also a treasure.

for a long time.

The busy work next to him was in full swing, and no one cared about Xu Fei's side. Many applicants were only disappointed when they saw the starting salary of 8K US dollars on the table in front of him.

two hours later.

Xu Fei felt his old illness flare up and his chest hurt a little, so he got up and went for a walk.

When I came to a building, I saw the signboard of Pingguo, and thought that the other party had signed an XLED purchase contract with me some time ago to make the Ipod series, so I walked in immediately.

Never thought, it's not a specialty store, it's their headquarters.

The slender girl with blond hair and blue eyes at the front desk greeted first, "Hello, what do you need to consult?"

"Where's the toilet?"

"..."

"Is the attitude so bad?"

"You can go to the West Street public restroom, which is not open to the public."

"I'm a little anxious, please help me."

"Okay, for the sake of how handsome you are... Do you have a phone number? Leave one and I can take you to the bathroom."

"Is it so troublesome?"

"Or, when I get off work at 11:30, you come to pick me up. The hotel next door is very nice, and we can even make time for a spa."

Xu Fei fled in despair.

The girl at the front desk laughed hard.

And back to the recruitment scene.

Because the venue was not applied in advance, the police in the Silicon Hills area had already approached the door, but they were stopped by the Texas National Guard.

Then the sheriff personally led people to maintain order.

"Capital, it's really scary."

Xu Fei said hello to the person in charge of Austin Silicon Hills, and gave him two boxes of third-generation charging treasures, and then paved $50 on the bottom of the boxes.

With Xu's current status as the director of the Austin region, he can only be regarded as a small fish.

No matter Raymond invested by Carlyle, James of TEP, or Boris of JP Morgan, there are hundreds of ways to make the other party disappear.

But sometimes trash fish can also play a big role.

For example, for $10, the other party dares to hire a top talent in analog chips.

Then, the siren blared, and they went back and forth to the Austin Seaside Manor, and stuffed the target into Kirov No. 50 parked at the hotel gate.

As early as last year, Daze Airport signed customs agreements with several important cities in Texas. If there is no cargo, it can take off at any time without inspection.

As for the North American Federation...

First of all, it must have the ability to intercept targets at an altitude of 2 meters.

With the performance of the most advanced fighter jets at present, it can last at most 2 or [-] seconds at an altitude of [-] meters, but if you fly up with the risk of losing control, you may face Kirov's 'fishing net'.

Even if it is decided to shoot Kirov down, the airborne air-to-air cannot break Kirov's anti-missile system, and the missile base needs to estimate the base number of Kirov's decoy bombs, and then shoot a hundred arrows like the Hadza Volley.

It's all money.

Besides, the gentlemen of Congress and the North American Military Department are busy dealing with European armament orders and arguing about dividing up the proceeds, so there is no time to pay attention to this.

Thinking.

The person in charge of the Austin Silicon Hills area and the sheriff of the Austin Silicon Hills area ran over together, secretly expressing that there was not enough money.

Xu Fei immediately sent someone to send 500 million US dollars in cash.

The two of them cheered up and ran to work again.

There were even several police cars going in the direction of TI Texas Instruments.

In this way, Xu Fei will not have anyone to apply for the job. In desperation, he had to take out the third-generation power bank, connect to the CCC network base station in Kirov in the air, and then use the satellite network in Germany to jump to the station where he stayed. At an altitude of 2 meters in the east, Kirov equipped with a radar module.

In an instant, the screen displays 'connected successfully'.

Then you can choose the Asia-Pacific region, America region, Nanyang region, West Asia region, Nordic region, Eastern Europe region...

The reason for the partition is not because of the server's carrying capacity, but because of the upper limit of the bandwidth of the Zigbee network.

An area is equal to a 'bee colony'. The more people connected to the Internet, the greater the bandwidth required, otherwise there will be network delays and cause lag.

This is the same reason as 2G technology is upgraded to 3G technology, and Zigbee must continue to improve.

But their own development is too fast, and product updates are also very frequent, and the research and development of Zigbee's technology is a bit behind.

Fortunately, several top radio frequency chip talents have been exchanged from Texas Instruments. I believe that Zigbee technology will soon be reborn.

10 o'clock in the morning.

The anti-war parade team passed by the Silicon Hills area. The red-necked uncles and aunts all carried guns, and even carried a few mortars.

While walking forward, they shouted slogans and at the same time waved the banners and drawing boards in their hands.

But when Xu Fei observed it closely, he suddenly felt that the scene was like the dragon lantern dance held in Huangnigang on February [-]nd.

That is to say, the uncles and aunts of the whole town hold up dragon lanterns and hydrangeas hundreds of meters long, beat gongs and drums, sing and dance, and stroll all over the street.

Then take a hard look at...

Xu Fei suddenly understood.

People in Texas are anti-war from top to bottom, but they just treat the anti-war march as a party event, not a real anti-war march.

In other words, North America has a short history and has no culture of its own. Apart from parties, there are not many large-scale celebrations similar to "February Two Dragons Raising Their Heads".

So the "demonstration" was regarded as a spiritual carrier.

It was as if they were arguing for independence and cheering, but they never took any action.

It's a bit like when the farmers are slack, everyone comes out to be lively.

Combining the history, current situation and folk customs of Texas...

Xu Fei's heart suddenly brightened.

Seeing the parade approaching, he quickly snatched a policeman's trumpet, climbed onto the desk, and said, "Hit to North America!"

Rednecks in Texas: "???"

"Hit the wicked capitalist!"

The crowd erupted instantly, raising their arms and shouting in unison, "Hit the evil capitalists!"

"Hit the US emperor and strengthen Texas!"

"Hit the US emperor and strengthen Texas!"

Xu Fei yelled three or four times, feeling unsatisfied, climbed off the table, walked in the front of the line, waving his arms while yelling.

In my hometown, there is no such thing.

The first time I participated, it was very exciting, as if the pores of my whole body were stretched.

Seeing this, the parade became inexplicably cheerful, and more people participated.

Even the employees of Silicon Hills rushed over.

That night.

Xu Fei ate Golden Throat Lozenges, and sat in front of the TV enjoying the carnival during the day.

As the factory manager, the total number of employees under his command, including Liaoshi, Langfang, etc., has exceeded 30.

Even if all of Austin's 80 residents attended, the scene wouldn't scare him.

So, have a great time today.

Also because of the hot head, he subconsciously yelled many slogans that he didn't remember.

"Work together to build a harmonious socialist society!"

"Be firm in your beliefs, stay loyal forever, and follow D wholeheartedly..."

"In three generations..."

There was a loud shout from the TV.

At this time, the fourth secretary came back from outside, "Director, you have been expelled, and you must leave North America within one week."

"Who gave the order? Give him $200 million and let him take it back."

"The decision was made together after your immediate superior discussed with this side."

"..."

Soon, the TV news switched programs and no longer showed today's parade.

Xu Fei scratched his head, "Is there something wrong with my shouting?"

"True, but you shouldn't be shouting in North America."

.........

5 month 20 number.

Director Xu left Texas.

The uncles and aunts in Austin are very reluctant.

Holding up the head of a vicious dog, the head of a boy, and the red star, or driving a huge pickup truck, or driving a giant agricultural machine, or riding a tall horse, they gathered in the suburbs of Austin to see off the three Kirovs.

For a time, thousands of people were empty, and the sound was like a tide.

"Actually, the people in Dezhou are quite nice, no different from the folks in Huangnigang."

Xu Fei lay in front of Kirov's transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, reluctantly waving farewell gestures.

Some simple and kind red-necked uncles below even choked up and wiped away their tears.

Xu Fei picked up the microphone of the Kirov warning speaker, "This is my second hometown!"

The fourth secretary immediately cut off the signal transmission, "Wrong, your second hometown is Boston, and this is the third."

"..."

The affairs in Texas have come to an end for the time being.

In the past week, the Old Walker Estate sold all its beef and dairy cattle, cleared the pasture, and waited for a heavy rain to fully plant soybeans.

The third Austin-Foreman shipyard has begun to take shape, but access, electricity, and even the laying of wind power plants along the coast will take time and the support of spy satellites.

Austin-Tiny Farm Machinery Factory produced 50 6V1200c heavy-duty tractors, enough to deal with the old Walker farm, and then went south to Mexico after the busy work was over.

In the war against drug lords, Old Walker obtained 25 acres of land, and with the strength of the National Guard, he resisted the counterattack of drug lords and avocado farmers.

These lands are not in the hands of Mexico, and now Old Walker has shown to the other party through Xiaobu that these lands belong to the Mexican government, and he is willing to pay some land transfer fees.

Mexico was overjoyed, and naturally would not have any objections, and even revealed that it was willing to lease the entire north of Mexico.

So the war between Old Walker and the drug lord became more intense.

At the same time, the drug lords in Guatemala and Honduras were also besieged by the German Iron Crusade Special Operations Team.

Without it, Director Xu was shot three times in the body, and the revenge was avenged.

But the drug lords who can control the country are far more terrifying than the ruthless people in Iraq. Even the elite Germans still suffer major injuries.

Seeing this, North America smiled happily.

North America is troubled by the security war in Iraq, North Germany is troubled by Guatemala and Honduras, each other.

Of course, what North America doesn't know is that all the elite Iron Crusaders 'killed' in Germany went to Jamaica.

5 month 21 number.

Three Kirovs drifted across the Atlantic and arrived in North Germany.

Speaker Forman, wearing a long coat, personally led the head of the North German military and other important figures, and held a grand welcome ceremony in the suburbs of Berlin.

What Germany is doing today is obvious to all the world.

Foreman is certainly not 'Iron Prime Minister' Bismarck, but another well-known figure.

The many leaders under his command also matched the history one by one.

Who is Xu Fei?

This starts with the economy and military of North Germany.

Everything in North Germany does not conflict with Germany. According to the constitution, the regular German army is still the Wehrmacht, and the Iron Crusaders in North Germany belong to the armed forces of the states in North Germany, or the power of the parliament.

If Germany wants to support the Iron Crusaders, it cannot use defense expenditures and must find its own way.

But the states in North Germany are doing infrastructure construction and are doing their best to develop people's livelihood. How can they have the money to support the Iron Crusaders.

Therefore, Forman contributed to the Iron Sheet Company and paid for the military expenses out of his own pocket. This is also the main reason why the North German states are willing to move closer to Berlin.

Otherwise, while paying military expenditures to the Federation, while paying military expenditures to Berlin, no state can resist.

The strong profitability of Iron Sheet Company must be attributed to Director Xu.

In other words, it was Director Xu alone who supported the military forces in Germany.

and so.

After the welcoming ceremony, Foreman announced in the Berlin Parliament that Director Xu was appointed as the head of the German economy and the Plenipotentiary Office of the German military economy.

There was no objection in the audience, and there was warm applause at the same time.

Thus, a name appeared.

Halma Schacht.

It's a pity that Director Xu himself only wanted to be a good factory director, build Iron Sheet Company into the world's top entity enterprise, and cast a century of glory, so he refused the appointment.

Foreman was disappointed by this, but he expressed his understanding, after all, Director Xu is still young.

There was another grand applause at the scene.

That night.

The northern suburbs of Berlin.

A 76-wheeled giant trailer, carrying a section of 3-meter-thick cylindrical objects, arrived at the German North Aerospace Temporary Launch Site.

Many engineers were busy up and down, and it took only one night to assemble these parts into a 42-meter-high launch vehicle.

Then debug and fill with fuel.

At the same time, in a factory building in the northern suburbs of Berlin, more than 50 engineers produced satellite components around 7 basic production lines, and then completed the construction of the 'spy satellite module'.

The next day.

Debei announced to the outside world that it will invest in three low-earth orbit satellites and launch them at 8 o'clock this evening.

the other side.

Ironhide Headquarters - Confederation Building.

Xu Fei used to work in the factory area, today is the first time to work in the office building

The schedule of the headquarters is no different from that of the Daze Industrial Complex. They all work on an 8-hour working day, share the same outlook on life, values, and management philosophy.

Moreover, 80% of the employees are foreign students from the East, and they usually speak in Chinese, and the remaining 20% ​​of the local employees have also learned spoken Chinese.

Therefore, Xu Fei is not used to it.

Come to the office.

In the [-]-square-meter room, there are windows on both sides, and many precious green plants are planted on the periphery. A magnetically levitated globe is placed in the middle, and the current industry, as well as future plans, plans, and military operations are marked on the top.

Xu Fei sat in a wider, larger, and thicker leather seat, facing a 5-square-meter solid wood desk, and instantly realized what it means to be a president.

Pick up the files lined up on the desktop.

Most of them are related to the busy work of the previous few days, and there is no need for the factory manager to handle it personally, just leave it to the secretarial team.

leftover……

One is that 10 days later, Germany will hold a military parade to deter Xiaoxiao.

The second is that Iron Sheet Company acquired a 20% stake in Zeiss Optics, and the other party also designed the first lithography machine with a 128nm process technology with the help of ASML's technology.

However, with the rapid development of science and technology and the sudden increase of new materials, Moore's Law's statement that "every 18 to 24 months, the number of transistors that can be accommodated in an integrated circuit doubles, and the price is reduced by half compared to before" has been raised to 16 months.

At present, the Western Science and Technology Alliance has started the development of a 90nm lithography machine.

In other words, if our company produces a lithography machine with a 128nm process technology, there will not be too many "semiconductor manufacturers" to purchase, and they will wait for a while and choose to purchase 90nm.

并且，90nm采用8英寸晶圆的制造成本，是90nm采用6英寸晶圆的一半，是128纳米采用6英寸晶圆的五分之一。

Xu Fei thought for a long time, and still chose to manufacture a 128nm lithography machine.

Your own camp has nothing, if you can't sell it, then throw it to TEP University as a teaching tool.

Anyway, Director Xu can afford it.

The last document is the information that Yidali bought the Hazara coal field from Faguo and started mining coal.

"Let's dig it. After digging, it will be shipped directly to Debei."

Xu Fei picked up the landline and asked the headquarters to arrange a vehicle to the Hamburg Port Shipyard.

He came to Germany mainly to launch the spy satellite module and lay the first shipyard in Forman.

After finishing the work, I have to go to the Philippines non-stop to lay the second Foreman shipyard on Feidao.

Then Tokushi's sea department rises.

……

8 pm.

Debei's V6 carrier rocket was successfully launched and is currently dragging three spy satellites to the low-earth orbit of the parent star.

But the news brought by the researchers was not what Xu Fei wanted.

Because a satellite in low earth orbit cannot be relatively stationary with its parent star, it must be in a high orbit to be relatively stationary.

In other words, the parent star is circling, and the satellites in the earth orbit are also circling, just like vehicles driving side by side. Both sides must maintain the same speed to keep the people in the vehicle relatively stationary.

Of course, the parent star belongs to the inner circle, and the satellite belongs to the outer circle. The outer circle can be slightly slower and still remain still.

However, the satellite does not have power, and will soon be sucked into the atmosphere by relying on gravity to rotate in circles. Therefore, it needs to accelerate and generate an escape return orbit in order to keep up with the rotation speed of the parent star and remain relatively static.

In this way, adding a power plant to the spy satellite will not only increase the operating cost, but also replenish fuel from time to time.

And when the satellite is sent into a high orbit, due to the angle problem, the satellite does not need to rotate too much to keep relatively stationary with the parent star.

However, referring to the brief introduction of the spy satellite module, it can only be launched into low earth orbit, otherwise the shooting will not be clear and the 'buildable area' of the base cannot be expanded.

"If you can't be relatively static, you can only rotate the parent star. If it is stationary, you can use laser lights to illuminate the turntable. If you want the laser to cover the entire turntable, you must increase the number of lasers."

After Xu Fei learned about it, he decided to start the Starlink project ahead of schedule.

That is to deploy 76 satellites and try to cover the entire parent star.

"But I have to find a reason for the satellite, otherwise, how can Debei get so much money to build a star chain?"

"Or, borrow some money from Italy?"

"No, Faguo just sold the coal field, and he has the most money in his pocket."