Courtyard light

Chapter 795 Working Overtime
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Hai's family reunited, and Liu Hai gave New Year's money to everyone.

All of them were given 10 yuan, but the granddaughter got an extra pendant made of top-quality Hetian jade.

The price of top-quality Hetian jade is already skyrocketing.

Jadeite hasn't seen much growth yet. In fact, Hetian jade has never been cheap. Just look at the idioms related to jade to know.

The little one can't see far now and is very sleepy. Liu Hai is so happy that he can't close his mouth when he sees his granddaughter in his arms who changes every day.

It is no longer wrinkled like it was at the beginning, and it is getting more and more beautiful.

While Liu Hai was holding his granddaughter at home, Ni Nan was being scolded by his lover.

"Don't you know how to go to the boss's house?"

"The boss gives you such a heavy burden and so much money."

Ni Nan was wearing glasses and reading something. When he heard this, he said, "The boss is interested in my skills, not my flattery?"

"Why are you talking so harshly? The boss is impressed by your skills, but you are the only one with skills?"

"I think it's enough for me to complete the task assigned to me by my boss."

"I can't explain it to you clearly, so stop getting in the way here."

"Then I'll go to the lab and take a look."

"Go, go quickly."

Then Ni Nan packed up his things and went to the laboratory. Only when he arrived at the laboratory did he breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just right that I don't have to deal with those relatives at home. One asks me to introduce someone to the company, and that asks me to introduce someone to the company, without even looking at my own children's academic performance.

I've heard that the company's salary is high, but the skills must also be up to par.

It's much easier to deal with technical people in the company, everyone can speak frankly.

I rejected several relatives last year, and they finally became my enemies. They spread the word that I should give gifts to them, and I really hope you will give me gifts.

The atmosphere in the company is very good, especially the academic atmosphere. Neither the boss nor I like those who fawn on others.

There is nothing to do but he is already making a fuss. Ni Nan cannot stand such people.

The more skilled people are in the company, the more low-key they are. Those who earn more are more afraid that others will know how much they earn.

On the contrary, those who didn't make much money walked around as if they were worth two and a half million.

If such people don't have good technical skills, they will be assigned to work outside the province.

Although the Fenghuo Technology Laboratory does not appear to have a hierarchy on the surface, there are actually strict assessment requirements from the bottom up.

Everyone has the opportunity to work on a project, and the process of working on the project will be judged based on each person’s management of the project and their thinking towards the project.

If you do a few small projects well in succession, you will then move on to a slightly larger project.

Those who are screened out step by step in this way and are able to take charge of a large project are all talented people.

In the afternoon, my lover called again and asked if I wanted to come home for dinner.

Ni Nan's first question was: "Are there any relatives here?"

His wife was so angry that she hung up the phone, so Ni Nan simply didn't go back. It's not that all relatives had ulterior motives, but these relatives would also ask questions.

How can you earn so much money in a year? And where does your boss get so much money?

Chatting with relatives feels more complicated than holding a technical discussion.

The main reason is that people who work in technology don’t pay much attention to these other things, and sometimes they answer questions without giving too much thought.

For example, last year a relative asked him why he could get so much money?
Ni Nan said that the boss said I have the ability to take so much money.

As a result, the relative got angry and said that he was mocking him for being incompetent and getting a low salary.

There are also some acquaintances or people who are not related at all. When they meet, they will ask about the company's affairs and ask if the company needs office desks and chairs or test consumables.
When Liu Hai heard that Ni Nan had to work overtime on the second day of the Chinese New Year, he felt worried and called him in the evening.

"Old Ni, you went to the laboratory on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Does your wife have any objection?" Liu Hai asked directly.

"Boss, my wife asked me to come."

"Did you make your lover angry again at home?" When Liu Hai heard this, he thought that something might have happened again.

"no."

"It's time to rest during the New Year."

“I think the lab is pretty good.”

"Okay then." Liu Hai couldn't say anything when he heard this.

But after thinking about it, Liu Hai called the factory. The motorcycle factory had a night shift and the chef was preparing dinner in the evening.

The reason why Liu Hai asked the motorcycle factory's canteen to do this was because of safety. It was strictly forbidden to bring food and alcohol from outside into Fenghuo Technology Company.

The company's reputation is so loud now, there must be people secretly trying to make trouble.

You can’t even bring water from home, and the same goes for tea leaves and other things.

If bringing tea leaves is allowed, is it possible that some people may bring tea leaves with problems?
Fenghuo Technology Company also has a night snack cafeteria at night, but the food here is not as abundant as that prepared by the motorcycle factory. After all, the motorcycle factory is a large factory with more than 100,000 people.

It can be said that the ingredients prepared are numerous tons, at least hundreds of kinds, including various vegetables, various meats, various chickens, ducks, fish, shrimps, etc.

After 11 o'clock, Ni Nan received a call from Liu Hai, saying that the midnight snack he prepared had arrived.

When Ni Nan arrived at the company gate, he found a refrigerated truck outside, which can actually keep food fresh.

Then the cafeteria was filled with plates of various dishes.

Liu Hai did not come to the laboratory in person. Liu Hai rarely showed up in the laboratory. Only some top researchers in the laboratory knew Liu Hai.

The meal was a buffet with shrimp, fish, crabs, king crabs, and of course dumplings.

King crabs are a bit common, and the reason why they are so expensive is mainly because of fishing restrictions, with only a certain quota each year.

There are also some imported liquors.

"The boss said everyone has worked hard, and this is what he prepared for everyone. Eat and drink well and then go to bed early." Ni Nan didn't know how to say anything polite, so after he finished speaking, he quickly went to get his plates and went to eat at the buffet.

The other technical guys nodded, then stared at the plates to see which one to eat first, and then eat.

"Boss Ni, how do we divide this king crab?"

"One for each person."

"Can I take it home and eat it now?"

"Sure, you can have as many drinks as you want, and five river crabs per person."

“Where are the dumplings?”

"How shallow must one be to bring dumplings home?"

"These are dumplings from the motorcycle factory. Look at what's on the plate."

"Is there one roast chicken per person?"

"One roasted chicken per person, too." "Wow, this is the legendary motorcycle factory roasted chicken."

"It does look different from the ones sold outside, and seems to be a little smaller."

"They just let it roam freely."

"I heard that the raw materials for roast chicken purchased by the motorcycle factory are all ordered from farmers in remote areas, not from farms."

"Our boss is so powerful that he can produce so many good things from the motorcycle factory."

So those who were working overtime didn't eat here anymore. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Ni Nan quickly took a king crab, a roasted chicken, a bottle of Moutai, filled half a bag of dumplings, and then went home.

Those who are supposed to work overtime should go off work at 11:30, except for some experiments that require overnight duty.

Ni Nan opened the door and returned home, only to find that some relatives were playing mahjong and the children were playing games on TV.

"You still remember to come back?" Ni Nan's lover said unhappily while drawing cards.

"The boss is giving me extra food tonight, so I waited until then to come back."

"Wow, king crab!" The child playing games has seen a big crab.

"Why is it called king crab?" Several people who were playing cards also stood up and saw curiously.

"This is a kind of rock crab imported from abroad and grown in cold waters." Technician Ni Nan's problem came back again.

"It is said that it sells for 888 yuan each in a western restaurant." Ni Nan's lover spoke in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

"Oh my, it's so expensive!" The people playing cards were very surprised to hear this.

"It has to be flown to our place alive, so it's very expensive."

"Last year, Lao Ni from our family brought one. It was delicious. I heard that it is only available in limited quantities in Western restaurants."

"You all should try it."

"Won't a crab this big become a crab spirit?"

"Oh my goodness, don't say 888, even if it's 88, I'm willing to work overtime." Three people playing mahjong looked at the huge crab.

Ni Nan's lover skillfully took out a pair of scissors and started cutting.

Then he took chopsticks and taught everyone how to eat the meat inside the crab legs.

"too delicious."

"Yes."

"How dare you catch such a big crab!"

Ni Nan's lover couldn't stop smiling when she heard the compliments from her relatives.

As for the roast chicken, it had already been put aside by Ni Nan's sharp-eyed lover.

Most of the employees of other Fenghuo Technology companies live in elevator apartments provided by the company.

Those who didn't go to work overtime heard that the midnight snacks for those who worked overtime included king crab and roast chicken from the motorcycle factory.

I was even complained by my own wife. The import quantity of king crabs is limited now, after all, they are imported with foreign exchange.

If you want to eat at a western restaurant normally, you need to make a reservation.

The roasted chicken from the motorcycle factory is even rarer, and it is difficult to get it except for the employees within the motorcycle factory.

So on the third day of the Lunar New Year, almost all employees of Fenghuo Technology Company were working overtime.

Of course, Liu Hai did not disappoint everyone in the evening. The same midnight snack was arranged, but tonight the roast chicken was changed to roast duck.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Hai also went to work and first went to the motorcycle factory to say hello to Sun Aiguo.

Then Liu Hai came to Fenghuo Technology Company.

"Thank you, boss." Ni Nan thanked Liu Hai first when he saw him. Liu Hai came to the office, and the laboratory was somewhere else. Of course, Liu Hai came up from the underground parking lot.

"After all, I'm the one who made the profit. After all, you're all working for me." Liu Hai laughed.

"Boss, the test of the third-generation Loongson chip is going smoothly."

"Very good." Liu Hai nodded.

"How is the research in the direction of lithography mask?" Liu Hai asked. The lithography mask technology is an important milestone in the development of lithography. This technology was first used by ASML of the Netherlands in 1990.

The mask of the lithography machine carries the design pattern, and light passes through it, projecting the design pattern onto the photoresist.

In a projection lithography machine, the mask is an optical element located between the converging lens and the projection lens and has no direct contact with the wafer.

The pattern on the mask is reduced by 4 to 10 times and then transmitted to the wafer surface. This process is similar to the film function of a traditional camera, and the pattern is transferred from the mask to the substrate through the exposure process.

"We are organizing human and material resources to carry out public relations for this technology, because there are many things involved." Ni Nan answered when he heard Liu Hai asking about this technology.

"I think the refractive index problem of the lithography machine can be solved by using liquids, such as water. This is also a research direction." The refractive index problem of the lithography machine that Liu Hai mentioned is also the key technology that ASML of the Netherlands used to defeat the small notebook.

In the mid-90s, the giants of lithography machines were not ASML, but Nikon and Canon. This was because ASML solved the problem of laser refractive index first, which enabled it to achieve the goal half a year earlier.

But in just half a year, ASML has completely left Nikon and Canon behind.

"Boss, this is really a genius idea." Ni Nan's eyes lit up, because some scientists have asserted that the chip can only achieve a maximum precision due to the problem of light refractive index.

"I just thought of this after reading some things recently. This experiment must be kept top secret." Liu Hai replied with a smile.

This is the advantage of standing on the shoulders of giants. The development direction of lithography machines is already in our own hands, and there is no need to develop like other lithography machine companies that are still groping in the dark.

There have been several directions in the history of lithography machines, and many have been eliminated in each stage.

The company that developed the lithography machine also made huge investments in various aspects and finally chose the right direction, and it did not need any extra investment at all.

“How is computer production going now?”

"Supply exceeds demand. The boss's prediction is very accurate. We are currently facing orders for 5 computers, but the market for bald eagles has never opened up."

"The Bald Eagle market will be treated as non-existent from now on." Liu Hai certainly knew how powerful the influence of computer companies like IBM and Texas Instruments was within the Bald Eagle.

As long as we can seize other markets, it will be enough. If we sell one computer now, Apple or IBM will sell one less.

"Motorola wants to be the agent for our computers and sell them in Lijiapo, a small country."

"But they still want to change their brand, and the higher authorities are discussing this matter."

When Liu Hai heard this, he thought, “Isn’t this just OEM?” He said, “You can suggest that the higher authorities agree to it.”

We will do OEM as long as we can occupy the market. Besides, our profit from computers is relatively high.

It seems that Motorola has reaped the benefits.

"There is also a lot of demand for computers in China this year."

"But I think some unimportant departments in the country can be equipped with computers later. At the latest by the end of next year, our new generation of computers will be out." Ni Nan said.

"Let's just ignore the domestic situation and let them arrange it however they want. Besides, the components in our computers can be disassembled and used to make other things." Liu Hai didn't want to go into details about the matter.

It doesn't matter who the funds are used for. Giving them to computers can speed up the development of semiconductors and it will also be a good thing if it allows the country to get in touch with computers earlier.

(End of this chapter)