Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

The meeting is still going on!

Seeing Li Yi turn his gaze to the edge of the conference room, everyone also looked over.

Afterwards, everyone's attention was focused on Niu Guangbei, head of Star Optoelectronics Company, and Liang Zhengkun, director of Hanguang Semiconductor Research Institute.

In comparison, their position is somewhat awkward, mainly because they are too far back.

But this is understandable. After all, there are differences between the comrades from these two units and other people in the conference room.

Even though their boss is also Li Yi and even the general manager is Lan Xinyi, Star Optoelectronics Company and Xingchen Investment Company are somewhat incompatible.

The reason is simple, because the foundation of Starlight Electronics Company is a national defense research unit, and everyone from scientific researchers to ordinary employees are state cadres.

Even though all these units have been sold to Li Yi and more money has been taken from the system, the cadre status of these people has not yet been revoked.

However, Xingchen Investment Company is a completely foreign-owned enterprise. From leaders to employees, they are all employees. There is an essential difference in the nature of the two companies.

More importantly, Xingguang Company is an independently operated company, neither a branch nor a subsidiary of Xingchen Investment Company.

So here, these people are completely raised by a stepmother.

"Vice President Niu, how is the situation at Starlight Electronics?"

Niu Guangbei adjusted his glasses, then stood up and said, "Boss Li, our Xingguang Company is currently developing well. With the assistance of the military and local governments at all levels, we have successfully completed the acceptance of each branch factory in more than two months."

"At present, the company has seven electronics factories under its jurisdiction, including Beijing Electronics Factory, Tianjin Electronics Factory, Shanghai Electronics Factory and Jidong Electronic Instrument Factory, plus four wafer factories including Beijing Wafer Factory and Shanghai Wafer Factory, a sterile clean production workshop, and a comprehensive research institute."

Li Yi nodded and asked again: "Have you figured out the situation of these factories?"

"During this period, Director Liang Zhengkun, Comrade Xue Limin, Bao Yintu and I have conducted in-depth research with the factory directors. We have basically figured out the situation of each factory, but..."

"Just what? Feel free to tell me." Li Yi said.

"But the situation we have learned does not seem optimistic!" Niu Guangbei said.

"Oh, tell me, what problems do these factories have?" Li Yi said.

Niu Guangbei said immediately: "First of all, we found that the equipment in each factory is seriously outdated, especially the production equipment. Most of them are old things obtained from Big Brother in the 1950s and 1960s, and have long been eliminated abroad."

"Secondly, our factory's production technology is very backward. Not to mention compared with European and American countries, even compared with neighboring countries like Japan, which has just developed its semiconductor industry, and South Korea, it is still far behind. The situation is not optimistic."

"Although each of our factories has its own flagship products, the technological content of these products is a bit low, and they are outdated models among similar products. The yield rate is not very high, and they have almost no competitiveness in the international market, so they can barely be sold domestically."

Li Yi nodded and continued, "Anything else?"

"Have!"

Then Niu Guangbei continued: "The most important point is that our talent team has extremely serious problems, which is quite tricky!"

"Oh, tell me more about it!"

"First, the work style of the management staff is lazy and inefficient, and there are all kinds of improper profit transfers."

Niu Guangbei then continued, "Secondly, the scientific research team is a mixed bag. A considerable number of researchers are just here to get by, and they don't have much talent and poor teamwork ability. These directly lead to serious deficiencies in scientific research efficiency and innovation capabilities, which in turn affect the development and profitability of the company."

After hearing what Niu Guangbei said, Li Yi fell silent. In fact, he had already thought about these problems before. After all, these factories were state-owned enterprises before, and no one knew the atmosphere of state-owned enterprises better than Li Yi.

It can be said that what Niu Guangbei said was restrained enough. In fact, most companies these days are the same, emphasizing relationships first, ability second, and character third. Well, it is also possible not to talk about character.

There is no theory of ability here, everyone is the same once they come in.

Young people may still have dreams when they first start working, but after working for a few years they gradually forget their original intentions and go with the flow. Your waves will eventually be washed away by the sea.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Li Yi looked at Niu Guangbei and said, "Then Vice President Niu, do you have any solution to this situation?"

Niu Guangbei immediately said: "There is a solution, but... but..."

"Just what? If you have any good ideas, just tell me. Don't have any concerns!" Li Yi said.

But he still recognized Niu Guangbei's abilities. As one of the earliest experts in the computer field in China, he had also studied abroad and had outstanding qualities in both management and scientific research.

It's a pity that I was unlucky in my previous life and met a family of loyal and brave people.
"Mr. Li, my idea is to conduct a thorough reorganization of all secondary units, clear out all those incompetent and idle leaders, and establish new goals for survival, development, and profitability for the entire company. However, this process may offend many people and even cause some chaos, so you have to think carefully."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi said directly: "No problem, let's do this. From now on, we will select capable personnel from the head office to form an inspection team. General Manager Lan will personally serve as the team leader to conduct a comprehensive assessment of all leaders above the level of workshop directors of Xingguang Company."

"Those who are capable will stay, or even be promoted, while those who are incompetent will pack up and leave. No matter who you are, it doesn't matter. We at Xingguang Company don't keep idle people."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lan Xinyi said decisively: "Yes, Mr. Li, I will deal with this matter immediately!"

Li Yi nodded, then looked at Niu Guangbei and said again: "Vice President Niu, please continue!"

Niu Guangbei did not act pretentiously and continued, "Regarding the construction of the talent team, my idea is that we should not only recruit outstanding graduates from various domestic universities, but more importantly, recruit people from foreign countries, especially semiconductor companies in Europe and the United States. I just want those people to return to China, and the salary aspect..."

Li Yi immediately took over the conversation: "The stronger the ability, the higher the salary should be. It's up to you. As long as they are truly talented, it's worth spending a little more money!"

“Thank you Mr. Li for your support!”

Then Niu Guangbei said again: "In view of the situation of aging equipment and backward technology, my suggestion is to concentrate on upgrading equipment and industry, but this cycle is relatively long, and it may take three to five years."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi frowned and said, "Vice President Niu, isn't there any better way to solve this problem?"

At present, my country's semiconductor industry has fallen behind European and American countries. If we spend another three to five years upgrading equipment and related industries, it means that we will be left further behind and it will be more difficult to catch up!
"Have!"

"any solution?"

"We can complete the initial upgrade by importing a full set of technical equipment from Europe and the United States. However, there are too many scientific research equipment needed from electronics factories to wafer fabs and research institutes. If we want to import all of them, the amount of funds required will be too huge!" Niu Guangbei said.

"How many?"

"At least 120 billion!" Niu Guangbei said shockingly.

As soon as these words were spoken, there were bursts of gasps in the entire conference room.

No wonder Vice President Niu did not mention this plan at the beginning. This bottomless pit is too big and it requires 120 billion to fill it.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Li Yi, and everyone wanted to see his reaction.

However, Li Yi's reaction shocked everyone.
(End of this chapter)