Reborn in the red age

Li Qingfeng did what he said. He returned to Beijing from Wuxi and immediately notified Hong Kong through the internal phone of the institute to terminate the OEM contract with Factory 742.

They immediately found Academician Wang and asked him to take charge of the reconstruction of the Shijingshan factory area. They also contacted Japan and invited several professional designers to come to China to cooperate with Academician Wang's factory reconstruction work.

A semiconductor factory is not just a random workshop. It involves a series of considerations such as air cleanliness, temperature control, humidity control, air flow rate, air quality, factory layout, material selection, equipment handling methods, transportation and installation channels for process equipment and power equipment, technical mezzanine and aisle design, etc.

If any one of the items fails, the chip yield rate may be reduced.

Only by meeting the above requirements can the production quality of semiconductor chips be guaranteed.

This is a professional technical job, and there are not many people in China who know how to build standard modern chip factories.

Not only will Academician Wang, who has experience in factory renovation, be appointed to preside over the project, but external assistance will also be sought from other countries.

The day before school was about to start, Li Qingfeng and the members of the inspection team came to Shijingshan to see the factory.

After walking around the factory, Academician Wang shook his head and said, "No, there is a main road next to this place. Large trucks from the steel mill often pass by on the road. The vibration caused by this will affect the yield rate of the chips. This place is not suitable for building a factory."

"Is that so? Then let's choose a new location. We'll build the factory wherever you think is suitable."

Li Qingfeng didn't care about the fact that Shijingshan was not a good place. It didn't cost much to buy land and rebuild a factory these days. The company still had tens or hundreds of millions in its domestic accounts and had no place to spend the money.

It just so happens that the currency has been depreciating, so I can use the money to build a factory.

Knowing that Li Qingfeng's lemon company was wealthy, Academician Wang did not hesitate and agreed immediately. He had a quick lunch and went out with a large group of people to select a site.

Academician Wang acted quickly and found a suitable place in three days.

Li Qingfeng did not go to see the place found by Academician Wang. He directly sent someone to the Municipal Party Committee to discuss the matter of the land and took it over through formal procedures.

"Teacher Li, not just any construction team can come to build a chip factory. It's best to find an experienced unit so as not to delay the progress." Lemon Company is rich, and the investment in the chip factory will definitely not be low. Academician Wang is very concerned about this matter. He took the initiative to come to us the day after he got the land.

Li Qingfeng nodded: "Yes, that's true. An experienced construction team will make faster progress. Academician Wang, do you have any recommendations?"

"China Construction, when I was in charge of the renovation of Factory 109, it was China Construction that did the work. They have built many chip factories in China and have sufficient experience."

"Okay, I'll have someone contact China Construction right away."

The cooperation with China Construction went more smoothly. For China Construction, which had already been self-sufficient, such a large project was definitely something it must strive for. The two parties immediately hit it off and reached a preliminary agreement.

The preliminary work has been prepared, and we are just waiting for the design drawings to come out and the construction team to enter the site to start construction.

Li Qingfeng had nothing to do during this period, so he focused his energy on teaching students.

"Okay, now let's talk about the relationship between various types of numerical data."

"Report, teacher, sorry, I'm late"

Just as Li Qingfeng was teaching his students, a student suddenly ran into the classroom.

He first apologized to Li Qingfeng, and then, without waiting for Li Qingfeng's reply, he bent over and hurriedly ran to an empty seat in the middle and sat down.

Huh? What's going on? I'm in class, why did this thing suddenly come in? Aren't all the people in this class here?

He glanced at the student who had just come in and sat down properly, waiting for Qingfeng Li to continue the class.

He looked at all the confused students in the classroom.

Recalling the number of people who were called out during class, Li Qingfeng hesitated and said, "Is this you? Is this a classmate from your class?"

The classroom was completely silent, and no one responded to Qingfeng Li's question.

Just when Li Qingfeng was about to ask the new student, the student spoke breathlessly: "Teacher, I'm so sorry, this classroom is too hard to find. I searched for a long time and finally found it."

"It's been two years, and you don't even know where the classroom is?"

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The other party did not answer. Li Qingfeng realized something and asked, "What class are you taking?"

"advanced mathematics"

Hahaha.

As soon as the words "advanced mathematics" came out of his mouth, the whole classroom burst into laughter, and the laughter of the male students who were close to him was even more outrageous.

Just when this guy was confused and didn't know what they were laughing at, Li Qingfeng on the podium suppressed his laughter and said, "Um, students, we are taking a sophomore class here, and we are talking about computer data structures."

"what?"

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"Sorry, teacher, I'm in the wrong classroom. I'll leave now."

Before he finished speaking, the new male student covered his face with the book in his hands and suddenly jumped out from the stool.

Because the other person rushed too fiercely and his vision was blocked by his textbook, he bumped into other students' desks twice in the short corridor.

The loud noise caused by the collision of flesh and hard object made Li Qingfeng's mouth twitch. He couldn't help but think to himself, this collision must be very painful, right?
"Okay, quiet down, come on, let's continue what we were just talking about"

After the classroom was quiet, Qingfeng Li knocked on the blackboard and continued to talk about the lesson plan he had prepared in advance.

This is very normal. The school is large and has many teaching buildings. Every year there are new students who go to the wrong classrooms.

I had always heard about it from other teachers before, and this year I finally encountered it myself.

"Teacher Li, did you just finish class? You must have worked so hard."

After the class, as soon as Qingfeng Li stepped into his office, the two people sitting on the sofa stood up and greeted Qingfeng Li.

When the man greeted him, Li Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, not recognizing who he was. Seeing the confusion in Li Qingfeng's eyes, he realized that Li Qingfeng had forgotten him, and he quickly reminded him: "Teacher Li, you were like this when we discussed chip cooperation at Factory 85 in 742. Almost three years have passed, and you are still as charming as ever."

"Director Yang, it's only been three years, what could have changed? How come you have time to come to my place today? Come and sit down, come and sit down." With the other party's reminder, Li Qingfeng quickly remembered who the other party was.

After all, it has been almost three years, and we didn't have much interaction at that time, so it's normal that I didn't recognize him at first.

Placing the lesson plan on the coffee table, Li Qingfeng enthusiastically poured water and made tea. They first reminisced about the past, and when that was over, they began to chat about all sorts of things, such as economy and politics, but never about business matters.

Li Qingfeng knew Director Yang's intention. The Hong Kong headquarters sent a letter to 742 the day before yesterday to terminate the contract manufacturing. Why did they come to the door today? It was obvious!

After drinking a bellyful of tea, Director Yang lost his patience as Li Qingfeng kept talking to him about this and that and refused to get to the point.

While Qingfeng Li was talking nonstop and drinking tea, he quickly said, "Teacher Li, haven't we been cooperating well on the chip project? Why did we suddenly stop cooperating?"

"What? There is such a thing?" Li Qingfeng pretended to have just learned the news and said in surprise.

In response to Li Qingfeng's words, Director Yang quickly took out the official letter from his briefcase and said sadly, "Yes, look, the official letter has arrived."

After taking the document from Director Yang, Li Qingfeng read it carefully and said seriously, "It's outrageous, absolutely outrageous. We were cooperating well, how can we end the OEM without saying anything?

"Yes, the cooperation between our two companies is a key project of the province. The leaders above are keeping an eye on it. To terminate the contract without any news really caught our factory off guard."

"Well, you're right." Li Qingfeng nodded in agreement and continued, "Well, Director Yang, how about you go back first, I'll make a phone call to ask what's going on, and then we'll talk about it tomorrow?"

"Ah, okay then"

"Yes, Director Yang, where do you live? I'll send a car to take you back."

"No, no, we can just take a taxi. There are many taxis in the city, so it's very convenient to take a taxi."

After sending Director Yang and his assistant downstairs, Director Yang held Li Qingfeng's right hand tightly and said sincerely, "Teacher Li, you must help us. This order of yours is very important to our factory. Hundreds of workers on a production line rely on this order to get their wages."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I will inquire about the situation when I get back and will give your company a reply."

"Thank you"

Looking at the backs of Director Yang and the others as they left, Qingfeng Li shook his head. Old Yang was really talking nonsense. Such a big factory, but just one line of orders was cut off, and then it couldn't pay wages? Who was he trying to fool?

Director Yang and his assistant, who were leaving, were discussing the truth of Qingfeng Li's words as they walked.

"Director Yang, Teacher Li said he didn't know anything about it. Is that true?"

"Don't listen to his nonsense. It would be strange if he didn't know. Maybe he was the one who gave the order."

"Ah? Why do you say that?"

"What he talked to me about was exactly the same as what I said to the ministers who came to see me. Tell me why I said that!"

Director Yang glanced at his assistant unhappily, feeling that he had followed him for the past few years in vain because he had no vision at all.

Early the next morning, Director Yang rushed over with his assistant.

When the two of them arrived, Li Qingfeng, who had no classes in the morning, had not yet gone to work. The two of them did not ask where Li Qingfeng's home was, but walked around the campus while waiting for Li Qingfeng to come back.

The output of decoding chips is not high, but the unit price is high. The total material cost is about 2 million per month, which is 24 million per year.

This is not a small amount, and the profit is very considerable. The profit of several production lines is not as high as that of this order. As it is related to his own political achievements, Director Yang naturally does not want to give up. If he can fight for it, he will try his best.

In the afternoon, when Qingfeng Li came to the office, he saw the two of them taking a nap leaning on the sofa.

Seeing this, Li Qingfeng coughed heavily. After the two opened their eyes, Li Qingfeng quickly stepped forward and said apologetically, "Oh, Director Yang, I'm so sorry. I forgot to tell you yesterday that I didn't have classes in the morning. I'm really sorry for making you wait for so long."

"It's okay, it's okay, we came at noon and didn't have to wait long." Since it was about political achievements, Director Yang kept a low profile.

This time, Qingfeng Li didn't drag things out. After a few simple greetings, he got straight to the point.

Li Qingfeng looked embarrassed. "Oh, Director Yang, I'm so sorry. It was the company's board of directors that decided to terminate the contract. We agreed before the contract was signed that you would import production lines from abroad as soon as possible to increase production. So much time has passed, and you haven't made any moves. They think you don't have a sense of contract, so they terminated the contract."

"Teacher Li, we have already negotiated with Japan's NEC for our production line, and will soon be able to enter the contract signing stage. Then..."

Before Director Yang could finish, Qingfeng Li interrupted him: "Director Yang, this is a decision made by the board of directors. How can I interfere?"

Seeing that Director Yang was about to speak, Li Qingfeng waved his hand and said, "Director Yang, don't worry. It's not that I didn't fight for your factory."

"The board of directors means that it is still necessary to support domestic enterprises. As long as you can bring in production lines within a year and produce more than 15,000 chips per month, our company's foundry orders will be returned to you."

"Are you serious?" Upon hearing what Li Qingfeng said, Director Yang's face flashed with surprise and he asked quickly.

Li Qingfeng nodded in affirmation: "Of course, this is what I argued for your company on the phone. You don't know that I have worn out my lips in order to fight for this opportunity."

"Thank you so much, Teacher Li. I don't know how to say it. Teacher Li, I want to thank you on behalf of those hundreds of families. Don't worry, within a year, at the latest before the Chinese New Year, we will be able to introduce the production line from Japan to our factory."

Li Qingfeng was disdainful of Director Yang's words. It's still before the Chinese New Year, and you won't be able to bring them in even if I give you another three years.

I thought it in my heart, but I said: "You are too polite. This is all for the country's semiconductor industry."

The next step was to follow an old domestic tradition: Director Yang wanted to treat everyone to a meal, but Qingfeng Li was unwilling to go.

After some polite refusals, he finally declined the invitation to dinner in the evening and left excitedly with his assistant.

As October approaches, the impact of the failed attempt is still ongoing. On university campuses, teachers have begun to set up stalls on campus to supplement their family income because of soaring prices and they are unable to make a living.

With the first person taking the plunge, other young teachers who were having a hard time naturally followed suit. They made their own carts and openly set up stalls near the student dormitory area to sell wontons, tea eggs, braised food and other snacks.

Every time Li Qingfeng saw this scene, he felt sad. He could only ask the staff of the institute to go there more often to take care of their business. There was no other way. (End of this chapter)