"Come, let's drink." Outside a certain logistics park, in a tavern, a big man held a wine bottle in his hand and poured wine for the person opposite: "We are really destined to meet each other again. I
I really envy you who work for taxis and those who work for logistics. The cars are good and the distance is long. You can just drive all the way. For me, when I pick up and drop off customers in the city, I end up not far away and I have to run another order."
"You run around the city all day long and can go home at any time, but unlike me, you have to go out for three to five days." The skinny truck driver said: "Fortunately, I will go to Suzhou next, which is relatively easy.
It’s close.”
"Suzhou? The electronics industry there has also developed. There are several computer factories, right?"
"Yes, there is a computer factory there, but it doesn't have any technical content. It's just an assembly factory. If the local government hadn't vigorously developed the computer industry and collected their taxes, they would have been unable to operate."
"I heard that Loongson 4 is about to come out. It is a high-tech chip. It is said that it is leading the world. Is your car equipped with this kind of chip?"
"That kind of chip is not our turn." The truck driver said: "That kind of chip is too precious, so our company simply dispatched a helicopter, parked it directly in the square of SMIC, loaded the goods, and flew directly to the computer
Assembling factory, this chip is not yet available for retail sale, but only supplies to a few computer factories."
There are three gangs of heroes. Without friends, it is impossible for one company to be dominant. Loongson Company began to assemble computers by itself, but later, after it developed, their assembly business did not expand, and the excess production capacity was provided to other computer factories.
A large number of computer companies have emerged in China, such as Founder, Great Wall, etc. Of course, L also has a certain share.
Of course, there are also some manufacturers of motherboards and the like. In this way, the domestic computer industry has been fully developed. However, motherboards, chipsets, etc., are still supplied by VIA. In recent years, VIA has relied on Loongson Corporation.
It is also developing rapidly.
At this time, when the truck driver said that the Loongson-4 was actually transported by airplane, he secretly screamed, but there was no difference on his face and he continued to ask: "Then your truck is transporting the Loongson-3.
?”
"Shh, these are all secrets." The truck driver said: "One piece of Loongson 3 costs one thousand and eighty yuan. My truck can transport 20,000 yuan of processors at a time. Think about it, how much does it cost? If this news gets out,
I'm afraid it will attract a lot of people's attention, so please don't hurt me."
In fact, if it is a retail processor, the kind that comes in a box, the number of processors cannot be accommodated. After all, the processor is small, but the box is large, especially when there is an original cooling fan inside, which makes the volume even larger.
It's so big that a container can only hold several thousand processors.
However, if it is provided to computer manufacturers, there is no need for cooling fans or separate packaging boxes. One static bag can contain several processors and takes up little space. Therefore, one container can hold two processors.
Thousands of processors.
If this was robbed, the loss would be huge.
"Of course not, how could I harm you?" the taxi driver said, "Come on, drink! If anything happens, just call my pager. Although I don't have much ability, I have a lot of good friends. If anything happens, they can come and help."
"
"Well, after drinking this glass of wine, I went back to rest, load the car in the evening, and set off overnight. Alas, traveling long distances is really boring."
An hour later.
"Loongson-4 is going to be transported by plane. We definitely have no choice but to use Loongson-3."
"Loongson-3? We can purchase this chip openly, so what do we need it for? What we want is Loongson-4!"
"That container costs 20,000 yuan. If we get this batch of processors, we can save 20 to 30 million yuan. With this fund, we can survive. Otherwise, we won't be able to support it for long.
"
"So what if we get the processor? Can we use it ourselves? Each processor is numbered. If we want to investigate, we will definitely be able to find out that we did it!"
RMB has an anti-counterfeiting code, and the CPU also has a number. However, generally no one will read this number unless it is a special investigation.
"Investigation? How to investigate? After we get this batch of processors, we ship them overnight. Our customers are mainly overseas. Needless to say, Dell and HP can take advantage of this batch of processors. As long as they are loaded on the cargo ship and sent to sea
, how can they investigate? When we made the customs declaration, we said that the processor inside was the Loongson 2. We had a relationship with the customs, and the goods had already been sent out before they were traced to us. Now,
Loongson-3 is also a popular product internationally, and we can still make a lot of money with this batch of goods. Of course, making money is secondary, the main thing is to vent your anger. You and Ni Gong have worked together before, he is such a person
You actually don’t miss your old friendship!”
"Okay, let's do it, but be careful not to make any mistakes! Also, book me a flight ticket for tonight, I'm going to the United States."
"Okay, don't worry, leave this to me, nothing will happen."
This night is destined to be restless.
On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, it was already New Year’s Eve. A thin truck driver drove his own specially-made container truck on a wide road. In order to transport sophisticated electronic equipment, his car also used a tall Mercedes-Benz front end. The fleet
I don't know how many people want to drive this kind of car. He is lucky enough to have this opportunity.
But now, he always has an ominous premonition in his heart.
Behind, the light of several headlights flashed.
Loongson Company.
"Mr. Qin, they succeeded and took away all the processors in our car."
"How did they transport them away?" Qin Tao said.
"They used several Jinbei vehicles and broke them into pieces."
"Okay, it seems that he is a veteran." Qin Tao said: "Next, what are they going to do with this batch of chips?"
"We don't know about this yet. We have to continue to monitor it." Xu Zhengyang said: "However, we have received news that Liu Zhonglie has booked a ticket to fly to the United States and will take off in half an hour. Do we want to intercept it?"
"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "People like him, like the old fox, have arranged everything. If we can't catch him, let's let his clients find trouble for him."
Qin Tao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.
"I hope they won't test the processors, just put these processors into the chassis and sell them to customers. When customers use them..." At this point, Qin Tao smiled on his face.
Tens of millions of RMB will turn into tens of millions of dollars in losses. When the time comes, let's see how that guy compensates others. Will it be safe to go abroad? By then, he just wants to return to his country!
Several Jinbei trucks came out of Huating and went straight to Jinling along different roads. They met at the pier in Jinling. The contents of the cars were reloaded into the containers. Then, that night, they passed the customs inspection.
Load the freighter.
Early the next morning, the freighter blew its whistle and slowly left the dock, heading out to the high seas. Yang Qingfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, as the matter was finally done.
Loongson Company lost 20,000 processors, each worth 1,800 yuan, which is a loss of 36 million! If it is a small company, such a loss will directly lead to the company's bankruptcy. Even if Loongson Company is not short of money, but
Their supply will also become tight. After all, their production capacity is there, and if the order is not completed on time, they will have to pay customers a lot of money.
On the other side of the distant ocean, after receiving the news, Liu Zhonglie also breathed a long sigh of relief. He held a red wine glass and looked at the two people in front of him: "Everyone, fortunately, I have brought you a large batch.
Loongson 3 processors, these processors are still priced at the same price as before, three hundred dollars a piece."
Although Loongson has raised prices several times, there is still some price difference at home and abroad. Three hundred US dollars per piece, based on the exchange rate of 8.2, is more than 2,400 RMB. However, taking into account the impact of freight, tariffs, etc., this price is
That's almost it, unless it was smuggled in without going through normal procedures.
"Liu, I heard that Dongfang lost a truckload of processors. Shouldn't they have any contact with you?" Dell's purchasing staff said.
"How is it possible? We purchased them through formal procedures." Liu Zhonglie said: "There will definitely be no problem. Don't make random assumptions. If you are not satisfied with this batch of processors, then we can sell them to other companies."
"Of course not. We are very satisfied, Liu. We hope that this kind of thing will happen several times in the future, which will severely damage the vitality of Loongson Company and even cause them to close down completely. Things like factory fires can also happen."
The other party was hinting at him. Liu Zhonglie had no choice but to smile bitterly. He had already taken a lot of risks by doing this kind of thing. How could he do something like that, a fire? You don't even know how strict the management of other people's factories is.
, is it simply militarized management, setting fire? Even if there is a fire, it will be put out quickly.
Liu Zhonglie didn't dare to do that kind of thing at all, but now that the processor has been lost, I wonder how Loongson Company will react?
Their response was no reaction, business as usual!
Yang Qingfeng, who still stayed in the East, was very curious, why didn't Loongson Company respond?
Are they afraid that this matter will be spread out and it will affect their reputation, so they suffer this dumb loss? However, it should be possible to conduct a secret investigation. Of course, nothing can be found even if they want to investigate. Everything has been taken care of.
It's clean. To catch thieves and catch stolen goods, they can't find those processors. No matter who they suspect is the mastermind behind it, it's just slander.
A few days have passed quickly, and the 1999 Lunar New Year has arrived as scheduled.
The entire eastern land was abuzz with excitement.
With the sound of firecrackers, red Spring Festival couplets, and children wearing new clothes, the whole world is celebrating.
In the Mingzhou Group, everyone who received a computer was extremely surprised.
"Is this our New Year's gift?"
"Our President Qin is making a big move this time."
"That's right, Mr. Qin didn't tell us anything!"
"Hey, Lao Zhang, why are you going?"
"Go to the slipway and work overtime!"
After getting the computer, everyone was very touched. The group was so generous to them. What else could they say? Of course they had to work hard. Even if it was New Year's Eve, their work was still very busy. Moreover,
There are more people on the slipway than usual, and the busy working scene constitutes another scene of Mingzhou Group.
"Mr. Qin, after the workers got the computers, they were very excited and spontaneously ran to work overtime!" Xu Zhengyang said to Qin Tao.
"Well, you don't have to worry about these things. Just take good care of He Qian. Where is He Qian?" Qin Tao looked around.
Every New Year, Qin Tao's place is very lively. Vitalia is coming, and she has to bring her father with her, but this year, there is one more person: He Qian.
During the New Year, He Qian preferred to stay on the island and celebrate the New Year with the soldiers on the island. However, just a few days before the New Year, the Mingzhou Group sent a telegram. There were some technical issues that needed to be clarified.
The state group solved it, so He Qian had no choice but to come up.
After arriving, she knew that there were no technical problems. Qin Tao just wanted her to accompany Xu Zhengyang to celebrate the New Year. He Qian had no dissatisfaction and started working happily.
I usually live in the Mingzhou Group Guest House and come and go as pairs with Xu Zhengyang. It is also interesting to experience Xu Zhengyang's usual working environment.
"She is making dumplings with Secretary Zhao and Vitalia." Xu Zhengyang said, "This is a job for women..."
"What's wrong with women's work? You can also help." Qin Tao said: "Your task now is to make dumplings with He Qian without getting white flour on your face before the dumplings come out of the pot.
, you can’t come back.”
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Seeing him coming, Zhao Ling immediately said: "Zhengyang, you're here just in time. You roll out the dumplings and let Xiaoqian make them. Wei Na and I will make the dumplings."
"good."
So, there were only two dumpling makers left. Vitalia and Zhao Ling walked towards the stove, looking back as they walked: "Zhao, they seem to be a better match. Unfortunately, my secretary will be disappointed."
"Is your secretary still single?"
"Yes, ever since I met Xu Zhengyang, I have never looked down on other men. I was going to follow you this time. Fortunately, I persuaded me to go back. Otherwise, two women would have a show together. How could Xu
Parry."
Zhao Ling smiled and said nothing.
"Old Qin, where is your son?" Zhao Ling suddenly thought of something and shouted to Qin Tao.
"I went to play with Sister Cong Ju's daughter," Qin Tao said.
Although this boy is the third generation of the factory, he has not spent much time in the factory. He has been studying in the capital. When he returned to Mingzhou for the New Year, he had to find a few playmates of similar age. The daughter of Cong Ju's family became
He is the leader here.
As night falls, the whole family reunites, and the Spring Festival Gala is played on the TV.
"In the past few years, every year there is a song that becomes popular all over the country." Zhao Ling said: "In 1997, it was 1997 AD, last year it was 1998, and I don't know what it will be this year."
"This year? Of course it's the Song of the Seven Sons." Qin Tao said.
"Song of the Seven Sons? Is it this one?" Vitalia thought of something and sang: "...But what they took away was my body..."
After living in the East for a long time, Vitalia became more and more fond of Eastern culture. Her singing was so beautiful that just by listening to the singing, one would not know that she was a foreigner.
"Vitalia, you sing the song well, do you know the meaning behind it?"
"Of course I know." Vitalia said: "Like the Pearl of the Orient, Ma Gang was leased out a hundred years ago and is now being taken back. Qin, our country is experiencing a historical moment of great rejuvenation."
Qin Tao secretly smiled in his heart, Vitalia performed well, and now she regards herself as a real oriental!
The foreigners in the Mingzhou Group also regard themselves as Chinese. Our Eastern culture is so powerful and inclusive.
"Sure enough, this song was sung!" Zhao Ling looked at the TV screen and was very surprised.
"It was sung by several children. The Cantonese child among them is so beautiful. I wonder how beautiful he will be when he grows up."
After growing up? Qin Tao smiled and shook his head. In the expectant eyes of everyone, he became ugly!
After the lively Spring Festival, the intense work began again. The container had already crossed the ocean and arrived on the other side of the ocean. The container was loaded onto an 18-wheeler truck and delivered to Dell's factory on the same day.
Different types of processors match different types of motherboards. Therefore, the Dell factory specially ordered 20,000 motherboards produced by VIA for this batch of processors, almost buying out all such motherboards in the US domestic market, and even the prices were high.
It went up.
The motherboard, memory, hard drive, and graphics card are all installed in place, and then the processor is waiting. After the processor arrives and is installed in place, each computer will leave the factory.
Aren't they inspected before leaving the factory?
According to the original process, after the computer is assembled, it must be inspected before leaving the factory. However, Loongson computers are so popular. After the news that Dell had assembled 20,000 computers spread, many customers have already been in their factory.
There is a queue outside, and as long as the computer comes off the production line, they will snatch it away, for fear that it will be snatched away by others if it is slow.
Before reaching the testing line, the computers were sold out.
The first person to get the goods was the Computer Science Department of Harvard University.
The scale of this computer department is not large. After all, this liberal arts university has not received much attention in the history of engineering and is also very poor. However, there have been many handsome and wealthy alumni in this computer department. The more famous one is Bill
Gates, Zuckerberg, Ballmer, etc.
Recently, the Computer Science Department of Harvard University complained that its computers were too backward, so the alumni launched a series of donations and immediately raised enough funds to enable them to purchase the most advanced computers in the world.
After repeated comparisons, they made a move that surprised these alumni: purchasing a Loongson-3 computer!
This is obviously a slap in the face, and many people are speechless. However, the money has been donated, and they can't interfere with where it goes. They can only watch the purchases of the Department of Computer Science at Harvard University, and it just so happens that Dell has done some tricks.
I simply bought it back.
The university has this advantage. No matter how many people rush to buy, they always have priority. They have built a new computer room, which can accommodate 300 computers.
Three hundred Loongson-3 computers were installed, and all the teachers from the computer department came, as did several alumni who donated.
"Today, we are very happy. Our computer department finally has a world-class computer. Our research work on this will get twice the result with half the effort. Now, let's start using it!"
Close!
A teacher turned off the switch, and a slight hissing sound came from the computer. It should be normal to hear some electric current coming from the computer.
"Power on!"
Someone pressed the power button.
no response!
I pressed another one, but there was no response!
what happened?
"Is it not assembled properly? There may be a circuit failure caused by transportation. Let's check it out." Everyone is familiar with computers. After transportation, the memory module becomes loose, which may cause it to fail to start.
"Okay, now let's troubleshoot and see who can troubleshoot the computer first."
So, in addition to the teacher, the students also got started. They took apart the computer and started playing with it.
The memory module is loose? Reinsert it!
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They struggled for a long time, but still couldn't start.
"None of these computers can start. Next, we need to use the replacement method. Take the computer from my office and replace the accessories one by one."
They worked from noon to night, but got nothing.
The same problem also occurred in other departments.
The second person to receive this batch of computers was a well-known animation company. They use computers for animation design and require computers with as powerful a performance as possible. They purchased two hundred computers for design and post-rendering.
When they get to work, they expect to have a big job.
"With these computers, our animations can win Hollywood awards, and the audience will not be able to tell whether our animations are made by computers or hand-drawn. Let's do it."
"Report, the computer cannot start."
"How is it possible? Dell is a big company, why can't the computer start?"
"I've tried every one, and it's the same."
"Bring someone from Dell over here!"
Because the number of 20,000 computers was too large and they were all shipped together, Dell didn't have enough technicians. They came over the next day and started studying the computers.
Insert the fault detection card.
The fault detection card didn’t respond either!
What's going on? The power supply is damaged?
Change the power supply!
Replace the memory!
Change the graphics card!
Change the processor!
By the time they replaced the processor, the original replacement parts had already broken, so they had no idea that the culprit was the processor.
Similar news is still being sent back to Dell's headquarters. All customers are complaining that there is a problem with these Loongson-3 computers and they cannot be turned on!
what on earth is it?
In the headquarters, a large group of technicians are busy working non-stop. Their method is very simple, they still replace parts.
After struggling all day, that night, someone finally tried to change the processor on a brand new machine.
"Beep!" The computer made a crisp sound and started up successfully.