Wen Liang drove his Ferrari on the road, and the roar of the engine was gradually drowned out by the sound of rain.
Li Ze and the others also drove away from the school.
Although Chen Jiaxin had already taken a driver's class under the administrative department, on this occasion, Li Ze and the others still drove by themselves.
Originally, Wen Liang just wanted to listen to Zhang Yulin bragging after dinner.
I didn't expect to talk so much in one go.
Things that seemed to take a lot of time are starting to fall into place.
Qin Zheng gave a time point. It is expected that the Japanese SC-V will be self-developed in three months, which is about the same time as the Japanese SC-V from scratch to the initial shape. After that, it will take about one to one and a half years to be released.
Finished product.
Zhang Yulin also gave an approximate time point. It is estimated that it will only take two months to go from 1 to 2 of the LFS project, and then from 2 to 0 to 1 to 2. The total time required will be about half a year.
Because the two months of research from 1 to 2 will not be wasted and can be used for how to embed the new system kernel into the mobile phone.
In other words, the first version of a completely independent commercial mobile phone system can be officially launched by the end of the year at the earliest.
The Ferrari was driving slowly in the rain, with the windshield wipers automatically wiping the front window. Listening to the sound of rain hitting the car body, I felt warm and comfortable: "There really is no better time than now!"
"There is really no better choice than putting basic research in a university!"
"Lao Zhang and Xiao Qin are really awesome!"
"Once you have an entry point, struggle slowly and take your time."
"..."
Wen Liang muttered to himself for a while.
Feeling more and more happy.
Although the current progress needs a lot of detailed planning and improvement to really come to fruition, we finally see some hope.
Neither Zhang Yulin nor Qin Zheng disappointed Wen Liang.
And now that we are reinventing the wheel, we are not only standing on the shoulders of giants, but also standing on the wave of the times.
As early as New Year's Day, the company's new business planned by Wen Liang was actually smartphones.
From the perspective of consumer electronics, we are further involved in the mobile Internet. While eating meat on the table, we are also making contributions in this field that is easily perceived by users.
Judging from Wen Liang's past life experience, there is indeed no better time than now.
Let’s first talk about the high-end chip design direction that Wen Liang gave Qin Zheng to participate in.
In 2010 or even earlier, Juchang also had the idea of self-research, but the HiSilicon K3 platform has developed into K3V2, which has not been released yet, and K3V2 is based on ARM licensing.
The same is true for the subsequent Kirin series of K3V2.
Anticipating the turmoil in the domestic smartphone market, it was a normal choice for Juchang to give up an independent ecological research and development path similar to Apple's for commercial reasons.
As the old saying goes, any company that develops cannot avoid considering commercial feasibility.
This is why Wen Liang must put these basic research projects into the school laboratory for research, which is to isolate commercialization feasibility considerations from the research perspective.
Wen Liang is capable of laying out the plan for commercialization in the future.
Juchang’s current choice is because it cannot see the specific development in the future.
From a gentle perspective, 2012 is still a time when we can make independent controllable chips and complete a commercial ecosystem at a very small cost.
Because the 4G standard has just been released, the 4G license has not yet come.
The real explosion of domestic smartphone market demand began in 2015 with the large-scale commercialization of 4G.
Let’s talk about the mobile phone system research and development direction that was left to Zhang Yulin to participate in.
The era of 2012 is very interesting.
Not to mention that iOS is closed source.
Microsoft, Nokia are still struggling;
Android is indeed still crappy. The version that is truly easy to use without lag is Android 4.4, and Android 4.4 was released in November 2013.
According to some news seen by Wen Liang in his previous life, Lei Jun talked about Xiaomi's first choice to make Android UI because the operating system was very complicated, so he looked for an open source system and worked on it.
In fact, developing a usable operating system is indeed complicated, but the most complicated thing is how to build an ecosystem.
In other words, it can be considered that Lei Jun founded Xiaomi based on commercial feasibility considerations, so he chose the open source and ecological Android for secondary development and UI.
Juchang’s mobile phone business and Xiaomi’s mobile phone production basically represent the two directions of domestic mobile phones.
The difference is:
As time goes by, the Kirin series chips produced by Ju Factory based on ARM license are very good;
And because of the unfriendly environment, the Hongmeng system was developed in depth based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project);
However, a relatively complete business ecosystem has not been formed by the time of 2022, and that has been ten years since 2012.
As for Xiaomi, it is widely believed that it has forgotten its original intention.
The similarities are:
In 2012 or even earlier, due to commercial feasibility considerations, both companies partially or completely abandoned the path of independent research and development, which was more expensive and difficult to implement.
However!
Looking back from 2022, taking Juchang as an example, the choices they gave up now and earlier will ultimately cost more to make up for.
Therefore, after Wen Liang had plans for a smartphone project, he was very determined to pursue this path of independent research.
Anyway, no matter how it develops, the rise of our country will inevitably usher in comprehensive sanctions from the West. We will always have to make up lessons in the field of basic research. Only what we have in our hands truly belongs to us.
Having a father and a mother is not as good as having one yourself.
Moreover, Bolang's Internet business is gradually developing and taking shape, and its revenue is increasing. It is not a waste to burn money!
Wouldn't it be cool to do something interesting?
…………
Returning to the company, Wen Liang began to draft the "Draft Outline of Business Planning for Smart Gaming Phones".
Based on the public information on the Internet, and sorting out the content with relevant ideas, Wen Liang's mind flashed: "It seems that burning money is relative for Bolang."
"In this part, like chip design, labor costs under normal circumstances are saved a lot."
Wen Liang noticed the clues about chip design in the public information.
Under normal circumstances, the smallest front-end design requires a total of 3 architects at the system level, micro-architecture level, and performance level, 5 logic chip design engineers, and a minimum of 5 design verification engineers. Normally, 1 design and 2 verification engineers;
Back-end work also requires: testability design engineers, physical implementation engineers, etc.
We even need: compiler software engineers and chip algorithm engineers.
Although compiler software engineers and chip algorithm engineers are not needed in the current environment, although back-end work can be outsourced to chip design service companies;
But for the smallest team of 13 front-end design engineers, the annual labor cost in 2012 was approximately: 150×3+50×5+60×5=10 million.
Wen Liang counted silently for half a second and blinked: "Put the foundation in school and save ten million a year in disguise?"
"Xiao Qinniu, you actually hit it off with Academician Cao and the others. Let me find out...oh, the staffing for front-end design of the laboratory is 9+20+40?"
"This, this, this... the actual labor cost is 47.5 million a year? Not counting the market cost of Academician Cao's level?"
"Moreover, the engineers needed for back-end work can also be found at Huazhong University of Technology or sister schools?"
"ox!"
Whispering, Wen Liang sighed: "Our status as students is really great!"
Not to mention anything else, at least in 2012, this arrangement saved Bolang RMB 47.5 million in labor costs.
Soon Wen Liang came up with a plan: "The free prostitution won't last forever. We have to make some arrangements at the end of June."
In short, according to this form, for Bolang to design and tape out a chip, the parts that really cost money are:
1. Certain patent licenses that cannot be circumvented and cannot be developed by oneself, such as WiFi, all cost a few million to start.
2. The license fee for EDA software starts at several million a year. It cannot be ruled out that Huagong University of Science and Technology already has a license. After all, the School of Science includes the optoelectronics part.
3. Taping out, including mask and tape-out process, is relatively friendly with the current process. Thousands are enough, but it is a single cost.
After sorting out this part clearly, Wen Liang also admired that he could actually use his status as a student to this extent.
"Don't look at it on the surface that the Chinese workers have done nothing. They really take care of us without saying a word!"
…
While I was sorting through the draft planning outline, an email came in from my mailbox, from Zhang Yulin.
After reading through it, Wen Liang couldn't help but laugh: "Lao Zhang and the others feel like they have just left school when they return to school. They are so passionate and capable!"
This email is a compilation of relevant information on the system development direction that Zhang Yulin mentioned before.
A concise explanation of their laboratory plan, a more detailed time period arrangement and possible R&D funding support.
It is different from Zhang Yulin’s previous application for funds to develop an app store.
That time, I found alumni and paid development fees.
The R&D funding support required this time has little to do with development remuneration. It may mainly involve certain general patent authorizations.
Obviously, the laboratory does not receive much development remuneration, and it also includes some care given to Bolang by the Chinese government.
Wen Liang pondered for a moment: "According to the data, the system will be relatively mature by the end of this year. Maybe we can launch a gaming phone to test the waters first, without waiting for the self-developed chips next year?"
After thinking about it, Wen Liang made some adjustments to the draft plan.
…
When it comes to this gaming phone, Wen Liang made the decision while sorting out his thoughts at the dinner table at noon.
The basis is that Wen Liangben knew that the mobile game business would have a large-scale blowout in the future, and he also took the lead in letting the company develop the mobile game business.
According to some market reports I know in my previous life, a large proportion of the demand for smartphones is for playing games.
For example, in the 2020s, a promotional link that will not be missing at mobile phone launches is: gaming experience!
Based on this, Wen Liang believes that starting from the game experience and organically combining it with the mobile game business, there is a high probability that more interesting sparks can be created.
Now it can be clearly seen that Wen Liang intentionally held a retreat with a grand narrative background mode on New Year's Day, which can really be said to have a long-term perspective.
This is not only knowing the development situation, but also having a good control over the company's development situation.
With the development of the past three months, Bolang has completely changed its appearance and is no longer the small company it was before.
Xiaochengshu entered the communication and social market from the public social platform.
As for self-operated revenue, based on the current user scale of Xiaocheng Shu, it can easily reach 50 million/month.
The mobile game business is also booming. In addition to the casual mobile game hall, it already operates three popular mobile games and has also invested in a mobile game company.
It has only been a few months since the mobile game business was officially launched, and the revenue is already booming!
In addition, the situation Bolang is facing now seems complicated.
In fact, the actual economic benefits of the company's Internet business are not yet related to communication and social networking.
After all, this was a situation directly caused by Wen Liang deliberately controlling Bolang to take the initiative in all aspects, forcing Goose Factory to counterattack across the board, and then diverting the core competitive contradiction.
The current situation in the social field is very simple. No one on WeChat or Xiaocheng Book can do anything to anyone, and they cannot even make the situation clear in a short time...
Based on the game mobile phone business plan that has now been drafted, in one sentence:
Bolang, who is helmed by Wen Liang, has done much more in paving the way than the outside world can actually perceive!
After taking some time to formulate a preliminary draft, Wen Liang picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, leisurely lost in thought -
