It is very necessary to tell employees or investors a seductive story and paint a bright future, which can guide those who are willing to walk with you.
With this in mind, Cao Weidong announced another thing.
Something easier.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and he has prepared generous New Year benefits for his employees!
Before the employees had time to cheer, there was another surprise.
Xinghuo Electronics Factory announced the Spring Festival holiday arrangements.
It starts on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year and ends on the sixth day of the first lunar month, with construction officially starting on the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Although the holiday starts on New Year's Eve, since the various businesses of Xinghuo Electronics Factory have not yet started, in the past few days before the official holiday, the employees clean the factory after work and get to know each other, almost like a half-holiday.
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Taking the rice, noodles, oil and meat prepared for them by the unit, the employees had unconcealable smiles on their faces and couldn't wait to go home and share the good news with their families.
Compared with the leisurely life of employees, Cao Weidong is much busier.
The Zhenhua Energy Plant in Tongquan City and the Entertainment Company in Gangcheng require his final decision on the New Year benefits for tens of thousands of employees of these two companies.
In addition, there are plans, budgets, etc. for the second year.
Countless things required his nod of approval.
Cao Weidong sighed and threw himself into the tedious work.
After rounds of consultations and approvals, Cao Weidong finally finished all the trivial matters he had accumulated before New Year's Eve.
Dragging his exhausted body back to the courtyard, Cao Weidong suddenly smelled a fragrance as soon as he entered the courtyard.
"Strange, how come there is the smell of food here?"
He thought it floated over while his neighbor was cooking, so he didn't pay attention and walked straight into the room, where he suddenly froze.
In front of him was a huge table with three tables merged together. It was covered with food, which was roughly scanned. There were all kinds of chicken, duck, fish, stir-fry and cold dishes, and there were at least a dozen plates.
The aroma wafts out from these meals.
In the fireplace next to the table, orange flames were burning, accompanied by crackling sounds, driving away the darkness and coldness.
Snowy night, heater.
For some reason, Cao Weidong felt a sense of relaxation in his heart, and the fatigue all over his body was temporarily put aside.
At this moment, the side door opened, and a pair of lolita girls and a handsome little boy ran out almost in no particular order.
The three little ones threw themselves into Cao Weidong's arms, shouting happily.
"Happy New Year, Dad."
Cao Weidong was stunned and quickly reacted.
He knelt down, stretched out his arms, picked up the three little ones, and spun them around a few times.
Amidst the giggling smiles of the children, Cao Weidong raised his head and saw Lou Xiao'e, Chen Xueru, and Ding Qiunan walking out of the side door, all with smiles on their faces.
Lou Xiao'e said.
"These kids really can't hide anything. We still want to give you a surprise."
Chen Xueru said.
"We also want to see your surprised expression."
Ding Qiunan said.
"It's Chinese New Year, we're here to accompany you."
Cao Weidong had a smile on his face.
"Happy New Year!"
Orange flames jump.
On the window, the silhouettes of a family are outlined, gradually getting closer and finally overlapping together.
Outside the window, I don’t know when snowflakes were falling.
The new year is here.
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After the New Year, Cao Weidong arranged for his family and continued to devote himself to his busy work.
He called Yang Xiaoxu and asked about the current situation of the factory.
This is a woman with excellent management skills. She is his secretary to the factory director at Xinghuo Electronics Factory, assisting with daily office chores.
"Director, the Ministry of Science and Technology has coordinated a group of experts to assist us in developing EDA software."
Yang Xiaoxu explained the matter simply and ably, then took out the list he had prepared in advance and handed it over.
"I heard that many people saw your advertisement in the newspaper, so they applied to the Ministry of Science and Technology and asked to join our company."
At the end, Yang Xiaoxu added another sentence.
Before cooperating with the Ministry of Science and Technology, Cao Weidong placed advertisements in newspapers for several days, saying that he would revitalize China's chip industry and invest 1 billion in the research and development of Chinese chips.
These reports caused huge repercussions in academic circles.
With the establishment of Xinghuo Electronics Factory, we finally saw feedback.
Cao Weidong looked at the list and sighed in his heart.
This time the Ministry of Science and Technology sent over all heavyweight players.
These people will all be big names in China's electronics industry in the future and will be the backbone of the rise of China's technology industry.
Cao Weidong even saw the name Ni Guangnan among them.
This academician who has devoted his life to domestically produced chips should still be working overseas at this time, earning a monthly salary that is eighty times that in China.
Unexpectedly, he also returned to China and took the initiative to apply to join his own project.
Without hesitation, Cao Weidong hired all of these people.
Calling these people together, Cao Weidong met with them one by one, and then divided them into different research teams according to their areas of expertise.
These research teams have developed and researched different functions of EDA chip design software.
Next, Cao Weidong led the team and began the research and development of EDA software.
He had a full set of EDA software technology in hand, but just to prevent others from becoming suspicious, he did not show it. Instead, he guided these scientific researchers and asked them to redesign an EDA software.
It's like an ocean adventure game where the map has been obtained in advance and the fog of war has been turned on.
This should be a relatively easy and simple matter.
However, there are still many omissions in the implementation process.
After all, what these people have to do is to build a brand new stage from scratch.
Cao Weidong patiently guided these people, and every day he was busy from the time he opened his eyes in the morning until he closed them at night.
What happened next didn't change much.
The business of Xinghuo Electronics Factory is advancing steadily.
Soon, 1983 passed in a hurry and 1984 ushered in.
In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn of the following year.
On this day, Cao Weidong came to the factory as usual.
As soon as he entered the factory, the employees greeted him one after another.
"Hello, Director Cao."
Cao Weidong smiled and nodded, chatting with the employees from time to time, without the airs of a factory director at all.
Walking into the factory director's office, he sat at his desk, flipping through documents, and prepared to start today's work as usual. Secretary Yang Xiaoxu hurried in.
"What's wrong?"
Yang Xiaoxu held a thick stack of documents in his hand.
"Director, we have successfully produced EDA software. This is the test report of the latest version of EDA software."
Because he was too excited, Yang Xiaoxu's cheeks were stained crimson.
The EDA software had just been built, and the technical department was busy all night, and finally took out the test report.
Cao Weidong has been secretly leading the progress of EDA software development.
He had long predicted that within a few months, no later than the spring of 1985, a mature version of EDA software would be available. Unexpectedly, it would come sooner than he thought.
He took the test report and read it carefully.
This EDA software is stronger than the one he originally exchanged. It is roughly estimated that it is three years behind the EDA software of the three international giants in terms of technology.
But that's not the problem.
After several iterations, and after accumulating some chip design data and user feedback, we will be able to come up with a set of EDA software that can rival or even surpass the Big Three.
This time, conservatively estimated, will not exceed one year.
Cao Weidong put down the test report, breathed a sigh of relief, and said.
"Notify the Ministry of Science and Technology of this matter. They have supported us for so long, and it is finally time to give back."
"In addition, we still lack an opportunity to flex our muscles. Let's try to use our own EDA software to design a chip."