Wang Haijun has already discussed this matter with Huang Kun. Huang Kun is very conflicted. On the one hand, he hopes that Wang Haijun can take over his job and lead SMIC to continue moving forward. But at the same time, he also knows the importance of computer chips. This is what Wang Haijun does.
He was the perfect candidate for the matter, so he suggested Wang Haijun talk to Liu Lang, because Liu Lang was more knowledgeable than anyone else.
Wang Haijun left Fucheng immediately without seeing Liu Lang. Now he should go to the capital to find Jiang Botao. Although Wang Haijun was determined, he still had to give an explanation, especially to Jiang Botao.
Without saying a word, Liu Lang made an overseas phone call to Jiang Botao. His secretary answered the call and told Liu Lang that Jiang Botao was inspecting industrial projects in the capital and would not be back until evening. Liu Lang directly asked him to send a message to Minister Jiang.
Don't make a decision about Wang Haijun's affairs yet, wait until he gets back.
Liu Lang stayed in the United States for another two days to handle the affairs of Shengtang Company, and then returned to the capital with Sun Hu and several "bodyguards".
Liu Lang saw Jiang Botao in his office.
"Liu Lang, are you in the United States these days? Good guy, he still controls Wang Haijun in the United States. He is clamoring to resign. What's wrong? Doesn't he despise the honors the country has given him? Or does he despise the money the country gives him?
Missing? He was among the first batch of government-sponsored overseas students, and the country deserves him!"
Obviously Jiang Botao is very dissatisfied with Wang Haijun's resignation. Wang Haijun is now the leader of SMIC and is recognized as the next general manager of the company. All employees at the top and bottom are convinced. His future is limitless.
You must know that SMIC itself is a department-level unit. Wang Haijun is only 40 years old this year. Forty-year-old department-level cadres are rare. After staying at SMIC for a few years, he will have a great opportunity to go further and become a leader in the future.
It is possible for provincial officials from the party in charge to do so.
Giving up on such a bright future? What is going on in this person’s head?
Many people don't understand it, and neither does Jiang Botao.
"Mr. Jiang, don't worry. I am in the United States in this world, and I am with Mr. Wan An. After all, I am old. Most people can't bear such a big blow...!"
"Blow? What blow? What happened to Mr. Wanlao?"
Jiang Botao was stunned. He had never heard of what happened to Wanan Company in the United States.
"Wan'an Company was broken up by the U.S. Department of Justice using its privileges. The world's number one computer company has now given up manufacturing and selling computers. The company with a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars no longer exists!"
Liu Lang replied.
"What? Canceled? Bankrupt?"
This news shocked Jiang Botao. He had been to Wanan Company several times and had seen its extremely efficient automated production line. SMIC can only be regarded as a child in front of Wanan Company. There is no comparison at all. Such a company
Bankrupt?
"It's not bankruptcy, but all the computer business has been split up. The brand that accounts for 60% of the global computer market has been wiped out overnight. The old man's decades of hard work are gone!"
"Why? I went there once the year before last, and they were very good!"
Jiang Botao said in confusion.
"It's very simple. Americans know how important chips are to the country. They didn't know the level of our chip industry before. Last year, we produced the "Seal Engraver", which immediately attracted the attention of Americans.
, they thought it had something to do with Wanan Company, so they destroyed Wanan Company, it’s that simple!”
"Ah, this...this is too much!"
Jiang Botao couldn't understand what the United States was doing, but if that was the case, then Wan'an Company was really unlucky. In fact, China's photolithography machine manufacturing was completely explored by itself. It was Wang Haijun who led a team of hundreds of people to do all the work in the country.
It was done with support and has nothing to do with Wanan Company.
"Mr. Jiang, I tell you this story to tell you that the chip industry is too important. The U.S. Department of Justice used force to solve the problem of Wanan Company in order to prevent the other party's technology from being mastered by us. So do we have this technology now?
Actually no, by the way, our Norinco Group is cooperating with SMIC to make engineering chips, but engineering chips are not as good as computer chips. There is a huge gap between the two parties. Brother Wang Haijun decided to set up a computer company with the purpose of
To manufacture our country's own computer chips, I think you not only cannot reprimand him, but also encourage him. There are not many people like him, and I support it with both hands."
Liu Lang didn't care whether Jiang Botao got angry or not, let alone him, he wasn't afraid even if Bai Weiren got angry.
Jiang Botao is not as angry as he was just now. The news of the "bankruptcy" of Wanan Company is too unexpected for him. Wanan Company is the leader in the industry in the United States. How can it go bankrupt just by saying "bankruptcy"?
Of course, he understood Liu Lang's words, and he also knew the importance of chips to the country, but couldn't SMIC do this?
"Mr. Jiang, SMIC is very powerful, but to be honest, I think there is a problem when it comes to innovation. Why? It's because of the market. Any product depends on the market. Without a market, or a company that doesn't respond quickly enough to the market cannot
To survive, not to mention SMIC, even United Communications Group is not very sensitive to the market.
At that time, SMIC manufactured the first chip using Wanan's chip foundry method, and later manufactured a photolithography machine. However, the photolithography machine is not an ordinary product and cannot sell tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands like chips.
For manufacturing, we can recover the cost of the year by selling three units every year, and double the profit by selling ten units. What SMIC has to do is to continuously improve its technology and make its lithography machines better and better.
You don’t even need to pay attention to the market, as long as the product is good, it will sell naturally.
But the chip is different. It doubles every ten months. It can be said that the market requirements are more stringent than clothing products. How to adapt to such a rapidly changing market? There is only one answer, and that is to use computers.
Based on business, let customers actively feedback product needs and use this feedback to promote chip upgrades. This is the normal development trajectory.
Mr. Jiang, do you think SMIC can do this?"
Jiang Botao fell silent.
What Liu Lang said is very reasonable. Any product must first be tested by the market. If the market does not need it, no matter how good the product is, it will be useless.
SMIC encountered this problem back then. Initially, they were OEMs for Wanan Company and could produce more than 9,000 chips per year. However, because chips improved and changed too quickly, they could only provide Wanan Company with products after one year.
There are 6,000 chips, and Wan'an's annual computer sales are increasing by more than 20%, which means that the chips manufactured by SMIC are already somewhat outdated.
Later, SMIC decided to manufacture its own lithography machine. After six years of hard work, it finally succeeded. Of course, this "seal engraver" is not the best in the world, that is, it is barely second-rate in the world. The country also knows this, but the country is more concerned about it.
This is because manufacturing photolithography machines will drive upstream and downstream industries, and you will have a thorough understanding of the technologies involved. As long as you master these technologies, you can continue to improve. This is like building a building. When you can build fifty floors, theoretically