On the one-and-a-half-kilometer-long Ginza street, one footstep is the monthly salary of a senior cabinet official. In addition to its place name, Ginza is also a status symbol. It is extremely honorable to have your own store in Ginza.
However, Zhao Song did not feel any sense of glory - the rent was 200 yuan per square foot, which was 10% higher than the average price in Ginza.
"No wonder it's so easy to rent this place. Do they think I'm being taken advantage of?"
Lawyer Tong shrugged and said helplessly: "Mr. Zhao, if we don't pay this price, I would rather rent it to an international brand."
"What's the situation with the other two companies selling?"
"Bring a lease!" Lawyer Tong said, "If you decide to buy, you may have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages."
Zhao Song nodded, looked at the agency personnel from the island country in the distance, and then stared at the agency contract in front of him with a gloomy expression.
"Boss, stop thinking about it! This is the Kingdom of Electrical Appliances! No foreign brand has ever been able to gain a foothold here. Not even Apple." Fu Jianxing stepped forward and said worriedly.
Apple's OK! It's just a few years away.
"Just because this is the kingdom of electrical appliances, if we can succeed here, the advertising effect will be stronger than in Europe and the United States."
“But people here only recognize domestic brands!”
Zhao Song shook his head and said: "The economy of the island country has been declining for seven consecutive years, and an otaku culture has gradually emerged here! They are patriotic, but they love the second dimension even more! And the second dimension is our breakthrough!!"
"What is the second dimension?" Fu Jianxing and Zhao Lei looked at Zhao Song with confused expressions.
Zhao Song smiled slightly, "I won't be able to explain it for a while, but you can take the time to go to Akihabara in the past two days. It has gradually transformed from an electrical paradise to a retro two-dimensional place."
After speaking, Zhao Song no longer hesitated and signed his name on the power of attorney seriously.
In this way, the first step of Tesla's overseas strategy was officially launched in the island nation of Tokyo.
…………..
Huaqing University, EDU Center.
Professor Zhou looked at the students who signed their names solemnly and said softly: "Steel City, don't you think about it anymore? You know, with your grades, you can definitely get offers from big companies in the United States."
The student's name was Guo Gangcheng. At this time, he smiled and said: "Teacher, I stayed there as an exchange student for two years. I have learned what I need to learn. What I lack now is practice."
Professor Zhou nodded, "Yes! This opportunity for Tesla is simply great!" Professor Zhou sighed: "Zhao Song did not follow Gao Luyuan, but started from basic chips. This way, Tesla will be better.
What’s best for us.”
Guo Gangcheng nodded, and then asked worriedly: "Even if it is a basic thing, the investment will not be smaller. Teacher, do you think Tesla can fulfill its commitments in accordance with the contract?"
"I don't know!" Professor Zhou shook his head, "Although I believe in that child Zhao Song, I don't know if he is mentally prepared for such a large investment."
"Then we can only hope that he succeeds!" Guo Gangcheng shrugged, looked at the thick personnel contract in front of him, and said: "Although the contract is a bit harsh for us, it also has many restrictions on Tesla. Once they don't
We can terminate the contract at any time if we fulfill our commitments in the contract."
"Then I hope he succeeds!" Professor Zhou exclaimed: "Among these domestic companies, except for Huawei in the south, there are not many that can have the courage of Tesla!"
"Dong dong~~" As soon as Professor Zhou finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door.
………….
On the Huaqing campus, Ding Tao walked slowly towards the Huaqing EDU Center.
In his hand, he held a thick folder tightly.
"CPU is the highest crystallization of human research in mathematics, physics, and chemistry: human beings can control the scale of matter to a width of 95nm, or a width of 200 atoms, according to their own will, and achieve mass production. This is absolutely unprecedented in human history.
It is one of the blackest black technologies ever created."
"To design it, we need outstanding talents from various disciplines such as database, graphics, graph theory and topological logic, computational mathematics, optimization theory, etc."
"The emergence of electronic design automation software EDA has completely solved this problem. Professor Ding Tao and Professor Zhou are the only people we can find who can use this software proficiently."
Huaqing is beautiful in autumn, but Ding Tao is not in any mood to appreciate it. From time to time, the words Zhao Song said to him echo in his mind.
"Professor Zhou is so old that even those companies don't bother to hire him, but he is exactly what we at Tesla need!"
"I will draw the route for him. It does not require him to have much innovative ability as a young person. We will start with the simplest PCB and edge chip-level design and proceed step by step."
"We give him seven years, and treat him well regardless of success or failure! As for after seven years, if it succeeds, Tesla will become famous! If it fails, we will eat our money and buy a house."
"No matter what, at least we tried hard."
Yes, just try your best and be clear in your heart! Ding Tao held the notebook in his hand tightly, "It's just that this effort is too expensive."
Grinning, Ding Tao looked at the office door in front of him and knocked gently.
"Dong dong~"
"Please come in."
"Professor Zhou, I am Ding Tao, Tesla manager."
"We have met!" Professor Zhou stood up with a smile and shook his hand enthusiastically.
"Let me introduce you," Professor Zhou pointed to his students and said: "At this time, Guo Gangcheng, my most capable general, has just signed your Tesla personnel contract."
"Hello!" Ding Tao shook hands with Guo Gangcheng politely before sitting down with Professor Zhou respectively.
Ding Tao took out a sealed envelope from the information bag and handed it to Professor Zhou as if he were holding a rare treasure.
"Professor, this is the genuine authorization code for the EDA software!"
"Which company is it from?" Professor Zhou asked casually after taking the envelope.
"Mentor."
"I'm familiar with it!" Professor Zhou nodded secretly, and then asked with a smile: "It's not cheap, is it?"
Ding Tao twitched his lips, "Ten thousand TPOD shulle!"
"..." There was silence in the office. Since they presided over the design of TPOD, they knew the approximate profit. Such an authorization code was worth millions!
"Professor Zhou, what's left in the folder are some RISC architecture IP cores that our partners in the United States urgently purchased."
"Oh?" Professor Zhou glanced at the excited Guo Gangcheng and asked with a smile: "It's not cheap, right?"
Ding Tao twitched his lips again, "Almost ten thousand TPODs!"
"..."
Looking at the two speechless people, Ding Tao stood up and said, "Professor Zhou, the seventh floor of Wutong Building has been cleared out, and 5 small workstations and 10 high-performance computers that we assembled ourselves have been moved there. The rest have been moved there.
, it’s up to you.”
Professor Zhou nodded, "We'll be there in a minute."
"That's good. Professor Zhou, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. If you have any requests, you can call me at any time."
"Manager Ding," Professor Zhou stood up and asked, "Can I ask where the tape-out is done after the IC design is completed?"
"Island country!" Ding Tao turned around and said, "My boss is there now!"
………
October 2, 8pm, Tokyo.
After sending Fu Jianxing and Zhao Lei back to their houses to rest, Zhao Song put on the shirt he had prepared early, sneaked out of the hotel, and came to a chain pharmacy not far away.
Facing the female salesperson from the island country who only had an appearance of 60%, Zhao Song smiled and said in his half-baked island Mandarin: "Please give me a bottle of Bawei Dihuang Pills."