"Every piece of steel hides the secret of a country's rise and fall."
——W. Klass.
While Zhao Song was still entangled with temporary agent Bai Li in the name of "spending money", in Qing County, Cang City, 190 kilometers to the south, the world's largest mechanical and electrical product production base - Wuming Science and Technology Industrial Park
, a lively executive meeting is ongoing.
One company, one city.
Xu Liangying, who has been pampered for a long time, is no longer what she used to be.
She was sitting at the head of the table. However, this mature young woman did not attract the attention of her subordinates. They argued with red faces and argued with reason.
Grievance, anger, humiliation, unwillingness, and various expressions appeared on the faces of the executives.
A business person once said: Aside from Tesla, Wuming Technology is the most bloodthirsty and combative private enterprise in the country.
However, it is precisely because of these characteristics that Wuming Technology has kept up with Tesla's development pace and reached its current position step by step.
With their never-ending fighting spirit, they have defeated countless mechanical and electrical manufacturers from island countries, Taiwan, the United States and other countries in the bidding for Tesla product upgrades.
They have reason to be proud, so they have even more reason to be angry.
Because they have learned that Tesla has lost out to a small island manufacturer in the supply of notebook accessories for a new product line that it has been polishing for more than two years.
It has been two full years, and there is still no clear news about the launch. Everyone knows how much Zhao Song attaches to this product line, and countless supporting suppliers also understand what it means to enter this product line.
However, in this supplier war, they made a bad start for themselves: they lost, lost to a small factory in an island country, and lost to an inconspicuous accessory - a steel frame!
…
Xu Liangying sat calmly, listening to the arguments of her men and carefully looking at the two photos in her hands.
One was given by Li Qiang. Before he took up the post at United Semiconductor, he gave one to each of the Zhao and Song executives.
The people in the photo were celebrating, some were cheering, some were hugging, and some were laughing - that was the scene when Tesla Microelectronics successfully taped out for the first time. She moved her eyes to the lower left corner, where there was a blurry
The figure squatted in the corner, buried his head, and covered his face with his hands.
"Mr. Zhao cried that day." This is what Li Qiang told them: "If the tape-out fails, there will be no opportunity to take advantage. After that, it will all be commercial tape-outs. With the amount of funds Mr. Zhao had at that time, there may only be two
Chance."
"I can't bear to leave Tesla, but United Semiconductor is a broader world, and I feel it is my responsibility to pass on this concept."
On that day, Zhao Song was in Shanghai, but all his executives gathered at the Capital Airport to bid farewell to Li Qiang.
They watched him turn away, watched him walk through the security check, watched him suddenly turn around and run back, watched him shout loudly:
“Never forget what he said: ‘Scientific research is allowed to fail!’ ‘Scientific research is allowed to fail!’ ‘Scientific research is allowed to fail!’ He shouted three times!”
…
Xu Liangying felt that perhaps it was not the advertisement that really injected genes into the Zhao and Song enterprises, but the Capital Airport that day.
From that day on, Xu Liangying liked to fail. It was precisely because of countless failures that she enjoyed the sweet fruits of victory again and again.
Xu Liangying came back to her senses and heard that the quarrel was still going on, so she picked up another photo. There was a person on it, a rare... similar person.
A man, in front of thousands of workers, couldn't kneel down in front of the blast furnace, and his tears and sweat mixed together.
Sun Guofang (not her real name), came from a poor background, dropped out of elementary school, is the chairman of Steel Co., Ltd., and is a billionaire.
His family works in the countryside and drives a Santana 2000 that he paid off debts. He lives in a flat-tiled house and is not very sociable. His biggest hobby is squatting in a technical workshop.
It was this person who graduated from elementary school who announced the plan for a new factory some time ago. The location was chosen in a narrow strip of Yan'an along the Yangtze River.
However, not many people have noticed that there is a very prominent steel corridor. From west to east, there are Jiangcheng Iron and Steel, Jiujiang Iron and Steel, Ma'an Iron and Steel, Jinling Iron and Steel, and Baosteel Group, standing side by side like giants, all of them are among the "planting flowers"
Top 100 Industrial Enterprises'.
…
At this time, Xu Liangying's thinking was interrupted by increasingly loud voices in the conference room.
"I am optimistic about the future of steel. Carnegie once said: low prices are directly proportional to the scale of production. Therefore, the larger the scale of production, the lower the cost."
"Mr. Liu, no one disagrees with what you said. The premise is whether the courage of Sun Guofang and the Longcheng government can be realized."
"Yes, Mr. Liu, this is what we are worried about. It is 8.4 million tons, 9,379 acres of land, and the estimated project budget is an astronomical 10.6 billion yuan...
If all is realized, then Li Guofang will become the second richest flower grower!"
"Both of you, don't forget that this expansion is led by the local government, and even the local bank has given a credit of 4.6 billion yuan, so I don't think there is any possibility of failure."
"Mr. Liu, please pay attention to two points: first, it is a private enterprise; second, the local city government is not the provincial government, and we don't even know whether the central government knows the news."
"I would like to add one more point: whether our parent company (Zhongguancun Holdings) allows us to participate. After all, it is a traditional steel industry and an important weapon of the country!"
"One steel company cannot affect the overall situation. Everyone, don't forget where we lost this time. Participating in the research and development of raw materials is the strategic direction that our Wuming Technology has formulated a long time ago."
"Okay, okay."
Xu Liangying rubbed her forehead with a headache. After the conference room became completely quiet, she looked around and continued:
"We are able to get to where we are today because our parent company never interfered and provided full support. Do you have no doubt about this?"
"No."
"Exactly."
The executives all agreed.
"But this matter is of great importance, with a scale of tens of billions, a sensitive industry, and due to emotions and reasons, we should not make our own decisions like before."
"..."
The executives looked at each other for a moment and suddenly realized that it was not up to them to decide whether to participate in this matter or not.
Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, Xu Liangying smiled slightly and said decisively:
"I will go to Beijing tomorrow to ask for instructions from Zhao Song. I will also ask the provincial government for their opinions on this matter."
The senior executives lowered their heads one after another, pretending not to notice the fact that the boss called Zhao Song by his first name, and pretended to be listening attentively.
"As for you..."
"Wow, wow, wow~"
Before Mr. Xu finished speaking, he started writing with notebooks and pens in hand. A senior executive with a bright personal appearance pretended to be a student and took notes seriously.
Xu Liangying couldn't laugh or cry in her heart. Not only did she think this paternalistic approach was wrong, but Zhao Song also said it several times, but it had no effect.
"First, after the meeting, thoroughly investigate all project teams and strive to win all projects that can participate in future Tesla bidding."
"yes."
"second……"
Xu Liangying suddenly lowered her face, and her gloomy gaze passed across everyone's face. After a long time, she said harshly:
"Why did the Longcheng Investment Promotion Office come to us? How did Gangben's information get placed on the chief secretary's desk?