Chapter 521 Blockade and Suppression

This is a common problem among technical nerds. Regardless of people who are familiar with things, as long as they encounter discussions related to technology, they will immediately ignore other existences.

Fortunately, Chang Sheng and the two quickly realized this problem and returned to the way the dinner should be.

"Mr. Hu, I would like to borrow flowers and offer you a toast. Thank you for your support of our Huaxin."

Jiang Lixing picked up a glass of wine, touched it with Populus euphratica, and drank it in one gulp.

Hu Yang also drank a glass of wine, put down the glass and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, I rarely admire any company, but I admire Huaxin under your leadership."

"Mr. Hu, how can I be as capable as you say? You are the God of Wealth in the eyes of many of us. It's my turn to respect you. However, when it comes to Hua Xin who has come through hard times over the years, it's really disappointing.

Sad.

Putting aside our technical level, we could not find a company willing to manufacture the general-purpose chips we designed. Later, Mr. Hu helped us and introduced us to STMicroelectronics and our Huaxin No. 1 B chip.

Only then can it be revealed."

Speaking of the technological blockade and suppression in China, several people here felt very sad.

In fact, European and American countries have blocked domestic technology since the country was first established. First there was the "Batum Committee" and then the "Wassenaar Agreement", which restricted domestic aviation, aerospace, military industry, and many other industries.

In the high-tech field, embargoes and trade restrictions are implemented.

To this day, many restrictions still exist. For example, Huaxin's various experiences are all due to the domestic technology blockade.

"Mr. Jiang, I will go back and do some research to see if I can design a computer equipped with Huaxin No. 1 chip. However, I guess the sales volume will not be good, so let's just test the waters."

Chang Sheng even thinks that a Huaxin notebook computer can be launched in the future.

Of course, there is no problem with the design or anything like that. But after the product is produced, the choice of operating system and the establishment of the ecosystem are still big problems.

Huaxin currently mainly relies on CPU orders from the aerospace and military industries to maintain the basic operation of the company. In the commercial area, there is a long way to go.

"I think it's okay. After all, there are a large number of die-hard fans of Huaxin in China. If you produce some properly, they can still be sold. However, if you want to occupy a place in the commercial market, it will take ten years."

Hu Yang very much agrees with Chang Sheng’s suggestion. Some things have to be done by someone after all. Perhaps Huaxin’s products are neither technologically advanced nor cheap. But one day, someone will jam your neck with a chip.

Sometimes, you will feel how happy it is to still have a domestic product to choose from.

As long as the market demand rises, the price and the ecosystem will not be a problem.

Hu Yang hopes that Huaxin can survive until that day.

That night, Chang Sheng and Jiang Lixing were both drunk. They kept looking forward to the day when domestic chips and computers would rise in the future.

People who have dreams are happy after all. In the end, these two guys were carried back on their shoulders.

Two days later, Dong Qi's team and Jiang Lixing's team reached an agreement on financing. Mu Shaoqing returned to Shenhai from Xiangjiang to participate in the signing ceremony.

According to the agreement, Huijia International Investment will invest US$125 million in Huaxin and obtain 20% of the equity of Huaxin.

In addition, with Hu Yang’s strong support, Hi-tech Venture Capital Fund will provide Huaxin with 2 billion yuan in financing in the form of corporate bonds.

This is equivalent to saying that this time Jiang Lixing's deep-sea trip received 3 billion yuan (RMB) of funds at once, exceeding the task.

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Mu, and Manager Dong, on behalf of Huaxin, I would like to sincerely thank you! Without your full support, I don't know if I will be able to pay employees wages in a few months."

The entire signing ceremony was very low-key and no media was invited.

After the ceremony, Jiang Lixing shook hands with Hu Yang and others respectively, and his gratitude was beyond words.

Hu Yang did not say too many polite words, but hoped that Jiang Lixing would not give up and continue to make general-purpose CPUs and some special-purpose CPUs.

By the time Jiang Lixing took the opportunity to return to the Imperial Capital, Hu Yang had already asked someone to transfer funds to Huaxin's account. With this funding, Huaxin could continue to develop a new generation of CPUs, and could also start building an ecosystem based on high compatibility.

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However, Huaxin's road is destined to be difficult. Others take ten years to sharpen their swords, but if Huaxin wants to carve out a bloody road, ten years may not be enough. After all, several years have passed since the establishment of Huaxin.

After Jiang Li walked away, Chang Sheng also successfully obtained 5 billion yuan of corporate bonds from the Hi-tech Venture Capital Fund for Ark Computer. The bond period was three years, and the interest rate was the average for the same period, which also allowed Ark Computer to completely survive.

Funding difficulties.

Midsummer season.

Good news comes from Xentong International. The company's 40\45nm process chips are in full mass production, and the yield rate has reached 95%.

On the technical level, Xentong International has finally followed Taipower and entered the ranks of the world's first echelon of chip manufacturing, putting it some distance away from S Star and Intercom.

With good news comes bad news.

The international high-end lithography machine giant has officially notified Xentong International that the next-generation lithography machine will be delayed for the company. This is actually caused by man-made factors. Xentong International will take longer to obtain the new generation lithography machine than

Companies such as Taipower and S Star are at least a generation later.

Fortunately, Meng Rusong and others are already mentally prepared and are working hard on existing equipment, striving to continue to promote the development of chip manufacturing processes through process improvements without replacing equipment.

At the same time, the Charming Starlight 1S mobile phone, which has just entered the North American market, has also been subject to safety reviews by relevant parties. Although it has not completely stopped selling, sales have also been greatly affected.

"Mr. Yan, the company will invest as little resources as possible in North America because there are too many variables. You can sign distribution agreements with local dealers, but you must strengthen risk control and never be unprincipled in the terms of the agreement for the sake of sales.

concession."

During this period, in order to open up the North American market, a domestic color TV giant signed a consignment agreement with a local dealer. With just a piece of agreement, it shipped color TVs worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Because the agreement was not strict and there was no means of supervision, the dealer took the payment and ran away. As a result, the domestic home appliance giant lost the goods and the money was not returned, causing huge losses.

Currently, the home appliance giant is still fighting a lawsuit in North America. An insider revealed that the possibility of them recovering their losses is almost zero.

In view of this, Hu Yang specially called Yan Hanzhang, Mo Xiangbin, Wang Han and others to his office and repeatedly reminded them not to rush for quick success.

"Mr. Hu, are you talking about Rainbow Electric Co., Ltd.? We all know this and will definitely take warning."

Yan Hanzhang immediately stated that Charming Electronics would rather give up the North American market than dig a hole into which to fall.

Wang Han continued:

"Mr. Hu, the market in North America seems to be gradually tightening on domestic communication products. I think we might as well go all out to develop the European market. Anyway, Charming Electronics' products have already won the domestic smartphone market.

50% share. With this glass of old wine at the bottom, you really don’t have anything to worry about.”

After this period of investigation, at the recent board meeting of Charming Technology Group, everyone unanimously decided to appoint Wang Han as the general manager of Charming Electronics.

Yan Hanzhang resigned as general manager and only served as chairman of Charming Electronics. Mo Xiangbin is still the company's deputy general manager and is in charge of product sales.

As the technical director, we re-hired an overseas returnee. This person is named Ji Mingyu, who has been engaged in technology research and development work for Motorola and Ericsson for a long time. Before coming to Charming Electronics, Ji Mingyu was already the director of the R&D department of the original company.

"As long as you have an idea, I won't say more. Mr. Yan, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Mo, I still want to congratulate you on your brilliant achievements in Charming Starlight 1S, and I hope you can continue to maintain it."

Since this year, the salary income and bonuses of employees at all levels of Charming Electronics have increased significantly. It can be said that, except for Huijia Holdings and Huijia International Investment, the two ace companies under Hu Yang, Charming Electronics has the highest salary in the entire Huijia department.

of enterprises.

The reason is naturally that Charming Electronics has good profits. Charming Electronics’ annual net profit far exceeds that of Xentong International and Charming Semiconductor.

However, Hu Yang did not let this gap widen too much in order to achieve balance. Especially Xentong International and Charming Semiconductor, which have their own industry specificities, cannot determine employee salary levels based solely on performance.

The semiconductor industry itself is a technology-intensive industry, and talent is the top priority. Without good treatment, how can it be possible to retain talents? Power generation with love is just a legend after all.

On the one hand, Hu Yang can be said to be very generous. The treatment of the entire Huijia system cannot be said to be the best in the country, but it is definitely among the top three.

Next, Wang Han reported on the research and development status of the company's next-generation product, Charming Starlight 2S, and said that the new product will be released after the National Day.

Hu Yang encouraged everyone and asked Wu Xinhui to send them away. These are all busy people and have nothing important to do, so there is no need to waste time here.

When the office became quiet, Hu Yang gradually frowned.

It seems that a certain country has begun to notice the rapid development of the domestic semiconductor industry, and some restrictive measures have been introduced one after another. The Huijia system, which is at the forefront of the storm, will not have a good time in the next few years.

"Time is already very tight, and each company's backup plan must be implemented step up. However, other shortcomings can be made up for. What should we do about the shortcomings of domestic high-end lithography machines?"
Chapter completed!