The progress of the large chemical project, Hu Wenhai can be regarded as completely letting go. In fact, this is the reason why he wanted to set up China Railway Construction Investment Bank.

After more than half a year of turmoil, Hu Wenhai has become more and more aware of his limits and significance. He's not really a business wizard and can build a business empire on his own.

Just like the story behind the idiom "the more the merrier", this is the so-called generals and generals. In terms of generals, he is the same as Liu Bang, at most the level of a large-scale project. But his significance lies in his technological development ability and vision of the world pattern.

The concrete execution of multiple projects, which is entangled in chaos as in the past, is only consuming his value, not creating more value.

China is resource-poor and economically poor, but there are countless people who are the only ones who can afford it. All he needs to do is to break himself out of the quagmire of generals, as long as the generals.

And when the banner of Xinke was erected, as more and more people defected to him, Hu Wenhai was finally able to gradually delegate the projects in his hands and return to the company's development - oh no. ST can no longer be called a company, and the process of smoothing out its own operation is the process of collectivization. Therefore, ST has become a thing of the past, and ST Group is gradually standing up.

The restructuring of the ST Group is the biggest thing for the current ST Group, and only by forming a complete organization and system can the company continue to move forward.

Fortunately, today's ST Group has too many projects related to the national strategic direction, as long as it is the talent it seeks, few units will not let go of the person who wants to leave.

As for whether the person concerned wants to leave? In the face of salaries that are several times or even more than ten times higher than those of state-owned enterprises, there are really few people who can resist this temptation.

This is Professor Ling Xiaoling, who used to be the chief scientist of the Chinese side of Yizhuhu Company, and will take on the work of establishing the Battery Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences of ST Group after returning to China. ”

It was Li Meidai who was standing next to Ling Xiao who spoke, she did a good job in human resources, the recruitment work was carried out in an orderly manner, and she successfully removed the word "generation" from her head and became the official human resources manager of the headquarters of Xinke Group.

Hearing Li Meidai's introduction, everyone at the conference table showed smiling faces and greeted Ling Xiao curiously and kindly. No need to ask, listen to his title, everyone here will understand that this future will also be a mountain.

ST Group's current structure is gradually evolving, from trial and error to trial and error, although the structure changes somewhat frequently, but it is undoubtedly moving towards formalization.

In terms of the general direction, the structure of the group headquarters, business divisions, branches and subsidiaries will be formed. On the first floor of the group headquarters, in addition to the administrative department, another important unit is the New Academy of Sciences.

The Academy of Sciences is both a research institution and a governing body. It will have a huge scientific research institute and even a scientific research city in the future, and it also has the right and obligation to manage and guide the scientific research personnel of the group's subsidiaries and holding companies.

In the case of the battery research institute that Ling Xiao ordered to prepare, he really wants to set up a high-level research institute in battery to engage in the development of battery technology. At the same time, the institute must also support the ST Group companies in the engineering of battery technology.

On the other hand, the battery technology developed by the technical department of the subordinate enterprise must also be shared with the battery research institute, and even the battery researchers of the subordinate enterprise must obey the management of the institute.

To be honest, such a system is not very reasonable, and it is easy to lead to academic monopolies and academic valves, as well as conflicts of interest between research institutes and subordinate enterprises.

However, in the early days of the establishment of the group research institute, it could only concentrate on doing big things. We will concentrate our technical capabilities in one research institute and make every effort to conquer basic technology fields and platform technologies. Ensure that subordinate enterprises can develop products suitable for market demand on the basis of platform technology.

I believe that under the premise of Hu Wenhai's guidance in the early stage, such a system can give full play to its advantages.

Needless to ask, many of the other people present at this meeting are also the same "mountain" as Ling Xiao.

For example, Ni Guangnan, who is sitting on the left side of the conference table, has an electronic research institute that is a "big mountain". There are also Microelectronics Research Institute, Computing Research Institute, Communication Research Institute and Automation Control Research Institute under the Electronics Research Institute, which can be said to be the largest unit in the New Academy of Sciences. At today's meeting, all the four King Kong members under the Electronic Research Institute are here, and it can be said that they are ready for battle.

At present, the third big hill that has been established and is being prepared is the Power Research Institute. Although the number of research institutes of the power institute is not as good as that of the electronics research institute, the resources and scale are not inferior to that of the electronics research institute. The scheduled chief scientist is Wu Daguan and Wu Lao, everything is just waiting for the TF-41 project in his hand to be completed, and the Power Research Institute will hire him back to work after the retirement age.

Although he has not officially joined Xinke, Wu Lao also sat opposite Ni Guangnan with a smile at today's meeting. The former 611 young scientists, who had joined the Power Institute first, were looking at him with admiration at this time.

Ling Xiao looked at this scene, and had to smile and find a place in the middle of the conference table and sit down.

Although the battery is currently the largest financial source of ST Group, it is a short board in terms of technical strength. In fact, the domestic battery academic community has quite limited research on lithium batteries, and the country's attention and talent reserve are not small. When Ling Xiao was the chief of the Chinese side when he was in Yizhuhu Company, he communicated with many American battery researchers, and his vision was already broadened in China.

What's more, the current leader of lithium batteries is DuPont, and the battery factory of Xinke Group only makes OEM money, and profits will definitely decline seriously from next year.

For the foreseeable future, ST Group's new cash cows will be contributed by the semiconductor industry. The status of ST Group in China may depend on what good things the power institute can produce.

If the battery research institute wants to be upgraded to a research institute like these two, it depends on what achievements can be made in the future.

Although the two research institutes naturally have the nature of mountains, after all, the new technology group has not been established for a long time, and there are no such serious factional problems. And Ni Guangnan and Wu Lao are not the kind of people who are not easy to get along with, they are trustworthy in character and deeds, but they don't have to worry about any fierce struggles.

In fact, on the contrary, everyone in the conference room greeted each other, which was a bit of a happy feeling.

"Everyone, Mr. Hu will be here soon, please get ready. The door of the conference room was pushed open, and Wang Ye's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and there was no lack of vigilance.

Sure enough, after a short time, Hu Wenhai followed Qin Kai and walked in with a smile on his face.

"Old Wu, we haven't seen each other for a while. Before Hu Wenhai entered the door, his voice sounded first: "Chief Engineer Ni, you still have to pay attention to your body when you work! Professor Ling, why did you sit there? Come, sit in front." ”

Hu Wenhai sat at the head of the conference room, and personally pulled a chair for Ling Xiao in front. His statement made the eyes of others who were focused on Ling Xiao a few more times. This small action reveals a lot of information, and it seems that the strategy of ST Group to develop the battery industry will not change in the short term.

Although the scale of the battery institute is not as large as that of the electronics and power institutes for the time being, the future prospects may be limitless.

"To be honest, although we can be regarded as a high-tech company, we don't have much contact with the academic community. As soon as Hu Wenhai sat down, he sighed with emotion: "On the one hand, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and major universities have the heart to engage in scientific research but have no money, and on the other hand, we have money but can't find anyone to do research." Today, before the meeting—"

Hu Wenhai made a gesture first: "I would like to ask you one thing first, not limited to our current three directions of electronics, power and battery, as long as any scientific research project can be used by Xinke Company, we are willing to invest." You can cooperate in R&D or invest independently, and I hope that everyone can spread the news through their own relationships. The scientists introduced have come up with their results, and the prize money will definitely be indispensable to everyone. ”

"Oh?" Wu Lao was the first to be interested, and his qualifications were also the oldest, of course, he was the first to ask: "What kind of project is it?"

"Any project is possible. Hu Wenhai nodded heavily: "As long as I think I have a future, it's fine." ”

Wu Lao immediately showed a thoughtful expression, obviously thinking about who and which projects would be interested in Xinke's investment.

"Alright, let's start today's meeting. Hu Wenhai clapped his hands, and then said: "Today is a seminar, not a work arrangement meeting, so we won't hold a standing meeting." I believe everyone knows that the establishment of the new Academy of Sciences has been put on the agenda, and our research system must also be formalized. The establishment of the New Academy of Sciences is to escort technological research. I would like to start by introducing Comrade Shiraishi, executive vice president of our Academy of New Sciences. ”

Hu Wenhai's hand pointed to the end of the conference table, and an unattractive person stood up. This stranger sat at the end of the conference table with a humble smile on his face, and no one could have imagined that he would become the executive vice president of the new research institute.

Needless to say, the president of the Institute of Science and Technology is the one who is Hu Wenhai, but the center of his usual work must not be entirely on the side of the Academy of Sciences, so it can be said that a large part of the power will fall on the executive vice president.

How could such an important position be given to a person whose name no one had even heard of?

"You may not know me well, but I used to be the head of our company's optoelectronic research institute. The work content is quite special, so I don't usually show up much. I, the vice president, am just to do a good job of serving everyone. If there is any problem in research, work, or life, any researcher can come to me at any time, and I will do my best to solve it for you. ”

After Bai Shi said this, everyone suddenly showed such a look.

ST was able to become the first truly private enterprise in China because of its close relationship with the state and the military.

Among them, the most widely circulated "legend" is naturally that the non-ST company helped the military industrial system win a $7 billion order from Iraq. In addition, there is also the red dot sight that Hu Wenhai made his fortune, which can be said to be a special forces that has swept the major military powers in recent years. Behind all these technologies, there seems to be a research department.

This research department is the first research institute established by ST - Optoelectronic Research Institute.

However, due to the particularity of the products developed by the Institute of Optoelectronics, its existence has been basically kept secret in the past two years. So at the same time as the earliest "Conglong" 64 Institute, Hu Wenhai's mother Xiao Yeqin, the existence of Baishi is also hidden in the fog.

Now that the reorganization of ST Group has more or less completed the first step of the Long March, it is time to reward meritorious deeds. Baishi's qualifications are old enough, and his identity is reliable enough, so it is not a big problem to be the executive vice president.

Besides, judging from the position where Shiraishi sits, he is not a strong person. Being the vice-president of the Academy of Sciences is an acceptable choice.

"In the past, the research institutes of our new Academy of Sciences were scattered, and everyone didn't know enough about them. It's the first time we've met many of us today, so why don't we introduce ourselves first?

"Then let me first introduce the project leader of the Institute of Electronics. Ni Guangnan nodded, turned to look at himself and said, "Sun Zuxi, the director of the Institute of Electronics." Their current task is to develop motherboard technology based on x86 architecture, and strive to cooperate with the fab to produce domestic microcomputers. ”

Sun Zuxi, who was sitting next to Ni Guangnan, was still a young man in his early thirties, and said excitedly: "When our microcomputer is equipped with the application-specific integrated circuit Hanka that is being designed, we can form a new Chinese character printing technology platform." The development of Chinese character typewriters on this platform can save at least 80% of the cost compared to current technology. This plan has gained the attention of Sitong Company. Their MS-2400 word processor also has some nice technology and would love to work with us. ”

Hu Wenhai raised his eyebrows in some surprise and asked, "Can the cost of Sitong's MS-2400 word processor be reduced by 80%?"

Sun Zuxi nodded vigorously: "Mr. Hu, this number is at least 80%. ”

"How did you do that? The cost of the MS-2400 is already very low, right? I've seen that thing......"

Hu Wenhai couldn't believe it, in his memory, the MS-2400 was a word processor just launched by Sitong Company this year - not a computer, but a special word processor. If you want to say what is the difference between this "word processor" and the computer of the future, it is probably equivalent to making a piece of Wenquxing on an M2024 dot matrix printer. The green LCD screen is not as big as the future mobile phone screen, but the resolution is only a pitiful 200×60, and you can only print a line of words by typing a line, which can be said to be very simple.

But it's such a Wenquxing + dot matrix printer, the price of a single unit is 30,000 yuan, and it's often out of stock. In the 80s, with such a product, Sitong was able to achieve an annual growth rate of 300% and monopolized 85% of the Chinese word processing market. With what? With the MS-2400 word processor is the lowest price in China.

With the word processor, the Wang An Company of the United States has an annual income of as much as $3 billion by virtue of this market! Compared with the business of the Wang An Company, Hu Wenhai's business of 1 billion dollars is really not enough.

But the American word processor can't be sold in China, for the simple reason that it can't type Chinese characters! To make the dot matrix printer in 1986 print Chinese characters, you need a Chinese character printing driver, a Chinese character library, and a Chinese character input method -- in short, you need a piece of equipment called a "Hanka."

Because the input of Chinese characters is a very huge burden for the barren computing power of integrated circuits in this era. These functions must be seated separately on an expansion card, which has a dedicated processor and memory, which is almost the equivalent of a "small computer".

For such a Hanka alone, the M-6403 launched by Shi Yuzhu's giant company in the nineties was as high as 4,000 yuan. In 1986, the cost of Sitong's Hanka was at least 10,000 yuan.

The future giant Sitong Group of China's electronics industry is the foundation laid at this time. At that time, these people in Sitong Company were just a group of outcasts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but they finally succeeded in counterattacking with their own technology. Look at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' own son Lenovo, what do you want, but it turns out that you can't support Adou. Hu Wenhai admires the company and these people very much.

"The MS-2400 is truly remarkable and arguably the lowest cost currently available. Sun Zuxi nodded, but there was some pride in his expression: "However, our Hanka will use ASIC ASIC technology, and one chip can realize the function of the entire Hanka." If it is produced by our own wafer factory, the cost can be controlled to at least less than 500 yuan. What's more, after our 68000CPU is introduced to the market, there is no difficulty in the localization of dot matrix printers, and the cost reduction of 80% is just a very inaccurate number......"

Hu Wenhai suddenly realized, laughed and said: "I know, this is that I am conservative in terms of technological progress." Well, I think Sitong can be allowed to join, they are willing to bear part of the development costs, no problem, and the results can be shared according to the proportion of investment. ”

"Okay, I'll move on. Ni Guangnan's smile came from the bottom of his heart, and Hanka was the first project he presided over after returning to China. In order to make Hanka move from design to product, he has put in a lot of effort in the past two years. Seeing that there was about to be a result, I was about to laugh from ear to ear.

Luo Zheng, the head of the Communication Research Institute, is currently tackling the technology of program-controlled switches. ”

Luo Zheng, who sat second under Ni Guangnan, was also a young man, and he was studying Ni Guangnan's doctorate in computing. He was even younger than Sun Zuxi, looking like he was about twenty-six or seventeen years old.

However, contrary to Sun Zuxi's character, he is a stuffy character. When Ni Guangnan introduced him, he only nodded slightly to Hu Wenhai, and said lightly: "Mr. Hu, rest assured, we are confident that we will come up with the technology of program-controlled switches before next year." ”

Hu Wenhai nodded happily, he had heard Luo Zheng's name a long time ago. Originally, Lenovo's program-controlled switch was presided over by Ni Guangnan, and he was responsible for research and development. It took only two years and spent hundreds of thousands of yuan. Compared to the support provided to him by ST now, it is not impossible to shorten the time to a quarter.

Next, Ni Guangnan introduced the two heads of the Computing Research Institute in charge of software research and development and the Automation Research Institute for Industrial Control, these two people Hu Wenhai had never heard of. However, since he can enter Ni Guangnan's eyes, Hu Wenhai is naturally willing to believe in their ability.

Turning to Wu Lao's side, the setting of the power yard is relatively simple. At the moment there is only one big project, and that is the development of a gas turbine for the TF-41 engine. Although this thing has the full set of technology of the SM1A gas turbine provided by Rolls-Royce, when it will be thoroughly understood and when it will be put into production, Hu Wenhai really has no confidence in his heart. He is not worried about semiconductor technology, but he just rolls up his arms and sleeves and opens it himself. But when it comes to the engine, he's numb.

Fortunately, Wu Lao gave him a reassurance, and the domestically produced TF-41 was changed to a gas turbine, and it would definitely be able to be taken out by 1987.

With this guarantee, Hu Wenhai was relieved.

However, these research works can be carried forward without one word - money.

After everyone in the conference room had introduced their own projects, a question was put on the table. The development of scientific research and technology, the demand for funds can simply be called burning money. What's more, semiconductors and aero engines, one of them is the crown of industry and the other is the flower of industry, and they are of course among the best in burning money.

When all the R&D plans were summarized at the meeting, a number was placed in front of Hu Wenhai. To support the current R&D program, ST Group will need to invest at least RMB2 billion in the Academy of Sciences.

In addition, whether it is the Electronics Research Institute, the Power Research Institute, or the Battery Research Institute, all of them unanimously require the Academy of Sciences to invest in an independent R&D center - the Materials R&D Center.

In order to support the development of three projects in electronics, power and batteries, the materials R&D center can lay the foundation through the acquisition of databases. However, many high-tech materials required by technology are impossible for foreign companies to sell. To achieve a technological breakthrough, it can only be real money thrown into it.

Although a lot of infrastructure investment will be required in the first year, so the budget will be increased tenfold, but it is conceivable that the intensity of investment will not decrease in the next few years. The development of ST Group, the pursuit of technology, is definitely growing faster than the investment of the Academy of Sciences.

In this way, from June 1986 to June 1987, Hu Wenhai was prepared to throw at least 5 billion yuan into the Academy of Sciences, counting other projects that might be found in society.

"Mr. Hu, isn't this money too much......

Whether it was Ni Guangnan or Wu Daguan, they were a little stunned when they saw this number. That's 5 billion yuan, is the Chinese Academy of Sciences spending so much in a year? )