Chapter 508: Fly to Dallas
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In terms of Kumho's current human resource structure, to set up AIDA Group and set up large projects, the most suitable person is Su Jindong; But just internally, Kumho will never be able to break through its own limitations. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhang Ke said: "Who is more suitable to host the AIDA Group? I discussed this with Su Jindong and Ding Huai, and they recommended you to me...... Su Jindong took the initiative to assume the responsibilities of the operation department, mainly responsible for the business in Greater China," Zhang Ke looked at Chen Xinsheng calmly, "The large project department will form a decision-making mechanism, Ding Huai, Su Jindong, Cai Feijuan, Zhou You, as well as the newly hired overseas operation manager Xiao Jincheng, and the president of the North American technical research base, Cheng Hanzhang, are all members of this decision-making team......"
Chen Xinsheng pursed his lips slightly, the large project department will be the most powerful department in the Kumho system, whether it is the introduction of technology or the introduction of product lines, it will use huge funds and determine the next development direction of the entire Kumho system.
In this system, Kumho Holdings presided over by Cai Feijuan seems to be the top level, in fact, it only plays the role of capital circulation channels and asset supervision between Aida and Xinguang, Kumho Electronic Technology Research Institute holds assets in the field of consumer electronics manufacturing and R&D in the Kumho system, Aida Group is the core of this system in the future, and the large project department is the core of the core, and the decision-making team includes the highest-level managers in this system. In addition to Ding Huai, Su Jindong, Cai Feijuan, and Zhou You, Cheng Hanzhang and Xiao Jincheng are newly hired, and now they want to pull Chen Xinsheng in, and they are here to preside over this decision-making group.
Kumho system is a complex structure, even if people with poor professional standards study all the data, they can't see that this huge and complex system is actually held up by a teenager under the age of 20, but this system is not a little chaotic, and if a modern enterprise does not play a little asset game, it is not called a modern enterprise.
In the past two years, he has been in charge of the business between TI and AIDA, and after the end of his tenure at TI, he transferred to AIDA, but he does not know what the senior management and board members of TI headquarters will think; The TI headquarters can even restrict Chen Xinxing's employment with AIDA.
Zhang Ke seemed to be able to see Chen Xinsheng's concerns, and said: "Kumho's component production and technical capabilities are very weak, considering the first chip packaging and testing line, and want to introduce the product line and technology from TI, I hope to go to Dallas City to meet Mr. Angie Bo in person, will it be too presumptuous?" ”
The production of large-scale integrated circuit chips, packaging and finished product testing are only the second half of the process, which is more than the first half of the process, and the second half of the process does not even need 100 million.
Due to the tension between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in the past two years, all kinds of chips such as disc system control currently developed by AIDA Electronics are entrusted to TI foundry, and we cannot hope that TSMC will produce the chips produced by TI foundry and handed over to the component device branch of AIDA Electronics to be responsible for inserting them into the circuit board with various other electronic components.
The production of the component branch can be completed even manually when the requirements are not high.
Even if TI is willing to provide a complete technical and core technology management team, Kumho must be able to raise tens of billions of funds and train enough high-quality employees.
The last chip packaging and finished product testing production line, but a realistic plan, almost only need to invest 100 million, chip packaging and finished product testing is not only a few factories monopoly technology, and only the chip packaging and finished product testing business provided by Aida Electronics is enough to feed this factory.
The disc controller chips produced by this factory can not only supply the disc machines produced by AIDA Electronics itself, but also supply them to disc machine manufacturers such as Xinyuan Electric, which will promote Kumho to further move closer to the component device supplier.
Of course, when Aida Electronics and TI jointly launched the movement project, Zhang Ke did not have the idea of going to Dallas, Texas to talk about the project in person, and the scale and technical level of the project to be introduced this time were lower than the movement project.
Of course, TI is the world's most important supplier of mobile phone chips, and although Zhang Ke hopes to wait for Chen Xinsheng to arrive in Kumho before he will preside over this mobile phone project, it is still possible to have initial contact with TI at this time.
Regardless of the outcome of this trip, Zhang Ke showed his full sincerity, Chen Xinsheng said with a smile: "Mr. Anjibo, I appreciate Ke Shao very much, and it may be more accurate to say that I am curious." It's just that after hearing that Philips's invitation was 'ruthless' rejected by Ke Shao, he didn't dare to invite Ke Shao to Dallas......"
"To the Netherlands?" Zhang Ke shook his head, "The Netherlands is Northern Europe, right?" I feel cold in Beijing, and I can't be interested in going to the Netherlands in winter, so it's ......the right time to go to Texas in this season."
Chen Xinsheng smiled and said, "So, I will arrange this trip as soon as possible?" ”
"Well, my vacation in Beijing will end on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."
In 96 years, Aida Electronics and TI jointly invested in two projects - Taite Optoelectronics Research Institute and Taite Optoelectronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (movement project) - with a total joint venture of 40 million US dollars, entrusted TI to OEM the production of system control chips of nearly 1,000 US dollars, and purchased decoder boards from TI for about 100 million US dollars, a total of jointly developed the third generation of decoding chips.
Throughout Greater China, TI has many customers and partners, but none of the more important partners and customers than AIDA Electronics.
Regardless of this, the fact that a young man under the age of 20 can create an electronics company with sales of more than 4 billion yuan in just two years is enough to arouse the curiosity of the TI headquarters.
Chen Xinsheng mentioned to TI headquarters that Zhang Ke intended to visit TI's headquarters in Dallas City, Texas recently, and An Jibo, chairman and CEO of TI, did not even wait for Chen Xinsheng to report the matter on the phone across the ocean, he wrote the invitation letter and asked the secretary to fax it to Chen Xinsheng.
The winter camp sponsored by Kumho in the name of Aida Electronics officially opened on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and Tang Jing returned to Haizhou by plane with Zhitong on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Zhang Keren flew to Beijing to join him with Xiao Jincheng, Cheng Hanzhang, Fu Jun, and others, who had just become Kumho's top executives, and flew directly from Beijing to Dallas, an important industrial city in the southern United States, where TI is headquartered.
Hui Si flew directly from Hong Kong to Dallas to join them; At least nominally, Yuexiu (Hong Kong) was still the main middleman between TI and AIDA Electronics at this time.
Zhang Ke has never been to Dallas, in his impression, Dallas is quite famous for the Mavericks in addition to Texas Instruments (TI), and he also knows that Dallas is very close to Houston, but in 97 years, the NBA in the United States is still Jordan's era, at least in Zhang Ke's impression, he plans to watch two Bulls games, after Jordan announced his second retirement and left the Bulls, Zhang Ke has not watched a full basketball game.
Before they arrived in Dallas, they heard that it was raining in the sky of Dallas, and on the night of February 14, they got off the plane at Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
Zhang Ke saw Xu Si at a glance. Xu Si wore a pair of light blue jeans, brown high-heeled boots, and a brown knee-high jacket revealing the folded collar of a royal blue shirt. Xu Si's flight arrived in Dallas an hour early, and she was waiting for Zhang Ke and them in the reception hall.
There was a lot of traffic in the pick-up hall, Zhang Ke waved and greeted loudly, Xu Si saw them, smiled and waved his hand excitedly.
The person who came to the airport to welcome him had already arrived at the airport and had just stood with Xu Si. An Jibo is very tall, looks much older than his actual age, and has a sense of old age, he still has a rare smile on his face when he saw Chen Xinsheng and Zhang Ke walking out.
Angelber's opportunity to take the helm of TI was a fortuitous one, because his predecessor died of a heart attack in the night, but after he took the helm, TI was full of vitality and truly became a global semiconductor leader.
Anjibo personally came to the airport to greet him, Zhang Ke was not too surprised, he had read the biography of Anjibo that might be published in eight years, and knew that he was a meticulous workman, and important customers had to be entertained in person, and greeting him at the airport was just a common trick he said he valued to customers.
Of course, in terms of global scope, AIDA Electronics is not an important customer of TI, and the computer and network penetration rate in Greater China is still very low, and TI's main business area is in economically developed countries and regions.
Zhang Ke expressed his flattered mood in smooth English.