When Wu Hao came to Xiucheng, he regrettably found that he had missed Zhou Shuo.

Tu Anbei has recently been in great trouble, and due to differences in business philosophy, his Dream Group has been removed from all his high-level positions. Now this dignified academician of the Hanlin Academy of Engineering has to stay at home at the peak of his life.

"Lao Tu, Professor Zhao Xia'an from the 173rd Institute is here, do you want to see me?" Tu Anbei's wife has also seen it in her eyes and worried in her heart these days. Professor Zhao Xia'an knew him, such a person who had little to do with work came to visit, and she also hoped that Tu Anbei could get out of the study to relax.

Tu Anbei put down the pen in his hand and said, "Zhao Xia'an? Oh, the director of the 173rd Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, why is he here? ”

He stood up, moved his wrists, and stretched to the outside.

"I don't know what to do, but I brought a young man here." His wife casually put on his coat and tidied it up.

Zhou Shuo stood beside Professor Zhao and quietly looked at Tu Anbei who came out of the study. Although he suffered a heavy blow in his career, he did not go down. His piercing eyes and two thick eyebrows make him look restrained and wise. His smile is gentle, his demeanor is soothing and light, and his steps are strong and powerful.

"Old Zhao, what kind of wind blew you here?"

Zhao Xia'an smiled and shook his hand, don't look at Tu Anbei is an academician of the Hanlin Academy of Engineering, but he is much younger than Zhao Xia'an. Professor Zhao pointed to Zhou Shuo next to him and said, "Lao Tu, I will introduce you to personal acquaintance." Do you know the X-architecture keyboard? It is this Zhou Shuo's invention. ”

As the largest computer brand assembler in China at that time, Dream Group of course paid close attention to the American market. The X-architecture keyboard is a peripheral that changes personality, and Lenovo has long noticed it. As the former chief engineer of Dream Group, Tu Anbei naturally heard of it.

"Hello Tu Lao, I have heard of the name for a long time." Zhou Shuo took the initiative to stretch out his hand and shook it with Tu Anbei.

"Hello, let's sit down." Tu Anbei greeted him, and the three of them sat down in the living room.

After sitting down, Tu Anbei asked straight to the point: "I don't know what Mr. Lu Daozhou is looking for me, what's the matter?" ”

Zhou Shuo knew that Tu Anbei was a person who was not very polite, so he said directly: "I want to ask Tu Lao to design an ASIC chip for me, I don't know if you want to do it?" ”

The so-called ASIC chip means ApplicationSpecificIntegratedCircuits. It refers to the application-specific integrated circuit designed and manufactured according to the specific needs of users. In contrast to it is a general-purpose circuit, which has a wide range of use, but is large in size, high in power consumption, and inferior in reliability and processing performance to application-specific integrated circuits.

In China in 1995, there were not many people who could do this kind of circuit design. Tu Anbei and the engineers of the Dream Group led by him have only done 5 ASIC designs in ten years. Even this kind of experience is already rich.

Tu Anbei asked with a little interest, "Oh? Where are your ASIC chips used? ”

Zhou Shuo said simply: "It is the modem's instruction control processor and the underlying algorithm data pump. ”

"You're working on a modem?" Tu Anbei was surprised: "The amount of data processing in this project does not need to be ASIC. ”

With a 28.9Kbps modem data processing capacity, the general circuit on the market is indeed sufficient. But when the throughput reached 10Mbps, even the most advanced general-purpose processors of 1994 could no longer handle the soft modem requirements.

After Zhou Shuo finished editing the software part of the modem, he found this serious problem just after testing. Even the best Pentium computers can afford only 2Mbps, which is the minimum requirement for cable modems.

Zhou Shuo shook his head and said: "We are developing a broadband modem for cable TV networks, which is designed to transmit at speeds of 2 to 10Mbps. At the current processor level, if it is a soft solution solution, it can only support the maximum speed of 512Kbps in the pursuit of economic benefits. ”

Zhou Shuo looked at Tu Anbei a little nervously, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering is not easy to invite even in the idle endowment. This is an academician of the Academy of Engineering, not a cabbage.

Zhou Shuo hurriedly made a color to Zhao Xia'an next to him, and Professor Zhao said with a smile: "Lao Tu, Xiao Zhou, this kid still has a lot of ideas." If it's convenient for you, do him a favor. ”

Tu Anbei struggled for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'm still working in the Dream Group, so it's not good to take over the project by myself." ”

Zhou Shuo said urgently: "Forgive me for taking the liberty, why don't you come out on your own?" I know that the Dream Group has recently dismissed you as the chief engineer, so why bother with the Dream Group. With your ability, you don't have to trap yourself, right? ”

"I ......" Tu Anbei waved his hand and said: "There are some things that are not good to tell outsiders, so you better please go back." ”

Zhou Shuo stood up with a slurp, and said with a serious expression: "I know, you are for Menghai Microelectronics Design Center, right?" ”

Tu Anbei looked at him dumbfounded, and then smiled bitterly: "Since you know the Dao, you should understand why I will refuse you." ”

Of course, Zhou Shuo understands that the entanglement between Tu Anbei and the Dream Group is a famous public case in later generations. As a scientist, Tu Anbei hoped that Dream Group could enter the chip industry, but Liu Zongnan, who was at the helm of the group at that time, did not agree with him. The two parted ways because of differences in management, and Liu Zongnan, who was more like a businessman, lost his position as chief engineer of Dream Group after a dragon fight.

At this time, the Menghai Microelectronics Design Center, which was jointly established by Dream Group and the Application Specific Integrated Circuit and System Laboratory of Fudan University, has been signed soon. The Application-Specific Integrated Circuit and System Laboratory of Fudan University is the only State Key Laboratory specializing in integrated circuit design research in China at this time and even in the next ten years. This is Tu Anbei's dream of China's chips, and he can't help but care.

Even in order to promote the establishment of Menghai Microelectronics, he could not leave the Dream Group at this time.

"You should also understand-" Zhou Shuo asserted: "Menghai Microelectronics is already impossible, how could Liu Zongnan agree to invest tens of millions in the field of chip design that he doesn't want to do at all?" You didn't work when you were chief engineer, and even more so now. ”

Tu Anbei fell on the chair, waved his hand weakly, and said, "You go." No matter what, I always have to try again. ”

Of course, Tu Anbei knew that the future of Menghai Microelectronics was slim, but he still didn't want to give up hope. Zhou Shuo's words were like a sharp arrow, completely shattering his disguise. He didn't know what to do, but he just didn't want to face it.

Zhou Shuo stood there and said softly: "If I invest in place of Dream Group, are you willing?" ”

Tu Anbei raised his head violently and looked at Zhou Shuo. Then he shook his head and said, "Impossible, do you know how much investment Menghai Dream Group needs to make in Menghai Microelectronics?" 60 million, 10 million grants, 50 million loans. ”

"Sixty million, I have." Zhou Shuo said calmly.

"What are you kidding, that's sixty million, not six thousand." Tu Anbei smiled angrily, such an important matter, he couldn't accept the attitude that someone was discussing as if he was buying a watermelon.

Zhou Shuo shrugged and said, "If you don't believe it, I can take out 10 million immediately, and you give me a month for the remaining 50 million, and I can raise it." ”

Tu An Beileng said: "What you said is true? ”

"Absolutely." Zhou Shuo took out a passbook from his pocket, handed it to him and said, "If I can't provide the remaining 50 million on time, this 10 million will be regarded as compensation for you." ”

Tu Anbei took the passbook and opened it, and couldn't help but be a little daze when he saw a long string of "0s" in the balance column. What you dreamed of came true so easily? Not dreaming, right?

"This ......" Tu Anbei didn't know what to say, he hadn't even figured out what Zhou Shuo was, what his identity, and what his heart was, so it was too risky to accept his investment rashly. His personal adventure is nothing, but it is a bit too heavy to take the country's only integrated circuit laboratory adventure.

You must know that not just anyone can cooperate with the integrated circuit laboratory of Fudan University, which is equivalent to Tu Anbei endorsing Zhou Shuo's investment. If it weren't for him, even if Zhou Shuo took out one or two hundred million, no one would have looked at it.

Tu Anbei was hesitating, but his wife ran over with a newspaper with a panicked look.

His wife stuffed the newspaper over, and said in Tu Anbei's ear: "Old Tu, do you see if Zhou Shuo mentioned here is he?" ”

Tu Anbei looked at the newspaper, and there was a half-length photo on the front page of Science and Technology Daily, could it be this Zhou Shuo standing in front of him? He hurriedly looked down at Lu, only to see that the title read: A new chapter in science and technology to prosper trade, and the sense of innovation makes a lot of money!

He has been quite restless these days, and he can't even lift the mood of reading the newspaper. Now it's the first time I've seen this report, so I hurriedly continued to look at Lu Xia with a glance.

The article reported in detail that Zhou Shuo started with the X-architecture keyboard, sold ERP software to Microsoft, and then established Xinke Computer Company to take over the software outsourcing business in the United States.

Science and Technology Daily is the People's Daily of the technology world, and what could be more revealing than its front-page headlines?

Tu Anbei was ecstatic in his heart, with this report, there would not be so much pressure on his endorsement. There is a huge difference between an obscure person and a propagandized role model in terms of political recognition.

"Okay, I promise!" Tu Anbei said excitedly: "As long as you can invest 60 million, I will give up this old face to persuade my superiors to change the investor!" ”

ps. The content of this chapter has processed the facts, and only represents the author's point of view, the rights and wrongs of the fantasy group in reality and Tu Anbei in reality, I am afraid that only the parties can explain clearly. Each person has a different position in society and looks at problems from different angles, so there are millions of facts. It is impossible to say which is wrong and which is right, because history is not like fiction, there are no ifs.

Dream Group has chosen his own path, and being able to survive already shows that he has chosen the right path. But that doesn't stop us from sitting down and thinking about whether we would have been different today if we had taken a different path.

Of course, this is just YY, sitting from the author's point of view, some of the points in the book are in the service of the plot. Liu Zongnan in reality has always been an admirable national businessman.