In Hu Zhengming's view, compared with starting a business and earning four million dollars in just half a year, it is a more rare thing to be invited by Bill Gates.

It's the time when Microsoft and Bill Gates are in full swing.

Hu Zhengming was also able to earn four million dollars, although not in a short period of time, but he could not get the opportunity to meet Bill Gates alone.

He reconfirmed: "Is it a separate meeting?" ”

"Yes, Secretary Bill Gates has sent me an email with the time and place to write it, and it is just the two of us.

I reckon there will be some security around. ”

"Wouldn't it be appropriate for me to go?" Hu Zhengming asked.

Although Bill Gates has not invested in semiconductor-related companies at the moment, it does not mean that it is meaningless to meet Bill Gates.

The other party's casual connections can bring a great boost to Hu Zhengming's company.

Hu Zhengming established Silu Microelectronics two years ago, focusing on EDA platform, of course, EDA also has many subdivisions, and the direction of Silue Microelectronics is: intensive modeling and fast full-chip circuit simulation.

The subsequent acquisition of Slight Microelectronics by Cadence is also based on Strategy's leadership in the field and will help Cadence bridge the gap between nanotechnology and IC performance.

The acquisition was made in 2003, and now, Hu Zhengming still has the ambition to do a big job.

He has been running around the academic and industrial circles in order to find a better development space for Strategy.

In the field of EDA, the first-mover advantage is too obvious.

If latecomers want to make a breakthrough, they either throw money at it or you have a unique technical advantage in a certain segment.

Siluo Microelectronics is taking the second way, and it is not bad, and it is time to throw money at this time.

The bottleneck period of the second road is very short.

Hu Zhengming hopes to meet some powerful investors through Bill Gates.

Zhou Xin: "I can send an email to ask the other party's secretary."

See if the other person minds. ”

Hu Zhengming thought for a moment and said, "This time you will go alone."

This should be your first meeting with Mr. Gates.

You've also interned at Microsoft before.

The big guys don't do things for no reason. Although I don't know much about the Internet industry, I think there must be something valuable that the other party has taken a look at.

There will be many opportunities in a person's life, and there are only a few key opportunities, and you can perform well.

If you can catch up with Microsoft, you can save many years of time.

The first time you meet someone, don't waste the opportunity to make a request on me. ”

Zhou Xin wanted to say something, but Hu Zhengming waved his hand: "I know what you mean."

Although I brought you to Berkeley

Since you didn't come to work in the lab, then you spent most of your time running in foreign trade

Actually, I don't know you very well.

But with my superficial understanding, you definitely don't feel worried about this kind of thing, and you need someone to help you check it.

The reason why you want to take me there is to give me a more intuitive feeling of your current strength.

It is also convenient to reach some conditions with me in the future.

You're still hoping to get a Ph.D. at Berkeley, right? Hu Zhengming asked.

Zhou Xin felt helpless for a while, Lao Hu's sense of smell twenty years ago was even more acute than twenty years later.

I saw through his thoughts almost at a glance.

This made Zhou Xin think that he wanted to work at ZTE after graduating from his doctorate, and Hu Zhengming directly said that he was like a chestnut in the fire.

He smiled and said, "Professor, I don't want to mention any conditions, I will definitely complete the relevant research results in accordance with Berkeley's doctoral graduation requirements."

You will not be allowed to violate your work ethic. ”

Hu Zhengming added: "It's just that you can't stay in the lab every day like an ordinary doctoral student. ”

Zhou Xin nodded and said, "I guarantee that the papers and results I published when I finally graduated will be able to meet the relevant requirements."

It really can't be seen as their only job in terms of time, as other PhDs do. ”

Hu Zhengming asked rhetorically: "What if it doesn't reach it?" ”

Zhou Xin: "If I don't reach it, I won't choose to delay my graduation and put most of my energy into my studies when I'm relatively free." ”

Hu Zhengming was still a little confused: "Since you have achieved some success in your career.

Even if you graduate with a Ph.D., it is almost impossible to make five million dollars in just half a year.

Why do you still insist on getting this PhD?

From the fact that you don't want to stay in the lab but are guaranteed to produce research that meets the graduation requirements, that is, you are a results-oriented person.

If you're committed to academics, then earning five million dollars is enough for you to focus most of your studies on your studies for a long time to come.

If you are committed to achieving business success and want to start a great business, then you should drop out of school, and a PhD in the field of integrated circuits will not help you much to start a business in the Internet field.

I don't know what exactly you want to do in the future? ”

"Making money is just a means, not an end, and I still hope to return to China to start a business in integrated circuits.

Professor, you have been to China many times, and you should have talked to experts and practitioners in the field of integrated circuits in China.

In the current environment, Huaguo does not have the entrepreneurial environment and financial support in the field of integrated circuits.

I need to have enough money to support me to go back to China to start my own business.

So now the Internet field is the place where the entire Wall Street capital is pouring in, and it is also the easiest place to get wealth, and I need to rely on this to complete the original accumulation of capital.

When I returned to Huaguo, my identity determined that if I earned this money in Huaguo, there would be a certain risk of security.

And in Ameriken, Dr. Berkeley's status was able to provide me with adequate shelter.

So I eventually hope to return to China to start a business in the field of integrated circuits. ”

Zhou Xin is very frank, because not only him, but countless Chinese scientists and technical experts in later generations have contributed to the development of Huaguo's semiconductor field.

In this era, Ameriken also did not realize that semiconductors could be weapons, and they were eager to sell semiconductor products to China.

This is self-confidence, and the Ameriken in the back is a sign of non-self-confidence.

But it is true that there was no self-confident capital at that time.

Hu Zhengming nodded silently after listening, he knows the industrial environment of Huaguo's integrated circuits very well, and it can be said that only the government wants to support the integrated circuit industry.

From private capital to state-owned capital, there is no optimism about this area.

The gap is too big, and if you go back to engage in semiconductor entrepreneurship, you won't be able to make money at all.

Now I don't even have policy support when I go back.

It was not until June 2000 that China issued a document specifically supporting the development of semiconductors.

The driving force behind development at this stage is entirely dependent on policy inputs.