Technological Hegemony

Luo Jia did not expect that he would come to the capital again so soon.

The weather in mid-October is already slightly cool. When Luo Jia got up in the morning, he habitually reached for the hooded sweater that was still on the bedside table, but after a second thought, he remembered that today was a special day, and he had to wear formal clothes. Some.

So he shrugged, went into the bathroom to wash, then put on a brand new gray suit, and stood in front of the huge full-length mirror.

Luo Jia is not a person who cares about appearance. The suit was bought temporarily in a nearby shopping mall, and the tie only cost more than 6,000 yuan. It was just a domestically produced SAINT ANGELO bird.

However, when Luo Jia wore this suit, the effect was really amazing. Even the eldest sister who sold the suit praised Luo Jia for her good figure and spirit.

Luo Jia in the mirror is stronger than before, and his upper body presents a perfect inverted triangle. Since he became the successor of an extraterrestrial civilization, the magical beeping sound in his mind has not only changed his knowledge structure, but also changed his His physical fitness.

Although he only sleeps for a short time every day, he is still able to experience a lot of energy. He occasionally goes to the gym for a run, and he does not feel tired after seven or eight kilometers. Instead, he feels indescribably refreshed.

When Luo Jia came to the hotel cafeteria, Hong Tao and the others had already arrived ahead of time. After having breakfast together, they left for the Great Wall Hotel, where the signing ceremony with the power department would be held.

"I heard that many bigwigs will come today." Hong Tao said excitedly, "The highlight is the speech after the signing ceremony. It is estimated that after Mr. Luo's speech is over, the video will appear on the desks of many departments. , can really play a certain role in promoting our country’s future R\u0026D investment.”

Luo Jia smiled, this is the main reason for his meticulous preparation today, the power department proposed that after the signing was completed, Luo Jia would give a speech on stage.

His speech at the International Hotel last time was said to have aroused great repercussions from the top management. As a top scientific research enterprise with no other limelight in China, Luo Jia's opinion is of great reference value to the top management.

In fact, there are many people who want Luo Jia to give a speech.

I think that when Luo Jia first appeared in Fudan University, he promised the deans that he would give a speech in the future, and then Luo Jia started his own arduous journey of starting a business.

This procrastination lasted for more than a year. Every time I saw Dean Sha Zhan, when he mentioned this matter, Luo Jia always felt very embarrassed.

However, today's speech has a special meaning, and Luo Jia still agreed, and positioned the topic of the speech as R\u0026D investment, a sensitive and crucial topic.

Soon after, they arrived at the Great Wall Hotel. Professor Ouyang's student, Sun Jingtao, and two employees from the power department were waiting outside. After receiving Luo Jia, they led him to the signing venue.

There were not many people, mainly journalists invited by the power department. Judging from the credentials hanging on the journalists, most of them were from the official media.

The process of the signing ceremony is even simpler.

Professor Ouyang and Chief Engineer Ning took Luo Jia to meet some high-level executives of the electric power company, and then Luo Jia and the high-level power grid came forward to sign their names on the contract that the business department and the legal department had already prepared.

Luo Jia called this process posing, because how to sit,

How to hold a pen, how to shake hands, are reminded by those photographers.

When it's time to sign the contract, you can simply put a name on the document with a swipe of the pen.

The contract has as many as two hundred and seventy pages, a thick stack.

Star Technology and Power Grid both have strong legal teams. The details of patent authorization, ownership of rights, ownership of obligations, references to specific provisions of domestic and international laws, etc. in the contract must be clearly written in the contract.

When the signing ceremony ended, there was warm applause from around.

The power department has obtained the exclusive authorization of the engineering ship, and Xingchen Technology has also become the exclusive supplier of the domestic supercapacitor energy storage center.

The contract given by the power department is quite generous, with a profit margin of about 20%. It belongs to the category of all Star Technology projects with relatively low profits. It is relatively close to the battery project, but lower than the optics department, chemistry department, and display department. , The profit margin of these divisions can reach an astonishing forty percent.

The key is that the two products, batteries and capacitors, are used in too much quantity, far exceeding the cameras produced by Star Technology.

People can't always think about money. You must know that it is the national team that signed the contract with Star Technology, and it is wiser to cut less wool for the national team.

We need to take a long-term view. After all, after the power grid gets the supercapacitor, Luo Jia's electric cars and motorcycles can be launched in large quantities. There is a close interest in it.

Besides, anyone who has done business knows that 20% profit rate is already very high.

If Comrade Luo Ning's small plastic bead factory had a 20% profit margin, it wouldn't have gone bankrupt.

Of course, Comrade Luo Ning's bankruptcy was mainly due to a conflict with the general direction of the country.

Making plastic beads is a polluting enterprise. Not only now, but even in the future, polluting enterprises will have no future. This is the consensus of the whole country. After all, everyone has had enough of the damn smog.

All in all, the signing was just a formality, and the reporters were asked to take a few photos for future publicity. The real highlight of the day was Luo Jia's speech.

Why is speaking important?

Because Professor Ouyang had already told Luo Jia in advance that some bigwigs wanted to come and listen in person. Professor Ouyang didn't say which bigwigs they were. Anyway, he could leave a good impression in front of these bigwigs. helpful.

Professor Ouyang personally took Luo Jia to the venue, which was in a larger conference hall upstairs.

When walking into the conference hall, Luo Jia saw some compartments in the back row and on both sides, a bit like the layout of a small concert hall.

The cubicle and the back row of the conference hall were already full of people, Luo Jia glanced casually and found that he didn't recognize any of them.

But judging from the appearance of these people, and the security personnel wearing black suits and wireless headphones around the venue, they should be some big people.

The bigwigs are keeping a low profile. In view of the sinister environment of the trade war, officials are now trying to minimize contact with private companies.

Huawei is a ready-made example. Foreign forces suspect that Huawei has an unclear relationship with the government. Mr. Ren is now very passive. In the name of national security, Huawei's products are banned and driven out of the market.

"You can speak boldly today." Professor Ouyang said to Luo Jia, "Although there is no time limit, I still advise you to speak a little faster, after all, the time of these bigwigs here is very tight."

Luo Jia nodded, indicating that he understood.

On an occasion like this, there were no hosts, let alone reporters. Luo Jia walked onto the stage alone, knocked on the microphone, and the microphone made two bangs.

He glanced at the audience, and saw that the seats were already full. Since there were many high-level people, everyone was more reserved, so no one applauded, and they just sat quietly.

Luo Jia cleared his throat and said with a smile, "Since Star Technology is a research and development-oriented enterprise, let me tell you about research and development today."

"All of you here are big names in the industry. I am young and have little experience. If I say something bad, please bear with me."

People in the audience nodded. Luo Jia's language style has always been like this. As long as it doesn't talk about professional issues, it is very relaxed. There are no polite words, just plain words.

Luo Jia paused and said, "When I was young, I was relatively innocent. I never thought about being an entrepreneur, but wanted to be a scientist."

"So I read a lot of biographies of scientists. Many years have passed, and I still remember the stories of those scientists. It seems that they single-handedly made shocking research. At most, there are a few assistants around them. Anyway, they It’s like a small team.”

"But today, I finally found that the past model of small teams and small investment in research and development is completely useless."

"Take our Star Technology as an example. Our mobile phone operating system was developed by more than 1,000 elites from the software department, and it took more than half a year to develop it."

"The battery and electronic control project, the hardware department invested more than 2,000 people, and it took more than half a year."

"To put it bluntly, this is our Star Technology. If we change to other companies, the research and development time will at least double."

"Not to mention spending money. So far, the Star Research Institute has spent more than 60 billion on infrastructure and experimental equipment investment. Moreover, with the expansion of the R\u0026D team and the increase in R\u0026D projects, we have to burn More money is in R\u0026D.”

"It can be seen from this that research and development is no longer something that one or two people can do with their ingenuity. It requires a lot of investment and a lot of output."

"If there is a small company with more than a dozen people, find the bosses and tell you that they have developed a power grid master control processor, which can achieve more efficient power grid management."

"This kind of person must be a liar, because the processor, not to mention the design experience and design tools, just find SMIC's tape-out, it will cost almost one billion, and the full set of tape-out tests will cost at least several billion. If it is not a super large enterprise, it will not be able to make chips at all.”

"Speaking of which, I'm going to use our old rival, Neon, as an example again."

"In 2017, something happened that I couldn't understand at all. Toshiba Storage was sold to a consortium headed by Wall Street Bain Capital for $18 billion."

"What is the concept of Toshiba's storage division? It is the last stronghold of Neon in the field of memory chips. If it is sold, there will be no company in Neon that can manufacture memory chips."

"It's as if our country sold SMIC. How could it be possible! If it were placed here, similar things would never happen."

There was a burst of sighs from the audience. Although it is a competitor, the sale of Toshiba storage by Neon has shocked the domestic technology industry. It is too great. Even scientists in our country feel sorry for Neon.

The Huaxia science and technology community agrees that the neon people are absolutely crazy. Memory chips are something that our country can't even buy, and they still sell it?

So, led by Foxconn, Huaxia also set up a consortium to directly charge twice the price to compete with Bain Capital.

The result is of course obvious. Neon people would rather sell Toshiba Storage to Wall Street than Huaxia.

Even today, this matter still hangs over the hearts of all scientific and technological workers like a haze.

Naked discrimination and technological blockade, the only way for high-end technology is independent research and development, and you can't buy it.

Luo Jia opened the mineral water bottle on the stage, took a sip, and continued, "I didn't think about it at the time. It's good. Why did Neon sell Toshiba Storage to Wall Street? But later, I checked After more information, the truth gradually surfaced."