"Mr. Zhang."

"Mr. Zhang Zao."

...

At Lenovo Beijing R&D Institute, Zhang Yuanzhizai's colleague walked into the office with a greeting. He was over 40 years old and always stayed up late during this period and was not in good spirits. He first made a cup of ginseng tea. Then he thought of the matter, put down the tea cup, took a deep breath, and called and asked, "Are the person there? If he arrives, he will come here."

"not yet……"

“Aren’t you supposed to be here today?”

Zhang Yuanzhi was shocked and a little angry at the same time, "How many days have you been? Not yet?"

There was a girl on the other side of the phone. She was startled by his tone and then explained stutteringly: "Go back, go back to Mr. Zhang... The maintenance staff there, when they were about to board the plane, they saw that they had booked economy class, so they went back directly. They also said that they would not come if they were not business class in the future... Sister Wang said a lot of good things before she persuaded people... She would have to arrive tomorrow..."

"Tomorrow? Then what am I doing today? People in the entire department and the entire project are doing this for them to repair it?"

Zhang Yuanzhi became more and more angry. He knew that he was not on the phone and tried hard to suppress his anger, but he still couldn't help but scold, "What a bullshit foreigner, he's so many troubles every time... It's just a little bit of a small matter, I can repair it myself, I can do it so many things..."

He is a senior hardware engineer and is currently one of the heads of the R&D institute here. He is currently doing a new project test, but an important machine made an error.

It's not a big problem, you can repair it yourself, but this is an imported machine. The contract clearly stipulates that Chinese people are only allowed to use it and not disassemble it, so they can only call foreign manufacturers to send someone to repair it.

The other party is used to making money while lying down, not only is it used to being comfortable, but it also develops a arrogant temperament. As long as someone comes, even if it is a big problem, he dares to speak out.

It's fine, after all, it's the company's money. He was angry and could only endure it because this machine could not be made in China...

But the other party not only asked for a very high price, but also made various suggestions, but also often delayed it. It took a week to report past problems here.

It's not necessarily on time!

After hanging up the phone, he became more and more angry as he thought about it. After drinking two cups of ginseng tea, he barely suppressed his irritability. While trying to calm down, someone knocked in the door and came in.

"Mr. Zhang... a problem was reported on the chip..."

"If you have any questions, please contact the other side to discuss and resolve them..."

"I submitted it to the other side yesterday morning, but I haven't replied yet, so I can't solve it..."

Zhang Yuanzhi subconsciously wanted to curse, took a deep breath, held back, waved his hand, signaling that he knew, let the other party leave, and breathed in anger. After thinking about it, he organized the wording and called a phone number.

"Hey, Mr. Liu... Did you read the report I gave you last week?"

"Oh, oh, I saw it."

The other party seemed to be stunned for a moment before remembering what he was saying. A glimmer of hope arose in Zhang Yuanzhi's heart and asked carefully: "What is your opinion?"

"well……"

There sighed and said earnestly, "Yuanzhi, I know what you think, I think too, who doesn't want to pinch the key technology in his hands? I don't feel panic when I have food in my hands!"

"This investment is too great. How much money and manpower is needed?"

"More importantly, if you invest so much, you may not succeed - once you fail, who can afford this responsibility? You are still me..."

"I! Give me three years, if there is no result, I will resign..."

"well!"

The other side sighed, "Don't be excited, don't be emotional, let alone say something like resigning. You can't act irritably... Let's take a step back and say, even if there is a result? What success can it be? Can it be used? Is it easy to use? Is it cost-effective?"

"I specialize in this, and I have the advantage of technical accumulation. Isn't this something I can catch up overnight?"

"Our main energy now should continue to be focused on the market, occupy the market first, and only if there is a market can you make money, and only if there is money can you develop..."

"No..." Zhang Yuanzhi tried to refute, but another sigh was interrupted, interrupting him and blocking his words: "Yuanzhi, you are an old comrade in our company. You must have a view of the overall situation and not be able to act voluntarily by young people."

Zhang Yuanzhi was silent for a few seconds and refused to give up: "Then we can try it on our phones. The difficulty is not that great, and I believe that the market for smartphones will further expand in the future. This is our opportunity."

Silence over there.

Zhang Yuanzhi saw hope and continued in an urgent tone: "We can use Android and open source systems in the system, we can use them directly, just make the chip... Make the processor first, this is done, and other chips can be considered..."

After he finished speaking, he was silent for another two seconds before sighing again, a little difficult to understand, and seemed a little disappointed: "This is still the problem we just did. We are doing it now, which is equivalent to starting from scratch. How much money and manpower is needed? Can we produce results? When can we produce results? Can we use it? Is it easy to use? Is it cost-effective?"

"Qualcomm, Intel, MediaTek, Samsung, Texas... there are already so many chip suppliers, why do we have to work hard to develop ourselves?"

"Our company can't do everything and make all the money, right? Is that realistic? Is it possible?"

Zhang Yuanzhi was silent for two seconds and said, "What you just said is that none of them are Chinese manufacturers."

"We must have a perspective on the overall situation, and not be so narrow in vision and thought. The new century has been around for ten years. We live in a great era of globalization. This is the trend of the times and historical necessity. It is meaningless to be entangled with this."

"If you have troubles at work, you can take a few days off. The proper rest is for a better job. I think you are just too tight. I'll make the decision on this matter. Put the work at hand, go out to play for a few days, and relax your body and mind..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yuanzhi sat at the table and was silent for a long time. Then he called a phone number, which was quickly connected, and a hearty laughter came out: "Oh, Mr. Zhang, I have waited for your phone number... How are you considering it? If there are any conditions, please just mention it! I don't agree!"

"I want to ask Mr. Liu a question... Does Gionee have the idea of ​​developing chips by himself?"

"Well……"

There was obviously a moment of silence, and after two seconds, I asked, "What chip?"

"Mobile processor."

"Oh, oh, that CPU...this...this is a bit difficult. The research and development of this thing is not something that can happen overnight. Maybe billions of dollars will be wasted, and Gionee doesn't have that much capital."

“Can you promise to do research and development this year in the future?”

There was silent for a while, then smiled. The laughter was already very different from what I just said, "You are a little bit troublesome, right?"

Zhang Yuanzhi was speechless for a moment, then apologized, the other party called, welcomed him again, and at the same time increased the treatment. Zhang Yuanzhi no longer cared about these things, and he kept dealing with them politely and hung up the phone.

He sat at the desk and was stunned again. He picked up his cell phone, as if he wanted to dial a certain number, but after hesitating for two seconds, he switched to another one and then dialed.

"Hello?"

There was a smile and confusion over there, "Why did you remember to call me?"

"You're the one who recruited me first?"

Zhang Yuanzhi smiled, "You can think of it if you ask me to work for a high school student."

"Is there no ambition to be old? Why have you seen it?"

"I've seen it long ago."

Zhang Yuanzhi thought about the content of the last conversation, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Tell me a brief explanation, is this kid reliable?"

"How do I know? Anyway, the money I gave is only enough... Haven't you always wanted to change jobs?"

"You know nothing!"

For many years, Zhang Yuanzhi swears directly, "I'm not trying to change jobs for money..."

"Yeah, yes, I understand."

There is Zhang Junhui, the principal of Yunlong No. 1 Middle School, who is a bit frivolous and joking tone, "It's not for money, it's for more money."

"If you don't want to argue with you, just tell me if this kid is reliable or not..."

"If you want him to use a high-end instrument processor or something, it will definitely be unreliable. He is a high school student who knows nothing, but if you want to make money from him, there will definitely be no problem."

Zhang Yuanzhi was silent for a few seconds and sighed, "Okay, it's okay, I'm dead. I'll go back and invite me to drink."

After hanging up the phone, he rubbed his temples and lay on the table to close his eyes to calm down. I don’t know how long it took, but he picked up his cell phone and dialed the phone. A young boy quickly rang out from there: “Hey, Mr. Zhang.”

Zhang Yuanzhi didn't have too much hope, so he got to the point and asked the question he had just now again. The other party was obviously stunned and then laughed: "So, are you free now? Let's meet and talk."

Zhang Yuanzhi thought about it for two seconds and thought it was avoiding his worries. He agreed and made an appointment with a cafe. He drove there. As soon as he entered, he saw someone waving.

To be honest, although we met each other, Zhang Yuanzhi didn't care much at the time and didn't have much impression of him. He was a little blind and didn't remember anyone - if the other party hadn't waved first, Zhang Yuanzhi might not have dared to go there directly.

But now the other party greeted him first. He walked over, sat down opposite him, ordered a cup of coffee, and looked at him again. Only then could he confirm that the student Zhang Junhui who came to find him last time was the one in front of him, and it seemed to be... Fang Chang'an.

He determined the other person's name in his heart, and the other person looked at him again, as if observing his expression, and then asked with a smile: "You don't seem to be in a good mood?"

"A little trivial matter at work."

Zhang Yuanzhi waved his hand and signaled not to care, "What do you mean by Mr. Fang? Do you have to meet him?"

He was not very polite, and Fang Changan didn't mind. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid that the phone is not sincere enough, so I'd better meet and make sure that what I'm telling is the truth."

This answer surprised Zhang Yuanzhi a little. Fang Changan continued: "Last time, you asked me a question about what my ambition was. At that time, I replied that I hoped to make ancient poetry the world's number one mobile phone brand."

He smiled and said, "I felt that I was already very angry at that time, but I didn't expect that it was not at your point at all."

Zhang Yuanzhi ignored it and just stared at the other party and waited for him to continue talking.

Fang Chang'an ordered the coffee early and sent it first. He took a sip and it tasted pretty good. "Then I will describe my ambitions in more detail now."

"Being the world's number one is a very distant goal. Even if you walk on the right path and keep moving forward, this is not a goal that can be achieved in a short period of time."

"But this is actually my goal in the first stage - no, it is the second stage. The first stage is to become the number one mobile phone manufacturer in China with the largest sales volume, and the second step is the world's number one."

"The third step is to make a smartphone that does not have an English letter from design to release, from packaging to use, from boot to shutdown-"

Fang Chang An paused and looked at Zhang Yuanzhi, "Including Android and every part in the phone."

Zhang Yuanzhi was stunned.

Fang Chang'an initially thought he was shocked, but after looking carefully, he found that the other party seemed to be shocked, but was wondering if he was talking nonsense.

Zhang Yuanzhi is indeed very suspicious - he is already one of the few radical people in the company, including in the living circle, but even he is only thinking about making breakthroughs in some core technologies.
To be continued...