1991 Starting from the core

Become a place of light.

The conference room was filled with smoke.

As a senior researcher, Zheng Zhenchuan slapped the table in front of the leader for the first time. Facing the silent leader, he shouted with a red face: "Five million! Director Wang! At least 500 million! And there is no limit if there is a breakthrough!"

"Old Zheng, don't get excited."

Director Wang put down the cigarette butt and consoled him with a smile: "No matter how much money you have, capitalist money... doesn't it feel hot to your hands after taking it?"

Zheng Zhenchuan was startled, then sneered: "Capitalists? Okay, let's talk about capitalists today!"

"Capital comes into this world, and every pore is dripping with filth and blood. The pursuit of profit is its instinct and nature. Am I right? Is that what Lao Ma said?"

"Old Zheng, don't get excited."

Zheng Zhenchuan took a few deep breaths: "I'm not excited, I'm stating the facts. So, how can we, Chengguang, be worthy of a capitalist investing 500 million? If a capitalist really wants to make money, he doesn't know how to buy Nikon or Canon ? He wants to invest, but he doesn’t know how to invest in ASML? ASML has already solved 0.5 micron!"

At this time, Deputy Director Zhou leisurely said: "Then I am very curious, then why did he invest money and what is his motive?"

"Motive? Haha..." Zheng Zhenchuan smiled again: "Motive... He said that we are the only ones who make photolithography machines in China. If we don't do it, no one will do it in the country in the future. In the future, if we don't sell it abroad, Us, then we can only buy other people’s high-priced chips.”

"We still have a rope around our necks! Leaders! Don't think that you can breathe freely just after taking a breath! As scientists, it is our bounden duty to break through the blockade and challenge the limits."

Zheng Zhenchuan took a deep gulp of tea and added: "By the way, this is what the capitalists said, not me - don't forget, his father is the popular candidate for academic committee this year. He himself is even more integrated. Genius in circuits! Go to Silicon Valley and ask how powerful the Wonder Boy is."

"People can think so far before they are 20 years old. How can those of us who have been buried for most of our lives be no better than a young boy?"

After Zheng Zhenchuan finished speaking, he closed his mouth tightly.

The conference room fell into silence again.

After a long time, Director Wang sighed heavily: "Old Zheng, even if we agree, the superiors may not approve it. His conditions are too harsh. If a precedent is set, wouldn't capital be able to kidnap academics at will in the future?"

Zheng Zhenchuan sighed.

In fact, he knew that these high-sounding reasons were not fundamental.

Basically... that 500 million is too much.

Our group of people, together with the Changguang Institute's light source team, total only two hundred people. But it can "exclusively enjoy" a budget of at least 550 million. You know, last year the entire budget of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was less than 500 million!

In fact, last year, the country's total investment in scientific research was only 10 billion, including the total investment from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, major schools and various enterprises. (Note: The proportion of R\u0026D [scientific research and GPD] back then was about 0.5%~0.6%, and now it has exceeded 2%)

How can this not make people jealous?

Not worrying about scarcity but worrying about inequality has existed since ancient times. Everyone is working on the "atomic bomb". Why do you still get the money from selling tea eggs while you are working on the "atomic bomb"?

Zheng Zhenchuan was silent for a few seconds and then said softly: "Wang Suo, if you really don't approve, I will ask Lao Zhao to resign directly."

"Nonsense!"

"It's not nonsense, it's careful consideration." Zheng Zhenchuan exhaled slowly with a relaxed look on his face: "I'm almost fifty, and I'll get old if I don't work hard."

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"The large population and backward status have given everyone in the world, including ourselves, the illusion that the people are very poor. In fact, even if a big ship is broken, there are only three thousand nails!"

Sitting on the sofa at home, Su Yuanshan looked at his dusty uncle with a smile: "Only by entering the market in person can you know what the market is like."

Zhang Keshen nodded in agreement and laughed: "Yes! But I still feel that money seems to be particularly easy to make this year. Everyone can take out money casually from their pockets. Is it because of the spring breeze?"

Su Yuanshan smiled and said: "It's because after the spring breeze blows, the currency circulating in the market has increased this year."

Zhang Ke was startled and asked hesitantly: "You mean the country has printed money?"

Su Yuanshan nodded with a smile: "And there are a lot of prints, so uncle, when you make a cost budget, you must take the inflation coefficient into account, otherwise you will make a profit on paper but lose money in reality."

Zhang Ke nodded heavily: "I'll write it down in my notebook later - tell me what else you need to pay attention to when building a shopping mall."

Su Yuanshan chuckled.

This year, my uncle relied on his boldness and abundant cash flow to quickly establish a prototype of a nationwide chain of electrical appliance malls centered on provincial capitals and then on various developed domestic cities as nodes. By this month, it has surpassed Jiamei in one fell swoop.

With the popularity of "Spring Story", VCD also quickly became known to people. As a brother company, the production capacity of the special zone immediately satisfied Zhang Ke.

In just half a month, Zhang Ke sold 200,000 VCDs, consuming nearly half of the VCD factory's production capacity.

"There's nothing you need to pay attention to, just don't be greedy." Su Yuanshan said seriously: "We are engaged in industry and commerce, we don't want to play with capital."

Zhang Ke nodded: "I understand this. Now our cash flow is extremely abundant. And standing at the forefront, opening a store is equivalent to planting a cash cow. I really didn't dare to think about it before..."

"You just have to dare to think, otherwise what's the difference between it and Paramecium?" Professor Su Xinghe looked up from the document and said with a smile.

Su Xinghe has gained a few more gray hairs in the past six months, but his condition has become even more energetic. In the words of his son, Professor Su was full of academic spring.

Zhang Ke chuckled: "Brother, I heard that you are going to be a member of the academic department this year?"

"Let's not mention the matter of missing people for now." Su Xinghe put down the document and looked at his son: "You can just sign it directly from UMC, right?"

Su Yuanshan smiled and shook his head: "No, with the help of consensus, we can expand the results and trick UMC into building a wafer fab, but this will require dealing with government departments."

Su Xinghe thought for a while and nodded. He knew that his son didn't like to deal with officials, and he didn't want his son to face officialdom at such a young age: "Okay, let them send an itinerary and set the specifications. I'll do it here. arrange."

"Okay."

After dinner, the three of them inevitably talked about the photolithography machine.

When Su Yuanshan wanted to spend 500 million yuan on lithography machines, neither Su Xinghe nor Zhang Ke objected, but they were doubtful about whether the Chinese Academy of Sciences could accept the cooperation model proposed by Su Yuanshan.

Five hundred million yuan is already ten times the state’s investment.

It stands to reason that for a costly project like building a photolithography machine, it is absolutely desirable to receive such support from the private sector.

But when faced with so much money, it will arouse human greed.

Su Xinghe looked at his son and frowned: "These 500 million are just a piece of fat in the eyes of some people."

"Then some people think too much. If we really have to push it to that point, I will sign lifetime contracts for relevant personnel, provide housing benefits, and a retirement system. I still don't believe it. I planted a sycamore tree here and it still can't attract them. Golden Phoenix."

Su Yuanshan was not panicked at all.

Su Xinghe smiled and shook his head: "It's too simple to think, money is not everything."

Su Yuanshan smiled and said: "To cooperate, we have to force it. Otherwise, how can we always treat us rich people as fat sheep?"