Chapter 775: It’s not easy to take advantage of Loongson Company

Many companies like to distribute New Year’s goods during the Chinese New Year, which can make employees feel happy, and also allow the company’s procurement personnel to get benefits, which everyone is happy with.

No one dares to take advantage of Mingzhou Group. Once found out, Qin Tao will send such people to prison without mercy. High wages, high benefits, and strict measures can effectively put an end to this phenomenon. .

 Furthermore, in many cases, money is given out but not in kind, leaving the workers to buy whatever they want.

Now, Qin Tao is very surprised to have to give out physical items, or give each person a computer.

At the end of the 1990s, computers were still a very high-end thing. Only families that became rich first would buy computers. For ordinary people, this thing was still out of reach.

The workers of Mingzhou Group are rich and can buy a computer with one month's salary. However, this does not mean that everyone will buy it. After all, not everyone values ​​education and high technology, so now, Qin Tao simply gave them computers and asked them to use them. At least their next generation would be able to use computers.

There is a saying that education should start from childhood. As for whether you can use computers to play games or even become addicted to games? Qin Tao said that this problem is not a problem for him, because the games are developed by Goose Factory. When the time comes, he will directly monitor the IP address. If it is a computer in the courtyard of a family member of the Mingzhou Group, and the game time exceeds half an hour, then Just lock the account and unlock it the next day, so you can control it from the source.

“So everyone’s computer configuration is the same, or are there differences?”

"Of course there must be distinctions." Qin Tao said: "We have stopped practicing egalitarianism a long time ago. Different levels have different contributions, and of course the year-end bonuses received are also different. If everyone is the same, it will become a big pot. Who can eat it? I still want to work hard. You make a plan here, and I will go to Huating to discuss it with Loongson Company. We want a lot of quantity this time, and I don’t know if there is enough inventory there."

As SMIC's wafer fab continues to expand in scale, Loongson's output is also constantly increasing. Now it can not only meet domestic use, but also export in large quantities internationally. According to this order from Minzhou Group, they should be able to Affordable.

With this thought in mind, Qin Tao headed to Huating on his own extended red flag.

 Loongson Company.

 “Lao Ni, it’s been a long time since I last saw you. Your complexion is getting better and better!” A hearty laughter came from Mr. Ni’s office.

Looking at Liu Zhonglie and Yang Qingfeng who came in, a trace of disgust flashed across Mr. Ni's face. However, he still concealed his dissatisfaction and did not slap the smiling person. The past was in the past.

“I know you don’t like drinking, so we didn’t bring any wine. We just brought you two boxes of snacks from Daoxiang Village. Given our relationship, does it not violate your principles to accept these snacks?” Liu Zhonglie asked.

Yang Qingfeng had already placed the snacks on the table in a familiar manner. Mr. Ni looked at the two boxes of snacks and said, "I will only accept the same gift and kindness. You can keep whichever you think is valuable."

Since when did this old Ni start to talk nonsense? Liu Zhonglie and Yang Qingfeng looked embarrassed, but Yang Qingfeng thought for a moment and picked up the two boxes of snacks.

 It must be that your thoughts are more valuable than gifts, so I can only leave my thoughts behind.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and your Loongson Company is blooming steadily. It would be miserable for us to think about it." Liu Zhonglie sat on the sofa nearby and said to Mr. Ni: "In the past few years, I have been Reflecting on it, it was all my fault that we had trouble in the first place! It would be great if you still stayed with us."

"It's useless for me to stay in my thoughts." Mr. Ni said: "We have different paths and we don't want to work together. You are only thinking about how to do business, and I am thinking about how to do technology. We are not in the same realm, and we are destined not to be the same." Together."

Liu Zhonglie was a little embarrassed. He took a deep breath and then said: "Lao Ni, you also know how expensive it is to develop chips. If your Loongson company does not have the strong support behind Mingzhou Group, can it succeed? ?”

Mr. Ni lamented: “That’s right, if it weren’t for Mingzhou Group, we, Godson, would not be where we are today.”

 Loongson needs design, production, and advanced technology. At that time, L thought, we really didn’t have it. If we wanted to build it, we didn’t know how much it would cost.

However, if he does not develop chips, he will always be a low-end assembly plant. If he does not develop upwards, others will choke his neck and earn high profits. Even if he is given another chance, he must still be firm. Unswervingly develop the chip industry.

"Now, we L want to encounter a crisis, and we need your help." Liu Zhonglie said: "Now, Loongson 4 is about to be taped out. We L want not to get involved in the domestic market. We want to get overseas assembly machines. How about the authorization? I know that you only know about technology, but you don’t know about sales. I happen to understand this."

Liu Zhonglie came here this time with confidence. Although he had a lot of unpleasantness with Mr. Ni before, business is business and unpleasantness is unpleasant. These are two different things. For the sake of business, enemies can sit down and talk. Now, there is more What's more, are they still old friends who used to work together?

Furthermore, Liu Zhonglie also understands Mr. Ni’s personality. Mr. Ni is a sentimental person. Now as long as he feels pitiful, he will definitely help.

"Do you want the overseas sales rights of Godson No. 4?" Mr. Ni asked curiously. He would go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. This old friend must have some agenda when he comes here. Now, he has revealed his purpose.

So next, should you agree or not?

"Yes, that's it." Liu Zhonglie said: "We are sure that Loongson 4 will quickly occupy the overseas market, and the sales will be higher than domestic sales. As long as the production capacity is sufficient, we can squeeze out Intel. This is also your wish. Bar?"

Liu Zhonglie looked at Mr. Ni's face, trying to see any clues on his face.

Mr. Ni sighed: "From a personal perspective, I am willing to help you, but from a company perspective, it is impossible for me to cooperate with a company with a criminal record."

“Have a criminal record? What do you mean?” Liu Zhonglie was stunned.

"In recent years, when our Loongson 3 was launched, it has surpassed Intel and AMD. We originally planned to only supply the domestic market, but there have been many private smuggling activities, smuggling our Loongson 3 abroad for sale." Ni The old man said: "In order to improve the domestic technological level, we sold computers at low prices in the country. As a result, a large number of computers were sold abroad by some profit-seeking businessmen. Do you know about this?"

Liu Zhonglie shook his head: "I don't know, how could such a thing happen? Isn't this taking advantage of your Loongson Company?"

“We have investigated the flow of these computers. There are more than a dozen computer companies involved. The largest smuggling volume is the sum of the other companies. I don’t need to name this company’s name, right?”

Liu Zhonglie's expression changed: "Old Ni, don't listen to those people's nonsense. We will never do such a thing. This must be a misunderstanding!"

“Lao Liu, I didn’t say anything about you.” Lao Ni gave him a blank look: “Do you admit it yourself?”

Liu Zhonglie's face turned red: "Old Ni, of course it's not like this. Please listen to my explanation!"

"Lao Liu, our Loongson Company will never cooperate with profit-seeking companies. I'm very happy that you can come to see me. However, I hope that we will just have a pure friendship in the future without mixing other things. Otherwise, we will not even be friends. If you can’t do it, go away and I’ll see you off.”

 Are you seeing off the guests now?

Liu Zhonglie stood up with a red face, his eyes were a little gloomy, his throat was crawling, and he didn't know if it was time to say harsh words.

"Recently, we, SMIC, are manufacturing processors for AMD. The performance of the batch of K-7 processors is pretty good. It would be wasteful to ship them directly from our SMIC assembly line to overseas. You can contact AMD. The company will discuss and purchase part of that batch of processors, assemble them into complete machines at your place, and then sell them," Mr. Ni said.

This is a reminder to old friends. Our Loongson company will not cooperate with you anymore, but you still have a way to survive. Cooperation with AMD is a good choice.

Liu Zhonglie frowned, then put on a smile: "Thank you, Lao Ni, for your advice."

After getting in the car, Liu Zhonglie spoke angrily: "Humph, I don't know what's good or bad. I am cooperating with them now because I respect them. Now, he won't accept gifts and won't give authorization. Huh, he wants to toast instead of eating." Fine drinking!"

“He actually dared to slander us for reselling Loongson-3 processors.” Yang Qingfeng was also very angry: “I think, since he is unkind, then we are also unjust!”

 “What can you do?”

“Their processors are manufactured by SMIC. After they are manufactured, they will be transported to several computer companies for assembly. We might as well be on the road..."

As the two people's car left the Loongson Company, a Hongqi car drove towards them and entered the Loongson Company.

“There is no need to report it. Is this a car for internal use?”

“No, this car was taken by Mr. Qin, and it should be Mr. Qin who is here.” Yang Qingfeng said: “Otherwise, we will do the same thing and get Mr. Qin too…”

Liu Zhonglie rolled his eyes at him: "If you dare to do that, we will have no other choice but to flee overseas immediately. We may even be hunted down to the ends of the earth."

 Are you kidding? Don’t you know Mr. Qin’s identity and background? Even if it is done covertly, traffic accidents and the like will still be discovered, which will lead to terrible consequences.

Everything they do now is still under the rules of business. If they dare to break out of the rules, the other party will retaliate and abandon the rules.

At this time, Qin Tao also looked at the leaving Hutouben: "That car is very impressive, whose car is it?"

“I don’t know, let me check it for you now.” Xu Zhengyang, who was driving, said.

After the air show, Xu Zhengyang originally planned to continue following Qin Tao, but Qin Tao drove him to continue working on the islands and reefs in the southern seas, and did not return until the end of the year.

During this period, Xu Zhengyang was tanned, but even brighter. A phone call every night showed that he was in a beautiful love.

However, he still did not forget his work, and he continued to work very well.

 “L wants to be from the company.” Xu Zhengyang received the answer a little later.

“Send people to keep an eye on them. I suspect they are going to do bad things.” Qin Tao said.

 “Yes, I will arrange it immediately.”

Xu Zhengyang did all these things smoothly while driving.

Although Zhao Ling is also by Qin Tao's side, Qin Tao still doesn't let Zhao Ling do these dirty things. It's better for her to stay as she is now.

When the car stopped at the door of the office building, Qin Tao saw Mr. Ni standing at the door.

“Mr. Ni, are you a prophet? You knew we were coming and were waiting here in advance?”

Mr. Ni smiled bitterly: "No, I'm just sending a friend off. After sending it off, I always feel that something is wrong with this matter. I am just here blowing the wind and thinking about it. You know, I am engaged in technology, and these things are really not right. I understand, it’s great that you’re here now.”

 “Is the person you want coming?”

"Mr. Qin, you are so capable, I can't hide anything from you." Mr. Ni said: "They wanted the overseas agency rights of our Loongson 4, but I refused. I don't want to cooperate with them, otherwise I didn’t even know I was being sold.”

Qin Tao nodded: "We definitely can't cooperate with them. Companies that claim that technology has no borders should disappear."

Zhao Ling followed Qin Tao and sighed in her heart, Brother Tao is really interesting. Zhang Rujin shouted that technology has no borders, and Brother Tao praised him. L wanted to call technology without borders, but Brother Tao despised it. This is not a double standard, but a different standard. , one is that he has no skills, and the other is that he has skills.

“Let’s go in and talk.” Qin Tao said, “I’m here for another thing.”

"good."

 Entering the office, Mr. Ni was very moved when he heard what Qin Tao said about the new year’s goods: “Mr. Qin, it’s an unprecedented first time to send out the new year’s goods of computers to workers. What a generous move you made!”

Qin Tao smiled: "The workers have been busy for a whole year, and it is not easy. We have to give them something good, mainly to train the next generation, so that the factory children will not only think about how to hold the welding gun all day long, but do not want to learn cultural knowledge. "

There are quite a lot of people like this. They have been exposed to it since childhood. It is really like that for teenage children to pick up a welding gun. However, is it so easy for them to succeed in their father's business?

 Times are changing, technology is advancing, and there will be fewer and fewer people needed. Now automated welding can only weld flat places. In the future, it will be able to weld even all kinds of complex places, and fewer and fewer welders will be needed.

If every descendant of a welder becomes a welder, they will be unemployed. In the future, we will be in an era of intelligence, and not knowing computers is not enough.

“Mr. Qin, if each person has one, the quantity is indeed not small. However, as long as we work harder, we can still complete it.” Mr. Ni said: “After all, the current production capacity is also large.”

 In recent years, Loongson Computer has developed rapidly. Not only has its performance been improved, but its production capacity has also been continuously expanded. Although Qin Tao's requirements are huge, they are not impossible to fulfill.

"Okay, from Loongson 1 to Loongson 4, we need computers with various configurations, so as not to affect our normal delivery." Qin Tao said, "Especially for Loongson 4, we only need the first batch of tape-outs. That’s it.”

The first batch of tape-out can be said to be experimental products. Generally, such experimental products will not flow to the market. They must be tested by themselves or given to friends for testing. If there are any extra, they can be given away as gifts. Qin Tao needs it now, and it is just right. Self-produced and sold.

Hearing what Qin Tao said, Mr. Ni nodded: "Okay, of course there is no problem. If there is any problem when using the computer, please give us feedback in time and we will make improvements as soon as possible."

 After talking about these things, it was already evening.

“Let’s go and eat.” Qin Tao said, “I haven’t eaten in your Loongson Company’s canteen for a long time. I don’t know how your food is.”

“Our canteen? It’s already open at this time, but there shouldn’t be anyone in the canteen.”

 “Why?”

“Our technical staff are all workaholics.” Mr. Ni said: “Although they have dinner at six o’clock, many of them will work until eight or nine o’clock.”

　That’s how it is for people who work in IT, let alone those who work on hardware. They wish they were just a machine and would never stop turning.

“We can’t let them go hungry.” Qin Tao said, “These technicians have the smartest minds among us.”

"Yes. So if it's too late, our cafeteria staff will reheat the meal, put it in a lunch box, and deliver it to our office in the form of a lunch box, next to the office." Mr. Ni said.

Qin Tao nodded: "People are like iron, and food is like steel. You can't do it without eating. You guys should also pay attention to rest. If an unexpected incident occurs, it will be easy to be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives."

 There are cases of sudden death in large factories due to overtime work. Once this happens, people will scold them. Even if the money is enough, the R&D personnel can still find the mental motivation to prevent such accidents.

When Qin Tao and Mr. Ni came to the restaurant, sure enough, it was empty and no one was eating. Qin Tao looked at the dishes inside and found them to be very good. The aroma is fragrant. This canteen is contracted by a large hotel in Huating. It is simply a five-star standard. Unfortunately, for scientific researchers, eating is just to fill their stomachs.

 Qin Tao was hungry now, so he ordered a few dishes and sat down to eat.

"Mr. Qin, I just received the news." At this moment, Xu Zhengyang came to him: "The person L wants is in contact with people from the logistics company."

“Logistics company?” Qin Tao was curious: “What are they looking for people from the logistics company to do? Don’t they know that the logistics company is also run by us?”

Now, the largest logistics company in the country was developed by Mingzhou Transportation Company. They not only transport on land, but also have transportation business in the sky and at sea. Qin Tao has hardly managed this company and has always been a hands-off shopkeeper. , just get a share every year.

Since they have their own logistics company, all kinds of transportation business are also handled by their own logistics company. Iron ore at sea, crude oil, large items in the sky, etc. are their main business, L thinks. He actually went to find people from the logistics company to plot a conspiracy. Isn't this stupid?

“They didn’t find anyone from above, they just found a few drivers, and the method was very clever.” Xu Zhengyang said: “These drivers are responsible for transporting chips.”

 Transporting chips?

Mr. Ni's expression suddenly changed: "They don't want to rob us on the way, right? If they really dare to do this, they will break up with us! Huh, now they don't even have to do any superficial work. Got it!"

Mr. Ni's face darkened.

 Loongson 4 is about to start tape-out, and everyone is watching. Whoever gets the Loongson 4 first will make a lot of money! Therefore, Liu Zhonglie came and used his past friendship to deceive Mr. Ni and wanted him to hand over the chip agency rights to them. However, Mr. Ni obviously would not do this. After the negotiation was not settled, they actually wanted to use this A means.

 “Aren’t they afraid of the law?” Zhao Ling was also curious.

"If something goes wrong, they can just throw it out and push it out." Qin Tao said: "If you want them to suffer a loss, you have to find another way."

 “What can we do?” Mr. Ni asked.

“Is there a CPU that will burn the motherboard when plugged into it?” Qin Tao asked.

“Burn the motherboard?” Mr. Ni shook his head: “Our CPU does not burn the motherboard.”

“What if you specifically make a batch of this kind of CPU? There are no chips inside. You just need to design a few circuits to burn the motherboard.”

“This is simple, just do something in the packaging department.” Mr. Ni said: “Just short-circuit a few pins that are dedicated to powering the CPU.”

 “Can you burn all the memory and other things along the way?”

Mr. Ni nodded: "Of course. Some pins of the CPU are connected to the memory and are used to transmit data. The circuits are designed internally. These data channels are directly connected to the 12-volt power supply circuit, and the memory can be burned. Since we want to To do this, we might as well connect the graphics card together, but unfortunately the hard drive cannot be burned. The hard drive needs to transmit data through the South Bridge, and the South Bridge chip will be burned directly, and the hard drive will not be affected."

“Well, let’s just make this batch. It doesn’t need to be too much, just one container.”

Zhao Ling on the side opened her eyes wide.

  Motherboard, memory, graphics card, if these are burned due to counterfeit and shoddy processors, it will be a huge loss! All these combined must be more expensive than the processor.

All kinds of things can be faked, but chips are very difficult. There is no other reason. Chips cannot be faked at all. Its technical content determines that it is impossible to have fakes. However, in the hands of smart Orientals, it can still be faked. Counterfeiting, for example, hiring a few migrant workers to polish off the serial number of the chip, and then replace it with your own serial number, pretending to be a self-developed processor, for example, when there is a chip shortage, directly selling some disassembled second-hand chips, etc. .

However, it is really rare for people to commit large-scale fraud like Qin Tao.

“Then shall we make samples of Loongson-4?”

Qin Tao shook his head: "No, we announced to the outside world that in order to ensure safety, Loongson 4 will be transported directly by air. We are making samples of Loongson 3, and by the way, we have to add a special mark. We will announce it later and we will send it at any time. Able to determine what is true and what is false.”

 (End of this chapter)