From the perspective of both of them, they actually felt it was interesting when Zhang Jing spoke to them. It was possible to eliminate the punishment imposed on a student by USTC through their network of contacts. What was more, it was just a casual thing to communicate with young people, understand the young people of today, and get to know this young man who was close to Zhang Jing.
What they didn’t expect was that this freshman at HKUST said something that shocked them all.
Even if you are a science student, if you are a graduate student or a doctoral student, you can be exposed to more advanced scientific research projects and occasions. It is not an exaggeration to say that you know an academician, or that the academician speaks well of you and takes good care of you. It can even be said that people look at you differently and it is a glory for you, which means that you are worthy of being considered a young talent.
However, you are so young and you are still a freshman in college. What does it mean to have a good relationship with them? Are you their next-door neighbor? Do you often serve them dishes and borrow their thermos? And what are the chances of being neighbors with one thousand academicians of the two academies in the country
There is a trend now that officials are proud to know high-end scholars, as if it can add luster to themselves, make them look more bookish, and even show people a different spiritual realm. This is actually a common phenomenon in Chinese society. Officials pretend to be cultured, drink and discuss romantic affairs with talented people, and regard themselves as literati. This has been a tradition since ancient times.
Although Zhang Songnian and Zhang Chenzu held high positions, when faced with a giant panda like Li Taihang, who was an academician of the two academies, they might have met him at relevant meetings in Nanzhou. It was okay to say that they knew him, but they would blush if they told others about their relationship with him.
The key is their special status. Maybe in Nanzhou, Zhang Songnian and Zhang Chenzu can lead one side, but in the capital, officials of their level are just listeners at meetings or students in advanced study classes, but Li Taihang is an expert who is a guest of honor everywhere and a leader who gives reports on the spot.
To put it bluntly, the difference between others on stage and me off stage. If we compare the level of communication with others in daily life, it is enough to make local people who think they are in high positions feel dizzy.
Zhang Chenzu coughed dryly, "You live close to Academician Li?"
Cheng Ran met his gaze and said, "Academician Li is the specially appointed consultant of my father's Fulong Company, responsible for the research and development of integrated circuits for Fulong Company. I won the first place in the science subject of Sichuan Province in the college entrance examination, and was originally going to Tsinghua University or Peking University, but Academician Li strongly recommended me to their University of Science and Technology, so I am a student of the University of Science and Technology, and also a student of Academician Li."
Cheng Ran had always been under the shadow of Cheng Feiyang, and in fact, he often prepared to downplay the existence of his father. But after thinking about it, when facing people like Zhang Songnian and Zhang Chenzu, it is better to show an equal background and level for dialogue than to say anything eloquently, which can save a lot of words.
But at the same time, Cheng Ran didn't just emphasize these things. He still needed to impress the other party with something of his own, so he also brought up the matter of being the top scorer and rejecting Peking University and Tsinghua University.
It seemed as if crows were flying through the air.
Silent collapse occurred everywhere.
Zhang Songnian and Zhang Chenzu were silent for a while.
They both saw shock in each other's eyes.
There is too much information.
Jingjing had mentioned that Cheng Ran rejected Tsinghua and Peking University, but why didn't Jingjing mention that this was the reason!
And there is Fu Long!
Then the two of them realized that Cheng Ran in front of them had not actually revealed these things to his own child Zhang Jing.
Now it seems to be true. He is not an ordinary young man. He is introverted, but actually has a strong heart, mature temperament, and calm aura, even comparable to old veterans like them. Is this the result of being influenced by his family background
Or is it a gifted talent
"Fulong... is that the Fulong company that was involved in the Washington incident last year?"
"I am a defeated general. I am sorry to have embarrassed you two uncles."
The two of them almost lifted their buttocks and were about to leave their seats!
The expulsion of Fulong Corporation in Washington DC last year, to a certain extent, stimulated the release of Document No. 18 of the State Council this year. Why does the country suddenly want to build the semiconductor electronics industry so strongly? Perhaps there have always been voices in this regard in the past. However, we have to admit that the Fulong incident in the United States has a strong influence.
This matter has been reported in various foreign media outlets, and high-level internal reports in China have also been expressing their regrets, sorrows, and grief...
The storm never ends!
You say such companies are defeated? They are defeated by the pain of Chinese industry, the weakness of foundation and the daydreams of countless people who want to catch up but cannot.
It is generation after generation who have worked hard to build, experience turmoil, destruction, struggle, and rebirth, but in the end, they still have to be controlled by others. They can only look at the leading gap between the other side of the river from this side, and long for those who are so envious that they are called mud-legged people.
The failure they represent is not the failure of a single enterprise.
It was China's defeat.
But even such an enterprise has not died. It is still stubborn, bearing the technological constraints and the industry winter, and exuding vitality.
Like a fist that was retracted, they might have been seriously injured, but they were still united and there was not even a trace of slackness or flaws.
Zhang Songnian and Zhang Chenzu both saw the excitement in each other's eyes. Even if a company like Fulun had retreated from the United States, the competitive domestic cities and provinces that were striving to move up in the wave all extended olive branches to them.
To put it bluntly, if Cheng Feiyang were to come to Nanzhou to discuss construction, the four major teams in Nanzhou would revolve around him.
Only those with a broad vision can see the value in this.
Fulong, a company at the upstream of the industry, may not have a high core output value, currently only a few billion, at most tens of billions, but the indirectly affected industrial chain is hundreds of times larger. Is the global semiconductor market big? It is only a few hundred billion US dollars, but this upstream industry affects the trillion-dollar market of dozens of industries downstream, and it is related to all aspects of the information society.
These are real industrial high-tech net output values. Unlike finance, real estate and low value-added industries, these are the core competitiveness of a country. The effects they bring are amazing and will benefit future generations for thousands of years.
But unfortunately, Rongcheng will not let them go. Even if it means in exchange for shock, they must retain the main body of Fulong. Other fast-growing cities like Pengcheng with loose policies and support from the strategy of deepening reform are probably the first choice for Fulong's expansion. They in Nanzhou can get a share at most, but this share is not for someone of Zhang Songnian's level.
Cheng Feiyang won’t get a share of the pie, but right now, isn’t this a battle to follow the dragon
Cheng Ran is in HKUST. Li Taihang knows who he is, but he never disclosed the information from beginning to end. This shows that both he and Fu Long want to keep it secret and avoid trouble. However, he now tells the two of them directly.
The implications of this are profound.
Only by understanding this can you understand where the excitement comes from when the two people look at each other.
"You are organizing an integrated circuit design competition at HKUST. Are you planning to use HKUST as a platform to build these areas for Fulong?"
"I have this idea, but it's not funded by Fulong. I have my own plan..."
Cheng Ran brought up some ideas with the two of them, including explaining that he had already obtained the ARM architecture license and planned to develop his own microarchitecture based on the ARM instruction set. With Academician Li and USTC as the platform, he would work hard on the chip and strive to create a chip that would achieve independent circuit innovation, independent intellectual property rights, and industrialization.
Cheng Ran did not talk about more prospects, which is also the requirement for the current Hanwu, that is, the project team needs to refer to ARM's master-level designs for domestic researchers today, get inspiration from them, figure out and understand these technologies, and then be able to achieve circuit innovation. This can be regarded as taking the first step.
This first step is difficult but also very effective. It is the pursuit of technical knowledge and the improvement of consciousness. This requires the Hanwu project team to work hard to overcome difficulties. It is not even about technical accumulation, but also about inspiration and technical explosion. It is equivalent to painting by trying to understand the works of masters. You also have to hope to get master-level inspiration in this day-to-day speculation, which is also the process of becoming a master.
This requires not only hard work, but also talent. There are two types of talent, one is innate and the other is acquired. I won't go into detail about innate talent, but acquired talent means that you may not have this talent before, but you don't accept your fate, and it is not ruled out that you will suddenly become enlightened after receiving a lot of relevant knowledge. It's like a person who can't sing well, but suddenly one day he mastered the skills and became a singing star. It's not impossible.
Working in the chip industry requires taking a gamble on this possibility.
This is Schrödinger's domain, finding the right path through trial and error. There is only one correct path among ten thousand paths. If you try one path every day, you may find it the next day, or in one or two months if you are lucky. The worst thing is bad luck, which means there are ten thousand paths and ten thousand days. A person lives for 85 years and 31,000 days, so one-third of the time has passed.
The ARM architecture has greatly reduced this time, which is equivalent to providing a main road, but many branch lines still need to follow this method. A large number of databases need to be established, but the good thing is that when this database is constantly improved and a road is identified, and experience on this road is increasing, the road will move faster and faster.
"You mean, your 'Hanwu Plan' has already started preparations? This name is great, really great! Nanzhou is also vigorously developing industries in this area. Since you have such an idea, we can actually get together and help each other out." Zhang Songnian's excitement was already revealed.
"I have read the Outline of Nanzhou in response to national policies. It states that it is necessary to highlight the market status of enterprises, but it places too much emphasis on the government's intervention in organizational leadership and top-level design, which is too administrative. For projects involving major national security issues, the government can appropriately supervise them in some way, but other projects should be allowed to develop freely in the market. If the emphasis is on administration, various problems will inevitably arise, such as rent-seeking of power by expert groups and fund management institutions in order to obtain investment funds and funding, and even loopholes in financial support."
Cheng Ran thought that this was the time to pour cold water on him.
As expected, when these words were spoken, Zhang Songnian and Zhang Chenzu were stunned, and then began to think about it.
In fact, this was the benefit of Cheng Ran's earlier frankness. The two officials in front of him at least treated Cheng Ran as a person of equal status and ignored his age and qualifications.
Neither of them expected that Cheng Ran would actually raise questions from this angle, which was tantamount to putting the brakes on the current administrative indicators and plans in Nanzhou and even at a larger level.
This young man, even though his vision and abilities far surpass those of his peers, does he really know what he is talking about
It's no less than heading towards a huge wave.