By the time Zhao Yi was free, it was already August. The first few companies have arranged management personnel, and Zhao does not need to keep an eye on them all the time. Now there are only software companies, semiconductor companies, precision instrument companies and trading companies without relevant personnel, and they are still empty shell companies.
The first task of a software company is to develop a personal operating system. It hopes to occupy the largest market share when personal computers are just starting out. They do not want to make money through the operating system for the time being. The second task is to develop office management on this operating system. Software, this is where the money is made.
Although there is currently a shortage of software talents in our country, this is not what Zhao Yi is most worried about, because with the existence of Zhou Ling, this kind of purely human work is the easiest to achieve with technical routes.
Speaking of semiconductors, when Zhao Yi found the information, he found that our country's current semiconductor strength is still very strong, much more advanced than South Korea and Taiwan. Just this year, our country successfully imitated the 8080 chip, which further shows that our country already has a complete The foundation of the semiconductor industry includes chip design, chip manufacturing, chip packaging and testing and other processes.
As for why it doesn’t work well later? Zhao Yi believes that there are two main reasons. On the one hand, it is the shift in the national strategic direction and the lack of research funds. Because it is not market-oriented, it cannot translate into benefits well. On the other hand, because the relationship between China and the United States has eased, some chips are no longer banned, and it is more cost-effective to buy chips than to make them.
It cannot be said that it was a waste of martial arts, because the country was not wealthy at that time, and the limited funds were definitely more willing to invest in industries with obvious benefits. Coupled with optimism about Sino-US relations, this situation was created.
As for Precision Instrument Company, Zhao Yi plans to develop and produce various high-precision equipment. This company is mainly responsible for the manufacturing of semiconductor equipment, as well as the R&D and manufacturing of various sensors.
Zhao Yi plans to turn the farming method of the agricultural and animal husbandry company into a fully automatic factory, automating everything from livestock breeding to slaughtering, which requires the use of many sensors.
The other one is the trading company, which currently can only engage in import and export trade within Zhao Yi's own industry. Because Zhao Yi's industry currently has no products to sell, the trading company is not in a hurry to open for the time being.
After sorting out these things, Zhao Yi planned to first find the Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry to see if he could package and acquire domestic semiconductor-related industries.
Now that Zhao Yi is also a celebrity in the upper echelons, he is not like before where he could not even get in when going to major ministries. When Zhao Yi came to the Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry, the minister personally received him.
When the secretary brought tea to Zhao Yi, the minister said, "I wonder if Mr. Zhao wants to see me for anything?"
Zhao Yi was not surprised by the minister's directness. At this time, the leaders were not in the habit of doing Tai Chi and they always talked about things, so Zhao Yi also got straight to the point.
"I came here this time to put my semiconductor company and confidential instrument company into operation, and I came here specifically to ask the minister for help."
"Tell me how I can help you," the minister said with interest.
"Well, I want to package and acquire domestic semiconductor equipment manufacturing technology and talents as well as chip design talents." Zhao Yi put down his tea cup, coughed and said.
"This surprises me. Why do you think the country will sell these industries to you?" The minister was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Yi's words, and then asked with a smile.
"I checked the semiconductor situation in our country. To be honest, there is still a certain gap with the United States. I am worried. In my opinion, industrial development after the end of the 20th century cannot be separated from the support of semiconductors. As for the domestic situation, you should People know better than me that the annual R&D investment gap will make this industry farther and farther away from the world's advanced level." Zhao Yi said sadly.
"The situation you mentioned does exist, but why do you think you can take on this important responsibility?" The minister looked at Zhao Yi and said.
"To be honest, I'm a little disdainful of the current domestic semiconductor technology. What I value more is talent. Don't believe me? Let me show you some information I brought."
"So arrogant? Then I would like to see it."
As soon as Zhao heard this, he took out a stack of information from the briefcase on the table and handed it to the minister: "These are just part of it. Because the technology is relatively advanced, if it is leaked, I will have to make trouble with you."
The minister took the information and looked at it. As an insider, he could still tell whether the information was true or false. The information involved involved semiconductor equipment manufacturing, chip design, and chip manufacturing.
Because there is a lot of information, even a cursory review took three hours. After finishing reading, the minister took off his reading glasses, looked at Zhao Yi and said: "The designs in your materials are indeed more advanced than those currently in the country, and you also have great ideas about this industry. Well, I will keep this information here for now. , don’t worry about confidentiality, and then we will have a meeting to discuss your acquisition, what do you think?”
"Okay, I hope you can give me a reply as soon as possible. Money is not an issue, but time is not a problem." Zhao Yi said eagerly.
"Rome was not built in a day. Some things cannot be rushed. Okay, we will study it as soon as possible and give you an answer as soon as we have the results." Seeing Zhao Yi's eager and sincere face, the minister reluctantly agreed.
"Then thank you, minister." Zhao Yi stood up, held the minister's hand and thanked him repeatedly.
After Zhao Yi returned, in addition to paying attention to this acquisition, the rest of his time was to inquire about the progress of other operating companies.
There is also the need to ask the human resources company to help find software talents and prepare to build the software company's framework. After the personnel are gathered, they need to be trained before they can be put into work.
The operating system Zhao Yi plans to write uses standardized interfaces, functional modularization and other technologies. In this way, even if your own chip does not come out, you can temporarily use other chips to test. Just wait until your own chip comes out, and then modify the interface implementation. It will not affect the functional level changes and can save a lot of time.
At the same time, Zhao Yi called Peter and asked him to buy 5% of IBM stock and obtain a director's seat. After the operating system and chips come out, Zhao Yi is going to sell them to IBM. After all, as a director, he still has some right to make suggestions.
Although I hate to admit it, IBM at this time is the absolute giant in the computer industry, no one else. The technology used by IBM is easy to spread. If Zhao Yi wants his operating system to enter thousands of households, he cannot do without IBM's support. Then there are chips. IBM can use them best. If not, then use them yourself. .
As future generations, we all know how terrifying it is when an operating system ecosystem is established. With an operating system ecosystem, changing chips is actually not perceptible at the user level. For users, as long as the chip is advanced, it doesn’t matter which company you are from.
Now Zhao Yi's job is to build the operating system architecture and design the operating system interface. As for the specific implementation, it will be implemented by the programmers who will be recruited. (End of chapter)