After finishing the recruitment, the time came to January 21, 1982, and New Year's Eve was January 24. Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu both went home to celebrate the New Year.
Since he doesn't have much time, Zhao Yi will not go to Zhou Zhigang's house to celebrate the New Year this year. He can only spend it alone in the house. Fortunately, he is not a person who likes to be busy, and is used to being alone, whether it is in his previous life or this life.
In my spare time, I continued my great work of copying books, and occasionally went to the back garden to fish in the snow. My life was okay, but it was more troublesome to eat. It was impossible for one person to cook a lot of dishes, and I could only eat one or two dishes. One day, it just didn’t feel like Chinese New Year.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Hexia knew that Zhao Yi had not gone back to celebrate the New Year, so she secretly came to Prince Gong's Mansion and brought him a lot of food, including some Shaanxi dishes. Lin Hexia's family is from Shaanxi, so their family still Some of the New Year customs in Shaanxi have been retained, and Zhao Yi is from the south. To be honest, he is not very used to the food in Shaanxi, and without pepper, the dishes feel tasteless.
But this is Lin Hexia's intention. Of course, you can't say that you don't like to eat. You can only force yourself to finish the food that Lin Hexia brought, otherwise she will always be beside you urging, "Eat more, eat more."
After finally finishing the meal, before leaving, Lin Hexia said: "I will bring food here tomorrow, so don't cook it yourself."
Hearing this, Zhao's face darkened for a moment, and three drops of sweat left his forehead. He could only say: "Okay, I will definitely save my stomach. By the way, tell my aunt that the food she cooked is delicious." .”
In this way, Zhao Yi finally made it to the eighth day of the first lunar month in these happy and painful days, the day when Zhao Yi's company officially started work. Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu also returned to Kyoto from their hometown and brought Zhao Yi a lot of new year's goods such as cured fish and bacon prepared by Wang Huilan.
I stayed with them in the house for two days, cooking the spicy dishes I brought and enjoying my favorite meals. After I was satisfied, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, I took a plane to Shenzhen, because the Polaris computer finally Once completed, it can be officially released to the public.
As soon as Zhao arrived in Shenzhen, Zhang Ruimin arranged for a secretary to pick him up. The secretary said that it was because Mr. Zhang was too busy. In addition to arranging the construction of the production line of personal computers, LCD TVs and refrigerators were also at a critical moment. We also need to prepare for the production line.
When they arrived at Polaris Company, they did not see Zhang Ruimin in his office. The secretary called him and told him that Mr. Zhao had arrived at the company and asked him to come back quickly.
Zhao Yi didn't have any dissatisfaction. As long as his subordinates were busy with business, he didn't feel uncomfortable if he was slightly neglected. Seeing that Mr. Zhang couldn't come right away, Zhao Yi went to the R&D department to see the status of their R&D projects.
Now that the research and development of TVs and refrigerators have been completed, household air conditioners are currently being tackled. As for central air conditioners, they are the next stage of the task and are currently not in the plan.
Sure enough, the R&D personnel currently working in the research department are basically the R&D personnel of DVD players, air conditioners, home game consoles, and handheld game consoles. The R&D personnel of TV, personal computers, and refrigerator projects have all been sent to the manufacturing factory by Zhang Ruimin to help. Build production lines.
As for the supercomputer that Zhao Yi explained later, it does not work in the same place as these departments, but has a relatively independent office location. At present, the supercomputer is positioned for use by its own company and is not intended for export. The reason is that it is afraid of causing a backlash from IBM and terminating their cooperation plan. This is currently very disadvantageous for Zhao Yi, so confidentiality is relatively high.
Once he has established a firm foothold in the personal computer field, he will no longer be afraid of IBM, and their opinions will no longer matter to Zhao Yi. He can develop as he wants.
Halfway through the shopping, Mr. Zhang followed his secretary to find Zhao Yi. When he saw Zhao Yi, he said quickly: "Mr. Zhao, you are neglecting me. I was going to pick you up at the airport in person, but there was an unexpected situation on the temporary TV production line. A supplier The parts provided by the supplier were unqualified, so our company returned them and stopped cooperation. As a result, the supplier's boss came to the company to make trouble, and I had to go there."
Zhao Yi's company generally adopts a large-department system. After the research and development of a project is completed, the department is separated and allowed to develop on its own, while the company acts as the group headquarters. If the project is still in the research and development stage, the headquarters is equivalent to an incubator, providing more support for new projects.
Just like personal computers, televisions, refrigerators and other project teams, because their products have been developed, they can leave the incubator, allowing them to set up their own departments relatively independently and develop on their own, while Polaris Company is mainly responsible for supervision, and Human resources, legal, and accounting work are entrusted to people from human resources companies, law firms, and accounting firms. These people are responsible for both Polaris Company and Zhao Yi, providing dual management while being independent.
This can give each department greater freedom and avoid some bad things. Zhao Yiyi believes that managing a company by system is more reliable than managing a company by loyalty.
"It's okay, Mr. Zhang, you don't have to be pregnant. I came here this time to see the situation of our company. I heard that three projects including personal computers have entered the mass production stage. I finally feel relieved. Polaris Company has finally entered the harvest period. ." Zhao Yi said.
"Mr. Zhao is indispensable for the company being able to enter the development stage so quickly. Without the technical support provided by Mr. Zhao, we estimate that it will take at least three years to reach the current technical level, and some technologies may even take ten years. Only in the future can we achieve it. Take the LCD screen as an example. This is simply an artifact. The future will definitely be dominated by LCD screens." Mr. Zhang was boasting for a while. Although what he said was true, it was not without elements of flattery.
"There is no need to talk about these in the future. Externally, we will say that it is the credit of the company's R&D personnel. Now let's talk about your follow-up plans for personal computers, TVs, and refrigerators." Zhao Yi said.
"I understand. As for the follow-up plans for the three products, we already have them. Why don't we go to the office and have a cup of tea before we talk. Mr. Zhao is here. I heard that he inspected the R&D department without even having a cup of tea." Mr. Zhang suggested.
After hearing what he said, Zhao Yi also realized that this was really not the right place to talk about these issues, so he agreed and followed Mr. Zhang back to his office. After asking his secretary to bring the tea, he started to talk about his plan.
"As for personal computers, I have contacted semiconductor companies and software companies. I know from them that foreign countries have seen IBM conquering the field of personal computers in the past six months. Because of its open architecture, many companies such as HP and Compaq have invested in The two companies placed orders, and some even placed orders with data companies.
I predict that many other brands of personal computers will enter this market in the next year, so I think our personal computers can also enter the overseas market and get a piece of the cake.
Of course, these will have to wait until their computers enter the market before we can enter the market. Before this, we plan to use part of the production capacity for domestic consumption, and temporarily store part of the production capacity as a reserve, and when the opportunity comes, we will supply it to the international market on a large scale.
At present, we are the only company that can provide LCD monitors on a large scale. This will be a great advantage for us in the early stage. As for the later stage, we are ready to provide LCD products to international and domestic manufacturers in need. Only in this way can our LCD industry be able to better Develop quickly and healthily. "
"In the TV industry, we divide it into different sizes. For example, 12-inch LCD TVs are relatively affordable, especially domestic prices. The price we plan to sell is only twice as high as ordinary CRT black and white TVs. Basically To maintain a low-profit status, high-profit products still need to be provided by large-size LCD TVs, which have a much higher profit margin.”
"As for refrigerators, we are also planning to mainly promote small-capacity refrigerators in China, while large-capacity double-door refrigerators are mainly supplied to the international market." (End of Chapter)