Chapter 29 One thing for one thing
Chapter 29 One thing for one thing
After about ten minutes, Wang Haowen finally hung up the phone, walked over and said to Kang Chi: “It’s still open, but I heard that the performance has not been very good in recent years, and it may go bankrupt at any time… Anyway, I have already told him about the situation. If you are interested, you have to hurry up.”
”Thank you! Thank you so much this time.”
Kang Chi nodded gratefully to Wang Haowen, and then wrote down his classmate’s contact number and address.
Of course, he also got Wang Haowen’s contact information.
”How about having lunch together?”
”No, I have a small experiment in the afternoon. If you don’t have anything else to do, I’ll go back first.”
”Okay, I’ll treat you next time I have a chance.”
Wang Haowen nodded and walked towards the research institute.
“Wait, do you take part-time jobs?”
“Part-time jobs?”
“Well, do you or someone you know know how to write graphics card drivers?”
“Graphics card drivers? The 2D accelerator card you designed?”
“No, it’s a serious graphics card.”
Wang Haowen was stunned, then smiled and shook his head: “Wait until you bring the graphics card.”
From his perfunctory expression, it can be seen that he thought this was another joke of Kang Chi.
Kang Chi didn’t mind,
He had already got the answer he wanted, and when Wang Haowen really saw the graphics card, he would naturally be able to dispel his misunderstandings and prejudices about him.
After leaving Su Province University, Kang Chi returned to the hotel to check out, and then took the train to Yuecheng without stopping, and successfully met Wang Haowen’s college classmate Liu Yu.
Liu Yu’s image was a bit different from what Kang Chi imagined.
The loose suit on his body tried to cover up the huge beer belly, but he could barely button it. When he saw Kang Chi, although he had a warm and cheerful smile on his face, his eyes were full of fatigue.
In short, he was completely different from the science and engineering man in Kang Chi’s impression. Instead, he looked more like a boss who failed in business.
Well, it seemed to be true…
Chaoyang Electronics Factory.
In the dilapidated factory, several elderly workers were working on the assembly line, slowly processing circuit boards. The rusty equipment exuded a strong smell of motor oil, which made Kang Chi a little drunk.
Kang Chi picked up a square black chip from the assembly line. It was about the size of a thumbnail, with eight pins around it.
”What is this?” Kang Chi asked curiously.
“A 40-micron microprocessor, 4.19 MHz main frequency, 8 KB of memory and 8 KB of video RAM, this is the main product of our factory.”
40 microns?
The performance is quite low.
However, the performance of the 2D accelerator card he designed himself was not much better. The two of them were considered to be a pair of dragons and phoenixes…
”What is the use of this thing?”
”It has many uses. When we played Tetris when we were young, the handheld Game Boy had this kind of chip inside. However, this thing is basically no longer played by anyone. We are now mainly supplying those manufacturers of children’s toys for products such as children’s rocking cars.”
Because Wang Haowen introduced him, Liu Yu was quite enthusiastic about Kang Chi.
I just don’t know if he will be so enthusiastic when he knows that Kang Chi only wants to borrow their equipment to make a 2D accelerator card…
After a brief understanding of the situation of the electronics factory, Liu Yu took Kang Chi to have supper.
“When handheld game consoles were popular, I was still in elementary school. At that time, my factory was much bigger than it is now. Dozens of workers were stuffed in it and couldn’t handle it.” “Later, the domestic business was not doing well, but the demand in the Philippines rose again. Until I graduated from college, there were still export orders, but in recent years, both domestic and foreign business have been unsuccessful.”
After a few glasses of wine, Liu Yu opened up and kept telling Kang Chi about the past glory of their factory.
Kang Chi also felt a little sad after listening to it. It turned out that this brother graduated from college and took over a mess from his father.
”After all, it has been decades, and it is almost completely eliminated.” Kang Chi shook his head, “Why don’t you try to upgrade the industry? For example, make some more advanced graphics cards?”
”Industrial upgrade?” Liu Yu immediately showed a complicated expression, “Have you ever heard a saying? If you don’t upgrade the industry, you will lose everything.”Industrial upgrading means slow death, while industrial upgrading means sudden death.”
”Oh? What do you mean?”
”Industrial upgrading means buying equipment and improving the quality of workers. Money is everywhere, but the market is also very competitive. If you can’t keep up with marketing, you will die suddenly, right? Even if you can keep up with marketing, you will only make a small profit, and the real big money is taken by those who sell equipment. ”
Kang Chi nodded.
In fact, the situation that Daqin Optics is facing now is somewhat similar, but not as severe as Chaoyang Electronics Factory.
Because Daqin Optics’ manufacturing equipment is all made by Kang Chi himself, this saves a lot of money.
Once he upgrades to the more competitive mid-to-high-end market, he will be immediately besieged by a number of manufacturers such as Sony, Canon, and Nikon. If his equipment is also bought at a high price and the capital chain is insufficient, he will also not escape the fate of sudden death.
But Daqin Optics has the soil for the development of manual focus lenses, while Chaoyang Electronics Factory does not. They are facing a piece of land that is close to drying up, and they don’t know whether they can survive tomorrow.
”But you can’t just sit and wait for death, right? You have to try to know if it works, right? Your business was so good before, you should have made money, why don’t you take out some to invest?”
”Don’t mention it, the old man has money, except for gambling and taking mistresses, and his family has been ruined by him. ”
”…”
Kang Chi was silent for a moment, and in order to change the subject, he mentioned the purpose of his visit.
When Liu Yu heard Kang Chi say that he came here just to borrow the equipment in his factory to make something, he was somewhat disappointed.
But for the sake of his college classmate, he did not show it obviously. He just hesitated for a moment and nodded: “No problem, give me the design and I will help you make it tomorrow.”
”Uh… maybe I didn’t make it clear just now. What I mean is that I want to make it myself.”
”?”
Hearing this strange request, Liu Yu was also a little confused.
”Must do it yourself?”
”Yes, just think of it as my personal hobby.”
”Okay… but the question is, can you use those equipment?”
”No. “Kang Chi smiled, took out a pre-prepared envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Liu Yu’s hand, “So I have to trouble Brother Liu to teach me, this little thing is the training fee.”
The envelope was stuffed so full that the seal couldn’t be folded at all. Liu Yu could see at a glance that there was money inside.
With Liu Yu’s experience, he knew that this thick stack of money must be about 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.
He immediately pushed the envelope to Kang Chi: “Brother Kang, you are too polite! Haowen introduced you here. Although he and I haven’t been in touch for so many years, the friendship between the upper and lower bunks will always be there, and this is just a small thing you can do.”
”No, one thing is one thing. Your friendship is yours, don’t put this kind of pressure on me. ”
Kang Chi naturally refused to take it, so the money was placed on the table.
”I actually just met Dr. Wang. If you don’t accept the money, how can I bother you?” Kang Chi said and stood up, “Unless you want to drive me to find someone else?”
”Uh, that’s not what I meant…”
Liu Yu saw that Kang Chi was so persistent, and he really needed money recently, so he had to accept the money in the end.
(End of this chapter)