Chapter 573: Cooperation with the State
Lu Yiming thought about it and felt that he could not let scientific research heroes like Hu Weiwu shed blood, sweat and tears, so he immediately decided to increase their bonuses and raise their salaries by one level.
Hu Weiwu calculated in his mind and found that if Lu Yiming did this, everyone's income would increase dramatically. He was surprised and said, "Well, Mr. Lu, we all get overtime pay for overtime work. I think it's a bit inappropriate to increase it."
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said, "I have the final say on the salary and benefits. Since everyone is working so hard, I am not a stingy person. I just want to tell everyone that in my place, hard work will definitely be rewarded."
Lu Yiming's tough attitude left Hu Weiwu speechless.
Other capitalists try every possible means to save costs, not to mention overtime pay. They even try to find reasons to deduct the most basic wages. They even invent "adjustments" for holidays different. The salary he already offers is ridiculously high, and now he even wants to adjust the overtime pay. It is simply a betrayal of capitalism.
After Lu Yiming left, Hu Weiwu immediately told the researchers who were still working hard in the laboratory about this matter.
After hearing that Lu Yiming asked them to work in shifts and increase bonuses and raise wages, these researchers were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and their originally tired bodies suddenly became energetic.
Someone laughed and said, "Why can't anyone invent something that allows people to stay awake for days and nights? If it could eliminate fatigue, wouldn't the overtime pay be generous?"
Someone immediately retorted, "Come on, if the world really develops to that point, it won't matter whether you sleep or not, because most of the work will be handed over to machines, and they will work 24 hours a day."
"Yes, isn't that what we are doing now in chip research? I think Mr. Lu is right. Health is the capital of revolution. Team leader Hu, we work all day and all night, and the chance of sudden death is very high. Especially Professor Huang is so old. Although I have never asked her to work overtime, she works eight hours a day without fail. I am afraid she can't bear it. We have to consider them."
"Indeed, you can't eat a fat man in one breath. Mr. Lu gave us a raise, but he didn't want us to continue overdrawing our lives like this."
Faced with the various opinions, Hu Weiwu knew that what they said was right, but the anxiety deep in his heart did not ease much. In order to comply with public opinion, he still said: "Then starting from today, we will make an overtime schedule, leaving a few people in the laboratory to observe the data every day, and the others go back to rest, okay?"
"I think this is a good idea. It takes into account both efficiency and health. Let's do it this way."
On that day, Hu Weiwu and his men worked until late at night.
The corridor in the second half of the night is always emptier, longer and quieter.
Hu Weiwu looked at the experimental data on the instrument, clapped his hands and called everyone together, saying that today's task had been completed and everyone should go back and have a good rest.
Bian Bo stretched himself and said, "I don't have to stay up all night tonight. Otherwise, I really won't be able to explain to my wife."
Just a week ago, Bian Bo brought his newly married wife over. With his high salary now, his wife doesn't need to find a job and can live a comfortable life.
Someone laughed and said, "Indeed, team leader, this is a problem. Look, Bian Bo just got married and he doesn't even have a chance to be intimate with his wife. If there is a family conflict, you will be primarily responsible."
Hu Weiwu said, "You are trying to sow discord between us. My sister-in-law is an intellectual who is well-educated. How could she not understand? But we really need to let this kid rest more. Otherwise, if the fat boy doesn't come out for a long time, his parents will come to me to question him."
"Ha ha."
"Go, go, stop talking nonsense, it's time to get off work and go back to rest. I'll pack up my equipment and leave."
"Well, goodbye, Team Leader."
"It's dark outside, be careful when you get home."
"be safe."
With the help of Lu Yiming, Hu Weiwu's wife and children had already moved in and settled in. When Hu Weiwu returned home, he was surprised to find that Qi Qiulan and Hu Jiajia were still awake and watching TV in the living room.
Hearing the noise outside, Qi Qiulan yawned and said sleepily, "You're back?"
Hu Weiwu asked in surprise: "Why haven't you slept yet?"
Qi Qiulan said, "She was asleep at first, but as you know, Jiajia is a bit attached to her bed. She hasn't slept well in the past few days and she just had a nightmare, so I carried her out."
Hu Weiwu felt a little guilty when he heard this, and suddenly missed the days when he went to get off work normally, took the bus home, accompanied his wife and daughter, and enjoyed the family happiness. But since he came to Fu Ri Microelectronics, such scenes have never appeared again.
When Hu Jiajia heard the noise, she opened her eyes again, and when she saw Hu Weiwu coming back, she broke free from Qi Qiulan's arms and ran towards Hu Weiwu.
Hu Weiwu picked up Hu Jiajia, and Hu Jiajia turned around and kissed Hu Weiwu on the face.
Hu Weiwu nuzzled Hu Jiajia affectionately and asked, "Has Jiajia behaved well today?"
Hu Jiajia said seriously: "I was very good today, and the teacher gave me three little red flowers."
“Great!”
Seeing Hu Jiajia being so well behaved, Hu Weiwu felt very relieved and asked, "What kind of reward do you want?"
Hu Jiajia said: "I want my dad to stay at home with me."
After hearing this, Hu Weiwu felt even more guilty. He patted Hu Jiajia's head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Jiajia. I've been too busy lately. When I'm done with this, I'll stay with you at home and take you to the playground."
Qi Qiulan came over, pulled Hu Jiajia off Hu Weiwu's body, and said softly, "Jiajia, be good. Daddy is very tired. Let Daddy take a shower. Let's go to bed together, okay?"
"Yeah, okay."
Seeing Qi Qiulan's haggard face, Hu Weiwu said softly, "You've been so hard-working during this period, moving house and taking care of the children. I can't help you with all the running around."
Qi Qiulan smiled and said, "It's nothing, actually. Mr. Lu helped a lot with the moving, and he also helped with Jia Jia's schooling. You are doing a great cause related to the country, and Mr. Lu thinks highly of you, so you have to perform well."
Speaking of work, Hu Weiwu's eyebrows immediately danced with joy and said, "Boss Lu came to the company today and didn't allow us to work overtime all night. He also said that anyone who worked too much overtime would be fined. He asked us to take turns on duty, and the overtime pay and salary were increased. The salary increase alone is tens of thousands more a year."
Qi Qiulan smiled brightly when she heard this, and she had a stronger vision of a better life in the future: "Really? That's great."
Hu Weiwu revealed another piece of news to Qi Qiulan, saying, "I heard that Mr. Lu will organize us to go to Hong Kong for tourism and shopping during the Chinese New Year. You can buy whatever you want. Our family is now considered rich."
Shopping is a woman's nature. Upon hearing Hu Weiwu's news, Qi Qiulan excitedly hugged Hu Weiwu and kissed him on the face several times: "Dear, you are so good to me."
Hu Jiajia opened her eyes wide, then covered her face with her hands, but left her fingers wide apart: "Oh, shame on you."
The cute gesture made the couple laugh. Hu Weiwu felt that the atmosphere of life before had returned a lot.
The next morning, Hu Weiwu went out to work. As soon as he arrived at the company, he received a call from an acquaintance.
The name of this acquaintance is Li Guojie.
Li Guojie graduated from Peking University in 1968, was admitted to the graduate school of the University of Science and Technology in 1978, obtained a master's degree in engineering in 1981, and went to Purdue University in the United States to pursue a doctorate. He returned to China in 1987 and joined the Institute of Computing Technology of the Xia Academy of Sciences. In 1990, he was selected as the director of the National Intelligent Computer Research and Development Center. In 1995, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In the same year, he founded Sugon Information Industry Co., Ltd. and served as chairman. In 1994, he won the first Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award. In 1999, he served as the director of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Xia Academy of Sciences and founded and promoted the Loongson Project. However, this director only served for one year before Sun Ninghui replaced him.
Although Li Guojie had only been the director for a year, he was the one who promoted Hu Weiwu, and the two had always had a good relationship privately. Therefore, Hu Weiwu was quite enthusiastic: "Director Li, why are you calling me so early? Have you had breakfast?"
Li Guojie laughed and scolded: "You kid, you actually resigned and went into business without saying anything. If I hadn't found you when I came to the computer institute, or if Old Sun had told me, I wouldn't have known about this!"
Hu Weiwu said a little embarrassedly: "Oh, I'm so sorry, it's mainly because I was too busy during this period, so I didn't have time to report to my old leader."
Li Guojie asked: "How do you feel about staying there?"
Hu Weiwu said: "It's good."
After hesitating for a while, Li Guojie said, "It's like this. I called you because I hope you can come back to help me. The Loongson project has been finalized, and now we just need a person in charge. Come back, Weiwu, we need you here."
Hearing this, Hu Weiwu fell silent. He still had feelings for the Institute of Computing Technology. Moreover, the four words "serve the country" had a heavy weight for a patriotic scientist like him.
But when he thought of the Tianxin project he was in charge of and Lu Yiming's respect and appreciation, he politely declined Li Guojie's invitation.
"Li Suo, I'm sorry, I'm needed here too."
Now Fu Ri Microelectronics has finally prepared everything, built up a team, and the research is on the right track. If Hu Weiwu leaves like this, the team will fall apart in an instant.
Li Guojie was a little surprised to see Hu Weiwu refuse so straightforwardly. He knew Hu Weiwu well, and when it came to patriotism, Hu Weiwu would never be vague.
"Xiao Hu, why did you refuse so straightforwardly this time? Haven't you always supported the Loongson project?"
Hu Weiwu did not give a direct answer, but asked: "Director Li, how much funding is there for the Loongson project this time?"
Li Guojie said: "The first round of funding has been approved, one million yuan, although it is a little less, the country still attaches great importance to the chip self-developed project. As long as we make achievements, there will be no problem with the subsequent funding."
Hu Weiwu sighed and said, "Director Li, do you know how much money my team has spent in the laboratory of Fuda Microelectronics in the past month?"
Li Guojie frowned slightly and asked, "How much?"
"Two hundred million."
After hearing this number, Li Guojie fell completely silent.
Developing chips is extremely expensive, and I guess this one million dollars won't make even a single splash.
But here, it has only been a month and Hu Weiwu has already spent 200 million.
A gap of two hundred times.
Faced with such a gap, Li Guojie has completely understood Hu Weiwu's choice.
This gap cannot be made up by brains and hard work. It is obvious that it is more meaningful for Hu Weiwu to stay in Zhonghai than to return to Xiake Institute.
After the call, Hu Weiwu felt a little uneasy. Although he clearly rejected Li Guojie's invitation, the words Li Guojie said always lingered in Hu Weiwu's mind, making him unable to concentrate on the experiment, and even made mistakes in several data.
Bian Bo immediately caught the noise. After all, Hu Weiwu was known for his rigor and had never made a mistake in experimental data in all his years of work.
"What's wrong with you today? You seem absent-minded. Did you not sleep well last night?"
In response to his friend's concern, Hu Weiwu told the truth, "When I first arrived at the company this morning, Li Guojie, the former head of Li's office, called me and said that he had applied for a million yuan in funding and asked me to continue working on the Loongson project. He said that the country now attaches great importance to this aspect and that funding will continue to flow in."
Hearing what Hu Weiwu said, Bian Bo sneered and said, "One million? What can we do with it? Create a new folder ? Don't you see how much money we have spent during this period? More than 200 million, and it was gone without blinking an eye. On average, it's almost a million a day. Do we have to go back to work for two days and then continue to wait for the money?"
"It's even more ridiculous if the country pays attention to it. Don't you know what the focus of the country's development is now? How many times have you heard that the country pays attention to it? Anyway, my ears are already calloused. For so many years, haven't we wasted our youth under this lie? Now that the Tianxin project is progressing steadily, why would we go back to work on the Loongson project? If we do a good job of the Tianxin project, the effect will be the same."
“I think we can cooperate.”
Just at this moment, Lu Yiming walked in.
Hu Weiwu and Bian Bo were both shocked. Hu Weiwu said in surprise, "Boss Lu, did you hear what I just said?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I didn't mean to say that. I just happened to overhear a few words. I heard that the Computer Institute of the Xia Academy of Sciences still wants you to go back and work on the Loongson project?"
Hu Weiwu did not hide anything and directly told him about Li Guojie's phone call.
Lu Yiming immediately said: "Since the Computer Institute of the Xia Academy of Sciences still wants to do it, and the country does support it, then we can cooperate."
Now it was Hu Weiwu's turn to be puzzled. He asked, "Why? In terms of research progress, the Institute of Computer Science is definitely not as good as ours."
Bian Bo also said: "Yes, aren't we giving it away for free?"
Lu Yiming, however, saw more and further than Hu Weiwu, and explained, "You can't compare them like that. The Academy of Sciences is the highest scientific research institution in Xia Country. Not to mention the value of the academician-level experts and scholars there, the Academy of Sciences' reputation and influence alone cannot be bought with money. Moreover, the semiconductor industry involves too many upstream and downstream industries. It would be a foolish dream for us to connect them all on our own. Therefore, it is wise to cooperate with the country in advance."
After Lu Yiming's explanation, Hu Weiwu and Bian Bo finally understood. Bian Bo gave him a thumbs up and said, "As expected of Mr. Lu, you are thinking long-term. Our brains are only suitable for experiments. It takes people like you to really develop industries."
Hu Weiwu said: "Indeed, although the Institute of Computer Science has no funds, it can coordinate upstream and downstream and promote it in a systematic way. We, Fu Ri Microelectronics, can just make up for the shortcoming of funds, and with the help of the relationship of the Institute of Computer Science, we can connect the upstream and downstream, so that when the chip is put into operation, we can participate together and work together to industrialize the chip faster."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "That's true. So you can contact Director Li and see if he can accept my suggestion. If he does, we can come up with a cooperation plan so that both parties can get what they need."
Lu Yiming's words instantly untied Hu Weiwu's knot in his heart. Lu Yiming's plan allowed him to continue making chips for the country without having to return to the Institute of Computer Science, and Lu Yiming's funds could also help the Institute of Computer Science advance the project quickly. By then, with both approaches in place, maybe the chip thing could achieve a breakthrough faster.
"I'll call ."
Hu Weiwu hurried to his office, took out his mobile phone and called Li Guojie.
"Director Li, I'm Hu Weiwu."
After hearing about Hu Weiwu's change of heart, Li Guojie was overjoyed: "What? Have you changed your mind? Are you willing to return to the Institute of Computer Science?"
Hu Weiwu smiled and said, "We'll have to think about this matter over time. I called mainly to discuss cooperation with Director Li. Just now, when Mr. Lu Yiming heard about your call, he expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Computer Institute to give full play to our respective advantages and jointly promote the development of our country's chip industry."
Hearing that Lu Yiming was willing to cooperate with the Computer Institute, Li Guojie suddenly became excited: "What? Are you serious? Mr. Lu really intends to cooperate with the Computer Institute? Are you kidding me?"
Hu Weiwu said: "Why would I joke with you like this?"
Li Guojie immediately made the decision: "Okay, I'll buy a plane ticket to Zhonghai right away and we'll have a face-to-face meeting!"
