"It's all because he has a powerful father. But the machine factory isn't the same factory anymore. There's going to be a good show coming. Do you know why he got beaten up?" Liu Quan said.
"I don't know, I was just about to ask you."
"Didn't you ask us to find some technicians to come over? My uncle and I contacted a few workshop directors, including Old Lin, the foreman of the machine repair team in Workshop 3. He's bringing several of his apprentices and grand-apprentices to come over. We've already agreed on the terms with him: he'll continue working as a machine repairman in our factory, and his apprentices and grand-apprentices will be paid pieceworkers on the production line."
Old Lin and his apprentice went back to the factory to apply for unpaid leave, but Hou Liwei blocked them. At the same time, Hou Liwei issued a document giving the workers two choices: stay at the factory or resign.
This document really angered everyone. Staying at the factory meant not even receiving basic wages, and leaving meant losing their worker status—who would want that? They blocked him every day, demanding an explanation. The workers in the workshop weren't going to tolerate him; they beat him up in just a few words.
Liu Quan chuckled and recounted the whole story, but what he really meant was that it would be harder to find workers from the machinery factory.
Even if Xing Baohua can't dig it all up, it won't be a big loss for him.
If one were to set aside their social status and work in a rice mill or a joint venture factory, at least their livelihood would be secure. However, the obsession with social status is a deep-seated obsession.
Of course, the document issued by Hou Liwei was indeed a bit too much, forcing workers to resign their status and then they would get nothing in return.
There will be no buyout of seniority or similar benefits during subsequent layoffs.
The machine factory is not operating at full capacity, so how can it support so many people?
Xing Baohua didn't bother with other people's business. He returned from the workshop to the office building of Dami Technology and went back to his office.
The chief secretary reported that while Xing Baohua was away, a director from the General Trade Bureau called him and arranged a meeting for the next morning.
It depends on Xing Baohua's schedule; if he agrees, he will reply to the other party.
Xing Baohua nodded. Some things always need to be resolved. Now that someone with a distinguished status has arrived, they can probably make some decisions.
Once this troublesome matter is resolved, he will never have to deal with the General Trade Bureau again.
The person from the General Trade Department is surnamed Zhang, Director Zhang. He is in charge of external liaison, or external relations for short.
The next morning, after meeting with Xing Baohua, they proposed a solution: they would pay for each batch of goods upon delivery.
Xing Baohua demanded that the goods be shipped immediately upon receipt of payment.
But he didn't care about the freight at that moment, leaving the General Trade Liaison Transportation Company to figure out how to get the goods out of the factory and then leaving it to them.
After some discussion, the General Trade Office finally agreed to the guy's unreasonable demands.
Director Zhang said, "It's always cash on delivery. Why is it that you have to pay before the rice is shipped?"
Xing Baohua said with a smile, "Even if you come with money, you may not be able to get the rice. That's the rule for rice: pay first, then deliver."
The rice has become more assertive; now it even dares to talk back to those at the top level.
Once you've grown strong enough, you have to show off your abilities; you can't just let others bully you.
By remitting payments for two batches of goods, plus the previous 800 million and this 1.1 billion, Xing Baohua received a total of 1.9 billion in cash.
He personally signed the delivery order.
An employee from a certain factory, whose position is unknown, wanted to personally inspect the 286 chip.
Director Zhang meant that it would be good to check the goods, just in case there were any defective products.
This left Xing Baohua both amused and exasperated. He turned to his chief envoy and said, "Call the warehouse and tell them to prepare the goods. Let them inspect them at their convenience."
Xing Baohua sneered inwardly. What's the point of inspecting the goods? What can you tell with the naked eye? They're all loosely packaged chips. How can you test the data by picking one up and looking at it?
Domestically produced chips have been prepared for them, 1:1 replicas, so that the sampled test data is almost identical to the original.
Therefore, you can't see it without opening the package or looking at it under a microscope.
The employee casually picked out a few pieces, examined them, and even took out a magnifying glass to look at the model number font.
That thing wasn't printed on; it was laser-printed.
This technology exists in China, but not in large numbers; it's mostly kept secret.
"Mr. Xing, I heard you have a few Philips lithography machines. I wonder if you can produce this thing?" the worker from the factory asked.
"We can't reach the level of the 286, so we can only work on microcontrollers. We don't even have enough microcontrollers to make a living, so don't even think about microcontrollers," Xing Baohua replied without batting an eye, blatantly lying.
"How come I heard..."
Xing Baohua quickly interrupted the other party, saying, "Have you looked it over? If you have, load it onto the truck and leave. I'm busy and don't have time to waste with your nonsense."
After saying this, he left his chief secretary to attend to them and then slipped away.
After Xing Baohua left, Director Zhang asked someone, "Do you suspect this batch of goods is fake? Or that the rice can be manufactured?"
“I’ve only heard that the Philips machines they brought in can produce this. I don’t know the specifics, but it would be great if they could produce the 286. You should try to find a way to buy a few more.”
Director Zhang nodded thoughtfully. Anyway, Xing Baohua had so many US dollars overseas, so it wouldn't hurt to help him spend them.
Unfortunately, Xing Baohua would never want to cooperate with them, even if you beat him to death.
Besides, are lithography machines so easy to maintain? Putting aside the price of each machine, just consider the infrastructure that supports them, one of which requires a power plant to support it.
They're competing with the city for electricity; are they even letting residents turn on their lights?
Another issue is that architects are in extremely high demand; they're practically impossible to find. So this path is a one-way street.
Zhang Ju didn't need to oversee the chip shipment; he turned to Xing Baohua and asked about the possibility of getting a Philips lithography machine.
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