Chapter 175: The Tianke Scholar and the Tianke Medal

After some thought.

Su Xin took out his phone, recorded his recent series of ideas into the Tianwei Butler, and added the Supercomputer project to his next steps.

The Supercomputer project was too complex; although it could not compare to the Advanced Lithography Machine, it was not something that could be successfully developed in a short time either.

For systematic technology like this, it would be better to wait until the Tianke Academy Plan was completed, have a large number of assistants with top-tier skills under his command, and then break down the tasks to let everyone assist him in research and development.

He only needed to develop the core technologies himself.

This was undoubtedly easier and faster.

Additionally, he had already accumulated several important projects awaiting development and truly could not spare much energy in the short term.

Su Xin looked at the project plan recorded in the Tianwei Butler—

Lithography Machine, advanced chips, Cancer Eradication Drug, biological enhancement, communication satellites, 6G network, Artificial Intelligence, Controlled Nuclear Fusion.

Plus the current Supercomputer.

He felt that every one of them was important, and every project required priority development.

Among them, the Lithography Machine would be finished in another month or two, and the next step would inevitably be the accompanying advanced chips.

It is worth mentioning that having the most advanced Advanced Lithography Machine only meant having the technical foundation to manufacture advanced chips, not that the chip problem had been completely solved.

If chip manufacturing were compared to micro-carving, then developing the Advanced Lithography Machine would be equivalent to possessing the most precise carving knife.

Next, one would still need a top-tier design blueprint to design beautiful patterns.

If one only had the most precise carving knife but no sufficiently good design blueprint, the carved object would still be too ugly to look at.

If one only had a top-tier design blueprint but the carving knife was not precise enough, the carved object would not be delicate or realistic enough.

The so-called design blueprint is chip design.

The carving knife is the Lithography Machine.

Neither can do without the other; their status is equal.

Therefore, after having the Advanced Lithography Machine, Su Xin must also research chip design.

And chip design requires the use of high-end EDA industrial software, which is another weak point for Long Country, so Su Xin must also develop it from scratch.

Advanced chips are the hardware foundation for several important projects such as communication satellites, 6G network, and Artificial Intelligence, and are even more so the foundation and core of the electronic information industry, so chips must take priority.

Secondly, the Cancer Eradication Drug project has just started, and it is of great significance to the country and the group, so it is impossible to suddenly put it aside.

Following Su Xin's habit of advancing two projects simultaneously, the next long period would focus on advanced chips and the Cancer Eradication Drug.

After sorting through his thoughts, Su Xin closed the interface on his phone.

……

The days that followed.

Su Xin researched the Lithography Machine and the Cancer Eradication Drug as usual, with the former being the priority.

After all, the research and development of the Lithography Machine was nearing its end.

On the other side, Tianqi Group, following Su Xin's requirements, began large-scale recruitment of various senior engineers nationwide.

The starting monthly salary for the probationary period was ten thousand, with eight insurances and two funds provided upon hiring, three meals a day included, a furnished four-person dormitory provided, working from nine to six, and all transportation and accommodation expenses during the interview process reimbursed.

Salaries would increase by at least fifty percent after becoming a regular employee.

If one had to name a disadvantage, it was that there were only four days off per month.

But for the vast majority of office workers accustomed to hardship, four days of vacation a month was already considered quite good.

Not to mention such excellent benefits.

For a time, engineers from all over the country flocked to Tianjing to come to Tianqi Core Technology Company for interviews.

The benefits for engineers at Tianqi Core Technology also became popular nationwide, arousing the envy of countless people.

At the same time.

Such a grand move by Tianqi Core Technology left many semiconductor enterprise executives shocked, and they began to speculate—

Had Tianqi Core Technology achieved results?

Otherwise, if it were not for preparing for formal production, how could Tianqi Group recruit so many engineers at once?

Furthermore.

Many top-tier technologies related to the Lithography Machine had already appeared in Su Xin's hands, bringing the technology of various material or equipment suppliers to the global top tier and giving them the qualifications to become suppliers for the Advanced Lithography Machine.

Because of the existence of these suppliers, Su Xin's research progress was almost watched by the whole world.

And now, the big move by Tianqi Core Technology was what made everyone immediately think of a major breakthrough in the Advanced Lithography Machine.

In addition to major semiconductor companies, many global media outlets also published articles speculating and discussing whether Tianqi Core Technology had successfully developed the Advanced Lithography Machine.

Although neither Tianqi Group nor Tianqi Core Technology had responded to this, based on the confidence many netizens and capital had in Su Xin, everyone felt that this possibility was not small.

Consequently, the stock prices of all Advanced Lithography Machine manufacturing companies, including ASML, began to slide slightly, and their assets shrank slightly.

For a time, turmoil rose again in the entire semiconductor industry, and the world's attention was once again focused on Tianqi Core Technology Company.

Regarding all this, Tianqi Group acted as if it had heard nothing, neither admitting nor denying it.

The focus of personnel within Tianqi Group was more concentrated on internal policy changes—

The group headquarters would establish a new department named Tianke Academy and announced a large-scale adjustment to the group's technical personnel system.

This caused a great sensation internally.

According to the regulations, the technical personnel of Tianqi Group would be divided into thirteen levels from low to high.

Level One is the most ordinary technician.

Level 13 Technician is the highest level.

Each level would have varying degrees of bonus schemes for salary and benefits.

Technical levels and job ranks were two independent promotion paths.

The highest-level Level 13 Technician, even if they worked in frontline research, could earn a salary comparable to that of group executives.

If one develops products or technologies with strategic significance, there are also various additional rewards.

Adding these up, it might even be slightly higher than the salary of the group CEO, Liu Qingli.

At the same time, according to the regulations, the five highest levels—currently referring to levels nine through thirteen—can enter the group's Tianke Academy and enjoy the honorary title of Scholar.

Staying in the Tianke Academy continuously for one year, three years, five years, eight years, or twelve years will earn one a Tianke Medal respectively.

Each Tianke Medal is further divided into five qualities: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Red Diamond, and Crown, which correspond to different levels.

For example, if someone reaches level nine and enters the Tianke Academy, they can receive a Bronze Tianke Medal after one full year; if they are promoted to level ten midway, they can receive the Bronze Tianke Medal as usual, or recalculate the time based on the promoted level to receive a Silver Tianke Medal after one full year.

If one's level is quite high upon entering the Tianke Academy but drops afterward, they will receive a Tianke Medal according to the lower level after one full year.

And so on.

Under the company's promotion, everyone quickly understood the rules of the Tianke Academy.

For a time, countless people were excited by this.

Everyone could see that with the increasingly massive scale of top technical talent in various industries at Tianqi Group, and this clear and direct ranking system, the status of Scholar at the Tianke Academy would inevitably bring extremely high honor and status.

The value of the Tianke Medal would also inevitably be extremely high, and it might even become the highest symbol of honor for every technical personnel in the future.

Most importantly.

Once one becomes a member of the Tianke Academy, that is, a so-called Scholar, one will be qualified to frequently study Su Xin's instructional videos and have the opportunity to receive formal instruction from Su Xin.

Not to mention the various additional benefits.

These various policies made countless technical personnel within the group yearn for the Tianke Academy.

Becoming a member of the Tianke Academy means gaining both fame and fortune, and even more, possessing immense potential for advancement.