Chapter 120: Number One on the Sales Ranking

After Li Dongling shook hands with Ni Guangnan, he represented the best engineer currently in the domestic chip field as he entered Dongxin Semiconductor.

Ni Guangnan is already 55 years old this year; it is hard to say how much fuel he has left in his tank, but his experience is at the peak of his life, and his ability to lead an R&D team is also masterful. This is what is most important to Dongling High-Tech!

As long as Ni Guangnan grasps the R&D direction and coordinates the entire R&D team, there is a great hope that he can develop the chips needed for Dongling High-Tech.

Li Dongling does not expect to become a fat man in one breath, nor does he expect Zhou Shi to immediately develop the most advanced lithography machine for Dongxin Semiconductor, or for Ni Guangnan to develop the most cutting-edge chips for Dongxin Semiconductor in a short time; that is unrealistic.

Right now, for Dongling High-Tech, what is needed is not something most advanced, but chips, batteries, and electronic LCD screens that can be developed to fit Shenzhou phones and Feiyan mini radios. After getting through the immediate difficulties, then consider the future!

Unlike Zhou Shi and Ni Guangnan, who are devoted to scientific research and not good at socializing, although Wang Dongsheng also values technology, he manages BOE and supports so many employees up and down the company. He is much more sophisticated in his dealings. If he didn't have some means, how could he have repeatedly pulled in tens or hundreds of billions of yuan in life-saving money for BOE? The BOE of his previous life was entirely developed by burning money.

You must know that borrowing money, throughout history, has been a task harder than ascending to heaven. A person borrowing one thousand or ten thousand yuan is a completely different concept from borrowing hundreds of billions. Wang Dongsheng's ability to borrow money is something that Boss Jia, who is returning to the country next week, would probably envy.

"Today's Dongxin, tomorrow's Dongfang!"

Wang Dongsheng looked at this slogan posted on the Dongxin Semiconductor office building, turned his head, and said to Li Dongling, "Li Zong, what great courage!"

At first glance, this slogan seems restrained, but Wang Dongsheng sensed that Dongxin has the intention to compete with giants like Nikon and Canon. Currently, the center of global semiconductors is in Asia, and the core of Asian semiconductors lies in Japan. Whoever truly defeats the group of Japanese semiconductor manufacturers can truly become the number one in Asia, or even the global semiconductor industry.

"Wang Changzhang is too kind. I have heard a saying: if a person has no dreams, what is the difference from a salted fish? Dongxin Semiconductor still needs to have some dreams. What if it succeeds?!"

"Besides, isn't Wang Changzhang the same? I heard from Gao Peng that Wang Changzhang's office is filled with the latest LCD screen data and academic journals from Japan, the Koreas, and America. Perhaps one day, BOE will really become the largest LCD screen supplier in the country, and Wang Changzhang might even become the father of mainland LCD screens?!"

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Wang Dongsheng couldn't help but laugh heartily. He felt that the first half of Li Dongling's words had some meaning.

However, for the second half, he felt that Li Dongling was completely joking. The father of mainland LCD screens? He doesn't even dare to think about it now; all he is thinking about now is how to keep BOE alive.

"I'll take Li Zong's auspicious words. If that day really comes, I will definitely come to your door to thank you!" Wang Dongsheng said to Li Dongling.

Composing his expression, Wang Dongsheng said seriously to Li Dongling, "Li Zong, I came here this time just to ask one thing: is Dongling High-Tech really willing to support BOE's development of LCDs?!"

"Does Wang Changzhang think I would joke about this kind of thing?"

Li Dongling gave Wang Dongsheng a definite answer, "Wang Changzhang has dealt with Japanese companies, so you should understand why Dongling High-Tech is doing all this—to find domestic battery manufacturers to replace Sanyo, and to develop our own chips and screens!"

Li Dongling looked at the scar on Wang Dongsheng's hand. Wang Dongsheng had also stumbled at a Japanese company back then. There is no hatred in the world without a cause; all things have cause and effect.

Back then, Wang Dongsheng went to seek cooperation with a Japanese company. A department manager there talked freely at the dinner table, disparaging the Chinese people in various ways—saying they didn't like to bathe, liked to brag, were lazy, lacked discipline, etc. —and disparaging the Chinese while praising Japan. At first, Wang Dongsheng held it in, but later, the other party went too far, making Wang Dongsheng finally unable to hold back, crushing his wine glass and leaving a scar on his hand. It is evident how angry he was at that time; that humiliation was deeply engraved in his heart.

The BOE of his previous life, which stubbornly focused on LCD screens and chased after Japanese manufacturers like Xia Pu, probably had an inseparable connection with that experience. In the end, it finally played to death a group of Japanese LCD screen manufacturers like Xia Pu and Panasonic.

Looking at the scar on his hand, Wang Dongsheng immediately understood the feelings of Li Dongling and Dongling High-Tech. Only by experiencing that kind of humiliation, being pressed so hard by the other party that one cannot lift one's head, and being regarded as a second-class citizen, would one understand why one is unwilling to experience it a second time.

"LCD screen R&D is not easy. The early stage requires a large amount of R&D funds, and the later stage of building a production center will cost even more!"

Wang Dongsheng said to Li Dongling. He was afraid that Li Dongling was just playing around and would run away if the situation turned bad. Then BOE would be played to death; BOE does not have as thick a family foundation as Dongling High-Tech.

"Samsung dares to take risks, why wouldn't Dongling High-Tech and BOE dare to take risks?!"

Li Dongling looked at Wang Dongsheng. Samsung and the Korean manufacturers also entered the LCD screen industry starting two years ago. Once inside, Samsung and other Korean companies showed the Korean side of being good at gambling and taking risks—spending huge sums to buy technology, poaching people from Japanese companies like Xia Pu, and directly building R&D centers in Japan, etc. This year, they started building Samsung's first LCD production line.

"Dongling High-Tech can join hands with BOE to establish a new company to develop LCD panel technology. In the future, if the R&D is successful, BOE will be responsible for production, and Dongling High-Tech will require 65% of the equity of the new company, with BOE contributing technology as equity to get the remaining equity!"

"The new company can learn from Samsung, purchasing technology from American companies like RCA and Micron, and poaching engineers and technical personnel from Japan. There is no need to directly launch large-size screens; as long as it can develop LCD screens of two inches or more, Dongling High-Tech will make purchases!"

Wang Dongsheng took a deep breath. Li Dongling said it very clearly: as long as LCD screen technology can be developed and BOE can produce it, even if it is a small-size LCD screen, Dongling High-Tech will purchase it. This can ensure that BOE can survive after the transformation.

"I hope that two years from now, I will not regret this trip to Hanxi today, and I will not be ashamed to face the thousands of old colleagues at BOE!"

Wang Dongsheng gave a bitter smile but still reached out his hand to Li Dongling.

"To the future father of mainland LCD screens!"

"To Dongling High-Tech!"

Li Dongling found a bottle of liquor and poured a glass for Wang Dongsheng. Wang Dongsheng raised his glass to clink with Li Dongling, then drank it in one gulp.

Li Dongling stayed in the provincial capital for several days, discussed with Zhou Shi, Ni Guangnan, Wang Dongsheng, and others, signed the contract, handled the affairs of Dongxin Semiconductor, and then returned to Pingyang.

This trip to the provincial capital, although the time spent was not long, made Li Dongling feel a bit exhausted. Funds were scattered like seawater, making Hu Zixian, who is in charge of Dongling High-Tech's finances, feel a pain in the flesh.

And in the tech industry, after news related to Dongling High-Tech spread, it directly exploded. The first to bear the brunt was the "lucky one," BYD.

BYD, which previously had no fame at all in the country, after Dongling High-Tech announced that it would include BYD in the ranks of Dongling High-Tech's component suppliers and invested 41 million yuan in it, BYD's fame spread throughout the domestic tech industry in an instant!

Regardless of how much controversy there is, Dongling High-Tech is now one of the companies with the highest visibility in the domestic tech industry. No one can refute this. It has appeared on central media news several times this year, directly confronting Microsoft and Siemens, making Dongling High-Tech's name and popularity exceed that of old-brand companies like Sitong, Giant, Hope, Changhong, and Haier.

And now, after being raised in price by Japanese component suppliers, Dongling High-Tech is purchasing batteries from an unknown "small company." It is difficult for BYD not to be noticed!

"Is Dongling High-Tech sick and seeking medical treatment, or does BYD really have technology? Emerging tech company BYD receives a huge investment of 41 million yuan from Dongling High-Tech, with a valuation exceeding 120 million!"

"The 'luckiest' entrepreneur in history, 200,000 exchanged for 120 million. Boss Wang, who started a business with 200,000 last year, has a net worth exceeding 100 million this year!"

Now is an era where thousands of troops go to sea, especially in Pengcheng, which has gathered millions of adventurers from all over the country. New wealth stories happen every day, but those at most earn a million or so, and whether they are true or false is unknown. But BYD is a living, real example that appeared before everyone's eyes.

A small company with only less than 30 people, squeezed into a dilapidated workshop, became rich overnight and received an investment of 41 million. This is too stimulating to people's nerves. Think about what the internet frenzy period was like, and you can imagine how people now view this news about BYD.

On that day, almost all the media and newspapers in Pengcheng, Yangcheng, and even Guangdong Province were reporting the names of BYD and Boss Wang. There was disparagement and praise, but BYD became famous almost overnight.

Not only Dongling High-Tech's orders, almost immediately after the media reports, visitors who came for the name lined up in long queues. There were also manufacturers who heard about BYD's battery prices, which were only half of Sanyo's, who ran to their door wanting to find BYD to place orders.

These manufacturers are not small manufacturers; procurement personnel from companies including IBM, Motorola, and Sony all came to the door. The world has suffered from Sanyo's high-priced batteries for a long time. Now that there is finally a substitute, who wouldn't want to try it? After all, what is saved is all profit!

Outside that dilapidated factory building, it was surrounded by crowds who wanted to visit and place orders. Outsiders do not know how many battery orders BYD received. There are rumors that Motorola's procurement personnel alone placed an order for 3 million US dollars for mobile phone batteries with BYD on that day. Whether the rumors are true or false is unknown, but at noon, Boss Wang ran out in a hurry and announced to the media and everyone present that because of production capacity, BYD would temporarily not accept new orders!

Dongling High-Tech's powerful ability to bring goods was once again confirmed. Not only can it bring goods for itself, but suppliers included in Dongling High-Tech's procurement system will also be brought goods.

Being able to make Boss Wang temporarily stop accepting new orders, one can imagine how many orders BYD actually received!

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