Chapter 3529

And it was very simple for Hanhai Technology to want to acquire these companies. Some of these small companies could be acquired for a few million US dollars, better ones for tens of millions of US dollars, and even the top companies in the industry would cost at most hundreds of millions of US dollars.

This money was no longer anything to Hanhai Technology. They could take it out in minutes.

And if those small companies were favored by Hanhai Technology, they basically had no power to resist, because the current Hanhai Technology's volume and energy were too huge. If the companies they favored were unwilling to be acquired, they had countless means to make the other party submit.

This sounded a bit cruel, but this was reality. Every big company would do this. Therefore, Hou Wenchang, of course, would not have any psychological burden because of this.

Hou Wenchang said, "Okay, I will send people to look for a few companies that have made achievements in this area tomorrow, acquire them, and set up a few artificial intelligence research groups."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Wenchang, as long as you make breakthroughs in these areas, I can guarantee that for the next ten years or more, Hanhai Technology will be the most powerful company in the IT industry."

Hou Wenchang nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely do as you say. You have never let me down, and this time you definitely won't let me down either."

Su Xinghui smiled faintly and said, "However, you cannot relax on the projects you originally focused on researching and developing, such as hardware like chips, memory, and display screens. These are things that will not be outdated even in ten years or more. If you cannot master these core technologies yourself, it is very easy to be 'choked' by others."

Hou Wenchang understood Su Xinghui's meaning. He nodded and said yes. For these core technologies, he must research and develop them. He dared not say that he could definitely catch up with or even surpass the technologies of those big companies in developed European and American countries, but at least he could not fall too far behind them.

If chips, memory, and display screens could all be localized in the future, at least the cost of Hanhai mobile phones would be reduced again.

If these things could not be localized, it would be very easy to be "choked" by others. If others raised prices or simply didn't sell them to you, wouldn't you be staring blankly with no way out?

Hou Wenchang said, "Xinghui, thank you. However, there is no need to say thank you to you now, because Hanhai Technology will also have a share for you in the future."

Su Xinghui said, "Don't talk nonsense. How can Hanhai Technology have a share for me?"

Hou Wenchang laughed, "I know, Grandpa has already made a will. Half of his shares will be yours in the future, and Hanhai Technology has a lot of his shares."

When Hou Wenchang started his business, part of the funds were sponsored by Hou Guangbi. This money was counted as Hou Guangbi's shares. Therefore, Hou Guangbi also had shares in Hanhai Technology, and quite a lot. And Hou Guangbi made a will that half of his shares would be given to Su Xinghui in the future. So, calculating this way, Su Xinghui would also be a major shareholder of Hanhai Technology in the future.

With Hanhai Technology's current volume, plus the shares of the Hou Group, Su Xinghui in the future could also be considered a major tycoon in the country. However, this tycoon was also implicit and could not leave his name on any public ranking list.

Su Xinghui shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I promised Grandpa that just to put him at ease. This property is too huge; I cannot accept it."

Hou Wenchang said sternly, "Xinghui, you must accept it. The Hou Group and Hanhai Technology can have today, and you have at least half the credit. Giving you these shares is already considered small."

Su Xinghui also knew that now was not the time to talk about this. He shook his head again and then raised his glass to drink with Hou Wenchang again.

Baozhou's snow season had arrived again. In just one day, the rivers and mountains of the entire Baozhou were covered by white snow.

The arrival of the snow season meant that 2005 was about to pass again.

In 2005, many major events happened in Baozhou City. The biggest event was the advent of the Hanhai Generation I mobile phone. This was an epoch-making achievement in the history of world technology, and it also wrote the name Baozhou into the history books, making it a Chinese city known to many foreigners.

And another major event made all the people of Baozhou proud, that is, Baozhou City's GDP surpassed Yanzhong City this year, becoming the "big brother" in the GDP ranking of Yanbei Province.

For Baozhou City, this was a huge achievement. You know, Yanzhong City was the provincial capital of Yanbei Province, which was equivalent to the eldest son of Yanbei Province. Yanbei Province's various policies and funds were tilted toward Yanzhong City, and there was so many years of industrial accumulation.

Large state-owned enterprises like the Yanfang Group had several in Yanzhong City, and various infrastructure was also the best in Yanzhong City. Yanzhong City had expressways and airports. With such good conditions, a few years ago, no one would have thought that any other city would threaten Yanzhong City's status as the provincial big brother.

But who would have thought that in just a few years, there would really be a city in Yanbei Province that surpassed Yanzhong City in GDP ranking and became the big brother of Yanbei Province? This was truly an incredible thing.

And the city that surpassed Yanzhong City was actually Baozhou. Just a few years ago, Baozhou's GDP ranking in Yanbei Province was only at a medium-to-low level, and there was no sign of any rise at all. But in these few years, Baozhou City's economy was like taking a rocket, soaring up, and finally, in this year, it surpassed Yanzhong City.

The reason for this was all because Su Xinghui came to Baozhou City. Baozhou City's economy then took a rocket.

In the few years since Su Xinghui came to Baozhou, how many big enterprises had Baozhou City introduced? Baozhou Special Steel Plant, Baozhou Electrical Appliance Factory, Jiangcheng Meat Processing, Ernest Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hanhai Technology, Tianfeng Technology—these enterprises were all famous names in their respective industries, and some enterprises were even the "big brothers" in their industries.

With these enterprises as the backbone, Baozhou City founded four major economic development zones, attracting a large number of supporting enterprises, which supported the skeleton and flesh of Baozhou's economy. And Baozhou City's six counties and two districts also vigorously developed their own pillar industries, such as tourism, animal husbandry, etc., which made Baozhou's economic flesh fuller and fuller, and only then did we have today's Baozhou City.

One day at the end of the year, when Zhao Yichen knew that Baozhou City's GDP this year surpassing Yanzhong City was a foregone conclusion, he happily called Mayor Xin Jing, Executive Vice Mayor Su Xinghui, and Standing Committee Vice Mayor Cheng Zhiguo to his office, saying he wanted to celebrate their success.

How could Zhao Yichen not be happy? His status in the Standing Committee of the Yanbei Provincial Party Committee was closely related to Baozhou City's status in Yanbei Province.

Before, Zhao Yichen's status in the Standing Committee of the Yanbei Provincial Party Committee was at the bottom. But after this time, his status could at least surpass Yanzhong Municipal Party Committee Secretary Cheng Ruikang, and it might even be higher, because he had also served as a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee for more than two years, and his qualifications could be considered relatively old.

And with such political achievements, the possibility of Zhao Yichen going further was even greater. How could he not be happy? With his age, perhaps before he retired, he still had the hope of serving as a frontier official.

All this was brought about by Baozhou City's political achievements. Baozhou City's GDP ranking first in the province was a very big political achievement for Zhao Yichen.

In addition to GDP, Baozhou had ranked at the forefront of the province in all aspects of work in the past few years. Economy, technology, education, culture, sports, etc., all ranked at least in the top three in the province, and some work even ranked first in the province. This was an all-around advantage. Every time Zhao Yichen held a meeting in the province, his face was bright.

When Xin Jing and the other three came in, Zhao Yichen said with a spring breeze on his face, "Everyone must know, right? This year, our Baozhou City's total GDP surpassing Yanzhong City is basically a foregone conclusion. In the future, Baozhou City will be the city with the first GDP ranking in the province. This is all the credit of your municipal government. It is gratifying and congratulatory!"

Xin Jing, Su Xinghui, and Cheng Zhiguo looked at each other. They, of course, also knew this good news. Because Baozhou's GDP surpassed Yanzhong City in the first three quarters of this year, the competition between the two cities in the last quarter was very fierce, almost falling into a white-hot state, which also made the two cities very nervous about the GDP statistics for the last quarter.

The municipal government had always let the Statistics Bureau hurry up with the statistical work to ensure that Baozhou City's GDP could truly surpass Yanzhong City, because Baozhou City's leading advantage over Yanzhong City in the first three quarters was not large, and a solid advantage had not been fully established, so everyone was a bit worried.