I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 329 The First Batch of Engineers for Self-Developed Chips! Zhou Hongyi: Enemy = Twenty Years of the Internet!

On the second day after its launch, Yu'ebao gained 130 million new users, bringing the total number of users who activated the feature to 400 million, with a total fund size of 244 billion yuan.

On October 13, Tencent sued 360 for "unfair competition".

The reason is simple: 360 Security Guard forcibly blocked QQ Browser's update program, hindering Pony Ma's mobile transformation.

As soon as Chen Yansen arrived at the company and turned on his computer, he saw Zhou Hongyi's "friendly greeting" to Ma Wenteng on Weibo.

After understanding the general situation, he couldn't help but chuckle and felt a sense of admiration for Zhou Hongyi.

This guy gets itchy all over if he doesn't cause trouble for two days.

Among internet entrepreneurs, finding Zhou Hongyi's friends is like finding a needle in a haystack, while finding his enemies is like knocking down a large number of them with a single brick.

The golden twenty years of the Chinese internet were when those who were criticized by Zhou Hongyi and those who criticized Zhou Hongyi came together.

Chen Yansen shook his head. Although he had a good relationship with both sides, he had no interest in interfering in the feud between Little Ma and Zhou Dapao.

另外，夭猫商城双十一的大促节奏已经出炉，10月15日到11月10日为预售阶段，11月11日为正式开售时间，11月12日到11月13日为限时返场活动。

It has to be said that Zhang Yong has mastered 99% of Pinbei's shady tactics.

What was originally a one-day e-commerce festival was stretched to thirty days.

JD.com followed suit, with the pre-sale period running from October 18th to November 10th, and the official sale and limited-time return dates coinciding with those of Ali.

Furthermore, the pre-sale event started three days earlier than that of Tmall Mall!
Therefore, Huang Zheng temporarily adjusted the strategy, pushing the pre-sale time forward by one day to October 14th, which is tomorrow.

From the user's perspective, a month-long e-commerce promotion cycle is really tedious and long, which affects the shopping experience.

However, from the merchant's perspective, extending the sales cycle is necessary to fully unleash users' purchasing demand.

For users who have difficulty making decisions, one day is simply not enough.

The third news item is closely related to Pinbei. Although more than forty days have passed since the signing of the Series B financing agreement for Pinbei, Senlian Capital waited until October 12 to announce it to the media.

Firstly, it generates buzz for Pinduoduo's Double Eleven promotion and attracts more traffic; secondly, it expands brand exposure and attracts top talent; and thirdly, it boosts the company's valuation, paving the way for subsequent financing or IPO.

"Following JD.com, Pinduoduo, the second largest e-commerce platform, completed its Series B financing yesterday, with a post-investment valuation of US$220 billion!"

"Pinbei raises $22 billion, potentially becoming Alibaba's biggest threat!"

"At twenty years old, Chen Yansen has added another company worth hundreds of billions!"

Chen Yansen glanced at the headlines and thought that the self-media was too good at stirring up trouble. It was not hard to imagine how heartbroken Liangzai Dong would be when he saw these news articles.

After all, JD.com has been working hard for many years, and its valuation is only 80 billion yuan, which is less than half of Pinduoduo's valuation.

Ten minutes later, Chen Yansen closed the webpage, logged into the data backend, and started looking at the core data of each project as usual.

at the same time.

After settling his family in, Wu Shengyu bought a one-way high-speed rail ticket from Nanjing to Xucheng.

It wasn't until the train started moving that he belatedly smiled bitterly, realizing that at the age of forty, he was still as impulsive as a young man, easily swayed by a few words, and resolutely chose to return to China from San Diego, California, with his entire family.

After being away from my homeland for many years, I have witnessed tremendous changes in the country.

With 3G networks widely available and 4G networks under preparation, China has nearly 6 million internet users, over 11 billion mobile phone users, and smartphone users approaching 4 million.

As far as he knows, the Alexa smart speaker, which is popular in Europe and America, is a product of Orange Technology.

In his eyes, it's hard to imagine that a smart voice assistant with such advanced technology could have originated in China.

It's worth noting that even Amazon's latest Echo voice interaction engine isn't as fast or accurate as Alexa's.

Wu Shengyu felt that, perhaps out of curiosity or perhaps because he was being misled, he was still deeply moved when he recalled his conversation with Chen Yansen.

The childlike heart that had been dry for many years seemed to have been awakened by the other party.

The scenery outside the window flashed by, and Wu Shengyu couldn't help but fall into his memories.

He is a native of Nanjing. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1993 with a major in Electronic Information Engineering. He then went to the University of Toronto for further studies. Five years later, he joined Qualcomm, starting as an ordinary chip design engineer. After fourteen years of hard work, he finally became a senior engineer.

Annual salary of $18!
In Europe and America, this would be considered middle-class!

But he knew in his heart that Qualcomm did not favor Chinese engineers. The position of senior engineer was almost the career ceiling for Chinese people at Qualcomm, and only a very small number of them could break through the restrictions and be promoted to senior engineer.

Above the Senior Chief Engineer, there are three other levels: Chief Engineer, Senior Chief Engineer, and Chief Scientist.

He's forty years old this year, what room is there for him to get promoted?
But Chen Yansen was different. He immediately offered him the title and benefits of chief engineer, with a total annual salary of 180 million yuan, plus six types of insurance and two types of funds, stock options, and more than a dozen other benefits.

Instead of being someone's dog, why not dedicate yourself to the development of domestically produced chips!
His more than ten years at Qualcomm were not wasted. He worked his way up from the baseband integration department to the IoT chip department, and then to the RF R&D department. In addition to his main job, he could also do some work as an architect.

With Wu Shengyu's abilities, he was more than qualified to serve as chief engineer, but Qualcomm was unwilling to give him the opportunity.

The journey from Jinling South Station to Xucheng East Station takes only one hour.

Wu Shengyu pushed his suitcase out of the high-speed rail station, then opened his phone, used Kuaidi Dache (a ride-hailing app), and called a minivan.

The United States also has a similar ride-hailing app, which seems to be called 'uber'. Clearly, the speed of internet development in China is not inferior to that in Europe and the United States.

During his few days back in China, he tried out group buying, food delivery, e-commerce, and express delivery services, and none of them were beyond his expectations.

Although the United States also has these apps, they are not as good as their domestic counterparts in terms of delivery efficiency and ease of use.

Because China has a larger market and attracts more capital, a brand-new industry often sees dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of companies emerge at its inception.

After fierce competition, prices and services can be pushed to their limits.

It's like raising a venomous insect!
Our European and American competitors are no match for us!
Three minutes later, Wu Shengyu checked the license plate number and got into a BMW.

After confirming the last four digits of the phone number, the driver activated the trip itinerary and sped off towards Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

"Are you an employee of Orange Technology?" The driver, a man in his thirties, noticed that Wu Shengyu was staring out the window and asked him.

"Why do you ask that?" Wu Shengyu turned around and looked at the driver.

"The most famous companies in Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park are, first, Orange Technology, second, Pinbei Mall, third, Orange Payment, and fourth, Jinri Technology. They are all star companies in our virtual city. I heard that there were a few small companies that moved in before, but they all moved out. Now there are only these four companies left."

The driver introduced it with a proud look on his face.

Although Chen Yansen is not from Xucheng, he is a college student at Xucheng University, and in the eyes of the locals, he is considered half one of them.

"I went for an interview," Wu Shengyu said with a slight smile, not telling the truth.

"Then I wish you all the best!" the driver replied with a smile.

The two chatted casually for less than twenty minutes before the taxi drove into the science park and stopped in front of Building 9.

"Look, Orange Technology is in this building right in front of us. Across from it is the headquarters of Pinbei Mall, and next to it are Orange Payment and Today Technology."

The driver knew the details like the back of his hand, and seemed extremely familiar with the place.

After all, he often took staff from Orange Technology, Pinbei Mall, and Orange Pay to the high-speed rail station, and occasionally chatted with them, thus learning some basic information.

"Thank you," Wu Shengyu nodded in response and opened the car door.

"Wait a moment, I'll help you with your luggage." The driver was extremely enthusiastic. Since it was a business vehicle, the fare was high, so the service was naturally excellent.

the other side.

Chen Yansen received a message from Wu Shengyu and immediately went to the window, where he saw Wu Shengyu getting off the bus and the driver busy carrying luggage.

Like Wu Shengyu's chip R&D engineers, he poached more than 70 people from companies such as Qualcomm, Broadcom, AMD and Nvidia, including both Chinese and European and American engineers.

With a mental strength value exceeding 100, he could easily 'convince' these high-end individuals in the chip industry.

Of course, this 'persuasiveness' is not coercive. Chen Yansen had the list and communicated with more than 130 chip engineers, but only more than 70 of them agreed to return to China.

He had considered recruiting domestically, but if he wanted to design top-notch chip products and compete with Qualcomm, the only way was to poach talent.

In 2012, China's domestic chip design industry was only in its early stages of development, and could only produce industrial chips with process technology of 32nm and above. It was extremely difficult to produce highly sophisticated mobile phone processors, communication basebands, and memory chips.

Chen Yansen pushed open the office door, stepped into the elevator, and went straight to the first floor. When he reached the lobby, he ran into Wu Shengyu, who was about to walk in.

"Mr. Wu, welcome back to China, and welcome to join Orange Technology's chip design department as chief engineer."

As Chen Yansen spoke, he extended his right hand.

"Mr. Chen, thank you for recognizing my abilities. I don't think I will let you down."

Wu Shengyu subconsciously looked up, and upon seeing Chen Yansen, he was slightly startled, but quickly recovered and hurriedly grasped the other's right hand.

Although he had seen a photo of the new boss beforehand, he did not expect that Chen Yansen was younger than he had imagined.

He stood tall and straight at 1.86 meters, with a faint smile on his face, exuding an extremely imposing aura.

He had met Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, but Paul's demeanor was not as imposing as Chen Yansen's, and even made Chen feel a sense of pressure.

In an instant, he abandoned his contempt.

"You are among the first batch of employees to report for duty. The company has provided you with a two-bedroom apartment in the city center, as well as a car worth 500,000 yuan. If you have any difficulties adjusting to life here, you can ask your colleagues in the administration department for help. We will first show you around the chip design department's office environment."

Chen Yansen gave a brief explanation and then led Wu Shengyu to the elevator to go to the seventh floor together.

Prior to this, he had already purchased a complete set of electronic design automation software, including logic synthesis tools, HDL development tools, algorithm architecture design tools, automatic placement and routing tools, and physical verification tools.

Together with Wu Shengyu and others, they confirmed the high-performance servers, storage systems, dedicated switches, and high-resolution displays required for their chip design process, thereby ensuring the smooth progress of the work.

Chen Yansen is not afraid to spend money!
He knew that once the self-developed chip was successful, Orange Mobile's hardware profit margin could be raised to another level, allowing them to offer higher wages to frontline workers, after-sales service, operations, management, and sales personnel.

And only then can he receive more humanitarian blessings!

As for developing China's own chips and promoting the development of China's chip manufacturing industry, these are just lies he used to fool people like Wu Shengyu.

He can win people over with emotions, but he will then use the greater good to persuade them.

For those who are extremely rational and only care about money, he throws money at them, offering 1.5 or 2 times the annual salary until they accept the offer.

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Hangzhou, Geek Auto Magazine headquarters, CEO's office.

Hu Weiyi sat down and thanked Cheng Weixing repeatedly with a smile: "Thank you, junior Cheng. I'll treat you to a meal when I'm done with this busy period."

"You're too kind, senior. The shared bike industry has great potential. I'm sure with the boss's business acumen, he won't let your project slip by."

Cheng Weixing responded with a smile.

Previously, he had heard Gao Weilin mention that the boss was interested in investing in the shared bicycle industry, so when Hu Weiyi contacted him, he recommended Senlian Capital to them.

“Then I’ll contact Mr. Chen first,” Hu Weiyi said. She was indeed very curious about Chen Yansen.

(End of this chapter)