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

Chapter 606 Genius Youth, Qingyun Plan! 764 million per day, 14.7 million per square meter!

"If given the opportunity, I would be happy to be a Chinese citizen!"

Tan Linlu, an electronic engineering student at the University of Cambridge, sat in the classroom, staring at the video on her phone with an incredulous expression.

Is Tiangong Technology not a chip design company, but a company that develops drugs for mind control?

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Daniel would take his family, overcome numerous obstacles, and travel thousands of miles to China.

What exactly is the allure of Tiangong Technology?
"Lin Lu! I knew you were here! Our advisor has already written recommendation letters for both of us. All we have to do is go through the interview process, and we're guaranteed to get into STMicroelectronics."

Tan Linlu suddenly looked up and saw Meng Lingzhong, a classmate, walking quickly towards her with two recommendation letters, his face full of excitement.

The two were originally alumni of Yenching University in the same department and year. Later, they came to study in the UK together and became classmates, which made them more familiar with each other.

"Old Meng, I want to go back to China to develop my career."

A week ago, Tan Linlu might have joined STMicroelectronics with great joy.

But now, he has a completely new choice in mind.

He wants to go to Tiangong Technology!

On one hand, it's out of curiosity: what magic does a company possess that attracts industry giants like Daniel and Lu Mingyan? Is it the generous salary and benefits, or the world-class research environment?
On the other hand, there was a sense of belonging that was quietly growing in his heart.

During his years studying abroad, he often heard questions about China's chip technology at international academic conferences, and he was also aware of the monopoly of European and American semiconductor companies in the high-end market.

But ever since Tiangong Technology emerged, China's chip industry has been rising step by step.

It is said that ARM's revenue shrank by 30% last year!

This is because Apple, Qualcomm, Shanxing, and Huawei, among others, have all abandoned the ARM architecture and switched to using the instruction set encoding rules of the Orange Z1.

Moreover, Tiangong Technology's salary and benefits are not bad, and are in no way inferior to those of top international companies.

Given the need to safeguard one's own interests, why not return to serve one's country?
Meng Lingzhong was slightly taken aback, and the letter of recommendation in his hand almost slipped to the ground. He stared at his friend and advised, "There are no decent companies in the field of memory chip research and development in China. Don't be foolish. Let's go to STMicroelectronics first, and after gaining experience, we can go to Micron, Sansung, or SK Hynix. This is the right direction for our lives."

In his eyes, Tan Linlu must have lost his mind to think of running back.

"Chen Yansen, the founder of Tiangong Technology, said that the company will invest 100 billion yuan annually in memory chip research and development in the future..."

Tan Linlu explained slowly.

"You don't actually believe that, do you?" Meng Lingzhong immediately retorted.

He didn't know Tiangong Technology, but he knew all too well about other semiconductor companies.

Forming cliques and engaging in backstabbing are commonplace; everyone is adept at getting subsidies, but they all get stuck when it comes to core technologies.

While overseas counterparts are busy improving the yield rate of 14-nanometer processes, China hasn't even mastered the 28-nanometer manufacturing process yet.

100 billion is nothing!

It's barely enough to set up a single memory chip production line!
“I believe in Chen Yansen,” Tan Linlu replied firmly.

In just two years since its establishment, Tiangong Technology has launched four processors: Tiangong T100, Tiangong A100, Tiangong B100 and Tiangong C100.

In particular, the Tiangong T100 is an AI chip with built-in local computing power that is now used in almost all smart speaker products on the market.

Although MediaTek and Qualcomm also have similar AI-specific chips, they ultimately cannot match the Tiangong T100 in terms of performance, power consumption control, and computing power.

Meng Lingzhong opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Finally, following his mentor's advice, he went to STMicroelectronics with a letter of recommendation, while Tan Linlu, after receiving a job offer from Tiangong Technology, packed his bags and embarked on his journey back to China.

Accompanying him were many research and development engineers from Britain and France.

The addition of Daniel and Lu Mingyan, coupled with the generous treatment Chen Yansen offered to researchers, inspired many to consider working at Tiangong Technology.

After all, Tiangong Technology's strength in the field of chip design has long since shattered the outside world's preconceived notions about "Chinese companies".

the other side.

Tiangong Technology's HR department has successively held spring recruitment events at universities such as Tsinghua University, Yenching University, Jiangsu University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jinling University, and Luzhou University of Science and Technology, recruiting a large number of engineers in the fields of memory cell design, analog mixed-signal design, peripheral circuit design, and custom layout.

The minimum annual salary offered in this spring recruitment season is 60 yuan, and Li Daoming, a genius from the microelectronics major at Luzhou University of Science and Technology, even received an annual salary of 270 million yuan.

The news immediately went viral across the internet.

"Holy crap! 270 million a year? That's equivalent to 20 years of my income!"

"I heard that on the day I joined the company, they immediately gave me a car worth 200 million yuan."

"Brother Sen never plays games; the best way to respect talent is to throw money at them!"

"Tan Linlu from Cambridge University is also very impressive, with a starting salary of 230 million."

"Did you see yesterday's report? A bunch of microelectronics engineers from Europe and America have joined Tiangong Technology, at least several dozen of them."

"It is recommended that Tiangong Technology do a good job in maintaining confidentiality and not let commercial spies take advantage of any loopholes."

Netizens have gone to great lengths to offer advice and suggestions to Chen Yansen in the comments section.

at the same time.

Chen Yansen sat in his office, listening to the work report from Meng Xinyan, the general manager of the human resources department of Tiangong Technology.

"Currently, a total of 327 people have been recruited, of which 45% hold doctoral degrees and 30% have overseas R&D experience."

"In addition, Li Daoming and Tan Linlu have completed their onboarding procedures and just reported to the memory chip R&D department this morning," Meng Xinyan said.

She paused, then added, "We've also noticed the online discussions about confidentiality. The security department has developed a new management plan. All R&D personnel must sign a confidentiality agreement before joining the company. The office area is subject to zoned access control. Computers are prohibited from connecting external devices, and even laboratory waste must undergo special treatment."

Chen Yansen hummed in agreement, picked up a document from the table, and handed it to Meng Xinyan: "Also, have the security department conduct background checks on the European and American engineers, and have them double-check in conjunction with a third-party organization. By the way, let's make the Qingyun Project public."

“Okay, boss.” Meng Xinyan nodded in agreement, then turned and left.

An hour later, Senlian Capital posted an update on its official Weibo account.

The details of the Qingyun Project were revealed for the first time.

The poster features the eye-catching tagline: Soaring to new heights, shaping the future with technology!
To put it simply, the Qingyun Project is a program for gifted young people.

Regardless of education level or nationality, as long as you have a skill in fields such as artificial intelligence, big data, or microelectronics engineering, once selected, you will receive a minimum annual salary of 200 million yuan, along with a car and a house.

The program includes a dedicated R&D fund of 50 billion yuan, the right of core personnel to initiate projects independently, a profit sharing of up to 30% of projects, a tolerance mechanism for failed projects, and even generous equity incentive policies.

Of course, the difficulty level is also exceptionally high.

It's worth noting that after rounds of selection, only Li Daoming and Tan Linlu have been successfully chosen so far.

"An annual salary of 200 million? That's pure cash! Even Ahri P9 doesn't earn that much, does he?"

"Stop looking, it has nothing to do with us ordinary people. Only one Li Daoming was selected nationwide." "Damn it! I regret not listening to my teacher; there really is a golden house in books!"

Netizens felt increasingly saddened and envious as they thought about it.

……

……

After get off work, Chen Yansen asked Huang Boxiang to go to the headquarters of Xingyuan Technology.

This industrial park covers an area of ​​120 million square meters, which is much larger than Senlian Science and Technology Park, but at this moment, only a small portion of the ground buildings in the park have been completed.

It's likely that by the time Liang Jinsong improves the yield rate of the 28-nanometer process to 95%, the current industrial park will be difficult to complete.

Chen Yansen waved his hand, signaling Lao Huang to go home.

"Boss, uh, which one?" Huang Boxiang scratched his head and asked with an embarrassed smile.

"Whatever, it's fine with me." Chen Yansen seemed indifferent.

Can this also be randomized?

Old Huang clicked his tongue in amazement.

Just then, Chen Yansen's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and then pressed the answer button.

"Can't you just behave yourself? The US has even called Beijing to complain," Li Qingsong said with a smile.

However, the tone of his voice sounded encouraging, yet also tinged with a hint of pride.

In the past, it was usually Chinese scientists who went to Europe and North America. This was the first time Li Qingsong had encountered someone like Daniel Skinner, who was shouting that he wanted to change his nationality. This made Li Qingsong secretly very happy.

On the surface, China has simply gained one more foreign researcher.

However, broadly speaking, this demonstrates that China's economic, technological, and academic achievements have gained recognition from the overseas scientific community.

"Mr. Li, I am truly sorry. I did not expect that Tiangong Technology's recruitment this time would cause such a big commotion. In the future, I will definitely pay more attention to the impact and appropriately reduce the proportion of foreign engineers recruited."

Chen Yansen said this deliberately.

“That won’t do!” Li Qingsong laughed heartily: “That Daniel wants to become a citizen? You can have Meng Yuanzhi arrange it later. We should always give special consideration to such high-level talents.”

"Okay, Mr. Li." Chen Yansen leaned back in his chair and readily agreed.

He knew perfectly well that Li Qingsong was clearly trying to cause trouble and sow discord in the United States.

Three minutes later, the two ended the call.

Chen Yansen looked up and saw that Lao Huang had chosen the villa area where Ye Qiuping lived, so he asked, "Lao Huang, did Ye Qiuping give you money?"

"Huh? Boss, no!" Huang Boxiang felt wronged and muttered to himself: Brother Sen, I chose this place because I saw that you go to Boss Ye's house the most often.

"Just kidding." Chen Yansen chuckled lightly.

Old Huang looked resentful, thinking: Boss, please don't mess with me.

at the same time.

At the Orange Supermarket headquarters in Shanghai, Byron and Hou Yi had just finished their weekly business meeting. After some discussion, the entire team approved the 'East China Region Expansion Plan'.

Next, Orange Supermarket will take Shanghai as its center and gradually expand its business to Hangzhou, Nanjing, Luzhou and other places, eventually covering the entire East China region.

After establishing a firm foothold, they will then advance into North China, Central China, South China, and Southwest China.

Within two weeks of opening, the eight self-operated stores in Shanghai achieved a total transaction volume of 1.07 million yuan, averaging 764 million yuan per day, with a sales per square meter of 14.7 yuan.

The main reason is that the locations of these eight self-operated stores were carefully considered: firstly, they are close to the CBD and large communities, ensuring a steady flow of customers; secondly, there are no decent competitors in the surrounding area, reducing the pressure of customer diversion, which has resulted in sales per square meter that far exceed the industry average.

However, if the number of self-operated stores is increased blindly and the service scope is expanded, the sales per square meter will inevitably decline, which is an unavoidable reality.

Even for a giant like Walmart, the average sales per square meter of its global stores is only slightly over 50,000; as for supermarkets like Yonghui, the sales per square meter are only 20,000 to 30,000.

Therefore, as soon as the job posting for Orange Supermarket was uploaded to the official website, the HR department's inbox was flooded with resumes in less than an hour.

For example, there is a shortage of 80 cashiers, but there are as many as 600 resumes.

The deadline for submitting resumes is a week later, at which point there will be thousands of people competing for one job opportunity.
The next morning, after seeing Byron's work email, Chen Yansen thought for a moment and replied: "First, stop accepting new resumes; second, reserve half of the positions for candidates who will be interviewed in person."

After finishing his work, he shook his head helplessly and wondered to himself: I remember the job market was pretty good in 2014. Is a cashier position really worth hundreds of people competing for?

When Orange Supermarket closed its resume submission portal, many people were immediately stunned.

"I just revised my resume. What does this mean, Brother Sen? I really want to work for you too."

"Orange Supermarket's official Weibo account posted an announcement, apparently because there were too many people submitting resumes, and in order to avoid wasting everyone's time, they closed the portal early."

"I should have applied yesterday. Now look what's happened, I don't even have a chance for an interview!"

The comment section of Orange Supermarket's official Weibo account is full of job seekers' regret and resentment.

Some people posted their academic certificates and work experience in an attempt to secure extra interview slots, while others tagged Byron, Hou Yi, or Chen Yansen in hopes of getting an interview opportunity.

"I didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic about Orange Supermarket. But I've seen a lot of resumes, including those from graduate students and undergraduates. Actually, Orange Mobile Phone Factory, Kuaipao, and Yunsu also need qualified candidates for basic management positions. We welcome everyone to submit their resumes."

Upon learning this, Chen Yansen posted a reply on his personal account on Toutiao.

"I do not recommend that Orange Supermarket hire undergraduates or graduate students to work as cashiers, stockers, and cleaners. This would be a waste of highly educated talent."

A popular professor jumped out to criticize.

"Thanks, but I don't accept your advice! I looked for a job in Shanghai, and the starting salary was generally 4000 yuan, without room and board. I couldn't even save 500 yuan a month. I could mop the floors at Orange Supermarket and earn 7,000 to 8,000 yuan a month. So tell me, what should I choose?"

"I also have a bachelor's degree, but it's really hard to find a reliable job with a liberal arts major. My parents want me to go back to my hometown and take the civil service exam, but I think it's good to work at Orange Supermarket killing fish. The work atmosphere is good, and I love it here."

"Haha, me too. Although the work is a bit tiring, there are 6% off employee meals every day, and the monthly meal allowance of 500 yuan is just right. I've been working at Orange Supermarket for half a month and I've actually gained more than ten kilograms."

The moment the professor showed his face, he was bombarded with criticism from countless college students.

Who wouldn't want to sit in an air-conditioned office, type on a keyboard, and earn over 10,000 yuan a month?

But reality doesn’t allow it!
Although the average salary in Shanghai is high, 99% of people are lagging behind, with less than 1% earning over 10,000 yuan a month.

The internet celebrity professor wanted to retort, but the netizens' insults were too vulgar, so he had no choice but to quickly close the comment section and act like a coward.

Immediately afterwards, a news item overshadowed the recruitment buzz surrounding Orange Supermarket.

"A heartless daughter-in-law snatched custody of her granddaughter, not only refusing to support her elderly parents, but also suing them in court!"

(End of this chapter)