Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 374: Only with money can you have technology

On Monday, Lin Baicheng went to Galaxy Semiconductor Company.

The office rented by Galaxy Semiconductor is not far from New Century Software Company.

After nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Baicheng came to Galaxy Semiconductor Company with his secretary and bodyguard.

Due to prior notification, both Genus Wilson and Buller Sandra are in the company. Genus Wilson is the director of the company's R&D department and is mainly responsible for leading the team to develop more advanced technologies.

As well as recruiting semiconductor talents for the company.

As for Buller Sandra, he is the manager of the company and is responsible for managing the company's daily affairs. He is Genus Wilson's superior. He previously worked at Fairchild Semiconductor and is not a technical talent.

Lin Baicheng, who came to Galaxy Semiconductor Company, called the company's executives to the conference room.

"Sandra, Wilson, how is the reception going at the factory?"

Lin Baicheng asked aloud. The factories he mentioned were naturally the four factories acquired from Texas Instruments.

"The factory is being steadily taken over. Except for a few senior executives who have been transferred back to Texas Instruments and some people who have resigned voluntarily, the factory has been able to operate as usual."

The one who answered loudly was Gnus Wilson. Buhler Sunderland came to work at Galaxy Semiconductor after New Year's Day. Before that, Gnus Wilson had been working on the receiving plant of the factory. Of course, he was the most popular person in this matter.

Familiar.

Lin Baicheng nodded and continued to ask: "Did anything happen during the receiving process at the factory?"

"Because BOSS gave everyone a 5% salary increase, no one made trouble and everyone cooperated."

Genus Wilson answered aloud. After a pause, he said: "However, everyone is a little worried about the future and whether there will be problems with the operation of the factory."

Buhler Sunderland added at this time: "BOSS, the factory used to take orders from Texas Instruments, so there is no need to worry about sales. Now, although Texas Instruments has not canceled all orders, the number of orders has been greatly reduced. Although Galaxy

Gaming and Apple Computer both placed some orders for the company, but they were not enough to make up for the reduced order volume from Texas Instruments."

"I will lead the following employees to develop markets for the company, but the market cannot be developed in a short time. Therefore, before more orders are found, should some of the factory's production lines be stopped first?"

After hearing this, Lin Baicheng asked: "If you stop part of it, will it have any impact when the company needs to mass-produce it?"

Buhler Sunderland said: "There will be a slight impact on production. The main reason is that the reduction of production lines will cause some employees to not have to work and can only receive half of their salary. At that time, many employees will definitely choose to leave their jobs and wait for the company to resign.

After the factory reaches full production, we can only recruit new employees, and the efficiency of the new employees will definitely not be as high as that of skilled workers."

Genus Wilson reminded aloud: "BOSS, as I said just now, the employees in the factory are a little worried about whether there will be problems with the company's operations. If some of the production lines are suddenly stopped, the employees will definitely think too much."

"If this is the case, then don't stop the production line."

Lin Baicheng made a decision immediately and said: "The factory is producing as usual, and the sales department is looking for manufacturers in need. If there are any leftovers, we will keep them. Anyway, after Galaxy Games places an order, those products will be used.

"

Bühler Sunderland suggested: "BOSS, in fact, we can reduce prices to a certain extent. After all, although the technology of the factory has not changed, after it is no longer a Texas Instruments factory, the manufacturers will definitely not be familiar with the company, and the company will not be famous at all."

No, it’s reasonable to sell at a reduced price. Even if the price is only reduced by 5%, when the volume increases, it can attract a lot of customers."

"As long as it doesn't cause a price war, you can reduce the price appropriately."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said, anyway, he has never thought about making money from a semiconductor company in a short period of time, so it is okay to make less. It is more important to have a large number of orders to allow the factory's production line to operate at full capacity.

Buhler Sunderland said: "As long as we don't cut prices too much, it won't cause a price war. It's normal for small companies' products to be cheaper than big companies."

Nodding, Lin Baicheng said to Genus Wilson: "Wilson, the task of your R&D department is not light. You must first understand Intel's memory chip technology, and then let the factory produce more advanced memory chips. When it is completed,

After these, we need to upgrade and develop existing technologies to develop more advanced technologies. I don’t ask you to catch up with Texas Instruments and Intel within three to five years, but you can’t fall too far behind, and you must

It is possible to catch up with or even surpass those big companies.”

Hearing this, Genus Wilson said helplessly: "BOSS, in addition to a flash of inspiration, the development of technology relies on a large number of experiments, and a large number of experiments require a large amount of money. Besides, there are also

It requires excellent talents, and excellent R&D talents are a treasure in every company. If we want them to come to our company, the salary must be higher than that offered by large companies."

"To put it simply, it can be said in one sentence, that is, investing a lot of money. Only with money can we recruit excellent R&D talents, only with money can we buy advanced R&D equipment, and only with money can R&D personnel continue to conduct experiments without worries.

"

"I know all this, and my investment in semiconductors will not be small."

Lin Baicheng nodded to express his understanding. Semiconductor technology was originally created with money. Without a large investment in R&D funds, where would advanced technology come from? Advanced technology is not like Monkey King, it can just pop out of a stone.

Buller Sunderland said at this time: "BOSS, there is not much money in the company's account currently. There is no problem in maintaining the company's daily operations, but it has to invest a lot of money in research and development, but it is beyond our capabilities."

"I know this."

Lin Baicheng nodded and then asked: "Wilson, how much more money do you think it is appropriate for me to invest?"

"How do you say this?"

Genus Wilson listened and said: "There is a way to use less money. For the time being, recruit some people and slowly develop and upgrade the technology. Of course it is better to have more money. Recruit more R&D personnel, especially some big names, even some

Purchase more advanced research and development equipment, etc. But at least, we have to invest another ten to twenty million US dollars, otherwise it is unlikely to see any results."

"Okay, I will think carefully about how much I will invest."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly. This matter really needs to be considered carefully. It doesn't make much sense to invest too little, and there is no short-term return if you invest too much. It is better to invest in long gold futures, and then invest in semiconductors after you get more returns.

In the company.

Therefore, a suitable amount is very important and needs to be thought about carefully.

(End of chapter)