Chapter 297 One family dominates

Money is no longer what Jiang Guoyong cares about; he hopes to make further progress in his personal career development.

For example, contribute to help Alphabet enter the top 500 of the Fortune 50.

For example, taking the position of CEO of Alphabet Group.

It was because he had worked so hard for Fang Hexuan over the past four years that he realized how big the other party's ambition was.

Once it is really successful, this group will be a super giant company not only in the Chinese community, but also in the world.

As capitalism entered a highly developed stage, Jiang Guoyong had a deep understanding of the power of multinational corporations.

Becoming the CEO of a Fortune 500 multinational company means you can almost become a guest of honor in the governments of many countries. The appeal is something that ordinary people cannot understand.

What's more, Fang Hexuan once revealed to him that when the time comes, he will give these meritorious officials stock incentives.

This alone was enough for Jiang Guoyong to serve until his death.

In Hong Kong, there are really not many bosses who can distribute shares to their employees. These old-school businessmen would rather give their subordinates a raise than share ownership of the company.

That’s why the term “working emperor” came into being!
Working for himself is extremely attractive to Jiang Guoyong. Not only will he make more money, but he will also have a double sense of accomplishment.

He nodded and quickly changed the subject to talk about work.

"Mr. Fang, there is no problem with the progress on the Neon side. We can also keep up with the production of the 27 parts of Sock Island. As long as our sales volume goes up, they will have greater motivation to continue cooperating with us, and the OEM cost can be further reduced."

Fang Hexuan listened carefully, but still reminded:

"I need to be absolutely sure. So, you should arrange for people to stay in both Neon and Sock Island for a while. Once Maple Leaf's new products are on the market and sales are stable, I will also give them bonuses and holidays!"

Jiang Guoyong also knew the interests involved, nodded, and said with a smile:

"They prefer bonuses to holidays. No problem. I'll go do some work."

Fang Hexuan smiled with satisfaction, then restrained his expression and said solemnly:

"Boss Jiang, I promoted you from the subsidiary company not only to reward you and your team for your hard work over the past few years, but also because there are other important tasks waiting for you!"

Jiang Guoyong frowned slightly, as if he was thinking, and after a moment, his expression relaxed again.

"Isn't this obvious? Fang Sheng always thinks ten steps ahead before he takes one step!"

Thinking this in his heart, he still asked curiously:
"Mr. Fang, which industry do you want to enter?"

Fang Hexuan did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up a cigar, put it to his nose and smelled it, then asked mysteriously:

"What does President Jiang think of the concept of 'information revolution'?"

Jiang Guoyong was stunned and silent for a while, then he said while thinking:

"This concept is not new. The global scientific and technological community proposed this concept as early as the 1940s when electronic computers were first invented."

Fang Hexuan nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.

"In the past few years, I have traveled around the world and met many high-tech companies. From my personal experience, everyone seems to have great confidence in the personal computer's promotion of informatization."

"This is not difficult to understand. Once personal computers become popular and deeply integrated into ordinary family life, it is not impossible for them to replace some of the functions of telephones with their excellent computing functions!"

Fang Hexuan clapped his hands while holding a cigar:
"Mr. Jiang hit the nail on the head!"

"DARPA, a subsidiary of the U.S. Department of Defense, successfully used electronic computers to achieve communication within the military several years ago. This is proof that informatization can truly be achieved!"

Jiang Guoyong also nodded in agreement and asked:
"So this is one of the reasons why Fang Sheng wanted to enter the personal computer field from the beginning, right?" "Well, personal computers are just the beginning. There is also a wave of informatization that connects the world through computers. Anyone who is determined to create a world-class company cannot miss this opportunity!"

Fang Hexuan's passionate tone moved Jiang Guoyong slightly. At this moment, he became more determined to continue following the other party.

He himself does not have this kind of foresight, but he can follow such people.

“We can look forward to this future, but we have to think about the underlying logic!”

Jiang Guoyong didn't quite understand, his expression was full of confusion and puzzlement!

"Informatization is not a castle in the air. It requires a foundation first, and this foundation is the iterative update of hardware!"

"Yes, that's true. Mr. Fang is really far-sighted!"

"Haha, stop flattering me like that in the future. If you work harder, I'll have less to worry about!"

Hearing this, Jiang Guoyong was not angry, but nodded solemnly.

"If I can gain Fang Sheng's trust, I will do my best!"

Fang Hexuan nodded again with satisfaction and continued:

"You should have noticed that almost all hardware that can receive commands and output results, including common devices in daily life such as radios, requires something to control it."

Although Jiang Guoyong did not scratch his head, he frowned and thought hard for a while, and finally said suddenly:

"Control chip!"

Fang Hexuan clapped his hands and smiled:
"Haha! Mr. Jiang's hard work over the past few years has not been in vain!"

Jiang Guoyong also laughed. In fact, when he was at Li & Fung before, he was only involved in traditional import and export trade, which had nothing to do with high technology. However, he has been working in the industrial and technological fields in recent years, so naturally he has become more deeply immersed in them.

"So, Mr. Fang is planning to make a big splash in the chip industry next?"

Fang Hexuan sighed and said helplessly:

"Easier said than done!"

Jiang Guoyong also nodded, feeling deeply touched.

"The United States is the leader in the global semiconductor field. Intel is the only dominant player. The followers behind it can't even see their taillights. If we want to get involved, I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

"What does Fang Sheng mean?"

Fang Hexuan then put away his depressed look and said with a firm face:

“We must develop no matter how difficult it is. We can stay low profile for now, but we must accumulate strength. That is to say, ‘build high walls, store up food, and slowly become king’!”

Jiang Guoyong seemed to understand, but he still asked uncertainly:
"Mr. Fang means that we should join in, but develop in a low-key manner and not compete directly with American semiconductor companies."

"Even if we want to compete, we don't have the strength!"

"From what I've seen, the US may support another rival to weaken Japan's semiconductor industry. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for us!"

"From chip design, manufacturing, to packaging, the industry chain here is not very long, but we still have a lot of room for improvement."

"Therefore, I need Mr. Jiang to devote some of his energy to finding some suppliers suitable for cooperation with us in Neon and Sock Island in the future, in case of future needs!"

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(End of this chapter)