Life 1984

Chapter 462 Do you want to marry me?

The relocation of Sihai Group headquarters is easy to accomplish.

According to Li Yunhai's wishes, the old office desks, chairs, filing cabinets, and old office equipment that have been used here for several years will not be moved away. They will all be sold to second-hand stores. Only the relevant documents and files will be moved there.

So it only took one day to move the headquarters to the new address.

It was the first time for many people in the company to walk into this modern office building. They were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. They were dazzled, excited, and excited. They all said that this time they really changed their minds.

The interior design of the headquarters building is modern, simple and full of artistic flavor. Each floor adopts an open office layout, allowing employees to communicate and collaborate freely to stimulate innovative thinking.

The group headquarters building has a parking lot and equipment floor underground, and a podium, office area, conference area, rest area, display area, etc. above ground.

The sixth to twentieth floors are the office areas of each business unit, and the twenty-first floor to the top floor are the group executive office areas and conference center. There are a total of 25 large, medium and small conference rooms.

The building is equipped with multiple areas such as front lobby reception area, negotiation area, shared conference area, leadership office area, bar area, open office area, education and training area, reading area, rest area, etc. The spatial structure breaks the boundaries of traditional office space. and singleness, the entire space is more like a small community composed of multiple work spaces across boundaries.

This is just the layout of the headquarters building.

The entire Sihai Center is an urban super complex integrating shopping malls, offices, business apartments, hotels, and cultural facilities.

The scientific research institute has a separate building with separate office areas and test areas. The main floors are equipped with office areas, tea rooms, war rooms, leisure areas, etc.

The other two buildings are used as top business office buildings and high-end hotels.

The hotel follows the brand and management of Tianhua Hotel.

The commercial building is used to attract investment and rent, and companies such as Shi's Company in Sihai Industrial Park have rented offices here.

Shi's company even directly rented an entire floor.

Li Yunhai's office is the most luxurious and grand in the company. It comes standard with a large desk, sofa set, tea ceremony, office cabinets, secretary reception room and lounge, and there is a conference room next to it. Next to the conference room are the administrative offices.

Departments such as personnel, finance, production, foreign trade, marketing, technology, logistics, public relations, legal affairs, etc. each have their own separate office floors.

So people like Lin Zhi, Shen Xiulan, Zhao Jinping, Jiang Zhijun, etc. all work on their own floors.

The floor where Li Yunhai is located belongs exclusively to him and the team around him.

This year, Li Yunfang, Lin Xin and Shen Xiuling will all graduate.

They all wanted to work at Sihai Group, so they all voluntarily gave up their assignments and came to the company in advance for internships.

Li Yunhai arranged for Lin Xin and Shen Xiuling to work in his secretary's office. As the company grew bigger, he needed secretaries with higher education.

Five secretaries are not too many for the group boss. He often travels on business and has to take one person with him, leaving four secretaries to handle daily work and affairs.

Li Yunfang said she wanted to do some specific things, so she was assigned to the finance department and became Shen Xiulan's assistant.

After the company's relocation was completed, it sent faxes or emails to its partners, dealers, and suppliers at home and abroad, and made phone calls to inform them of the new address of the headquarters to prevent everyone from looking for a place but not being able to find the place.

It turned out that the old office in the Changdao Hotel had not yet expired, so two people were assigned to the original location to handle the finishing work and handle recent letters and visiting customers.

Su Hong is Li Yunhai's secretary. She led other secretaries to do a thorough cleaning of the office, cleaning every corner.

Shen Xiuling asked: "Sister Su, shouldn't sanitation work be the responsibility of the company's cleaning staff?"

Su Hong said: "The cleaning was not thorough, so we have to clean it more carefully. From now on, our secretary's office will be responsible for the sanitation of the boss's office."

Shen Xiuling said oh, she pushed open another door of the office, and said wow: "Sister Su, there is a room in here."

"This is Mr. Li's lounge, and we are responsible for the sanitation inside. Cleaners are not allowed to enter this area. Do you all understand?" Su Hong said, "You can become Mr. Li's secretary. People he trusts, there are a lot of secrets in the office and the break room, you can't leak them. Even the things in the trash must be handled specially."

Shen Xiuling and Lin Xin both just graduated and have never held any specific jobs.

But Lin Xin came from a different background. She had seen the confidentiality level of her father's work since she was a child. She knew that any piece of paper in the office might reveal the company's major secrets, so it was easy to understand this matter.

Shen Xiuling found this matter very mysterious.

Lin Xin said: "Then we should be equipped with a paper shredder."

Su Hong said: "There must be paper shredders, both in Mr. Li's office and in our secretary's office. Sometimes when we see the paper that Mr. Li throws away casually, we must shred it. Lin Xin and Xiuling are both new here. Let me tell you about the daily work responsibilities of a secretary."

Let's do hygiene together and listen to Su Hong's explanation.

"Answer and transfer phone calls, receive visitors. Responsible for the secretarial, information, confidentiality and confidentiality work of the office, and collect and organize office files. Responsible for the cleanliness of General Manager Li's office. Responsible for official documents, letters, emails, newspapers and magazines Distribution. Responsible for sending and receiving faxes. Keep and use the official seal in accordance with the company's seal management regulations, and be responsible for it. Accept other temporary tasks arranged by Mr. Li."

Shen Xiuling smiled and said: "I understand, Sister Su. If there is anything I don't understand in the future, I will ask you again."

At this time, Li Yunhai and Professor Ni came from the scientific research building and walked into the office.

"Hello, Mr. Li! Hello, Mr. Ni!" the secretaries shouted together.

Professor Ni glanced at them and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, your team of secretaries are all very good-looking! No wonder the young men in our scientific research institute are all asking about your secretaries."

Li Yunhai laughed and said: "They are all unmarried. If you have the ability, just pursue them!"

Su Hong smiled and said, "Mr. Li is joking."

Li Yunhai asked Professor Ni to sit down on the sofa and said, "The relocation work of the Research Institute is quite complicated. You need to formulate relocation details and move the laboratories one by one."

"Yes, this is how we set the relocation rules, so as to minimize the downtime."

"Okay. What other equipment does the scientific research institute need? You submit a report and we will purchase it together."

"Okay, Mr. Li."

Su Hong made some tea and said, "Mr. Ni, the company now has a dedicated tea room and coffee room. We also provide coffee and other beverages."

Professor Ni waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'll just drink tea."

After talking about the matter, Li Yunhai took Professor Ni to visit various floors.

Every office is busy tidying up and cleaning.

Production, human resources, finance and other departments have a lot of reports and documents. Most of the expired documents also need to be saved for emergencies. These documents have been cleaned up and placed in the company's archives.

Lin Zhi was sorting out the materials. When she saw them arriving, she put down her work and entertained them.

Professor Ni was filled with emotion, gave a thumbs up and said: "Mr. Li, the company's development is considered rapid, and it is definitely the best in China!"

Li Yunhai smiled and shook his head: "The management of our company is the same as that of a stewardess. It looks glamorous, but it is actually very hard work. It looks very profitable, but it costs more, and I can't save much money after being busy for a year. "

Professor Ni said: "It is true that the main reason is that the investment in research and development is too large."

Li Yunhai said: "We have negotiated with Intel about the authorized production of 386 chips. In addition, our own X64 architecture will also be put into production. We need to purchase a new generation of lithography machines. This expenditure is good. Hundreds of millions of dollars! Most of it was in vain!"

Professor Ni said: "Mr. Li, we can develop our own lithography machine without delay. We must increase our efforts!"

Li Yunhai said: "It seems that recruiting talents from famous domestic universities is not enough. We also have to recruit talents from abroad. Especially talents in the field of lithography machines!"

Lin Zhi said: "It is best to poach talents from other photolithography companies. It would be even better if we can poach a team."

Li Yunhai thought of something and said: "The GCA company in the United States can also produce photolithography machines. We wanted to cooperate with them at first. Later, because after-sales matters could not be negotiated, we found Nikon to cooperate. GCA company is not doing well now. Almost all the engraving machine market share has been taken away by the Japanese. We can contact GCA to see if we can acquire their photolithography machine business."

Lin Zhi asked: "How did Nikon learn the photolithography machine technology? Did it develop everything by itself?"

Professor Ni smiled and said: "No! In the 70s, photolithography machines were not high-end equipment. In fact, they were not as complicated as cameras. In the 70s, Nikon and Canon received the task of copying American photolithography machines at the request of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Nikon first secretly took apart the fully automatic stepper lithography machine purchased by NEC from the American GCA company for research. With the reference sample, Nikon's research and development process went smoothly, and in 1980, it launched its own stepper lithography machine. After subsequent improvements and upgrades, by 1982, Nikon successfully sold lithography machines to Texas Instruments and IBM in the United States. In 1984, Nikon's sales and profits were basically equal to GCA. By 1985, Nikon officially surpassed GCA. Become the largest supplier of photolithography machines." Lin Zhi said: "It turns out that they also learned from others."

Professor Ni smiled and said: "You are right, a lot of knowledge and technology in the world is copied by you and me, and I copy you, and in the end we all develop new technologies together."

Lin Zhi said: "We also have Nikon's photolithography machines now, and we can also disassemble them and learn from them! Don't you think so? We will find a way to overcome any parts that are not available. Nikon can learn the technology of the Americans, and we can also learn from it. Can’t you learn Nikon’s techniques?”

Professor Ni smiled and said: "A photolithography machine costs hundreds of millions. If we disassemble it, we may not be able to put it back together. Our 286 chip will be discontinued."

Lin Zhi's words reminded Li Yunhai.

"Professor Ni, that's good. Let's find Nikon to purchase another set of photolithography machines, and then dismantle this old set of equipment for research! We can't bear to let the child catch a wolf. We must dismantle these hundreds of millions of equipment! The sooner The better if you dismantle it!”

"Mr. Li, if you have such determination, then why should we worry about failure?"

"Without further ado, we will go to Nikon to purchase a new photolithography machine. Once the new one is in place, the old one will be dismantled for scientific research."

"Great, Mr. Li! With the reference object, it will be much faster for us to develop it."

Generally speaking, before the EVU lithography machine came out, the technology of the lithography machine was not too complicated.

At that time, many countries in Japan, the United States and Europe, including our country, had the ability to produce stepper lithography machines, but the difference was that the technology was advanced and backward.

Under the curse of Moore's Law, lithography machines require a large amount of money to be invested in research and development every year in order to upgrade them. This is the most difficult thing.

Poorer countries and regions simply don’t have the funds to invest in this area, because the price-performance ratio is not high and it is better to buy than to build.

Li Yunhai dared to engage in scientific research because he invested a large amount of his annual profits in research and development.

If Sihai Group does not have huge profit support, scientific research work will not be able to continue.

During this period, South Korea was also vigorously developing the semiconductor industry. They were even doing it at a loss. The more they lost money, the more they had to do it!

Once successful, it will create a semiconductor empire.

The fighting spirit of Sihai Group is no worse than that of Samsung in South Korea.

Because the company had just relocated and things were complicated, Li Yunhai and others did not go to this year's spring Canton Fair. They only sent the company's trade fair team there.

Compared with the Canton Fair, Li Yunhai now values ​​Hannover and CES electronics shows more. These are truly global professional exhibitions and more suitable for Sihai Group.

After the installation was completed, Li Yunhai contacted Nikon to purchase a new photolithography machine.

Nikon has just broken up with Li Yunhai, but the business between the two parties is still there.

Regarding Li Yunhai's request to purchase a new photolithography machine, the other party directly agreed to deliver the goods without any obstruction.

In recent years, the lithography machine market has been undergoing a major reshuffle. If Nikon does not sell it, other companies will.

Michiko once again represented Nikon and led a team to install the new photolithography machine.

Li Yunhai entertained Michiko alone.

In order to facilitate the conversation, he booked a private room, which was quiet and independent.

They were the only two people in the private room.

Michiko smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you are too polite. We are good friends. Just eat a little. There is no need to treat me so grandly."

Li Yunhai said: "You are my most distinguished guest and my best foreign friend. Of course I must entertain you well."

He filled their glasses.

"Miss Michiko," Li Yunhai toasted her with a glass of wine and said, "It's a pity that our two families have not reached a deeper cooperation. I believe you also know what I want most, right?"

"Technology?" Michiko smiled brightly, revealing two rows of white teeth, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and the two shallow dimples around her mouth looked extremely sweet.

"As expected of my friend, you know me too well." Li Yunhai said, "What we want is Nikon's technology. I wonder if Miss Michiko can help me?"

"Ah? How can I help you? My technical knowledge is very limited. I'm not a professional in technology." Michiko said with a pure face.

Li Yunhai was not deceived by her pure appearance.

For this Oriental woman to receive such attention from Nikon, there must be something special about her.

Li Yunhai specifically investigated Michiko and found that she was not the child of a senior Nikon executive.

In this way, he had a reasonable basis for wanting to bribe Michiko.

"Ms. Michiko, you graduated from the University of Tokyo with a major in engineering. After graduation, you entered Nikon through campus recruitment and were quickly appreciated by the company's senior management. Now you are a counselor in the lithography machine division, and you have great power. !”

"Mr. Li knows me very well!" Michiko smiled sweetly, "Do you like me?"

Li Yunhai was drinking and almost choked, and said, "I like you very much. You are so cute and so capable."

Michiko put her chin on her hands and said with a smile, "It's a pity that Mr. Li, you are married. Otherwise, we could develop a foreign love."

This woman is indeed extraordinary, and she can afford such a joke.

Li Yunhai coughed twice and said, "We can have other cooperation."

Michiko flashed her big, pure eyes: "Mr. Li, we have always been cooperating."

Li Yunhai said: "We can also have more in-depth cooperation."

Michiko smiled shyly: "How deep is it?"

Li Yunhai said: "I know that your salary at Nikon, converted into RMB, is 30 yuan per month. Plus your bonuses and benefits, your annual income is about yuan."

Michiko looked at him in surprise: "Mr. Li, you know more about me than I thought. What are your thoughts?"

Li Yunhai smiled slightly: "I also know that you are a very strong and cheerful optimist. Your family conditions are not good. Your parents are divorced and you live with your mother. Your mother is frail and sick and can no longer work. It’s all up to you to support me. And you are unmarried and don’t even have a romantic partner. Although your salary is high, it can only be regarded as a medium level in Japan. You have to support yourself and take care of your sick mother. Your monthly salary Not enough flowers.”

The smile on Michiko's face disappeared: "You investigated me so carefully? You don't really want to marry me, do you?"

Li Yunhai said: "Yes, I do want to marry you."

Michiko covered her face and said, "How is this possible? You are married."

Li Yunhai said: "Miss Michiko, when I say marry you, I am not talking about a legal marriage. It is another form of marriage."

Michiko shook her head slightly: "I didn't understand, what does it mean?"

Li Yunhai said: "I will give you a sum of money, and it is up to you to decide the amount."

Michiko pursed her lips and smiled: "Do you want me to be your lover? Have you asked your wife for her opinion? If she knew, would she kill me?"

Li Yunhai said: "Don't worry, she agreed."

Michiko's eyes widened and she asked: "Mr. Li, please explain clearly, what exactly do you want me to do?"

(End of this chapter)