Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 112 Subsidiaries Begin to Be Established

On June 1982, 6, Wang Jiankun went to Yongxin Law Firm to sign a series of documents, which meant that the registration of the three major group companies and their subsidiaries would be completed soon.

However, Wang Jiankun no longer needs to wait for these documents to be sent back to take effect. He only needs to wait for the management agencies of the various registered places to stamp them.

At the same time, the three major group companies have also selected their respective executive presidents, who will be responsible for the subsequent company structure establishment and personnel recruitment. Wang Jiankun has also authorized the financial authority. Amounts below 10 US dollars can be used first and approved later. Amounts between 10 and 100 million US dollars can be communicated by phone or telegram first and then go through the process. Amounts over 100 million US dollars must complete the process before they can be used.

The executive president of Shining Star Group is Chen Xingdong, who is currently based in Guangzhou. The subsidiary in Hong Kong will be managed by vice president Huang Kun.

The expansion of the Star Group in Hong Kong is mainly focused on Star Machinery, which aims to expand its production capacity fivefold. At the same time, it will buy or rent as many warehouses as possible to stockpile second-hand machine tools and equipment recovered from Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union.

At the same time, a new semiconductor company will be established, named Xingyao Semiconductor, which will mainly produce the 5-micron process X-1001 chip. The performance of this chip will be twice that of the imitation 8008, and it will also be smaller in size. It will be used in the new generation of mobile phones.

The main business of Xingzhou Group is the production of communication equipment and communication operations. The executive president is a man named Zheng Tianming who was sent by my uncle. He was a college student majoring in communications and radar in the late 60s. For some reasons, he went to Yunnan and then formed the third group organized by my uncle. Last year, he was also responsible for the establishment of the mobile communication system within the Southern Liberation Army.

Sin Chew Group is about to set up a subsidiary to produce the first-generation digital communication systems and terminals, which are the text machines that have been tested and operated in the mountainous areas of northern Myanmar for more than half a year.

The competitor of this communication device is the pager, and Wang Jiankun is confident that he can quickly win the favor of consumers.

This text machine has great advantages over current pagers. First of all, it is powerful. Pagers can only receive text messages or digital information forwarded by paging stations, and the amount of information received each time is very limited, only 16 bytes.

The text machine does not need manual forwarding by the paging station. Instead, the information sent can be automatically sent by the base station to the text machine you want to contact. Each time, a maximum of 160 characters or corresponding bytes of numbers, letters or other symbols can be sent.

At the same time, unlike paging stations, base stations do not require manual forwarding of information. The system will automatically match the numbers of various text machines for information distribution.

Moreover, this system does not need to be connected to the telephone system and can operate independently. In the initial stage, it does not require cables to connect the base stations. When it is subsequently upgraded to expand the capacity, Wang Jiankun will allow it to use the most advanced fiber optic communication cables.

The standardized FT-3 fiber optic communication system in the United States was put into commercial use the year before last. Wang Jiankun had previously trial-produced optical fiber based on the data he had collected, and then he saw an experimental fiber optic communication system at a university in Taiwan some time ago.

So when there is a need to expand communication capacity, Wang Jiankun can first use his superpowers to manufacture a batch of optical fibers and optoelectronic conversion parts to upgrade this mobile communication system in Hong Kong.

The Sihai Group is mainly responsible for marine business, which of course also includes seafood processing and sales.

At present, Pan Hua is appointed as the executive president of the group company. The subsidiaries China Ocean Shipping, fishing vessel production and fishing business will have their own heads, which requires Wang Jiankun to take time to select suitable personnel.

After signing the documents and paying a progress payment of HK$10 at 20 a.m., Wang Jiankun drove to the office of Sin Chew Group.

This is a three-storey building purchased by Zheng Tianming on behalf of Sin Chew Group a few days ago. It is located near the foot of the mountain in Sham Shui Po District.

The reason for choosing this place is that we want to build a few mobile communication base stations here on an experimental basis. There are also many industrial buildings here, and the communication base stations and terminals will be manufactured in factories nearby.

Because it had just been bought a few days ago, what Wang Jiankun saw when he arrived was a simple storefront with a security guard standing guard at the door. Wang Jiankun knew that this was the person sent by his uncle to be in charge of security.

After seeing Wang Jiankun park the car, the security guard stared at him carefully for a while, then hurried over to stand still and salute, saying, "Hello, Boss Wang. General Manager Zheng is waiting for you in the conference room on the third floor. Please follow me."

"Okay, lead the way."

Following the security personnel to the conference room on the third floor, he knocked on the door, opened it, and then turned and left.

When Wang Jiankun entered, he saw a middle-aged man with a square face, a crew cut, and wearing a suit, leather shoes, and a tie.

"Hello, Boss Wang. I'm Zheng Tianming. General Cen asked me to come here to follow your command. Please give me your guidance." After saying that, he extended his hand to shake hands with Wang Jiankun.

"Hello, Mr. Zheng. You are much older than me. You don't have to call me Boss Wang in private. Just call me Jiankun."

"Okay, Jiankun, you are really young and promising. When I was your age, I was still ignorant. I didn't know why I followed a group of people to make trouble. Alas, I suffered a lot later. If it weren't for General Cen's rescue, I don't know where I would have lost my life in the mountains."

"I heard from my uncle that you were already a senior at Sun Yat-sen University. How come you were sent to such a faraway place? Normally, university students shouldn't go there."

"I offended someone I shouldn't have offended. I was young and hot-tempered back then, and I didn't know how to behave. After the incident, I didn't know how to submit, so they sent me to that mountain den, saying that the organization needed me. I thought I could use what I learned there, but I didn't expect that they just wanted me to die there."

"Do you still remember the person you offended? Do you want revenge?"

"Of course I have the idea of ​​revenge, but now I am a member of the Southern Liberation Front. The organization sent me here to be in charge of communications. I must focus on the organization's mission, and I won't talk about revenge."

"Well, let's develop the communications business first, and then go to the mainland to deal with your personal affairs when the time is right."

"Okay, Jiankun, what do you say?"

"You have already used the text machine in the base in northern Myanmar, and my uncle told me that you were also responsible for the installation and debugging of the base station, so it should be no problem to replicate and build a mobile communication system here, right?"

"That's definitely no problem. The designer of this system is amazing. It has such powerful functions, but the installation and debugging are very simple. I brought two people who have participated in the installation and debugging of base stations this time. When the time comes, I will recruit some people who understand electronics or electricity to train them for a few days."

"Then we need to organize the base station equipment and assemble the text machine. What are you going to do?" Wang Jiankun asked Zheng Tianming.
"Before coming to Hong Kong, I also read some information given to me by General Cen, and then I also investigated here for a period of time. I found that there are still some electronic equipment assembly factories here, and they also do OEM production. So in the initial stage, I plan to find a few of these electronic assembly factories, let them be responsible for assembly, and then build my own assembly factory at the same time." Zheng Tianming replied.

"Well, in the early stages we can find these kinds of OEM factories to assemble for us. After all, skilled workers need to be recruited and trained. So what do you plan to do with our own assembly factories?"

"I have already asked an agency to help me find a factory. I will get the result in about three days. Initially, I plan to find a place with 3 square meters, of which 5 square meters will be used as a production workshop, 3 square meters will be used as an office, and 5 square meters will be used as a warehouse."

"A 3-square-meter production workshop can accommodate about eight production lines, one for base station assembly and seven for text machine assembly."

"The production capacity plan is to produce 100 base stations per month. When all the demand is met, we can switch to producing text machines. Then the seven lines of text machines can produce a total of 7 units per month."

"Well, your plan is okay. If you want to cover all the populated areas in Hong Kong Island with base stations, you will need about 8 units. A monthly production of 100 units should be enough. It is estimated that 30 text machines can be sold in Hong Kong Island. This is based on an average of 20 people owning one. So a monthly production of 3 units should be enough to meet the needs of Hong Kong Island in the early stage."

"That's right. I also took into account that the market in Hong Kong Island is so small after all. So the production plan I made is to use 8 to 10 months to meet the needs of the Hong Kong market, and then see how the system is promoted to Southeast Asian countries. If the market opens up smoothly, we will increase the production capacity. By then, the old will be used to bring in the new, and the production capacity will increase rapidly." "Then the base station installation and related equipment production will be done according to what you just said. How do you plan to deal with the sales issue?" Wang Jiankun asked Zheng Tianming.

He was obviously prepared, and said slowly: "Since our system does not need to be connected to the telephone system, we only need to apply for a telecommunications license."

"This will compete with local telephone companies in Hong Kong. It won't be easy to apply for this license, right?"

"General Cen has already considered this issue. A few months ago, he found an agent in the UK and established a telecommunications company there. Then, he applied for a telecommunications license here in the name of the UK telecommunications company. The process is already going through. General Cen also gave some sweet treats to some of the reviewers. I believe that our telecommunications license will be issued soon."

"Of course, my uncle didn't tell me in advance. I was worried about how to get the telecommunications license a few days ago."

"General Cen also considered that it would be inconvenient for you to stay in the mainland, so he arranged this matter personally. Maybe he didn't tell you so that you wouldn't worry about it!"

"Well, now that the license issue is almost settled, how are you going to sell it?"

"Currently, pagers are quite popular in Hong Kong. Most people know what this device is used for. I plan to do two things at once. I will advertise on TV and in newspapers, and then embed this device in movies. I will replace some phone calls with this text machine. I will also change the name of the text machine to a text message machine. Jiankun, what do you think of my idea?"

"SMS machine? Advertising? I don't know much about marketing, so I'll try your method first. It's a good idea to change the name to SMS machine. A machine that can send short messages is easy to understand and more straightforward than the name I named it, Text Machine. People will know what it is used for as soon as they hear it."

"Okay, since Jiankun thinks it's feasible, I'll implement this plan."

"Well, that's it. I have to go to another company to discuss something. You go ahead and get busy. Set up the structure of the group company and its subsidiaries as soon as possible. I've already told you the financial authority before, so just follow that."

"Okay, Jiankun, I'll take you there."

Zheng Tianming sent Wang Jiankun to the car, and only returned to the building to arrange various matters after he drove away.

When they drove to Xingyao Machinery, it was just lunchtime. Huang Kun originally invited him to eat at a nearby restaurant, but in order to save time, Wang Jiankun asked him to stop working and go to the staff cafeteria to eat together.

As the number of employees continues to increase, Xingyao Machinery started to hire its own chefs to cook in order to save employees' meal time. The canteen is located in a corner of the factory, which is about 200 square meters.

Wang Jiankun followed Huang Kun to the cafeteria and did not cut in line. He stood behind the employees. When it was their turn, the auntie serving the food was stunned for a moment, and then the portion of the food was obviously increased.

Since we hired our own chef and the company also purchases its own food, the quality of the food is quite good.

There are 3 dishes and 1 soup at noon and in the evening, and there is also a fruit at noon. Today's fruit is banana. The dishes are stir-fried meat with green and red peppers, boiled chicken, and winter melon. The soup is seaweed and egg soup. Huang Kun obviously doesn't come here to eat often. Wang Jiankun sees that he is not used to it. Wang Jiankun also hasn't seen other company executives come to the employee cafeteria to eat. I don't know why.

Because they still had things to discuss, Wang Jiankun ate very quickly. Although the dishes here were light in taste, the chef's cooking skills were still good. Wang Jiankun finished all the food without wasting it.

After arriving at Huang Kun’s factory director’s office, I took the tea he made and drank it for a while.

"Boss Wang, thank you for promoting me to the position of Vice President of Shining Star Group. I will work harder in the future to make the group bigger and stronger."

"Thank you for accepting it. In the future, I will ask you to spend more energy on the development of the group company. The group will enter many fields in the future. You need to learn more and also do a good job in selecting and employing people."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, the information you sent me said that you want to set up Xingyao Semiconductor to produce 5-micron chips. I am not familiar with this field, but an old classmate of mine is in Singapore. He is the head of a memory production plant there. I called him to help find talents who understand this aspect of production. He agreed to help find them. Many of his juniors have encountered career ceilings in the United States and are looking for other ways out."

"His junior students are also majoring in semiconductors, right?"

"Of course. He is a PhD graduate from Stanford and used to work at Intel's US headquarters. In order to get a promotion, he applied to be sent to Singapore to build a memory production plant from scratch. His juniors also graduated from Stanford and work at AMD and Texas Instruments. They haven't been promoted for a long time, so they are looking for other ways out. I heard that some of them want to go to Taiwan for development."

"In that case, please contact him immediately. You can arrange any position from deputy factory manager in charge of production to manager of any department. Increase their salary by 50% compared to their salary in their original company. Let them participate in the establishment of the company as soon as possible."

"Okay, boss. I'm much better off with what you said. Their salaries in the United States are very high. I'm a little afraid to hire them after hearing what you said."

"I will give you the authority to increase the salaries of semiconductor talents by 50% compared with similar companies in the United States. For outstanding talents, such as those who can conduct research and development, their salaries can be doubled or tripled."

"Okay, boss. I'll call my old classmate and ask him to introduce his juniors to me. I'll go talk to them in person."

"Well, semiconductor companies mainly rely on talent and production equipment. Xingyao Electronics in the mainland is currently unable to produce 5-micron process chips, so I have to move them to Hong Kong. In the future, more advanced process technologies may have to be produced here first, and then people from the mainland will be trained here and gradually transferred back to the mainland."

"Okay, boss. I understand. I will treat our Xingyao Semiconductor as the Huangpu Military Academy of Xingyao Electronics in the mainland, and be prepared to train semiconductor production and R&D talents for the mainland."

"Well, it's good that you think this way. The chips we produce are mainly for our own use, so we don't need to consider selling them to other companies for the time being. You should focus on setting up the factory and subsequent production."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, what about the production line? Like Xingyao Machinery, will the mainland provide some precision parts and then purchase some?"

"The main lithography machines, etching machines, packaging machines and testing equipment are all sent from the mainland, and other simple equipment will be purchased from the market. I will send you the specifications and you will get the factory as soon as possible. When the time comes, the production line assembly drawings will also be sent from the mainland."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'm looking for a factory. You mentioned that you wanted one with good air quality, so I have to ask the agent to help me find one. The factory nearby can't be used. We need one closer to the mountains."

"There aren't many chemical and steel companies here, so the air quality shouldn't be a problem. You still need to find a relatively large and independent factory, and the security must be very strict. We produce very advanced products at the moment."

"Okay, boss. I'll tell the agent about my requirements and get the factory problem sorted out as soon as possible."

"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving now. We'll use the new equipment to communicate later. It will be more confidential, faster and more convenient."

After leaving the Xingyao Machinery Factory, Wang Jiankun went to find Pan Hua, who was originally in charge of his uncle's language training school in Hong Kong and recruiting talents. Now he has added another responsibility, serving as the executive president of Sihai Group.

However, there are currently no candidates for the subsidiaries of Sihai Group. Wang Jiankun plans to talk to him and see if he has any candidates to recommend. After all, he has contact with many people, and many people from the mainland will go to the school he runs for short-term training or to seek help.

The language school is located very close to Shenzhen. This place is relatively remote and the roads are getting worse and worse. Wang Jiankun looked at the desolate mountains and felt like he had come to another world. He didn't expect that although they are both Hong Kong, the development differences are so great.

(End of this chapter)