Chapter 670 Sacrifice

In 2012, China's semiconductor industry exports reached US$150 billion. + The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology even held a special ceremony for this, hoping to invite Zhou Shuo to attend.

But what was disappointing was that he rejected the invitation. Instead, he announced his retirement plan the next day.

Yes, retire.

When he was 42 years old, Zhou Shuo stepped down from all his positions, made a public statement, and completely resigned and retired.

This news caught many people off guard and surprised that this is China, and few people will choose to retire after reaching a high position.

If conditions permit, many people are even willing to work until they fall to their jobs. However, this is not attractive to Zhou Shuo.

"My mission has ended. Next is time to take care of my children, accompany my wife, and respect my parents."

Zhou Shuo adjusted his body so that he could sit comfortably on the sofa. He looked comfortable and spoke slowly. Obviously, this decision had been carefully considered.

Tu Anbei pointed at himself and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhou, you are at the age of a thunderous moment. It's not too late to retire until I'm."

"There are many people who persevere in the most difficult times, but few people who know how to retreat bravely." Zhou Shuo said seriously: "How does Mr. Tu think of the Fanhan Group now?"

"Very good, unprecedented." Tu Anbei laughed proudly.

"Yes, it's very good." Zhou Shuo nodded and said: "It can be said that Fanhan Group has a supreme position in the semiconductor field, but it is also difficult for it to surpass itself."

"We still have a bright future..."

"No, it's them." Zhou Shuo interrupted Tu Anbei's words. He said: "My historical mission has ended, and a further future requires others to go. For me, what we need to do next is not to worry that the Panhan Group is not strong enough and cannot fight foreign capital. Instead, we need to worry that it is too strong and even limit the pace of technological development in order to preserve itself."

"Of course, we all have this concern, but there is no need to take this approach."

"This makes me see more clearly." Zhou Shuo said firmly: "Making my perspective no longer limited to the position of Fanhan Group can allow me to observe all this more clearly. If Fanhan Group has any potential to pose a threat to the development of the entire industry, I can use the power in my hands to stop it. After being with this monster for so many years, Mr. Tu should know how terrible it is."

Tu Anbei was silent. As a scientist and what happened in Dream Group, he understood the relationship between technology, market and capital very well.

With the current strength of Fanhan Group, it is inevitable that there will be a conservative tendency.

The Fanhan Group is definitely not a pure land if it is not active in the development of new products, has concerns about the new technology route, and the academic hegemony of academic masters.

In fact, twenty years have been enough for all bad habits to ferment and grow up.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zhou Shuo, Tu Anbei had to say helplessly: "Okay. Since this is your persistence, I hope that if one day Fanhan Group encounters difficulties, you can stand up again."

"Haha." Zhou Shuo smiled bitterly: "If the Fanhan Group now has the difficulties to overcome, I am not a god and I can't do more."

"Who knows. You have always been able to create miracles."

"Dear?" Li Zhi's voice rang out from outside the study room, knocking on the door and shouting: "Come out with Mr. Tu, we're about to start dinner."

"Just come!"

Zhou Shuo made a gesture of invitation and smiled and said, "Old Tu, you haven't been here for a long time. I caught a three-pound big crucian carp today. It happened that my father brought back from the farm sauce from the countryside. Try the braised crucian carp made by Li Zhi to ensure it tastes good!"

"Oh. To be honest, I smelled it before, it smells so good, haha!"

Zhou Shuo opened the door of the study room, and Li Zhi, wearing an apron, stood outside the door. Time seemed to leave no trace on her face, and was still as beautiful as a girl in her early twenties. She just had a little more mature and grand in her temperament and behavior.

"Xuanxuan, please call you Uncle Sheng to have dinner together!"

"Brother Sheng, it's time to eat! Come on!"

A cute little girl suddenly ran out of the corridor on the second floor, and behind her was a somewhat shy teenage boy. The two of them walked down the stairs with their hands holding hands.

Following them were Dongfang Ke and Pang Zhou. Pang Zhou held a bottle of wine in his hand and greeted Zhou Shuo as if showing off.

"Master, today I try the ice wine made from my French winery. I heard that the wine has a good year and the wine tastes are very good!"

"Eat the braised crucian carp and drink ice wine?" Zhou Shuo was speechless: "Your style is wrong!"

"Don't care about it, it's fine." Dongfang Ke walked down the stairs and smiled indifferently: "This wine is on our dining table, so why is it not up to us to drink it?"

"Yes, Master, please try it. If it doesn't taste good, I'll use it to make red wine and pears." Pang Zhou followed Dongfang Ke and went downstairs.

Now Dongfang Ke has stepped down as CEO of Fanhan Group and has become the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fanhan Group, responsible for supervising the full operation of the group.

The position of CEO, a jealous person in Fanhan Group, ended up falling on Lei Jun.

This is actually not surprising. Lei Jun has rich technical management experience and many very successful investment performance. He also has no problem with his background. He is worthy of entrusting his abilities, vision and loyalty.

If you want to consider the CEO position of an enterprise like Fanhan Group, there are not many top entrepreneurs in China. For example, Erma and Li, Li is more like a well-educated businessman. Erma is not a technical person, while the other is keen on the paths that others have taken.

This is really not a good choice for Zhou Shuo's positioning that Fanhan Group will not become a strangler of innovation.

Relatively speaking, Lei Jun's attributes are more balanced. Of course, there are some things worth criticizing in his later generations, but as the saying goes, it is difficult to fight the country, and it is even more difficult to defend the country.

As the third generation of Panhan Group, his job is just one word "stability".

The bell rings, the bell rings ring, and the door of the villa automatically opened. Zhou Shuo's fifth uncle walked in with a neat suit and smiled.

"Dad! Come on. My sister-in-law has made the braised crucian carp in sauce." The boy holding Zhou Shuo's daughter Zhou Xuan's hand shouted excitedly, and his eyes fell on Uncle Zhou Shuowu.

"Here, have you caused trouble for your brother?"

"No, I'll play with Xuanxuan."

"Uncle Fifth, are you so busy lately?" Zhou Shuo looked at Uncle Fifth up and down, feeling that he didn't look like he was busy no matter how hard he looked.

"Hey, what do you think? Since you announced your retirement, the people above can't find you, but I'm so annoyed." Uncle Wu took off his suit and hanged it on the hanger, touched his son Zhou Sheng's head and asked with a smile: "Have you done your homework today? I'll check you later!"

"I have done it, and I don't know two questions, so my second brother will teach me."

Uncle Wu was stunned and patted his head, but he was not angry. He just said helplessly: "How much does your second brother do? You still bother him with your little homework."

Zhou Shuo smiled and said, "Uncle Fifth. I am a retired person now. I am so careless. I don't know what I do if I have too much time."

"Then you can't let you tutor your homework for high school students, right?"

Zhou Shuo could see that Uncle Wu was not really calculating about these things, so he laughed. He took this matter over.

"How is the situation in the city after I announced my retirement? Uncle Wu's job has not been affected, right?"

"You really think of me as the mayor because of your prestige?" Uncle Wu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's hard to say anything else. Will I not be able to deal with the work in the city be difficult?"

Since He Xi went to Beijing to grab people, he quickly handed over his resignation and stepped down as the mayor of Xiucheng City. The central government directly aired the entire set of mayors and municipal party committee secretaries, and then the two ruled together until 2009. However, this period was the stage of rapid development. Which leading cadre dared to make things difficult for Xiucheng without opening his eyes?

The two central airborne factions were not solely leaders, but rather as young wives. The two had no interest in fighting for power and profits between each other, and were completely undermined by the local deputy secretary and deputy mayor. Fortunately, they would not be missing in their political achievements.

So eight years later, the municipal party committee secretary patted his butt and returned to the central government. The mayor was directly promoted to the municipal party committee secretary. After a "peaceful and friendly" "humanity", Zhou Shuo's fifth uncle actually took the position of mayor.

Everyone knows that Xiucheng is Zhou Shuo’s fifth uncle, and this mayor is not as slapped as before. In the years since he took office, Zhou Shuo’s fifth uncle has done a few practical things, and now his official reputation is very good.

"Master, what are you worried about?" Pang Zhou put the ice wine in his hand on the dining table, sat down first and said, "As long as Fanhan Group and Liuer Investment are still there, Uncle Wu's position is poured with steel and cement, who can move it?"

"Eat, sit down quickly." Li Zhi greeted the people and sat down at the dining table.

My daughter Zhou Xuan sat obediently beside her. The little girl of six or seven years old was the cutest age. She sat there in a white dress, like a quiet little princess.

Of course, she will not have less attention than any real princess.

Facing opposite her was Uncle Zhou Shuowu's son, and Zhou Xuan should also call him Uncle Wu. However, Zhou Sheng was Uncle Wu's son from an old age, and he was only ten years older than Zhou Xuan, so the two of them shouted randomly.

Tu Anbei is still the president of the Panhan Research Institute. As the highest scientific research institution in the Xiucheng level, he often meets the mayor on weekdays, and there is no embarrassment of sitting at the same table.

In fact, to be honest, among the people here, Zhou Shuo’s fifth uncle has the least influence. He is limited to Xiucheng or Bohai Province. The influence of others is industry-wide, and no one will feel restrained when sitting together.

"Master, have you played on Weibo? This thing is quite interesting."

Pang Zhou carried ice wine and poured a glass of glass for everyone one by one, then took a sip of it on his own. He drank a sip of wine, ate a bite of fish, and then opened the conversation.

"I know, it's a project done by Sina, which is quite interesting." Since it was a family matter, Zhou Shuo said a few casually.

"Ha, this is quite interesting. There are all kinds of things in the world. Master, you always emphasized that selfies are a necessity, but I just think that taking photos is a function on my phone. But after I went to this Weibo, I understood this sentence. Selfies have become a part of people's lives. Well, it's the same for mocking public intellectuals."

Dongfang Ke swallowed a sip of wine and suddenly asked: "I heard that Zhou Fulin, the son of Zhou Xinxin, chairman of Fulin Group, came two days ago?"

"He has 35% of the shares of Blizzard and wants to act as an agent for the operation of the online game Shushan in the United States." Zhou Shuo shook his head unconsciously and laughed: "I seem to remember how he was when he was a playboy. I really didn't expect to grow up."

"Yes, the overwhelming criticism of the post-80s generation online back then, aren't these post-80s generation also taking on the burden of society?"

Tu Anbeishen nodded in the same sense and said, "There are several projects in the research institute, which are led by young people in their twenties. Their generation can endure hardships, have a broader vision, and have clearer ideas than us. They accept different things faster. Society is progressing, and the post-90s and post-00s will gradually become the mainstream in society, and we cannot just look at the present."

...

After Zhou Shuo retired, he seemed to have really started living a secluded life. He was basically not seen in business and political activities.

It is also very unlikely that he will talk to scientists on certain projects in the Panhan Institute, which he is most concerned about.

For the Fanhan Group, except for the initial discomfort, I soon became familiar with the situation where there was no Emperor.

Actually, this is not surprising. As early as three or four years ago, Zhou Shuo had deliberately reduced his intervention in the operation of the group. The standard for measuring whether a company is mature is to see whether it can leave it and continue to operate accurately.

From this point of view, the Fanhan Group has undoubtedly matured.

By 2014, the installed capacity of Liuer 4.3 system reached 800 million. Mobile phones, tablets, smart TVs, smart routers, smart home control centers, and in-vehicle computers. With the popularity of smartphones, China's economy has developed rapidly, and the installed capacity of Liuer system has achieved exponential growth for many years.

There are about 500 million x86 architecture computers installed in Windows around the world. However, the number of smartphone users in China alone has reached 330 million.

Because he made a promise that he would not enter the mobile system, Bill Gates even had to announce his retirement like Zhou Shuo. However, Zhou Shuo voluntarily retired. However, Bill was forced to retire because of a major decision-making mistake.

Although Microsoft immediately tore up its agreement with Fanhan Group and developed it to seize this huge market.

But it's a pity that even the worst opportunity to enter the market has been lost at this time. On the mobile platform, Liuer system has long gained the position of Windows on PC.

There are also systems such as liunx, osx and Ubantu on PC, but on mobile platforms, there is no room for the fourth system to survive.
To be continued...