Chapter 224 Many Big Bosses
Not long after Su Cheng stayed at the Metropolitan Opera House, Yang Chaoye came back.
"Boss, why didn't you tell me in advance when you came?" Yang Chaoye said in surprise when he saw Su Cheng.
"There's nothing important, so I didn't tell you in advance. I heard that you were going to pick up an important person?" Su Cheng asked with a smile.
“Well, yes, the person I went to pick up was Mr. Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel. In fact, I got to know him when he was at Fairchild. When he came out of Fairchild , when he co-founded Intel with Noyce and other eight people, he also invited me, but I was already a senior manager at IBM, and the future of a start-up company was still unknown, so I ultimately did not agree to him, but we have always We are considered good friends, so I invited him to attend our press conference, and unexpectedly he readily agreed," Yang Chaoye replied.
Gordon Moore?
When it comes to this big boss, Su Cheng immediately knows who he is.
A law brings an enterprise to the pinnacle of success, and this law is "Moore's Law".
The discoverer of this law is none other than Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel.
Sioux City had heard of Moore's Law a lot in his previous life, and he once went out of his way to look up information on Gordon Moore.
This is indeed an admirable technology leader.
What a coincidence. I was quietly absorbing Intel's stocks and became a shareholder of Intel, and this big boss came over?
What fate!
The two walked to a row of seats in the theater and found a seat to sit down.
“Where are the others?” Su Cheng asked.
"After sending him to the hotel, I said goodbye to him. I just got off the plane and needed to rest." Yang Chaoye replied.
"Well, how many big shots have you invited?" Su Cheng asked.
"So far, as far as I know, there should be more than twenty people at the boss level. In addition, there are some who will arrive tomorrow morning, mainly people who have friendship with me. They are here The technology industry has made relatively large contributions, from Intel, IBM, Storage Technology Company, Technology Atlanta, Kodak Company, Digital Equipment Company, International Business Machines Company, Texas Instruments Company, etc. A large part of these people have worked at IBM I have worked in the company, and I have a good relationship with colleagues, and some of them are former partners," Yang Chaoye said lightly.
More than twenty bosses have come, and as for his former subordinates, there may be even more people who have benefited from him.
Su Cheng had to sigh that Yang Chaoye’s connections in the beautiful country were really too strong.
This is what he has accumulated over decades in the technology world.
This is enough to show that Yang Chaoye is very capable, which can be seen from the circle of friends he has made.
"Is the president of IBM here?" Su Cheng asked with a smile.
He was very curious whether this former colleague of Yang Chaoye, a former competitor in the workplace, had really come over.
"Here we go, Mr. Frank T. Cary, the president of IBM, must be on a business trip in New York. He contacted me in the morning and made sure to attend my press conference on time tomorrow morning." Yang Chaoye nodded.
Su Cheng nodded. This press conference was really full of talents.
"By the way, boss, I won't be able to accompany you in half an hour. I have to go to the airport to pick up an extremely important person." Yang Chaoye continued.
"Oh? Who is it?" Su Cheng asked curiously.
“I wonder if the boss has heard of Zhang Zhongmou?” Yang Chaoye asked. "Zhang Zhongmou, that person from Texas Instruments?" Su Cheng was surprised.
Unexpectedly, Yang Chaoye actually knew Zhang Zhongmou.
But when I think of his previous identity, it becomes clear.
IBM and Texas Instruments are both powerful players in the US technology industry.
As for Zhang Zhongmou's current position, he should be the vice president of Texas Instruments. His position is the same as Yang Chaoye's previous position at IBM.
Speaking of Zhang Zhongmou, few people don’t know him. Su Cheng knows him not because he once served as vice president at Texas Instruments, but because he is the founder of TSMC.
This man single-handedly built TSMC into the world's most powerful semiconductor manufacturing company. At this time, he was still serving as the company's third-ranking figure at Texas Instruments, behind the chairman and president.
In the early 1970s, Texas Instruments became the world's largest company, with 60,000 employees worldwide, half of whom were managed by Zhang Zhongmou.
Today, although IBM has surpassed Texas Instruments in terms of market value, Texas Instruments' strength is still there, and it is still one of the top technology companies in the beautiful country.
“Boss, do you also know Mr. Zhang Zhongmou?” Yang Chaoye said in surprise.
"It's not surprising that I've heard of him. He became the vice president of Texas Instruments a long time ago and is considered a famous figure in the technology world." Su Cheng said with a smile.
In fact, he didn't know Zhang Zhongmou because of Texas Instruments at all. Of course, it was impossible for Su Cheng to tell the real situation.
“Yes, because we are both Chinese, Mr. Zhang Zhongmou and I are very good friends. I am more than ten years older than him, but I also admire him very much. He was promoted to Texas Instruments at the age of 34. He was the general manager of the integrated circuit department, and by the age of 41, he was already the third person in charge of Texas Instruments, while I only became the vice president of IBM in my early fifties," Yang Chaoye said with emotion.
"It is said that he has a disagreement with the president of Texas Instruments. Is this true?" Su Cheng asked, remembering that he had seen information about Zhang Zhongmou.
“I didn’t expect you, boss, to know this. Yes, he and Mr. Xia Bai, the president of Texas Instruments, have always had disagreements on development strategies. The two often quarreled in meetings. In fact, his experience is different from mine. There are some similarities, and because of this, the two of us can be said to regard each other as confidants. Although I am more than ten years older, it does not hinder our relationship at all," Yang Chaoye said with a smile.
In the late 1970s, Intel was invincible in the memory market. The then president, Xia Bai, valued consumer electronics and was unwilling to increase investment in semiconductors. Zhang Zhongmou, on the other hand, had a strong personality and was unwilling to compromise. He was different inside and outside the company. Every occasion calls for increased investment in semiconductors.
This is information that Su Cheng has seen before, and it seems to be true.
Today, it is the late 1970s, and in a little more than a year, we will enter the 1980s.
Moreover, today's Intel has indeed begun to rise.
Unexpectedly, Yang Chaoye was not only friends with the president of Intel, but Zhang Zhongmou was also his good friend. This was really unexpected.
Suddenly, Su Cheng had an idea: How about recruiting Zhang Zhongmou?
Now is a good time!
A few years later, Zhang Zhongmou left Texas Instruments and eventually founded TSMC in Bayan at the invitation of relevant departments there.
Now, while he has not yet established TSMC, if he doesn’t do it now, then when?
(End of this chapter)