In 1994, the former technology giant Lenovo had a major turning point, and there was a serious difference of opinion between the "market faction" headed by Liu Chuanzhi and the "technical faction" headed by Ni Guangnan.
In the end, Liu Chuanzhi, who was the leader of the enterprise at that time, tearfully sent away Ni Guangnan, and finally sent away the future of Lenovo.
"Stubborn" Ni Guangnan
In the eyes of the "Tingliu Faction", Ni Guangnan is a person who is "stubborn" and "does not know how to be flexible". Ni Guangnan has an almost paranoid obsession with scientific and technological research and development, he believes that although Lenovo has made certain achievements in technology, it is far from enough, and Lenovo must further improve its technical strength if it wants to have better development.
Lenovo's operating model of relying on foreign technology and supply chain is very unfavorable to long-term development, and once the core technology is blocked, Lenovo is likely to fall into a very unfavorable situation. Therefore, Ni Guangnan suggested to Liu Chuanzhi at that time, that Lenovo should not be limited to the PC business itself, but should explore the underlying technology, develop its own chips, systems, components, etc. Only by mastering the underlying technology, Lenovo can master the technology in its own hands.
But Liu Chuanzhi, who is at the helm of Lenovo, does not think so, and Liu Chuanzhi believes that the research and development of the underlying technology is "laborious and unflattering".
First of all, the research underlying technology has a particularly long cycle and a particularly large investment. Technology like chip research and development is not only technically difficult, but also very fast, in Liu Chuanzhi's eyes, this is like a bottomless pit, which will only increase the burden of Lenovo.
Secondly, at that time, the domestic technology was relatively backward, even if it researched its own chips and core components in a short period of time, there was still a big gap in performance and quality with foreign imports. So Liu Chuanzhi directly decided to completely abandon the underlying technology research and import technology from abroad in an all-round way, which not only saved the cost of research and development but also made the performance more outstanding.
This attitude has triggered the dissatisfaction of Ni Guangnan, who believes that Liu Chuanzhi's decision-making is not a manifestation of enterprising, although there is no way to compete with foreign technology in a short period of time, Lenovo should not give up research and development, because as long as it has been working hard, it will be able to catch up.
Because the two sides did not give in, the contradictions between the two factions became larger and larger, so that there was a serious differentiation within Lenovo, and eventually Liu Chuanzhi could only gradually marginalize Ni Guangnan in order to preserve his position, and later Ni Guangnan was forced to leave Lenovo.
There are ambitions in the air, and it is difficult to find a voice
Lenovo's depravity made Ni Guangnan disheartened, and Ni Guangnan, who experienced the whole process of the rise of domestic computers, knew very well that only when technology became strong, the entire computer industry could become stronger, but he had empty ambitions but could not save Lenovo, which made him a little depressed.
Not long after leaving Lenovo, his friend Li Delei found Ni Guangnan and wanted to cooperate with him in depth. Li Delei's BB&T company was originally a chip foundry that cooperated with U.S. companies, and then the U.S. companies withdrew their investment and terminated the cooperation, and BB&T fell into a desperate situation for a while. At this time, Li Delei expressed his willingness to cooperate with Ni Guangnan to research and manufacture chips, which made Ni Guangnan, who was originally discouraged, once again ignite hope for China's chip industry.
Ni Guangnan pulled sponsorship and formed a team at the same time, and soon the company was back on track. Under the unremitting efforts of Ni Guangnan's team in April 2001, BB&T developed the first embedded chip in China, "Ark 1". With this chip, Ni Guangnan once again shocked the whole country. Ni Guangnan thought that China's chip industry had been saved, but reality gave him a slap.
After the company had just made some achievements, Ni Guangnan proposed to continue to work hard and continue to accelerate research and development, but Li Delei was thinking about how to get more benefits with "Ark 1". On the one hand, Li Delei first thought about how to get more subsidies from the state, and on the other hand, he tried every means to get more orders.
Ni Guangnan realized that he had once again been deceived, Li Delei was also a full-fledged businessman, always aiming at maximizing interests, ni Guangnan felt that he had no way to continue to cooperate with such a person.
Therefore, after many times of persuasion and discussion were fruitless, Ni Guangnan once again chose to leave. After the core figures left, the entire scientific research team collapsed in an instant, and then BB&T also disbanded the Ark team. This has also made many people's hopes that have just been ignited once again shattered, and many people have directly called out that China's chip industry is finished, and this situation makes everyone sigh.
Warriors are always on the road
Although Ni Guangnan has not started a business again, he has never given up the idea of saving China's chip industry. Over the past many years, he has published many articles hoping that China can pay attention to the research and development of chips, rather than always believing in the doctrine of taking.
At that time, Ni Guangnan was like a hero fighting alone, with a martial art in the air but no place to show it. Fortunately, at present, China has deeply realized the importance of the chip industry, although it has paid a painful price, but at least it is not too late.
I hope that one day China's chip industry can be revitalized, and the prosperous world can also be as Old Ni wishes.
Ni Guangnan, who was "swept out of the house" by lenovo, never gave up
The warrior is always on the road, and Ni Guangnan, who was "sent away" by Liu Chuanzhi, never gave up