Chapter 442 Florence and ICQ

"Mr. Li, I do have some good news! After I returned to China, I met with Academician Wang, the director of the Institute of Microelectronics of Peking University, and informed this Mingzhou fellow about the results of my visit to the United States with you. Academician Wang was very excited after hearing this. Yesterday, we made a report to the relevant leaders of the Ministry of Electronic Industry, and the leaders were also very excited after hearing this.”

Academician Ni continued: "This leader also agrees with our opinion and feels that it is of great significance to maintain the competitiveness of Panda's domestic EDA system from the overall development of our independent "Huaxia Chip" strategy in the future. You and Jingcheng Integrated Circuit Design The cooperation that the center BIDC is discussing The capital cooperation plan is a very good project. He has personally greeted the person in charge of BIDC of Beijing Integrated Circuit Design Center today and asked BIDC to discuss the specific cooperation plan and business conditions with you as soon as possible and submit it as soon as possible. Ministry approval.”

"Academician Ni, that's great. I understand what you mean. After I finish my vacation in Italy in two days, I will immediately change my ticket and fly directly to Beijing to negotiate with Professor Wang Qinsheng, President of BIDC, Beijing Integrated Circuit Design Center. Cooperation details!”

"Well, Mr. Li, after you decide on the time to fly to Beijing, Academician Wang and I would like to make an appointment with you to have another face-to-face report with the leader of the department. This trip to the United States made me feel the opportunity and Challenges coexist, and time waits for no one. We must seize the time to develop our own Chinese chips as soon as possible!”

"Okay, Academician Ni, I will ask the secretary to change my ticket later and try to fly to Beijing to meet you as soon as possible!"

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After Li Xiaofan hung up the phone, Tang Xinyi said angrily:

"My dear, why are you so busy now? We just came to Italy a few days ago. We originally agreed to go back to Singapore together, but now we are in a hurry to fly to Beijing. Hey, to be honest, I still like you when you started a business in Singapore. Even though I didn’t make a lot of money when I was selling sunglasses, it felt really good for us to work hard together!”

"Well, that memory is particularly beautiful! But as people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. As a man, we always want to make our career bigger and more successful!"

Although Tang Xinyi said so, boys with successful careers are always full of aura and charm, making her proud of him.

"My dear, I'm optimistic about you, come on!"

Li Xiaofan was still very touched by Xinyi's understanding.

The distance from the small town of Modena to Florence is about 130 kilometers. The two of them drove along the E35 highway and arrived at Europe's most famous art center and world-famous cultural tourist attraction in less than two hours.

As the birthplace of the European Renaissance movement, under Xu Zhimo's pen, Florence was called "Emerald Cold Cui", which appears to be as noble, elegant, pure, bright and beautiful as emerald...

In his previous life, in 2015, when Li Xiaofan visited this ancient city, he went on a "poor trip" with his good friend Yu Xiaodong.

In this world, things have changed and people have changed. I am accompanied by a beautiful lady, my already considerable net worth, and my head full of projects and investment plans...

After Li Xiaofan arrived in Florence, he settled in the Impression Boutique Hotel next to the Ponte Vecchio.

This hotel was recommended by Tang Xinyi. The location is very good. From the hotel window, you can have an unparalleled view of the Arno River, the Old Bridge of Florence and the entire ancient city.

Of course, the price is not cheap, more than 300 euros.

In his previous life, when Li Xiaofan and his gay friend Yu Xiaodong came to visit, they could only choose to stay in a small inn nearby that only cost 60 euros.

The Ponte Vecchio is the oldest bridge in the ancient city of Florence. It is a stone arch bridge built in the Middle Ages and spans the Arno River. It is considered to be the oldest existing stone closed spandrel arc arch bridge in Italy and is one of the famous landmarks of Florence. .

When Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi entered the room, it happened to be sunset. Looking out the window, the sunset outside reflected the red sky. The old bridge, the Arno River and the ancient city contrasted with each other, like a peaceful and beautiful oil painting.

"My dear, it's so beautiful!"

Tang Xinyi leaned on Li Xiaofan and sighed, "It is said that this old bridge is the place where Dante met the lover of his dreams. There are many romantic stories here..."

Li Xiaofan smiled and said: "But I heard that at first this old bridge was just like the market in our hometown in Ningdong, a local vegetable market selling pork. Later, the Grand Duke Medici who ruled Tuscany at the time felt that this place smelled bad. It was so bad that it hindered the appearance of the city, so we ordered the butcher shops to be driven away and rebuilt into a jewelry trading center!”

"Hey, you actually know this allusion?" Tang Xinyi asked curiously.

"Haha, isn't there Yahoo now..."

Li Xiaofan said in his heart, I have been here once in my previous life, and I know many of the stories here.

While the two were making love by the window, Li Xiaofan received a call from Gu Qijun from the United States, reporting to him that he had received an application form from Elon Musk to enter the Y-Lab entrepreneurship incubator, as well as his Global Link project business Proposal email.

"Director Li, I have forwarded the email and nearby email from Elon Musk to your email address. Please review it when you have time!"

"Qijun, I'm in Italy now and I can't access the Internet to receive emails. Just follow what I said last time and directly approve Elon Musk's application and send him a formal invitation letter to settle in!"

"Okay, I get it."

After talking to Gu Qijun on the phone, Li Xiaofan received a call from President Chen of the Chinese Engineers Association in Silicon Valley, recommending a semiconductor materials and equipment research and development project to him. The founder of the project was a Chinese Ph.D. who previously worked at Applied Materials. The company serves as the R&D director and is an expert in researching PVD physical vapor deposition technology...

Applied Materials is a world-renowned supplier of semiconductor equipment. Two years ago, it launched the world's first PVD physical vapor deposition product: the Endura VHP PVD system, which has had a huge impact on the semiconductor process and the entire industry.

This kind of research and development project for key semiconductor equipment is really rare.

"President Chen, thank you again for your enthusiastic introduction, but I'm sorry! I am still traveling in Italy and cannot receive the project plan email you sent..."

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiaofan sighed: "It would be great if my mobile phone could access the Internet and receive emails. It's really inconvenient to travel now!"

Tang Xinyi, who was standing next to her, smiled and said, "My dear, you have so many ideas. I feel that it is very convenient to be able to roam around the world and make international long distance calls now! You are also whimsical about using your mobile phone to access the Internet and receive emails. How big does the screen of this mobile phone need to be?" It’s so unrealistic!”

After hearing this, Li Xiaofan laughed and said: "This is really not a fantasy. Maybe in a few years, these ideas of mine will come true..."

After talking and laughing, Li Xiaofan suddenly thought of something. He called Lin Muchiu in Singapore and asked:

"Mu Qiu, have you ever been to Israel to attract investment?"

"I have been there. Israel has many unique first-class high-tech industries. I have led my team to visit several times. We have had some exchanges and cooperation with their industrial R&D center MATIMOP and the Office of the Chief Scientist under the Ministry of Economic Affairs..."

Lin Muchiu asked curiously: "Director Li, you called me all the way from Italy to ask this question. Do you want to go to Israel?"

"Well, that's exactly what I mean! Mu Qiu, please contact the Israeli authorities in the next few days and find out if they have a company that makes ICQ software?"

"ICQ? Director Li, what kind of software is this?" Lin Muchiu on the other end of the phone was confused.

"ICQ, which means 'I Seek You' in English, is a software that enables fast, direct and remote communication between people on the Internet..."