In Qingshan Lake Park.

Qian Yishan, an employee of Orange Technology’s R&D department, took a walk in the park with his colleague Bian Jun during lunch break.

“It’s not even late autumn yet, but this year it feels more bleak than in previous years. What’s going on?”

Following his gaze, there were only a few pedestrians hurrying around in the huge park.

And without exception, these newcomers had stern expressions on their faces.

But half a year ago, many people came to the small garden to breathe fresh air during lunch break.

“You’re asking even though you already know the answer.” Bian Jun, a colleague, shook his head helplessly. “During the critical stage of the curved screen R&D mission, all the colleagues in our department worked more than 12 hours a day. Only the two of us could go out for a walk after dinner every day. Those workaholics would definitely not be willing to ‘waste time’ like this. Lao Zhang was still complaining a few days ago that he hadn’t seen his daughter for half a month.”

Qian Yishan wondered: “Has her daughter returned home?”

“No, when he wakes up every day, his daughter has already gone to school or tutoring classes, and when he gets home at night, his daughter is already asleep. In fact, it’s not just him, it’s basically the same in our department, but singles have it easier.”

Qian Yishan nodded: “Since being sanctioned, I also feel that I don’t have enough time. The pressure from top to bottom is really unbearable for ordinary people. I heard that the two interns from the next group who were recruited in the fall ran away after working for a short time.”

Bian Jun: “It’s normal. These are all greenhouse flowers, and they are destined not to be on the same boat with us. Anyway, I decided to accompany Orange to work hard for a few years. Although it’s hard, there is a sense of accomplishment, and the rewards are indeed a lot.”

Just at the beginning of last month.

The series of sanctions imposed by the United States on Orange Technology and even Shanhe Holdings have finally come.

As Chen Pingjiang thought, the other party had never forgotten him from the beginning, but just planned to take it step by step.

This time the sanctions target Orange Technology and Huaxin International.

In addition to the sanctions package similar to that on Huawei, Huaxin International is strictly prohibited from obtaining DUV lithography machines from any channel, and the chip field’s supply chain has been cut off.

In addition, Renren, AutoNavi and even ByteDance have also been affected, but fortunately they are all Internet companies and the risks are generally controllable.

Renren’s overseas version WeChat was banned from downloading on a small scale, Didi Chuxing, a taxi service under AutoNavi, encountered a new round of review in multiple markets in the United States and Europe, and Tiktok also faced a new round of hearings.

Qian Yishan thought curiously, “Boss Chen must be under a lot of pressure right now, right? We just need to do our job well. Anyway, our salary is not only the same as before, but also higher than before. Even if Orange Technology goes bankrupt in the future, how can we not find a job with our technology and experience? But he may not be the case.”

Bian Jun smiled and said, “When the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Isn’t Mr. Chen that tall person? To be honest, I admire him a lot.”

“Same!”

In recent months, Chen Pingjiang’s reputation has risen to a new level and he is now known as a “patriotic entrepreneur.”

Chen Pingjiang himself is quite sensitive to the word “patriotism”.

Because these two words are not said, but done.

Some people claim to be patriotic, but in fact they are thieves.

Self-media bloggers who make a living from this use slogans to divide groups and gain traffic.

There are also companies that use these slogans to encourage everyone to support domestic products, but their own products are not up to standard and have low cost-performance.

Chen Pingjiang never says these two words, but he practices them in his daily life.

When Huawei was sanctioned earlier, he took the initiative to help share the firepower, and even openly attacked the Americans. After Orange Technology was sanctioned, he repeatedly issued internal letters to call for unity.

This round of sanctions has drawn people’s attention to Huaxin International, which has been developing quietly under the table. Unexpectedly, it has become a behemoth.

After all, this is a thoroughly Chinese-funded enterprise. Chen Pingjiang’s words are his final words, and the technology has been improving rapidly in recent years.

It is worth mentioning that after the sanctions were implemented, the turnover rate of these companies was actually several percentage points lower than usual.

This is certainly due to better salaries, but mostly because everyone is holding their breath.

Qian Yishan took a deep breath and recalled the day he first heard the news of the sanctions. “I have to say, when I heard the news that day, I felt that it was all over. If the company went bankrupt, what would happen to the mortgage I just bought? It was only after I saw the internal letter sent by Chairman Chen that I persevered.”

Although it is said to be an internal letter, it has actually already been widely circulated across the country. Reading it makes people cry and admire Chen Pingjiang’s courage and foresight.

Until now, he can still recite almost the entire text.

Because, during that period, this internal letter was the spiritual pillar that helped him get out of confusion and strengthen his beliefs.

“To all Orange people:

It is three o’clock in the morning. I am standing on the terrace on the top floor of my office, looking at the lights in the park that are on all night.

The first seed we planted many years ago has now grown into a smart forest covering the world.

But just seventy-two hours ago, Washington’s ban swept in like a cold wave, and the Internet of Things ecosystem and domestic chip plan, to which we had devoted our efforts, were suddenly included in the Entity List.

This is not a judgment of fate, but a coronation of the times.

You should remember that rainy night in 2014. When we successfully developed Orange OS 1.0, I asked the administration department to place seven boxes of self-heating rice next to the champagne tower at the celebration banquet.

That night, four hundred core R&D personnel signed a confidentiality agreement for the “Flint Project” – to build an underground Great Wall beneath the technological plateau in ten years.

And today is the time to ignite the fire!

I hereby declare:
Start the Flint Forge now!
1. The Xuanwu EDA tool chain completed the final decoupling test, and all members of the chip design department entered a wartime state.

2. Orange OS operating system opens developer alliance, and the compatibility layer project is launched six months ahead of schedule.

3. From now on, all Orange mobile phone pads and other terminals will use domestic components instead.

I know what you are like at this moment: some of you have just rushed back to the lab after coaxing your sick mother to sleep, some have canceled the wedding you have been preparing for three years, and some have only dared to sleep four hours a day for three consecutive months. The sweat on the camp beds under the desk, the piles of refreshing drinks in the tea room, and the alarm sounds in the server room are the most precious source codes of this era.

Our opponents will never understand that while Western engineers were debating options in their Silicon Valley sunrooms, we were using computing power to build a digital oasis in barren lands.

Every line of code is engraved with respect for life.

They fear us! ~
Please remember: when we choose to plant orange trees in a technological no-man’s land, they are destined to be more cold-resistant than apples and more tenacious than grapes.

The spring mountains are in sight, and I am with you, with the oranges.

Chen Pingjiang, CEO of Orange Technology

September 2018, 9, the morning light begins to shine (End of this chapter)