Chapter 256 Yuan Guang Dependence

“I don’t think Baidu’s demise was simply due to technological shocks. It was inevitable that Baidu made money too easily in the past.

If Baidu had not missed the mobile Internet era, even in the face of the impact of new technologies, it would have had other products that could serve as a moat, just like Tencent has QQ and WeChat, and Alibaba has Alibaba Cloud and Taobao.

Baidu only has a search engine. It was easy to make money in the PC era, but now the gap between it and the other two companies is huge.

So everyone, we should always be vigilant and do some difficult but right things. Once we achieve results, the possibility of being replaced in the future will be smaller.

We have indeed achieved some achievements in some areas and enjoy a reputation both at home and abroad. We share the global market for commercial rocket launches with SpaceX.

But to be honest, these achievements are too dependent on Yuanguang. Everyone from top to bottom has a serious dependence on Yuanguang. They will subconsciously look for Yuanguang for any problem, because Yuanguang is very busy, not only for light armor aerospace, but also for a lot of other things.

So every time everyone looks for Yuanguang, most of the time Yuanguang is unable to hold a meeting with everyone right away, or he is unable to respond to questions raised immediately. He may need time to digest your latest progress and latest problems, and he will usually make an appointment with everyone.

If you make an appointment with Yuanguang today, he may schedule a video conference with you for next week, the week after next, or even later.

Then the most terrifying thing happens. Once the time is set, you will no longer think about this problem. You will subconsciously feel that Yuanguang is helping you think about it, so you can work on other problems. Yuanguang will definitely give us an answer.

Either it’s a direct answer, or it tells you which papers to read and in which direction to think. At least there is a result and it narrows the scope.

I don’t know what you think about this phenomenon, but in my opinion, it’s terrible.

Because no matter what the problem is, I made an appointment with Yuanguang and he agreed to discuss it with me, and the problem was solved in your subconscious mind.

This working mode and this subconscious working cognition have permeated the work of every group.

Such serious Yuanguang dependence is something that each of us needs to reflect on.

I mentioned this to Yuan Guang before. It was in the early days of Guangjia Aerospace. The first launch of Pioneer 2 failed. During our discussion, I raised this issue.

Yuanguang’s reply to me was that this was normal and he had the ability so he did more. I thought at the time, okay, just do it if you can handle it.

But now the situation is getting more and more serious. When I think about the collapse of Baidu, I wonder if there will be no problems if we continue like this?
This is just like Baidu this time. It made money too easily in the past and claimed to go all in on artificial intelligence, but it was vulnerable when facing other people's artificial intelligence technology.

If one day in the future, Guangjia Aerospace is separated, or Yuanguang no longer continues to work at Guangjia Aerospace, what should be done then?
Don’t think it’s unrealistic. Maybe one day in the future, Yuanguang will go to China Aerospace and be responsible for the entire China Aerospace business. Guangjia Aerospace is just a small part of China Aerospace’s many territories. In the future, everyone will not be able to ask Yuanguang when they have questions. What will we do then?
Are we just going to stop working? Are we just going to rest on our laurels and wait for the Hornbill of commercial aerospace to come along and kill us?
I hope everyone will think about this issue carefully and try to delete the dependence on Yuan Guang in the brain. Well, today's weekly meeting ends here." After Lin Jia finished speaking, he stood up and left the meeting room.

Baidu is still a long way from collapse, after all, it has more than 100 billion yuan in cash assets on its books.

But from the perspective of the Internet, Baidu is no different from death; its death is just a countdown.

Just like Yahoo, it is not dead but it has no users anymore.

After Lin Jia left, no one went to look for her because everyone knew Lin Jia's schedule. It was almost fixed every Friday afternoon. After the weekly meeting, she would take a flight to Mianyang.

I won't stay in the company for even one more second.

So no one would bother to disturb her at this time.

After Lin Jia left the meeting room, the others did not leave. Everyone looked at the same person, Yang Jiashan.

Yang Jiashan smiled bitterly and said: "Super heavy rockets are really not that easy to solve. Didn't SpaceX's Starship explode so many times before it succeeded?
It took them four years from project initiation to formal research and development, and five years from research and development to successful launch. The Starship used up more than half of the resources of SpaceX, while our super-heavy rocket only has about 4 people at most.

Not so fast.”

That’s right, it was because at the weekly meeting just now, when Yang Jiashan was reporting, a task had been stuck for three weeks, and it was supposed to be completed three weeks ago.

Then when Lin Jia asked in detail, Yang Jiashan replied that the problem should be solved next week. As for why it should be solved next week, it was because he had made an appointment with Chen Yuanguang to hold a remote video conference next Tuesday to discuss the issue. The specific issues had been sent to Chen Yuanguang via email three weeks ago.

This response led to Lin Jia’s final words.

Yang Jiashan was not worried that after saying this, someone might take advantage of the situation and tell Lin Jia what he said, and then he would be framed.

Because the only one who has the final say within Guangjia Aerospace is Chen Yuanguang, and Chen Yuanguang's management style is very loose. If Lin Jia wants to get rid of him, he must get Chen Yuanguang's consent.

Besides, Lin Jia is not the kind of person who would take personal grudges personally.

"Old Yang, I can actually understand you. Ms. Lin is too close to the God of Light, so she always subconsciously holds us to the same standards as God.

This is not Mr. Lin’s problem, nor is it your problem.” After the weekly meeting, Yang Jiashan’s good colleague heard about it and came to comfort him.

"In fact, I can understand Mr. Lin. After all, returning to the sky is definitely more difficult than a super-heavy rocket. We still have a way to go. Starship has already paved a way, and we just need to follow it.

Huitian and Shenzhou-Guangjia were completely the first ones we made, but Guangshen only took one year to make them.

Our super-heavy rocket has made no progress in a year.

In addition, it is normal for us to be dependent on Guangshen. Guangshen helps us solve some problems and our progress is faster.

But from Mr. Lin's perspective, we are indeed too dependent on the God of Light, and what the God of Light does is more difficult, faster in progress, and more effective.

If I were in General Lin's position, I would also wonder what you guys are doing for a living." Yang Jiashan said with a wry smile.

"Old Yang, do you think the God of Light will really go to China for spaceflight?"

This was the main point he wanted to ask. The news that Lin Jia had just mentioned at the meeting, that Chen Yuanguang might go to China Aerospace for a position, quickly spread throughout the company, and everyone who had little work to do was discussing this matter.

Guangjia Aerospace is almost a one-man company of Chen Yuanguang, and no one has adapted to life without Chen Yuanguang.

What worries them even more is that if Chen Yuanguang is not in Guangjia Aerospace, then no one can say whether Linjia, without Chen Yuanguang's constraints, will adopt a new and strict management. "I don't know, Mr. Lin should just be making an analogy.

But if Guangshen really goes to work for China Aerospace, I think it is very likely, right?
After all, from an official perspective, he was given all the possible treatment and status, all the possible awards, and even a small portion of the Natural Science Foundation was cut for Guangshen to manage, which shows that the official has enough trust in Guangshen in both his management and scientific research capabilities.

Considering the cooperation between Guangshen and China Aerospace this time, the results should be very smooth, so I don’t rule out this possibility.

After all, being in charge of the entire Chinese aerospace industry, compared to the small territory of Light Armor Aerospace, there is much more room for development. "Yang Jiashan replied.

Yang Jiashan paused for a moment and said, "In fact, this is a good thing for China Aerospace. With a manager like Guangshen who is proficient in technology, I think it will bring some fresh atmosphere to China Aerospace, dig out those who are really capable and marginalize those who are not.

I would really like to see that scene, but it is definitely not a good thing for us."

Guangjia Aerospace has a large number of engineers recruited from the aerospace system. Everyone is well aware of the problems existing in the aerospace system. When laymen lead professionals, it is easy to cause various problems.

If Chen Yuanguang goes, he will be like an expert who is more knowledgeable than the experts and will lead this group of experts, and everyone will definitely be convinced.

So Yang Jiashan is still a little looking forward to it.

"Ah, I think what Mr. Lin said is not wrong. I do have a dependence on the God of Light. Now when I think about the light armor aerospace without the God of Light, I feel a little panicked."

On the other side, Lin Jia and his secretary had already boarded a flight to Mianyang.

This flight was added last year. It takes off on time every Friday at 5 pm. In a sense, it can be said that this flight was added specifically to facilitate Lin Jia's flight to Mianyang.

Even on the plane, Lin Jia had no time to rest. He kept reading and replying to emails, almost never stopping for a moment.

At this time, she also serves as the vice president of Xiaomi Auto, the president of Guangjia Aerospace, the vice president of Guangjia Technology, the board representative of Lotus Cars, and the vice president of Space Auto, which is under preparation.

Finally, the car brand jointly created by Musk and Chen Yuanguang is called Space, which means both the Space in SpaceX and the space station that Guangjia Aerospace is about to launch.

After discussion between the two parties, they hoped to name the car brand with a name full of space colors.

Chen Yuanguang was extremely averse to using people's names, so he ended up using Space.

After the company was established, it has been on the hot search list more than once in domestic and foreign media, and is considered by netizens to be the most anticipated product after Apple withdrew from car manufacturing.

Lin Jia did not feel that her current job was very stressful. On the contrary, she enjoyed it. She was born to be a workaholic. There were rumors within Guangjia Aerospace that she and Guangshen were very passionate about their work.

"Mr. Lin, your coffee is here." Because Lin Jia often takes this flight, the airline has emphasized Lin Jia's identity to the flight attendants, and they are also familiar with Lin Jia's preferences.

As soon as we got on the plane, a glass of iced American coffee was brought up without Lin Jia saying anything.

"Okay, put it here, thank you." After saying this, Lin Jia continued to immerse himself in the work at hand.

"Good, Yuanguang should like this plan." Lin Jia thought.

Space’s logo has not been finalized yet. The logo is almost the most important brand asset of a car company. A good logo can help the car to be recognizable, gain user recognition, and even influence purchasing intention.

Lao Jia has been away from American for so many years. From time to time, he comes out on domestic social media to attract attention and tell people in China that I am not dead yet. If they want to operate funds overseas, my shell on Nasdaq can help you.

Even so, you can often see comments in his comment section praising the Faraday Future logo for being beautiful.

This is the value of a logo.

Space sent out logo design proposals to famous designers around the world, and one of the tree diagram designs caught Lin Jia's eye.

Because this design is very similar to the structure of a future light armor space launch station, Lin Jia thinks it is both beautiful and symbolic.

"Yuan Guang, what do you think of this as the logo for Space?
You see, this trunk is the trunk of the future light armor space station, and the branches derived from the surrounding are modules hanging on the trunk.

The design of Space’s first car can have a small logo on the front, and the entire front face is a large logo. The main trunk is a ring-shaped light strip, and the branches are separate lights.

Think about it, this can be used as a signature element of Space." After dinner, Lin Jia held up the tablet computer and handed it to Chen Yuanguang and asked.

After reading it, Chen Yuanguang nodded and said, "Very creative, not bad.

You know the Shenzhou-Guangjia, right?" Chen Yuanguang changed the subject.

Lin Jia nodded: "Of course I know, I have been bombarded with news these days and can see related reports at any time.

The media are almost blowing it up to the sky, including some people on TikTok who edited the exaggerated expressions of overseas bloggers watching the recovery of the Shenzhou Light Armor, and kept shouting "amazing, amazing".

It is a global news event, and combined with the detention of Light Armor Aerospace employees in America, which led to the American Black March, there are too many hot topics that have been extended from it. "

Lin Jia was very emotional. She felt that compared with these hot events, Chen Yuanguang had a talent for invisibility because these things were closely related to him. If it were someone else, the reports would definitely focus on that person.

But in the case of Chen Yuanguang, his disappearance resulted in most reports focusing on the incident itself.

All parties attracted more attention than Chen Yuanguang.

“During the recovery process of the Shenzhou-Guangjia, people still drive the vehicle to recover it.

We recently came up with a very creative way of recycling, which is to make it a fully automated process from launch to recovery.

Instead of people driving cars to recover the Shenzhou-Guangjia, a group of robot dogs will go to recover the Shenzhou-Guangjia," said Chen Yuanguang.

(End of this chapter)