Chapter 10 bloody rage

Ren Zhengfei said impassionedly: "On the battlefield, the mission of soldiers is to defend the dignity of national sovereignty; in the market, the mission of entrepreneurs is to defend the market position of enterprises. In modern commercial warfare, only technological self-reliance is fundamental, and there is no self-reliance. The scientific research support system, the status of the enterprise is empty talk.” Ren Zhengfei, a soldier, saw the "seven countries and eight systems" ravaging the land of China, and the people of the country were oppressed by "foreigners", and his anger burst out immediately.This just confirms Nietzsche's words: "In the strong and load-bearing spirit, there is dignity; in the proud dignity, there is willpower; Craving; in craving there is the explosive force of desire."

In the mid-to-late 1980s, China's fixed-line telephone network was in the transition period from the traditional step-by-step system and vertical-horizontal system to digital program-controlled switching, and the telephone penetration rate was less than 0.5%.A huge country with a population of more than one billion contains huge market opportunities, attracting switch manufacturers from all over the world to come to China for "gold rush", forming the famous "seven countries and eight systems" in the history of Chinese communications, namely Japan's NEC and Fujitsu, Lucent of the United States, Nortel of Canada, Ericsson of Sweden, Siemens of Germany, BTM of Belgium, and Alcatel of France, seven countries, eight standards, the entire Chinese switch layout has been divided up by foreign switch manufacturers.

In the early 1990s, the domestic communication equipment market was almost entirely dominated by foreign companies, and no one would believe that Chinese companies could manufacture their own program-controlled switches.At that time, the development of Chinese enterprises had just started, with backward technology and insufficient strength, and they were not in the same breath as those established enterprises.In the fierce competition, the "big guys" don't take them seriously. Ren Zhengfei said indignantly: "Foreigners come to China to make money. They will not teach the core technology to the Chinese, but expect us to introduce, introduce, and re-introduce. The company has never been independent. The market for technology, the market Lost it all, but no technology has been truly mastered. And the core competitiveness of an enterprise is actually technology.”

"Jiangshan" has been completely lost. Without core technology, we can't talk about competitiveness. We can only watch others grab high profits and "squeeze" our hard-earned money. More than 50 years ago, the Chinese People's Volunteers enthusiastically responded to the Communist Party's call to "defend the home and the country" and sang the volunteer army's war song, "Cross the Yalu River with pride and courage" to support the Korean people in repelling the aggressive attacks of US imperialism.The West Point Military Academy regards "responsibility, honor, and country" as its school motto, and as a soldier, it is the responsibility to defend the honor of the country. In the 1980s, my country's communications market had been "carved up" by multinational corporations, leaving little left. Ren Zhengfei, who came from a military background, erupted with strong national pride and anger at the same time.

He believes that technological self-reliance is the foundation. Without its own scientific and technological support system, industrial independence is empty talk. Without an independent national industry, there will be no national independence.Only oneself can save oneself. There has never been any savior, and there is no fairy emperor. If China wants to develop, it must rely on self-improvement.Therefore, Ren Zhengfei set a clear goal for Huawei from the beginning: to develop national industry, based on its own scientific research and development, keep up with the world's advanced technology, occupy the Chinese market, open up overseas markets, and compete with foreign "giants".

Only self-reliance in technology can be self-improvement, which is not only for the country, but also the foundation for the survival of enterprises.To survive, an enterprise must occupy the market and realize value-added.In order to gain a firm foothold in the fiercely competitive market, relying on "bringing doctrine" is not enough. You need to have core technology, and only with core technology can you have core competitiveness, compete with those big names, and have equal opportunities to compete.It is an inevitable choice to build the Chinese people's own brand and realize self-improvement and self-reliance.

Ren Zhengfei, a stubborn soldier and a brave fighter, is determined to create a national brand and create a new world in order to "defend his family and the country" and to be self-reliant.