Chapter 395 Triple Helix Pattern and Grandpa’s Birthday

After ASML's shareholders' meeting, Li Xiaofan and his party took a look at the city of Eindhoven.

In his previous life, when Li Xiaofan was studying for an EMBA at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, several of his classmates were executives from Tsinghua TusHoldings. In 2017, TusHoldings established an innovation center in the Eindhoven High-Tech Park in the Netherlands. I often heard these students in the class mention this project of TusHoldings in Eindhoven.

In addition, as early as 2012, TusHoldings established InnoSpring, the Tsinghua Science and Technology Park incubator in Silicon Valley, the United States. At that time, it was the first Sino-American high-tech incubator and technology industry accelerator in Silicon Valley. At that time, it was composed of Tsinghua TusHoldings, Shui On Group, and Northern Lights Innovation It was jointly founded by Investment and Silicon Valley Bank and several other units, and was officially launched in Silicon Valley on January 8, 2012.

Many of Li Xiaofan’s current ideas for park development and construction come from some practices of TusHoldings at the time.

At that time, Wang Jiwu, the chairman of TusHoldings, also proposed the three-dimensional triple helix model and cluster innovation theory, and refined the three helix intertwined interactions of "park + industry + finance", "technology + capital + industry", and "government + enterprise + university". Promoted three-dimensional triple helix pattern...

In Li Xiaofan's mind, when the right opportunity comes in the future, he would also like to find a place with convenient transportation and beautiful scenery in his hometown of Ningdong County to build a high-tech park similar to Huawei's "Songshan Lake".

Therefore, he is very interested in the planning of the Eindhoven high-tech park where ASML is currently located.

Today, Eindhoven is already the heart of the Dutch high-tech manufacturing industry and one of Europe's leading technology centers. It was once called the most innovative city in the world and one of the world-class creative Silicon Valleys by Forbes magazine.

Among them, the Eindhoven High-Tech Park is where the R&D headquarters of the Dutch Philips Group is located. It was once named the smartest park in the world by Forbes magazine.

Ronald, the head of the Eindhoven High-tech Park, introduced to Li Xiaofan and others who came to inspect:

In the 1980s, under the impact of manufacturing globalization, Eindhoven, the headquarters of Philips, was once a "city in decline". A large number of manufacturing companies closed down and the urban population experienced negative growth for 10 years.

However, starting in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Eindhoven adopted the "triple helix model", that is, "the government, enterprises, and academia provide multiple mutual assistance in the three fields of resources, technology, and achievements to promote the innovative economy" to lead Eindhoven. The city of Inhoven is currently gradually transforming into a new city of technological innovation.

Ronald said that the main engine of Eindhoven's "triple helix mode" is undoubtedly the giant Philips. A few years ago, Philips launched the "Centurion" program at the R&D center base in Eindhoven High-Tech Industrial Park. With its research center as a base, it uses technological power to attract a large number of backward scientific research institutions and incubate related start-up technology companies. , connecting research and applications.

While introducing, Ronald took Li Xiaofan and others to visit the Eindhoven High-tech Park with a core area of ​​one kilometer.

“This park is beautiful and comfortable, much more beautiful than your Singapore Science Park!”

Tang Xinyi sighed to Li Xiaofan after seeing the beautiful scenery of the park.

Li Xiaofan found that the biggest highlight of this park is a "natural community". This park is completely different from the densely packed industrial parks seen in China.

The Hoven High-Tech Park is located in Eindhoven's rebuilt north-south wedge-shaped green belt. The wedge-shaped green belt maintains the natural form and sustainable development of the ecology through design intervention. The park extends the natural landscape features into the interior, adding more walking space, and at the same time expanding the area of ​​the original central lake to create a natural feel.

The buildings in the park are mainly a combination of old and new. The height of new buildings is strictly controlled, and the building height should be lower than the surrounding large trees to ensure the continuity of the natural landscape.

Some naturally formed small wetlands, grass, vegetation and trees have been completely preserved, making it look green and refreshing.

The park gives full play to the natural attractions and creates waterfront roads, wooden plank roads, forest trails... 15 kilometers of rich and diverse walking trails distributed in nature, becoming streets for talent exchange and inspiring the innovation of scientific and technological people.

"Zhanlong, when we walk in this park, do we feel as if we are communicating with nature?" Li Xiaofan asked Pan Zhanlong, Gu Qijun and others around him.

"Well, it's beautiful and comfortable. It feels like walking in a park!"

Ronald said with a smile: "In addition to supporting R&D buildings, the park also needs to build a large number of parking buildings to meet commuting needs, which will inevitably destroy the integrity of the natural environment. These disadvantages were taken into consideration before the park was built, and greening on the facades The design effectively breaks the abruptness of the building and integrates it with the environment. . In the planning and design of our park, we deliberately hide the buildings in the greenery, and use a large number of three-dimensional green plants outside the buildings. We choose climbing plants and other plants to be planted and attached to or spread on various structures and other spaces. The structural greening method allows green plants and buildings to grow together..."

Ronald then took Li Xiaofan and the others to visit the shared laboratory technology platform. In order to improve innovation efficiency, especially the technology transformation efficiency of small and micro technology enterprises, their park provides more than 10,000 square meters of shared laboratories and testing rooms, more than 5,000 square meters of electronic instrument production workshops, and 100 Many technical experts and entrepreneurial mentors can provide on-site guidance and other services.

As long as entrepreneurs have ideas, the park can realize innovative transformation from prototype production to product testing in a short time...

Li Xiaofan found that not only informal leisure communication spaces can be found everywhere in the park, but the park also emphasizes the importance of formal and professional communication collisions. There are more than a dozen conference rooms and lecture halls ranging from 20 square meters to 6,000 square meters, and more than 100 technical exchange activities are held every year.

There are currently scientific and technological talents from dozens of countries working and living here. In order to allow them to work with peace of mind, the park is also constantly improving its international service system: multilingual childcare centers eliminate parents' worries, and multinational gourmet restaurants allow them to taste the taste of "hometown" at any time...

There is also an "Exchange Street" in the park, which is the most popular area in the park. There are 8 restaurants with different concepts, an international conference center, various shops, a health center, and a concert hall. It is nicknamed the "Las Vegas Strip" of Eindhoven.

Finally, Ronald invited Li Xiaofan and his party to have a drink at a special "Philips Farm Bar". This "farm bar" is an old farm building that was preserved before. Philips Company renovated it and used it as a place for retired employees and current employees to drink and chat. Sometimes it also serves as a place for small seminars and training...

After inspecting the Eindhoven High-Tech Park, Li Xiaofan asked Tang Xinyi, Pan Zhanlong, Gu Qijun and Wang Danrong, "In the future, if I go to Ningdong County, my hometown, near Shanghai, to build a similar park in a few years, if you can choose between Shanghai and Ningdong, where would you choose to work?"

Pan Zhanlong and Gu Qijun smiled and said, "Then we must like to work in Ningdong! We like a relaxed and comfortable R&D work environment."

"Mr. Li, if there is a choice, it is best to spend half of the time in Shanghai and half of the time in Ningdong. We girls still like the feeling of being in a big city, where shopping is convenient!" Wang Danrong smiled.

"Xinyi, what about you?" Li Xiaofan asked.

Tang Xinyi took Li Xiaofan's arm and said, "My dear, I'm willing to go wherever you are, just follow you!"

"Haha, you're so sweet!"

Watching the boss and the future boss lady showing off their love, Wang Danrong and others beside them looked envious...

After finishing the trip to the Netherlands, Li Xiaofan separated from the others and flew directly from Amsterdam to Shanghai alone. He was going to attend his grandfather's 80th birthday as scheduled. Others, Tang Xinyi and others flew back to Singapore.

In the early morning, at Hongqiao International Airport, a W 740li champagne-colored luxury car with a black Shanghai license plate had been waiting for Li Xiaofan for a long time.

When the international flight arrived at the exit, Yang Feiyan, wearing a pretty white dress, met Li Xiaofan. She took a handbag from Li Xiaofan: "Mr. Li, thank you for your hard work!"

"Feiyan, if there are no other colleagues here, just call me Xiaofan! It sounds awkward to call me Mr. Li, Mr. Li."

"Haha, okay, classmate Xiaofan!"

After Li Xiaofan got on the BMW 740, he said: "Well, your Shanghai company is quite efficient, and this 740 feels quite comfortable to sit in!"

"These were all purchased by Sister Xiumei according to your instructions, and the license plate was just registered the day before yesterday. Xiaofan, this imported BMW is so expensive, it costs more than 1.3 million yuan after the registration, which is equivalent to my salary for more than ten years..."

This W 740li was bought by Wu Xiumei before by Li Xiaofan, and it was registered under the name of Shanghai Changjiang Science and Technology Investment Co., Ltd., a Sino-foreign joint venture controlled by their Singapore Yifan Company. All the procedures were completed the day before yesterday, and the black license plate unique to foreign-funded enterprises was registered.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the vehicle management department issued black license plates to foreigners who came to China to stay permanently, residents of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and foreign-owned enterprises when applying for motor vehicle license plates.

Some people say that the reason for doing this is to highlight their differences, give them some privileges, make them look more special, and feel better.

In fact, these black-licensed cars do not have any privileges. On the contrary, in the eyes of some departments, these vehicles are "specially cared for" objects, and they will be subject to certain restrictions during driving, especially in Beijing, where they are prohibited from entering many sensitive areas.

However, in the private sector, because foreign-funded enterprises had many "halos" in the early days of reform and opening up. So many ordinary people would "look up" when they see cars with black license plates, and think they are great, especially luxury cars with black license plates, and they are even more envious and jealous.

After picking up Li Xiaofan, this BMW drove directly to Mingzhou.

At that time, the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway under construction had not been fully opened to traffic, and some roads still needed to take national highways. It took about six or seven hours to drive from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Mingzhou City.

If Li Xiaofan drives fast, the BMW he is sitting in can arrive in about six hours.

Yang Feiyan hasn't been back to her hometown in Mingzhou for a long time. Li Xiaofan asked her to accompany him back to Mingzhou to get acquainted with colleagues in Mingzhou Industry and Trade Company and go home to visit her parents.

At around 2:00 p.m., Li Xiaofan and Yang Feiyan arrived in downtown Mingzhou.

In the newly renovated headquarters building of Mingzhou Industry and Trade Company beside the moat, Li Xiaofan held a short meeting with colleagues from Mingzhou Industry and Trade Company to encourage and cheer everyone up.

When Li Xiaofan told everyone that the Pacific Online Bookstore project will be listed on the Nasdaq market in the third quarter, everyone shouted long live!

Because these old employees indirectly own a little original stock of Pacific Online Bookstore through the collective shareholding plan, this is the "collective wealth" benefit that Li Xiaofan gives to every old employee of Yifan Company.

When everyone was cheering, Yang Feiyan joked: "Director Li, if I knew that I had a big boss classmate like you, I would have defected to you earlier. Let's share 100 shares now..."

Li Xiaofan smiled and said: "Feiyan, work hard, you will have more than 100 shares in the future, I will make you a rich woman worth billions!"

"Haha, rich lady, why do these three words sound so awkward!" Yang Feiyan laughed.

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After holding a meeting with colleagues from Mingzhou Industrial and Trade Company, Li Xiaofan asked the driver to take him to the Donggang Hotel in the center of Jiangdong District.

After opening a large suite at Donggang Hotel, Li Xiaofan took a shower, then went to bed and took a short nap before attending his grandfather's birthday dinner in the evening.