Reinventing the Millennium

"Oxidation Furnaces, England and Germany."

"PVD equipment, the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Germany."

"Ion implanter, USA."

"PECVD, United States, Japan."

On the last day of September, Xiong Xiaoge was eating breakfast and reading the information he took out from Fang Zhuo's folder.

"Mr. Fang, most of the equipment list has American options. The review there is indeed a top priority."

Fang Zhuo took a sip of soy milk, said "hmm" and continued to read the newspaper on the table.

Because it was the first time he returned to Luzhou, everything had to be done step by step, and considering IDG's American team, Fang Zhuo also stayed in a hotel together to facilitate communication, while the administrative staff he brought began to rent apartments nearby and get started with all aspects of work.

It is easier to simply poach engineers from other companies. To truly fulfill those promises, we must implement them carefully.

Engineers are not OEM parts. Their basic necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation are related to Ice Core's reputation in the industry. Fang Zhuo does not intend to make a deal that is done after the other party signs a contract, but wants long-term development.

"The review in the United States requires me to go there myself. Qiu Ciyun can't handle it alone." Fang Zhuo turned over a page of the newspaper and talked about the plan, "Before, Zhang Rujing went through the review and commitment of several departments in the United States. I I guess it might be a little looser now, but it’s about the same.”

Xiong Xiaoge said worriedly: "Zhang Rujing has a good reputation in the industry. Do you want to find an international expert to act as a consultant? Then we can do it together?"

"He has the reputation and I have the capital." Fang Zhuo always remembered the strengths and weaknesses of each other and said with a smile, "So, I plan to wait for Yike to be listed on the Nasdaq before going through the review. It will be convenient then. Haoshibushi also controls two companies listed on the US stock market, and the promises he made are quite substantial."

Xiong Xiaoge did not expect this. Regarding Yike's listing, he has always considered Yike's competitive situation in music players and Yike's mid- to long-term future value.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Moreover, Sony's situation is getting worse. This year's player sales are rising steadily. By the beginning of the year, Sony's annual report will still be a bomb. Its electronics department has suffered a greater impact than outsiders imagined. It’s even bigger.”

"The changes in the music industry initiated by Yike and Apple will usher in more discussions. At that time, public opinion will be available, and the corresponding reputation will be better. In turn, it will affect the judgment of me by those departments in the United States."

Fang Zhuo shrugged and concluded: "When we go abroad, we can't talk about industry or not. We have to talk about capital. Why can't a capitalist with two listed companies buy equipment?"

Xiong Xiaoge was dumbfounded. These were all connected by Mr. Fang. It was useless, not necessarily, but useful. I really don’t know how effective it would be, but this guy’s thinking has always been so unexpected.

His current stance is consistent with Fang Zhuo's, and he nodded: "Well, if you need help, just speak."

Fang Zhuo took advantage of the situation and said, "Get me another cup of soy milk, thank you."

Xiong Xiaoge: "..."

The hotel's breakfast buffet tasted good. Xiong Xiaoge took a cup of soy milk and half an extra breakfast for himself. After sitting down, he casually said: "Speaking of public opinion, have you seen the Changhong reports these days?"

Fang Zhuo took a sip of soy milk as if nothing had happened and nodded: "Well, there is still a report in the newspaper on my desk, thinking that there is a problem with Changhong."

"Changhong is really in trouble this time. The stock price has fallen again." Xiong Xiaoge shook his head, "But this news report is also outrageous. There is no evidence. If you analyze Changhong's gray operation speculatively, this mud will fall off your crotch, not just shit." shit."

Fang Zhuozhi frowned: "Old Xiong, you are having breakfast."

Xiong Xiaoge said "Hey" and suddenly whispered: "There is something fishy about Changhong. Don't say you didn't see it."

Fang Zhuo's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Old Xiong's mysterious expression, he said calmly: "I'm busy working on ice cores every day. When I open my eyes, it's your venture capital. When I close my eyes, it's equipment procurement. How can I care about this?"

"That's true." Xiong Xiaoge nodded and said, "Ni Runfeng wants to engage in management buyout. I suspect that this sudden public opinion is his trick."

Fang Zhuo almost choked on his soy milk, gave a thumbs up and said sincerely: "Great pen."

Xiong Xiaoge laughed and said, "Really, are you suddenly enlightened? If you want to capture Changhong, you have to let it go through labor pains. I am afraid that Ni Runfeng wants to complete his success in one battle this time. He has a good background in Sichuan Province, and Changhong has been in business for a long time. This The focus of public opinion this time was on Changhong’s subsidiaries.”

"Its subsidiaries are involved in all aspects, and they may easily be transferred to the rigid level of the state-owned enterprise system by Ni Runfeng, which is a good excuse for taking action."

"Public opinion has lowered the market value. The problem involves the system. Ni Runfeng's property rights reform has been planned for a long time."

Xiong Xiaoge’s eloquent analysis.

"It is really difficult to grasp the scale of property rights reform." Fang Zhuo briefly explained his thoughts, "TCL's Li Dongsheng is a successful person. Changhong's situation is much more complicated than TCL. It is still unclear whether Ni Runfeng can succeed."

"This public opinion is afraid of causing a bigger storm of discussion. What you and I see are one TCL and one Changhong, but behind the scenes we don't know how many TCLs and Changhongs have completed or are planning to reform their property rights."

"How the higher authorities think, view, decide, and manage this is something worth pondering."

Xiong Xiaoge was shocked and suggested the easiest way to guess: "One size fits all?"

"Fluctuations and iterations in enterprise reforms are normal. If we really want to cut across the board, it may not be a lazy policy in the current context. It may be necessary, otherwise..." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "Hey, what's there to talk about? I’m done eating. I’ll go up and change my clothes first. I have to meet my engineers today. Old Xiong, you should eat quickly.”

The young president got up and left with the newspaper and folder. There was nothing else to do today. The main thing was to meet the engineers who had arrived in Luzhou. The second thing was to go to the University of Science and Technology of China to talk about the placement of certain special talents.

Xiong Xiaoge was sitting at the dining table a little lost. This Mr. Fang, this Fang Zhuo, looking at things from this angle...

While he was surprised by the young president's on-the-spot analysis, he also had some doubts. No, no, how could Ni Runfeng escalate public opinion by playing a trick? That's really interesting.

Xiong Xiaoge has nothing to do with the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, and the projects he invests in are basically not related, but this does not prevent him from observing the current market trends. After all, many policies are not limited to narrow industries and can cause chain reactions.

Thinking about it this way, I feel reassuring about this investment in ice core.

No matter how the policy changes, the semiconductor industry will definitely only be encouraged.

Xiong Xiaoge slowly peeled an egg, mentally marking the direction of public opinion, and planned to see what would happen next.

…

As of September 30, the ice core project has recruited/poached 241 employees, and there are also several engineers in different positions who are negotiating salary.

Some of these people are originally from wafer fabs, some are in IC design in the upstream industry, some are from Baodao to Shanghai and then to Luzhou, and some are attracted from abroad by favorable treatment.

The personnel composition is diverse, and the technical level is generally upper-level. Regarding the integration of these employees, Qiu Ciyun handed it over to Zhang Dongping, deputy director of operations organization, who had followed him from CMIC to Bingxin.

In his early years, Zhang Dongping was a middle-level manager at TSMC in Baodao. Later, he moved to the middle-level and senior-level positions at SMIC, and now he is at the top level at Bingxin.

Fang Zhuo communicated with this person several times and felt that he was relatively practical in doing things. Today, at his request, a meeting was held in the hotel conference hall to give the engineers reassurance.

There are now dozens of engineers here in Luzhou, and they are in the stage of half research and half vacation.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Fang Zhuo, Xiong Xiaoge, Brown of IDG America and others appeared in the noisy and lively conference hall.

As Fang Zhuo walked from the aisle to the stage, he heard a lot of difficult professional terms, and also heard things like, "So you are from SMIC? I am Huahong, I am Huahong" and "Nice to meet you, I have heard of you." of greetings.

"Everyone, everyone."

As Fang Zhuo stood in the center of the stage and picked up the microphone, the voices in the conference hall gradually became lower.

In addition to dozens of engineers, Fang Zhuo also brought 20 administrative staff to attend the meeting.

"Some people may not know me yet, but they must know my name. I am Fang Zhuo. I am the initiator of the ice core project and currently serve as the president of Ice Core CSMC."

"I didn't want to have this meeting with you today. I wanted to find a formal office space for Ice Core, but Director Zhang said that everyone wanted to see me. Although I knew he was just saying hello, after thinking about it again, I felt that there was such a thing. necessary."

"There are many reasons and considerations for the Ice Core project to be settled in Luzhou. Since I can see you all here today, I will not elaborate on those reasons. I just want to talk about my determination and that of Luzhou."

"Some people know the sincerity of Luzhou when recruiting our project. They want to fully support the development of ice cores and protect everyone's material conditions from all aspects."

"I'm mainly going to talk about this now."

"Everyone please remember my mobile phone number. From now on, whether it's your children going to school, your family seeing a doctor, or your loved one working, it's those things in life that bother you and prevent you from working well. If the company's administrative department can't solve them, you can call me. , I will solve it."

Fang Zhuo said categorically: "I promise this is not a casual comment. We at Bingxin are not all here today. You can tell others what I have said. If you have any problems that cannot be solved, you can come to me!"

"This is the promise of the richest man in Anhui Province!"

Fang Zhuo came to his hometown and spoke on the land of his hometown. Naturally, he also wore the honorary title of his hometown.

"Now, everyone, take out your mobile phone and write down my number. This is my private mobile number. If you remember it, don't spread it out."

Fang Zhuo seriously announced his personal mobile phone number, repeated it twice and said, "That's all I'll talk about today. Next, Director Zhang will talk about our work arrangements."

The young president concluded his brief but powerful speech.

As he walked off the stage, delayed but enthusiastic applause erupted in the conference hall.

Mr. Fang did not mention the significance of the semiconductor industry, did not mention catching up with the world's first-class level, did not mention how many billions would be raised in the first round of financing, he only mentioned one thing, to solve everyone's worries!

Such a statement was beyond everyone's expectations and was really touching.

No matter how competitive the salary offered by Bingxin is, when they come to Luzhou, quite a few people still wonder whether they can stay here. Can the family be protected?

Still from the perspective of employees being human beings, money can solve most problems, but it cannot solve all problems.

The warm applause in the conference hall lasted for a long time, and Zhang Dongping on the stage also applauded and digested it. From his position above, he had a clear view, and he could clearly see that everyone was in high spirits.

"Okay, Mr. Fang, I still admire your mouth."

Xiong Xiaoge praised Fang Zhuo as he walked over.

"Everyone applauds me because they expect me to do what I say." Fang Zhuo smiled, "You can't fool these people just by talking, you have to see the subsequent actions."

Xiong Xiaoge was chanting "People's hearts can be used" and said: "I just received your Sina wireless news push on my mobile phone. Guess what the content is?"

"Has Sina's stock price gone up or down?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Xiong Xiaoge shook his head and said with a serious face: "A professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lang Xianping, gave a speech on corporate restructuring at Fudan, criticizing the state-owned enterprise reforms of Haier, TCL, Changhong, and Greencool as retreating the state and advancing the people. ! The wording was very harsh, and he even compared it to the original Russian privatization!"

Fang Zhuo raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Xiong Xiaoge sighed: "Ni Runfeng is really going to make a big deal this time."

Fang Zhuo then sighed: "It is indeed possible that Ni Runfeng has gone too far."

"What do you think will happen to Changhong?" Xiong Xiaoge looked at the deputy director of operations organization on the stage and continued to chat about additional topics.

Fang Zhuo reached out and patted Xiong Xiaoge on the shoulder: "Old Xiong, stop meddling in other people's business. It's my biggest wish to get the ice core ready."

Xiong Xiaoge pouted, what an interesting business discussion, but this guy has no interest at all. This shows how much pressure financing and projects of this scale can bring to people!

…

Ni Runfeng was confused.

Following a report from the China Securities Journal that almost hit the mark, suddenly another professor went online directly. This was really unbearable.

Unlike the previous response from the Changhong Public Relations Department, Ni Runfeng was extremely sensitive and decided to deal with it coldly this time and did not give the professor who gave a lecture at Fudan University any room to ferment.

However, things never depend on personal will. Changhong did not speak out, and Ni Runfeng did not accept interviews. However, other professors, scholars, and economists jumped out to refute Lang Xianping's views.

"It would be biased to attack one part of it, which is not as good as the rest."

“Be kind to entrepreneurs, don’t demonize them.”

"Don't engage in original sin reckoning!"

These voices came from professors and well-known scholars from universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University. However, a group of people soon came out to issue a joint statement-"Support Lang Xianping."

The dispute over public opinion has heated up and escalated. It’s very lively as you come and go.

Well, Ni Runfeng felt like he was about to die.