Chapter 380: Agent
"I think there is one thing, Mr. Zhang got it wrong. β
Hu Wenhai smiled, and he really didn't seem to have any ill feelings towards Zhang Zhongmou: "If you want to invest in a wafer factory in the mainland, why do you think I will definitely oppose it?"
"Huh?"
Zhang Zhongmou was stunned, he never seemed to have thought about this problem, and he subconsciously thought that Xinke certainly wanted to monopolize the Chinese market. Even if he speculates on Hu Wenhai in his own opinion, other wafer factories in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian markets that can radiate to the magic capital should be the target of Xintech's hostility - because he himself thinks so.
"Will ST still welcome competitors?"
"I'll be honest, there's no interest in beating around the bush. Hu Wenhai crossed his hands and cocked Erlang's legs: "There are no competitors at all, if you really want to invest in a wafer factory in the mainland, you will soon find out what a big market this is." Not to mention one wafer factory, ten Xinke wafer factories also want to meet the mainland's demand for semiconductor electronic chips. β
Zhang Zhongmou frowned, shook his head and said: "This is not right, the import scale of the mainland's electronics industry last year was only a mere 1.3 billion US dollars. If ST gets the authorization from Motorola, the production capacity will be able to reach this figure. β
"You're wrong. β
Hu Wenhai shook his head: "The reason why there are only so many electronic products imported from the mainland is because the vast majority of demand funds can't keep up, and it's not because they don't want to buy if they can't afford it." Once the Xinke wafer factory is put into operation, it will greatly stimulate the application of electronic products in the society, and explode more than ten or dozens of times the current demand. β
Zhang Zhongmou was a little unsure: "On the premise that there are no competitors, wouldn't it be a better strategy to keep the selling price from falling? As long as the mainland's imports of semiconductor chips are replaced, the profit will definitely be higher than expanding production." β
"Hahahaha. β
Hu Wenhai couldn't help laughing.
"Mr. Zhang, do you know what my background is?" Hu Wenhai suppressed his laughter and asked suddenly.
Fortunately, before coming, Zhang Zhongmou finally had an understanding of his opponent, and nodded: "Your father is the manager of a state-owned factory, and your grandfather is a hero who resisted the Japanese invasion. β
"No, it's not specific enough. β
Hu Wenhai waved his hand and shook his head regretfully: "In the words of our mainland, do you understand that I was 'born in New China and grew up under the red flag'? From the very beginning, we have looked at the whole world. And you, you Taiwanese businessmen, and the Kuomintang are really used to being islanders, and you only have such a small piece of heaven and earth in your eyes. β
"Profit, it can be a lot of things. But it would be sad to understand profit simply as money. Electronic technology is a multiplier of social productivity. This kind of practice of yours, in the words of my grandfather, is what the most losers in the countryside in the old society would do, eat and grow grain. I am now selling my products at a low price to increase the production capacity of the whole society, and the development of the market in the future will naturally reward me with more profits. Today, if there is too much scrutiny and the development of social productive forces is low, the wealth circulating in the market will never increase, and the profit will always be only a little bit. β
"What is the benefit of a stagnant market for enterprises? You, the islanders of the treasure island, will always only settle small accounts, not big accounts. I always hope that others will come forward to open up the market, and I will never be willing to pick peaches and grab results when the time comes. In the end, it will only be annoying everywhere, and when you need a strong country to support you, you will find that no one can harden a comprador government from top to bottom. β
In the final analysis, although TSMC in the future has taken away eighty percent of the semiconductor foundry business in the mainland, it is not how good his service is, but only TSMC is an option.
Few mainland IC design companies that cooperate with TSMC are satisfied with TSMC's services. Using the so-called suspicion of military use, TSMC has done nothing less than seizing tape-outs, changing the construction period, changing the design, and even simply collecting money and not doing anything.
If it weren't for TSMC to make Huawei HiSilicon suffer, why would Huawei turn around and insist on supporting SMIC's 28nm production line? And changed the decision to put most of the production share to TSMC, and chose Samsung and Intel as foundries in addition to TSMC.
In fact, the chip foundry industry is still good, and the price of LCD panels fell below the floor price in 2008. On the one hand, it is the large-scale attack of the South Koreans, on the other hand, it is the serious loss of the LCD panel enterprises on the island, at this time, the mainland stretched out a pair of hands, and bought the high-priced LCD panel of the treasure island at a loss, and almost did not kill a batch of home appliance manufacturers in the mainland.
But as soon as the crisis of LCD panels passed, the first to abandon the mainland were these ungrateful treasure island LCD panel manufacturers, and instead went to embrace the blockade of the mainland's LCD market with the Koreans.
Well, after seeing the true face of these people, the mainland official turned to vigorously support the local BOE to desperately win the LCD panel market. What is the result? Eight years later, looking at the LCD panel market, Baodao enterprises are about to be forced to death by BOE, which can really be said to be revenge for the year.
The narrow-mindedness and short-sightedness of the islanders of the Treasure Islanders are too numerous to mention. In the mainland to invest in the construction of factories, European and American companies are the most popular, on the contrary, it is needless to say how the reputation of the treasure island enterprises is.
What was the result? The workers of Annam rioted, and the enterprises on the mainland were safe and sound, but the enterprises on the treasure island were smashed to pieces. If it weren't for the fact that there are policies for "their own people," certain Taiwan enterprises on the mainland might not have ended up better than this.
Zhang Zhongmou is the same person as most Taiwanese businessmen. Wang Yongqing of Formosa Plastics used the Haicang plan to force the authorities of Baodao to agree to his six-light plan, but he made a lot of investment on the mainland. In the next 20 or 30 years, no matter how prosperous the mainland market is, there will be no matter how much you want Formosa Plastics.
TSMC invited Zhang Zhongmou to invest in the construction of a factory, and begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, but he did not agree. Waiting for Cao Xingcheng's UMC to put on the vest of the warship and beat the market, TSMC came over to set up a factory and started construction. The adjective of being mean and unkind is not too much to put on Zhang Zhongmou's body. When the mainland can get rid of him and go it alone, let's see what happens to TSMC.
Hu Wenhai took a breath, and Zhang Zhongmou was a little speechless when he said this.
It's not that he was convinced, but he found that the ideas of the two sides were not on the same channel. The most stupid thing for a person is to change a person's three views with a few words.
Zhang Zhongmou thought about it, decided to test it again from a different angle, and said sincerely and seductively: "Even so, we can join hands to manipulate the semiconductor market." Mr. Hu should be clear that if we choose confrontation rather than cooperation, it will not be beneficial to both sides. β
"Teaming up?"
"Yes! Join forces!" Zhang Zhongmou nodded heavily: "Behind me, there are six large international enterprises, what this force represents, Mr. Hu will not be unclear, right? If we have two wafer factories and produce two systems, the waste of resources will divide the market and make users at a loss." If we use a system, then the resulting synergy will make the mainland's semiconductor industry develop faster and stronger. As long as ST can come up with IGCT technology, how about our joint venture fab opening up the standard to ST fab?"
"I'm sorry, I don't think 'how'. Hu Wenhai shook his head with disdain: "IR and Ethes are enterprises in the field of rectification, can your standards still choose standards other than the power industry? STMicroelectronics' own integration has not yet been completed, and the internal standards are different, what are the advantages of standards? As for Mitsubishi and Toshiba, the standards of the Japanese are not as good as those outside of Japan." Speaking of Fairchildβ"
Thinking of the eight rebellious fairies who had been lost, he snorted and chuckled: "Let's survive first." β
"It's just such a marginal enterprise and a loser alliance, what kind of face does it have to talk about standards?"
Hu Wenhai unceremoniously pierced the banner pulled by Zhang Zhongmou, making him blush.
The six companies behind Zhang Zhongmou, although they are not as unbearable as Hu Wenhai said, cannot be regarded as pulling the banner and pulling the tiger's skin. But if you want to say what kind of international giant crocodile this is, the giant crocodile is too worthless.
MTU is backed by Mercedes-Benz and agreed to share IGCT technology with Siemens, and people dare to pay three billion dollars because they are absolutely confident that they can make money back, but also because they can get the money.
If it weren't for the poor ghost who was jealous of IGCT technology and had no money to buy it, why would he engage in so many dazzling little tricks. As long as he has money, Hu Wenhai will definitely choose the most comfortable posture, and it will be no problem to kneel down and sing conquest.
That's right, if Intel or TI, IBM, and General Electric come out, no matter how difficult the negotiation is, you can sit down and talk slowly. Because Hu Wenhai knows that people really have the strength to eat IGCT technology.
Replacing these companies, Hu Wenhai is naturally too lazy to talk to them.
Zhang Zhongmou became angry and angry, gritted his teeth with hatred: "It's a good thing that Mr. Hu is ambitious, but it's best to have a clear understanding of himself. These six companies are not the top in the world, but they can still cause you some trouble in the mainland. β
"I'll see. Hu Wenhai waved his hand.
Seeing that Hu Wenhai still didn't get in, Zhang Zhongmou stood up hatefully and was about to walk out of his office.
"Oh, yes. Hu Wenhai's voice sounded behind him, and Zhang Zhongmou was overjoyed. After all, Xinke still doesn't dare to confront these six companies, isn't this going to be soft at the last moment?
Hu Wenhai touched his temples, as if he was overusing his brain: "There is something I want to remind Mr. Zhang." β
"It's best not to be in such a hurry, there is a new issue of weapon knowledge coming today. This is one of my favorite magazines, and I recommend it to you. Hu Wenhai raised his fingers, nodded vigorously, and said crookedly: "Especially today's issue, it's quite exciting!"
"Inexplicable. Zhang Zhongmou pursed his lips and strode out of Hu Wenhai's office.
After walking out of the office, Zhang Zhongmou kept leaving the company, and he was really worried that Hu Wenhai would leave him behind desperately.
After all, he is nominally the manager of the joint venture holding company of the six companies, and it is impossible for the joint venture wafer fab to be launched, let alone leave him, a key professional. If he is solved, it can be regarded as removing the key node of this matter.
With Hu Wenhai's power in Bohai Province, it is difficult to say that he can't do the kind of thing that DuPont invited competitors to take a dirt plane......
As long as he was still in Xiucheng, Zhang Zhongmou subconsciously felt as if a poisonous snake was staring at his neck on his back, and he felt a chill all over his body.
There is no civilian airfield in Xiucheng, so it is naturally impossible for him to leave by plane. The only means of transportation is to take the train to the imperial capital and then transfer to the plane to the demon capital.
In the taxi, Zhang Zhongmou's eyes suddenly slid past a dilapidated newsstand on the side of the street. For some reason, he suddenly thought of Hu Wenhai's last sentence.
"Driver, stop, stop for a moment!"
At Zhang Zhongmou's orders, the taxi stopped on the side of the road. Zhang Zhongmou swallowed his saliva, collected his thoughts, and calmly walked towards the newsstand.
"Excuse me, give me a copy, uh - weapons knowledge. Yes, knowledge of weapons. Zhang Zhongmou nodded, and finally remembered the name of the magazine that Hu Wenhai said.
In the newspaper kiosk, an uncle in his fifties poked his head out and looked at Zhang Zhongmou with some vigilance.
"Yo, comrade, I don't think your accent is like our locals, you're here on a business trip?"
"Yes, on a business trip. Zhang Zhongmou nodded.
"What kind of unit are you from? Where are you from, what are you doing in our embroidery city?" the uncle looked up and down, looking at him dangerously.
"I ......" Zhang Zhongmou opened his mouth, frowned and said impatiently: "I'm from the south, come to your Xiucheng Xinke Company to negotiate business." β
"Negotiate business and buy weapons knowledge?"
Zhang Zhongmou's eyes stood up, and he said angrily: "Can't I love this, hurry up and give it to me!"
"What are you doing? Southerners? I think you are from Baodao!" The uncle's eyes lit up, rolled up his arms and sleeves, stared at him excitedly, and said: "You have such an accent, I think I haven't heard it? When Lao Tzu cut his throat in Kinmen, the Kuomintang on the other side spoke like this!"
"You!" Zhang Zhongmou was a little frightened when he saw the fierce light in the eyes of the newspaper seller, took a step back and turned his head to leave: "Inexplicably, I won't buy it!"
"Don't buy it, don't think about leaving if you don't buy it, arrest the spies! Come and arrest the Kuomintang spies!"
With the uncle shouting, out of nowhere, a neat and vigorous old aunt came out. After a while, Zhang Zhongmou was "caught".
Zhang Zhongmou was dumbfounded and discouraged, but he didn't expect Hu Wenhai to really dare to do this in the end. He is a foreign investor, isn't he afraid that no one will dare to invest in the mainland in the future?
Zhang Zhongmou was confused, so he followed the newspaper seller and the aunts of the neighborhood committee and was escorted to the police station. The police at the police station locked him in the interrogation room without saying a word, and shouted in the corridor after listening to the loud voice of the uncle outside the interrogation room.
"Political Commissar Zhou, this kid must be a spy! Old man, I'm so old, and the Treasure Island spies don't see much? Sneaky, a big man who speaks softly must be from Treasure Island. You say that he is a treasure island man, and he wants to see the weapons knowledge of our mainland, can this be okay? Not to collect military information of our PLA, or there are code words in the article here, maybe he wants to receive orders!"
"Yes, there is no ghost in his heart, what is he running without a ghost?" several aunts also helped in unison next to him.
"Hey, Political Commissar Zhou, your son Zhou Shuo is a college student, and your level is definitely not ordinary. Tell me, am I right?"
"This, uncle, what's going on, let's ask the parties first. β
As he spoke, two dressed policemen pushed open the door of the interrogation room and walked into the interrogation room.
As soon as Political Commissar Zhou, who was obviously a leader, entered the door, the uncle outside the door stuffed him with a magazine in his hand: "Political Commissar Zhou, you have this weapon knowledge book and confront that treasure island spy!
"Okay, uncle, you wait outside for my news first!" Political Commissar Zhou grabbed the weapon knowledge that was forced over, and closed the door with a wry smile.
"Xiao Zhao, you try it first. Political Commissar Zhou looked at the weapon knowledge in his hand, as an old military fan, he didn't have time to read today's special issue. As he spoke, Political Commissar Zhou sat down in the interrogator's seat, spread out the magazine and read it.
Xiao Zhao opened the record book and began to interrogate him seriously.
"Name?"
"Zhang Zhongmou. β
"Gender?"
"Male. β
"Age, occupation, place of origin?"
Zhang Zhongmou felt a chill in his heart, deeply afraid that this was a trap arranged by Hu Wenhai to take his life and at least imprison his personal freedom. For now, it seems that there is only one way to make things bigger by making his identity public.
"54 years old, electronic engineer, from Treasure Island. β
"Hmm, what are the people of Baodao doing in Xiucheng?"
Sure enough, when the police heard that he was from Treasure Island, their expressions were much more serious, and their attitudes were not so severe. What the newspaper seller said, Xiao Zhao didn't believe it very much.
What age is it, how can there be so many treasure island spies. On the contrary, if anyone has an overseas relationship in their family these days, they may be more popular.
However, although the public order in society is much better now, and there are fewer vicious crimes, there is no end to abduction and deception. Rather than saying that Zhang Zhongmou is a real Taiwanese businessman, Xiao Zhao suspects that he is a liar.
To deal with liars, Xiao Zhao has his own set of methods. Letting your guard down before striking suddenly is always a surprise.
Zhang Zhongmou saw that Xiao Zhao was polite, and he had some hope in his heart, and it seemed that there might be a drama: "I was entrusted by the demon capital provincial government and six foreign-funded enterprises to meet Hu Wenhai, chairman of Xinke Company, in Xiucheng and discuss business cooperation with him. β
"Is there a letter of introduction from the demon capital?" Xiao Zhao heard that he was a Taiwanese businessman, and his expression suddenly became more relaxed.
The provincial government of the demon capital and the six foreign-funded enterprises? Are you kidding me? Xiao Zhao scoffed at this. These scammers always like to talk about how big they are when they deceive people.
"Yes, in my bag. Zhang Zhongmou nodded excitedly.
"Is this the bag?" Xiao Zhao raised the leather bag in his hand and asked.
"Yes, this is my purse!"
"Political commissar, ...... look" Xiao Zhao leaned over and asked, "Shall I open the bag and take a look?"
"Uh-huh?"
Political Commissar Zhou lifted his head from the magazine, as if sensing that something was wrong. Looking at Xiao Zhao, he asked hesitantly, "What did he say just now?"
"The surname is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Zhongmou. Xiao Zhao replied.
"Zhang Zhongmou, an electronic engineer, a native of Baodao?" Political Commissar Zhou turned these words out of his mind with some difficulty and confirmed to Xiao Zhao.
Xiao Zhao compared the records, nodded and said, "That's right, what you said is right, political commissar." β
Political Commissar Zhou raised the magazine in his hand, quickly glanced between Zhang Zhongmou's face and the pages of the magazine, and suddenly asked tentatively: "Electronic engineer, are you Zhang Zhongmou, who is the dean of the Baodao Industrial Technology Research Institute?"
Zhang Zhongmou was shocked, it seemed that the executor was not Xiao Zhao, who was unaware of the situation next to him, but this political commissar Zhou! He was able to reveal his identity in one mouth, which showed that he had been prepared.
It's over, it looks like I'm going to die......
"No, no, I'm not the president of ITRI. Zhang Zhongmou shook his head again and again in a panic, but I'm afraid no one would believe it.
"Oh, it's really Comrade Zhang Zhongmou!"
"Hurry up, Xiao Zhao hurry up and open the handcuffs for Comrade Zhang!" Political Commissar Zhou's face was full of ecstasy: "Oh, this is really, people don't know what to say! Comrade Zhang, since you have returned to the mainland, why are you still hiding like this?"
Xiao Zhao opened the handcuffs for the bewildered Zhang Zhongmou in confusion, and the two looked at the beautiful and the political commissar Zhou.
"Comrade Zhang, I know that your acting skills are superb in this industry, but you are all your own people here, what else are you playing!" Political Commissar Zhou walked over with a smile on his face, and held Zhang Zhongmou's hand tightly with both hands: "Comrade Zhang's merits, I deeply admire it!"
"This ...... What the hell is going on?" Zhang Zhongmou swallowed, not knowing which play he was singing.
"Oh, isn't this you?" Political Commissar Zhou spread out the knowledge of weapons in his arm and pointed to Zhang Zhongmou to show a two-inch portrait.
Zhang Zhongmou looked over, but he couldn't help but feel a cool breath suddenly from the soles of his feet to the top of his head!
"The Great Secret of the IDF Fighter of the Treasure Island, the Silent Contest of the Special Front!" Under the bold title of the big black is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the IDF fighter being developed on the Treasure Island. And at the beginning of the article, a photo of Zhang Zhongmou is pasted in the center. At the beginning of the title, the subtitle of "Leader Zhang of Baodao Industrial Technology Research Institute returned victoriously with secrets" was pointed out.
Looking further down, as an expert in Baodao IC, Zhang Zhongmou at least understands the electronic part of the IDF plan. Judging from the content of the article, it is exactly the same as the IDF fighter being developed on Treasure Island!
"It's impossible! It's over, it's all over......"
Zhang Zhongmou's eyes straightened, and he snorted, and sat heavily in the interrogation chair. (To be continued.) )