Chapter Ninety-Six: The World Is Difficult
With the simultaneous shipment of mass-produced chips, Wang Anran's trip in Wanwan is also coming to an end, but in the end, there is still a planned trip that has not been completed.
That was Zhang Dajing, who visited Shida Semiconductor, but after looking for it, Wang Anran got an unexpected answer.
"Mr. Wang, we have checked all the industrial and commercial registrations of Wanwan, and we have not found a company called Shida Semiconductor!"
"It's not that it hasn't been established yet, or has history changed. Wang Anran thought.
He only remembered that the World University was acquired by TSMC at a high price in the millennium, could it be that in 94, the World University had not yet been established?
Now I can't find the temple, and I want to find the monks in the temple, which can only be said to be a little difficult.
Zhang Dajing, who is also an alumnus of Texas Instruments and Zhang Damou, is also well-known in the Wanwan Peninsula sports industry.
In the past few days, Wang Anran has been walking in Taixin, UMC and other Wanwan semiconductors, even if there is no cooperation, he must be familiar, thanks to the popularity of Huaxin Technology's graphics card business, Wang Anran is basically courteous in these semiconductor companies.
In a meeting with Taixin Semiconductor Wang Guozhao, Wang Anran learned that Zhang Dajing is now in California, USA.
Wang Anran suddenly realized that Tian Changlin, the president of the University of California, Berkeley, was Zhang Dajing's friend and mentor, and he guessed that Zhang Dajing should be planning something with Tian Changlin.
After all, Wang Anran knows very well that the establishment of SMIC also has the shadow of Tian Changlin.
However, far away on the other side of the earth, Wang Anran is also out of reach, and he wants to meet Zhang Dajing, but he doesn't know how long it will last.
The reason why Wang Anran is in a hurry to meet Zhang Dajing is because in Wang Anran's view, Zhang Dajing has a strong control over the integration of semiconductor resources.
He knows where to buy equipment, where to recruit people, and where to grow his business.
Shida Semiconductor was founded by Zhang Dajing, and it achieved profitability in the first year of its establishment, which is unique in the world's semiconductor industry.
Even TSMC suffered a huge loss for three years before it became profitable.
In the world, in fact, the Chinese are definitely not weak in the field of semiconductors, and even not inferior to any country, Zhang Dajing has the charm to integrate these resources.
Of course, the most important thing is Zhang Dajing's national feelings, his dream is to create a world-class chip processing company in China, in fact, he also did so.
And after he established SMIC, he moved his family to Shanghai to settle down.
With Zhang Dajing's help, Huaxin Technology's two major shortcomings in equipment and talents can be enhanced instantly, and even the mass production of 3-micron chip process can be achieved in the shortest time.
At that time, Huaxin Technology can feed this chip processing plant with chipset auxiliary chips and functional chips, research while producing, and cultivating talents while researching.
This is the plan that Wang Anran envisioned.
The idea is beautiful, but the truth is not simple.
On the last day of Wanwan, according to custom and courtesy, Wang Anran should also visit, TSMC's boss Zhang Damou.
"Anran, why don't you stay a few more days, I'll arrange someone to take you around. ”
I believe you are a ghost, I have been here for more than a month, and I haven't seen you send anyone over, but you can listen to the words on the scene, don't take it seriously, take it seriously, then it's a joke.
Wang Anran sat on the sofa, as the head of Huaxin Technology, he has the qualifications to sit on an equal footing with Zhang Damou.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm really sorry, Huaxin Technology has a big mess of things, and I can only say sorry for your good intentions. ”
Zhang Damou looked at Wang Anran and said leisurely: "It's good to be young, Anran, I envy you a little, what people are most afraid of is that they have no money when they are young, and they are not young when they are rich." ”
I didn't expect Zhang Laomouzi to have such a funny side, you are in your sixties, do you have any ideas?
But think about it, in his previous life, Wang Anran was just an employee of AMD, and he Zhang Damou was the boss of TSMC, and the two were not in equal positions, and they also looked like they were doing business when they met.
And now, the conversation between the two CEOs is naturally much more casual.
During the conversation, Wang Anran always had this impulse to ask Zhang Damou about buying second-hand chip equipment, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help it.
He Zhang Damou insisted on not investing a penny in the mainland, and now that he says it, it is only embarrassing.
In fact, Wang Anran has a better choice, TSMC's competitor Taiwan UMC, and Cao Xingcheng, the soul of Taiwan Union Power, has always been interested in investing in the mainland's chip manufacturing industry.
However, although Cao Xingcheng's prestige in Taiwan Union Power is sufficient, his real power is insufficient, and among the intricate factions within Taiwan Union Power, Cao Xingcheng's influence is limited, and he was eventually eliminated.
With a person who doesn't count, how to talk about cooperation, Huaxin Technology naturally broke off his thoughts.
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Ji Xiaoqing was left in Wanwan by Wang Anran, and was fully responsible for the coordination between Huaxin Technology and TSMC.
But people have the ability, not only in terms of technology, but also presided over such a big press conference, and they also performed freely.
Of course, there are also people who are not convinced, thinking that they are just missing a chance.
Huaxin Technology has many such opportunities.
As the company grows, the corresponding organizational structure needs to be realigned.
On the first day of leaving Wanwan and arriving on Hong Kong Island, Wang Anran discussed this matter with Xu Chengtao, which made Xu Chengtao a little puzzled.
"Mr. Wang, do you need to arrange a meeting between you and King Su Chuan. ”
Wang Anran thought about it, but still shook his head.
Even if you buy a car, you need to find a consultant, and now Wang Anran is completely outside the door to chip production equipment, and there is no knowledgeable person around him.
In these days in Wanwan, I didn't dig up the talents I wanted, but when I left Wanwan, I told Ji Xiaoqing to pay attention.
As for myself, although I have been in TSMC for a long time and am very clear about the various processes of chip production, this has nothing to do with equipment procurement and specific chip manufacturing.
For example, Wang Anran knows that the chip needs an etching machine for high-purity hydrogen fluoride processing, but he still doesn't know how to deal with it, by what means, how long it takes, and how many processes it goes through.
This is called eye high hand and low hand.
Su Chuanwang quoted 100 million US dollars, which is not a small amount, although Huaxin Technology can come up with this money, but with the spread of the stall, the funds needed by Huaxin Technology have also increased geometrically.
Taking out this money will definitely affect the development of Huaxin Technology.
Instead of spending $100 million to buy a bunch of foreign garbage, it is better to use this money to do something tangible.
This has been clearly considered on Wang Anran's way back.
All Wang Anran said to Xu Chengtao with certainty: "Chengtao, there is no need to meet Su Chuanwang, but there is no need to refuse the other party's offer, just say that Huaxin Technology is still thinking about it, after all, this 100 million is not a trivial matter."
As for the time to think about it, it may be three or five days, or it may be three or five years, and then we will talk about it. ”
What bothers Wang Anran now is how to find Zhang Dajing as quickly as possible......