Chapter 667 Super Luxury Team

The arrival of Populus euphratica gave Li Qi an excellent opportunity. On the one hand, you can wash the dust for your boss, and on the other hand, you can carry out a wave of social activities, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Mr. Hu, please inside! Mrs. Zun's dress is really glorious, and it will make many ladies and ladies jealous. ”

Li Qi couldn't help but light up when he saw Hu Yang and Tian Sichun in dresses. The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, standing together can be said to complement each other.

He was embarrassed to praise Populus euphratica, so he praised Tian Sichun a few words.

"Dong Li, after a few days of coming, you also have the style of a European gentleman. ”

Hu Yang smiled and threw down a sentence, and walked in with Tian Sichun.

Wu Xinhui stood at the door and whispered a few words to Li Qi, for the possibility that Yi Jun and Du Deng might come.

The two of them didn't have an invitation, and if they didn't arrange it in advance, they would make jokes if they couldn't get in after they came.

"Yang, I don't like this kind of dinner, it's all cold. ”

This so-called dinner, cocktail party, and buffet party are all about the same, and it doesn't matter what you eat, it's just a social event.

After the dinner began, Hu Yang and his wife were undoubtedly the focus of the scene.

It was the first time that the senior management of Towell Precision Machinery met the company's boss, a young and handsome Chinese tycoon.

The atmosphere was much better than expected, and Hu Yang felt that he might have been misled before, who said that Germans are all old-fashioned and impersonal?

Tian Sichun followed behind Hu Yang, and the muscles on his face felt a little stiff because he kept smiling.

Taking a break, Hu Yang said with a smile: "Chunchun, you go and rest for a while, and I'll look for you later." ”

As a result, not long after Tian Sichun left Populus euphratica, he was surrounded by a group of ladies. Today's dinner was originally allowed to bring female companions, and there were many topics to talk about among women.

Tian Sichun's English level is good, and German, like Populus euphratica, is also ignorant.

Fortunately, Li Qi was not negligent in this situation, and he prepared several male and female translators early in the morning.

"Mr. Hu, hello, thank you for the invitation, bring us a good night, cheers!"

Hu Yang couldn't remember how many people he had dealt with, but when he managed to get out and walked to a quiet corner, he realized that there were still people waiting here.

Waiting for him is Yi Jun, as well as Yi Jun's German friend Duden.

"Cheers! Mr. Yi and Mr. Duden, tonight is really a bit hectic, please don't mind. Shall we go sit over there for a while?"

Hu Yang didn't care about Yi Jun and Du Deng at all just now, and he had a little free time at this time, so he wanted to talk to each other.

Yi Jun and the others naturally had no opinion, so they walked to the side and each found a chair to sit down.

"Mr. Hu, it turns out that you acquired Tuwei Precision Machinery. Earlier, Duden asked me if I knew who bought the company, and I was asked by him with a big mouth. ”

Yi Jun is also quite funny when he thinks about this, Tuwei Precision Machinery still has a considerable reputation in the local area. However, the company has not been listed, and naturally it has not fulfilled its obligation to make an announcement.

The outside world heard that a Chinese company had acquired the company, but they did not know the details.

If they hadn't come to the dinner tonight, Yi Jun and Du Deng wouldn't have known that Hu Yang was the boss behind Tuwei Precision Machinery.

Hu Yang smiled politely and said, "It also happens that there is such an opportunity......

"Mr. Hu, you have always been very interested in the equipment for the production of large-scale integrated circuits, right? I don't know what you think of domestic lithography machines and etching machines?"

Duden sat there and didn't talk much, but he didn't drink less.

And Yi Jun didn't say a word, and quickly turned the topic to his company.

Hu Yang glanced at Du Deng, Yi Jun immediately reacted, shook his head with a smile, and signaled that he was out of the way.

"Mr. Yi must have stayed in North America for many years, right? At your age, it is estimated that you are also thriving over there, how do you think of returning to China for development?

At present, the current situation of the domestic semiconductor industry is like this, the technical foundation is relatively weak, and at the same time facing the suppression of North America and the competition of international giants, it is really not easy to make a difference.

I had a general idea of the etching equipment, with Lam Research accounting for half of the etching equipment, followed by Tokyo Electron and Applied Materials......

These international giants occupy about 94% of the market share of the world's etching equipment. Mr. Yi wants to get out, but it's not easy. ”

After Hu Yang met Yi Jun at the Master Gallery, he asked Wu Xinhui to collect some information on etching equipment. After reading it, Hu Yang also sighed.

Semiconductor equipment is in the upstream of the entire industrial chain, and the strongest overall technical strength is still in North America. Among them, Applied Materials has maintained the world's No. 1 market share of semiconductor equipment, and it is difficult for any wafer factory to bypass it.

The largest part of the investment in a wafer factory is the investment in equipment, which accounts for about 70% of the total investment.

A chip production line, on the other hand, roughly consists of seven separate production areas:

It is divided into, diffusion, lithography, etching, ion implantation, thin film growth, polishing, and metallization. The relevant steps and measurements in the seven main production areas are carried out in the wafer clean room. There are several types of semiconductor equipment in the production area to meet different needs.

It can be seen that semiconductor equipment covers many aspects, and domestic substitution has a long way to go.

Yi Jun nodded, agreeing with Hu Yang's statement. The data on market share is all public, and there is no need to hide this.

"Mr. Hu, when it comes to age, how old do you think I am?"

After all, it was not a formal negotiation, and Yi Jun also had the idea of joking.

Hu Yang felt that Yi Jun was about the same age as Du Deng, and he was not a few years older: "Mr. Yi, if you ask me so, I will guess higher, you are almost 50?"

"Hahaha......."

When Duden heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.

Yi Jun also shook his head with a smile and said, "Mr. Hu, you are really good at talking! If I am only 50 years old, I can wake up with a smile in my dreams." I'm just 60 years old this year, and I'm retired from Silicon Valley. ”

Since he said this, Yi Jun briefly talked about his past.

Yi Jun is a top student who graduated from a famous university in China, and then went to North America to study for a master's degree and a doctorate there.

He then stayed in North America and has worked in Silicon Valley for more than 20 years.

Yi Jun has worked in companies such as Intel and Applied Materials for a long time, and his highest position has been technical director.

When he returned to China to start a business, he took nearly 40 top semiconductor talents from Silicon Valley, and he brought back more than 600 personal technology patents.

"Wocao, this is really a luxurious technical team!"

Hu Yang secretly sighed in his heart, this lineup is simply inhumane, and the starting point of Elbe semiconductor equipment is much higher than the original microelectronics equipment and Bolong optics!

At this time, a dusty memory suddenly appeared clearly in Populus Hu's mind. He remembers having dinner with a few friends once, and they talked about the pain of lithography machines in the domestic semiconductor industry for some reason.

One person said that the current domestic lithography machine is not bad, so what company's equipment has achieved 5nm.

At that time, another person immediately retorted, "Dude, you are making a mistake between the lithography machine and the etching machine, you are talking about the etching machine, and the lithography machine is still far from us......

In that time and space, the only semiconductor equipment in China that can be compared to the world's most advanced semiconductor equipment is the plasma etching machine developed by Yijun's team.

"Mr. Yi, I really admire you. It's not that you look young, it's that you don't enjoy life at home when you retire, but you still have to come out and work hard.

Besides, you're much older than me, and I can't afford to stop using honorifics against me. ”

Hu Yang is not good at diverging his thinking, so he quickly pulled his attention back.

"I didn't expect Mr. Hu to be so approachable...... Alright then, let's just talk casually. I came to Germany this time, mainly to see old friends and relax, and my company is really a headache. ”

Yi Jun is as good as a stream, the more polite everyone is, the more rusty they become, but Hu Yang's words made him feel very happy.

In the past two years after returning to China, Yi Jun has indeed experienced the hardships of entrepreneurship.

He and his entrepreneurial team raised $7.25 million to found ElbSemiconductor Equipment. Later, the magic capital invested 50 million US dollars in them, and since then, there has been no financing in the account.

After two years, the company's research and development is about to produce results, but unfortunately, the company has no money.

Before Yi Jun came to Germany this time, he actually talked to STMicroelectronics first. He was not satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations, and the other party's asking price was too high, so he had to give up.

I came to Germany to see Duden, and by the way, I took a vacation to adjust my mentality, but I didn't expect to meet the head of the Huijia department, Hu Yang.

"Mr. Yi, I basically know your situation. Otherwise, let's talk about it in detail when we return home. I'm interested in investing in etching equipment, and if you have time, you might as well take a trip to the deep sea. ”

Hu Yang saw Tian Sichun walking over in the distance, so he stopped talking in time.

After all, today is a dinner party organized by his company, and it is inconvenient for him to sit here and chat with Yi Jun all the time.

"Okay, Mr. Hu. I'm sorry for taking you so long! Please give me a call when you get back home, and I'll see you in the deep sea right away. ”

Yi Jun's attitude is right, he is currently in a huge gap with Hu Yang and Huijia in every aspect. It doesn't make sense that he wants to raise money, and Hu Yang has to go to the magic capital to see him in person.

Hu Yang got up and left this side with a smile, walked over to meet Tian Sichun, and continued to shuttle through the crowd.

"Du Deng, why don't you speak? Since you intend to go to Huaxia to develop and have a good relationship with Mr. Hu, you will definitely get a lot of help. ”

After Hu Yang walked away, Yi Jun looked at Du Deng and said.

Duden has left Zeiss and intends to go to China to look for opportunities. The two once talked about Bolong Optics, a subsidiary of Huijia Department, but they met the behind-the-scenes boss of Bolong Optics, but Du Deng didn't say anything.

"Yi, what's the matter if you don't talk about it now? Anyway, I've already thought about going to Huaxia with you this time. Next time, next time you go to see Mr. Hu, I'll go with you. ”

Duden is a senior technician at ZEISS and an expert in the field of optics. There are many reasons why he left Zeiss, but in detail, it is nothing more than a workplace dump.

"That's fine, you have to hurry up and show me around in the next two days, I guess we'll be leaving soon. ”

Yi Jun had a hunch that he should be able to convince Huijia to invest in him.

As for the conditions, if they are not too harsh, he can accept them.

The dinner lasted until late, and Hu Yang and Tian Sichun insisted until the end of the banquet before returning to the hotel.

Following.

Hu Yang accompanied Tian Sichun and Xiao Yifei out for a stroll in the morning, and in the afternoon he took Wu Xinhui to Tuwei Precision Machinery Company.

After looking around, he felt that the foundation of this company was very good. Take the alignment system of the lithography machine as an example, the most critical of which is the pneumatic bearing.

Today's chip manufacturing process has already reached the nanometer level, and there can be no vibration at the slightest alignment of the workbench. This has very high requirements for the mechanical part (especially the bearing), and the prototype produced by Touvi Precision Machinery can basically replace the microelectronic equipment and the products of the previous supplier of Bolong Optics.

"Chairman Li, the gap is still a little bit, but it hardly affects anything. Since the company's foundation is so good, you should not be stingy in your investment in technology research and development. I think that as long as the funds are in place, the alignment system made by the company will definitely reach the world's top level. ”

The company's products are very rich, and the quality is also very good, and the difficulty is in the market.

It can be said that the price of Towi precision machinery's products is very expensive, so it has a small market share. The problem of market size, which in turn affects the development of the company, is a typical case of a vicious circle.

Mr. Hu, the production cost of local German enterprises is very high, and market development is the company's weakness. Therefore, we still have to explore the domestic market as soon as possible, and the establishment of a sole proprietorship or joint venture is the best option. ”

At this point in time, many industries are already considering abolishing the restriction on the proportion of foreign shares. Some industries don't know, but the machinery industry has already started pilots.

Li Qi's meaning can give it a try, and if the policy allows, he can even consider setting up a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in China.

"Well, Mr. Xia has already talked to a domestic company. After all, we have no experience in the machinery industry, so there is nothing wrong with being stable. ”

Populus euphratica tends to be associated with domestic companies, not necessarily in the name of a joint venture. He can also acquire the company he likes first, in order to let Tuwei Precision Machinery come to China and quickly localize.

After a day and a half of inspection at Tuwei Precision Machinery, Hu Yang was very satisfied with this enterprise. At the same time, he has a new understanding of Li Qi's ability.

Previously, Li Qi may have had too many constraints in microelectronic devices and did not play its due role.

Now it seems that putting him in Germany is a good move.