2008 is destined to be an extraordinary year for Chinese, because the world-renowned Olympic Games are about to be held in China, and the whole country is filled with a vigorous atmosphere from New Year's Day.

In addition, there is another major event, that is, the convening of the two sessions at the national level, indicating that the central state organs will open the curtain of the replacement of the old and the new, and many new faces will enter the center of power.

As a newly elected representative of the National People's Congress, Han Hao was honored to be a member of the team that went to Beijing for the meeting, and his proposal to raise the personal income tax threshold at the end of last year set off a storm of public opinion and received a formal response from the state, and the threshold is expected to be raised from 1,600 yuan to 2,500 yuan.

Although there is a gap from Han Hao's expectation of 3,500-5,000 yuan, it is already a considerable progress, so reporters are concerned about what new proposals Han put forward when he officially attended the meeting.

The delegation of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress came to the capital by plane, but they did not expect to be warmly besieged by reporters at the airport, and they were looking for the richest man.

"I'm sorry, the representative Han Hao that everyone is concerned about did not come with the delegation for a while, he has asked us for leave and will report on time before the start of the conference. During the conference, our delegation will hold a media conference, and Representative Han Hao will definitely appear, and everyone can be ready to ask questions when they come. ”

Han Hao did not show up at the airport, which greatly disappointed the reporters, so the deputy head of the delegation had to come forward to reassure them.

Where did the richest man go?

Originally, Han Hao had packed his luggage and got on the bus to prepare to go to Beijing with the delegation, but it was canceled due to an important meeting at the moment, and his name did appear in the airport boarding list early in the morning.

The person who can make Han's richest man turn around and change the direction of the vehicle on the way to the airport, and he does not hesitate to temporarily release the pigeons of the delegation of the National People's Congress, and has to meet in person, must be a person with a great background.

The newly established Kunlun Semiconductor, Han Hao has always hoped to find a heavyweight to sit in, and his temporary appointment is to meet this potential target in Hujiang City.

Zhang Jingru, a well-known figure in the chip industry who single-handedly founded the largest chip manufacturing plant in Chinese mainland, "SMIC", is now embroiled by a years-long lawsuit with TSMC.

This genius, who moved to the island with his father when the Nationalist government was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, was deeply taught by his father to serve the motherland after studying hard since he was a child.

After studying in the United States, he has worked in a giant company like Texas Instruments for nearly 20 years, and has a subordinate relationship with Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC, the "father of Taiwan's semiconductors".

Zhang Zhongmou saw the prospect of independent development of manufacturing in the chip industry chain, founded TSMC in the mid-80s, and later developed rapidly to become the world's largest chip foundry in one fell swoop.

And Zhang Jingru was not willing to be left behind, but he saw that the chip industry had made great achievements, and returned to Taiwan to found Shida Semiconductor, actively competing with giants like TSMC. Later, TSMC decided to annex Shida in order to maintain its monopoly position, and the company's shareholders decided to sell the company to TSMC at a high price of $5 billion, and Zhang Jingru had to leave gloomily.

At that time, his father taught him the belief of serving the motherland, referring to the entire concept of China, Taiwan is only a part, and the mainland is the main body.

Zhang Jingru has always been optimistic about the future development prospects of the mainland, so he tried to persuade Zhang Zhongmou, the CEO of TSMC and his senior, to invest in the mainland in the long run.

"The mainland is about to join TO, and the rise is unstoppable. Taiwan has a population of only about 20 million, but the other side has a population of 1.3 billion, and the land area is even more vast, and the future of the Chinese nation must be on the other side.

We should not only focus on the current politics, but should take the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation as the starting point. ”

It can be said that in the mid-to-late 90s, Zhang Jingru had foreseen the prospect of the rise of Chinese mainland.

"When it comes to my position, there are so many things to think about, and I'm not as careless as you. I'm going to take a look at the wind first, and then it's probably not too late to do it.

Brother Jingru, you and I have been friends for many years, you know my personality, and there is a clear distinction between public and private. The merger and acquisition of the World University is a public affair and will not affect the relationship between you and me. If you're determined to stay, you're the CEO of TSMC. ”

Zhang Zhongmou was suspicious of various fetters and did not consider the development of the mainland for the time being, but persuaded the other party to stay, knowing that Zhang Jingru had amazing abilities and would be a potential opponent in the future.

"The old mother at home misses the water and soil of the mainland, and she has long wanted to return to her roots. In that case, then I won't force you. Everyone has their own ambitions, and I hope that you and I will still be friends in the future!"

In 2000, Zhang Jingru led 300 engineers to the mainland to found SMIC, which received strong support from the Hujiang municipal government and became the largest chip foundry in the mainland.

TSMC is backed by Taiwan, while the young SMIC relies on the mainland, and its development momentum is extremely fierce, which poses a major threat to TSMC as soon as it is established.

Public is public, private is private.

TSMC seized the opportunity to launch a lawsuit against SMIC, and in 2003 sued it in the United States for intellectual property infringement, alleging that the other party infringed on its core technology. It doesn't matter whether it's fishing law enforcement or carelessness that leads to the facts. The important thing is that SMIC lost the case and was caught by TSMC and had to agree to a guilty plea settlement.

In the following years, TSMC continued to suppress SMIC, whether it was new product research and development, or the company's listing, it encountered strong sniping from the other party. In addition, Zhang Jingru, who is originally from Taiwan, was also suppressed by the Taiwan government authorities, and was sentenced to 2 years in prison for seizing his assets for leaking secrets and non-transferable technology, resulting in his family being unable to return. Recently, TSMC once again launched a series of lawsuits against SMIC in the US court, demanding $1 billion in compensation and taking Zhang Jingru's resignation as a major settlement condition.

What's even more bizarre is that the Chinese government has remained silent about the secret war between SMIC and TSMC, and SMIC, which thought it was fighting at home, found itself isolated.

"Jingru has a set of careers, but he is half a cut behind in the overall situation, and he doesn't understand where he lost. ”

Seeing that the plan to suppress SMIC was about to succeed, Zhang Zhongmou couldn't help but be secretly happy.

TSMC has actually been in contact with the mainland, expressing investment intentions but not landing, as a political bargaining chip to suppress SMIC. In addition, in terms of commercial policy toward Taiwan, the mainland pursues a blood transfusion policy and calls on the two sides to increase economic and trade exchanges, and will not openly suppress TSMC, one of Taiwan's largest enterprise representatives.

What's more critical is that the Chinese government does not realize how important chips are to a superpower, and blames the dispute between SMIC and TSMC on the commercial sector!

I wanted to build SMIC into a super enterprise that could compete with TSMC, but I didn't expect to be grabbed by the throat by the other party's first move, so that Zhang Jingru couldn't show his hands and feet and was frustrated everywhere, and he couldn't show his ambitions, and the company's shareholders believed that he should be responsible for the current predicament, which caused him to retreat.

Zhang Jingru, who is about to turn 60 years old, feels that he is too tired, especially the tiredness in his heart to tell others, and he plans to take the blame and resign and go home to reflect, and no longer get involved in the chip industry in the future and is ready to engage in teaching and educating people or charity work.

At this time, through a certain channel, Zhang Jingru learned that Han Hao, the richest man in the mainland, wanted to meet him, but he lightly refused.

He has been immersed in the chip industry for decades, and it can be said that he has devoted his life to it, but in the end it came to nothing.

In fact, Zhang Jingru did a good job at SMIC, and with less than two-thirds of the budget, he established 8 factory-scale foundry enterprises, ranking among the fourth largest foundry enterprises in the world.

A person is so disappointed that he wants to say goodbye to a career that he has struggled for all his life, which is enough to show that the blow he has suffered is too great to bear.

"Don't you want to retire and change careers to consider making a difference in philanthropy, I have found a senior person for you to advise, and the old place will be seen in the afternoon tea this day. ”

Through a reliable relationship in the Federation of Industry and Commerce, Han Hao found a close friend of Zhang Jingru to help. The other party called Zhang Jingru with a dead face, and contacted Han Hao in time to give the two sides a chance to talk.

It was after receiving this call that Han Hao temporarily canceled the boarding and rushed to Hujiang City to prepare for a meeting with Zhang Jingru.

When Zhang Jingru, whose eyes lost their light, walked into the restaurant he had made an appointment with, and saw the figure of Han Hao sitting next to his friend, he understood the "truth of charity" today.

Although he has been buried in the chip factory, Zhang Jingru also knows Han Hao, a famous figure. As a self-made super-rich man in the mainland, he is a great legend, and what is even more terrifying is that he is so young that he still has a lot of time to display his talents in the future.

Of course, my friend understood that although Zhang Jingru said that he was going to retire, he still couldn't let go of his desire for the chip business in his heart, so he deliberately conspired with Han Hao to do this game.

"Mr. Zhang, I have admired the name for a long time, I hope you don't mind if I am uninvited.

However, I believe that our conversation today will change the future direction of chips in Chinese mainland, and I hope you can give me fifteen minutes to introduce it. ”

Han Hao took the initiative to stand up to welcome Zhang Jingru's arrival, and he had strong confidence to convince this eloquent figure who seemed unwilling to fail.

"Mr. Han did not hesitate to release the pigeons of the National People's Congress, but also came to meet you, he can be described as full of sincerity. ”

The old friends on the side helped to play the round, and they didn't want Han Hao's sudden appearance to make Zhang Jingru unhappy.

"Since Mr. Han is so polite, then I'll sit down and listen to Gao Jian, right? Anyway, I'm here, and I'm not at a loss if I don't drink a cup of Mr. Han's good tea. ”

Zhang Jingru is now in a state of no desire and no desire, and he has the mentality of watching a drama to listen to the magic of the richest man in the mainland.

Han Hao didn't say much about SMIC and TSMC, he mainly introduced his investment in HiSilicon and the newly established Kunlun Semiconductor Company, and unknowingly Zhang Jingru brought in the role of an expert and asked several professional questions on the way, and it was clear that he said that he wanted to leave the chip industry was just a momentary anger.

As Han Hao's explanation deepened, Zhang Jingru's face became serious, because Han Hao was now starting to talk about the key point, which was also the area he had been thinking about all these years.

"The specialized division of labor in the chip industry has a certain rationality, but too much separation from each other has affected the coordinated development of each link to a certain extent.

If the chip design company, the terminal application enterprise and the chip manufacturing plant jointly participate in the project investment, through the establishment of a joint venture company to integrate the parties, so that the chip design company has the exclusive production capacity and technical support of the chip manufacturing plant, and the chip manufacturing plant is guaranteed by the market and no longer worries about customers, thus forming a one-stop synergy effect, which will greatly enhance the competitiveness of the design company, the chip manufacturing plant and the terminal application enterprise.

The success of South Korea's Samsung fully illustrates this point.

What I plan to do in the future is to reintegrate the chip business in Chinese mainland and create a Chinese chip national team. ”

Han Hao didn't enter the chip industry on a whim, he did a lot of homework.

HiSilicon is a chip design company, while Zhonghua Group is a terminal application company, and the newly established Kunlun Semiconductor is of course responsible for manufacturing the factory.

"You and I are both people with a great sense of historical mission, and we both hope that Chinese can produce world-class products. The difference is that in the past, you were engaged in chips, and I was a car, but now we can work together and work together for a goal.

I have always admired not those who run fast, because they are not as fast as me, but those who can get up and continue to move forward after falling, and I believe that you are one of them!

Joining Kunlun Semiconductor will make you have no regrets in this life. ”

Han Hao looked at the time, 15 minutes did not exceed the outline, he ended his narration cleanly, and quietly waited for the other party's response.