The IPO of Galaxy Network raised $1.6 billion, which is a huge amount of money, which is enough for Galaxy Network to carry out a series of acquisitions, merge competitors in the industry, on the one hand, eliminate potential threats, on the other hand, obtain the other party's talents, patented technology and products, etc., so as to quickly expand its own strength!

On the road to success, it is to step on the countless "corpses" of other companies, and it will be a success.

The mall is so cruel, the big fish eat the small fish, and the strong survive!

Not to mention how shocking it is after Galaxy Network shows its fangs. At this moment, Applied Materials has finally developed the "Precision 5000" device using a single chip to integrate process technology.

Traditionally, a single mistake can scrap all 48 wafers, but the Precision5000 allows wafers to complete different processes on the same machine, and the benefit of using this product is that if an error occurs during production, only one wafer is lost.

This technology is the most important milestone in the semiconductor industry!

It is because of this technology that the semiconductor industry will flourish, and the semiconductor industry will drive the development of science and technology in the whole world!

It is no exaggeration to say that the core of future technology is chips!

But all the electronic products that can be seen have chips, and even biochips!

When Li Zetian heard that the Precision5000 device was manufactured, he was ecstatic and couldn't help but come to Applied Materials in person. At the same time, Intel CEO Andy Grove was called along.

“Mr· Li and Mr· Groff，this is Precision5000……”

In the laboratory of Applied Materials, Wang Ningguo, the main person in charge of the project, pointed to a machine and equipment and gave a detailed introduction.

Li Zetian nodded frequently, extremely satisfied.

Andy Grove's face was full of shock, with the Precision5000, the number of chips, the speed and the profit have increased many times!!

After visiting the Precision5000, Li Zetian, Andy Grove, and Wang Ningguo came to the office of James Morgan, CEO of Applied Materials, to discuss the cooperation.

Li Zetian said: "The Precision5000 is a great invention that will definitely go down in history! Applied Materials will also soar from now on! Grove, what do you think?"

“Mr· The Precision 5000 is indeed one of the greatest inventions in the semiconductor industry, and any semiconductor company will covet it, including Intel, and it is time for Intel's chip manufacturing plant to be completely upgraded!" said Andy Grove.

When James Morgan and Wang Ningguo heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and their eyes were full of joy.

Li Zetian suddenly said at this time: "I have a better plan! The original machinery and equipment of Intel's factory is also a fortune, and it is a loss to sell it at a low price or stop work." So, I think Intel should develop a new business model - foundry!"

Wafer foundry??

Everyone present was puzzled.

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "At present, almost all semiconductor companies not only design their own chips, but also have their own wafer factories. In fact, for many semiconductor companies, the cost of establishing a wafer factory is too high and the pressure is too great, resulting in a tight capital chain. If Intel can produce chips for them, and the price is more cost-effective than producing them themselves, then they will definitely choose 'foundry'!"

"Applied Materials launched the Precision5000, Intel's factory will definitely be fully upgraded, but the old machine does not mean that it can't make money, it's just that it makes less, and the excess capacity can be used to produce chips for other factories! Therefore, this is the best time for Intel to monopolize the chip manufacturing industry!!

Andy Grove was dumbfounded, and Chronos· Li's genius brain is really unusual, "casually" to create a new business model, if successful, the global semiconductor chip manufacturing is Intel Corporation, which is ...... It's just horrible!!

At this point, Andy Grove was a little speechless.

James Morgan and Wang Ningguo were also shocked. As a person who has worked, studied and lived in the United States for many years, Wang Ningguo can truly feel a change in Americans' attitude towards their Chinese in recent years. Undoubtedly, all these changes come from one person, and he is Li Zetian. For Wang Ningguo, Li Zetian, an incomparable Chinese genius leader, made him feel proud involuntarily, especially at this moment!

Li Zetian saw their shocked and adoring eyes, and smiled faintly, didn't he just add TSMC's wafer foundry model to say it in advance? It's just that Intel was originally a giant in the semiconductor industry, and at this time, there was Precision5000 from Applied Materials to help, which provided the best opportunity for Intel to monopolize the global chip manufacturing industry!

There is no doubt that good products are kept for their own use.

Li Zetian will not let Applied Materials announce the Precision5000, but let Intel contract all its production capacity, until finally it is overwhelmed and can no longer eat, and then let Applied Materials announce the Precision5000 to the public. At that time, semiconductor companies suddenly realized that there was such an anti-sky product. In order to catch up with Intel, they will also buy Precision5000 in large quantities and upgrade it.

At this time, Andy Grove had already reacted and praised Li Zetian's suggestion: "Chronos· Li, the foundry model you've created is truly impressive and will change the landscape of the entire semiconductor manufacturing industry!!"

Li Zetian said modestly: "Computers, game consoles, televisions, and other electronic products can be foundry, why can't chip manufacturing? Therefore, the wafer foundry model is not such an extraordinary idea, I believe that sooner or later someone will come up with it! I just thought earlier than others!"

One step ahead, one step ahead!

Li Zetian relies on the memories of his previous life, which is equivalent to opening a plug-in when playing games, and he is naturally invincible!

Next, the four of them discussed it for a long time in the office.

Intel has ordered $4 billion from Applied Materials for not only the Precision5000, but also other products, including deposition, etching, ion implantation, heat treatment, chemical mechanical polishing, and wafer packaging, which are essential for chip manufacturing!

After discussing the cooperation with Applied Materials, Andy Grove asked Li Zetian, "Mr. · Li, where are you going to build a foundry factory?"

As for this question, Li Zetian certainly thought about it.

Hong Kong is adjacent to Chinese mainland and has established a science and technology park, where many of Li Zetian's technology companies have set up branches.

"Hong Kong is one of the global trade centers, shipping and shipping are developed, and it is beneficial for us to export chips to all over the world! In addition, workers can be recruited from Chinese mainland, which greatly reduces labor costs!!"

Andy Grove nodded, having no problem with that.

Three days later, Applied Materials and Intel signed the agreement. However, the news was not announced to the public.

Since then, Applied Materials has received a huge order from Intel, has abundant funds, and has invested heavily in research and development, which will be far ahead of other semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies. At the same time, Wang Ningguo became vice president of Applied Materials and took on the position of chief technology officer, becoming the company's No. 3 person, behind chairman Li Zetian and CEO James Morgan.

Intel wants to establish a wafer foundry factory, and the first talent that Li Zetian thinks of is naturally Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC.

At the age of 27, as a master's student who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he entered the semiconductor industry at the same time as Moore, the originator of semiconductors and the founder of Intel Corporation, and entered Texas Instruments at the same time as Jack Kirby, the inventor of integrated circuits. Later, in 1972, he successively served as vice president and senior vice president of Texas Instruments, and was the third person in Texas Instruments, second only to chairman and president. At that time, Texas Instruments had already become the world's No. 1, with 60,000 employees worldwide, half of which were managed by Zhang Zhongmou. He was one of the first Chinese to enter the C-suite of a large U.S. company.

However, by the end of the 1970s, Intel was invincible in the memory market, the then president Xia Bai attached importance to consumer electronics, unwilling to increase investment in semiconductors, and Zhang Zhongmou's personality was too strong, unwilling to compromise, in different occasions inside and outside the company have spoken out to increase investment in semiconductors, but it was not supported, and finally in 1985, he was invited by the Taiwan authorities to serve as the president of the Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute, and then established TSMC, which made outstanding contributions to the rise of Taiwan's semiconductor industry and industrial upgrading!

Many people call him the "chip king" and Taiwan's "godfather of semiconductors", but he is not Taiwanese, he was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and spent most of his childhood in Hong Kong, and then went to Nanjing for high school, and then went to Taiwan, and did not stay long, he went to the United States and obtained American citizenship. He studied at Harvard University with a bachelor's degree, MIT with a master's degree, and Stanford University with a doctorate.

In fact, Li Zetian was just thinking that since Zhang Zhongmou had little connection with Taiwan, then at this moment, when his career hit a trough, the success rate should be very high.

Thinking of this, Li Zetian immediately asked Dongfang Yuqin to contact Zhang Zhongmou and ask him to meet, so as to make a move in front of the Taiwan authorities!

If Zhang Zhongmou is on his side, he will undoubtedly reduce a competitor, and at the same time get a "general" who can take charge of himself!

Therefore, no matter which aspect you consider, digging Zhang Zhongmou is a must!

Soon, Zhang Zhongmou received a call from Dongfang Yuqin, at this time, he felt very surprised, Li Zetian had no intersection with him, why did he suddenly ask him to meet?

Although Li Zetian is young, he is already a leading Chinese national, and he can even be said to be the representative of the Chinese in the world! Although Zhang Zhongmou is a competitor of Intel Instruments at Texas Instruments, he also admires Li Zetian a lot. So, he readily agreed to this meeting.

The next day, Zhang Zhongmou traveled from Texas to Los Angeles, and then went to a hotel in Beverly Hills to meet Li Zetian.

The reason why he didn't meet at home was because Li Zetian was worried that the paparazzi would take pictures at his door, which would cause him some trouble in the poaching process.