November 24, 1984, a Saturday.

Xiangjiang, Baijia Road on the top of the mountain, Gu Garden.

This top mansion in Xiangjiang, which has just been officially put into use for less than two months, ushered in a group of highly valued VIPs.

Naturally, the leader is Mr. Zhang Zhongmou, a Chinese-American who has not officially stepped down from the position of executive vice president of Texas Instruments.

Although he didn't want to see his boss John Shaber who disagreed with him for a day. However, the law and industry practice stipulate that the handover period for senior executives cannot be saved, and he still has to hand over for about a month before he can completely get rid of it.

Today, he was invited by some channels to come to Xiangjiang to have a look, think about the follow-up way out, and pay more attention to some possibilities.

As soon as the VIP entered the door, Gu Xiao took the initiative to greet him: "Mr. Zhang, I really admire the name for a long time, you and I are the leaders of Chinese in the global electronic frontier industry, and we are considered to be bright for a while." ”

Gu Biao arrived in Xiangjiang three days ago, personally inspected the condition of Gu Yuan, and made a little preparation before inviting guests.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Gu Sheng is bright, Zhang is only a Yu at best, and can only be said to be a Yu among the Chinese - I am still an American. Zhang Zhongmou said modestly without a smile.

Chinese can refer to blood and ethnicity, and Chinese can only be the definition of nationality, and Zhang Zhongmou is not wrong to leave it out like this for the time being.

However, Gu Biao is from a diplomatic background, how can he give the other party a chance to be too clear, at the moment he patted Zhang Zhongmou on the shoulder, and couldn't help but pull into the living room, with the semi-didactic posture of an industry boss:

"Mr. Zhang was a Chinese when he went abroad to study, and he was still a Chinese when he made achievements in his career, so why can't you say that you are the pride of Chinese - if you want me to say, Professor Yang and Professor Li were still Chinese nationals when they won the Nobel Prize in Physics, so they should not be counted as 'Chinese-American Nobel Prize winners'." ”

Zhang Zhongmou obviously disagrees with Gu Fu's strength, he has been working for "Beauty Xi" for more than 30 years, and now he is over fifty years old, and it is difficult to turn around the values of half his life at once.

He immediately retorted: "The scientific research environment that Professor Yang and Professor Li need to win the Nobel Prize is created by the United States, and they recognize the situation and take the initiative to naturalize civilization, so even if it is the Nobel Prize won by the Americans, is there any problem?"

Gu Biao laughed loudly: "Haha, I know that the United States was finally naturalized, even if it is the Nobel Prize won by the Americans? Ridiculous, then let me tell you, when China becomes strong in the future, there will naturally be people who go to the United States, first win the Nobel Prize with American nationality, and finally come back to China to naturalize China."

When the time comes, those hypocritical American propaganda voices will emphasize that 'he is still an American at the moment he wins the award, so he is still counted as the Nobel Prize won by the Americans'. This kind of argument really counts as an American, regardless of whether China is the first to be naturalized to the United States when it wins the award, or the United States and the United States is ultimately naturalized to China when it wins the award. ”

Zhang Zhongmou: "Impossible! I don't believe that Americans will do this, Gu Sheng, you are using the assumption that it is impossible to make false accusations! Moreover, how can anyone win the Nobel Prize in the United States and want to come back to be Chinese?"

Gu Biao's face was awe-inspiring with the righteousness of "the wheel of history is rolling forward unstoppable": "That is, China is not strong enough now, we have no evidence, in my opinion, with the re-emergence of our Chinese, this kind of example will be in a few years - when Mr. Zhang does not dare to believe it." ”

Zhang Zhongmou sneered: "Okay, if there is really this day, I will also re-become a Chinese citizen! And from now on, I will obey Gu Sheng's dispatch for such a thing as which country the industry is laid out! I believe in your vision!"

Gu Xiao Zhizhu smiled indifferently in his grip: "A word is a certainty, but for the time being, let's talk about business cooperation first-even if you don't want to come back to be a Chinese, you can still return to China as an American to invest in the development of industry."

If you feel that the mainland is not good to show your strength, Xiangjiang and Nanyang, let your Excellency choose, I have a lot of sincerity, and I feel that I have the resources to cooperate with Zhang Sheng. ”

Regarding the fact that "in the future, there will be scientists who will go the opposite way with Professors Yang and Li Er, first win the Nobel Prize with American nationality, and then finally give up their American citizenship to naturalize in China", Gu Biao is very confident.

Who let him know the history, a year later, there will be a Chinese chemist who will win the Nobel Prize. In a few years, they will become Chinese. Of course, this person may have some controversy in ideology and character, not much to say, but there should be no doubt that he "belongs to the Chinese who renaturalized after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry".

Science belongs to science, ideas belong to thoughts, one thing is the same thing.

At that time, it is also time to use these cases to wash the eyes of the Chinese who have too good illusions about the "open and inclusive" attitude of the Americans, so that they can know that the tolerance of the Americans is also based on the premise that "the United States is still the best at present".

When the attraction of foreign countries becomes stronger than that of the United States, the Americans will also play the double standard of "what is yours is mine, and what is mine is still mine."

……

Although there is no evidence for the time being, Gu Biao's arrogant prophetic posture and the insight and reputation he has accumulated over many years of foreign affairs mediation work have also fooled Zhang Zhongmou a little shaken.

At this time, it is the title of "Professor Kissinger's Closed Disciple", and the flickering power BUFF that comes with it is working, so that listeners will always think involuntarily, "Does this guy know a lot of high-level American insider information that I don't know?"

The foundation for the two sides to talk about the main matter of cooperation is much more solid.

Zhang Zhongmou also knew the purpose of Gu Biao's invitation to him, and also believed that Gu Biao knew his ambition. After the two sat down in the living room, they were no longer polite, and Zhang Zhongmou said straight to the point:

"What happened to me at Texas Instruments this time, I believe Gu Sheng is clear. Originally, if Deyi could carry out the technical layout according to my plan, I wanted to counterattack with Intel in an all-round way to regain the overall advantages in the fields of semiconductors and memory.

However, without the platform of Deyi and the United States, no matter where you go, it is impossible to compete with Intel in an all-round way, without this foundation. Anyone who knows the current affairs knows that from now on, they can only cooperate with Intel in the industrial chain and re-find their own subdivision positioning......"

"This can be helped, but not been. Gu Biao nodded slightly and interjected with a smile, but the timing and scale of his interjection were very cleverly mastered, so it just made people feel that he was listening carefully and would not be disgusted.

This sentence is, of course, in Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair", which originally said that "the Jiangdong Sun family has gone through three generations, the country is dangerous and the people are attached, and the virtuous can be used for it", so they can only join forces with the other party, and they can no longer carry it with the other party.

Zhang Zhongmou was slightly stunned: "That's what it means, Gu Sheng is also a knowledgeable person, so I don't need to say anything superfluous." Let me put it bluntly, after weighing it, the industry I want to invest in is only semiconductor foundry and process, and as for chip design, I will give it to Intel and other rising stars who want to compete in this field.

I estimate that such a start-up will require hundreds of millions of dollars in start-up capital alone to establish a wafer fab with sufficient scale effect, and the total investment in the whole process may be more than a billion dollars if it is to be maintained until the business is fully opened, a stable cooperative relationship in the industry is formed, and the final breakeven. ”

The semiconductor process is a very amazing gold-swallowing monster in its initial stage, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the first phase will require hundreds of millions of dollars of investment.

In the microelectronics industry, the more you go upstream of the industrial chain, the more expensive the investment in processing and production will be.

It costs at least eight figures to build a new high-precision SMT chip factory (that is, Han Ting's Hanle Electronics), and a semiconductor wafer factory is a nine-figure start.

Historically, Zhang Zhongmou has worked in Texas Instruments for nearly 30 years, but his savings are only millions of dollars, barely nearly 10 million, and it is definitely a drop in the bucket to build a semiconductor wafer factory.

Therefore, it was later relied on Chang Jingguo to come forward in person, and the "Executive Yuan Development Fund" on the Wanwan side contributed more than 100 million US dollars, accounting for the largest shares.

Then the foreign-funded Philips company took 70 or 80 million, accounting for about 20%, and finally found Wang Yongqing and other 7 Wanwan business tycoons such as Formosa Plastics, and also raised 70 or 80 million, adding up to the shareholding ratio to compete with Philips, which was a big deal, adding up to a total of 300 million US dollars in cash capital injection.

However, Zhang Zhongmou spent more than 20 years to make the company's market value to 200 billion US dollars, and the annual gross profit was tens of billions of US dollars.

Historically, when the business was fully on track in the early 90s and fully realized self-hematopoiesis and got rid of continuous capital injection, it had already occupied a quarter of the world's semiconductor wafer foundry, achieving the world's first market share in this field, and later the market share continued to grow rapidly for nearly 20 years.

However, these are just history, and Gu Biao is not clear about these details now, and he does not need to be clear and evidenced. He only needs to know that this opportunity for cooperation in front of him is indispensable to the overall layout of his electronic empire, and it is enough.

"If I am willing to provide major financial support, I don't know how far Mr. Zhang is willing to cooperate with me. Gu Biao also bluntly offered a price to try first, "I will fully consider the valuation of the team, and I won't let you suffer too much." ”

"Gu Sheng can come up with three to five hundred million dollars of start-up capital? Zhang Zhongmou asked tentatively,

"My initial plan was to go back to Wanwan and see what Mr. Chang meant, whether he had such a mind. Moreover, I must have the autonomy of the company's decision-making, and the company needs to import a large number of lithography machines and other high-precision and sensitive equipment from the United States in the initial stage.

If Gu Sheng expects me to set up a production base in the mainland because you invested money, it is also impossible, I will not make so much trouble for myself, and there will be uncertain regulatory risks in the future. ”