Chapter 843: Divergence
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Correction: The name of the "National Development and Reform Commission" in '98 should be "Development Planning Commission" to be accurate
In the second day of receiving the notice in Jianye City, Mitsui and NEC Electronics wanted to provide technology to Huaxia Electronics to invest in the construction of a wafer factory in Jianye, and some details of the plan reached the ears of the relevant people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The wafer fab project, tentatively named Huaxia NEC, is held by NEC no more than 30%, providing 0.35 micron wafer process technology, and all the engineering and technical management personnel required for the project are dispatched by NEC from the RB factory, and NEC Electronics undertakes all the product sales work after the completion of the project, and Huaxia Electronics and relevant domestic departments provide the funds and other necessary conditions required for the completion of the project.
Mitsui**'s naked exposure of their intention to interfere in the 516 case will induce some people to scramble to eat the bait they throw, but it will also cause others to be dissatisfied.
Cui Yuheng returned to Beijing with his father to learn the details of the Huaxia NEC joint venture project, and slapped the table and scolded his mother: "These people still have a little backbone, and others throw a bone and pounce on them and wag their tails to beg for mercy?" β
Cui Wenyi frowned slightly, although he was also very dissatisfied with this, he would not be easily angry.
Some people take the exchange of interests very seriously, believing that as long as they can be exchanged for benefits in the wafer project, it is worth giving up some principles and sacrificing some interests elsewhere - and this idea is quite marketable in the ministry, and Mitsui also sees through this kind of thinking.
Besides, although everyone has repeatedly emphasized that the interests of the country are the most important, in practice, everyone values the interests of the small circle, the local interests of the localities, the interests of the ministries and commissions, the interests of the current mayor and the interests of the current minister, and the interests of the current minister.
Cui Wenyi held his chin in his hand and thought for a moment, asked Yu Heng to leave his study, picked up the phone and dialed the home of General Xiao Weilie, Minister of National Defense: "The investigation of the 516 case can be suspended, and even the case can be downplayed when it is closed, and some people's worries about the 516 case may affect the normal economic relations between China and Japan can be taken care of, but I think that the plan proposed by Kumho needs to be accelerated, and the strategy of a great power needs to be calculated early, and we can't give others a pinch in ten or twenty years!" β
On May 31, the Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Information Industry, Huaxia Electronics, RBNEC Electronics, and Mitsui & Co. visited the factory of Zhongjing Microchip quite luxuriously, Geng Chongyang of the Ministry of Information Industry, Cheng Jinjie, the first deputy director of the Development Planning Commission, and Ge Jiande, chairman of Huaxia Electronics, accompanied by NEC Electronics Co., Ltd. President Ozawa Xiong and senior executives of the semiconductor department, as well as Mitsui & Co., Ltd.'s general representative Hidezo Ikesa, general counsel Nobuyuki Ohno and others arrived in Jianye. Mayor Xiao Mingjian and Wang Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the High-tech Zone, accompanied the whole process, and Tao Jin, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Li Yuanhu, Governor of the province, only attended the reception ceremony.
Over the years, Tao Jin has been accustomed to planning and laying out economic work behind the scenes, and many important reception activities are mostly attended and retired, which is not surprising this time; It's just that Li Yuanhu hurriedly attended the reception ceremony and left, which is quite surprising. The vast majority of people think that no matter whether the joint venture project between Huaxia Electronics and NEC will eventually be located in Jianye, due to the nature of Jianye's economic management, Li Yuanhu's fading out is not too unexpected; Only a few people can guess that Li Yuanhu is inclined to Kumho's statement, and may not be optimistic about the future of the joint venture project between Huaxia Electronics and NEC.
"That kid didn't show up!" Chi Zuo Xiuzang turned his head sideways and whispered to Lee Jae-so, both of them are under the age of thirty, but they are the senior managers of Mitsui and Samsung in China, and Jiaoyou is also a high-level Chinese official, surrounded by a group of middle-aged and elderly officials, it is naturally very conspicuous. When Ikesa Hidezo got off the plane, he was looking forward to seeing the young man who could be called a miracle hand again, and it was a mistake to neglect him before the Tokyo Electronics Show last time! It's just that I didn't see that person from the airport to the visit site.
"There has been no direct report on him in the media in Chinese mainland......," Lee Jae-so said, remembering his uncle Lee Kun-hee, the behind-the-scenes ruler of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee is also a character who will never show up in public if possible, and the site of Huaxia Electronics and NEC's wafer project is set in Jianye, which will definitely squeeze the development space of Zhongjing Microchip, that guy has probably blown up his stomach and hid aside to see out of sight, right?
can make that guy unhappy, Lee Jae-so will never give up the opportunity, he added, "But I think the Chinese officials come forward to invite, he will not shy away from it......"
Chi Zuoxiuzang raised his eyebrows slightly, beckoned and talked about it with the organization officials of the Development Planning Commission, Ge Jiande was also quite displeased when he heard it on the side, and said provocatively: "Minister Geng and Director Cheng both came to Jianye in person, is it a little inappropriate for him to hide and not meet?" β
Luo Jun will welcome the wafer project of Huaxia Electronics and NEC in Jianye, but he will always maintain Kumho, and said: "Zhang Ke plans to attend, there is something temporary in Xinwu, and he rushed to Xinwu last night, did he say hello to Minister Geng and Director Cheng in advance?" β
Geng Chongyang smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter, it's good that he didn't refuse us to visit Zhongjing Microchip......
Ge Jiande's face was stunned, these words meant that he was not qualified to let Zhang Ke greet him in advance, and his provocative words were just self-inflicted; He can't say that Zhang Ke deliberately hid in Xinwu, although everyone knows in their hearts that Zhang Ke deliberately hid in Xinwu.
Samsung has a wafer factory in HG, but it has invested in the construction of a chip packaging and finished product testing factory in Jianye, which can be said to be the back-end process of wafer manufacturing, which is also the direct reason for Lee Jae-so's appearance in the visiting team. Samsung's factory in Jianye can provide back-end packaging and finished product testing services for the joint venture wafer factory between Huaxia Electronics and NEC, and Kumho has a chip packaging and testing factory in Haizhou, and the competition between the three parties is entangled in the middle of the electronics industry chain.
Although he knew that the intentions were not good, Zhongjing Microchip could not put the hostility on his face, after all, he had to take care of the emotions of the leaders of the ministries and commissions, and the relationship between Kumho and Geng Chongyang was improving, of course, this improvement was limited.
On the question of whether the information industry supports state-owned assets or private capital, Geng Chongyang has always leaned toward the former; no matter whether he is minister of posts and telecommunications or reappointed minister of information industry, he has vigorously promoted state-owned capital to achieve monopoly operation in the information industry in possible fields; in some fields that have to be liberalized, he will think of the issue of fair competition between state-owned capital and private capital; this is also the most scandalous place since he took office as the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; even Premier Zhao Jidong was very dissatisfied with his conservatism, but these did not affect his continued leadership of the Ministry of Information IndustryHowever, recently, Geng Chongyang has also made some positive voices about Kumho's outstanding performance in the information industry, which is very rare.
Sun Shangyi was in Jianye, and he and Liu Zhicheng attended the reception on behalf of Zhongjing Microchip. It's just that what can be visited, what can't be visited, what can be visited, and what can be visited 20 meters or even 50 meters away, all communicate with the person in charge of the ministry to organize the visit in advance, and will never tolerate the representatives of NEC Electronics and Mitsui & Co. to take this opportunity to spy on the trade secrets of Zhongjing Microchip.
During the visit to the factory, Liu Zhicheng even sent many employees to keep an eye on all the members of the visiting group, like a thief, and more activities were arranged in the conference room of the office area. Invited some mainstream media reporters to attend, and also invited the leaders to speak more so that they could be on TV and in newspapers, which were all empty development remarks, but they were very good to pass the time, and the leisure activities for dinner and after dinner were also arranged very thoughtfully, that is, these people could not be allowed to see the real thing, and the one-day visit activities were fooled over.
On the second day, Jianye City arranged for the visiting team to visit the achievements of the digital corridor concept strategy since the launch, and held a feasibility seminar in the early stage of the wafer project in the afternoon.
"The intention is obvious, the action is fast, Zhang Ke's judgment is very accurate!" Sun Shangyi has such feelings about the cooperation between Huaxia Electronics and NEC, although he and Liu Zhicheng came to participate in this research meeting together, but they made up their minds to sit in an unattractive corner and remain silent, and others probably will not be difficult to ask them to speak at the seminar, Sun Shangyi and Liu Zhicheng discussed in a low voice below.
"Mitsui & Co. is really a powerful invisible hand, without the direct promotion of Mitsui & Co., I am afraid that the early contact between Huaxia Electronics and NEC will be delayed for more than half a year." Liu Zhicheng sighed slightly, as the first wafer project in China, the preliminary preparation of Zhongjing Microchip also took a lot of time, "Their next speed is estimated to be much faster than ours." β
"Who made us ignore and refuse to accept state-owned shares?" Sun Shangyi chuckled, "Mitsui & Co. threw out this sweet jujube this time, and it can indeed pull those centrists over." β
Xiao Ruimin, president of Unicredit Electronics, a member of Huaxia Electronics, was also among the visiting lineups, and at the seminar, he sat next to Sun Shangyi and Liu Zhicheng, listening to them whispering there, and couldn't hear what they were talking about. But after a while, Sun Shangyi took the initiative to talk to him: "Huaxia Electronics and NEC joint venture wafer project this time, probably want these member companies of Unitrust to share the investment, right?" β
Xiao Ruimin smiled slightly bitterly, Kumho knew everything about the situation of Huaxia Electronics.
Huaxia Electronics' integration of its member companies has not yet been completed, financial rights and investment authority has not been completely collected, to build a joint venture with NEC wafer factory, the total amount of funds required is huge, although most of it will be solved through bank loans, but it also has to prepare some start-up capital, which is not to mention billions and two billion funds. This time, Ge Jiande brought in the heads of his financially well-funded member companies to ask them to inject capital into the project in the name of the member companies.
Xiao Ruimin knows the roots of Huaxia Electronics, and knows that if it were not for the identity of state-owned assets, if it were not for the tilt of the ministries and commissions on Huaxia Electronics in industrial policies, Huaxia Electronics would really be vulnerable to Kumho, and the level of enterprise management, technological innovation, talent introduction, marketing, brand building and other aspects was too far behind.
Liu Zhicheng turned his head sideways and asked Xiao Ruimin: "What is Mr. Xiao's opinion on the cooperation between Huaxia Electronics and NEC?" β
Xiao Ruimin could only smile bitterly, he couldn't say high-sounding lies and clichΓ©s in front of experts, but how could he let his competitors know what he really thought in his heart, and even felt that Liu Zhicheng was ridiculing himself by asking this.
At night, the officials of the Ministry of Information Industry and Huaxia Electronics gathered in the hotel to discuss the cooperation project, and Xiao Ruimin said his opinion: "The engineering and technical management team required by the project is dispatched by the Japanese side, and there is no clause in the cooperation plan to train domestic engineering and technical personnel. In addition, NEC is responsible for the sales of the products completed by the project, and NEC Electronics has its own wafer factory in RB, that is to say, there is a competitive relationship with NEC's wafer fab in RB after the project is completed, can we expect NEC's sales department to be biased towards us? β
Although he said that before the meeting, everyone should express their opinions directly, and they are all internal officials, but when he really heard some people put forward different opinions, Ge Jiande was still very unhappy in his heart, which was almost a common problem for officials, he had a slightly calm face, and said: "Don't just focus on the bad aspects. The central government wants to go on the wafer project since the late 70s, and it has been done three times, and all three times have ended in failure, but the central government still wants to go on the wafer project at any cost, why is this? Is it no wonder that we have not learned enough from the first three failures, and is it no wonder that we are not aware of the difficulties? Integrated circuit chip manufacturing is the cornerstone of the electronics industry, even if it is to smash the pot and sell iron. Although there are still some unsatisfactory aspects of this cooperation, it has been a great improvement compared to the previous few less successful cooperations. This opportunity is also not easy to get, if it were not for the 516 case, Mitsui would not have taken the initiative to show goodwill, we must seize this opportunity. Technology, management team, marketing and sales are all our weaknesses, but we don't think about trying to make up for it in the future, do we expect people to give it all to us now? The central government's decision to set up Huaxia Electronic Information Industry Group is to hope that our Huaxia Electronics can assume great responsibility for the development of the domestic information industry, and we can't be afraid because we have to overcome some difficulties by ourselves, and our eyes will be passively focused on the bad places...... "Ge Jiande hid a knife and a sword in his words, and refuted Xiao Ruimin's doubts.
Xiao Ruimin glanced at Geng Chongyang's face and couldn't distinguish between joy and anger, but Ge Jiande's words made him feel very uncomfortable, and after hesitating for a while, he still made up his mind to say it: "There are already Zhongjing Microchips in China, and we will be suspected of duplicate construction if we build a 0.35 micron wafer factory with NEC." In addition, as far as the current situation is concerned, the conditions for the development of Sinochip Microchip are much superior, they spent a lot of effort last year from TSMC, Innovation, Deyi and other wafer factories to bring in a total of more than 200 middle and senior engineering and technical personnel, such a huge engineering and technical management team to ensure the construction and start of the construction of Sinochip needs - NEC only agreed to send a team of 50 people, the scale is much less. At the same time as the construction of the factory, Zhongjing Microchip invested heavily in the Oak Park to build a first-class research wafer process technology experimental platform in Asia, and recruited a large number of high-quality master's and doctoral personnel for echelon training of technical force - NEC only agreed to us to use the technology provided by them, restricting us from getting involved in subsequent research and development, and there was no way to talk about echelon training of follow-up technical force. Kumho's own technical advantages in integrated circuit design and its close relationship with Deyi will ensure that there will be a certain market demand after the completion of Zhongjing Microchip - and we are very weak in this area, and we can only take orders from the foundry market, but the sales of the foundry market are also controlled by NEC. At present, if China wants to develop the wafer manufacturing industry, it seems more appropriate for the policy to tilt towards China Crystal Microchip......"
"No wonder you want to see the domestic information industry seized by a private enterprise?" Ge Jiande unceremoniously accused Xiao Ruimin, he knew that this was also the pain in Geng Chongyang's heart, and after saying this cruel sentence, he deliberately glanced at Geng Chongyang, Geng Chongyang only frowned slightly, but there was no other reaction.
"Either seven inches for private enterprises, or seven inches for RB people, it's really hard to choose......" At this time, Sun Zhigang, president of Lianxun, sat in the audience and said a word to help Xiao Ruimin, which almost boiled the blood in Ge Jiande's chest.
Among so many member companies of Huaxia Electronics, the scale and profitability of Unixun were very prominent in the Ministry of Electronics Industry, and it was also the one with the most abundant financial resources. Huaxia Electronics wants to build a joint venture with NEC to build a wafer factory, and Nexis will definitely be the culprit, Sun Zhigang is also not optimistic about the prospects of this project, but in the system, whether Nexis will pay in the end, how much money will be paid, it is all the decision from above, he can't make the decision, and he is aggrieved and doesn't know what to do. The deeper reason is that Sun Zhigang looks down on Ge Jiande in his heart.
Ge Jiande knew that his internal control over Huaxia Electronics was far from the level he expected, Geng Chongyang was present, and he was inconvenient to take his posture, pressing a vicious anger in his chest, and said: "I have communicated with Mayor Xiao Mingjian, the project is set in Jianye, in addition to injecting capital with land and supporting resources, the local government can also consider taking out a part of the funds, so as to help us share some of the pressure...... "I hope this can resolve the internal pressure, speaking of which, my eyes look at Geng Chongyang, In the end, it was up to him to make up his mind within the Ministry of Information.
Geng Chongyang narrowed his eyes slightly, and only said after a while: "Do the preliminary work first, and strive for some favorable conditions as much as possible...... attitude is inclined to promote the joint venture.
The internal meeting of the Ministry of Information was disputed, and the meeting did not end until late in the morning, and when he came out of the venue, Sun Zhigang was about to call Xiao Ruimin, and it happened that Xiao Ruimin was answering a phone call. Liao Honglei from Dongxing walked up to him, elbowed him, and said that he would go out and find another place to talk.
Liao Honglei and Sun Zhigang were both in the former Ministry of Electronics Industry system, and they competed with each other before, but after the Ministry of Electronics Industry merged the entire Ministry of Information Industry, Dongxing and Lianxun were merged into Huaxia Electronics, and Liao Honglei and Sun Zhigang became a minority, and they would stand on the same front in the internal competition, and the two became closer.
Although it was late at night, leaving aside their subordinates and coming out of the hotel, the night was just right.
"Did Xiao Ruimin take the wrong medicine today? Everyone in the ministry knows that Yi Yunfei is openly inclined to support Kumho in the ministry, and Geng Chongyang did not let Yi Yunfei participate this time, and his attitude is already obvious...... Could it be that Xiao Ruimin bought Kumho? Liao Honglei felt strange and said to Sun Zhigang in the car, "Also, you are really, do you have to embarrass Ge Jiande in public?" β
"Can Ge Jiande help me? If you don't let me mess around in Huaxia Electronics, I'll go back to the place," Sun Zhigang raised his eyebrows slightly, "Xiao Ruimin wants to do something to block Ge Jiande and these people, and he is panicked in his heart, and some words are not unpleasant." It's not necessarily necessary to help Kumho speak, if Ge Jiande can let Huaxia Electronics copy Kumho's model, I think Xiao Ruimin will also follow Ge Jiande very loyally, the key is that Ge Jiande has this ability? β
Sun Zhigang pursed his lips and smiled, he was more aware of Xiao Ruimin's situation. Xiao Ruimin was suddenly promoted because of his ability, he had no background, he was only in his early forties and went to the department level, he was quite conspicuous in the ministries and commissions, and was responsible for the formation of Lianxin, and Lianxin's mobile phone business was indeed the best, but managing state-owned enterprises was like dancing in shackles, and many things in Lianxin were not Xiao Ruimin's turn to be the commander, and it was Xiao Ruimin's limit to do this; When Unicredit's performance stabilizes, others will take it for granted, and at this time, Xiao Ruimin's unsociable temperament will be highlighted.
Liao Honglei didn't care much about Xiao Ruimin's life or death, after all, it had nothing to do with him on weekdays, he asked Sun Zhigang: "Who will lead the joint venture project with NEC, or will the Planning Commission intervene?" β
"Who knows? Whoever loves to come, who comes. If someone is familiar with it, I would advise him not to wade into this troubled water? If someone doesn't like it, I'll push him and see how he smashes this mess in his own hands," Sun Zhigang said with a smile, "You said that apart from you and me and Xiao Ruimin, who else in the ministry knows more about Kumho's power?" Ge Jiande can't fight that kid, and sooner or later he will play that kid to death. Geng Chongyang's attitude will not always remain the same, and it is impossible to dominate that position forever. β
"Do you have another source?" Liao Honglei asked suspiciously.
"Where is the source?" Sun Zhigang said, "The above contradictions are mainly concentrated in the line and policy, and sometimes we can only see the changes in the line and policy, but we cannot see the contradictions behind it." The 516 case was personally promoted by the military, in the final analysis, do you believe that Cui Wenyi will make such a big move because of the detention of his son? The very decisive move happened in the aftermath of the anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia, and I think it is the position of some of the above people who are quietly changing. The joint venture project with NEC is very difficult to stop now, but if this joint venture project can be done, if it is done again, I am afraid that it will not be easy to say 'learn from the lessons' and fool around. What do you think are the chances of success for this joint venture? β
In the Xinghu International Community outside Donghua Gate, Samsung rents a number of high-end apartments for senior managers working in Jianye, and Lee Jae-so has been back and forth more often in Jianye, so it is very convenient to prepare a luxury apartment in the community.
There are many young girls from nearby colleges and universities who like to come to the international community to be oral tutors, Lee Jae-so returned to the apartment at night, but saw some black Africans holding delicate Chinese girls in the community to practice speaking, back to the apartment, let the assistant find Kim Nam-yong smiled and said: "Are you interested in finding a speaking tutor, they are all quite beautiful girls." β
Jin Nanyong has come to China to live for many years, except for his face, there are almost no traces of HG people on his body, only said: "If you are interested, I will help you find two girls at night, and I will forget it......"
"......" Lee Jae-so smiled and got down to business, "Have you replied to the formal request for technical cooperation we sent to Kumho?" β
"They handed out faxes at dusk, and I'll get you a copy......" Kim Nam-yong went to get a fax copy and showed it to Lee Jae-so.
"What a greedy guy!" Lee Jae-so frowned, his fingers pressed heavily on the copy, "I thought they would make the negotiation easier under Mitsui's pressure, but they still have ambitions to covet our flash technology!" β
"They also think that the Mitsui-led cooperation cannot pose a substantial threat to them, and when they visited Zhongjing Microchip yesterday, the senior management of Zhongjing Microchip seemed to be relaxed and did not have the attitude of facing a big enemy," Kim Namyong said, "Mitsui's action will tempt some people to stand on the opposite side of Kumho - in fact, these people have long stood on the opposite side of Kumho, but it will also make some people sympathize with Kumho, and the pros and cons are difficult to analyze......
"Mitsui will never lose anything, the third-rate technology plus dozens of technicians, sold at such a good price, probably the equipment will also be eliminated by the NEC factory to China, not to mention can weaken the negative impact of the 516 case," Lee Jae-so said, "We made up our minds to learn from Mitsui more than 20 years ago, but unfortunately we are still far from being able to compare with others." β