Chapter 105: A Thousand Miles to Travel
"No problem!" Zhou Shuo nodded and said, "How many do you want?" ”
"Five...... No, three! Liu Kan said hesitantly.
"Okay, then three." Zhou Shuo said with a smile: "I don't want profits from the state anymore, the purchase price of each single crystal furnace is 500,000 US dollars, or 4.3 million yuan." Three sets is 12.9 million. Take the money, and you can take the equipment. ”
"12.9 million!" Liu Kan shook his head, the total investment of the 908 project is only 2 billion yuan, which is an investment in the entire process from single crystal refining to chip packaging and design! 12.9 million is almost all the scientific research expenses that can be obtained for the single crystal furnace project.
Before coming, Liu Kan also thought about the price, but the unit price of the domestic 100mm monocrystalline furnace was only 300,000 yuan, and in his consciousness, 1 million yuan of the 200mm electronic-grade monocrystalline furnace was already sky-high. According to the resources currently in the hands of the project team, he did not open his mouth and reduced the five single crystal furnaces to three. Where do you want to get a 200mm single crystal furnace, it will cost 4.3 million!
"This, this is too-" Liu Kan was dizzy, and even he didn't know what he wanted to say.
"Can Principal Zhou be cheaper?" Yu Shunshui said on the side: "You see that the country is not easy now, 4.3 million is too expensive, I think 2 million is about the same." ”
Zhou Shuo said happily: "Director Yu, if you buy clothes, bargain for half of the price." If the 908 project is not a national project, can I give it to others who come to me for equipment? The construction of my factory next to Huaguang factory has not stopped even for the New Year, why? It's not about seizing the time to digest the technique. ”
He took a breath and said indignantly: "My $500,000 is the purchase price of Toshiba ceramics in Japan, and I don't ask the state for a penny." I have a contract here, do you want to take a look? It's a favor, and the money for the relationship hasn't been counted. The cost price alone is the case, so I think the country must have tried to buy equipment in Japan, right? It's not that I said, the truth is that people don't sell it at all! ”
This can't be said that you can't buy high-end equipment, these state-owned enterprises are more incompetent than Zhou Shuo. It's just that the state has a national way of doing things, after all, it is not as flexible as the individual. In order to get a 200mm monocrystalline furnace, Zhou Shuo can play tricks and make secret transactions, but the country must be upright. Engage in economic and trade negotiations, exchange of interests, or political settlement. It's okay to get things done by informal means, but what if it fails? Whoever bears the responsibility is that if the code is broken for a legitimate reason for the first time, it is necessary to be prepared for the second time it is undermined by selfish interests.
"Ahem." Liu Kan coughed pretendedly, eased his emotions, and said: "President Zhou, don't look at the total investment of the 908 project of more than 2 billion, in fact, the money allocated to each project team is the same as pepper noodles, not much!" Since the equipment is so expensive, then I, I want one. ”
"One?" Zhou Shuo cried and laughed: "It's not me who said, if you have one, it's better to keep it in my hands." Or is the project team sure that the technology can be localized from a single crystal furnace? ”
Liu Kan was embarrassed and turned into a big red face, and sighed: "I really didn't expect it, you said that this has only risen from 100mm to 200mm, and the price has increased more than ten times!" However, seeing that the 908 project was approved in 1990, it has not been put into production until now. At that time, it was an advanced index, but now it is all outdated, and if you don't catch up, I'm afraid that the entire production line will be eliminated immediately. ”
Zhou Shuozhi said that the 908 Project, a project that was once given deep hope by the state, ended up with a complete failure. The most fundamental reason is to use the idea of planning the economy to do the electronics industry, the project was approved layer by layer, the project was approved in 1990, and it was put into trial operation in 1997. How long did it take to start construction and break ground in 7 years? It's all spent on running the department to make money.
The original 1.2 to 0.8 micron technology was originally Intel's 85 to 90 years old and used in 386 and 486 technology. As a result, the Pentium series has begun to go on sale, and the shadow of its own chip has not yet been seen.
"But the state can't let individuals lose money because of this, it doesn't make sense." Zhou Shuo shook his head and sighed: "I understand Mr. Liu's eagerness, but with all due respect, if the 908 project cannot increase investment and speed up construction, it will definitely fail." ”
Zhou Shuo didn't say anything, but when he said this, Liu Kan's eyes turned red. The project did not go well, the thousands of miles of travel and fatigue, and the great sorrow after the great joy completely shattered his emotions. Regardless of where it was, he grabbed the wine on the table and took a big sip, sighing, "How can Project 908 fail?" If it fails, what will happen to our country's electronics industry? What about so many people and so many years of hard work? I'm afraid I'm going to have to run behind the foreigner's ass forever! ”
The sad man was drunk quickly, Zhou Shuo hurriedly pressed the wine glass in his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, don't be so sad, after all, the 908 project is still running, and the future is still unknown." Even if this project fails, your efforts are not in vain, and Huajing itself will always have a way out. ”
Project 908 can't be said to have failed, it's meaningless. In fact, the significance of Project 908 can be described as significant. Without the failure of Project 908, there would be no success of Project 909. The 908 project used its own failure to pay the tuition for the 909 project. This is a real tuition, at least the country learned the cruelty of the electronic engineering industry from the 908 project.
In about two years, the process will be improved by a generation, which is capital-intensive, knowledge-intensive, and labor-intensive, and must be led by experts, simplify and speed up approval, and increase the independent power of enterprises......
The reasons for the failure of these 908 projects were later improved in the 909 project. Since the reform and opening up, not all tuition fees have been wasted. If the project fails, get up and learn from the experience and start again. As long as you succeed in the end, the effort on the road will be meaningful.
"In this way, I can provide five monocrystalline furnaces to Huajing without money, but I have a request." Zhou Shuo looked at Liu Kan's eyes and said.
"You say." Liu Kan stared at him with scarlet eyes.
"Huajing, that is, 1% of the shares of the 908 Project." Zhou Shuo said solemnly.
"You want Huajing's shares?" Liu Kan was stunned and said: "To be honest, the progress of the 908 project is not smooth, and your investment is likely to be wasted after the worst investment." ”
Zhou Shuo smiled happily: "The 908 project is the 908 project, and what I want is the shares of Huajing Microelectronics." 1% of the shares, and the right to subscribe for the shares for a period of three years. ”
Liu Kan looked at him in shock, as if he was stupid, and opened his mouth wide.
"You are, you want to take over the 908 project in the future!" Liu Kan said incredulously.
Zhou Shuo shrugged his shoulders and said as if he had nothing to do: "If the 908 project is successful, of course it is the best, and my investment believes that it can be exchanged for more than ten or dozens of times the profit." If the 908 project fails, someone has to take over Huajing, right? As Mr. Liu said, so many people's youth and money can't be wasted. ”
Liu Kan sat up straight, looked at Zhou Shuo again, shook his head in admiration and said, "Principal Zhou, these are all decisions that have just been made?" Your audacity is the biggest I've ever met! ”
Zhou Shuo smiled silently, of course this was not a decision he made in a hurry. No wafer factory in the world fell from the sky and was created out of nothing, even if he was covered in iron, how many nails could he hit? One person can't support a fab in any way. Huajing, Huahong, SMIC, Shougang, which one didn't stand on top of the corpses of countless peers?
The only thing Zhou Shuo has the opportunity and ability to take over is the 908 Project. Although the investment scale of this production line is small and the technical indicators are backward, at least a group of technical talents have been trained. Rather than selling it cheaply to Hong Kong people in the future, Zhou Shuo felt that it was better to take it over himself, which should be a more promising choice for Huajing.
Even if Liu Kan doesn't come to find him this time, Zhou Shuo will come to the door sooner or later. It's just that if you can use a single crystal furnace to drive a wedge into it today, it's better than rushing to take over the mess two years later.
Liu Kan stood up and said categorically: "Cheng, Principal Zhou is so sincere, I will definitely do my best to promote this matter!" ”
Zhou Shuo picked up the wine glass, also stood up and said, "Then I will wish Mr. Liu a success." ”
When Zhou's mother came back with braised fish, she saw Yu Shunshui and Liu Kan dressed neatly and were about to go out. Hurriedly reprimanded Zhou Shuo angrily: "What do you say, you are about to leave just now?" Zhou Shuo, our family didn't call you to greet guests like that, did we? ”
Yu Shunshui came out to play a round, waved his hand again and again, and said: "Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, we still have something to do, Mr. Liu is from the south, so he can't spend all year after year." ”
"Well, then you wait!" Zhou's mother put the braised fish on the table, turned around and went back to the kitchen. It didn't take much effort, she ran over with a thermos bucket, stuffed it in Liu Kan's hand and said: "Get in the car dumplings and get off the noodle, there is nothing to eat, bring Mr. Liu some pork and green onion stuffed dumplings to eat on the way." It's winter, it's warm! ”
Zhou Shuo saw that Liu Kan was about to resign, so he hurriedly beat the side drum next to him and said: "Mr. Liu, take it, it's not easy to run thousands of miles for the affairs of the country." We can't do much, it's a piece of heart to give you a little dumpling. ”
"Then I'll be ashamed of it." Liu Kan touched the corner of his eyes and accepted the thermos bucket handed over by Zhou's mother.
Zhou Shuo sighed, put on a wool coat, raised his collar, and sent the two out of the door. Although it was already the time when the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, the ground that had just snowed was white, and the moonlight sprinkled on it was not much darker than during the day.
"Principal Zhou, how is that girl in our family outside? She's a girl, and she never comes home, it's not a problem. ”
After walking not far, Yu Shunshui pulled Zhou Shuo aside and asked with a lamentation.
Zhou Shuo scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Yu Qiong is busy with a project in Japan, not far from us." I guess I'll be home tomorrow by daytime plane. ”
"That's for the best!" Yu Shunshui nodded slightly, then shook his head and said, "You said that she is not too young, and her marriage is not in a hurry." I don't want her to marry a ghost, I have to pull her to find a good boy when I come back this time! ”
Yu Shunshui suddenly paused when he said this, looked at Zhou Shuo and said, "Principal Zhou, what do you think of our family Yu Qiong?" ”