It's not that he wants to sell at a price, but he really intends to do so. If he had bought the component factory before, he would have been willing to produce it himself, but since he hadn't bought it, it was not unacceptable to entrust the foundry.

After all, a factory with dozens of people producing keyboards and a factory with hundreds of people producing modems are not the same in terms of management and construction complexity.

Zhou Shuo himself is a technical personnel, and there are no talents around him who can manage the factory, and the cost of starting from scratch is too high, and it is not cost-effective in terms of efficiency and cost.

Bai Zhimo smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm just a part-time worker, bad old man, which boss will hand over the factory to me." ”

As he spoke, he sighed, shook his head and said, "Originally, I thought that if President Zhou planned to set up a factory, a group of people in our component factory would be able to find ventriloquist to eat." It's okay, it's better to be a sorter, and I'm good enough to eat. ”

Zhou Shuo said regretfully: "I disappointed Director Bai, there are thousands of things to build a factory from scratch, and I am not ready for this for the time being." ”

Bai Zhimo smiled reluctantly, and in turn comforted Zhou Shuo and said, "Principal Zhou wants to do a big business, I can see it." If you have the opportunity in the future, please take care of the employees of our component factory. ”

"Definitely!" Zhou Shuo nodded vigorously.

"I'm sorry, uh, I just heard your conversation...... the person sitting on the other side of Bai Zhimo suddenly said worriedly: "I'm Yao Dao, the chief engineer of Huaguang Factory, do you know Huaguang Factory?" ”

"Hello."

"Hello."

Zhou Shuo and Bai Zhimo turned their heads, shook hands with him, nodded and said, "Huaguang Factory, of course you know it." ”

Huaguang factory is also the old factory of Xiucheng, speaking of which almost all the famous factories in Xiucheng have an extraordinary history. This is because at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiucheng was one of the largest industrial cities in China, and even many industries can be said to have branched out from Xiucheng. The same is true of Huaguang Factory, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was a military factory for the production of artillery aiming equipment by the Neon people, and later gradually developed into a complete variety of quartz crystal products factory. It is very famous in the domestic quartz industry, and even Taizu's crystal coffin is produced by this factory.

"If it's Huaguang Factory, I wonder if Principal Lu Daozhou is interested?" Yao Dao asked Zhou Shuo.

"Huaguang Factory wants to sell?" Zhou Shuo was a little surprised, the scale of Huaguang Factory and the component factory is about the same, but the products are still at some level in China, and there is at least no big problem with sales, so there is no reason why it will not be able to open.

Yao Dao sighed and said, "The city is planning to sell, but the buyer has already been decided, and it is the French San Dieban Group." San Dieban Group is a multinational company that specializes in quartz products, from glass to quartz crucibles. This time, the government took the initiative to contact the government, hoping to acquire the Huaguang factory. ”

"Wait, Quartz Crucible?" Zhou Shuo was shocked.

"That's right, it seems that Principal Zhou is also knowledgeable." Yao Dao nodded.

Zhou Shuo hurriedly said: "It's used on a single crystal furnace, right?" If I'm not mistaken, Huaguang Factory introduced a Japanese production line in the 80s, which should be the only quartz crucible production line in China that can produce single crystal furnaces? ”

Yao Dao shook his head and said modestly: "The only production line is not to say, but our quartz crucible is produced using the arc method, and it is the only quartz crucible for the preparation of semiconductor-grade monocrystalline silicon in China." ”

The arc quartz crucible production line was introduced by Huaguang Factory from Neon Toshiba Ceramics Company in 1987, and it took five years to complete the independent absorption of the entire production line, which immediately filled the gap in domestic technology.

Quartz crucibles can be used below 1450 degrees, and are generally divided into transparent and opaque. The translucent quartz crucible made by the electric arc method is an indispensable basic material for drawing large-diameter monocrystalline silicon and developing large-scale integrated circuits. The so-called fabs that produce chips are actually wafer processing plants. Wafers, also known as monocrystalline silicon flakes, are provided by monocrystalline silicon fabrication plants. Of course, some fabs have their own monocrystalline silicon fabrication equipment to provide high-purity monocrystalline silicon.

Monocrystalline silicon is the raw material for semiconductor chips, which is divided into electronic grade and solar cell grade in terms of purity. The electronic grade requires a purity of 11 9s for monocrystalline silicon, while the solar cell grade only requires a purity of 6 9s for monocrystalline silicon. An important factor affecting the purity of monocrystalline silicon is the quartz crucible used in monocrystalline furnaces.

Zhou Shuo asked in disbelief: "How can the state sell such a unit as Huaguang Factory." Without Huaguang Factory, how will we develop the monocrystalline silicon manufacturing industry in the future? ”

Yao Dao smiled bitterly: "Then what can be done, the city is also desperate." San Dieban Group is definitely going to set up a factory in China, their technology is more advanced than ours, if you choose to build a factory elsewhere, Huaguang factory may not be able to compete with them. Rather than waiting for the Huaguang factory to become a burden in the future, it is better to sell it to San Dieban now, and it can still make a profit, right? ”

"Isn't this selling the initiative of the entire downstream industrial chain, can the above agree?"

"Hey, now the state unit is not having a good time, everyone should take care of themselves. Besides......" Yao Dao pursed his lips helplessly, and then said: "What is the semiconductor industry in our country like, President Zhou, you should also know it." Even if the Huaguang factory remains in the hands of the state, the downstream industry is still not on the wall. ”

Zhou Shuo sighed and shook his head: "That can't be sold." ”

"So." Yao Dao looked at Zhou Shuo seriously and said: "I just thought, if President Zhou can strive to buy Huaguang Factory, even if he switches to other products, at least the production line and people are retained." If the country needs to produce monocrystalline silicon again, we can immediately put it back into production. When the time comes, Principal Zhou, you can also make a lot of money, how good? ”

Zhou Shuo held his chin and pondered, "Let me think about it." ”

Yao Dao's suggestion really moved him, others don't know the way, but Zhou Shuo knows the way. By the end of 1995 at the latest, the government will start the 909 project. The so-called 909 project is the national project code for the construction of large-scale integrated circuit chip production lines. The main body of the project is Hua Hong Microelectronics Co., Ltd. With a total investment of 4 billion yuan, Huahong Microelectronics, the demand for monocrystalline silicon can certainly not be without business.

If the Huaguang factory had not been sold at this time, with the nature of the 909 project, it would definitely give priority to domestic enterprises. Because for Huahong Microelectronics, the main body of the 909 Project, it is important to revitalize China's chip industry, not to make money. In fact, even after the production line was completed and put into operation, Huahong still lost money for ten consecutive years.

Of course, there are many reasons for the loss in the past ten years, and the main reason is that in addition to a 0.35 micron technical production line, Huahong itself is not capable of doing the entire industrial chain.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Shuo turned his head to Bai Zhimo and asked, "What about Director Bai, if I buy Huaguang Factory, are you sure that you will form a production capacity as soon as possible?" ”

Bai Zhimo didn't expect things to turn around and turn around. Hearing Zhou Shuo's question, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he patted his chest and said: "No problem, I can pull out all the technical personnel in the component factory, as long as the qualified workers are filled into the production line, to ensure that the production capacity is formed immediately!" ”

"In that case, I'll have a good wrestle with this San Dieban group!" Zhou Shuo said categorically.

After the meeting of the Association for Science and Technology, Zhou Shuo and Yao Dao immediately went together. Before deciding to buy the Huaguang factory, he had to confirm whether the state of the Huaguang factory was worth his investment.

The two of them took a car to the Huaguang factory, registered with the doorman, and wandered around the factory. Yao Dao pointed in the factory from time to time, introducing the situation of the factory to Zhou Shuo.

The level of the Huaguang factory itself is absolutely not bad, the factory is clean and tidy, the workers abide by the regulations very strictly, and all kinds of production materials are also placed in an orderly manner.

This is also the reason why Zhou Shuo is reluctant to set up his own factory, and the atmosphere formed by a factory is by no means overnight. The rules and regulations of management, the reserve of talents and the ownership of employees to the enterprise, etc., this kind of soft power of a factory is not said to be willing to spend money can be realized.

And this kind of soft power is the embodiment of a factory's competitiveness.

Contrary to building a factory from scratch, if you have such a foundation and then recruit people to expand it, this advantage can be well maintained.

Yao Dao pointed to a workshop and said: "This is the quartz crucible production line we introduced, which can reach a monthly output of 500 at present." If we continue to increase the number of people, it is easy to double the output. ”

"The equipment is good!" Zhou Shuo looked at the huge quartz crucible melting furnace in the distance, and the workers were opening the furnace door after the heating was over. A heat wave came, and the burned red quartz crucible blank sat in the arc heating kettle, the base slowly rotated under the drive of the motor, and the quartz crucible gradually cooled, showing the milky white color of the whole body.

Yao Dao pointed to the follow-up equipment and introduced in turn: "After these blanks are cooled, sandblasting will be carried out first, and then the edge chamfering will be carried out, ultrasonic cleaning of high-purity water and high-pressure cleaning, and the inspection and packaging can be carried out after the most reluctance." ”

"Don't you need to coat it?" Zhou Shuoqi said.

Yao Dao smiled bitterly: "I've heard of this coating, but our production line was introduced early." The coating technique has only been developed over the years, and we have not yet mastered it. ”

"Isn't it barium dioxide...... Zhou Shuo suddenly woke up halfway through his speech, barium dioxide solution coating is still a technology that only a few companies have mastered. This is all a secret of foreign companies, and I am afraid that the composition of the coating is not even known in China.

Sure enough, Yao Dao heard his words and asked excitedly, "Principal Zhou knows the composition of the coating of the Dao Dao?" In fact, the quartz crucible technology itself is the production efficiency that is different between us and foreign countries, and the key technology is this coating! After solving the coating technique, I have the confidence to compete with San Dieban! ”

Yao Dao's elated voice had not yet fallen, and suddenly a stern voice sounded behind him.

"Lao Yao, how can you bring unrelated people into the workshop, don't you know the production discipline!"