In the impression of many people, semiconductor companies are high-tech enterprises, with a small number of employees, and they are all high-tech talents.

There is nothing wrong with the second half of this sentence, but the small number of employees is completely wrong.

Infineon, for example, had around 56,000 employees in later generations.

STMicroelectronics employs approximately 50,000 people.

NXP employs approximately 30,000 people.

Texas Instruments has approximately 30,000 employees.

And Intel, which everyone is familiar with, has about 130,000 employees.

Even Micron, which everyone is not very familiar with, has almost 100,000 employees around the world.

The number of R&D personnel in these enterprises generally accounts for more than 20%.

It can be said that a semiconductor enterprise is a capital, technology, and manpower intensive enterprise, and the threshold is not generally high.

None of these things can be missing.

Obviously, Zhang Jing said that at least 1,000 technicians are needed, which is already a small statement.

If Nanshan Group wants to make the semiconductor business bigger and stronger, the number of employees needed can be far more than 1,000.

Even if it is a R&D personnel in the early stage, you have to prepare two or three thousand people to make some achievements.

Later, if you add the employees of the factory, you can easily break the 10,000 mark.

It is not surprising that it will even become the company with the largest number of employees in the Namsan Group in the future.

Cao Yang can understand this, so naturally there will be no disagreement because of the cost of 1,000 high-income technical personnel proposed by Zhang Jing.

"Lao Zhang, Nanshan Semiconductor is very money-burning, and I am already mentally prepared for this."

"You can rest assured, I have prepared 50 billion yuan for the development of Nanshan Semiconductor, even if it burns 10 billion a year, I can hold on for five years."

"You will spend it according to the annual budget of 10 billion yuan, and take the opportunity of the financial crisis as soon as possible to attract relevant talents."

"Don't drag on too long, in the face of such a grim situation, countries will definitely have some stimulus policies and rescue measures."

"When the time comes, maybe all walks of life will soon start to get out of the crisis and give everyone an unexpected surprise."

"At that time, it was not so easy to recruit a large number of talents quickly."

Cao Yang knew that in two months, the 4 trillion bailout plan would come out.

China took the lead in getting rid of the impact of the financial crisis, and its economy resumed rapid development.

With the recovery of China, many industries in other countries have also recovered rapidly.

There is even a new situation in some industries where supply exceeds demand.

No one would dare to believe this situation now.

Therefore, Cao Yang wants to implement the relevant talent recruitment within this year and quickly get people back.

As for spending money?

Nearly $10 billion was made in the U.S. financial market, and almost $8 billion was made in addition to the $2.3 billion spent on Jaguar Land Rover.

This fund is used to support the development of Nanshan Semiconductor, which is absolutely sufficient.

At least in five years it will be enough.

"Mr. Cao, do we really have a budget of 10 billion yuan a year?"

Zhang Jing couldn't help but swallow his saliva and looked at Cao Yang a little dumbfounded.

The news was so shocking.

That's 10 billion yuan in 2008.

At this time, the housing prices in Yangcheng are generally not more than 10,000 yuan, and there are still a lot of houses of more than 10,000 yuan per square meter in the imperial metropolitan area.

Pork is only eight or nine yuan a catty, and the salary of college students is generally about three thousand yuan a month.

Cao Yang promised Zhang Jing an investment of 50 billion in one go, and he could spend it in another 5 years.

Looking at the whole of China, there is absolutely no boss who is more tyrant than this.

"Mr. Zhang, the current Nanshan Group, in addition to Xingchen Automobile, Nanshan Engine and Nanshan Transmission are two very core companies, which have contributed a lot of revenue and profits to the group."

"But ten years later, Nanshan Semiconductor's status in the group is definitely higher than Nanshan Engine and Nanshan Gearbox, and even higher than the status of Xingchen Automobile."

"I have high expectations for Nanshan Semiconductor, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of using 50 billion yuan to engage in semiconductors."

"Of course, you and I just need to know this number, and there is no need to publicize it for the time being."

"Anyway, when you recruit people, just be bold and recruit."

"For example, employees of companies such as Dongying Renesas Electronics, NEC Electronics, Rohm, and Elpida, as long as they are willing to come to Yangcheng or Modu to work, then we can give him all the benefits they enjoy now."

"On top of that, we can even double their wages and arrange free housing for them."

"Don't look at their current annual income of five or six hundred thousand yuan, which is particularly exaggerated after doubling."

"When the time comes, we can simultaneously recruit local employees in Huaxia, so that they can play the role of bringing the old with the new, and cultivate local talents as quickly as possible."

"We will complete the recruitment of talents within this year, and in the first quarter of next year, we will begin to build our own semiconductor packaging factories and even wafer factories in combination with the needs of Xingchen Automobile and Nanshan Auto Parts."

"The global economy is very sluggish right now, and there is a general expectation that the environment will be worse in the future."

"Many semiconductor companies have canceled or begun to delay the construction of related factories, but some equipment has already been ordered."

"Some companies would rather pay liquidated damages than continue to ask for those equipment, and it must be a headache for equipment manufacturers with high prices such as lithography machines."

"At this time, we took the initiative to find someone to buy equipment, not only will not be subject to any restrictions, but also have a relatively large discount on the price."

"If you miss this opportunity, you won't have such a good time in the future."

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Lay out in advance now, and you won't be blinded by others when the time comes.

"Mr. Cao, don't worry!"

"The company trusts me so much and attaches so much importance to Nanshan Semiconductor, I just have to do it well."

"Later, I will start to contact my former classmates and friends to see if I can attract as many people as possible to Nanshan Semiconductor for development."

"We already have a team of six or seven hundred people now, and based on that, it should have no problem expanding the number of employees in the company to 2,000 within this year."

"Strive to increase the number of employees to 3,000 in the first quarter of next year, and then we can start to implement the layout of some factories."

Zhang Jing looked very excited.

He never imagined that he would have the opportunity to show his abilities on such a big stage.

"Let go and do it boldly!"

"In the next period of time, I will also focus on Nanshan Semiconductor as much as possible and work hard with everyone."

I am a brick that I can move wherever I need it.

Cao Yang's consciousness is still very in place.

On the same day that Cao Yang and Zhang Jing were discussing the semiconductor business, in the office of Tian Rong Talent Technology Co., Ltd., partner Yue Rui complained to his boss Tian Rong about the current predicament with a sad face.

"Mr. Tian, this business can't be done."

"We spent a lot of effort to screen the right talent to recommend to the customer, but people suddenly came out and said that the recruitment was canceled this year."

"If a customer encounters such a situation, forget it, several customers are like this one after another, so that we haven't issued a single order in the past week."

For headhunters, the main income is to recruit the right talent for their clients.

As long as a talent is recruited, you can often get 20%~30% of the person's annual salary service fee.

It's definitely not a small amount of money.

When business is good, such a headhunting company with only a few dozen people can make a net profit of more than 1 million yuan in a month.

This is a net profit after removing various expenses such as personnel costs and rent.

But when business is bad, it's miserable.

It's too normal to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars a month.

In the first half of this year, the market was relatively normal.

But in the second half of the year, things started to change.

Especially after the bankruptcy of Lehman suddenly appeared, several companies immediately and decisively stopped recruiting talents.

Yue Rui does not know how many companies will follow suit and cancel this year's recruitment plan.

The market is gone, and the life of headhunters is naturally not easy.

"It's a bit of a problem this year, and we may have to consider reducing some of our headcount to reduce the company's operating costs."

"Otherwise, in less than half a year, the company will have to consider closing."

Tian Rong has feelings for the company, but feelings cannot be used as money.

If there is a conflict between feelings and money, he will definitely choose money.

"Every old employee has a series of network resources behind it, and if we lay off employees and recruit new people in the future, it will not be so easy to get started."

Yue Rui is not worried about layoffs on him, but he still doesn't want the company to take measures to lay off employees.

This can reduce costs, but it also ruins the future of the company.

"You have a point, but the first thing we need to think about is survival."

"There was no profit last month, this month is bound to lose money, if you continue to lose money next month, how long do you think you can continue to lose money?"

Tian Rong's words were also very polite.

Yue Rui is also a partner of the company, and he also has a part in losing money.

However, just when Yue Rui was struggling with how to express his views to Tian Rong, the mobile phone rang.

When talking to the boss, if it was a general phone call, Yue Rui would definitely not answer it.

But he glanced at the caller ID, immediately signaled to Tian Rong, and then pressed the answer button.

As the voice on the other side of the phone rang, Yue Rui's expression quickly changed.

"No limit to the number of people?"

"No limit to treatment?"

"The sooner the better?"

Yue Rui's expression quickly became richer.

I had a headache a minute ago, and I didn't know how to face the dilemma of the company's declining business.

Now it's time to worry about how to connect with more potential recruits.

"What's wrong?"

"Which customer is hiring?"

A few minutes later, Yue Rui put down his phone, and Tian Rong immediately couldn't wait to ask.

"Mr. Tian, we are saved!"

"Our company is going to send it!"

"Nanshan Semiconductor is recruiting!"

"Now we don't need to think about layoffs, we need to think about increasing headcount."

Yue Rui's mood became very good.

This is a big order that the company has never encountered since its establishment.

The key is that the other party recruits high-tech talents, even if the proportion of commission is a little lower, and the headhunting fee is very considerable.

"Nanshan Semiconductor?"

"Didn't they ask us to work with us to recruit some people?"

"Why is there a sudden large-scale recruitment now?"

As the general manager of Nanshan Group's main cooperative headhunting company, Tian Rong is naturally familiar with the situation of Nanshan Group.

This is the company's biggest customer.

"Nanshan Semiconductor asked us to poach R&D personnel from semiconductor companies such as Dongying Renesas Electronics, NEC Electronics, and Elpida, as well as R&D personnel from Samsung, Hynix, TSMC and other companies."

"As long as they have real skills, whether they are R&D personnel who study memory, or those who study microprocessors or logic chips, they want them all."

"If we can dig up R&D personnel who have mastered core technologies from chip giants such as Infineon, Micron, NXP, and STMicroelectronics, they all want them."

"This time, they didn't set a salary limit for talents, and directly looked at the other party's previous annual salary, and negotiated on this basis."

"According to them, 100 people are not too little for us to help recruit, 1,000 is not too much."

"Mr. Tian, we're going to send it!"

When Yue Rui said this, his whole person was trembling.

They have cooperated with Nanshan Semiconductor before and have a lot of talent resources in the semiconductor industry.

Even in their talent pool, there are a lot of semiconductor talents.

Now that Nanshan Semiconductor is open to recruit people, his good days are coming soon.

"Notify me immediately, all of us will work overtime today, and no one will be allowed to leave."

"All the semiconductor talents that can be contacted, we have to contact all of them."

"For example, when there is a time difference between the United States and Europe, everyone waits until midnight to get in touch."

"In short, if anyone dares to drop the chain this time, I will be polite to whom!"

"I believe that everyone will not have trouble with money, whether you can earn a year's money in a month depends on whether you work hard enough."

After listening to Yue Rui's words, Tian Rong could naturally realize how important this opportunity was to him.

As long as we assist Nanshan Semiconductor to do things beautifully this time, the cooperation with Nanshan Group will be closer in the future.

In the future, as long as you rely on Nanshan Group to eat, the company will be able to live very well.

With the movement of headhunters, some companies in the industry can naturally feel the impact of Nanshan Semiconductor.

The first to bear the brunt is BYD Microelectronics.

They and Nanshan Group established BYD Nanshan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. to jointly develop some chips that are not so difficult.

The company now has seven or eight hundred personnel, which is slowly on the right track.

But looking at Nanshan Semiconductor's actions now, it is obvious that it is necessary to vigorously develop the semiconductor business on the basis of the joint venture.

"Mr. Cao, the current economic situation is so bad, and the development of all walks of life has been affected."

"Especially in the semiconductor industry, the price of accessories represented by memory has fallen sharply, and various manufacturers are losing money, and it is still the kind of huge loss."

"In this case, is it too risky for Nanshan Semiconductor to poach a large number of people from various international giants?"

After Wang Fu heard the relevant news, he couldn't help but call Cao Yang.

BYD also attaches great importance to the development of the semiconductor industry, and as early as 2004, BYD Microelectronics was established.

But up to now, BYD Microelectronics' popularity in the industry is still very low.

It's like Nanshan Semiconductor, which will shock its peers as soon as it makes a move.

"Mr. Wang, Xingchen Automobile has announced the future FHEV strategy, and many parts will need to use chips, and we can't buy them from outside all the time."

"In the future, with the development of automotive technology, the number of chips that need to be used in auto parts is also increasing."

"In order for Nanshan Group to continue to develop steadily, it is very necessary to realize the complete localization of parts."

"Up to now, most of the parts on Xingchen automobiles, except for semiconductor components, have been localized."

"It's impossible for us not to gnaw on this last hard bone."

"Today's semiconductor market is indeed very sluggish, and I heard that some companies are estimated to lose tens of billions of yuan this year, or even tens of billions of yuan."

"In such a situation, the employees of the relevant companies will naturally worry about their future."

"This is the best time for us to hire."

There is nothing to hide about this matter, Cao Yang directly told Wang Fu his thoughts.

Sometimes, the conspiracy is the most difficult to crack.

Even if I tell you what I think, it's hard for you to follow suit.

In particular, the field of semiconductors is really capital, technology, and talent-intensive.

Poaching people from overseas with an annual salary of millions at every turn is really a bit unbearable for the current Chinese enterprises.

That is to say, Nanshan Investment has just made a fortune from the financial market, otherwise it would not be able to withstand burning money like this.

It will be distressing!

After all, I earned all the hard money before.

"Your approach is a little similar to Samsung Electronics."

"They are now expanding against the trend, making up for the losses of the semiconductor business through the profits of other industries, and want to completely surpass a large number of opponents in this crisis."

Wang Fu said with emotion.

However, he did not dare to say lightly whether he would follow the pace of such expansion.

"Mr. Wang, whether it is in cars or other products in the future, the demand for chips will definitely be getting stronger and stronger."

"At that time, the chip problem will sooner or later become a key issue that plagues the development of car companies."

"BYD and Nanshan Group have their own ideas to expand the production of new technology parts, and I think chip-related investment is also necessary to be strengthened."

"Even when the time comes, some of the chips we produce separately, if they are complementary, can be completely shared with each other."

"For example, Nanshan Semiconductor has produced memory, BYD Microelectronics has produced power components, BYD Nanshan Semiconductor has produced diodes, and these semiconductor components produced by different companies can be installed in the same car."

"Now the domestic attention to the semiconductor industry is also slowly increasing, and sooner or later there will be a wave of dividends waiting for us to eat."

"Now that Warren Buffett has taken a stake in BYD, it has played a good role in your estimation and financing."

"I think you can further increase your investment in the semiconductor industry."

The chip industry chain is very long, and there are many types of chips.

It is impossible for Nanshan Group to produce all the chips by itself.

Therefore, it is a matter of more advantages than disadvantages for more manufacturers from more countries to enter this track.

"Mr. Cao, BYD has been doing the research and development of semiconductor components."

"Some of the semiconductor components used on F3DM are produced by BYD Microelectronics itself."

"However, the gap between our domestic industry and the international giants is very huge."

"For many car companies, it is better to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to develop chips, than to buy them directly from the market."

"There are also different voices within our company about whether to increase investment in the semiconductor industry."

Wang Fu saw that Cao Yang was persuading him to invest in semiconductors, and he communicated with him more frankly.

Everyone knows that the semiconductor industry is very important.

But there are not so many companies that dare to invest real money in this industry.

The average small business can't afford this kind of toss at all.

"You're right, but most of the chips used in cars are not high-end chips with advanced processes."

"It doesn't even matter if it's two or three generations behind the chips used in computers."

"Automotive-grade chips are more concerned about stability, we first get out of this kind of automotive-grade chips whose technology is not particularly advanced, and then slowly improve the technical level."

"Only after the arrival of the era of autonomous driving in the future, the requirements for chip process technology for high-computing power chips will be relatively high."

"But that's at least five or six years from now."

Cao Yang continued to persuade Wang Fu.

In such a big money-burning industry, you have to pull a few peers together to get it together, so you won't be so lonely.

Otherwise, there are so many types of automotive-grade chips, and Nanshan Semiconductor can't do anything.

At that time, 100% localization will be a false proposition.

"Mr. Cao, aren't you afraid that after engaging in semiconductors, the company's annual profits will be burned out?"

Wang Fu is obviously still a little entangled.

BYD's development is good, but its profitability is not very strong.

If you really want to vigorously engage in semiconductors, the annual financial report will not look good.

"I am ready for a huge loss in five years for Nanshan Semiconductor."

"But I believe that sooner or later there will be a day when we will make a profit, and the money we may earn in the future in a year will be earned back the losses of the previous years."

Cao Yang replied confidently.

This made Wang Fu a little more confident.

However, in the end, BYD Microelectronics did not dare to burn money at a pace of 10 billion per year like Nanshan Semiconductor.

Instead, they chose a relatively modest approach and appropriately expanded the scale.

Cao Yang can understand this situation.

After all, not every business can get a windfall from the financial markets.

(End of chapter)