Chapter 314 The greatest sorrow of an era
As the saying goes, behind every successful boss there is another boss.
When Wang Donglai was reborn, Warwick had been banned for many years, but he quietly took out Mate60 and returned with the Kirin chip king.
It can be said that the emergence of Mate60 has left many people thinking about it day and night and unable to figure it out.
Where does Warwick get its chips?
This issue was not announced until Wang Donglai was reborn, and there were various speculations on the Internet.
There are serious speculations that the national team has taken action and has conquered relevant technologies and adopted new processes to achieve a leap in chip performance.
There are also unreasonable speculations that Warwick's chips are manufactured by Snow King in the streets.
Every cup of milk tea purchased helps Warwick produce a chip.
But after his rebirth, with his understanding of the semiconductor industry, Wang Donglai roughly guessed how Warwick's chips appeared.
And among them, one person is absolutely indispensable.
That is Zhang Rujing.
Born in 1948, graduated from Treasure Island University, received a master's degree in engineering from Bald Eagle State University at Buffalo, and received a doctorate in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University.
Worked at Texas Instruments for more than twenty years, during which time he successfully created and managed ten factories in Bald Eagle, Cherry Blossom Country, New Zealand, Italy and Treasure Island, designing technology development and Integrated circuits have accumulated rich practical experience for the construction and management of IC companies.
In the investment world, no one does not know the old guy Buffett, and in the chip world, no one does not know Zhang Rujing.
As he gets older, Zhang Rujing wants to accomplish one thing more and more, which is to develop the domestic semiconductor industry.
For this reason, Zhang Rujing also said: "We are Chinese. If China is not good enough, we will work hard to make China better and be proud to be Chinese!"
In 1997, he retired early from Texas Instruments and returned to Taiwan to found Shida Semiconductor. In just three years, TSMC, which had been developing for 13 years, was trembling with fear. .
Faced with the threat of World Semiconductor, TSMC’s response was very simple, that is, if it couldn’t beat it, then join in, and directly offered eight times the high price to acquire World Semiconductor. Such a generous TSMC, with its The simple and unpretentious "money ability" directly silenced all shareholders of Shida Semiconductor.
Faced with such a situation, Zhang Rujing knew that no matter how much emotion he had, it could not compare to real money, so he agreed to the acquisition and only made one request, which was to build a factory in mainland China.
TSMC was not willing to see this scene. It first delayed and then put forward harsh conditions, asking Zhang Rujing to give up all stocks, in order to make Zhang Rujing change his mind.
As a result, Zhang Rujing was not afraid at all and agreed immediately.
I don’t want stocks worth hundreds of millions if I can. I brought my family and even my elderly mother to the mainland with me.
Arrived in the mainland, Zhang Rujing ascended to the sky like a trapped dragon.
There was no money to build a factory in China, so we relied on our reputation and resources accumulated in the industry for more than 20 years to raise one billion US dollars in one year.
As early as more than ten years ago, the value of one billion US dollars was much higher than it is now.
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Project 909, the largest electronics industry project in the country, had an initial investment of only over 10 billion.
Domestic support for Zhang Rujing is also great, with tax exemption for the first five years and half tax for the next five years.
There was no one, so Zhang Rujing called more than 300 technical backbones from Baodao, and recalled more than 100 from Bald Eagle.
It only took 396 days from factory construction to chip trial production.
Six factories were built in three years, all of which have reached the nanometer level. They have pushed the domestic chip industry forward for at least thirty years, and SMIC has become the third largest chip factory in the world.
When he was laying out the 12-inch production line at the beginning of the 21st century, he used his personal resources to find five major Bald Eagle churches to endorse his character and guarantee that what he said was honest and trustworthy. In December 2007 , obtained the production equipment for 45-nanometer products, only about a year later than Western developed countries. On January 1, 2009, it successfully obtained the export license for 32-nanometer production equipment.
However, TSMC still did not let Zhang Rujing go, keeping an eye on him, and eventually started a patent lawsuit.
In this patent lawsuit, Zhang Rujing's resignation was one of the conditions for the two parties to reach a settlement. So, in November of the same year, the settlement plan was released, and SMIC paid US$200 million in cash and one-tenth of the Company shares, followed by Zhang Rujing's 'voluntary resignation letter', resigning from many positions in the company.
On the plane from Tangdu to Shanghai, Wang Donglai recalled a lot of information about Zhang Rujing in his mind.
Next to Wang Donglai was Chen Lingyue.
Chen Lingyue is indispensable for this trip to the magical capital to meet Zhang Rujing.
After all, he had not interacted with Zhang Rujing before, so he might not be able to see her if he came to visit her rashly.
Chen Lingyue was different. He had been working in Warwick's 2012 Laboratory for some time, and he had many connections. With a few more phone calls, he was still able to arrange a meeting with Zhang Rujing.
“Boss, Dr. Zhang has founded Xinsheng Semiconductor in Shanghai last June. The total investment is claimed to be 6.8 billion US dollars, and the first phase investment is 2.3 billion US dollars. It has been more than half a year. I want to convince Zhang It might be difficult for the doctor to change his mind!”
Chen Lingyue hesitated a little along the way, but in the end he had the courage to speak out to Wang Donglai.
Hearing what Chen Lingyue said, Wang Dong came to look at him and asked curiously: "Why do you think I went to see Dr. Zhang?"
Before Chen Lingyue said it, he also asked I was a little hesitant, but after I said it, I became bolder.
"Boss, our company has been continuously deploying in the semiconductor industry in the past two years. This is obvious. Now that we suddenly have to meet Mr. Zhang, it is difficult not to make people think so."
Wang Donglai did not directly give a definite answer, but changed the subject and said: "Then let me ask you, if you were me, how would you plan to persuade Mr. Zhang after meeting."
Chen Lingyue did not expect that this question would be asked to him by Wang Donglai. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses, pondered for a moment, and said aloud: "You need to know what the boss's goal is?"
"If the boss's purpose is to start a semiconductor company with Mr. Zhang, I think it's suspicious, because Mr. Zhang has now founded Xinsheng Semiconductor. The first The project has already started.”
“If it’s just cooperation, it would be easy. I think with Mr. Zhang’s character and style, he wouldn’t refuse.”
Hearing Chen Lingyue’s words. In reply, Wang Donglai shook his head angrily and said, "Brother Chen, I didn't expect you to have changed now."
Chen Lingyue just smiled and did not refute anything.
Even if the two have a personal relationship, it can't change the reality that one of them is the boss and the other is an employee.
After thinking about it, Wang Donglai told Chen Lingyue his thoughts.
The reason why I brought Chen Lingyue with me is because Chen Lingyue is still needed for the next work.
"Indeed, you are right. In the past two years, we have laid out the semiconductor industry in order to prepare to show off our skills in this industry."
"If you want to develop in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Zhang He is someone who cannot be missed, and I also want to have a serious chat with Mr. Zhang.”
"The semiconductor industry cannot be sustained by one person or one company. It requires the joint efforts of domestic enterprises."
In fact, Chen Lingyue had already guessed this. When Wang Dong said these words, it was not How surprised he looked. At the same time, Chen Lingyue was not surprised that Wang Donglai had such a loud tone, as if he only needed to take action to change the status quo of semiconductors.
Because Wang Donglai has proven himself many times.
No words all the way.
The plane landed in Hongqiao.
After getting off the plane, the two went straight to the Xinsheng Semiconductor office building.
Before coming, we had already made an appointment.
So, the two met Zhang Rujing in the shortest possible time.
To be honest, Zhang Rujing was still a little confused when he knew that Wang Donglai wanted to see him.
Although he is older, Zhang Rujing has not become old and closed because of his age.
He had heard about Wang Donglai, a rising star in academia.
Without hesitation, I immediately agreed and made an appointment.
After meeting, they just exchanged a few words, and then Zhang Rujing asked about Wang Donglai’s purpose.
Wang Donglai was not surprised by Zhang Rujing's vigorous and resolute actions.
"Mr. Zhang, I want to develop domestic EDA software!"
As Wang Donglai said these words, the living room suddenly became quiet.
Zhang Rujing was also a little surprised. He looked at Wang Donglai carefully and said with slight surprise: "Professor Wang, I remember you majored in mathematics. Why are you thinking about developing EDA software?"
Although it is a question, anyone can hear another meaning in Zhang Rujing's words.
Wang Donglai smiled, but his eyebrows were full of seriousness and said: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think is the greatest sorrow of this era?"
Zhang Rujing shook his head and did not answer.
“I think the greatest tragedy of this era is that intellectuals have become profit-seeking egoists. Without ideals, everything is about money!”
Zhang Rujing’s eyes moved slightly. , asked curiously: "How to say?"
Wang Donglai's expression remained unchanged and continued: "No matter what Whether it is the traditional culture of being prosperous and benefiting the world, being poor and being alone, or the modern socialist concept, they are all noble goals of mankind."
"It is a pity that not many people still have such an idea. Well, when all intellectuals have fallen, then this era will be really bad.”
"Domestic semiconductors started slowly and are far behind the international advanced level. However, semiconductors are so important in today's society, but I don't see many people willing to work hard in this industry."
"Making games, copying and cloning Western Internet products, developing e-commerce platforms..."
"I don't want to think about technological upgrading or industrial transformation, I just want to monopolize and make money, and get the maximum benefit!"
“On the ranking list of the richest people in the country, how many of them are actually from a technical background? This represents a country’s emphasis on technology and is also a reflection of a country’s business environment.”
“Those who sell houses and build buildings, engage in social networking and play games, and those in the entire e-commerce platform industry chain have relied on the country’s large demographic dividend to gain a large amount of wealth and a status they should not have.”< br>
"In my opinion, these should not be done!"
"A nation or a country can only have real confidence if it has advanced technology."
"I am very I admire Mr. Zhang for his contribution to domestic semiconductors. I also know that Mr. Zhang sincerely hopes that the domestic semiconductor industry will develop better. So, I came here from Tangdu to tell Mr. Zhang the news.”
“Domestic semiconductors will no longer be fought by you alone. You have me and Galaxy Technology behind you! ”
These words were beyond Chen Lingyue’s expectation and Zhang Rujing’s expectation.
"You want to see me just to talk about this?"
Zhang Rujing asked somewhat unexpectedly.
Wang Donglai nodded seriously and said, "That's true!"
Actually, that's not entirely true. Wang Donglai wanted to see Zhang Rujing just to verify a guess.
However, until now, the system has not responded, so he knew that his guess was wrong.
After preparing to use semiconductors as the main body to complete the task, Wang Donglai came up with the idea of whether he would trigger the system again if he came into contact with another big boss in this field.
So, this line of business came into being.
Looking at Wang Donglai carefully, he found that Wang Donglai was telling the truth and was not lying to himself.
Zhang Rujing's expression became more and more friendly. After so many years, he had rarely seen people like Wang Donglai in China.
"Professor Wang, have you really never thought about getting into real estate? You must know that this industry is more profitable than doing scientific research and making semiconductors. A company as big as Galaxy Technology can fully diversify its operations. Increase the company’s market value.”
Although he was satisfied with Wang Donglai's answer, Zhang Rujing still asked.
Faced with Zhang Rujing's question, Wang Donglai did not hesitate at all and said: "In terms of my wealth, I am no longer a poor boy from the countryside who teaches. In terms of class, I should He is considered a member of the evil capitalists.”
“Business cannot be measured by morality, because if you do so, all business practices will be immoral!”< br>
“So, I do not shy away from my identity as a businessman, because my purpose of making money is not for pleasure or the sense of accomplishment, but I want to use my own money to engage in research and development and promote technological development. Let more people be employed and make their lives better and happier.”
“Real estate is not my ambition!”
"I would rather hope that human beings can go to the universe and galaxies, break away from this limited planet, and conquer the endless universe and galaxies. The future of mankind should be infinite."
"I have said before that the greatest sorrow of an era is knowledge. The elements have become profit-seeking and egoistic. I don’t want to see this era, which is full of infinite possibilities, gradually become vulgar and smelly.”
"Human civilization has been thinking about going to the universe since ancient times, and our era has already taken the first step, so we should continue to work tirelessly to complete it as soon as possible!"
"One Hundred A billionaire, a billionaire, or a Fortune 500 company with a market value of trillions is simply insignificant compared to human civilization.”
(End of Chapter)