Chapter 437: There are constant big moves. As soon as the 4-inch equipment arrived, the 5-inch project was launched.
The new BMW Auto Group factory has just been laid, and the second-hand equipment purchased by Lingnan Semiconductor from the United States has arrived.
Others don’t know that there are not many windows left for China to introduce advanced equipment and production lines, so Jiang Hui is very clear.
So when these equipment entered the market one after another, he called Zhang Shaohua and Chen Qingxiang in front of him.
"President Zhang and General Manager Chen, the production lines introduced are now disassembled from other people's factories."
"Everyone has fully understood how each device should be installed and what is the situation."
"Relevant manufacturers in the United States have also arranged personnel to come and provide on-site guidance."
"According to the plan, all these devices will be installed in place within the next three months."
When Jiang Hui said this, Zhang Shaohua and Chen Qingxiang both felt something was wrong.
They are not stupid, so naturally they can hear that Jiang Hui has not finished speaking.
"When Lingnan Semiconductor was laying the foundation of the factory, the three-way and one-level work of the first and second phase projects had been completed."
"The construction of the factory is also being carried out simultaneously."
"I think the first phase equipment has begun to arrive, so the second phase equipment can also be considered."
"This time I plan to directly order the production equipment of the 5-inch wafer factory and the chip processing equipment of the 1.8-micron process."
"Because it is a new equipment, it is estimated that it will take more than one year from ordering to delivery of the equipment."
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"At that time, the first phase factory had officially started production, so you can have time to correspond to the second phase factory project." Jiang Hui did not go around the circle and directly expressed his thoughts.
Lingnan Semiconductor wants to purchase the most advanced chip processing equipment from the international market, which is the last window period.
There will be huge changes in the polar bears next year, which will inevitably lead to changes in various American policies.
Suppressing China will become a new strategic direction for others.
Not to mention the most advanced chip processing equipment at present, even the relatively advanced second-hand equipment is not necessarily allowed to be sold to you.
"Mr. Jiang, the time is indeed similar to what you said."
"But the production capacity of our first phase factory is not expected to be fully utilized within next year."
"In this case, quickly build the second factory, and the output will be even greater at that time."
"It is likely that Lingnan Semiconductor's financial data will be very ugly and face huge losses."
Zhang Shaohua naturally hopes to introduce the most advanced production equipment.
Whether it is a 5-inch wafer production line or a 1.8-micron process chip production line, this is already at an advanced level internationally.
Although by the time Lingnan Semiconductor fully mastered this technology, other manufacturers must have been using more advanced things.
But that was already a very huge progress, something I never dared to think about before.
Zhang Shaohua is very clear about how complicated the approval of large-scale production lines is in China.
Previously, a 4-inch wafer production line could be approved for several years without a conclusion, let alone a 5-inch wafer production line.
And the amount of money required to purchase new equipment is much higher than that of second-hand equipment.
Things that could be handled by tens of millions of dollars will be hundreds of millions of dollars, or even more.
Zhang Shaohua thought about it and knew that the relevant departments would not have funds to support the procurement of imported equipment at this scale.
In other words, there is BMW Automobile Group in Lingnan Semiconductor that delivers enough profits and is not short of money.
"The semiconductor industry itself is not an industry that can make money immediately as soon as it enters the market."
"Look at Goryeo's Samsung Electronics, it has been losing money in the semiconductor field for several years."
"But not only did they not cut investment in the semiconductor industry, but were constantly increasing their investment."
"I don't expect to make profits in the next five years. As long as I can catch up with the mainstream technical level of the industry, it will be a very big improvement."
"So in terms of profit, you don't need to have any pressure for the time being."
"So in terms of profit, you don't need to have any pressure."
After Jiang Hui said this, Zhang Shaohua and Chen Qingxiang breathed a sigh of relief.
I am afraid that the boss will not understand the ability and only look at the business indicators. It will be difficult to continue to build the semiconductor industry.
Lingnan Semiconductor is a latecomer in the industry. It is completely unrealistic to catch up with the industry level and make a lot of money in a short period of time.
But as long as the business is done well, it may take only a few years to recover all the previous investment costs.
This industry is a winner-takes-all industry to a certain extent.
Later generations, Samsung Electronics insisted on investing in memory, and even continued to invest when the industry prices plummeted, and eventually gained several dividends.
It is normal for the memory costing 50 yuan to become 200 yuan once it encounters a shortage of supply.
At that time, the chip factory turned into a money printing machine, continuously providing huge profits.
"Mr. Jiang, according to the various situations we have grasped before, the prices of key types of chip equipment with 1.8 micron process are very high."
"For example, the most critical lithography machine, whether it is Canon or Nikon, the prices are quite high."
"At that time, the entire production line will be purchased, and the equipment investment alone will be over 100 million US dollars."
Although Zhang Shaohua knows that BMW Auto Group's operating conditions have been very good in recent years, he actually has no idea how good it is.
So he hopes that Jiang Hui will know what level the investment in the second phase of the factory will reach.
Stop the future project and the boss will regret it, and then he will be depressed.
"If the investment of such wafer and chip factories that can keep up with the world's advanced level is only about US$100 million, I think it is still acceptable."
"That is, we have a good relationship with the West now, otherwise even if we don't sell it to you, we won't sell it to you."
After Jiang Hui said this, Zhang Shaohua breathed a sigh of relief.
The boss knows it, then it will be easy.
"I will arrange for someone to formulate an investment plan and production line plan for a second phase factory."
"At the same time, I have officially started to contact key equipment manufacturers and negotiate on purchasing equipment."
"The procurement cycles of different equipment may be very different."
"Some equipment is more versatile, and the equipment manufacturer may have inventory to use directly, and the delivery cycle will be shorter."
"But some equipment are customized by various manufacturers, and equipment manufacturers will only start scheduling after receiving the order."
"This is time-consuming and not that fast."
"But if there is a year, most of them should be fine."
"But if there is a year, most of them should be fine."
Zhang Shaohua quickly started to arrange the next step of work based on the information he had grasped.
A huge project with an investment of over $100 million, and even a possible investment of a wafer fab and chip factory combined to reach $200 million was determined in such a relaxed atmosphere.
This made him feel a little unreal.
If he was in the original unit, he would not be able to confirm this project without peeling off the skin.
Even if the project is confirmed, various approvals will be fatal.
Even if the approval is approved in the end, there will be all kinds of troubles to implement this project.
It's not like Lingnan Semiconductor. As long as the boss makes the decision, everything is easy to say.
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"Old Zhang, I'm going to call the people in the original institute again to see who else is willing to come to Lingnan Semiconductor."
"This is worry-free to do things with a knowledgeable and courageous leader."
"The investment of tens of millions of dollars in the first phase of the factory has not yet seen any profit, so I immediately started to promote the second phase of the project."
"This speed is impossible for any other factory or research institute."
"I think those people don't come to Lingnan Semiconductor, which is a waste of talents and a drag on the development of China's semiconductor industry."
After Chen Qingxiang and Zhang Shaohua left Jiang Hui's office, they immediately prepared to wield their hoes to poach people.
He felt completely sorry for himself if he didn't poach people at this time.
"The first phase factory is just starting, and the second phase is about to start moving."
"We are indeed short of manpower now."
"Whether it is domestic or international talents, as long as there are suitable ones, you can consider digging them."
"Jen Jiang is a person who knows the profession and is also a very courageous person. We should not waste opportunities and not let down our trust."
Zhang Shaohua is now full of energy.
Over the past few years, he has always wanted to make some achievements, but he has a lot of theoretical research and few practical results.
Because every research in this industry needs to achieve results, equipment and factories need to support it.
You can't make a name for yourself simply in the office.
"Mr. Jiang asked to buy back the equipment from the second phase of the factory within the next year. I think there may be some other considerations behind this."
"I even feel that he might not say it thoroughly, or the time is not yet ripe, so he did not say it directly."
"Do you think some policies will change in the future?"
Chen Qingxiang is not stupid. Through today's dialogue, he can still read a lot of information.
Jiang Hui obviously has some concerns about continuing to purchase equipment from the international market in the future.
"I think your guess is very likely to be correct."
"In the past year, the international situation has changed, and our relationship with many countries has also been changing."
"For example, the polar bears, the relationship between the two sides was particularly stiff before, and they even reached a state of never having sex."
"But the relationship between the two sides has recovered rapidly in the past year, and important figures will come to visit the polar bears this year."
"This will definitely make the United States have some other actions. It is hard to say what reaction will be made at that time."
As the general manager of Lingnan Semiconductor, Zhang Tianhua has obviously a stronger overall view.
He had already noticed something keenly.
"You said that, it's true."
Chen Qingxiang and the others have experienced the era of bad relations with the United States, so they naturally would not take it for granted that the honeymoon relationship in the past few years will continue.
We are all people who have worked for many years, and their thoughts are not so simple.
"The strength of the polar bear seems to be declining, and the influence of the United States is increasing."
"At the same time, after ten years of reform, our strength is constantly increasing."
"In the future, the United States will probably feel that we are also a new threat. After all, the systems of our two sides are completely different."
Zhang Shaohua's guess is very consistent with the actual situation. Although there is no way to get an accurate answer now, after thinking about these risks, they have a better understanding of some of Jiang Hui's ideas and arrangements.
There may not be such a big change in the next year.
But if the time is delayed to two or three years, it is hard to say.
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"Leader, I just called to confirm that Lingnan Semiconductor has confirmed that the second phase of the project has been started."
"This time, they will not continue to import 4-inch wafer equipment and 3-micron process chip processing equipment, but will purchase equipment from all over the world that can produce the most advanced 5-inch wafer and 1.8-micron process chip technology equipment."
Yao Yiming feels that working in Shenzhen City and sleeping can achieve results from the sky.
I don’t know how much effort it takes to win such a big project in other small places.
But in Shenzhen, he felt that he had done nothing, and Lingnan Semiconductor had already implemented this project.
"This kind of production equipment with international advanced level is valuable, right?"
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Liu Tianwu has also added professional knowledge related to the semiconductor industry in the past six months.
Do not make some low-level mistakes during inspection or reporting.
So he knew very well that the two equipment corresponding to the processes Yao Yiming mentioned was very expensive. "Yes, conservatively estimate that the purchase amount of equipment alone will go to more than US$100 million, and it will even cost US$200 million in the end."
"But these amounts should not be a big problem for Lingnan Semiconductor."
"Now Land Rover's monthly export foreign exchange earnings amount is hundreds of millions of dollars, and the profits of the entire BMW Auto Group in several months are definitely enough for this investment."
Although Yao Yiming is not particularly aware of the actual profits of BMW Auto Group.
But companies have to pay taxes, and many things can be seen from the data from the tax bureau. "I'm not worried about the capital, but Lingnan Semiconductor has only been established for less than a year." "Even the current 4-inch wafer and 3-micron process technology, they probably haven't fully understood it." "At this time, directly introduce the world's advanced process equipment, will it be indigestion?" "I have to say that Liu Tianwu's concern is still very reasonable.
He didn't feel blindly optimistic after hearing Yao Yiming's report, but gave his own judgment after full analysis.
When a leader can achieve this level, he has worked very hard.
"Lingnan Semiconductor must have considered this issue."
"President Jiang always prepares for things. Maybe he has made some arrangements elsewhere."
Yao Yiming could not give a convincing reason for this issue mentioned by Liu Tianwu, so he could only express his guess.
After all, it involves such a large investment, and Lingnan Semiconductor has no reason to joke about it.
It is not like this to be ruined if you have money. "That's right, but I'm worried that Lingnan Semiconductor's people will be eager for quick success and instant benefits and deceive Mr. Jiang."
"At that time, it will bring great harm to the development of our semiconductor industry."
"Now BMW Automobile Group is building a super car factory, a supporting engine factory, a transmission factory, and a component factory at the same time."
"At the same time, the industrial equipment industrial park is not small at all."
"Even if BMW Auto Group makes money, there will definitely be pressure."
"At that time, if the equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars is bought, it will be a pity if it is idle there and cannot be used."
Liu Tianwu is now considering these issues completely from Jiang Hui's perspective, rather than simply considering the political achievements of Shenzhen City.
Only when the interests of BMW Auto Group are guaranteed to the greatest extent, their investment in Shenzhen will continue.
Liu Tianwu saw this very clearly. "Then...why should I ask President Jiang's secretary to remind them?" Yao Yiming asked back with some confusion. "No need for now. I'll go to Lingnan Semiconductor for a while to inspect the progress of their Phase I factory, and then communicate with Mr. Jiang about the second phase of the factory."
It's definitely meaningless to run over and say something speculative.
Liu Tianwu would not do such a thing.
But this concern really needs to be solved.
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"Manager, I just got the news that Lingnan Semiconductor is preparing to purchase equipment for producing 5-inch wafers and chip processing equipment for 1.8 micron process from abroad."
As the chief engineer of Microelectronics Joint Company, Zhao Dongfang is naturally very concerned about the development of the domestic semiconductor industry.
As a company that has recently been reorganized by the superiors to focus on developing the semiconductor industry, Microelectronics United Company has carried the expectations of many people.
But since its establishment, they have not made any major moves, and other domestic semiconductor companies have made frequent moves.
In this way, the pressure naturally rises. "It's up to Zhang Shaohua and his group. Do they understand the 1.8 micron process process?" "Lingnan Semiconductor is also a waste when buying these equipment."
Wang Honggui is very familiar with several main persons in charge of Lingnan Semiconductor.
Many people there were his former colleagues or familiar people.
After all, the domestic semiconductor circle is actually very small, almost all of them are factories and research institutes under the Ministry of Electronics Industry before. "Yes, I also think Zhang Shaohua and the others can't master the 1.8 micron process technology so quickly." "Even the 3 micron process chip production line they are introducing, I probably haven't fully studied and understood it."
Zhao Dongfang felt that he could not understand the layout of Lingnan Semiconductor at all.
Is there anyone who is working in the chip industry like this?
Don't treat money as money?
"Although Lingnan Semiconductor is not a state-owned enterprise, the money used is their own money."
"But it will also waste the country's precious foreign exchange resources."
"Do we have to react with our superiors and stop this project?"
"With this foreign exchange quota, it is better to free up some of our factory to introduce more economical and second-hand production lines."
When Wang Honggui said this, Zhao Dongfang immediately nodded wildly, "I thought so too. I can't let Lingnan Semiconductor go around there."
"Otherwise, it will definitely have a very important impact on the development of the domestic semiconductor industry."
"We will suffer losses at that time."
"Or it will definitely have a great impact on the development of the domestic semiconductor industry."
"We will suffer losses at that time."
Zhao Dongfang's statement is not a slight reason.
Once an industry has a bad case, it will not affect a factory, but the entire industry.
Just like the later China Loongson fraud, the impact was definitely not that team, but the entire China semiconductor industry suffered a huge blow.
This is unacceptable to United Microelectronics Company.
"This incident affects not only our factory. It is best to report to the leader, but we should not just talk about it."
"Otherwise, the leaders would think that we have any personal grudges with Lingnan Semiconductor."
Wang Honggui has been the factory director for so many years and has absolutely rich experience.
In this case, he is very clear about what they should do to achieve their goals to the greatest extent. "Well, I'll contact a few more factories and research institutes later to implement this matter as soon as possible." Zhao Dongfang did it without hesitation and began to act resolutely.
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"Xiaojiang, why is Lingnan Semiconductor suddenly going to launch the second phase of the project?"
The merger of the Mechanical Industry Committee and the Ministry of Electronics Industry into the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry has basically been decided.
The final official document is not coming down now.
So Zhu Jiansheng also knew a lot of information from the Ministry of Electronics Industry at the first time.
He naturally knew about the matter of blindly introducing equipment regardless of actual conditions, including Microelectronics Company, 7424 Factory and other units.
Jiang Hui decided on the second phase of the above project and did not communicate with Zhu Jiansheng in advance.
Now that something happened, Zhu Jiansheng naturally had to figure out the situation first.
He didn't think Jiang Hui would really mess around, but he just thought this matter was weird. "Dad, I heard that the polar bear has confirmed that there will be important people coming to visit next month. At that time, it is likely that the diplomatic relations between the two countries will be fully restored to normalization."
"In this way, our relationship with the United States will definitely usher in new changes."
"There are many domestic problems in the polar bears now, and the living standards of the people are declining rapidly."
"This year they are preparing to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. It can be said that the United States has completely seen through the weak situation of polar bears."
"Then in the next step, they will definitely not support our development so strongly, and will even begin to limit our development."
"Take the last window period, I want to buy the equipment back as soon as possible."
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"After all, it takes time to develop chip equipment on Nanshan Equipment, and it is impossible to achieve results so quickly in a short period of time."
In front of Zhu Jiansheng, Jiang Hui naturally had nothing to hide.
What I said will happen slowly soon.
When speaking out now and after one by one is confirmed in the future, the credibility of your own words will continue to increase. "You buy such advanced equipment back, and you probably won't be able to form productivity immediately in a short period of time, right?"
Zhu Jiansheng was a little worried when he thought of the content of the complaints.
The threshold for the semiconductor industry is very high. If you rashly order the most advanced equipment, it may not be possible to use it.
"It does take a certain amount of time to digest and absorb, but if I don't order it now, I'm worried that even if we have money, we won't be able to buy it back."
"It would be even more a pity."
"Now it's nothing more than buying the equipment. After the factory is installed, we need more time to debug to ensure that the yield rate meets the requirements of qualified results."
Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng communicated on this topic for more than ten minutes, and finally convinced him to accept his ideas.
This move is a bit risky.
But it is not meaningless.
(This chapter ends)