Chapter 445 Environmental Fusion, Salary Double Plan
"Lingnan Semiconductor wants to build a lithography machine by itself?"
"Are you sure there is no problem with this news?"
Zhang Zhongmou is an old man in the semiconductor industry.
He is too aware of the situation in the global lithography machine industry.
Huaxia has no sense of existence in this regard.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many factories introducing second-hand chip production equipment from America and other places in recent years.
The key is that these equipment were invested and built in the 1960s and 1970s, and they were not at the same level behind the world's advanced level.
According to Zhang Zhongmou's understanding, the pattern of lithography machine products around the world has basically been fixed.
Nikon and Canon in Japan are leading the way, and Asmay in Europe emerged as a new force, and the American chip equipment giant has begun to become secondary suppliers of Asmay and other manufacturers.
When will it be the turn of Chinese manufacturers to speak in this market?
"I have confirmed it specifically, and this news should be true."
"It's just that the other party's specific R&D plan, we haven't found out yet."
"But we have roughly understood the level of lithography machines on the mainland before."
"They were able to produce lithography machines before, but their technology was equivalent to the level of the first generation of lithography machines in the 1960s and could only be used to produce some low-end chips."
"And the production efficiency and yield rate are not very good."
Zeng Fanchen now attaches great importance to Lingnan Semiconductor, a competitor. He has investigated and confirmed all the information related to them.
The more he knows, the more confused he becomes.
In this case, Lingnan Semiconductor should find an international lithography machine giant to form a strategic cooperative relationship, which is the most correct choice.
Just like TSMC, it is now seeking cooperation with Asmay's shares, hoping to become Asmay's shareholder.
At that time, not to mention the money you earn from Asmay, at least you can ensure the supply of lithography machines.
You should know that the technology iteration in the chip industry is very fast.
For the same lithography machine, if others can arrive earlier than you, it is likely to have an advantage in the technological iteration.
In extreme cases, it is very likely that competitors have developed a new generation of chip technology, but you have not even arrived in the lithography machine used in this generation of chips.
Equipment manufacturers in Europe and the United States do not have so much time to work overtime to produce corresponding products.
It is said that the delivery will be made in two years, so it would be great if you can not continue to delay.
It is completely impossible to count on others to advance.
"With this kind of technical background, do they still dare to build lithography machines by themselves?"
"Are you not afraid of offending the lithography machine manufacturer?"
Zhang Zhongmou felt that he couldn't understand the operation of Lingnan Semiconductor.
Although lithography machines are very important, they are not so random, right?
"We need time to accurately grasp the other party's specific ideas."
"But Lingnan Semiconductor is preparing to officially launch the lithography machine project and poach people from many other scientific research institutions."
"I even cooperated with local universities to allow some technicians who are unwilling to work in Lingnan Semiconductor and Nanshan Equipment to continue to stay in the system."
"This shows that they are serious about lithography machines."
Zeng Fanchen's reply made Zhang Zhong even more confused.
However, he also knows that Lingnan Semiconductor is preparing for the BMW Auto Group, and he should be very short of money in recent years.
Therefore, it is not ruled out that the other party intends to poach people from a large scale internationally.
Thinking of this, he added: "We want to give feedback to several lithography machine manufacturers such as Asmay, Canon and Nikon, and said that Lingnan Semiconductor is pulling Nanshan Equipment and other manufacturers to prepare to build lithography machines by itself."
"It is best to use this matter to allow those lithography machine manufacturers to have a certain degree of fear of Lingnan Semiconductor."
"It would be best if we can give up our cooperation with Lingnan Semiconductor directly."
Anyway, for TSMC, anything that can add trouble to Lingnan Semiconductor is worth doing.
"Well, I will sort out the information I have obtained recently and communicate with those equipment manufacturers."
Zeng Fanchen is preparing to push this matter personally to see how far it can be achieved.
If you also have similar ideas with them, then naturally Samsung Electronics is.
"President, the first production line of Lingnan Semiconductor in China is already installing various equipment quickly, and all equipment can be installed this year."
"A part of the equipment of the second production line, related equipment manufacturers are also preparing, and will start delivering this year."
"The lithography machine equipment is purchased from Asmay and is currently the most mainstream lithography machine product in the world."
"According to our speculation, their second production line will be installed next year."
"In order to maximize customers and expand its influence, Asmay attaches great importance to the lithography machine orders of Lingnan Semiconductor."
As the head of Samsung Electronics Marketing Department, Jintai is very concerned about the development of the global semiconductor industry, especially the semiconductor industry in Asia.
Samsung Electronics is now a latecomer in the industry. Its technical level is still a big gap with the semiconductor giants in the United States, and there is also a big gap with the semiconductor companies in Japan.
In this case, we naturally pay attention to seeing which opponents there are in the process of moving forward.
TSMC and Lingnan Semiconductor are undoubtedly the manufacturers that are most likely to form a competitive relationship with Samsung Electronics after careful analysis and screening of Jintai.
In particular, in order to quickly enter the international semiconductor industry, these two manufacturers have adopted chip foundry solutions.
This made Samsung Electronics feel a little anxious.
Because no one has done this kind of chip foundry in the past.
Samsung Electronics is not sure if this path is correct.
"Our R&D department has analyzed that after the existing lithography machines develop to this generation, if you want to continue to find breakthroughs, you must have some innovative actions on the light source."
"But neither Canon nor Nikon in Japan really want to change the track. On the contrary, Asmay is more active in this regard."
"The pattern of the lithography machine market in the future is likely to undergo relatively large changes."
"The monopoly position between Nikon and Canon will be completely broken."
"So since this period of time, we are also strengthening our cooperative relationship with Asmay, and the two parties are considering in-depth cooperation on the next generation of lithography machine technology."
"After the development of a new generation of lithography machines, we will be given priority."
"Now Lingnan Semiconductor also chooses to purchase lithography machines from Asmay, which is an extra variable."
Li Jianxi had heard Jin Tai report on Lingnan Semiconductor before, so it is not particularly surprising to mention this topic now.
However, what Kim Tae said next is quite strange.
"I think there is a certain way to kill this variable."
"I just got a news that Lingnan Semiconductor intends to jointly develop lithography machines with equipment manufacturers within their group."
"I guess they think that imported lithography equipment is too expensive and requires a lot of foreign exchange, so they are ready to do it themselves."
"If Asmay knew this news, he would definitely have an objection to Lingnan Semiconductor."
After Jin Tai said this, Li Jianxi immediately asked back: "Does Lingnan Semiconductor have the ability to develop the latest lithography machine equipment?"
His question should be a reaction that many people will have after hearing this question.
The gap between China's current semiconductor technology level and the international advanced level is really too big.
No semiconductor giant will regard China as its opponent.
This is true whether it is a manufacturer that designs and produces chips or a manufacturer that produces equipment.
"The specific situation is not very clear, but the other party wants to do a lithography machine, it should be certain."
After Jin Tai said this, Li Jianxi immediately gave an instruction, "No matter whether Lingnan Semiconductor's lithography machine project can be successfully completed or how far it can be achieved, we will share it with manufacturers like Asmai to add some confusion to the other party."
Anyway, if this matter is promoted, it will not harm Samsung Electronics.
As for whether there are any benefits, there is no need to consider so much.
Let’s talk about Lingnan Semiconductor first!
...
With the efforts of Samsung Electronics and TSMC, Asmay naturally received the news soon.
However, Asmay's reaction was quite special.
"Schmidt, people from TSMC and Samsung Electronics have shared a message with me over the past few days."
"I said that my customer in China, Lingnan Semiconductor, wants to develop the lithography machine itself, and I hope we can be more vigilant."
Although Christopher felt that there was no need to pay special attention to this news, after all, many manufacturers around the world once wanted to produce lithography machines.
But so far, only Japan's Canon and Nikon manufacturers are the only ones that can really put pressure on Asmay.
According to the information grasped by Christoph's latest survey, the global share of lithography machines this year will be 70% of the total.
And Asmay's share can be increased to more than 15%.
Less than 15% of the remaining share is left to other equipment manufacturers such as America.
As for China's lithography machine manufacturers?
Who knows it?
Who cares?
Who believes that they can pose a threat to Asmay, Canon and Nikon?
"Lingnan Semiconductor ordered the latest lithography machine equipment from us this year. We hope that we will shorten the delivery schedule and complete the delivery within this year."
"Is it possible that they plan to develop a lithography machine by themselves?"
Although Schmidt doesn't think that Chinese manufacturers can pose a threat to him, what should be confirmed must be confirmed clearly.
To avoid capsizing in the gutter.
"I think this is not the case."
"There is a huge gap between China's lithography machine technology and the world's advanced level."
"Even if we put the latest lithography machines in front of them, they will never be imitated without ten or eight years."
"The key is that in ten or eight years, the lithography machines we produce will definitely be completely different from now."
Christoph's statement is in line with Schmidt's perception.
However, considering the particularity of Lingnan Semiconductor, Schmidt felt it was necessary to confirm it again, "You can ask Lingnan Semiconductor directly and see how they explain it."
In the face of absolute strength and confidence, Schmidt obviously does not intend to go around the circle.
If you have time to spend so much energy to investigate and confirm the situation of Chinese manufacturers, it is better to pay more attention to the movements of major international manufacturers.
Christoph naturally had no objection to Schmidt's arrangement.
Soon, Zhang Shaohua received a contact.
Fortunately, Zhang Shaohua had already considered this aspect of the word in advance and knew how to answer.
Denying the lithography machine project is obviously not a good answer.
Since the other party asked this, he must have heard some news.
If you say that this is not the case, it is lying to others and you are ruining the relationship between the two parties.
Before the new lithography machine arrives, it is obviously not suitable to break the relationship with Asmay. Even the new lithography machine arrived, it did not ruin the relationship.
If Nanshan Equipment has never been able to copy ASMA's lithography machine products and needs to continue importing them in the future, then the relationship will be broken long ago. What should I do in the future?
So Zhang Shaohua's reply was that Lingnan Semiconductor was indeed developing lithography machines with Nanshan Equipment.
However, the target of R&D is to meet the domestic low-end needs and to save foreign exchange.
This answer is completely in line with Asmay's expectations and cognition.
"Mr. Jiang, Asmay just contacted me and specifically mentioned that we were developing our own lithography machine."
"I feel that someone should have mentioned this matter specifically to them."
"Other than that far away, the people of Asmay would not have known so quickly that we had started the lithography machine project."
After Zhang Shaohua and Christoph ended the conversation, they thought and analyzed it for a while, and then went to report to Jiang Hui.
He always felt something was wrong with this matter.
"As for the virtues of those European companies, we wouldn't normally know about this before we created lithography machines."
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"Now that there is action so soon, it must be something that people from manufacturers such as TSMC or Samsung Electronics said to Asmay."
There is no need to think too much, Jiang Hui can deduce the facts.
After all, there are really not many suspects in this matter.
Semiconductor giants such as Texas Instruments and Intel are disdainful to keep an eye on the movements of Lingnan Semiconductor.
Just like the personnel from General Motors or Volkswagen headquarters in later generations, they will not pay attention to the development of a local car company in your country.
Unless there is a big change in the entire industry, everyone's vision will change.
BYD, Chery and Geely, which grew in later generations, became the focus of various automobile giants after their size grew.
But around 2000, and even in 2010, few people at the headquarters of international auto giants would pay attention to the situation of these car companies.
Lingnan Semiconductor's influence in the field of chip equipment is not as good as BYD, Chery and Geely in 2000.
But in this case, Asmay knew so much information.
It's naturally someone will inform you.
There are only a few semiconductor companies that will care about the development of Lingnan Semiconductor.
Without thinking too much, Jiang Hui found Samsung Electronics and TSMC.
"It should be like this."
"It seems that TSMC and Samsung Electronics are still a little afraid of our development."
Zhang Shaohua didn't expect that Lingnan Semiconductor had not been mass-produced before it was already regarded as a competitor.
It seems that the future development path is destined not to be so smooth.
"Don't worry about that much, just keep Asmay stable."
"As long as we don't develop a lithography machine that matches their level, the other party's reaction should not be very intense."
"They are staring at Canon and Nikon now."
Jiang Hui said calmly.
It is a mediocre person not to be jealous of others.
Lingnan Semiconductor attracted the attention of TSMC and Samsung Electronics so quickly, which shows that the direction they chose was correct.
That should be even more firm in the current development path.
...
While Lingnan Semiconductor and BMW Automobile Group are busy with various projects, many changes are also taking place in China.
Since early April this year, after the relevant departments adjusted the price subsidy policies for various basic materials such as pork, eggs, sugar, vegetables, etc., the prices of these products have risen sharply.
In fact, the rise in prices has been happening in the past ten years.
However, except in 1978 and 1984, the increase was not that large at other times.
So everyone's feelings are not that strong.
This time it is different. Starting from April, with various policy adjustments, relevant departments have made up their minds to abolish the dual-track price system.
The prices of many products begin to return to their normal levels.
It is almost inevitable that prices will surge.
"Mr. Jiang, I have contacted many customers during this period, and many people are busy buying things, which has affected the development of some work."
"Our group's employees have relatively high incomes, and the impact on this aspect is not that big."
"But the situation of buying some supplies after work still happens from time to time."
"According to the current situation, I guess there is no way to stabilize immediately in a short period of time."
As Jiang Hui's direct subordinate, Chen Chenxing naturally dared to report some things that others dare not say.
He came to Jiang Hui today to talk about the rise in prices. It was obviously not just a simple complaint or simply a report on the news, but other suggestions to be expressed.
"I have heard of this, too."
"Long pain is worse than short pain. The dual-track price system has a significant negative effect on economic development and extends many other problems."
"Some people earn a lot of money after getting the internal price."
"This will inevitably aggravate the dissatisfaction of some insiders."
"Even our group can obtain prices within the system, it will give opinions from other factories in Shenzhen that need to obtain materials from the market."
"So let go and do something right now. Although there will be pain, I think it will be beneficial in the long run."
After hearing Chen Chenxing’s simple statement, Jiang Hui knew what was going on.
In this life, under the leadership of BMW Automobile Group, China's industrial strength, especially the industrial strength in Lingnan Province, has been greatly improved.
The overall economic pressure has become much smaller, and the atmosphere of reform is very good.
But from the overall perspective, the problem of price reform must exist.
"That's right, but the rise in prices will have a great impact on our group."
"On the one hand, the subsequent procurement prices of various raw materials will increase, and our product costs will increase."
"On the other hand, if the employee's income remains unchanged, the actual purchasing power will decline, and there will definitely be dissatisfaction."
Chen Chenxing slowly shifted the topic to the direction he wanted to talk about.
However, before he could express his thoughts, Jiang Hui took the initiative to speak.
"The production costs of products have increased, and the impact on us is still within a controllable range."
"After all, our products have relatively high profit margins, and most of them are still used for export, which can cover this part of the cost."
"As for employees, the actual purchasing power has decreased, so just raise your salary."
"I guess in the future, the entire system will start to raise salaries for everyone."
After Jiang Hui said this, Chen Chenxing breathed a sigh of relief.
This evil man doesn't need him to do it anymore.
"Mr. Jiang, if the salary increase increases, the low increase may have little impact on this incident, but if the increase is large, it will put some pressure on the group."
As the year with the biggest price changes in the 1980s, to make up for the decline in the purchasing power of wages, a significant salary increase is definitely needed.
Chen Chenxing felt that there was no way to say this.
"I will arrange for someone to investigate and formulate a salary increase plan as soon as possible."
"According to my preliminary estimates, the salary of employees of the entire group will double next year than now!"
Jiang Hui was not stingy and directly gave everyone a salary double plan.
Anyway, the current salary level is simply not worth mentioning compared to internationally.
BMW Auto Group is engaged in international business, and it is still affordable for a little salary cost.
Mainly, in the next few years, the wages of the entire society are rising, and it is not possible to adjust them.
Instead of passively increasing salary, it is better to take the initiative and win the favor of employees.
...
"Leader, BMW Automobile Group is planning to raise salaries for all employees, and it is said that the average range can double."
Yao Yiming has cultivated a lot of ears and ears in BMW Automobile Group through various efforts in recent years.
As long as it is not particularly sensitive and confidential information, he can obtain it as soon as possible.
As Liu Tianwu's secretary, Yao Yiming's influence in Shenzhen City cannot be underestimated.
Of course, there are many people in BMW Automobile Group who are willing to maintain friendly relations with him.
This is also a reflection of connections.
Just like in later generations, if a person's identity is the same as Yao Yiming, there are probably few people around him who don't want to make a good relationship with him, right?
Even if you give something for it, many people are willing to do it.
"Mr. Jiang's reaction is so fast?"
Liu Tianwu naturally knew why BMW Auto Group had a topic of salary increase under this situation.
During this period, all kinds of news are closely related to prices, and Shenzhen City is no exception.
"Yes, it is said that this plan will be formally formulated soon."
"The BMW Automobile Group probably doesn't need to worry about people's hearts."
"But I'm a little worried that if they do this, will the competitiveness of the product decline in the future?"
Yao Yiming is very clear about the development of BMW Auto Group, which is closely related to his future and the prospects of Shenzhen City.
If this salary increase will lead to the unsalable sales of BMW Auto Group products or the decline in sales, it will definitely not be the situation he hopes to see.
"Mr. Jiang has a very good vision."
"Since he made this decision, he should have his reasons."
"We don't need to worry particularly for the time being."
"But we must also keep communicating with them and provide timely assistance if you need it."
Liu Tianwu thought for a while and gave his own opinions.
He is quite familiar with many of the situations in BMW Automobile Group.
Most of the time, you don’t need to worry about it yourself.
He believed this time was no exception.
(This chapter ends)