Chapter 249 Private aerospace company asks for help
Hu Jiangshan and Wang Yuling are old acquaintances, and their several cooperations have been very pleasant and smooth.
Hu Jiangshan answered the phone, and Wang Yuling's greeting came from over there.
“Hey, Boss Hu, it’s been a long time no see.”
Hu Jiangshan also joked: “Yes, Director Wang, it’s been a long time no see, I miss you so much.”
Wang Yuling laughed a few times and said: "Boss Hu, I heard that your business is very good now, are you very busy?"
"Hi, Director Wang, my business is good here. Thank you very much for helping me." Yes, I’m a little busy now, but I’m in a good mood.”
Wang Yuling immediately said: “Don’t say that, I can’t help much. The main reason is that Boss Hu’s technology is advanced. , the products produced are of high quality and low price, and meet the requirements of customers, and this can be regarded as a help to China’s semiconductor industry. You are a major contributor.
"Director Wang, please don’t put a high hat on me. , Contribution or something, I can't afford it. ”
Wang Yuling did not continue to praise, but what she just said was true.
Hu Jiangshan has indeed helped several semiconductor companies in China. In particular, the reason why Huayao recovered so quickly from the blow is almost entirely due to Hu Jiangshan.
Leave aside Huayao, Hu Jiangshan has indeed solved the urgent needs of several semiconductor companies.
For example, Huaxin International, HKUST Feixun, etc.
If it weren’t for Hu Jiangshan’s hard power, including chips, photoresist and other semiconductor consumables, many factories would have to shut down, or even go bankrupt and liquidate.
That would be a disaster for China’s semiconductor industry.
What's more important is that Hu Jiangshan's technology is not only superb and has reached the advanced level of Blue Star, but the charges are also very reasonable, which makes people doubt that the purpose is not to make money.
He is simply a good person in the semiconductor circle.
Hu Jiangshan indeed made great contributions and made outstanding contributions.
Hu Jiangshan still doesn’t know that he has now been defined as a Class A company by the China Semiconductor Association.
The so-called Class A enterprises are enterprises with high precision and core technology.
Moreover, classifying Hu Jiangshan's enterprises into this level is only temporary.
Because the nature of Hu Jiangshan’s enterprise is very mysterious and is not yet clear, it is protected.
The Semiconductor Association has not deliberately dug out detailed information, and has not even sent personnel to conduct on-site inspections.
In the future, if it is determined that Hu Jiangshan's company can indeed manufacture advanced chips and semiconductor consumables, and that manufacturing activities are not restricted, it will definitely be defined as the highest level S level.
To put it bluntly, the so-called Class A companies are just trying to deceive others and prevent Hu Jiangshan’s companies from being exposed prematurely.
Hu Jiangshan asked: "Director Wang, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Yes, I have something to consult with you."
"That's not the case. Consultation, Director Wang, you can ask, I will answer everything you know."
"Boss Hu, I would like to ask, do you have any spare capacity over there to manufacture some...specially customized chips? ."
Hu Jiangshan was startled: "Specially customized chips? Director Wang, you mean the kind with a high manufacturing process?
"No, no, no, the difficulty is not particularly high. At least it is not as high as Huayao Kirin chips, but the quantity required is relatively small. Boss Hu, let me tell you that we have asked Huaxin International about these chips. They help with tape-out. They can indeed do it, but the required cost is relatively high and the companies that require it cannot afford it, so I would like to ask you what the situation is here."
Hu Jiangshan asked: "Director Wang, Huaxin International can tape out normally, is it a 14nm chip?"
Wang Yuling replied: "Absolutely, it may be a little more complicated than 14nm, but it will definitely not reach below 10nm? level.”
Hu Jiangshan understood that the so-called demand companies must be in special industries, and the equipment they manufacture is not consumer electronic equipment, but special tools and equipment.
The sales volume of such equipment is not large, and it must require very few chips, maybe even a few hundred a year.
If Huaxin International wants to tape out a newly designed chip, it needs to prepare a whole new set of supporting equipment and even make a lot of data adjustments to the production equipment.
This is indeed very expensive. We cannot blame Huaxin International for charging a high price.
Hu Jiangshan asked: "Director Wang, what industry is the company in demand? Can you disclose it?"
Wang Yuling naturally would not hide it from Hu Jiangshan and replied: "It is an aerospace company."
Hu Jiangshan was stunned: "Aerospace company? It can't be the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, right?"
"That's not true. It's a private aerospace company."
Hu Jiangshan understood immediately.
China's aerospace system is now divided into two parts, state-owned aerospace and private aerospace enterprises.
State-owned aerospace enterprises naturally belong to the category of state-owned enterprises and central enterprises.
For example, the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and the China Aerospace Corporation are state-owned.
These two major groups also have access to the most resources, with an almost unlimited supply of talent and capital.
So our country’s aerospace technology development is also dominated by these two major groups. They concentrate their efforts on big things and develop very quickly.
China's aerospace achievements are making rapid progress, and they have begun to enter a period of explosive growth in the past few years.
Now China has begun to build a national space station in Blue Star orbit. The construction period will not be too long. In one or two years, the space station will be completed.
This makes the Blue Star overlord Lighthouse Country envious and jealous. After all, even the Lighthouse Country does not have its own space station yet.
The dilapidated International Space Station is almost at the end of its lifespan. It is a mess and full of patches. It looks like it will not last a few more years.
The other type is private aerospace companies.
China has begun to support its own private aerospace companies in recent years.
At present, there are several private aerospace companies in China, six or seven of which are relatively large-scale and have certain technical reserves.
If you count some small private aerospace companies that have just been established, there must be more than a dozen.
Of course, these companies also have demand for chips, but they manufacture rockets, satellites and other gadgets, and the number of chips they require is naturally incomparable with consumer electronics products.
The resources obtained by private aerospace companies cannot be compared with those of state-owned aerospace companies.
Although the state will also support these private enterprises, the policy will be tilted, and the technology will even be granted free of charge.
But chips are not something you can give if you want. Not all of the chips used by each aerospace company are public versions. Some of them are chips designed by themselves according to their own needs. So how to manufacture these chips? Coming out is a problem.
The state-owned aerospace group has special channels to manufacture chips. Even if the cost is high, it is not a big problem.
However, private aerospace companies do not have such conditions and capabilities. It is indeed difficult to find an OEM for specially designed chips.
Not to mention manufacturing, the cost of tape-out alone is huge.
Private enterprises do not have so much funds to spend, and almost all of the funds they have are used for research and development. Good steel should be used on the cutting edge.
So these private aerospace companies turned to the Semiconductor Association for help.
The Semiconductor Association is equivalent to a national-level semiconductor intermediary agency, and it is almost free of charge. It solves problems for these private high-tech companies. People from the association were running around, even looking for opportunities abroad. However, after searching around, it was difficult to do so due to cost reasons, so they naturally found Hu Jiangshan.
Of course it would be best if Hu Jiangshan continued to play the role of rescue captain.
Of course, Wang Yuling actually didn’t have high hopes, maybe she just wanted to try her luck.
After all, Hu Jiangshan has a heavy responsibility.
On the one hand, we need to supply chips to Huayao, including logic chips and artificial intelligence computing power chips.
On the other hand, it also needs to supply photoresist and other consumables needed by semiconductor manufacturing companies.
So Hu Jiangshan is very busy here, and it is really difficult to squeeze out production capacity.
The Semiconductor Association certainly needs Hu Jiangshan to ensure the normal production of Huayao and other semiconductor companies.
At this time, Hu Jiangshan thought for a while and replied: "I think it's not a big problem."
Wang Yuling was stunned: "It's not a big problem? Boss Hu, I mean Say, your side may have to make special preparations for the newly designed chip, such as tape-out, and this chip may not be produced in many numbers, maybe hundreds, or even dozens, and it will be finished by private aerospace companies. You should have heard about the situation. They are not very strong companies and do not have sufficient funds.”
Hu Jiangshan said: "It doesn't matter, Director Wang. I still have some free production capacity here. I can try the tape-out first. If it meets the requirements, it doesn't matter if I take over the job. As for the cost... let's talk about it later. "
When Hu Jiangshan said this, Wang Yuling fell silent.
I didn’t expect Hu Jiangshan to agree so happily, no, I should say open-minded.
Hu Jiangshan actually didn’t talk about remuneration and just tried to tape-out.
Wang Yuling understands semiconductor manufacturing and knows how troublesome it is to tape out a newly designed chip.
Not only do templates need to be made, but all computer data of industrial manufacturing equipment must be adjusted, which consumes a lot of time and money and is very expensive.
For example, for large manufacturers like Island Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the tape-out charges have now risen to nearly 10 million yuan.
Huaxin International's charges will be cheaper, but it will definitely cost three to four million yuan, which is why private aerospace companies shook their heads when they heard the quotation.
Hu Jiangshan, on the other hand, didn’t care about the cost and said we would talk about it later.
What will you say if the film is already streamed? Is it possible to give a little bit symbolically?
Judging from Hu Jiangshan’s attitude, it’s even free.
It’s too exaggerated. It’s not like a businessman can do it.
Wang Yuling said: "Boss Hu, are you sure? The cost of tape-out is not cheap."
Hu Jiangshan said: "It really doesn't matter from my side, Director Wang. You also know me, I won’t agree to anything I’m not sure about.”
It’s true, Hu Jiangshan accomplished everything he promised, and he did it beautifully, and there was no need to boast. .
There's drama!
Wang Yuling was very happy: "Okay, let's do this, Boss Hu. I will arrange for you both to meet first, talk about your ideas, and communicate. If there are no problems, we can cooperate again."
< br>"Okay, no problem."
After hanging up the phone, Hu Jiangshan was a little distracted for a moment.
You know, in the last few years of his previous life, almost all of the projects Hu Jiangshan received were related to aerospace.
At that time, China's aerospace technology had developed to a very powerful level, and had even completely surpassed the Lighthouse State, and could be called the number one in Blue Star.
China has even begun to implement substantive plans to land on the moon, followed by Mars sampling and return.
Hu Jiangshan is also responsible for very critical material technology. You must know that the core of aerospace and aviation is also the most difficult to conquer is material technology.
The environment in space is very complex, and there are even many unpredictable emergencies, so materials with various properties are needed.
Especially in the middle and late stages of the moon landing plan, it is necessary to consider establishing a base on the moon, and the requirements for building materials are even more stringent.
As for chips, there are many instruments and equipment in aerospace engineering, and almost every piece of equipment requires many chips.
But by that time, chips are no longer something that restricts aerospace engineering.
Which private company is that? Did you have any intersection with Hu Jiangshan in your previous life?
Hu Jiangshan didn’t think much about it. Anyway, we’ll know when the time comes.
Speaking of which, Hu Jiangshan suddenly discovered that he seemed to be related to aerospace again recently.
In addition to Wang Yuling coming over, former Blue Star richest man like Bill Gass also came over to ask for cooperation in building a space launch site.
Is it destined that there is some special force pushing Hu Jiangshan in that direction?
Early the next morning, Wang Yuling called Hu Jiangshan again.
Wang Yuling has already contacted the private aerospace company, which will come to Hong Kong Island to meet with Hu Jiangshan.
Hu Jiangshan was a little surprised. The other party was very sincere and came all the way to Hong Kong Island. In fact, it was acceptable to go to Guangshen City to meet Hu Jiangshan.
But if you think about it carefully, Guangshen City and Hong Kong Island are not that far apart. They are just passing a checkpoint.
Hu Jiangshan made an appointment with Wang Yuling, and it was scheduled for the afternoon of the next day.
The other party seems to be very anxious, so time is also very tight.
Hu Jiangshan can understand that after all, it is very uncomfortable for the project to be stuck in one link and unable to advance.
The next day, in the afternoon, at the entrance of Longsheng Commercial Building on Hong Kong Island.
A Hong Kong-style taxi parked on the side of the road.
Three people got out of the car. One of them negotiated with the driver for a long time, and after counting the money helplessly for a long time, he finally settled the fare.
The taxi driver glanced at the three people, seemed to curl his lips and rolled his eyes, then stepped on the clutch, put the gear in gear, stepped on the accelerator, and ran away in a hurry.
The three people who got off the bus were two men and one woman.
The two men are about thirty or forty years old. One is tall and thin, and the other is a bit short and fat.
As for that girl, it's amazing, she's a long-legged beauty.
The tall and thin man is named Peng Xiaojun, and the short and fat man is named Liu Chao.
The beauty’s name is Fang Xiaoya.
The three of them are all members of Star Glory, and they are all co-founders.
Liu Chao complained: "It's too outrageous here on Hong Kong Island. You can't pay for taxis with mobile phones, you have to pay in cash."
Peng Xiaojun waved his hand: "Didn't I tell you the situation a long time ago? You still have to argue with him about this matter. In the end, you have to pay cash."
(End of Chapter)