Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

"Moore's Law?" Heynckes looked at Yang Mo in disbelief.This young man actually knows Moore’s Law!Many people in the integrated circuit industry have questioned Gordon Moore's madness. Performance can double every 18-24 months. How is this possible?

August was very frustrated. Looking at West Germany or even the whole of Europe, there was no machine tool company that designed and produced control system chips by itself. However, he was just a technical director and could not change Yang Mo's decision. He could only sit down depressedly. .

Yang Mo continued: "Of course, Cima Machine Tool's current focus is to complete the development of a full range of metal cutting equipment products, resume production as soon as possible, and smoothly survive the difficult period!"

After the meeting, Heynckes did not leave immediately, but stayed alone to exchange his thoughts with Yang Mo.

In fact, Yang Mo did not have high hopes for Cima Machine Tool to establish a separate electronics department. Throughout the 70s, the field of integrated circuits was dominated by the United States. It was not until Japan obtained the planar technology authorization from Fairchild Semiconductor in the mid-70s that Japan The government mobilized the whole country's system to achieve overtaking in a corner.

It is undoubtedly difficult for one company to complete the chip industry chain alone, but Yang Mo still wants to give it a try, even if there is a high probability that he will be hit with a bloody head...

Heynckes said excitedly: "Mr. Yang! Should we start introducing an advanced integrated circuit production line now? And then introduce some integrated circuit design and production talents from Japan or the United States?"

Yang Mo pondered for a moment and then nodded and said: "I agree! Give Yulie the specific requirements for the production lines and technical personnel that need to be introduced, and Zhiyuan International will try its best to meet your requirements. It will build the platform first and patent the technology later. The headquarters will find ways to solve the obstacles for you. In terms of introducing talents, we need to take a bigger step. For some technical masters who can stand alone, Xima Machine Tool Electronics Division can not only provide high salaries and high benefits, but also Option incentives can be provided!”

"Provide option incentives?" Heynckes asked in surprise.

Yang Mo nodded heavily and said: "The option incentive policy is not only for the introduction of talents with special contributions. The existing employees of Xima Machine Tool, including you and August, will receive option incentives as long as they make significant contributions to Xima Machine Tool. rewards, we will gradually improve various incentive policies in the future!”

Heynckes' eyes flashed with a different look, and he asked expectantly: "Can we also recruit senior technical talents from top semiconductor companies such as Texas Instruments, Intel, Toshiba, and nec?"

"Of course! As long as they offer conditions that match their worth and are willing to come to Xima Machine Tools, Zhiyuan International will try its best to satisfy them! Of course, the focus should still be on cultivating our own backbone technical strength..." Yang Mo Answered in the affirmative.

The resumption of production of Cima machine tools is complicated, including the reintegration of raw material procurement, downstream supporting suppliers, sales channels, and after-sales services.

Fortunately, Zhiyuan Technical Consulting Services Company won the global general agent of Doosan Machine Tools at the Hannover Industrial Products Fair a year and a half ago, and has ready-made sales channels.

Yang Mo has a sense of urgency in racing against time. He knows that with the opening of the mainland, the best era for machine tool companies will usher in, but within a few years, multinational machine tool companies that have tasted the benefits will invest in and build facilities in mainland China. Factory, huge market demand and low-cost skilled workers will make these companies reborn. Most metal cutting equipment companies that miss this wave of dividends will slowly be eliminated by the market.

Yang Mo, who was already extremely busy, flew to Japan non-stop after receiving a long-distance call from China.

The phone number was Liao Tingxuan, deputy director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Metallurgy. After asking around a lot, I found the one in Coburg.

Although the steel plant project eventually collapsed, Yang Mo and Liao Tingxuan established a friendship of mutual trust after a long and heart-to-heart talk. Liao Tingxuan briefly described that the national major equipment negotiation team encountered unprecedented difficulties in Japan and hoped that Yang Mo could Emergency flight to Japan to meet with the negotiation team...

After receiving Yang Mo and others at Tokyo Haneda Airport, Li Heping was sent directly to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the major equipment negotiation team was staying.

Walking into the hotel lobby, he saw Liao Tingxuan sitting in the lounge area waiting. Yang Mo walked over and exchanged a few words and said: "Director Liao, there are many people in the lobby. Little Japan likes to play all kinds of tricks during negotiations. Some of them Let’s go to your room and discuss it in detail!”

Seeing Liao Tingxuan's worried expression, Yang Mo deliberately joked as soon as he walked into the room: "Director Liao, it seems that this major equipment negotiation team is of a very high level! The standard of accommodation is not low."

Liao Tingxuan smiled bitterly and said: "How can we have such high standards? This is all arranged by the Japanese side."

Yang Mo smiled and said: "Since it was arranged by the Japanese side, why are you in such a hurry? If there is no progress in the negotiation, go out and walk around, and stay patient for a while. Sometimes negotiation is all about patience!"

Liao Tingxuan sighed: "We can't wait. The Donghai Steel Plant project is like an arrow on the string and has to be launched. Only the first phase of investment has a budget of 100 billion. 100 billion. This is the largest project since the founding of New China..."

Yang Mo looked at Liao Tingxuan, who was so anxious that he suddenly felt a little sour in his heart. Yang Mo was even more familiar with the Donghai Iron and Steel Plant project than Liao Tingxuan. This large project, with a designed annual output of 600 million tons of iron and crude steel, was almost exhausted. the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

Yang Mo tentatively asked: "Director Liao, has the direction of the Donghai Steel Plant project been finalized?"

Liao Tingxuan asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

Yang Mo chuckled and said: "I've heard some rumors, but I don't know whether they are true or not. I would like to ask Director Liao to clarify!"

Liao Tingxuan sighed and said: "Mr. Yang, since the leaders above have agreed to my request to invite you to join the negotiating team, there is no need to hide it from you. The Donghai Steel Plant project has a total budget of up to 100 billion US dollars, a small part of which is from Japan." Most of the people's low-interest loans come from our own foreign exchange reserves. To be honest, I personally support the investment in such a large and modern steel plant. You also know that our country's steel production capacity is seriously insufficient, but the funding gap is really huge. I will have to bear heavy repayment pressure for many years to come..."

Yang Mo nodded: "I heard that in the entire project, Japan's low-interest loans totaled less than US$30 billion. The remaining US$70 billion is indeed a great pressure for the mainland government!"

Liao Tingxuan said with a sad face: "Yes! Our total foreign exchange reserves are only about 10 billion US dollars, and the total import and export volume is only more than 200 billion US dollars. It is understandable that some people question that the Donghai Steel Plant project is taking too big a step... "