Reinventing the Millennium

Jiang Shangzhou.

Fang Zhuo had heard of this man's name, and it was the first time he saw him today.

"Dr. Jiang Shangzhou", this is what Zhang Rujing calls him. In fact, he can also be called "Deputy Secretary-General Jiang", "Director Jiang" and "Team Leader Jiang". This is also the reason why Qiu Di has dealt with this person.

Jiang Shangzhou is the deputy secretary-general of Shencheng Administration and the office director of the Shencheng Chemical Leadership Group. In addition, he is also a member of the office of the country’s medium- and long-term development planning leadership group and the leader of a major project team.

It was this person who played a big role when SMIC was able to land in Shanghai.

It can be said that Jiang Shangzhou is the specific link between the administrative level and SMIC.

Fang Zhuo had learned from SMIC's experience when he was planning the ice core project before, and it was at that time that he noticed that there was such a name that helped SMIC mediate, but it was only today that he met the real owner.

"Mr. Fang, I'm an uninvited guest, don't be offended." Jiang Shangzhou said with a smile after shaking hands, "I heard Mr. Zhang talk about such an opportunity the day before yesterday. Mr. Fang and Bing Xin were very curious about me early in the morning, thinking about today Come and meet me."

Just as the outside world has some understanding of the establishment and development process of SMIC, as a deeply involved member, Jiang Shangzhou is also very interested in another emerging semiconductor company.

Especially, after it was confirmed that the ice core purchase permission was obtained, this interest turned into admiration.

Jiang Shangzhou knows very well how difficult it is, which is why he is delighted that another company that has crossed the threshold has appeared in China.

Therefore, today he wanted to see what kind of person could forcefully bring the ice core to the starting line.

Of course, it would be inappropriate for anyone to poach SMIC employees like this.

Fang Zhuo hesitated for a while, but decided to use the title of Mr. Zhang, and said: "Dr. Jiang, on the way here, I talked with our Mr. Su from Yike about the development of SMIC, and also mentioned the decisiveness of our Shencheng at that time. I thought it was no coincidence that I met you here."

He introduced Su Wei sideways.

Jiang Shangzhou had never heard of Su Wei's name, so he shook hands politely and exchanged simple greetings.

The five of them sat down, and the food and wine were served, and the conversation started.

The middleman of this dinner party is Judi. He is the district chief. He has to deal with SMIC and knows the situation of both families.

Therefore, he picked something that he felt would make Mr. Fang proud and Mr. Zhang and Secretary-General Jiang interested.

"Mr. Fang, how did you get the purchase approval for your ice core? I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I never found a chance to ask you."

As expected, both Zhang Rujing and Jiang Shangzhou were obviously more focused.

There was no smile on Fang Zhuo's face.

When he got the license from Bingxin, he was extremely happy from the bottom of his heart, but the original intention of setting up this game today is the epitome of the difficult development road. Standing at the starting line and catching up with other competitors are completely different concepts.

At that time, the main consideration was equipment and technology, but now the proportion has changed to a more complex and changeable market and opponents. Taking ten steps is indeed more progress than one step, but there are still ninety steps ahead, which makes people even more anxious.

Fang Zhuo pondered for a while, then started talking about Goldman Sachs' help in a straightforward manner. The tone was not intense, and the content was not embellished, including the design of the public relations image, the support for different plans, the situation of several departments, Bloomberg's recharge experience, Texas The instrument is pointing here and there...

Even without adding any extraneous detail, it took nearly forty minutes to say this.

Qiu Di suddenly realized that it turned out that Mr. Fang had such a connection with his involvement in the home appliance industry!

Because Zhang Rujing and Jiang Shangzhou had similar experiences, they were deeply involved in the story and felt very mixed.

Especially Jiang Shangzhou, after hearing Mr. Fang's concluding remarks of "That's about it", he filled a glass of wine, drank it all, and spit out two words:

"Iron Curtain!"

The reason for going through so much trouble is to purchase equipment and technology normally.

Bingxin went through what Sinocore had experienced again, and because of different project sponsors, Bingxin encountered more difficulties.

After all, Zhang Rujing has a background of growing up in Baodao and the United States, and is also an industry leader. Both of these are key factors for SMIC to obtain the procurement license.

Zhang Rujing also poured a glass of wine and sighed silently.

Judy stood up and served wine to the two of them. He could understand the difficulties in the development of some integrated circuits, but he also felt that what he just heard had a magic that was difficult for the outside world to see. If it weren't for Zhang and Jiang today, I'm afraid Mr. Fang would have I wouldn't say it like that.

Su Wei took a sip of juice and glanced around the people in the box to observe their expressions.

At this time, Fang Zhuo, who had moistened his throat with wine, calmly handed the empty wine glass to Judy and said with a smile: "The process of working on semiconductors is indeed more difficult than I thought."

Is it difficult to make semiconductors?

Disaster.

Have you ever thought about this?

I got it.

Did you ever expect it to be harder than you expected?

Really didn't expect that.

What to do?

There is no need to feel moved and proud of things that have been solved. There are still many things to do later, so solving the next problem quickly is the main topic.

The next question now is how to convince the people at the dinner table.

Fang Zhuo took the wine glass that Judy silently filled, thinking about what he wanted to say.

However, Jiang Shangzhou showed some of Mr. Fang's attitude or demeanor, and he admired it even more. He raised his glass and said, "Although it's a little late, I still congratulate Bingxin on his current achievements. Mr. Fang, I respect you."

Fang Zhuo quickly raised his glass: "Dr. Jiang, you are serious."

He hesitated for a second and did not take advantage of the situation to talk about the risky trial production issues that the ice core was currently facing.

The 130nm process technology has not yet been mass-produced by SMIC. The request you want to make is tantamount to asking the other party to share the core business secrets. The current atmosphere does not seem to be enough.

Dr. Jiang, a person within the system, was obviously more touched by the previous words. Although Mr. Zhang felt sorry for him, he was not in the right mood.

Fang Zhuo drank the glass of wine, thought for a moment, and started talking about the entire industry.

Recently, because he is worried about the progress of ice cores, he has collected information about competitors around the world. Whether it is true or false, he can now verify one or two.

When it comes to wafer companies around the world, TSMC has to be mentioned as the number one. Other companies such as GlobalFoundries and Intel are also industry giants. Moreover, it is said that Samsung is preparing a wafer foundry business unit.

As South Korea's super chaebol, Samsung's energy and determination to enter the market cannot be underestimated.

However, Zhang Rujing gave more detailed information.

"Samsung has actually negotiated cooperation with IBM, Chartered Semiconductor, and Infineon. They want to work together to build a universal platform and make cross-platform designs portable."

“The R\u0026D and fab costs below 90nm are too expensive.”

"Like Infineon, they probably won't continue to develop and build production capacity below 90 nanometers."

"Samsung and TSMC have different positionings. Their OEMs are blindly aiming for the high end. The starting point is to introduce the 90nm process. It will be difficult to make achievements in the global market within a few years. As for what will happen in the future, it is still uncertain."

Only then did Fang Zhuo learn that Samsung had entered the foundry market with three already negotiated partners.

He sighed: "90nm, 90nm, Mr. Zhang, your SMIC will also start trial production of 90nm this year, right?"

Zhang Rujing nodded thoughtfully, yes, this is not news that needs to be concealed.

"Here's to you, Mr. Zhang. I'm envious, I'm really envious." Fang Zhuo raised his glass and said sincerely, "We only need one generation of manufacturing process."

Zhang Rujing raised his glass, but he was very sober: "That's it, the longer you catch up to this point, the harder it will be."

"Come on, come on, let's go together. To paraphrase what Mr. Fang said, the harder it is, the more valuable it is, and the more hopeful we are until the end." Judy also raised a toast.

His job today is to make everyone drink properly, which is also what Mr. Fang has explained.