Reinventing the Millennium

"Uncle Yu, this is the pen Yu Hong bought for you. This Montblanc style is relatively low-key and is very good to use."

"Uncle Yu, Yu Hong prepared the tea. Speaking of which, she doesn't drink tea, so she consulted with me for advice before settling on this Buddha's hand. We have a lot of tea in Anhui Province, and occasionally we try tea from other places. It's also unique. Extra flavor."

"Uncle Yu, she chose this tea set herself."

Fang Zhuo welcomed Yu Zhengxiang, who came a day early, to the office and took out the gifts he had prepared.

Wei Boyun, who had been chatting with him today, saw that he was not driven away, so he followed him to the office and was busy making and handing out tea, looking like a secretary.

Yu Zhengxiang listened to Wei Boyun's self-introduction, but he was a little confused about the gesture, so he didn't delve into it further and remained polite and courteous.

This time he came here, his mood was actually a little complicated.

Regarding Fang Zhuo, he has always had simple but incomprehensible concerns.

At first, I heard that my daughter joined a start-up company while she was in school → I suspected that my daughter had been deceived.

Later, the startups continued to raise funds → the scam became bigger.

Then, the company was restricted by policies → the scam was exposed.

But then, my daughter moved to another company → a new scam appeared!

Then my daughter went to the United States to expand business, and the company developed by leaps and bounds until it went public...

Yu Zhengxiang had to admit that his daughter might not have been involved in a scam. The world was changing and developing too fast, and he was unable to understand things at that level. The most critical person in this process was the young man in front of him.

If we make a comprehensive evaluation based on the information noticed in the media, it can be summarized in four words——

Call for the wind and rain.

Or, make waves.

However, his career has become bigger and bigger, until he is now ranked as the richest man in the Mainland according to Forbes, and has become a big shot who "talks and laughs are an industry, and everyone is a leader".

Yu Zhengxiang truly felt his energy when he received medical supplies from the Medical Group at the beginning of last year, which enabled the county's work to receive inspection praise from city leaders.

Also, after arriving in Luzhou on this trip, I listened to the chatter and gossip of the cadres at the same time.

Just a few days ago, the province and city held a special meeting because of this man's temper, and later there was a legend that he treated a deputy leader without pretense at a public meeting.

Yu Zhengxiang himself is a deputy chief and knows the power of a deputy chief.

On the contrary, this gave him a clearer sense of reality than hearing that Fang Zhuo was connected to a certain big leader.

only……

Now when I hear such a big shot calling him "Uncle Yu" one after another, I feel really uncomfortable and feel like something is tugging at me!

"Uncle Yu, this wine was also bought by Yu Hong." Fang Zhuo counted the gifts and suddenly saw four boxes of Maotai in the office. He picked it up and put it on the table. "She said it was vintage Maotai. She didn't know where it came from. Even though I bought it from abroad, the wine should be genuine."

Next to him, Wei Boyun watched helplessly as the Maotai he brought yesterday was sent away. He coughed and said seriously: "I know something about Maotai. This wine looks very real from the packaging."

He made further suggestions: "How about I open the box and help look at the hops?"

Fang Zhuo smiled and said nothing.

Yu Zhengxiang knew what his daughter was thinking, and he also knew that she didn't drink much. He said, "It's not fake, right? She doesn't drink much, and she doesn't know much about this."

Wei Boyun rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, I'll take a look. My eyesight is just like that Moutai dealer!"

Yu Zhengxiang acquiesced.

Fang Zhuo was a bit dumbfounded at this moment. He took a sip of tea and said, "Yu Hong is very busy now and she is very enterprising. I had a formal chat with her last year about whether to return to China and be responsible for the market. She kept saying After thinking about it, I still didn’t give a response.”

Yu Zhengxiang was silent for a while and said softly: "She is very concerned about the separation between her mother and me."

Fang Zhuo didn't know what to say, and this must be the reason.

Wei Boyun had already taken out the wine bottle, took out a small flashlight from nowhere, shook out the hops vigorously, and said eagerly: "Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, Uncle Yu, look, look, this wine is at least 30-year-old Maotai liquor, that one, that one, I bought it right.”

Fang Zhuo waved his hand, got it, got it.

Yu Zhengxiang also nodded. After all, as a senior executive of such a large company, it was normal for him to find reliable people to buy wine from.

Wei Boyun was recognized and put the wine into the box again, and began to guess the specific relationship between this guest and Mr. Fang.

The gifts were placed on Yu Zhengxiang's side.

"I came here this time to thank Mr. Fang for taking care of Yu Hong, and to thank Mr. Fang again for his support to our county the year before last." Yu Zhengxiang explained two reasons for coming, and as for the third unspoken reason, Well, I also want to see with my own eyes what kind of person Mr. Fang is.

He talked to his daughter about Fang Zhuo on the phone and tried to ask about the relationship between the two, but he got no results.

After much thought, Yu Zhengxiang still felt that there was something going on in the middle.

His own marriage did not end well. Whether it was from experience or expectation, he wanted to see his daughter have a better destination.

However, Fang Zhuo, a person who occasionally talked with father and daughter on the phone, was more... unusual.

"Uncle Yu, we can't talk about taking care of each other. Yu Hong is very capable and has made great contributions to both the medical department and Yi Branch." Fang Zhuo paused, "There is one thing that makes me think there may be some Not good, because of the focus of the product business, she has to be responsible for the US side of the business.”

"Although communication and the Internet are very developed now, Yu Hong is in the United States and New York. We often have a phone call every week or two. Sometimes when we are busy, we only have a phone call in a day or two. But after all, she is abroad and she treats you like a baby. It’s hard to fulfill your filial piety.”

"No matter what happened to Uncle Yu and Auntie Yu, Yu Hong must have regrets about this in her heart."

After hearing this, Yu Zhengxiang remained silent for a long time.

After such silence, he said quietly: "Yu Hong and I only make one call every half a month or a month."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Wei Boyun's eyes widened slightly, and he had already choreographed a big drama in his mind.

At this time, Fang Zhuo raised his hand to drink tea and glanced at the marketing director of Morningstar Semiconductor.

As a person who can be sent to develop the market, Wei Boyun has a strong ability to observe people's actions. He raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, and said apologetically: "Mr. Fang, Uncle Yu, I will have an online meeting with the company later. I have to go first." Farewell."

"Okay, Mr. Wei, everything about cooperation is easy to talk about. As long as your products are good, Changhong will definitely consider it. Our ice core is also open for business, and we absolutely welcome orders from Morningstar Semiconductor." Fang Zhuo stood up and smiled.

Yu Zhengxiang also stood up and sent Wei Boyun off together in a daze.

It's very cold in Luzhou in the evening.

The two returned to the office, and Fang Zhuo added hot tea.

"Uncle Yu, come and try the chef's skills from Shanghai in our canteen tonight." Fang Zhuo invited, "I can guarantee that in the entire Luzhou, regardless of restaurants or canteens, our ice core level is now the highest."

Yu Zhengxiang was blown away by the cold wind, but he still wanted to keep an appropriate distance from the richest man in the Mainland with personality. He did not want to affect his daughter's career, nor did he want to be accidentally hurt administratively.

He declined politely: "Mr. Fang, I made an appointment with my friend for dinner before coming here. I'm usually busy in the county and rarely come to Luzhou, so I won't bother you today."

"Is that so..." Fang Zhuo pondered, "When will Uncle Yu go back? I've been in Bingxin these days, and it's hard to see Uncle Yu. If I let you go back like this, Yu Hong will definitely say that I didn't treat you well."

"You're welcome, you're welcome, Mr. Fang, I have time later." Yu Zhengxiang said with a smile.

He glanced at his watch and prepared his last words before saying goodbye: "I don't know if Yu Hong is busy in New York. I have to check the time difference when I go back to talk to her on the phone."

"She is really busy at ordinary times. The United States is such a big market and there are many problems." Fang Zhuo saw what Yu Zhengxiang meant and planned to end the meeting in a polite way.

At this time, Cao Cao arrived.

Fang Zhuo's cell phone rang, and it was an overseas call from Yu Hong.

He thought for a moment and pressed answer.

Before she could speak, Yu Hong's voice rang in the office.

"Hahaha, your mother is so interesting!"

"And your sister, oh yes, your dad has a dry sense of humor!"

"Why are your family so interesting?"

The office is quiet.

Even if the mobile phone is not turned on, the call sound can be heard clearly.

Fang Zhuo coughed: "Really? Well, Uncle Yu is in the office, and I'm having tea with him."

Yu Hong's voice suddenly stopped, Huh? Aren't you coming tomorrow? Changed plans?

"Then give him the phone." She said.

Yu Zhengxiang silently answered the call from his daughter that was handed over by the boss below.

He didn't talk much, just asked a few questions and ended the call.

When Fang Zhuo got it back, the phone had been hung up.

The two men looked at each other and drank tea at the same time.

It was already dark.

"Uncle Yu." Fang Zhuo glanced outside and said politely, "It's so late. Let's try the food in our cafeteria and see our ice core engineers."

Yu Zhengxiang nodded and agreed succinctly: "Okay."

Either she was suspicious after hearing that her daughter was staying with her parents in the United States, or she just wanted to see Bing Xin, a rare engineering team in the country.

He didn't explain the dinner appointment he had mentioned before, he just agreed.

Fang Zhuo was not surprised when he heard the unexpected answer.

He stood up with a smile: "I don't know if Uncle Yu is interested in semiconductors. Many times I just listen to the excitement when I'm next to them."

Yu Zhengxiang didn’t know much about semiconductors, but he knew about ice core, a tens-billion project that had landed in Luzhou.

When the ice core was launched before, colleagues in the county fiercely debated whether the project would cost tens of billions.

Just like when we talked about a million-strong army in the past, many people thought it was a false reference.

At six o'clock in the evening, food is served in the Bingxin Canteen.

Fang Zhuo was surprised to see a hint of relief on Qiu Ciyun's face.

He didn't ask if there was any progress and just helped to serve the dishes.

Yu Zhengxiang looked at Mr. Fang's posture, which was completely different from the domineering president he imagined.

Later, he discovered that just as Mr. Fang said, being next to a group of technical experts was just fun.

Yu Zhengxiang's head was full of questions, but he turned around to see Mr. Fang listening with interest.

"Uncle Yu, I don't understand either." Fang Zhuo noticed Yu Zhengxiang's confusion and said with a smile, "Although I don't understand, I have to pretend to understand and heat up the atmosphere. Maybe I can Stimulate their thinking.”

Qiu Ciyun, Wu Jingang and others laughed.

Although it was a joke, it was quite useful to have someone like Mr. Fang to stir up the atmosphere.

Yu Zhengxiang also laughed, and his original intention to test things out during this meal faded away. He didn't understand anything, so why did he ask? Let's wait until our daughter comes back to talk in person.

Because major projects such as ice cores have appeared in Anhui Province, there has been a lot more discussion about semiconductors in the relevant media.

Yu Zhengxiang could chat with his colleagues about this in the county.

He waited for the chat with a group of experts to end and asked a question: "Mr. Fang, is the ice core going to be a logic chip or a memory chip?"

"Uncle Yu doesn't know. Ice Core actually does wafer foundry, which is just a link in chip manufacturing." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "There is still a big link before chip molding. What we produce is a chip that integrates many chips." For high-profile products, you have to find a factory to cut and package the wafers.”

Yu Zhengxiang nodded.

Qiu Ciyun, Wu Jingang and others watched Mr. Fang show off his industry knowledge while eating.

Fang Zhuo continued: "But this is also a good question. The wafers we make are logic chips, the ones used in TVs and players, not the memory used in computers."

"Ice core's foundry options will not touch storage for quite some time."

The faces of Qiu Ciyun and Wu Jingang became serious.

"Why?" Yu Zhengxiang was a little puzzled, "I read in the news that SMIC is doing this very well, isn't it?"

"Last year, oh no, the year before last. The year before that, SMIC started to OEM DRAM for Elpida. As far as I know, they signed a five-year OEM agreement in exchange for the other party's technology transfer, right?" Fang Zhuo looked at SMIC. The technical backbone is Wu Jingang.

Wu Jingang nodded: "It is 130nm stacked DRAM technology."

"Let's not talk about this technical issue. Of course, my opinions are based on the current situation of Ice Core. I am not criticizing SMIC's choice." Fang Zhuo first stated his position to avoid accidental injury. "Technically, Ice Core is definitely not up to its capabilities. Secondly, , the competition in the DRAM storage industry is too fierce and bloody.”

"Samsung first launched 64M DRAM in 1992, and in the following years it made a crazy impact on Japan's NEC market."

"NEC couldn't sustain losses and withdrew from DRAM. This caused Huahong, which it cooperated with in China, to lose its storage business and had to turn to OEM."

"Then NEC dismantled its DRAM business unit, and Hitachi also spun off its DRAM business unit. With the help of the Japanese government, the two companies worked together to create Elpida. This Elpida also took DRAM from Mitsubishi Semiconductor. business."

"This combination of three major manufacturers will still continue to suffer losses."

"Samsung is too strong, other companies are losing money, and its profits are only suffering."

"The competition in this market is too fierce."

"Elpida continues to lose money, and Samsung is also affected by the OEM business. Even they are like this. It is even more impossible for a small company like Ice Core to rush into it."

"If new players want to enter the market, the first test is the market position dominated by Samsung and Elpida. They have to try whether they can afford to lose money."

"The market and prices are all controlled by people. The loss will not be 100.2 billion, but 1 billion2 billion, and the unit will still be US dollars."

Fang Zhuo let out a breath: "Bingxin cannot afford to lose such a figure now."

At this time, Qiu Ciyun spoke without Yu Zhengxiang asking.

"President Fang, do you think we can join the battlefield in the future? When will the right time be?"

"Samsung and Elpida are expanding their production capacity, SMIC has obtained technology, and the total production capacity of the entire industry chain is increasing." Fang Zhuo analyzed, "Our semiconductor industry has always had cycles..."

"Judging from the past few times, this cycle is still inevitable, it's just bigger or smaller."

"But no matter what, the total production capacity is accumulating. When everyone accumulates excess, there will always be players who lose money and are on the verge of bankruptcy. That's when Bingxin enters the market."

Although Yu Zhengxiang didn't understand, he could see some disapproval on other people's faces.

Wait until other companies suffer losses and are on the verge of bankruptcy?

This is actually Mr. Fang's polite refusal.