Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 383 Like-minded
As long as I hear the name, the balance in my heart begins to tilt.

This is Hu Zhengming's weight.

Outsiders don't know, but insiders can't understand.

The shock in Qiu Ciyun's heart far exceeded what was shown on the surface. He calmed down and asked about the cause and effect of this incident in detail.

The source of Fang Zhuo’s information is headhunters. It is not 100% sure at present, but there are already many rumors from different departments of TSMC.

Even, in order to confirm this point, Fang Zhuo also asked people from the United States to go to the University of California to ask the school about Hu Zhengming's movements.

There are various indications that this technology tycoon is likely to return to California to teach at the end of the year.

As for the specific method of poaching people, this is related to the University of Science and Technology of China, and Fang Zhuo followed this topic to describe the attitude of the Luzhou leadership.

"Mr. Fang really took great pains." Qiu Ciyun's tone was praise. He heard that, among other things, Mr. Fang's actions are really amazing.

The first meeting was to ask about intentions, the second time was to talk about policies, and the third time we had already discussed local conditions and aimed at the generals of TSMC.

Mr. Fang can become the richest man in Shencheng at such a young age, it really is extraordinary!
"If my painstaking efforts can lure Hu Zhengming, then I must have suffered a lot." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Mr. Qiu, it is precisely because of the energy of Luzhou and the University of Science and Technology of China that I have a great inclination in my heart. sex."

"Today we can use USTC to dig Hu Zhengming, and tomorrow we can use USTC to dig Li Zhengming and Zhao Zhengming. This will give them a time and a place to eliminate their non-compete agreement with TSMC."

Regarding TSMC's competition agreement, this is a factor that must be considered.

If the project is really formally built, Fang Zhuo believes that TSMC will not soon set its sights on a patchwork team, but will gradually notice that there is such a competitor.

In particular, Fang Zhuo put his mind on the talents of TSMC early on.

"Well, it can indeed be used as a transfer station and training place for talent accumulation." Qiu Ciyun said in a deep voice, "Hu Zhengming's technical strength is very strong. Once he can join directly or indirectly, it will be a shot in the arm. Moreover, he He is familiar with TSMC's latest technology."

Fang Zhuo nodded seriously: "Yes, I will keep in touch with Luzhou and the University of Science and Technology of China. This matter is the top priority."

Qiu Ciyun agrees with this.

Fang Zhuo showed a smile on his face, and changed the topic: "But there is one more important thing, and I think it is more important than Hu Zhengming."

Qiu Ciyun listened intently, guessing whether it was money or something else.

"President Qiu, do you know if SMIC has a non-compete agreement?" Fang Zhuo looked at the expression of the vice president of SMIC, his words were tactful and his purpose was clear.

From the first meeting to the halfway contact to today, his attitude has been quite clear, he wants to pull Qiu Ciyun into the group, and now he has fully expressed his willingness to push forward.

Does SMIC have a non-compete agreement?
If not, come here quickly!
Fang Zhuo actually knew the answer to this question, SMIC did not make any settings in this regard, and he just wanted to use this to slightly force Qiu Ciyun's actions.

Qiu Ciyun didn't expect that the most important thing was himself, so it felt good to be hugged by Hu Zhengming by Mr. Fang.

However, he still didn't directly give the most definite answer, but said: "Mr. Fang's project speed is indeed faster than I expected. I want to discuss this matter with Mr. Zhang."

Although he and Zhang Rujing have differences in the direction of work, Qiu Ciyun still respects the president who led everyone to build SMIC. If he wants to leave, he hopes to leave with mutual understanding.

Fang Zhuo also respected Qiu Ciyun's statement, and didn't say much about it, but just talked about his plan for project talents from the side.

"Mr. Qiu, no matter how we consider Luzhou's advantages from different angles, for those technical talents and leading figures, it is really difficult for Luzhou to compare with other cities."

"So, I consider setting up an option pool directly in the first round of fundraising to bind talents." Fang Zhuo said carefully, "The initial consideration is 15-20%."

Having said that, it was enough for Qiu Ciyun.

If we were surprised by Fang Zhuo's description of the leaders of Luzhou, Anhui Province when we met today, he was amazed by the courage of the place, but now he is admiring Fang Zhuo's courage again.

For such a 15 billion project, 20-15% of the option pool is 20-[-] billion!
This recent city inspection has only attracted an investment of 13 billion at most!

Qiu Ciyun watched Fang Zhuo say such a number lightly, and was a little unbelievable for a while, subconsciously repeated: "15-20%?"

"Yes, after all, what else can we do with a project like ours besides giving money to everyone?" Fang Zhuo said as a matter of course.

Can, can also be said to revitalize the industry...

Qiu Ciyun didn't say this, he suddenly realized that these two reasons did not conflict.

Fang Zhuo added with a smile: "What's more, it's the money in the future. I've thought about it. Only this kind of money can move people the most."

The "period" of an option is the future, and the usual operation is to set an exercise time. For example, it takes 4 years to get the promise in the contract, and you get 1/48 every month.

Qiu Ciyun said frankly: "It really touches people. If another SMIC can be produced, this part of the option will be of great value."

Fang Zhuo said from his own point of view: "Or, it is not important to recreate it. What is important is to make people believe that a new SMIC can be rebuilt, so as to attract the largest range of talents."

"And only by attracting talents can we build another SMIC."

Qiu Ciyun discovered the difference between the young president in front of him and Mr. Zhang. In fact, this has been shown from the very beginning. Mr. Fang holds the funds in his hands and has great autonomy.

Like SMIC, Mr. Zhang Rujing Zhang can certainly grasp the strategic direction of SMIC and can check and balance various shareholders, but he himself only accounts for less than 1% of the shares, and he cannot be so freely when it comes to equity option settings.

Of course, Mr. Zhang doesn't need to spend as much effort as Mr. Fang to attract talents. He has his own personal reputation in the industry.

Qiu Ciyun couldn't help but compared the quasi-predecessor and quasi-incumbent in his heart, and his momentum was captured by him for a while.

He took a sip of tea and asked, "Can investment institutions agree to setting up an option pool like this?"

Fang Zhuo only said lightly: "It's okay, Mr. Qiu, believe in my ability in capital operation, and I can do this too."

Qiu Ciyun didn't know what to say.

One moment, he had the mentality of an industry expert, and the next moment, he was surprised to feel the charm of factors outside the industry.

Qiu Ciyun has to admit that the establishment of the fab is professional, and Mr. Fang is professional in capital operation and fund raising.

Fang Zhuo didn't expect such a small action to shock Qiu Ciyun so much. He was chatting about his plans and plans in the future, and he just wanted to show the vice president of SMIC a feasible blueprint.

I said a lot about talents before, but the vice president was actually included in the goal.

At 03:30 in the afternoon, Fang Zhuo and Qiu Ciyun, who had only met for the third time, ended their exchange. The latter had already planned to chat with the president of SMIC about his whereabouts in the near future.

Fang Zhuo saw that the time was still early, so he went back to Hang Lung 23 first to complete a clock-in for the president.

"President Fang is full of joy, it seems that the progress is very good."

Su Wei came over to tell the boss about her contact with DCM Huaxia, and the scheduled meeting time is tomorrow.

"It's okay, the main reason is that we found the right person." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I guess there will be movement from Qiu Ciyun's side soon."

Su Wei could see the boss's unprecedented attention and expectation for Qiu Ciyun, and asked, "Is this Mr. Qiu really a CEO?"

Fang Zhuo said without hesitation: "Absolutely. If someone like Qiu Ciyun comes out of SMIC, even if he doesn't come to our side, he can just go to any semiconductor company and become the CEO."

"What's more, he worked with Zhang Rujing to build SMIC from scratch. This kind of valuable experience is perfect for us. He is here, and he wants to be the CEO, the CEO, and the president."

Su Wei smiled and said, "Just can't be the chairman?"

"Professionals do professional things. I'll do the boring work of the board of directors." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "From the perspective of a chairman, Qiu Ciyun is the most suitable candidate for our current stage."

He thought for a while, and then commented: "I think, even if Zhang Rujing is no longer in SMIC, Qiu Ciyun will not have much discomfort if he takes over immediately."

Su Wei was surprised and said: "This evaluation is really high! Well, wait, at this stage? What does this mean?"

Fang Zhuo said calmly: "It means now, nothing else, where are you thinking?"

Su Wei stared suspiciously at the boss's expression, and said in amazement, "No way? It's not what I thought, is it? You haven't found someone yet! Is the honeymoon period so short?"

"It's really not what you think. Regarding fabs, I, a layman, position myself as raising money, coordinating, respecting the advice of professionals, and looking for available markets." Fang Zhuo said.

The more Su Wei thought about it, the more wrong it became. She suddenly realized the problem. The boss always seemed to be saying that the establishment of a fab requires Qiu Ciyun's experience in building SMIC from scratch...

"President Fang, you should be cautious about personnel issues." Su Wei reminded, "Once Qiu Ciyun comes, he will definitely not come alone, he will definitely bring a group of people to join the project. If you have any ideas, you must make reasonable arrangements. "

"You really misunderstood me, am I such a bad person?" Fang Zhuo shook his head.

"Whether you are bad or not, I don't know, but I believe you can be ruthless in the issue of enterprise development." Su Wei said seriously.

Fang Zhuo sighed in his heart, this person has different experience in dealing with affairs in different positions, and he has some vague ideas about the development of the project stage...

But it should be able to handle it well, everything depends on the situation at the time.

Teacher Xiao Su is right. Now it should be regarded as entering the honeymoon period. The "Ice Drink Project" is particularly eager for Qiu Ciyun's approach.

The entire domestic semiconductor industry is short of talents from top to bottom. There are gaps in front-line engineers and senior talents. Fang Zhuo is clearly aware of this and respects the technical influence existing in the semiconductor industry.

On this trip to Luzhou, he became more aware of one thing - the most touching routine in the world is to treat people with sincerity.

Therefore, Fang Zhuo now needs to be sincere to all friends who may join the project, and find more funds to show his sincerity.

On July 7th, Fang Zhuo met Connor, the head of DCM Huaxia, at Yike's president's office.

Connor is a Chinese who grew up in New York and can speak fluent Chinese. He has worked in DCM for nearly ten years and is now in charge of the agency's business development in China.

When Fang Zhuo saw this man, he noticed a detail. When Connor introduced himself, he didn't mention his Chinese name, and his psychological cognition was obviously on the other side.

"Mr. Fang, as far as I know, you seem to have no experience in the semiconductor industry."

When Connor saw Fang Zhuo, he was extremely astonished after hearing the young CEO's statement.

"If you are looking for me to invest in Yike, I can make an investment decision with great pleasure within 5 minutes."

"Now you ask me to invest in semiconductors, er, I can spend 5 minutes, but this is a rejection."

Connor didn't think it was a good discussion.

"Mr. Connor, even if you want to refuse, it would be too fast. It's only 2 minutes now." Fang Zhuo was not shocked, and handed over a document, "This is the contract we initialed with Luzhou, the capital city of Anhui Province. You You can look at the content."

Fang Zhuo was afraid that Connor would not know about Luzhou, so he clicked specifically, and then said the key point: "The other party is willing to invest 13 billion."

Connor flipped through the documents, examined the "Ice Drink Project" that popped up suddenly, and suspected it was a scam.

Fang Zhuo didn't wait for him to finish reading, then handed over another document and said, "This is the property certificate issued by MIGA Fund and PL Fund, and it's my project contribution."

Connor took it again, and only saw the conspicuous 00000 on the first page...

"This is the domestic investment. This is relatively small, only 2000 million U.S. dollars." Fang Zhuo's third document was also an initial contract, and the money came from alms.

It's funny to say that the stocks held by the fund have not yet been sold, and the money invested by the local government is still intended. The money from outstanding entrepreneurs has basically arrived in the account.

As soon as Fang Zhuo raised his hand, Connor subconsciously raised his hand to take it again.

However, the president wants to drink tea this time.

In order not to disappoint the person in charge of DCM Huaxia, after thinking about it, he still gave a small reason: "See you today, see Goldman Sachs tomorrow."

"Goldman Sachs is very interested in us."

Yes, Goldman Sachs is very interested in Yike's US-listed business.

Fang Zhuo did not lie, he will talk to Goldman Sachs about Yike tomorrow, and then talk about semiconductors by the way.

If today goes well, the order of chatting with Goldman Sachs tomorrow is also very simple.

Support from local governments.

own funds.

Investment by domestic companies.

DCM Huaxia's strong interest.

And, the recent negotiations with Deutsche Bank.

One more thing... No matter which party you are with, you must talk about the talent issue in the industry.

Fang Zhuo looked at Connor's bewildered expression, and said with a smile: "We have found more than 50 engineers with rich experience, and most importantly, one of them is the senior vice president of the best fab in China, but I don't know yet. Good executives who say his name will join us."

Connor breathed a sigh of relief: "Does Qiu Ciyun want to join?"

Fang Zhuo: "???"

Connor nodded, holding several unfinished materials in his hand, and corrected his judgment: "It's good to have funds, Mr. Qiu, and the government."

(End of this chapter)