Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 503 If You Are Rich, Butterflies Will Come (Two in One)

On July 7, after the Defense Office rejected the ice core application, both Fang Zhuo and Smith used a variety of methods to try.

What Smith can mobilize are the resources of the Goldman Sachs Group, including but not limited to some administrative contacts of the Democratic and Republican.

Fang Zhuo didn't have much to spend, and Bloomberg, which had been charged with members, was no longer miraculous. The money in his pocket could not be spent, and there was no progress in asking the equipment suppliers on the ice core purchase list.

He even called the Anliang Chamber of Commerce, trying to find out if there was a relationship he could connect with, but he still found nothing.

Just when Fang Zhuo was thinking about using his old face to invite Zhang Rujing, the head of SMIC, and Professor Hu Zhengming, an academician of the National Academy of Engineering, to come to Washington to act as lobbyists, his team, the Rockets, had a lot of money in the trade market opened by the NBA in July. gained.

The general manager of the Rockets team has been officially replaced by Colangelo, who jumped from the Suns. Under the owner's intention, he immediately provided Nash, a restricted free agent of the Mavericks, with a six-year, $6 million contract. offer.

It is reported that the Mavericks offered Nash less than $4 million in four years.

In the end, when Fang Zhuo personally called Nash to express his welcome and trust, the Mavericks' starting point guard switched to the Rockets, their rivals in Texas.

This trade reinforcement surprised many players of the Rockets. After all, there is also an All-Star point guard Francis in the team, and Francis immediately expressed his welcome. In an interview, he said that he is a combo guard and a shooting guard. It can make the team's tactics more changeable.

However, within two days, general manager Colang Lolo made a deal that shocked the league. He exchanged All-Star guard Francis + Kevin Cato from the Raptors for All-Star swingman Carter + Tang Ye El Marshall.

Carter was not happy with the Raptors last season and had a lot of conflicts with the management, so this deal took shape.

General manager Colang Lolo's deal is not over yet. Considering the team's configuration, he traded from the New York Knicks for a power forward with tough defense, Kurt Thomas. Dirty Kurt", excellent low-post defense, and a stable mid-range player.

如此一来，火箭队的首发配置便是纳什+吉姆·杰克逊+卡特+科特+姚明，首发薪资是875+340+1133+588+444=3380万美元。

Thanks to Yao Ming's unexpired rookie contract, his salary of 444 million US dollars leaves the team with a lot of room for the salary cap of 4387 million US dollars. In the future, the head coach can be consulted for ideas to sign more suitable substitute players.

The Rockets' major trade operations have been completed, and many sports media immediately raised their optimism about the team's new season results.

In the eyes of Fang Zhuo, a team owner who understands the ball, Nash, who has Mvp strength, and Carter, one of the four major shooting guards, are missing. The combing of the team's offense is enough.

The offensive firepower of Nash + Carter + Yao Ming is more than enough.

Defensively, Yao Ming is a deterrent on the inside, Carter + Kurt on the forward line is also effective, and Nash on the guard is limited by his physical fitness and needs to make up for it, but his defensive attitude is also positive.

With the disintegration of the Lakers F4 combination in the new season, the Rockets already have the strength to hit the championship this year. Only the troika Spurs and last season's defending champion Pistons need to pay attention.

However, Fang Zhuo felt that in addition to signing some dynamic defensive players, he also had to replace coach Van Gundy with a more flexible coach.

At this point, general manager Kelang Luoluo is still looking for suitable candidates.

All in all, Fang Zhuo was very satisfied with the Rockets during the trading period. Compared with the work he had to do, it was a world away.

On July 7, after two more futile days, Fang Zhuo began to consider the worst-case scenario.

He vaguely felt that maybe he would have to wait for changes in the relationship in the higher dimension before he could leverage the permission of the last link.

That night, Fang Zhuo held a meeting with the depressed procurement team, trying to brainstorm more ways to discuss.

"Mr. Fang, if it really doesn't work, let's find an alternative plan and take your time."

After the meeting with Fang Zhuo, Qiu Ciyun called again to express his attitude.

Fang Zhuo smoked a cigarette and didn't speak. If Bingxin couldn't get permission like SMIC, I'm afraid he could only struggle hard, and he was another Huajing Huahong.

In the alternative plan, it may still be possible to tie up domestic TV manufacturers to maintain a certain degree of survival and even small-scale profits, but the development of great strides will inevitably be insulated from ice cores, and first-class equipment and technologies cannot be adopted.

As for how long this situation will last, no one knows.

Fang Zhuo sighed: "Mr. Qiu, this is really painful."

Qiu Ciyun comforted: "Mr. Fang, we actually have this kind of determination to engage in semiconductors."

"Even if you can't get approval?" Fang Zhuo asked.

"I can't say everything. At the very least, I can express my opinion on my own behalf. If Bingxin can't buy good equipment, then we will buy some old equipment, old equipment, and wait for the opportunity. Even if I, Qiu Ciyun, was wasted to death in Luzhou, That's all." Qiu Ciyun had fun in his bitterness, and said with a smile, "Anyway, I'm not too young, I can sit still, and I can last until I die."

Fang Zhuo was silent.

Qiu Ciyun continued: "But I also want to ask Mr. Fang, if Goldman Sachs and IDG withdraw due to failure to obtain approval, will Mr. Fang also come up with a reason to withdraw from the semiconductor industry?"

He listed: "Continued losses, factory burdens, equipment purchases, Mr. Fang, I can actually understand these reasons."

Fang Zhuo smiled, he crushed the cigarette, and said: "Mr. Qiu, I will not quit because of a temporary defeat. If the national defense is not approved today, then I will wait for next year, the year after next, five years, ten years, and then I will not approve it." , let’s wait for the localization of equipment, and pay more attention to this when the country has money.”

"You Qiu Ciyun dare to say that you were wasted to death in Luzhou, then I, Fang Zhuo, dare to say that when you die, I can dry the ice core until I die."

He finally said: "Mr. Qiu, it's not that I don't have money, it's not that I'm afraid of making money. Now that I have money, I can't spend it!"

"Okay, okay, okay, Boss Fang, with your words, I'm relieved." Qiu Ciyun smiled, "Xiongguan Road is as long as iron, and now I'm going all the way from the beginning, Boss Fang is not afraid, I am not afraid, Bing Xin is not afraid either. "

"President Qiu, you must have a regular physical examination, and try to let us spend more time together." Fang Zhuo ended the call in a relaxed tone.

However, when he put down his phone, his brows immediately frowned.

Mr. Qiu's statement is of course a consolation, but it is a chain reaction trend.

One of the bargaining chips for Bingxin to attract high-level technical personnel and management is the company option. If the equipment purchase fails, the prospect of Bingxin will quickly dim. Mr. Qiu is willing to waste time with Bingxin, what about the others?
Others want to leave the ice core to display their ambitions, so is there any reason to stay?

Fang Zhuo was full of thoughts in his mind, thinking of a more appropriate way to deal with it.

At 08:30 in the evening, just as the chairman of Bingxin was considering further arrangements, an unfamiliar number suddenly called the phone.

"Mr. Fang, I'm Sun Zhizhou, the deputy marketing director of Texas Instruments. I heard that Ice Core is seeking approval for equipment procurement. Are you interested in chatting?" The deputy director of Texas Instruments, who called himself Sun Zhizhou, got straight to the point.

Fang Zhuo was taken aback, and said calmly, "Texas Instruments? Since Mr. Sun called me like this, of course I'm interested."

"How about we chat in the coffee shop on the second floor of the hotel?" Sun Zhizhou surprised Fang Zhuo again, "My colleagues and I have already arrived at the hotel lobby."

"Okay, Mr. Sun, wait a moment."

Fang Zhuo put down his phone, put out his cigar, climbed out of the bathtub, changed his clothes briefly, and arrived at the coffee shop on the second floor of the hotel.

He didn't call anyone else, and planned to see the purpose of Texas Instruments first.

From a narrow market point of view, Texas Instruments and Icecore are slightly competitive, but they are industry giants, and Icecore has not yet started, so the two are not comparable.

And if we talk about it more broadly, Texas Instruments not only provides solutions for the semiconductor industry, but also outsources some businesses, and Ice Core has room for cooperation.

However, Texas Instruments is not on Ice Core's equipment purchase list, and has never had any dealings with it. If there is a relationship, Texas Instruments provides Apple with Ipod chips. This is what Yike found out after dismantling and researching.

Then, what is the purpose of Sun Zhizhou, deputy director of marketing, who keeps mentioning "approval and approval of equipment procurement"?What kind of help can they provide?
Fang Zhuo, who had tried many methods, naturally didn't mind hearing about the changes at the door.

Sun Zhizhou and Deyi had a total of four people, but the other three just exchanged business cards and left space for the deputy director and Fang Zhuo.

"Mr. Fang, I heard that Bingxin encountered some difficulties in auditing in national defense, and Deyi can help you." Sun Zhizhou didn't make a fuss, he was simple and straightforward.

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly and said, "We have indeed encountered some difficulties, and we are working hard with Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank."

Sun Zhizhou understood the other party's reluctance to reveal his attitude, and smiled and said: "Mr. Fang, since I came here today, I am sincere. I personally admire Mr. Fang's business achievements, and I regret the obstacles in the procurement of ice core equipment for national defense. .”

Fang Zhuo admitted calmly: "Yes, I didn't expect the national defense to be so sensitive to a normal commercial company, but we are already considering German and European equipment manufacturers."

Sun Zhizhou was slightly startled, and shook his head: "It may be difficult for Ice Core to obtain equipment from Europe. The scope of the Wassenaar Agreement includes Europe."

Fang Zhuo asked back: "Then before that, did you ever think that Ice Core could get the procurement permits from the three departments of energy, commerce, and state affairs?"

Sun Zhizhou hesitated slightly.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Deutsche Bank is an important shareholder of Bingxin, and Bingxin is also a global capital shareholder company, which itself is registered in the Cayman Islands. Considering national defense reasons, we are considering changing the location of the factory from China to China. Berlin."

"Whether it is Goldman Sachs, DCM, IDG, or Deutsche Bank, we have every reason to believe that with the relocation of the ice core, the last obstacle to the national defense procurement license will be broken."

He took a sip of his coffee and said lightly, "Mr. Sun, your thinking is too simple."

Sun Zhizhou was lost in thought.

No problem, if the ice core already approved by three departments is moved to Berlin, the sensitivity of national defense will be much reduced, and one of the shareholders, Deutsche Bank, will inevitably exert influence.

Although the ice core is now in trouble, it is not without solutions.

However, the policy given by Berlin must not be comparable to that of Huaxia, and there will also be a loss of engineers.

But if the ice core is really in a hurry, it will definitely not be able to take care of so much.

After Sun Zhizhou thought about it, his attitude dropped a lot, and he still smiled and said, "Mr. Fang, I believe you would rather put the ice core in Huaxia."

His sentence is a judgment on the country and national sentiment.

"Yeah, who's to say no, Huaxia's policy is too favorable, and the labor is quite cheap." Fang Zhuo said calmly, "But if I can't purchase equipment, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank will not allow me to do this. "

It's not that I don't want to, it's that I will be forced by capital to relocate the factory.

Can I, an ordinary person, still fight against the will of capital?

Sun Zhizhou nodded slightly, convinced.

He reorganized the language and said: "If Texas Instruments can provide a solution that is the best of both worlds, I believe Mr. Fang is still more willing to continue the original development plan."

"Hmm." Fang Zhuo picked up his coffee cup and leaned back, "Mr. Sun, tell me."

Sun Zhizhou opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Fang Zhuo.

"Before listening to Deyi's conditions, I was curious about your abilities. Mr. Sun came here tonight, I believe it is not to waste time." Fang Zhuo showed a small smile.

Sun Zhizhou thought for two seconds and said, "Mr. Rumsfeld used to be the chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments. Today, Texas Instruments..."

He used a description that is more in line with oriental culture: "Deyi and national defense still have a lot of love."

Fang Zhuo's expression did not change.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, I agree to everything you say.

I agreed, I agreed, and I agreed with the counter-offer.

Don't be afraid of spending money, but be afraid of not being able to spend it!
(End of this chapter)