Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 949 Investigation
Fang Zhuo has no special requirements for the company's annual meeting.

He has always felt that it is better to do something else if he has the time and energy, but since everyone has enthusiasm and expectations, then just don't play awkwardly.

On the 29th, the singing voice of the rehearsal program was echoed in the mind for a long time before disappearing, and the members of the Yangtze River Delta Business Association's visit to Europe have basically arrived in Shanghai.

Although the trip to Europe was mainly promoted by business associations, the localities of the enterprises also participated more or less. One is to escort economic and trade activities, and the other is to see if longer-term exchanges can be formed.

Fang Zhuo made it clear to the chamber of commerce that although his trip was mainly about the semiconductor business, he would try his best to help with funds. At present, ICBC’s loan in this area is much more enjoyable than the previous grant to the semiconductor field. , and the Deutsche Bank still has something to talk about.

That night, he had a phone call with Ma Xiliang, the chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, and reconfirmed the flight at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Because there are nearly 150 people in the European delegation, this time we will not take the Qingzi, but charter a flight.

At 09:30, Bingxin's team also arrived in Shanghai. This time, Bingxin's vice president of business development, Liao Chaoyong, and vice president of research and development, Xu Keyu, were in charge of more specific contact.

Fang Zhuo had already been to Germany once before, and had a certain investigation.

Originally, Qiu Ciyun had always been opposed to building a factory in Germany, but the capital policy of the German bank, the new round of directional financing hinted by Fang Zhuo and his firm attitude made him think, what can he get if he builds a factory in Germany?
Qiu Ciyun knows that Fang always has a kind of worry about taking precautions before they happen. He has a different judgment on this point. He thinks that if there are serious off-site factors, even if there are overseas factories, it will be difficult to avoid them.

But from another perspective, overseas factories may help Yike develop more international customers.

This year's semiconductors have encountered an inflection point and the overall demand has weakened, which makes Ice Core's upgraded 65nm production capacity a bit embarrassing. At present, the only major international customers imported are Qualcomm and AMD. Although the orders of these two companies continue to increase, they are still lower than expected.

Fabs need big brand partners with continuous cooperation. On the one hand, they have stable production capacity, and on the other hand, they can cooperate in technology upgrades together.

Although the 45nm currently developed by Bingxin has not yet reached the risk trial production, it has already jointly developed the next-generation process chip with Qualcomm.

Tai Kee is still the strongest and the best in this regard. It has a wide range of major international customers. Companies such as NVIDIA, STM, and ADI are long-term partners.

After Qiu Ciyun was forced to change his thinking, he hoped to use the influence exerted by Germany to obtain more international orders.

Because Infineon, a well-known semiconductor company in Germany, is good at power semiconductors, he revised Mr. Fang’s competitive thinking, thinking that he should not focus on short-term attacks and focus on developing the power semiconductor business, but should form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

However, the best technical capabilities of ice cores cannot be placed in Germany.

Therefore, after several discussions, Qiu Ciyun believes that Germany can build a 65nm fab, and when it is completed there, the local manufacturing process has progressed to 45nm according to the plan, which is exactly one generation away.

In the second half of 2009, 65nm is definitely still a mainstream and mature technology in the world, and still has strong competitiveness.

In this way, for the ice core team, the goal of this visit to Europe is very clear, considering Germany's government subsidies, industry stability and the availability of skilled workers, try to include the expansion of regional customers into the pre-negotiation conditions.

The location of the factory basically depends on two places, one is Dresden, and the other is Magdeburg.

The former is the second largest city in eastern Germany after Berlin. It is an important scientific research center and has the highest proportion of researchers among major German cities.

The latter is the center of the European continent. There are highways, universities and industrial areas nearby, which can meet the transportation needs and provide enough talents and related production materials.

Specific city intentions have to go to Germany to investigate and contact again.

If there is no agreement this time, there is still time in the future, and countries that are easy to contact, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, will be further taken into consideration. For example, part of the 90nm process technology introduced by Bingxin before comes from the Belgian Microelectronics Research Center.

Of course, according to Fang Zhuo's top priority, he most hopes to facilitate the establishment of a factory in Germany.

On the morning of the 30th, Fang Zhuo spent half a day communicating with Liao Chaoyong about the goals of the trip, and confirmed that there was no problem with each other's understanding, so he finally called his family members before the trip.

The event lasted for two weeks, which also meant that he was coming back to attend the company's annual meeting and it would be Chinese New Year.

This year is considered to have gained a lot, but it also faces risks.

Nokia, the biggest risk of Yike, is still working hard in the United States.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Yangtze River Delta Business Association's first economic and trade delegation to Europe took a chartered flight to Berlin, Germany.

It takes about fifteen hours to fly from Shanghai to Berlin. Although it takes a long time, everyone on the passenger plane is considered to be their own people in a relative sense. This time, they are rushing for orders or investment. Everyone has a lot to talk about.

As the richest man in the Mainland and also the sponsor of this event, Fang Zhuo had to exchange business cards with business leaders who had left their seats from time to time, and chatted for a few words, most of which were inseparable from "thanks", "care" and "cooperation".

Fang Zhuo could clearly feel that everyone had high expectations of him.

To be honest, it was also the first time for him to engage in such a relatively large-scale event, and he didn't know much about it, so he took the time to talk about the strangeness he also had.

Although Fang Zhuo has visited Germany before, the foreign market he is most familiar with is the United States, where he has many friends, while here he only has a few connections such as Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bank.

It is still relatively cautious about what can be negotiated and what can be achieved.

There is a 7-hour time difference between Shanghai and Berlin.

When the European delegation landed at Berlin Airport, it was 30 o'clock in the middle of the night on the 11th German time.

However, although it was late, the German side still attached great importance to organizing a full-fledged pick-up team.

At the very least, Ma Xiliang, the chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, felt that he was quite important. He heard the interpreter introduce that the person opposite to pick up the plane was the second-in-command of the German economic department.

"Huh? Why isn't Gross here?"

When Ma Xiliang thought this way, he heard Mr. Fang whispering.

He asked with some surprise: "Is Gross sure to come?"

Gross is the head of the German economy.

Fang Zhuo frowned, but did not answer this question. In fact, the arrangement he had received from Germany would indeed have Gross appear, but now it has become another one.

Is it because that person has something to do temporarily or has the level of attention dropped?

Fang Zhuo changed his mind, and soon saw that in addition to friends from Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bank, a good friend also appeared in the pick-up team.

After all, it was an economic and trade event. After the two sides introduced each other, shook hands and took pictures, the atmosphere soon relaxed.

Fang Zhuo walked up to his old friend Luo Jianhua with a half-smile, and punched him on the shoulder: "Mr. Luo, Mr. Luo, you didn't take good care of your Qimonda, why did you come to pick him up?" Me?"

He never expected that Luo Jianhua, the head of Qimonda who had already filed for bankruptcy, would appear here.

Seeing Fang's attitude always like this, Luo Jianhua couldn't help but smile: "I heard that Fang is always coming to Germany, so I thought I'd have to apologize to you in person as soon as possible, otherwise, I wouldn't have the face to go to Huaxia in the future."

Fang Zhuo felt that he and Mr. Luo were not on the same side, so why didn't he come to Germany?

"Hey, it's a pity for Qimonda. I always thought that the German government would regret it." He shook his head and had to mention Qimonda.

"It's difficult in every way, and Qimonda's bankruptcy is already very difficult to recover." Luo Jianhua has been working intensively for more than a month, and many emotions have already settled in his heart. This meeting is very calm when talking about the company.

He really felt that he should apologize to Mr. Fang face to face when he appeared in the German business group, but on the other hand, the things he communicated with Mr. Fang last time also appeared in his heart from time to time.

Mr. Fang's Lin'an No. [-] Factory was cut off badly.

However, if the second factory in Lin'an can really transfer to the DRAM business, it is not impossible for me to consider re-employment there.

Qimonda fell, but Luo Jianhua could still stand.

Luo Jianhua felt that he could take the time to chat with Mr. Fang about the packaged sale of Qimonda's related patents. If Mr. Fang is willing, he can come forward and talk to Infineon, the major shareholder of Qimonda, about the asset disposal with a tendency.

Anyway, who is it not to sell to?

Qimonda still owes Ice Core the OEM fee.

"This year, the world's semiconductors are not doing well. It's in dire straits." Fang Zhuo sighed.

"Half sea water, half flame." Luo Jianhua bankrupted Qimonda, but now he is a little optimistic about the industry, "Samsung is still expanding production, Bingxin is also coming to Germany to build a factory, Qualcomm heard that business growth is very good , I think the industry may recover in the second half of this year.”

"It's just an investigation, not sure yet." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Luo Jianhua said: "Regardless of semiconductors, Yike is always excellent."

"Mr. Luo still pays attention to my Yi Ke?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Luo Jianhua smiled and said, "You can see it."

Fang Zhuo thought that Mr. Luo was observing the mobile phone market.

However, when the pick-up team slowly drove out of the airport, a huge billboard appeared in front of them.

——Ike's blockbuster mobile game "Temple Run"!
The first billboard goes past, followed by a second billboard in light.

——Android King, Yike Mars!

Fang Zhuo pointed out the window: "See?"

Luo Jianhua nodded: "Yes, I saw it."

It turned out to be such a view.

Two billboards passed by, the third billboard was the news of the factory's discount sale, and the fourth billboard became the information of the bank's disposal of non-performing assets.

Half sea water, half flame.

Fang Zhuo looked at it thoughtfully, and it was only in such an economic environment that his Yangtze River Delta delegation to Europe had a high standard of attention.

"Germany is also trying to find a way to dispose of toxic assets. I thought I could see Gross today. He couldn't be busy with this." Fang Zhuo withdrew his thoughts and asked about tonight's changes.

"Gross..." Luo Jianhua pondered.

After all, Fang Zhuo is a foreigner, not as keen on news as a local like Mr. Luo. When he heard his tone, he felt strange and gave him a questioning look.

"The impact of the economic crisis is too great, and Gross has been accused by public opinion of not playing a role when the economic crisis occurred." It's turbulent, I guess I'm not in the mood to ask you about things now."

Fang Zhuo frowned: "Resign at this time... Then who will replace me?"

"Ask Merkel face to face in a few days." Luo Jianhua joked, still talking about the news he had heard, "It is rumored that it is Guttenberg, secretary-general of the Christian Social Union, or Brüder of the Liberal Democratic Party. Le, no matter what the specific situation is, I don't know."

He shrugged: "Anyway, everyone's evaluation of Gross is very bad now, and the general election is still a few months away. Resigning at this time is tantamount to letting Merkel face the difficult economic situation alone."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, it sounded a little naive.

His thoughts turned, and he wanted to talk about Qimonda with Mr. Luo, but he looked at Ma Xiliang in the car from the corner of his eye, wishing he could prick his ears up, so he stopped thinking about talking about this aspect.

The company is still going through the bankruptcy process. At this time, if an outsider hears that he is talking about Qimonda's more than 12000 patents with Mr. Luo, it is easy to misunderstand him.

More than 12000 patents include more than 5000 US patents, involving more than 1000 million DRAM technical documents. The corresponding most advanced chip process is 46nm, and the data is about 2.8TB.

It's better to talk about it in private.

Anyway, Mr. Luo came to pick him up in person and has shown his subjective initiative. It is not in vain that Lin'an No. [-] Factory has no regrets about the cancellation of the order from Qimonda.

The convoy was driving at high speed in the middle of the night, and it was already late. The government and business teams on the German side showed a warm welcome, and there will be positive negotiations the next day.

　In the past two days, my family has gradually become positive, and I have no symptoms, and I have probably entered the countdown.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)