Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 952 Promoting Cooperation (4K)

The progress of the Yangtze River Delta Chamber of Commerce is good. Although it is basically expected, it is still gratifying to see the real implementation.

As for the advancement of ice core investment...

Although people from Germany Trade and Invest joined the negotiations, they only got some concessions on secondary conditions.

Fang Zhuo is not in a hurry, if this trip can't be finalized, let's continue to talk slowly, anyway, what is urgent now is not the rich in hand.

The third and fourth days passed quickly, and the number of people at the hotel exhibition is decreasing. Some are visiting local brands, and some need to visit other cities in Germany. Everyone will be there on January 1. All the staff gathered in Berlin, and then continued to stay in Paris, Milan, Vienna, and Barcelona for one day each, and finally took the plane on the 9th to return home.

The two cities, Dresden and Magdeburg, talked for two days, and they both invited Mr. Fang to visit the site, but Fang Zhuo arranged the invitation to the two vice presidents of Bingxin, Liao Chaoyong and Xu Keyu, respectively. People rush to where they want to go.

So on the fifth day, Fang Zhuo, who was in Berlin, waited for guests from Isère, France, and was very happy to talk to them about IceCore’s investment plan in Europe. The overall investment of the new fab exceeds 16 billion US dollars, it is expected to create at least 1000 jobs, which can radiate and drive the industrial chain in the surrounding areas.

After talking for a whole day, it was very pleasant. Fang Zhuo changed his itinerary for this reason. The original plan for Paris on the 10th will be changed to the city of Croles in Isère.

As a result, on that night, Stig, who was in charge of investment promotion in Magdeburg, called again urgently, wanting to talk about the investment of Ice Core with the people of the Federal Economic and Investment Agency tomorrow.

It is really not to eat what is fed to the mouth, and it is delicious if you have to rush to eat it.

Fang Zhuo maintains his attitude, he can talk about anything, it depends on who has more sincerity, France is now leading, Magdeburg is in the middle, and Dresden is last.

On January 1, Kohler, director of the Investment Agency, personally participated in the talks between Ice Core and Magdeburg, and worked hard to push forward the cooperation between the two parties. Deputy Mayor Stephen is willing to increase the investment ratio to 5%, and Deutsche Bank is willing to It is two years to implement the interest-free loan.

The financial crisis is a special case.

Even so, Fang Zhuo expressed his consideration, but he did not say that he was not satisfied enough. Kohler, the director of the Federal Economic and Investment Agency, first expressed his opinion in private during the luncheon at noon, that it was not enough!Not enough!We can still talk!

As for how to talk about it, Deputy Mayor Stephen is biting at 35% and will not let go for the time being...

"Magdeburg is very suitable for the construction of a fab, and I will communicate with them again. If Magdeburg really insists, we can think of other ways." Kohler is very sincere and decisive.

Because of this guy's attitude, Fang Zhuo specifically agreed with No. 6 to go to Magdeburg for a field trip. Cooperation is an interaction between the two parties, and it can't be done by himself alone.

The advantages of Magdeburg need not be repeated. The traffic conditions and human resources are good. Vice President Xu Keyu also got a very good impression after a short inspection.

When Fang Zhuo arrived here, he saw the location of the factory planned on paper, and was welcomed by the city government and the local university.

Generally speaking, Europe, as one of the earliest regions to develop the semiconductor industry, focuses on automotive semiconductors and industrial semiconductors, especially after the bankruptcy of Qimonda, the last light of memory.

Like Infineon, STMicroelectronics, and NXP, they are all strong in traditional fields such as power devices, microcontrollers, sensors, radio frequency technology, and automotive chips, rather than pursuing the most advanced process technology.

However, such an overall strategy does not mean that Magdeburg does not need relatively advanced foundry companies, and even the performance of departments including the Economic and Investment Agency proves that they welcome Ice Core to Germany.

On January 1, Fang Zhuo, Xu Keyu and others returned to Berlin.

"Can you vote? Can this place be built?" Fang Zhuo asked Xu Keyu for his opinion.

"Yes, very good. Although the foundation is a bit weaker than that in Dresden, we are very welcome in the local area, and it is relatively easy to recruit engineers. This difficulty is much lower than when we open a new factory in China." Xu Keyu talked about his concerns the key of.

As soon as Ice Core went to sea, the difficulty level of opening a new factory dropped sharply, especially for engineers, those recruited by the United States taking advantage of the financial crisis and those here in Europe were more willing to come to Magdeburg.

Coupled with the current buyer's market for second-hand equipment, the manufacturing process itself is also the 65nm that Ice Core already has. It can be said that as long as the funds are in place, it can indeed quickly form combat effectiveness as President Qiu Ciyun hopes.

"Well, wait a little longer, I think Director Kohler is in stock." Fang Zhuo was waiting for the investment agency's efforts.

Another day later, members of the Chamber of Commerce returned to Berlin one after another. The total order value has climbed from 31.5 billion to 86.9 billion, with an average of 1.8 million per family, which is already very satisfactory.

Fang Zhuo once again took everyone to summarize the results, and hoped that the number could exceed [-] billion by the end of the European trip.

However, the Yangtze River Delta Chamber of Commerce is mostly medium-sized enterprises, and their size determines that the order will not be too high.

If we continue to carry out this activity next year, I believe that with the first successful experience and lessons learned, the results will be greatly improved.

On January 1th, which was also the last day of the Chamber of Commerce in Germany, the economic and trade activities ushered in big figures.

Fang Zhuo met Merkel when he came to Germany for inspection last time, and this is the second time he has seen this preparatory evergreen.

Merkel affirmed the economic and trade delegation from China, believing that such a mechanism will help each other's economic development.

She had a cordial conversation with the leader, Fang Zhuo, and she welcomed the presence of the Yangtze River Delta Chamber of Commerce in the second half of the year or next year.

Fang Zhuo also responded normally to this, and was willing to contribute to the economic and trade exchanges between the two sides.

Ice cores were not mentioned at all in the afternoon talks, but in the evening, new progress appeared in the consultations with the Investment Agency, Magdeburg, and Deutsche Bank.

Magdeburg increased the investment ratio from 35% to 40%, which is still 10% short of Fang Zhuo's expected maximum value.

Deutsche Bank is willing to provide an interest-free loan of 4 million U.S. dollars, which is specially used for the construction of Ice Core's factory in Magdeburg. The funds will be credited in two installments within half a year, and the repayment period is two years.

The Investment Agency talked about administrative subsidy levels. After the ice core fab reaches different revenue figures, it can receive a subsidy of up to 3 million US dollars, which is almost 20% of the fab's overall investment.

40% ratio + 4 million US dollars in loans + up to 20% government subsidies, this is the final condition set by the Special Affairs Office.

It also means that Ice Core needs to invest about US$5.6 million in the early stage, which is US$1.6 million higher than the internal estimate, but more costs can be reduced through government subsidies in the later stage.

Can you grind it again?
Fang Zhuo asked himself that.

It would be nice if the loan didn't have to be repaid.

As he thought about it, he noticed that Deutsche Bank Weir, Kohler from Investment Agency, and Stephen Magdeburg were all looking at him.

"I feel the sincerity of my German friends, and I am happy to let Icexin build a wafer foundry with world-leading manufacturing processes in Magdeburg."

Fang Zhuo smiled and agreed to the terms of this negotiation intentionally.

"Boss Fang, this is a wise decision." Director Kohler said immediately.

"Magdeburg welcomes the arrival of the ice core!" Deputy Mayor Stephen was very excited.

Will, the vice president of Deutsche Bank, also smiled.

Fang Zhuo got up and shook hands with these three people one by one, and said with a smile: "In this case, Dr. Qiu Ciyun, the CEO of our ice core, will come here after the Chinese Lunar New Year to take charge of more specific inspections. Dr. Qiu is an expert in factory construction. Bingxin can’t be today without his leadership.”

Overseas factories need a leader, and Qiu Ciyun, from SMIC to Bingxin, is naturally the best candidate.

Stephen shook Boss Fang's hand, unwilling to let go for a long time.

In any case, the two sides have taken a big step in cooperation.

If Stephen's happiness is 10, then Fang Zhuo, who was able to reach a cooperation intention before leaving Germany, is 20. He is now extremely willing to spend money, and he is more willing to spend money on the blade of the ice core.

According to Qiu Ciyun's plan, Ice Core's fourth overseas manufacturing process is 65nm. On this basis, it can combine European semiconductor talents to conduct horizontal research on better production processes, and finally feed back on Ice Core's advanced manufacturing process.

Qiu Ciyun, like Liang Mengsong, tirelessly puts the manufacturing process first.

The time to fly to Paris was on the afternoon of the 10th. In the morning, Fang Zhuo, as a representative of the economic and trade delegation, accepted an interview from the German media and spoke highly of the significance of this economic and trade activity.

As the chairman of Bingxin, he also praised Germany's investment agency for promoting its own investment.

"Our cooperation with Germany Trade & Invest plays a decisive role in the entire investment decision-making process."

"Director Kohler's productive dialogue and Magdeburg's sincerity have brought this huge project forward, and I'm looking forward to IceCore's European expansion as a global company."

Fang Zhuo praised Director Kohler from the bottom of his heart.

"Mr. Fang, how do you feel about being selected as the '2008 Top Ten Global CEOs'?" The reporter asked Fang Zhuo another question that surprised him.

"Top ten presidents in the world?" Fang Zhuo was stunned, "I don't know about this."

The reporter briefly said that he is the business leader selected by the American media. Fang is always the only oriental person selected. The reason for the list is that Yike mobile phone has opened up the smart product market.

"It turned out to be like this. After hearing it like this, I didn't think much of it, but I thought the evaluation was quite objective." Fang Zhuo joked, "I was rated as the top ten this year, and I hope I won't be rated as the worst in the future."

"This year, there are also top ten bad presidents in the world, and Richard from Lehman is on top." The reporter really mentioned such a ranking.

Fang Zhuo reckoned that Richard was probably at the top of the list.

He casually asked, "Who else is here?"

The reporter was obviously familiar with this, and listed the remaining nine names one by one.

As Fang Zhuo listened, he suddenly heard a familiar name, and Mr. Luo from Qimonda was also there.

This... This won't work, Mr. Luo may still work for me in the future, you can't dampen his enthusiasm like this!

I want to speak out for Mr. Luo!
"I just heard the name of Qimonda's president." Fang Zhuo waited until the reporter finished speaking before saying seriously, "If you include President Luo in Qimonda's bankruptcy, I don't agree with that."

The reporter was surprised: "Why?"

"Luo is always a very capable professional manager. The bankruptcy of Qimonda is just a reshuffle of DRAM in the world. Even if I am the president of Qimonda, it is impossible to save the fate of this company." Fang Fang Zhuo said, "Perhaps, Mr. Luo should be held accountable, but not so much. Who would have thought of the financial crisis?"

Fang Zhuo feels sorry for Mr. Luo and Qimonda.

The reporter recorded this answer, which can be regarded as an interesting interview content.

One of the world's top ten newly released presidents led the Yangtze River Delta Business Association to board the flight to Paris. Although there are no friends like Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Telekom there, they are still welcomed by the administrative and business circles.

Fang Zhuo specifically inquired about "good presidents and bad presidents" on the plane, and found that almost half of the people really knew about it.

As expected, Richard was the bad president. He got more votes than the remaining 9 people combined, and Luo always came in third.

As for the good CEO, the one ranked first is actually Xiao Ao...

This, Fang Zhuo can only say that the selection doesn't matter, if you want to evaluate it, it's good, why did you put Xiao Ao on it, and as a result, you can only be second.

The rest also have his familiar friends, Apple's Jobs, Google's Schmidt, Amazon's Bezos, Twitter's Evan...

Twitter has had a great year, showing the value of microblogging as a social media and business tool.

When the plane landed in Paris, Fang Zhuo wondered whether he should post his acceptance speech on Twitter, but before he could come up with any copywriting, a phone call from China announced the good news.

Huaxia's 3G communication has finally been officially launched. China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have obtained 3G licenses respectively, and related communication deployment will also advance rapidly.

A new era has come!
Yi Ke, who took the lead, finally...can end his pilot life and enter the stage of full strength.

As soon as Fang Zhuo hung up the call, more calls came in immediately, including Liu Qiangdong from China, Yu Hong from the United States, and Schmidt from Google, etc.

The news of the 3G license has been spreading before, and now that it has landed, everyone realizes the significance of this to Yike. It is like South Korea to Samsung, such a local advantage...

Schmidt said bluntly on the phone: "Mr. Fang, quickly sue Nokia in China, or find a way to exclude Nokia from the operator's 3G procurement!"

"You think I'm the one who opened the three major operators? Fair competition, fair competition." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "Yike will not do anything."

"Is it inconvenient for you to talk now?" Schmidt asked.

"It's very convenient. For an influential brand like Nokia, Huaxia has just issued a license, so they are all watching." Fang Zhuo said angrily.

Schmidt understood, it's not that it's inconvenient to talk, it's that it's inconvenient to play tricks now.

This is the understanding of the seventh best president in the world to the second best president in the world.

(End of this chapter)