Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 491 Plan ahead
A week later, Wang Weidong and Song Yu boarded a flight from Shanghai to Berlin.

Along with the two of them were two old German men, Steiner and Ulrich.

The two German old men have no eyesight at all. Originally, Xiangyang Electronics invited the two of them as a display, and the purpose was to publicize that their beer equipment and technology came from Germany.

The two German old men are two moving live advertising signs. After the two of them arrive in China, they just stay quietly.

But these two old men really regarded themselves as German experts, dictating what to do in the brewery.From the opening of the market to Wulin City, I was extremely concerned about the Red Star Beer Team. Seeing the poor state of the entire football team, I wanted to make suggestions for this football team and do my part.

Now the positioning of the two people is that they are an indispensable member of Xiangyang Electronics and good friends of the Chinese people!
This time, the two German old men followed Wang Weidong and Song Yu back to Germany, hoping to serve as staff to help Wang Weidong and Song Yu choose a few suitable players and coaches.

These two old men swore to Wang Weidong and Song Yu that they knew professionals in the German football field, and they were still good friends!
Regarding what the two German old men said, Wang Weidong and Song Yu were actually somewhat suspicious. Although Germany is not a big country, how could these two ordinary old men in Germany know those who earn hundreds of dollars a year in the German professional league? Tens of thousands of marks, people who live in villas and drive sports cars?

These two old men are just ordinary old men who came to China for [-] to [-] marks.

Sitting on the seat of the plane, Wang Weidong said to Song Yu beside him: "The groundbreaking ceremony is over, and now the construction of the brewery will officially start. Xu Kangnian will work hard in the future."

"Yeah, I have a headache when I think about dealing with those large and small contractors! There will be construction of the gymnasium in the future, so there are too many things!" Song Yu nodded.

"The real estate project of the Peony Garden in the capital was also thanks to Xu Kangnian calling the capital to inquire about the news, so we finally made up our minds to take over this real estate project. After the two of us came back from Germany this time, we will quietly give Xu Kangnian 100 million and give it to us. Those who do things can't let him suffer!" Wang Weidong said.

Hearing what Wang Weidong said, Song Yu was very happy.Because Xu Kangnian was recruited by Song Yu in the capital, this shows that he still has a good eye for people.

Twelve hours later, the plane landed at the airport in Berlin. The two old Germans had been away from home for several months. After giving their phone numbers, they bid farewell to Wang Weidong and Song Yu and hurried back to their homes.

Wang Weidong and Song Yu took a taxi directly to the semiconductor factory under the inverter factory acquired by Xiangyang Electronics.

The person in charge of managing this semiconductor factory is Cao Kewen, who was originally sent to Germany by the unit to study, but stayed in Germany after completing his studies.

Wang Weidong had already called Cao Kewen in Germany before getting on the plane. After arriving at the semiconductor factory, regardless of their exhaustion, Wang Weidong and Song Yu put on anti-static and dust-proof clothing and followed Cao Kewen into the production workshop to watch the workers go into production .

"Now our factory uses six-inch wafers purchased from Siemens for igbt production. This kind of inverter suspended under the American train is used to power the air conditioner on the train. The structure is not complicated, and the production difficulty is not high." Cao Kewen said.

The igbt is the core component of the inverter. It must withstand tens or even hundreds of amperes of current when it is turned on, and hundreds or even thousands of volts of voltage when it is turned off.

Moreover, under such a huge current and voltage, there must be a very high switching speed, which can reach tens of thousands of times per second.

igbt is one of the hot spots in semiconductor production right now.

"You just said that this factory now purchases six-inch wafers from Siemens, but Siemens is located in West Germany, so the semiconductor factory in East Germany could not purchase Siemens wafers at all. How did they produce them at that time? "Wang Weidong asked curiously.

"Dresden in East Germany was the center of the former Warsaw Pact microelectronics and semiconductor industry, and Saxony was the Silicon Valley of the entire Warsaw Pact. I asked the technicians in this factory, and they used to come from a semiconductor factory in Dresden. To purchase three-inch wafers, of course, compared with the current Siemens six-inch wafers, the yield rate of igbt production at that time was much lower." Cao Kewen replied.

Hearing what Cao Kewen said, Wang Weidong suddenly became interested in the semiconductor industry of the former East Germany.

He then asked: "You have stayed in Germany for such a long time, and you have studied semiconductors yourself. Is the semiconductor technology of the former East Germany much worse than the world's advanced level?"

Cao Kewen thought for a while and replied: "I originally developed memory chips at Siemens. In terms of memory chip technology, East Germany is about five years behind the world's advanced level at that time."

Hearing Cao Kewen's answer, Song Yu said, "It's only five years away, not bad. This shows that East Germany is quite advanced in semiconductor technology."

Wang Weidong also held the same idea as Song Yu.

Cao Kewen shook his head and said, "It's one thing to be able to produce it in a laboratory, but another thing to be able to mass-produce it. The semiconductor industry requires huge investment, which is impossible for a country like East Germany to afford, and At that time, the economic efficiency of East German enterprises was too low, and the speed of replacement was very slow. Compared with the whole world, the products were already behind when they were just produced. The main reason was that when I first arrived in Germany, West Germany and East Germany It has not yet been unified. As far as I know, only 40% of the processes and equipment used in the production of chips in West Germany are produced by themselves, and due to the embargo of the West, East Germany needs to produce 70% of the processes and equipment by itself. This production method causes the cost of semiconductors. It is very expensive and has no economic competitiveness at all. The production cost of a 1MB memory chip in East Germany is 1675 marks, and the price is 120 marks. Every time a memory chip is produced, the country will subsidize 1555 marks, while the same chip in West Germany The price is only 16 marks, and it is still profitable. The production cost of memory chips in East Germany is 100 times that of West Germany!"

Hearing Cao Kewen's explanation, Song Yu murmured in a low voice: "It's better to have something than nothing, so let's make it more expensive."

"It's not that it's more expensive, it's 100 times more expensive in terms of cost, the more you produce, the more you pay!" Cao Kewen corrected.

"Why is there such a big difference? We are all one country, and the level of technology is the same." Wang Weidong asked.

"East Germany is not without technology since four or five years ago. The earliest jet aircraft was born here, and the best tanks and submarines were also born here. However, the northern powers have not allowed them to design and produce an aircraft for decades. Tanks and submarines," Cao Kewen said.

"Wu Dalang opened a shop, no one can be taller than me!" Song Yu said with a smile.

"It's not just for this reason. Businessmen are willing to take risks for economic benefits. However, the officials in East Germany's technical management were conservative. At the beginning, they did not realize the importance of semiconductors. Their eyes were fixed on The production of steel and coal. In a market economy society, consumers determine the life and death of enterprises, so the most advanced military products in the northern powers are military products, because their consumers are the army, and the right to speak is too powerful! If Sukhoi’s products Not good, I don’t want it, I’ll buy MiG’s. Civilian products are no good, if you like to buy it or not, if you don’t buy it, you’ll get out! So civilian technology has never been able to develop.” Cao Kewen explained.

"I want to produce igbts for induction cookers in China. I heard that this Igbt structure is simple and easy to produce, and there is a great demand in Guangdong Province." Wang Weidong said.

"Where does your production line come from? I suggest Xiangyang Electronics to buy second-hand equipment. As far as I know, there are almost no manufacturers of this kind of low-end igbt in Germany, because they can't compete with Japan at all. I suggest that the company go to Japan for production. Even if you buy old equipment more than ten years ago, it is enough." Cao Kewen suggested.

Wang Weidong nodded.

Many domestic production companies now go to Japan to purchase obsolete equipment.

The capital required to purchase advanced equipment will be very large, and Western countries have formulated many policies to restrict the export of advanced equipment.

Even if there is no restrictive policy, those companies will actively retain advanced technology and export equipment that has been technically eliminated.

"We, Xiangyang Electronics, will keep the factory here for a long time. In this way, there is no limit to the purchase of advanced equipment. Soon, our Xiangyang Electronics will send people here in batches for training, and you must prepare in advance." Wang Weidong said.

"Now Western European countries are beginning to vigorously develop solar power and wind power generation. And inverters will be used more and more widely. I suggest that Xiangyang Electronics should increase its research in this area and set up research institutions here instead of in Domestically. Only in this way can we track foreign advanced technologies more quickly, and we will be ready when China vigorously develops solar and wind power generation in the future.” Cao Kewen said.

"This suggestion is good, I will seriously consider it." Wang Weidong said.

Then Wang Weidong and Song Yu left the factory and found a hotel to stay in.

After sitting on the plane for more than ten hours and going around the factory, both of them were very tired.

But Song Yu still complained: "Weidong, I came to Germany with you at the wrong time these two times! It's June, the football league has ended, and we can't see anything! Oh, it's okay if we come in October Going to Oktoberfest, we're drinking beer and watching the blonde girl serving it!"

"If you want to watch football, you can still see it. Didn't those two old German men say that? They are very familiar with German football professionals. They will take us to meet them in two days, and then we will start to introduce players and coaches. .” Wang Weidong said.

The two German old men who feel that they want to introduce talents for Chinese football are very conscientious.

That night, when Wang Weidong was sleeping in the dark because of jet lag, the phone rang endlessly.

Wang Weidong picked up the phone beside the bed, and Ulrich said excitedly in the Russian language he hated the most: "Wang, I have already contacted you. We will meet in Berlin tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)