Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Chapter 178 Return to Hong Kong

As a result, these companies have recruited troops and invested heavily, either to speed up the research and development of smartphones or to form relevant R&D teams, striving to launch their own smartphone products as soon as possible and occupy a place in this emerging blue ocean market. In the foreseeable future, an era in which domestically produced smartphones will flourish and a hundred schools of thought will flourish is about to come. Among them, Ruida Technology Company, which was the first to enter the market, undoubtedly has the first-mover advantage and took the lead in taking up the banner of domestic smartphones. As for whether it can maintain this advantage in the future, it depends on Qiao Ruida's follow-up operations.

In the next two days, Qiao Ruida flew to Hong Kong, turned on the golden finger, replenished the supply of mobile phones for Shengshi Foreign Trade Company, and copied a large number of Qualcomm mobile phone processors and baseband chips to meet the production needs of Ruida's first-generation mobile phones. While in Hong Kong, Qiao Ruida met with Morris, CEO of Shengshi Foreign Trade, and told him about jointly funding the establishment of a wafer foundry in mainland China.

Morris put down the coffee cup in his hand and said: "BOSS, even if you don't come to me, I just want to give you feedback. The funds stored in our company's accounts are too much, reaching an astonishing more than 500 billion. So Putting a lot of money in the bank and earning a little interest is really a loss. Investing in a wafer fab may be a good idea. China has a population of 14 billion, but there are no supporting chip manufacturers. Every year, it only imports chips from abroad. The scale of imported chips of all kinds reaches trillions. Such a large market makes people drool just looking at it. If we have our own wafer foundry, we will not make particularly high-end chips, but just make some low-end chips domestically. You can make a lot of money just by replacing them.”

Qiao Ruida picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. A bitter taste exploded on his taste buds. He couldn't help but frown. This authentic Blue Mountain coffee was so bitter. It had no taste at all like the instant coffee he drank before.

Qiao Ruida shook her head and said: "I opened a wafer foundry not to produce those low-end digital chips and analog chips. Those things do not have much technical content, the barriers to entry are too low, and the profits are not high. They can easily be replaced by latecomers. Roll to death. What we want to do is to make the highest-end chips and pursue the most advanced processes. Only in this way can we obtain the greatest benefits and eat the most delicious cake. We can also establish high enough technical barriers to allow latecomers to catch up. Chaseable.”

Perhaps seeing the frown on Joe Reda's face, Morris pushed the sugar cubes on the table in front of him, "BOSS, the Blue Mountain coffee here is made from black coffee beans produced in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. It tastes bitter. . If you are not used to this taste, you can add more sugar cubes."

"BOSS, I very much agree with your plan to build the world's top wafer foundry. Regardless of any industry, only a small number of companies at the top live best and are most prosperous. But if you want to produce the most advanced chips, It is necessary to use the most advanced chip production lines, and these equipment cannot be produced in China. If you want to import, you are subject to layers of restrictions. No matter how much money you spend, it is difficult to buy the top equipment. Then there is the problem of talent. "China's domestic chip production industry has just started, and there are still very few relevant practitioners. If we rashly set up a large-scale wafer foundry, it will be very troublesome to recruit enough talents."

Qiao Ruida used a tong to pick up two sugar cubes and put them into the coffee cup. She stirred them a few times with a spoon. After the sugar cubes melted, she picked up the cup and took a sip. The taste was much better this time, and only the bitter taste of the coffee remained. The next bit, the aroma and sweetness take over.

"Don't worry about chip production equipment. I have my own channels abroad. No matter how advanced the equipment is, I can get it as long as it is available on the earth. As for chip production talents, I plan to invite a group of them from abroad and then work with them. Cooperate with well-known domestic universities and train a group of ourselves. Even if we cannot gather so many talents in the short term, we can start from a small scale and gradually expand the scale of the factory and the scale of talents. I have a list here, which lists some of the talents in Top Chinese talents working in wafer foundries in Taiwan, Europe, the United States, South Korea, and Japan. I want you to form a team, find them abroad, invite them back to China, and join the wafer foundry we are about to establish. In terms of salary and benefits, you can The offer should be higher. If the top five are interested in joining, they can promise to give some company shares."

Morris took the file from Qiao Ruida, opened it and looked at it. The first one on the list was a person named "Lin Mengsong", who is now a visiting professor at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea. He asked with some curiosity: "Boss, this Lin Mengsong who is ranked first is just a university professor, how come he is ranked first on the list."

Qiao Ruida drank the coffee in the cup in one gulp, and then said: "This Lin Mengsong has a big background. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, received a doctorate in electrical engineering, and was elected as an academician of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. As early as 1992, Lin Mengsong Joined TSMC as an engineer and senior R&D director. He is the inventor of nearly 500 TSMC patents. In 2003, Lin Mengsong helped TSMC defeat IBM in the 130-nanometer process technology. In 2009, Lin Mengsong left TSMC and joined South Korea's Four Star to develop chips. Research and development, but due to the non-compete agreement, Lin Mengsong did not join Four Stars to hold a specific position, but took up a professorship at Sungkyunkwan University. According to what I know, Lin Mengsong’s non-compete agreement will be in July this year. The month is about to expire, and this is our best opportunity to make a move.”

Morris nodded and said: "Okay, boss, Lin Mengsong is indeed a great talent in the field of chip production. He is worth fighting for. I will form a team as soon as possible and visit everyone on this list one by one. talents and invite them to join the wafer fab we are about to build.”

"Well, implement it as soon as possible. Other talents will try their best to fight for it. This Liang Mengsong must be invited. Any requests he has can be discussed. If you can't decide, just tell me. During this summer vacation, I will start the wafer The investment project of the foundry will require you to come to the mainland in person. Your foreign face can still scare people."

"Okay BOSS, I'm always at your disposal. In fact, I have wanted to travel to the Chinese mainland for a long time, but I was short of money and never made the trip. Later, I met you, BOSS, and joined Shengshi Foreign Trade and made a lot of money. But I am busy with work all day long and have no time to travel. This time I finally have the opportunity to go to the mainland, and I must take a good trip and taste the delicious food from various places."

(End of this chapter)