Chapter 408 Sweeping (Two in One)

"Oxidation Furnaces, England and Germany."

"PVD equipment, the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Germany."

"Ion implanter, USA."

"PECVD, United States, Japan."

On the last day of September, Xiong Xiaoge was eating breakfast and reading the information he took out from Fang Zhuo's folder.

"Mr. Fang, most of the equipment list has American options. The review there is indeed a top priority."

Fang Zhuo took a sip of soy milk, said "hmm" and continued to read the newspaper on the table.

Because it was the first time he returned to Luzhou, everything had to be done step by step, and considering IDG's American team, Fang Zhuo also stayed in a hotel together to facilitate communication, while the administrative staff he brought began to rent apartments nearby and get started with all aspects of work.

It is easier to simply poach engineers from other companies. To truly fulfill those promises, we must implement them carefully.

Engineers are not OEM parts. Their basic necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation are related to Ice Core's reputation in the industry. Fang Zhuo does not intend to make a deal that is done after the other party signs a contract, but wants long-term development.

"The review in the United States requires me to go there myself. Qiu Ciyun can't handle it alone." Fang Zhuo turned over a page of the newspaper and talked about the plan, "Before, Zhang Rujing went through the review and commitment of several departments in the United States. I I guess it may be more relaxed now, but it’s about the same.”

Xiong Xiaoge said with some worry: "Zhang Rujing has a reputation in the industry. Do you want to find an international expert to act as a consultant? Then we can work together?"

"He has the reputation and I have the capital." Fang Zhuo always remembered the strengths and weaknesses of each other and said with a smile, "So, I plan to wait for Yike to be listed on the Nasdaq before going through the review. It will be convenient then. Haoshibushi also controls two companies listed on the US stock market, and the promises made are quite significant."

Xiong Xiaoge did not expect this. Regarding Yike's listing, he has always considered Yike's competitive situation in music players and Yike's mid- to long-term future value.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Moreover, Sony's situation is getting worse. This year's player sales are rising steadily. By the beginning of the year, Sony's annual report will still be a bomb. Its electronics department has suffered a greater impact than outsiders imagined. It’s even bigger.”

"The changes in the music industry initiated by Yike and Apple will usher in more discussions. At that time, public opinion will be available, and the corresponding reputation will be better. In turn, it will affect the judgment of me by those departments in the United States."

Fang Zhuo shrugged and concluded: "When we go abroad, we can't talk about industry or not. We have to talk about capital. Why can't a capitalist with two listed companies buy equipment?"

Xiong Xiaoge was dumbfounded. These were all connected by Mr. Fang. It was useless, not necessarily, but it was useful. I really don’t know how effective it would be, but this guy’s thinking has always been so unexpected.

His current stance is consistent with Fang Zhuo's, and he nodded: "Well, if you need help, just speak."

Fang Zhuo took advantage of the situation and said, "Get me another cup of soy milk, thank you."

Xiong Xiaoge: "..."

The hotel's breakfast buffet tasted good. Xiong Xiaoge took a cup of soy milk and half an extra breakfast for himself. After sitting down, he casually said: "Speaking of public opinion, have you seen the Changhong reports these days?"

Fang Zhuo took a sip of soy milk nonchalantly and nodded: "Well, there is still a report in the newspaper on my desk, thinking that there is a problem with Changhong."

"Changhong is really in trouble this time. The stock price has fallen again." Xiong Xiaoge shook his head, "But this news report is also outrageous. There is no evidence. If you analyze Changhong's gray operation speculatively, this mud will fall off your crotch, not just shit." shit."

Fang Zhuozhi frowned: "Old Xiong, you are having breakfast."

Xiong Xiaoge said "Hey" and suddenly whispered: "There is something fishy about Changhong. Don't say you didn't see it."

Fang Zhuo's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Old Xiong's mysterious expression, he said calmly: "I'm busy working on ice cores every day. When I open my eyes, it's your venture capital. When I close my eyes, it's equipment procurement. How can I care about this?"

"That's true." Xiong Xiaoge nodded and said, "Ni Runfeng wants to engage in management buyout. I suspect that this sudden public opinion is a trick on his part."

Fang Zhuo almost choked on the soy milk, gave a thumbs up and said sincerely: "Great pen."

Xiong Xiaoge laughed and said, "Really, are you suddenly enlightened? If you want to capture Changhong, you have to let it go through labor pains. I am afraid that Ni Runfeng wants to complete his success in one battle this time. He has a good background in Sichuan Province, and Changhong has been in business for a long time. This The focus of public opinion this time was on Changhong’s subsidiaries.”

"Its subsidiaries are involved in all aspects, and they may easily be transferred to the rigid level of the state-owned enterprise system by Ni Runfeng, which is a good excuse for taking action."

"Public opinion has lowered the market value, and the problem involves the system. Ni Runfeng's property rights reform has been planned for a long time."

Xiong Xiaoge’s eloquent analysis.

"It is really difficult to grasp the scale of property rights reform." Fang Zhuo briefly explained his thoughts, "TCL's Li Dongsheng is a successful person. Changhong's situation is much more complicated than TCL. It is still unclear whether Ni Runfeng can succeed."

"This public opinion is afraid of causing a bigger discussion storm. What you and I see are one TCL and one Changhong, but behind the scenes we don't know how many TCLs and Changhongs have completed or are planning to reform their property rights."

"How the higher authorities think, view, decide, and manage this is something worth pondering."

Xiong Xiaoge was shocked and suggested the easiest way to figure it out: "One size fits all?"

"The fluctuation and repetition of enterprise reform is normal. If we really want to cut it off in one size fits all, it may not be lazy politics in the current context, but it may be necessary to cut it off, otherwise..." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "Hey, what's there to talk about? I'm done eating. I'll go upstairs to change clothes first. I have to meet my engineers today. Lao Xiong, you should eat quickly too."

The young president got up and left with the newspaper and folder. There was nothing else to do today. The main thing was to meet the engineers who had arrived in Luzhou, and the second was to go to the University of Science and Technology of China to talk about the placement of some special talents.

Xiong Xiaoge was a little absent-minded sitting at the dining table. This Mr. Fang, this Fang Zhuo, the perspective of looking at things...

He was surprised by the young president's on-the-spot analysis and also a little skeptical. It's not that bad, it's not that bad, Ni Runfeng can still escalate public opinion by playing a self-torture trick? That's really interesting.

Xiong Xiaoge has nothing to do with the reform of state-owned enterprises, and the investment projects are basically not related, but this does not prevent him from observing the current market trend. After all, many policies are not limited to narrow industries and can cause chain reactions.

Thinking in this way, I feel reassured about this investment in Bingxin.

No matter how the policy changes, the semiconductor industry will definitely be encouraged.

Xiong Xiaoge slowly peeled an egg, marked the direction of public opinion in his mind, and planned to see what would happen next.

…

As of September 30, the Bingxin project has recruited/poached 241 employees, and there are several engineers in different positions who are negotiating their salaries.

Among these people, there are those who originally came from the wafer fab, those who are IC designers in the upstream industry, those who came from Taiwan to Shanghai and then to Luzhou, and those who were attracted from abroad by the generous treatment.

The personnel composition is varied, and the technical level is generally high-level. Regarding the integration of these employees, Qiu Ciyun handed it over to Zhang Dongping, the deputy director of the operations organization, who came to Bingxin with him from SMIC.

Zhang Dongping was a middle-level manager in Taiwan TSMC in his early years, and later he was considered a middle-senior level manager when he came to SMIC. Now he is a real senior manager when he came to Bingxin.

Fang Zhuo communicated with this person several times and felt that he was more practical. Today, at his request, he held a meeting in the hotel conference hall to reassure the engineers.

Dozens of engineers have arrived in Luzhou now, and they are in a stage of half research and half vacation.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Fang Zhuo, Xiong Xiaoge, Brown from IDG America and others appeared in the noisy and lively conference hall.

On the way from the aisle to the stage, Fang Zhuo heard a lot of difficult professional terms, and also heard greetings such as "You are from SMIC? I am Huahong, I am Huahong" and "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, I have heard of you."

"Everyone, everyone."

As Fang Zhuo stood in the center of the stage and picked up the microphone, the voice in the conference hall gradually became lower.

In addition to dozens of engineers, Fang Zhuo also brought 20 administrative staff to attend the meeting.

"Some people may not know me yet, but they must know my name. I am Fang Zhuo, the initiator of the Bingxin project and currently the president of Bingxin CSMC."

"I didn't want to hold this meeting with you today. I wanted to find a formal office for Bingxin, but Director Zhang said that everyone wanted to see me. Although I know he was just saying hello, I thought about it and felt that it was necessary."

"There are many reasons and considerations for the Bingxin project to settle in Luzhou. I won't elaborate on those reasons to see you all here today. I just want to talk about my determination and that of Luzhou."

"Some people know the sincerity of Luzhou in recruiting our project. They want to fully support the development of Bingxin and do it from all aspects. Guarantee everyone's material conditions. "

"I'm mainly talking about this now."

"Everyone, please remember my mobile phone number. In the future, whether it's your children going to school, your family seeing a doctor, your spouse working, or those things in life that bother you and prevent you from working properly, if the company's administrative department can't solve them, you can call me and I'll solve them."

Fang Zhuo said firmly: "I promise that this is not just a formality. Our Bingxin team is not here today. You can tell others what I said. You can find me for anything that can't be solved!"

"This is the promise of the richest man in Anhui Province!"

Fang Zhuo came to his hometown and spoke on the land of his hometown. Naturally, he also wore the honorary title of his hometown.

"Now, everyone take out your mobile phones and remember my number. This is my private mobile phone number. Don't spread it out after remembering it."

Fang Zhuo really announced his private mobile phone number, repeated it twice, and said: "That's all I'm going to say today. Now let Director Zhang talk about our work arrangements."

The young president ended his brief and powerful speech.

As he walked off the stage, delayed and warm applause rang out in the conference hall.

Mr. Fang did not mention the significance of the semiconductor industry, nor did he mention the need to catch up with the world's first-class level, nor did he mention how many billions of yuan would be raised in the first round of financing. He only mentioned one thing, which was to solve everyone's worries!

Such a statement was beyond everyone's expectations and was really touching.

No matter how competitive the salary offered by Bingxin was, in fact, when they came to Luzhou, quite a number of people still had doubts in their hearts, whether they could stay here or not? Could they provide security for their families?

Still from the perspective that employees are also human beings, money can solve most problems, but not all problems.

The warm applause in the conference hall lasted for a long time, and Zhang Dongping on the stage also applauded and digested it. He had a clear view from his position above, and could clearly see that everyone's spirits were much higher.

"Okay, Mr. Fang, I still admire your mouth."

Xiong Xiaoge praised Fang Zhuo as he walked over.

"Everyone applauding me is precisely because they expect me to do what I say." Fang Zhuo smiled, "You can't fool these people just by talking, you have to see the follow-up actions."

Xiong Xiaoge was chanting "people's hearts can be used" and said: "I just received your Sina wireless news push on my mobile phone. Guess what the content is?"

"Has Sina's stock price gone up or down?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Xiong Xiaoge shook his head and said with a serious face: "A professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lang Xianping, gave a speech on corporate restructuring at Fudan, criticizing the state-owned enterprise reforms of Haier, TCL, Changhong, and Greencool as retreating the state and advancing the people. ! The wording was very harsh, and he even compared it to the original Russian privatization!”

Fang Zhuo raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Xiong Xiaoge sighed: "Ni Runfeng is really going to make a big deal this time."

Fang Zhuo then sighed: "It is indeed possible that Ni Runfeng has gone too far."

"What do you think will happen to Changhong?" Xiong Xiaoge looked at the deputy director of operations organization on the stage and continued to chat about additional topics.

Fang Zhuo reached out and patted Xiong Xiaoge on the shoulder: "Old Xiong, stop meddling in other people's business. It's my biggest wish to get the ice core ready."

Xiong Xiaoge pouted, what an interesting business discussion, but this guy has no interest at all. This shows how much pressure financing and projects of this scale can bring to people!

…

Ni Runfeng was confused.

Following a report from the China Securities Journal that almost hit the mark, suddenly another professor went online directly. This was really unbearable.

Unlike the previous response from the Changhong Public Relations Department, Ni Runfeng was extremely sensitive and decided to deal with it coldly this time and did not give the professor who gave a lecture at Fudan University any room to ferment.

However, things never depend on personal will. Changhong did not speak out, and Ni Runfeng did not accept interviews. However, other professors, scholars, and economists jumped out to refute Lang Xianping's views.

“It would be biased to attack one part of it, which is not as good as the rest.”

“Be kind to entrepreneurs, don’t demonize them.”

"Don't engage in original sin reckoning!"

These voices came from professors and well-known scholars from universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University. However, a group of people soon came out to issue a joint statement - "Support Lang Xianping."

The dispute over public opinion has heated up and escalated. It’s very lively as you come and go.

Well, Ni Runfeng felt like he was about to die.