Rebirth of the Official Business Route

There was still light rain in the early morning. Zhang Ke, Ye Jianbin, Chen Xinsheng, and Sun Shangyi just drove to Ye Zhenmin’s red-brick villa in the western district of Hong Kong Island. The street lights glowed yellow in the drizzle, shining on the slippery concrete pavement. .

"What's the matter so late?" Ye Zhenmin had only received a call from Zhang Ke before saying that there were more important things to report to him face to face. After he came to Hong Kong, he would not go to bed until two or three in the morning every day. They asked Zhang Ke to come directly to his temporary residence to discuss matters.

The financial turmoil is still raging over Southeast Asia, and other Asian countries are also feeling increasing pressure. Hong Kong's financial market can only be said to be calm on the surface, but few people can sleep peacefully at night. Fastest update of novel chapters

The raindrops tapped on the glass of the study window, and Zhang Qie said the whole story.

The cause and effect of the matter are not complicated. As early as 1995, the Malaysian government authorities decided to replicate Taiwan's electronic industry exhibition model in the multimedia-grade corridor in Kuala Lumpur in order to increase the exhibition of its domestic electronic information industry.

Taiwan’s electronics industry exhibition is based on TSMC, and the Malaysian government has actively promoted the construction of a fab in the multimedia-level corridor.

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The initial lead investor was Kuo Songyan, Malaysia’s richest man and the chairman of the Kuok Group’s board of directors.

At the beginning of the preparations for the second half of 1996, the Kuok Group was financially strong. The wealthy Chinese businessmen in Malaysia were well-known in the entire Chinese business circle. The most important thing to invest in fabs is not the huge investment of more than two billion US dollars at every turn, but Manufacturing technology, equipment acquisition and stable and reliable technical team.

Consider from the perspective of reality. To invest in the construction of wafer fabs in Malaysia, only the wafer fabs in Singapore and Taiwan can attract a large number of mature technical personnel; Singapore is willing to transfer part of the wafer manufacturing technology, Guo Songyan can only obtain technical personnel It is hoped that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and World Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will attract people from two Taiwanese fabs.

At about the beginning of the year, Liu Zhicheng was approached by Guo Songyan to participate in Malaysia's fab investment plan.

In order not to arouse the vigilance of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Guo Songyan, Liu Zhicheng and other investors have not disclosed Malaysia's fab investment plan.

Secretly raised for so long. When they were preparing to formally register their company, the Southeast Asian financial turmoil suddenly hit, and Malaysia's domestic economic crisis broke out only ten days after Thailand. The enterprises under the Guo Group were suddenly hit hard, and it was too late to raise funds for self-help. How can there be too much wealthy funds to invest in fabs?

The financial turmoil has only passed for more than a month, but Southeast Asia’s economy has been devastated, import and export trade has plummeted, and the prosperity of the electronics industry has also dropped to a historical low in a month. At this time, it is at the multimedia level in Malaysia. The continued investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in the corridor no longer seems to be a wise move. The previous investors have withdrawn their investment intentions, which is naturally expected.

The economy deteriorated, and Malaysian financial institutions that had promised this investment plan were also forced to shrink money at this time. No one wants to mention the previous promise.

For the vast majority of investors, they just suspend an investment project that has not yet been fully implemented.

Liu Zhicheng is not only one of the investors. It is directly involved in the preparation process. In the past six months, a lot of work has been done, and some TSMC’s technical personnel whose employment contracts are about to expire have reached the same understanding in private. In the past six months, under the influence of Liu Zhicheng, more than 30 engineers have not renewed their contracts after the expiration of their employment contracts with TSMC and chose to leave TSMC to Malaysia to carry out the preparatory technical preparations for the construction of the fab.

Other investors patted the ** away, at most, lost some amount and did not invest much in the early stage, but Liu Zhicheng needs to be responsible for the group of engineers who have left TSMC.

In any case, his participation in the investment in the preparation of the Malaysian wafer fab cannot be kept for long. The relationship between him and Zhang Zhongmou has long been tense. Even if you continue to stay at TSMC. He and his group of engineers who were willing to leave TSMC will be completely stepped on their feet until they are completely replaced by others...

The best way for Liu Zhicheng and his engineers is to continue to implement the investment plan of the fab; the leader of the investment plan of the fab is also from Guo Songyan to Liu Zhicheng.

Since the previous investors mostly withdrew their investment intentions. Liu Zhicheng can only find another investor, which is why he has been stuck in Hong Kong recently. Hong Kong is not only one of the financial and trade centers, but also the center of the Chinese business district. It seems that Hong Kong has not been directly affected by the financial turmoil in the past month or so.

In fact, Hong Kong is under a lot of pressure. The Hang Seng Index plummeted by one-third in more than a month. The bear market already means the arrival of the property market. After a month of hard support, the property market cannot bear the momentum. The previous active property market The transaction volume has shrunk to the extreme recently, and the avalanche of the property market and the economic recession in Hong Kong can be clearly foreseen; the most deadly, the current mainstream view, the financial turmoil will have a tendency to spread further.

Before meeting Zhang Ke and the others, Liu Zhicheng's trip was not smooth.

The predicament Liu Zhicheng suffered made him completely unqualified to fight for the control of the project. He occasionally asked Sun Shangyi to introduce Kumho people when he encountered Sun Shangyi.

"Ah, so..." After hearing Zhang Ke clarify the story, Ye Zhenmin took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and looked at Zhang Ke, "Do you want to take this project back to the mainland?" There was something in his eyes. expect.

"I can't take this project back to China. How can I still work hard so late?" There is no doubt about this. The investment in the fab alone may not be able to make a profit in a few years. It is in the interests of Kumho and the overall interests of the country if it is firmly controlled in the palm of the hand. Zhang Ke said with a smile, "But it's too difficult. It may have been a long time until the end is still going crazy now."

"Let's talk about it, how difficult it is in reality..." Ye Zhenmin sat at the corner of the desk with his chest folded. His posture was always casual, although the media interpreted him as an overly pessimistic academic official. Then he sharply criticized the economic systems of Southeast Asian countries a year ago, but accurately pointed out the profound incentives behind the sudden financial turmoil, which made him famous in the economics circle.

"You are a professional, let's introduce the situation..." Zhang Qiqiu kicked at Chen Xinsheng.

"The first is the question of funds. Generally speaking, an investment budget of US$1.2 to 1.5 billion is sufficient to build an eight-inch fab... The second is the issue of the introduction of manufacturing technology and production equipment. United States Japan, Europe and other countries have blocked domestic exports of related manufacturing technologies and production equipment... The third is the problem of technical teams. A stable and reliable technical team is extremely difficult to find. This is also the fab investment that is called a half-upside down——this It's the key reason for the fall..." Chen Xinsheng has a very thorough understanding of the depths of this pool, and many unknown secrets have also been said, "As far as I know, Zhang Zhongmou, Liu Zhicheng and a group of people When they left Texas Instruments and returned to Taiwan to prepare for the establishment of TSMC, the senior management hoped to hire technicians from the mainland to train them, hoping to help the electronics industry in the mainland and provide convenience for entering the mainland in the future to build factories. But this time the idea is for this. The Taiwan authorities resolutely stopped it. Later, they hired a large number of Chinese engineers from Malaysia and other places. These engineers were not well treated at TSMC. This time, it is this group of engineers who intend to follow Liu Zhicheng to introduce TSMC; Singapore’s fabs hire many engineers with mainland cadastres. The real headache may still face severe technical blockades, but at this time it is the most fab in the mainland—the Southeast Asian financial turmoil will continue to spread. It will cause further problems for the electronics industry in Asia, prompting the entire industry to enter a trough period. The technology blockade may loosen larger gaps due to the deteriorating economic situation. The price of imported technology and equipment will also be more. Room for..."

"Inside the required funds," Ye Zhenmin glanced at Zhang Ke. "How much are you going to take out of your four billion?"

Zhang Ke said: "I have considered the issue of funds. The investors before this project did not completely give up. We can raise 100 million US dollars from the original investors. We will work hard to pull another one or two billion from Hong Kong or the Mainland; with five or six billion dollars as the bottom, and another five or six billion dollars from financial institutions, the funding problem should not be the most difficult..."

Zhang Ke took into consideration that after the second wave of financial turmoil destroyed South Korea’s economy, he withdrew the 1 billion previously invested from hedge funds. This part of the funds was innocent. Zhang Ke then took out from Kumho’s account. With 1.4 billion, it will be able to collect 300 million U.S. dollars, and it will not affect Kumho’s current capital flow.

"Although there is a lack of funds everywhere in China, if you really want to bring this project back to China, I think Premier Zhao Jidong will personally help you go to the major banks to beg..." Ye Zhenmin saw Zhang Ke and they were sure to settle the five or six billion US dollars. The remaining part of the funds is easy to solve. He even thinks that only three or four billion US dollars of start-up capital will be enough. The situation where the main engineer team is in a dilemma can solve the difficulties of the technical team, and said, "It seems that the manufacturing technology and equipment introduction is a difficult bone?"

"It's hard to eat, but you have to try it before you know..." Zhang Ke thought at least that the Singapore government would not deliberately create additional obstacles. Texas Instruments could only consider introducing second- and third-rate technologies that entered the phase-out period.

At three o'clock in the morning, I left Ye Zhenmin's temporary apartment in the western district of Hong Kong Island. The rain had not stopped at night.

The sound of the car was very quiet. You could hear the raindrops outside the window. Zhang Ke sat in the car, picked up his mobile phone, and dialed Yao Wensheng’s number. Although it was three o’clock in the morning, Zhang Ke had no scruples about looking for Yao Wensheng, although Yao Wensheng On the other side of the phone, he yawned and threatened Zhang Ke and said: "There is nothing important, just wait to return to Jianye to look good!" Zhang Ke said with a smile, "I really want to remind you to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night..." Some things , Kumho came forward to promote. It's like a mantis cart, with thin arms and legs that are pushed and broken, and it may not be able to push this project forward. In addition to the plan, the new high-tech industry strategy named "Digital Corridor Conception" in Jianye City lacks a truly impactful big project. As long as this fab project can fall in Jianye, Jianye City Local Electronics Industry Exhibition can rely on the large market of 1.3 billion people in the mainland to replicate the successful model of the rise of Taiwan’s electronics industry, and the concept of Jianye City’s digital corridor is the high-tech industry of Donghai Province. The core component of the new technology strategy.

Discussed with Ye Zhenmin. This project, very few people will be stingy to contribute a part, the key is the question of which one is taking the lead. Although Zhang Ke is a very short-term native. I also know that from the balance of all aspects, this project is more suitable to fall within the digital corridor of Jianye.

Report to Wang Weijun and Luo Jun. Zhang Ke naturally entrusted Yao Wensheng to do it. Yao Wensheng had been working in the Department of Telecommunications Administration of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications before. The meaning of the fab was clear. Zhang Ke was still a little worried. He also specifically ordered to stay in Jianye and be responsible for the preliminary preparations for the Oak Park project. Zhao Peng went to cooperate with Yao Wensheng.

Back at Shadow Bay Garden, Zhang Shefang took a shower and fell asleep, and didn't wake up until ten o'clock in the morning. Zhao Peng called before. They are going through the formalities and will fly to Shenzhen first. Try to get to Hong Kong before dark. Special things to do. It is true that the transit procedures can be completed within a day.

Sun Shangyi, Chen Xinsheng, Jiang Wei and others have already had in-depth contact with Liu Zhicheng, and clearly stated that the project should be placed in the mainland, and they also hope to have further contact with other potential investors of the project.

Liu Zhicheng did not consider the possibility of moving the project to the mainland before: after all, the project was designed for the multimedia corridor in Malaysia at the beginning; besides himself, most of the current investors are Malaysian Chinese businessmen-although large Some investors withdrew, mainly Malaysian Chinese businessmen remained; the project was also focused on by the Malaysian government, and it successfully reached the intention of transferring some manufacturing technology with Singapore.

The Malaysian Chinese investors who have rushed to move the project to the mainland may completely abandon their interest in the project. All previous cooperation intentions reached with Singapore will also be annulled.

When Liu Zhicheng saw Zhang Ke himself, he did not come forward. Although I was very puzzled, since Chen Xinsheng and Sun Shangyi both admitted that he was the last one to make the decision. There is no need to doubt his identity anymore and said to Sun Shangyi and Chen Xinsheng: "It seems that the conditions are more suitable for investing in a factory in Kuala Lumpur. Does Ke Shao have other things today?"

Chen Xinsheng was not sure if Zhang Ke woke up at this point in time. Although he was in the hotel apartment on the same floor, he still called to ask if it was appropriate. The phone was connected. It was from Fu Keng, and he clearly heard the waves hitting the shore. In voice, Chen Xinsheng looked at the bright sky outside the window, and could only apologize to Liu Zhicheng and said: "Ke Shao is indeed busy with other things at this time..." and said, "The move of the project to China will add some political factors to the project. Less additional obstacles, but the Southeast Asian financial turmoil will spread further. To what extent will the electronics industry in Southeast Asia decline, and it will take a few years to recover? These are all unpredictable things~www.readwn.com~Mainland closure China’s financial system and sufficient foreign exchange reserves can guarantee that it will not be directly impacted by the financial crisis, and the mainland market with a population of 1.3 billion people is truly something to rely on..."

Today's sun is scorching, the girls are all in their rooms, and Zhang Ke goes to the beach alone to learn surfing.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Yao Wensheng, Zhao Peng and Zhu Xiaojun three crossed the customs from Shenzhen Luohu to Hong Kong. Yao Wensheng came to represent the Jianye City Government and contacted Liu Zhicheng, indicating that the Mainland government would come forward to help solve the additional obstacles added to the project by some political factors. .

After Yao Wensheng arrived in Hong Kong and met with Zhang Ke, he contacted Wang Weijun. Wang Weijun told him on the phone that the temporary meeting of the Municipal Party Committee had just made a decision to let him be the director of the High-tech Zone Investment Promotion Bureau. It is a step forward from the deputy director to the director.

The appointment will have to wait for Yao Wensheng to return to the mainland, but he can directly carry out his work in Hong Kong in the name of the Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of the High-tech Zone. Looking at the progress of the initial contact, Wang Weijun will also rush to Hong Kong within two or three days. On the contrary, it is slightly more difficult for Wang Weijun and other high-level officials to go to Hong Kong.

The significance of the fab project is very clear within the Jianye Municipal Party Committee.