Chapter 574: What can you do with five million?
Lu Family Garden, study on the second floor.
It was half past ten in the evening. Shi Qingxue, who was wearing pajamas, saw that the light in the study was still on, and thought that Lu Yiming had not forgotten to turn off the light. However, when she walked in, she found that Lu Yiming was still sitting at the computer desk, busy as a champ.
Shi Qingxue came behind Lu Yiming and asked softly, "After playing so much, why haven't you slept yet?"
Smelling the fragrance of the girl beside him, Lu Yiming half turned his body and took Shi Qingxue into his arms. Facing such a warm and soft girl, Lu Yiming couldn't help but become distracted and his hands began to become restless.
However, Lu Yiming stopped after a short while, patted Shi Qingxue's buttocks, and then started to operate the computer again, saying, "There is still something to be done, you should go to bed first."
On the computer screen, Lu Yiming had just created two new folders, labeled semiconductor materials and semiconductor equipment respectively.
In the folder, there will be further subdivisions corresponding to the industries to be invested in and the allocation ratio of capital expenditure will be determined.
Shi Qingxue asked curiously: "What are these?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "The domestic semiconductor industry is still very backward and basically unsystematic, so I have to plan it first. Although 10 billion is a lot, it is actually not enough for an industry. I have to plan it carefully and invest this money in those basic fields first."
Seeing Lu Yiming looking a little tired but still holding on, Shi Qingxue felt distressed and said, "Don't work too hard. You can't shoulder such a heavy burden. For such a big country..."
Lu Yiming smiled bitterly and said, "I also want to be a happy salted fish, but the reality now is that if I don't carry this burden, no one will."
Shi Qingxue frowned and said with some complaint: "How could this happen? Are the other people all good-for-nothings?"
Lu Yiming said, "Those who eat meat are vulgar and cannot plan for the long term. Didn't you learn Chinese in high school? Okay, you go to sleep first. I'll go to sleep right away, in half an hour at most."
"Are you sure?"
"certainly!"
After receiving Lu Yiming's affirmative answer, Shi Qingxue went to bed.
Lu Yiming once again plunged into intensive planning.
If Xiaguo's semiconductor industry had not improved before the advent of smartphones, history would have gone the same way.
So Lu Yiming now really feels that time is running out and he must catch up with Europe and the United States at the fastest speed. Not to mention keeping pace with them, at least he must not have a generation gap.
There were no classes in the afternoon, so Lu Yiming went straight to Fudan University of Microelectronics after class at 11:30 in the morning, without even having time to eat lunch.
Because Li Guojie has arrived.
Lu Yiming was not familiar with Li Guojie. He only knew Hu Weiwu because of the rumor about the Loongson fraud. However, Li Guojie, the main initiator and promoter of the Loongson project, was always hiding behind the scenes.
In the cafeteria of FuDa Microelectronics, Lu Yiming met Li Guojie, who was having a pleasant conversation with Hu Weiwu at the time.
Li Guojie is a bit short and fat, with a rosy face like Maitreya Buddha.
Lu Yiming walked over and said, "Old Hu, what's wrong with you? Your old leader is coming over, and you're taking him to the cafeteria? Let's go find a big restaurant to welcome Director Li."
Li Guojie and Hu Weiwu only looked up at this time. Facing Lu Yiming, the richest man who always makes big news, Li Guojie was full of curiosity.
Hu Weiwu said: "Director Li is not such an extravagant person. Besides, our business is in need of a lot of funds right now, so we should save on unnecessary expenses."
Li Guojie also smiled and said, "This canteen has all kinds of delicious food from all over the world. In my opinion, the food is richer than those in big restaurants, and the taste is also very good. Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Li Guojie."
Lu Yiming shook hands with him and said, "Good afternoon, Director Li. I have long heard of your great name as the creator of the Loongson Project."
Li Guojie said modestly: "Mr. Lu, thank you for your compliment. Speaking of reputation, isn't your reputation as the richest man Lu much more famous than mine?"
Lu Yiming said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get some food, and we can talk while we eat."
Watching Lu Yiming go to get the plate to eat, Li Guojie couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Xiao Wu, does Mr. Lu usually eat here too?"
Hu Weiwu said: "Yes, whenever he is here at mealtime, he always eats with us and never asks for special treatment."
"So frugal?"
Li Guojie was very surprised. After all, when he went to discuss cooperation with enterprises before, the most bizarre ones were all five-star hotels. This was the first time he ate in the company cafeteria. Before, even if he modestly said that he would just eat something casually, others would take him to a big restaurant. After all, he was the boss of Zhongkewei.
"Isn't he starting to run out of money?"
As he was talking, Lu Yiming had already brought over a bowl full of scallion-fried sea cucumber, abalone sauce, and steamed baby bluefish.
"Come on, come on, let's eat."
Looking at this huge bowl full of delicious dishes, Li Guojie was speechless for a moment.
Apart from the rather sloppy presentation, the quality of this dish is definitely no worse than that of a five-star hotel.
Which company cafeteria has these things?
Li Guojie thought that Lu Yiming had specially prepared it because of his arrival, so he apologized and said, "I'm so sorry to have cost Mr. Lu money. Today's meal looks very sumptuous."
Bian Bo also brought over a plate of delicious delicacies, with a large crab claw in the middle, and said vaguely, "No, Director Li, our cafeteria has this standard of food every day."
Li Guojie's eyes widened: "Do you eat like this every day?"
Bian Bo was already used to the food in the cafeteria of Fuda Microelectronics, so he didn't think there was anything to be surprised about, so he said, "Yes, is there any problem?"
Li Guojie was speechless.
This is a huge problem, okay!
Which cafeteria provides lobster and T-bone steak?
Thinking of the Academy of Sciences' own cafeteria, Li Guojie couldn't help but shed tears. The monthly research and development funds of their Institute of Computing Technology might not be as much as the expenses of the Fudan University Microelectronics cafeteria.
The gap between people is too big!
Lu Yiming explained: "After all, the work we do here is all heavy mental labor, so it is very necessary to supplement a little more protein. For their physical and mental health, the company must provide high-standard meals."
Bian Bo seemed to be showing off to his old leader Li Guojie, saying, "Boss Lu not only invited a chef from a five-star hotel, but the food in the cafeteria is free, as long as it is not wasted. Employees are even allowed to take it home. I plan to bring back some scallion-fried sea cucumber and make noodles tonight. It will be delicious, I tell you."
After hearing this, Li Guojie felt terrible.
If we talk about hard work, don’t researchers at Xia Institute of Science have a hard time? You guys at Fu Ri Microelectronics eat noodles with sea cucumber and scallions, but we at Xia Institute of Science can only eat noodles with spring onions!
In an instant, Li Guojie, who was originally somewhat proud of his background in a state-owned enterprise, was struck by the power of money.
A small detail can reveal a big picture. From the cafeteria of Fu Ri Microelectronics, we can see how strong the financial resources of this private enterprise are and how lavishly it spends money.
Although the Academy of Sciences has a much higher academic status, it has no money in its pockets and can only sigh helplessly.
Li Guojie quickly recovered from the blow and became more determined to cooperate with Fuda Microelectronics. Compared with before, he became much more enthusiastic and talkative.
"Well, Mr. Lu, let's eat and talk. I wonder what you think of the layout of our country's semiconductor industry?"
Because of his thorough preparation and memories from his past life, Lu Yiming had a clear idea of the structure and layout of the entire industry. He took out the crab pieces and slowly disassembled a large blue crab while saying, "Semiconductor materials mainly include two major categories: wafer manufacturing materials and packaging materials. If we want to achieve localization of chips, materials are a key link that cannot be avoided. After all, a good cook cannot cook without rice."
Wafer manufacturing materials include silicon wafers, masks, photoresists, polishing materials, special gases, targets, etc.
The packaging materials include packaging substrates, lead frames, bonding wires, plastic packaging materials, ceramic substrates, chip bonding materials and other packaging materials.
Without any one of them, it won't work.
In the previous life, South Korea suffered a great loss in this regard. Just because they could not produce photoresist on their own, the island country found an excuse to strangle them, and directly forced the semiconductor production companies that had helped them to stop production. In the end, it was unknown how much it paid to settle the matter.
It can be seen from this that any technical shortcomings are fatal flaws for Xia’s semiconductor industry, and it will be threatened and attacked by opponents at any time.
Although Li Guojie didn't understand why Lu Yiming was so wary of foreign-funded enterprises, he also agreed with this idea of being prepared for danger in times of peace. He then took over the topic and said, "Indeed, I agree with you. Materials science is a basic science. For example, the chip mounting process uses packaging substrates and lead frames, the wire bonding process uses bonding wires, the molding process uses silicon micropowder and plastic encapsulation materials, and the electroplating process uses silicon wafers and gas masks. It can be said that each link and each material must correspond to a company. Of course, large companies may also master the research and development and production of multiple links and multiple materials. Therefore, if you want to build Xiaguo's semiconductor industry from scratch, it is not something that a single company can do."
Lu Yiming said: "That makes sense, so cooperation is our only choice. Facing the technological siege by European and American powers, we must unite as a country, otherwise we will accomplish nothing. Next, let's talk about cooperation."
After all, Li Guojie is a public servant, and he has access to technical patents and related industry personnel. These resources can only be integrated in the name of the country.
Unfortunately, the country is short of money and has the will but not the power to do anything.
As the richest man in Xia Country and the American leek harvester, the thing Lu Yiming lacks the least is money.
The cooperation between the two parties will immediately enable the sharing of resources and complementary advantages, which is simply a match made in heaven.
Lu Yiming first put forward his own views.
"Director Li, I hope that after you return, you can organize the talents and enterprises in the relevant technical fields. As long as they have the technology, I am willing to invest in them. I will solve the problem of money. I just hope that the relevant industrial chain can be improved as soon as possible."
With such a financial sponsor, Li Guojie would not neglect it and said immediately: "Okay, when I get back, I will immediately compile a list of companies that are doing well in the relevant industry and send it to you. Then, I will invite the heads of these companies to hold a meeting and establish an industry alliance to coordinate and work together."
Both parties had a very strong desire to cooperate and had a basis for cooperation, so they went over each point one by one and had a very pleasant discussion.
The meal lasted for more than an hour. After eating and drinking, we had almost finished discussing the cooperation.
After finishing the last abalone on the plate, Lu Yiming said with a smile: "Director Li, you should do some exercise after eating and drinking to help digestion. So, let Team Leader Hu take you to visit our Fu Ri Microelectronics Company. Old Hu, you must treat Director Li well."
Hu Weiwu said cheerfully, "Don't worry, Mr. Lu. Director Li is my old leader. How can I not serve him comfortably?"
After leaving the cafeteria, Lu Yiming planned to go back and start editing and refining the documents he had created last night one by one. Once these were done, he would hand them over to Shi Lei and Yu Jun and ask them to execute them according to the contents of the file plan.
The group left the cafeteria and took Li Guojie to the laboratory of Furi Microelectronics.
Li Guojie looked at the spacious and bright laboratory and the spotlessly clean experimental equipment, and drooled with envy.
“Have you just bought these devices?”
Li Guojie gently stroked the huge steel guys in front of him, as gently as if he was stroking the face of his lover.
Many of the instruments and equipment here are not even available at the Xia Ke Institute!
Hu Weiwu looked at the equipment in front of him, feeling quite proud and excited. He said, "Yes, these were all purchased from all over the world by President Lu using his personal connections and cash at all costs. These are the most advanced instruments and equipment we can buy."
Li Guojie drooled with envy and couldn't help saying, "Damn, if our Xia Institute of Computer Science had all these equipment and so much money, we would have made the chip long ago. Why do we have to spend so much money every year to buy it abroad?"
In fact, the country spends more than 100 billion yuan every year on imported chips. If this money is invested in chip research and development, it only takes a few years to create a domestic chip industry chain in Xiaguo.
But there was no way. A few years ago, when Liu Chuanzhi was the director of the Institute of Computing Technology, he had never thought about making chips by himself. The research funds allocated to the Institute of Computing Technology were shockingly low. A large amount of funds were used for shopping, and the route of self-research was basically completely abandoned.
Liu Chuanzhi would say to everyone at the beginning: "Why do we have to make something ourselves when we can buy it with a little money? If others have already made it, wouldn't it be a sheer waste of national resources if we still have to make it? Although we spend a lot of money on buying chips every year, after we buy the chips, we can make products and sell them for several times or even dozens of times the price, so overall we still make a profit. Our country must now focus on economic development..."
The technology industry is changing with each passing day. Perhaps in the blink of an eye, the outside world has undergone earth-shaking changes. Under Liu Chuanzhi's comprador mentality, doing research was ridiculed at the time, as if they did not understand economics and it was a waste of time to do research on something that could be purchased.
The result is that some people have awakened and want to catch up, but they are sad to find that in this regard, Xiaguo has been left far behind by the Western world. Brain drain, research gap, lack of funds... basically, there are difficulties everywhere.
Lu Yiming seemed to see the loneliness and embarrassment in Li Guojie's eyes, so he went up to him and started a conversation, asking, "Director Li, I heard that the Institute of Computing Technology of the Xia Institute of Science and Technology is preparing a CPU design project. Is that true?"
Li Guojie came back to his senses from his envy, frowned slightly, and looked at Hu Weiwu and Bian Bo.
The Computer Institute of the Xiake Institute is preparing for the CUP design project. This is a state secret. How did Lu Yiming know about it?
Hu Weiwu quickly said, "Captain Li, you know me well. I keep my mouth shut. I won't reveal even a single punctuation mark of things that cannot be said."
Bian Bo touched the tip of his nose and said, "Captain Li, you know me well. I was not involved in this matter, and it was definitely not me who told Mr. Lu about it."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Director Li, there is no need to be suspicious. I naturally have my own sources of information. Moreover, this so-called secret is probably already known to everyone in the industry."
Li Guojie sighed and said, "In fact, the Academy of Sciences has discussed the self-developed chips many times before, and it is indeed impossible to hide it from those who are interested."
Lu Yiming said: "After all the discussion, it all comes down to not having enough money."
Lu Yiming's sharp words made Li Guojie feel embarrassed, but he couldn't refute it.
Compared with the wealthy Lu Yiming, the country's investment in the semiconductor industry is very cautious. After all, the chance of success is about the same as buying a lottery ticket, so it is naturally impossible to invest a lot of money in it.
There is no way. The Xia Kingdom is poor now and cannot afford to pay the compensation.
Lu Yiming also knew that the country's current economic development is still in its infancy and all industries are short of funds, so he did not mean to laugh at Li Guojie. Instead, he said, "Director Li, I have no other intentions. Since our Fu Ri Microelectronics wants to cooperate with the Computer Institute of the Xia Academy of Sciences, we naturally have to show our sincerity. I plan to invest some money in this project."
When Li Guojie heard that Lu Yiming was going to invest money, he was immediately overjoyed and asked, "Okay, how much does Mr. Lu plan to invest?"
Lu Yiming stretched out his palm and said, "This number."
Li Guojie raised his eyebrows and said, "Five million? Sure, at least it can solve some of the urgent needs of the project."
Lu Yiming said disdainfully: "Is five million reasonable? What can you do with this amount of money? I'm talking about five hundred million."
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