Chapter 821
When the meeting ended just now, Jack Ma went to the toilet. As soon as he came out of the toilet, he heard someone say that someone outside threatened to kill Mr. Lu. He was shocked and hurried out to see what was going on.
It's the 21st century now, and there are still people who dare to shout for war and killing in public. What kind of warriors are they?
When Jack Ma arrived at the scene, the woman had already left. He quickly asked Lu Yiming, "Mr. Lu, are you okay? I'm so sorry, it's my fault for not doing a good job of security."
When saying this, Jack Ma seemed very sincere. After all, he was the one who set up this game, and Lu Yiming was the richest man in Asia. If anything happened to him, his spine would probably be broken.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I'm fine."
When Jack Ma heard this, he heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's not bad. People nowadays are too outrageous. Parents are the best teachers for their children. Don't they understand this? They neglected to discipline their children, but instead put the blame on the game. That's fine, but they even got the game object wrong. I don't know how to complain about it."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "To be honest, he didn't make the wrong choice."
"???"
Jack Ma looked at Lu Yiming in confusion.
Lu Yiming said: "I also contributed to the introduction of World of Warcraft. The agent of this game is my classmate, and I also invested some money in it."
Jack Ma's eyes were full of confusion.
At that time, World of Warcraft was extremely popular in China, and the speed at which it made money was like a money printing machine. Even he was very envious.
I didn’t expect it was related to Lu Yiming?
For a moment, Ma Jieke became more and more envious. Why could Mr. Lu make money as easily as picking up a mountain of gold from the ground, while he had to spend a lot of effort to fool investors to make money? It was really frustrating to compare himself with others.
After discussing swordplay at West Lake, Lu Yiming did not stay long and went back to Zhonghai to hide. As for why he did not go back to Baiyun, those who understand will understand. The summer in Guangdong Province is so hot that even Lu Yiming could not stand it.
What's more, in Zhonghai, Yixin Technology, a company specializing in chip processing, is about to be completed and put into production.
Over the past few years, in order to implement the semiconductor industry chain, Lu Yiming has no idea how much money and connections he has used. He has used both legal and illegal means, just to prevent others from copying him in the future.
However, before the wafer factory was put into production, on December 31, 2005, another major event occurred in China. Zheng Junhuai, the "godfather of the dairy industry", was imprisoned and was taken away from his office late at night.
He was charged with embezzlement of public funds and was sentenced to six years in prison.
When Li Yiwen mentioned this, he also sighed: "Old Zheng is gone."
Lu Yiming smiled and asked, "Why, do you want to speak up for him?"
"I have no relationship with him, why am I complaining about injustice? I just feel sad for the loss of a rabbit. It was Lao Zheng who built up the dairy industry in Xia country, but the peaches were picked as soon as they grew, and he was thrown into prison. Is this reasonable?"
Although it had nothing to do with him, Li Yiwen still felt sad when he saw it.
Lu Yiming was already used to this, and he didn't want to talk too much about this topic. After all, the big fish eat the small fish. Being in the game, Zheng Junhuai didn't know how to retreat in time, protect himself, or start a new business. Who can he blame for losing now?
"Don't think about these unhappy things. Come on, follow me to Yixin Technology and I'll show you some good stuff."
"The wafer factory is in production!?"
"Um."
Soon, Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen arrived at Yixin Technology, and were greeted by Liang Mengsong, the head of the technical department.
This man has an extraordinary identity. He is the second soul of TSM and the world-renowned inventor of FinFET. He worked for the processor giant ADM for several years. After 1992, he joined TSM and worked there for twelve years. He is the technical core of the entire company.
In order to recruit Liang Mengsong, Lu Yiming not only offered him four times the salary, but also sent his own private plane to fly him and former TSM employees to the mainland. Whenever they wanted to go home to visit their families, they would be chartered to fly back regularly. Not only were they treated well, but they were also given enough respect.
Talent is priceless.
Although Yixin Technology has not put even one chip into production yet, it actually established the Industrial Technology Research Institute two years ago and recruited overseas talents. Zhang, the founder of TSM, also poached people from Texas Instruments. As many as 2,000 Chinese technicians have returned from Silicon Valley. It is by attracting overseas talents and catching up with the vertical division of labor model that TSM has gradually become the king of chip foundry.
Now Lu Yiming is naturally crossing the river by feeling the stones of TSM. In the past two years, he has directly recruited more than 3,000 chip engineers from the other side of the strait.
Two of TSM’s “Six Technical Gentlemen” work at the wafer fab owned by Yixin Technology.
Lu Yiming acted decisively. He not only poached low-level technical personnel, but also the top talents. He just spent money and that was it.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the three visits to the thatched cottage were considered to be full of sincerity. However, in order to poach people, Yixin Technology was even more unethical. The HR specialists it sent directly lived in the "thatched cottage", for example, in a Hsinchu hotel not far from TSM headquarters, and stayed there for half a year.
After you settle down, they will first look for local headhunting companies, and give you quotes one by one. They will offer 40% of the job-hopper's annual income as a reward to poach someone, and then they will ask you if you are sincere.
If a headhunter could recruit a heavyweight, he could get a million-dollar reward. For a time, the Hsinchu Industrial Park was full of headhunters, and TSM was so frightened that it had to raise the salaries of its employees continuously.
After all, if they switch jobs to mainland China, they can earn ten years' worth of money in three years. By then, no matter whether the company goes bankrupt or not, they can retire with a large sum of money and enjoy life.
What about those who have families?
Easy!
You have kids, right?
The school provides a subsidy of 60,000 yuan every year, but do you feel comfortable with the subsidy?
What?
You can't bear to abandon your former colleagues?
That's great, just call them over and come together.
Under the high-salary offensive, Nanya Technology lost 48 senior technical talents at one time, and about 400 people left Inotera, a DRAM factory of Micron's subsidiary. Some small factories on the 18th tier could not withstand the poaching and wanted to send security guards to chase away the headhunters. As a result, all the security guards were poached, leaving the bosses alone.
When Lu Yiming saw Liang Mengsong, he smiled and walked up to shake his hand: "Are you used to life in Zhonghai?"
"Habit."
"If there's anything you're not used to, don't keep it in your heart, be sure to speak it out."
Liang Mengsong was somewhat flattered by Lu Yiming's enthusiasm. To be honest, when someone first approached him about wanting to work in the mainland, he was actually not happy about it.
But when the other party offered four times the salary and told him that the person who poached him was the richest man in Lu, Liang Mengsong immediately changed his mind.
In addition to the issue of salary, more importantly, it is the influence brought by Lu Yiming's personal fame.
After all, he also wants to build a career, and Lu Yiming has both the financial resources and the determination, and is willing to be the mentor of his talented horse. Why should he refuse?
After coming to Yixin Technology, Liang Mengsong was indeed very happy, so he felt more and more that his decision to change jobs was the right one.
Not long after, Hu Weiwu also appeared in front of Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen: "Mr. Lu, Mr. Li, I was just about to call you."
"Haha, Lao Hu, thank you for your hard work over the past few years."
Hu Weiwu has made great contributions to the development of Fuda Microelectronics over the years and is undoubtedly a major contributor to Xia Country's semiconductor industry. Therefore, Lu Yiming also values him very much. In fact, many things in Yixin Technology are also handled by him on a part-time basis.
After all, when it comes to semiconductors, Lu Yiming is a complete layman and can do nothing except spending money.
It was almost lunch time, so Hu Weiwu invited, "How about we talk while we eat?"
"Okay, I'm a little hungry too."
Lu Yiming smiled and walked towards the cafeteria with Li Yiwen.
The construction of the Yixin factory was very complete. Because it was located in Zhonghai, the government gave strong support. The land was stuffed into Lu Yiming's hands as if it were free, just so that the wafer factory could settle down here.
Therefore, the factory is large in scale and there is no need to be stingy. Lu Yiming even thought about improving the basic living conditions of the employees to increase its attractiveness.
Therefore, all kinds of treatment standards, including the cafeteria, are very high. Anyway, it is more than enough to beat the peers. On this point, TSM, whose ancestors' graves are almost dug up, must have the most say.
Hu Weiwu was also extremely attentive in logistics and selected two top chefs, which won praise from employees and technical experts throughout the company.
Even Lu Yiming, who came to inspect today, was stunned by the delicious food provided in the cafeteria.
There are three large color TVs in the cafeteria, so everyone can sit here and eat, watch and chat.
So, Lu Yiming pulled a few people together and started talking about the production line technology and processes with great interest.
After lunch, with nothing to do, Lu Yiming ate melon seeds and chatted with the senior executives of Yixin and the expert leader of Loongson next to him.
He is not good at talking about technology. At most, he can memorize some terms and parameters, but this is meaningless in front of experts. As long as the details are mentioned, his true colors will be exposed.
But if you bring up topics that interest you, then there's something to talk about.
Especially when it comes to looking forward to the future, Lu Yiming, as a reborn person, has never been inferior to anyone.
Bian Bo from Loongson listened with great interest and said, "It may be a little exaggerated, but I believe what Mr. Lu said is true. After all, he is the richest man in Asia."
Hu Weiwu laughed. After working for a long time, it was quite relaxing to listen to such words occasionally.
Bian Bo looked at Lu Yiming with some curiosity and asked, "Mr. Lu, you once said in an interview that the future is the era of electronic consumer products. MP3s are very popular in China now. What about overseas? Is there any difference between China and overseas?"
"Why? Team Leader Bian, are you interested in this type of thing? Are you interested in switching from R&D to a new position in the future?"
Lu Yiming joked curiously.
Bian Bo shook his head: "R&D is very interesting. I feel that every step of our Loongson brings China one step closer to the international level. How can I describe this feeling? It's just..."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "It feels very fulfilling, right?"
"That's true. Now we have our own wafer fab. In the future, we will compete with the European and American powers. Everyone will rely on their own abilities. It's exciting to think about it."
A smile appeared on Bian Bo's face, and he was obviously full of confidence in the future.
Lu Yiming nodded, roughly understanding the sense of accomplishment that research and development could bring under such circumstances.
Every small step forward in technology is often a big step forward in the country's overall national strength.
This is the current Loongson. Fudan Microelectronics is responsible for research and development, and Yixin Technology is responsible for the processing and production of semiconductors. As long as the industrial chain is up and running, a bright future can be expected.
“I hope Loongson can go faster and further.”
Lu Yiming gave a sincere blessing. Many things have changed completely. Maybe Loongson’s dream can really come true?
People should always have dreams and dare to think and act.
In response to Bian Bo's curiosity, Lu Yiming said, "The growth trend of electronic consumer products is different from that of many other products. They often rise and fall sharply, and the time is very short. The difference between foreign countries and China is that the growth is faster abroad. Take the music player, for example, which I am sure of."
"In 2003, the annual sales volume in the US market was 1.2 million units. In 2004, our mid-year forecast was 3.6 million units. At the end of last month, we revised our annual sales estimate to about 5 million units. The error is not too big."
"From 1.2 million to 5 million, the data is more than four times different."
Lu Yiming smiled and asked, "Is it increasing very quickly?"
Everyone nodded again, this increase was too strong!
Then Lu Yiming added: "But this is not the most amazing thing. The growth rate this month has not slowed down. Yes, just as you think, the target sales volume of the entire market this year will be 20 to 25 million units."
Lu Yiming drank the vegetable soup and listed the market sales comparison again: "1.2 million units the year before last, even if it's 22 million units this year, if I said this market growth in 2003, would anyone believe it?"
1.2 million to 22 million.
This makes the comparison even more amazing.
Bian Bo thought about it again. This is the estimate for this year, but what about next year? How high will the sales volume in this market jump to?
He couldn't help but exclaimed: "No wonder Mr. Lu always says that this is the era of electronic consumer products. This, this is really shocking. In addition, foreign countries have the moat of music copyright, and Mingyuan Technology has in-depth cooperation with major music companies. In the future, it will take off with this market."
Mingyuan Technology is already very powerful now, what will it be like for it to take off further?
An integrated product consisting of hardware, software and music, how can competitors enter the race?
“Whether it has a moat or not, well, it certainly has one at the moment, but just like SOMY’s Walkman, it was unimaginable that the Internet plus music would defeat it, the competitors of MP3 players may not even be in the same dimension.”
Regarding this outdated rival from the island country, Lu Yiming made a serious comment that Mingyuan Technology is not as carefree as it seems.
He linked consumer electronics and integrated circuits together, saying: "The explosive growth of consumer electronics has benefited the entire industry chain, including Loongson and Taiji, as demand has soared."
"From this perspective, it's not bad for Yixin to enter the market this year. At least it won't be too hungry."
"The market prospects are good, and it all depends on the technology."
"Let's not talk about our production capacity, but I am also a little worried about IC design and IC packaging."
Bian Bo replied: "Mr. Lu, it's hard to say about the design. Today's packaging manufacturers are still very mature. You don't have to worry about the downstream. From our experience, the upstream design and orders will test our competitiveness."
Afterwards, Lu Yiming received a call from Hu Zhengming, the general manager of Yixin Technology.
This person is also a talented person. He serves as TSM's first technical chief executive and is also a TSM Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 2004, he returned to UC Berkeley to teach.
Then, not long ago, Lu Yiming recruited him to Yixin Technology.
For semiconductor processing, competitiveness refers to the quotation for wafer manufacturing. The higher the yield, the more room for competition there is.
Before he could explain how to build the "One Chip Wafer Manufacturing Alliance", he received a call from Zhonghai, but it was from Hu Zhengming who had just arrived in Zhonghai.
"Congratulations to Mr. Lu and Yixin. This is a very good step."
Hu Zhengming congratulated Yixin on its risk-based trial production. This was the first time he took the initiative to call.
Lu Yiming couldn't help but smile in surprise and said, "Professor Hu, this 130nm breakthrough is not even first-rate. Did you call to congratulate me on this?"
Hu Zhengming asked, "What do you think? How do you think I would react when I heard this news?"
Lu Yiming thought for a few seconds and said, "I thought Professor Hu would just say it's OK when he heard the news."
"Then Mr. Lu is really wrong. You can build a 12-inch wafer fab and break through the risk trial production of 130nm from scratch. This is a commendable thing in any region of the world."
He then added: "When I arrived at TSM in 2001, they were just competing with IBM on 130nm. One chip was already pretty good."
Hearing such praise, Lu Yiming said honestly, "I always feel that we are neither as fast as Loongson, which took only one year to put into production when it built the factory, nor as technologically advanced as TSM, which stands at the international forefront. Well... Professor Hu, your call today has given me a boost in confidence."
"Hahaha, I think Mr. Lu is a person who will continue to do things no matter how confident he is." Hu Zhengming laughed, "But I don't know when Yixin will be able to put FinFET into practice."
Lu Yiming tasted it for two seconds and said decisively: "Professor Hu, Yixin is now going to mass production of 130nm, and we also need to continue to advance the process to 90nm and 65nm. This is the time when we need your guidance. I believe that with your guidance, Yixin will definitely be able to start making FinFET soon."
"Okay." Hu Zhengming said just one word.
It was too easy to agree.
Lu Yiming almost choked.
He was stunned and didn't say anything for ten seconds.
Hu Zhengming couldn't help laughing: "How about I think about it again?"
"No, no, Professor Hu, I am so happy that I am speechless. Having Professor Hu in my heart is like Liu Bei visiting Zhuge Liang three times at his cottage. The division of the world into three parts is just around the corner!" Lu Yiming said excitedly.
Hu Zhengming smiled and said, "But, Mr. Lu, I have something to say beforehand, I don't know if you can agree to it."
