Chapter 852 Who Blocks Who?
"After several years of development, igct technology has formed a very broad market."
After obtaining Li Youcheng's authorization, He Junrao hurriedly held a board meeting at Xiangjiang Fab as an agent.
Outside the conference room window is the magnificent sea and sky landscape of Qingshui Bay. In the conference room at this time, He Junrao was also full of confidence.
Don’t think that the Hong Kong government is looking down on the Xiangjiang Fabs and wants to drive it away. On the contrary, the Xiangjiang Fabs is too profitable, so they are reluctant to give such a good thing to mainland China after 1997.
After nearly ten years of development, Xiangjiang Fabs, as the main manufacturer of IGCT, has to take a roller coaster for any small fire-related power semiconductor market. The annual profit of tens of billions of yuan has attracted many wealthy people in Xiangjiang. Even the Hong Kong stocks that can make a sideline for semiconductor themes rise.
The Hong Kong government was a piece of rag from the Governor of Hong Kong at this time. The order from Britain was directly pressed over, which was to move the hen, the golden egg hen, to the British islands before 97.
The poor British have been wiped out in the semiconductor field. If they can hold the Xiangjiang Fab in their hands, they may have a chance to take the last bus.
It is conceivable that as the vanguard of promoting this project, He Junrao will gain so much if he does things well.
The benefits involved in this are enough for him to make any efforts.
"In recent years, the expansion speed of the igct market has exceeded the expansion speed of Xiangjiang wafer fab expansion. Last year, the three workshops only reduced production capacity by 20% due to fire, and the price of igct chips in the market increased by 80%. Is this a responsible attitude to consumers?"
He Junrao's accusation sounded so righteous, which made all the directors present nodded. Taking advantage of this east wind, he looked at the top of the conference table and asked provocatively.
"Mr. Zhang Zhongmou, do you have anything to say about this?"
"The fab has already reported to the Hong Kong government three years ago, hoping to expand the fab land so that more factories can be built and put into production."
Zhang Zhongmou frowned and hummed with anger: "The expansion of wafer fab production capacity will have an extremely positive effect on Hong Kong's employment, and can also drive the growth of Hong Kong's foreign exchange reserves and a healthier economic structure. However, the Hong Kong government ignored our application for so-called environmental protection and other reasons. This is by no means my management problem."
"Zhang Sheng, you are a good player in technology, but running a business is very complicated."
The Hong Kong government director representative sitting on Zhang Zhongmou's left side took the lead in strife: "You should listen to Lawyer He's opinions more and don't be so anxious to make conclusions."
"Yes, yes, it's always good for Zhang Sheng to listen to other people's opinions."
When a representative of the Hong Kong government started, there was a voice of echoing below.
"Mr. Zhang Zhongmou may not know about Xiangjiang, and our land is very precious."
He Junrao was in power and refused to forgive others. He faced Zhang Zhongmou without retreating. Instead, he retorted more: "Xiangjiang's ecology is fragile, and changing the use of land requires more caution. Compared with temporary employment and economy, the development of Xiangjiang will be more important in a hundred years. For me, Xiangjiang is not suitable for developing high-energy-consuming and high-pollution industries such as wafer fabs. The dilemma facing wafer fabs is that your business idea is wrong!"
"Xiangjiang is already an obstacle to the development of wafer fabs, so let's kick it out. Instead of holding it in a small place like Xiangjiang and the world is so big, is there no better development direction?"
Zhang Zhongmou pressed his temple and thought about what he should do.
He didn't really want to go against He Junrao, but some things are like this, so what can I do? Zhang Zhongmou is a working person after all, and his position is not important. He just represents the will of the person behind him.
Zhang Zhongmou looked up and looked at He Junrao with a expressionless face: "If He Dalu, you can convince the Vasenal agreement to move the wafer fab to mainland China, of course I have no objection."
"Why must it be Mainland China? I have a few letters of intent here, so General Manager Zhang can take a closer look. Devon, England is willing to provide us with 20 hectares of industrial land, while Cornwall has agreed to provide us with supporting facilities for improving our local sewage treatment capacity, as well as preferential conditions such as industrial electricity supply, labor security, and public relations."
"But what can we get in Xiangjiang? We have to deal with sewage ourselves, and land prices near Qingshui Bay are still falling. In terms of electricity use, Xiangjiang even needs to rely on the mainland for its own power supply. What advantages can it provide us? As for policy-based help, it is great as long as it doesn't cause trouble."
“From the perspective of a business operator, isn’t it obvious how to choose?”
"Of course, of course it's obvious."
Zhang Zhongmou was also a little helpless. Did he not understand these principles? Or could he not see He Junrao's purpose clearly?
But the problem is
"But the problem is that the igct technology license of Xiangjiang Fabs comes from Xinke Group, a mainland China. The wafer fab leaves Xiangjiang, which has led to Xinke's revocation of the authorization, who will be responsible for this responsibility?"
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No matter how many reasons you have, Zhang Zhongmou finished speaking, and the conference room suddenly fell into an embarrassing silence.
However, the reason for silence was not as Zhang Zhongmou thought.
Things are changing.
Hu Wenhai created igct in 1985, which can be produced with China's technical level, which shows that this is not a very difficult technology. In order to break through the blockade of Batumi, he adopted the strategy of building a wafer factory in Xiangjiang. It has been seven or eight years now.
In order to convince the giants of major power systems to support IGCT technology, Xiangjiang Fabs had no shares in mainland China, and the transfer of interests was adopted by technical authorization. It is precisely because of this "disguised method" that the technology updates and replacement of fabs in mainland China in recent years have not lagged behind the international level.
During the establishment of the Xiangjiang Fab, Hu Wenhai conducted a series of behind-the-scenes transactions with major power electronics giants. For example, he got the DSP technology in his hand and changed a production line for air conditioning compressors in Mitsubishi. Needless to say, this production line has been copied more than one of them this morning.
In addition, there are also large European and Japanese groups, including Siemens, ABB and Bosch, and large consortiums, who have made private transactions with Xinke and obtained IGCT production technology.
After the promotion of igct over the past few years, the market's acceptance of igct has made these multinational groups unable to curb the greed of capital.
As long as the Xiangjiang fab is still in Xiangjiang, IGCT will not be able to avoid Xinke and Hu Wenhai. But from another perspective, if the fab is not in Xiangjiang, then of course there are some ways to get a big pie from the IGCT market.
The simplest method is to make technological innovations in IGCT. Apply more new production technologies, redevelop patents, or even develop utility models? Yes, your IGCT patent cannot be avoided, but we can form a peripheral patent network. It is not possible without your basic patents, but if you can master the channels and markets, your basic patents will not work even if I leave my peripheral patents.
It can be imagined that if a touch screen patent is mastered by a company, can Qualcomm ignore it in the era of smart phones?
Of course Apple is the overlord, but if the operator says it does not support the iOS system, will Apple definitely not compromise?
Intel is indeed a chip giant, but if they lose the patent for pin technology, will it be very troublesome?
At that time, just like the GSM Alliance or DVD Alliance in history, everyone will sit in a row and eat fruits, which will be much more comfortable than being pinched in their hands now!
Now these companies that have mastered igct technology have already made preparations in private. They have almost mastered peripheral patents, technologies, market applications and channels. Turning around, the robbery that Hu Wenhai had knocked away back then had to let him know that the "old money"'s things are not that easy to get!
I spit it out after eating it, and I returned the market I took away. The time for playing the wolf grandmother has ended, and the next time is the time to reveal her fangs.
"Manager Zhang, I think you may not know much about the situation."
The person who spoke was Ms. Claire, the head of the marketing department of Xiangjiang Fabs and the former vice president of Siemens Semiconductor.
Claire, with a capable blonde hair, gently tapped the folder on the table with his fingers and said confidently: "The situation is not the trouble we will have if we cancel the authorization of the new department, but if we don't accept the authorization of the new department."
"Xiangjiang Fabs have 80% of the IGCT chip market channel, complete interface standards and various application patent pools. We are now realistic and honest, Xinke can produce IGCT chips themselves. But if the chips they produce want to sell to all over the world, they must cooperate with us. Or if their chips want to be installed on actual products, they must comply with our various industry standards."
"In this case, it's not them who ban us, but whether we want to ban them."
"I think it is possible to consider moving the fab to the UK. Europe has better conditions in all aspects than in Hong Kong. Since it is about to arrive in 1997, whether the international technology blockade against China will extend to Hong Kong is too risky, and arrangements should be made as soon as possible for the sake of the overall situation."
After Claire finished speaking, applause suddenly erupted in the conference room.
"Very good, Ms. Claire said so well."
“The results of the marketing department are amazing, and they are amazing!”
"This is our common victory. It's time to teach that greedy Chinese guy a lesson!"
"How can one be enough? This time he must make him bleed!"
Chapter completed!