Reinventing the Millennium

The meeting between the head of Ice Core and ASML executives did not achieve any results.

According to the observation of Pan Ben next to him, the boss's mood has obviously fallen into a deeper level of solemnity. However, what he admires is that Mr. Fang quickly adjusted his mentality and regained his smile. Visit ASML below.

Even though Lars frequently heard the name of the reporter.

At the end of the visit, Fang Zhuo still expressed his attitude about the cooperation between the two parties: "Lars, Ice Core has invested a lot in technology research and development, and it is becoming more and more important in the advanced process market. I know that the research and development of EUV has a lot Regardless of technology or capital, Ice Core will be a very reliable partner.”

It is difficult to develop EUV. Even if ASML has delivered a prototype to Taiji, it does not mean that the final result will be implemented.

Lars nodded with a smile: "Mr. Fang, we have always been committed to and believed in making EUV a success. On that day, ASML's orders will always be open to customers. Personally, I also think that there is no such thing as unsold products in the world. The reason for the goods is that we hope to establish a further cooperative relationship with Bingxin in the future.”

Fang Zhuo thanked Lars for his company and hospitality, and ended the fruitless journey.

A group of people drove away.

Pan Ben saw that even though the boss was looking at the scenery outside the car window, the smile was as stiff as if carved on his face.

He pondered for a while what he had seen and heard on this trip, and then he was attracted by the fire truck on the side of the road to extinguish the fire of the self-igniting vehicle, and said casually: "This ASML oil and salt don't get in, I really want to burn it with a fire."

Fang Zhuo was furious: "President Pan, you are at this level? If you don't sell it to you, you will set it on fire? The real progress is a firm investment in technology and a continuous ecological win-win situation! What are you?! "

"You look at the European business with this kind of eyes? Are you so bold?"

"Okay, okay, I'll let you, the European president, light the fire in person, and carry the oil drum tomorrow! I'll see how you burn it!!"

Pan Ben was ashamed after being reprimanded, but he didn't expect such an emotional remark to provoke such a reaction from the boss.

He secretly thought it was bad luck, knowing that Boss Fang was in a bad mood, and he hit the gun.

Fang Zhuo was not finished, and pointed out the root cause of Pan Ben's ignorance: "Mr. Pan, President Pan, you are no longer in IDG. Don't bring the evil spirit of the old bear to Yikelai. You are in charge of the European business. , you should be more cautious in your words and deeds!"

Pan Ben repeatedly said yes, deeply aware of his own thinking mistakes, and blamed Mr. Xiong for not taking care of himself at the beginning.

When he arrived at the hotel, Mr. Fang went back to his room to rest. Pan Ben, who was rather depressed, was pacing and smoking outside the hotel. Soon, he saw Mr. Fang's secretary Liu Zonghong coming to accompany him.

After smoking halfway, Liu Zonghong said, "Mr. Pan, EUV involves a lot, and Mr. Fang is also in a bad mood."

"Yes, I know." Pan Ben nodded, "Hey, it's okay, Mr. Fang is right, you have to be open-minded, and you have to look at it from a long-term perspective."

Liu Zonghong nodded silently. Mr. Pan did make a mistake, at least it was a mistake in positioning. You should not be responsible for such a lack of open-mindedness.

Pan Ben smoked his second cigarette, and his mentality has been adjusted. Talking about ASML's EUV, he said: "I feel that Mr. Fang attaches great importance to ASML. Is there any argument in the ice core? I don't seem to see Dr. Liang in the materials." Views."

Liu Zonghong shook his head: "Dr. Liang is not in charge of this, the main thing is Mr. Qiu and the others."

He paused and said what he heard from Mr. Fang and what he was thinking about: "Well, like the 3100 that ASML is assembling for Taiwan reporters in Baodao, if the ice core cannot get the prototype in the future, it will be like pulling the As Charles said, it will take four to five years before it is fully commercialized. The difference in these four to five years is not only the photolithography machine, but also the accumulation of technology and experience used in production."

"This is the know-how. Just buying is not enough, you have to have time to digest and advance."

"Well, it's like many people can buy the same top-level shooting equipment, but they still can't compete with top-notch photographers."

Pan Ben's eyes lit up, and he felt that Mr. Fang's words were really profound and simple.

After Liu Zonghong took the last puff of his cigarette, he hesitated for a moment and did not talk about the dispute over the technical route within the ice core. However, the reporter's side seemed to have clearly decided on a good direction.

He just smiled and said, "Although Mr. Fang is in a bad mood, ASML also has psychological expectations. After all, it is more about the future, and there is still work to be done."

Pan Ben nodded slightly, his work belongs to now.

I have to say that talking with Secretary Liu made me feel more comfortable.

He patted Liu Zonghong on the shoulder and went back to the hotel with him.

After Liu Zonghong and Mr. Pan separated, he knocked on the boss's room, and saw a few new faces inside, and Mr. Fang was chatting on the phone by the window. After hearing a few words, the content was not what he thought, but serious. Question exchange.

"What's the rush? The progress and development of technology has objective laws. I am a person who respects the laws."

"Besides, we still have the accumulation of FinFET research going forward. Not only is it better than Taiwan Ji, but at least it is at the forefront of the world. This is not overtaking in a corner, it is a matter of accumulation and accumulation."

"I have high hopes for them."

Fang Zhuo smiled and chatted on the phone, turned around and talked a little more about his trip to Europe. He first waved to the people in the room, and then motioned for Liu Zonghong to sit down.

Liu Zonghong nodded at the faces of these students and saw their figures disappear from the room. He first poured a cup of tea for the boss, then sat down and picked up a local newspaper.

He listened to the phone for a while, and probably knew that the other end was Dr. Jiang Shangzhou from SMIC.

Sure enough, the boss mentioned Dr. Jiang's physical condition after finishing the call.

"I wanted to see Dr. Jiang after I went back. It seems that he has been recuperating in the capital for a while." Fang Zhuo put his phone on the coffee table and took the teacup from the secretary.

Liu Zonghong said: "I helped contact foreign experts before, but the situation was not good."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly. He had called Dr. Jiang every year and year after year. Judging from the voice of the call, he was not in a good condition.

He sighed and didn't talk about it any more. He just said, "Fortunately, SMIC is performing well and is recovering. He must be very pleased with this."

"I heard that Datang is going to strengthen cooperation with SMIC, and SMIC seems to be interested in making more efforts in the country." Liu Zonghong pays more attention to the news.

Fang Zhuo thought for a while, and before he could speak, he saw another call from the cell phone on the coffee table.

This time it was a friend from the United States.

"Many people still care about me." Fang Zhuo said with a smile before he pressed the call from Washington.

Liu Zonghong also laughed. After laughing, he got up and left the room, looking for materials that the boss might want to see later.

He dawdled outside for a while before re-entering, and Boss Fang's phone call ended again.

"Since the world is peaceful, let's go to the United States at the end of next month or early April to see my team, Jobs, and our friends." Fang Zhuo fixed a time.

Liu Zonghong understood that it was probably an extra layer of safety factor.

Attended the exhibition, visited Deutsche Telekom, and met with ASML to no avail. This trip to Europe basically ended the task. Fang Zhuo's stepping out of the country only had some ripples in a small circle.

Even though there is the nickname of the mysterious man and the deeds of the King of Retail Investors, those have passed, and the general public is more concerned about other news.

Fang Zhuo and his party left the Netherlands. Instead of flying back to China immediately, he inspected Yike's business in Europe accompanied by Pan Ben, and then temporarily received an invitation from France to take a look at the investment environment.

Ice Core's initial investment and construction of a factory in Germany also fell into the eyes of neighboring countries. This time, Fang Zhuo's invitation was firstly because he came to Europe, and secondly, the German side had recently publicly praised the success of this overseas factory.

Fang Zhuo himself really didn’t think Ice Core’s overseas fabs were so successful, but this is indeed a bright spot under the situation that European wafer foundry companies have fallen one after another.

In particular, for the last round of financing before Ice Core’s listing, Fang Zhuo communicated with Germany and promised to re-invest in advanced process technology and capital. This is very optimistic in Germany against the background of the rebound of the global semiconductor industry.

Of course, this may also be related to the larger trend of Sino-German relations.

Since the financial crisis, the cooperation between the two sides has gradually increased. In June this year, it is said that there will be a consultation mechanism to comprehensively promote the strategic partnership between the two countries. This is the eighth country that Germany has established a similar mechanism. Five of the first seven are in Europe. , the other two are Israel and India, and for China, this is the first time for foreign countries.

The reason why Fang Zhuo got the news in advance is because the Yangtze River Delta business group has normalized European trade activities in the past two years. He himself was also named, and he hopes to travel with the group as a business representative at the end of June.

This matter has been promised.

Fang Zhuo will bring Qiu Ciyun and the others together at that time, intending to see if he can take the opportunity to open up some sales for Bingxin's overseas orders. As for Bingxin's overseas factories, one of the issues it is currently competing with is Infineon, STMicroelectronics and corporate Our solid partnership requires a gap.

On February 2, Fang Zhuo finished his trip to Europe and returned to Shanghai.

The first interesting news he saw after he landed was from Sony. The old Jazz was right. The financial report announced by Sony was a small loss of US$1.9 million last year. The overall business is expected to usher in a full rebound in 2011.

In addition, domestic reports focused on some news about Chinese brands in MWC2011, and praised the response received by companies such as Yike and Meizu.

That night, Fang Zhuo made no other arrangements. The whole family had dinner together, and he also gave himself a day off, intending to relieve the fatigue of the trip.

The dinner was very pleasant, because mother Zhao Shumei frequently praised the public opinion response to Tesco's listing, what "new domestic giant", what "Chinese business woman", what "Oriental Amazon"...

"Mom, your version is behind, so there is nothing to say about it." Fang Zhuo was a little tired after listening for a while, and couldn't help but said.

Zhao Shumei glared at her son, pretending to be confused.

But she couldn't say anything directly. It was up to her to think about it. Su Wei had worked hard to build Tesco, and it was still on the rise, so it was hard to mention it too much.

"Cough, I just think, Weiwei is really amazing, I'm happy, can't I?" Zhao Shumei praised her.

Fang Zhuo nodded again and again: "Yeah."

Su Wei could see the meaning inside, just smiled, but didn't speak.

After finally finishing a dinner, Fang Zhuo was sitting on a deck chair in the yard thinking about things. When he saw Teacher Xiao Su sitting next to him, he casually talked about his trip to Europe.

Su Wei first cared about one thing, how about the safety situation, and whether there was any abnormality.

Secondly, she picked the key point, and Bingxin was declined by ASML again.

"Hey, Pan Ben is in Yike. He said he wanted to set fire to us when he saw us being rejected. In my heart..." Fang Zhuo sighed, "After all, I am in a serious business."

Su Wei turned her thoughts around, and quickly asked and answered: "Is EUV so important?"

"Well, I asked Mr. Qiu to ask Belgium Microelectronics again. It has a project cooperation with ASML, and I hope to mediate it again." Fang Zhuo replied, "It is really important."

Su Wei asked again: "Can it really succeed?"

Fang Zhuo nodded: "It can be successful."

Su Wei didn't ask the basis of the judgment, and finally asked: "Can it be rigorous?"

Fang Zhuo hesitated and didn't answer. Hearing Teacher Xiao Su's tone, she was about to urge herself to do it.

However, many things are not all out of the basket because they think they are strict.

Seeing that the man in front of her didn't answer, Su Wei probably guessed that the situation this time is really difficult, otherwise how could she be so entangled.

She thought about it carefully for a while, and suddenly said: "I think the competition between Yike and Penguin is very systematic. The personnel arrangement has been made earlier, so why not do it in a systematic way?"

After the Lantern Festival in China, some media conducted a comprehensive review of the competition between Yike and Penguin. Among them, Yike's system battle was most praised by everyone.

In the past 16 months, Penguin has been extremely passive under the review, and its failure in core business seems to be a case written in textbooks.

Ever since Fang Zhuo left ASML, he has been burning with passion in his heart, and what he keeps turning over and over in his heart is the unconventional means. Now, after hearing Mr. Su say this, the name of the company that ranks in front of Bingxin suddenly pops up—— Taiwan Kee, Samsung, Imec, Intel, Toshiba, Hynix.

It is said that these six companies will gradually get the prototype of ASML.

Well, they are all well-known big companies.

Can Bing Xin join the queue?

If I can’t jump in line, can I create a situation for Bingxin to jump in line?
Among other things, Toshiba's recent situation has been mediocre, and last year it seemed that it was also a small loss.

Thoughts in Fang Zhuo's mind circulated, and suddenly he had a lot of ideas. After pondering for a while, he felt that this system of combat was very instructive.

He said sincerely: "Miss Xiao Su is worthy of being a strong business woman. Listening to what you say is better than studying for ten years."

Su Wei said modestly, "I'm just helping you find yourself."