Game within game: chess player

Ye Fang and Su Yue sent Zhang Rujing directly to the door of the hotel. The two parties quickly reached an agreement. Ye Fang agreed to invest 5 million US dollars in SMIC in batches in the future. However, this fund could not be invested by Jiangshan Holdings. Ye Fang planned to use By investing in a South African company, you can avoid Taiwan's supervision. Otherwise, Su Yue will be in trouble in the future if you are targeted here.

Zhang Rujing never expected that he and Ye Fang would reach an investment plan so smoothly. He was still in a daze until he walked out of the hotel. He originally prepared a lot of rhetoric to convince Ye Fang, but he didn't expect that the two people had reached an investment intention within an hour of meeting. Ye Fang left Zhang Rujing's contact information and told him that someone would contact him after returning to the mainland for subsequent negotiation and signing of the share agreement.

However, Ye Fang also told Zhang Rujing that this matter must be kept highly confidential. Even Chen Yongcheng could not tell it. He only said to Chen Yongcheng that Ye Fang was considering it. Zhang Rujing understood Ye Fang's concerns very well and quickly said yes. After a conversation, Zhang Rujing was very curious about Ye Fang's identity. In Zhang Rujing's view, Ye Fang was far from being a simple South African businessman.

Just as Zhang Rujing was about to leave the hotel, two black vans suddenly drove up in front of the hotel. A dozen men in black got out of the vans and headed straight for Zhang Rujing. When he came up, he caught Zhang Rujing. The two assistants Zhang Rujing brought hurriedly stepped forward to pull him away. They were punched by the man in black and fell to the ground. Zhang Rujing shouted, "Who are you and what do you want to do?"

The man in black didn't say anything, and ignored Zhang Rujing's shouts and tried to pull him into the car.

"These are bandits!" Ye Fang frowned when he saw this. Leng Chuan and Lan Lu on the side greeted the two iron guards and rushed over, knocking the men in black to the ground with three strikes. Zhang Rujing, who was still in shock, came to Ye Fang and said, "It must be Zhang Zhongmou from TSMC. He threatened to show me if I dared to return to Taiwan again."

"It's okay. I'll arrange for someone to take you to the airport." Then Ye Fang asked Leng Chuan to arrange for a few people to take Zhang Rujing to the airport and take them to the plane.

"Thank you, Boss Ye." Zhang Rujing thanked him repeatedly and left the hotel. Ye Fang knew that Zhang Rujing might never set foot in Taiwan again in his lifetime.

Ye Fang called the leader over. After questioning, the leader said it was just an order from above to take Zhang Rujing to the TSMC building. At this time, Ye Fang did not want to get too involved in the feud between the two families. He just told the leader to tell him to explain to his superiors. When he arrived at the hotel, Zhang Rujing had already left. The leader had no choice but to nod. This statement was better than nothing, and then Ye Fang asked Leng Chuan to let the group go.

"This TSMC is so blatant that it dares to publicly hijack Zhang Rujing." Su Yue said.

"It's not unusual to do anything for profit. Let's go back to the room." Ye Fang said.

"Boss, if you gave the [-] million to Zhang Rujing, wouldn't it take up my quota of [-] billion?" Su Yue asked.

Ye Fang thought for a moment and said, "No, I keep my word."

"Thank you, boss!" As soon as Su Yue finished speaking, Ye Fang's phone rang. When he picked it up, he heard it was Chen Yongcheng.

"Boss Ye, has Zhang Rujing left you?" Chen Yongcheng asked.

"Already gone." Ye Fang was still wondering why Chen Yongcheng called so late.

"Have you reached any intention?" Chen Yongcheng asked tentatively.

"I'm still considering this matter." Ye Fang asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Chen Yongcheng pondered for a moment and replied, "To tell you the truth, TSMC has always been at odds with Lao Zhang. Now they know that Lao Zhang has come to find you, and they want to renegotiate the capital investment with you."

"Renegotiate? Their conditions are too harsh." Ye Fang's mind was racing, and he immediately realized that it was Zhang Rujing's sudden visit that prompted TSMC to have such a big reaction. In other words, TSMC wanted to intercept Ye Fang's investment funds. Even if it means paying some price, it will be fine as long as the money does not fall on Zhang Rujing's side.

"To tell you the truth, TSMC is very sincere in facilitating this deal. They hope to have another meeting with you tomorrow. You see..."

After Chen Yongcheng said this, Ye Fang suddenly realized that Chen Yongcheng had another purpose in asking Zhang Rujing to meet him. It should be to use Zhang Rujing as a weight to force TSMC to show greater sincerity. In other words, Zhang Rujing was used as a weapon by Chen Yongcheng. Well, he didn't want Zhang Rujing to get Ye Fang's investment at all, but he wanted Ye Fang's investment to be placed in Taiwan and TSMC, so that it could be considered a part of his political achievements.

After thinking of this, a sneer appeared on Ye Fang's lips. Fortunately, Zhang Rujing thought Chen Yongcheng regarded him as a close friend. It turned out that it was just to force TSMC to make concessions. But Chen Yongcheng didn't know that Ye Fang and Zhang Rujing had reached an agreement. Fortunately, Ye Fang asked Zhang Rujing to conceal the investment from Chen Yongcheng, otherwise it would be really difficult to operate.

"I have no problem here. You can tell TSMC that I don't have much time. I hope they can show enough sincerity." Ye Fang hung up the phone after saying that, and then told Su Yue the content of the call. .

"Zhang Rujing was used as a gun!" After Ye Fang said this, Su Yue immediately realized this, but Chen Yongcheng never thought that Zhang Rujing was the biggest winner this time.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "But this is an opportunity for us. This time I will definitely rip off TSMC."

The next day, TSMC sent out a team of eight senior officials with the president as the core. It could be said to be both sincere and aggressive. Chen Yongcheng introduced TSMC President Jiang Shangyi to Ye Fang. Jiang Shangyi is 42 years old and graduated from a prestigious foreign university. He understands both management and technology and is in the golden age of his career. As for the senior official team, Chen Yongcheng passed by without making too many introductions, and Ye Fang and Su Yue didn't pay much attention.

After Chen Yongcheng's simple greetings, the two parties got down to business.

"I dare to ask Mr. Ye, has Zhang Rujing of SMIC reached a cooperation agreement with you?" Jiang Shangyi asked directly.

"There is only one cooperation framework." Ye Fang said.

"Can you reveal the content of the framework cooperation?" Jiang Shangyi asked, staring at Ye Fang.

"The conditions are definitely much better than those of TSMC, and I value Mr. Zhang's pioneering spirit. It's just that I can't reveal the content of the framework. Besides, does it have anything to do with our conversation today?" Ye Fang asked rhetorically.

Jiang Shangyi covered up his embarrassment with a smile and continued, "Mr. Ye, I think you don't know the relationship between Zhang Rujing and TSMC..."

"I know that he was once a rival of TSMC, but later his company was annexed by TSMC." Ye Fang interrupted Jiang Shangyi directly.

Jiang Shangyi did not care about Ye Fang's impoliteness, but continued, "TSMC and Shida Corporation are just the result of capitalization, not annexation."

Ye Fang waved his hand again and said, "Whether it is a annexation or a combination of capital, this has nothing to do with me. Now I only care about what kind of equity cooperation model TSMC can provide?"

There is no doubt that the atmosphere at the entire scene was that Ye Fang was negotiating with Jiang Shangyi, and Ye Fang did not follow the predetermined negotiation route. Now he is the one leading the entire negotiation. Even when faced with such a powerful TSMC, even if Ye Fang's investment is only one billion US dollars, he seems to be begging Ye Fang for investment from TSMC's Jiang Shangyi.

Ye Fang's one billion US dollars is dispensable to TSMC, which has ample cash flow, but this billion can immediately revive Zhang Rujing's SMIC, which is what TSMC is most afraid of. Now Zhang Rujing has attracted more than one billion U.S. dollars in investment, not counting the funds promised by Ye Fang. If Ye Fang's funds are added, Zhang Rujing can immediately expand 2 to 3 more factories, and can quickly form productivity. Moreover, Ye Fang has already promised Zhang Rujing that he should not look for investment funds anymore. As long as he is short of funds, he can tell himself that he will open the supply.

"According to TSMC's current shareholder structure and holdings, combined with future operating income, I can give Mr. Ye [-]% of the equity, worth one billion US dollars, which is [-]% more than the previous commitment. Point five, what do you think?" Jiang Shangyi felt that this plan was fair to Ye Fang. After all, according to the current development momentum of TSMC, Ye Fang still took advantage of this plan. Especially since TSMC absorbed Zhang Rujing's Shida Semiconductor, its understanding has expanded rapidly and it has become a behemoth in the world's semiconductor industry. This plan is simply like sending money to Ye Fang.

"5.00% equity, plus a board seat!" Ye Fang said firmly.

"This is impossible!" Jiang Shangyi stood up from the negotiating table excitedly. Chen Yongcheng was so frightened that he quickly stepped forward to comfort him, fearing that the two of them would accidentally break down the negotiation.

At this time, Ye Fang suddenly noticed that Chen Yongcheng's eyes were aimed at a person in the senior official team intentionally or unintentionally. This person looked about sixty years old. His sitting posture had not changed since the beginning of the negotiation, and his eyes had always stayed on Ye Fang's face. On the screen, he tried to sense what was in his heart through the changes in Ye Fang's micro-expressions.

Ye Fang quietly whispered something to Su Yue, and then deliberately said, "Don't add sugar to the coffee."

Su Yue understood and nodded at Ye Fang. When leaving the negotiation table, she glanced at the old man in the senior management team with the corner of her eye.

"President Jiang, there is nothing impossible about this. I think it is completely possible. Although my one billion US dollars is not much, but compared with who else, if compared with the current situation of SMIC, I am a huge sum of money. I am very 20 million US dollars was invested in SMIC. What percentage of my shares do you think I can have, 30, 40 or [-]? I can even directly control SMIC if I want. I have oil fields in South Africa and can continue to inject capital into SMIC. . In three to five years, I can build SMIC into another world university!" Ye Fang said solemnly.

Hearing Ye Fang's words, Jiang Shangyi's expression changed several times. At this time, the old man in the team of senior officials behind him coughed inadvertently. Jiang Shangyi seemed to know that he had lost his composure. He smiled awkwardly and sat back on the sofa, table and chair.

At this time, Su Yue asked someone to come in with coffee, and she put a cup of coffee in front of Ye Fang alone and said casually, "No sugar as you want."

Ye Fang smiled and nodded, took a sip of coffee, and continued, "This 5.00% share seems to be a lot to President Chiang, but it is still too little in my opinion. In the future, TSMC will be gone as soon as it increases its capital and shares and dilutes it. I want Thinking about my future income, right? Tell the truth to President Chiang, I am very optimistic about the future development of TSMC. I even decided that if the negotiation fails, I will increase my holdings of TSMC from the secondary market at all costs, but the cost will be higher. But to me it’s nothing, it’s just a matter of pumping a few more barrels of oil.”

"You -" Jiang Shangyi no longer knew how to talk to Ye Fang at this time. Ye Fang was backed by the oil field and theoretically had strong cash flow as a backing. This gave Jiang Shangyi a headache. It's like your opponent has a gold mine, and he can deal with it no matter how you move. At this time, the comparison is that people are stupid and have more money.

"As far as I know, the current oil price is not ideal, or even upside down. You have to pay at least ten dollars to extract a barrel. I don't know where Mr. Ye's confidence comes from?" At this time, the man in the senior management team The old man suddenly spoke, and his words struck a chord with Ye Fang.

Ye Fang turned to look at the old man who was speaking, and said in a deep voice, "Chairman Zhang Zhongmou, I forgot to tell you that I not only have oil fields in South Africa, but also a sapphire mine, which will soon produce the world's top quality sapphires. Now we have There are hundreds of buyers outside the diamond mines in South Africa. And I will go to Russia to attend an oil summit forum in half a month. As long as I am willing, I can borrow tens of billions of funds every minute. Do you believe it or not?"

Hearing Ye Fang's words, even if Zhang Zhongmou was calm, his expression could not help but change slightly, and then he asked with a smile, "Young man, how did you guess it was mine? Have you seen me?"

As Zhang Zhongmou stood up and walked to the negotiating table, Jiang Shangyi stood up and pulled out a chair for Zhang Zhongmou, while he stood respectfully behind Zhang Zhongmou.

"It's just intuition." Ye Fang said lightly.

"What an intuition. I ask myself that at your age, I don't have your magnanimity nor your financial resources." Zhang Zhongmou changed the subject and said, "I believe that your father and I can cultivate a promising young man like Mr. Ye." My mother must also be an outstanding and successful person."

Ye Fang smiled lightly and said, "I am an orphan, and I created my world by myself."

Ye Fang's words almost choked Zhang Zhongmou. He originally wanted to use this topic to get to know Ye Fang's background, and at the same time buy himself some time to think. However, he never thought that Ye Fang was an orphan. He would kill Zhang Zhongmou with just one sentence. Fight back.

Zhang Zhongmou sighed sincerely, "Since ancient times, heroes have come out of young men!"

Ye Fang looked at Zhang Zhongmou and said slowly, "Chairman Zhang, I have put forward all my conditions. Whether it works or not, you decide!"