Break out of the courtyard

A conference room in the capital...

"The scout has overturned the table. Let's talk! What should we do?" The old man in the lead said, and then he explained softly to Wang Sumei, who was attending the meeting for the first time, "Scout is Xiao Zhang's code name."

"I'm skeptical of his motives!"

"I've said before that we won't discuss the issue of motivation! Let's talk about the ultra-thin color screen factory first!"

"After the scouts sent back the LED technology, they made three promises to us. One was to be pro-Japanese and use the LED technology to exchange for the technology related to the Japanese islands."

"We've done it! In the past, when the Japanese islanders were repairing machinery and equipment, they would always let our people stay away, but now they don't do that!" A thin old man interrupted.

The elder in the lead continued, “Second, we will use the funds from the joint venture to vigorously develop the entire domestic semiconductor industry chain, and export related semiconductor products to EMEA through the OEM model.”

There was silence in the conference room for a long time, and everyone looked solemnly at the meeting materials on the table in front of them.

"Old Li, you say!"

"Time is too tight to start production..."

Snapped!

The leading elder slammed the conference table and said angrily, "Who are you trying to fool with this? Will the scouts working on technology outside believe your lies?"

Old man Li stiffened his neck and said, "Yes! I deliberately held back the equipment from being sent to Shenzhen! The international chip manufacturing process is only 1 micron, and we finally have the world-leading 365 nanometers..."

"Stop talking!" The leading elder waved his hand at Old Man Li and interrupted him, "Your mentality now is just like when we first went to war, we treasured a machine gun so much! Old Li, have you ever thought that the scouts can also bring us planes and cannons?"

"Lao Li, we have no objection to your suspicion of his motives. He is very rich now and can immigrate abroad at any time. However, he has not immigrated yet and his heart is still with the country. You cannot treat him as an enemy and guard against him!"

"Old Li, can your group of researchers make 16MB of RAM and 800MB of hard disk? And the central processing unit! These are the airplanes and tanks of the semiconductor industry. Can you make these with a 365nm lithography machine?"

"Lao Li, this scout is not your engineer. You can't stop his research just because you want to! To put it bluntly, we are just in a cooperative relationship with him! The key is that the technology is still his. He can give it to whoever he wants!"

"Old Li..."

Boom!

The old man in the lead knocked on the table with his right hand and continued, "The third agreement is that when the scout needs us to process the products involving the technology he provides, we must agree unconditionally, and the processing fee will be determined by the market!"

"Old Li!" The leading elder looked at Old Man Li seriously, "I just want one thing from you. Can you guarantee that the first LCD color screen in Shenzhen will roll off the production line before March 3th?"

"Once LCD color screens are produced, all domestic TV factories will go bankrupt!" Old man Li was still trying to obstruct.

"Stupid!" The old man in the lead said in a low voice, "From now on, Comrade Wang Sumei will take over Lao Li's job!"

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Zhang Heping didn't know that there was a group of people above him in the secret department. He just thought that Director Wang and Mr. Zheng could hear directly from the top.

That's why he was very angry. He felt like he was tricked into having sex, and then the other party put on pants and refused to admit it.

If the country could develop according to his plan, he would have quietly supplied semiconductor products to Japan. Why would he need to make such a big fuss?

Wei Chunqiao stood beside the desk and said respectfully to Zhang Heping behind the desk, "Boss, the people from Meihan are still protesting outside the door of Tingmei Trading Company! Because they did not affect the entry and exit of Tingmei Trading employees, the Hong Kong police could not drive them away."

"Then don't worry about them!" Zhang Heping said disdainfully: "They don't accept our communication protocol, but they still want to get semiconductor technology for free. They are ugly but have beautiful dreams!"

Jingle Bell……

"Mr. Zhang, this is Shen Bi!" The voice of the chairman of Huifeng Bank came from the other end of the line. "The three Middle Eastern friends who bought your ultra-thin color TV last time want to meet you. Do you think it's convenient?"

"Sure, you're welcome anytime!" Zhang Heping replied with a smile.

"There are a few more people from China, look..."

"Neither the Magnesian nor the Korean people are acceptable! You know the conflict between them and me, and they are boycotting Hong Kong Telecom's 1G communication standard, so it is even more impossible for me to meet with them! Okay, I'll wait for your notification."

Zhang Heping hung up the phone, gave a few instructions to Wei Chunqiao, the head of the umbrella, and then continued to write technical information such as memory and hard disk.

Yes, he sent the invitation to bid first, but the information has not been prepared yet.

However, it is still early, as Tingmei Trading’s bidding meeting is scheduled for April 4, just four days away from the Huadu Canton Fair.

By the way, during this period, Zhang Heping still had a lot of things to do.

For example, the construction of 6000 wave power stations of Island Electric, as well as the transformation of electrical wires, telephone lines, and gas pipelines, not only cost 2.2 million yuan, but also required his on-site guidance.

Many people wonder, since we have cell phones, why do we still need telephone lines?

First, the 1G signal of mobile phones is not very stable, which will be troublesome when encountering typhoons or thunderstorms.

Secondly, Hong Kong's future status as a global financial centre means that landline business will not decrease, so the telephone lines need to be arranged better.

The third reason is that the cables he laid were not ordinary telephone cables, but quartz fiber cables, which were a killer device to be launched with his personal computers!

To this end, he also added optical modems, switches, servers and other equipment to this bidding.

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"Honey, I just saw the Japanese people's car. Are they here to deliver food again?" After coming back from get off work, Chen Shuting leaned back on the sofa to the left of Zhang Heping.

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "We are not short of money, so they can only send some beef, fish and other local specialties."

Chen Shuting asked with a puzzled look: "I heard that the Japanese like to send beautiful female spies, why don't they use the honey trap on you?"

"This is a bit difficult!" Zhang Heping put down the newspaper, put his left hand on the shoulder of his concubine, and slid his palm down, grinning: "The Japanese want to find a female spy who is prettier, taller, and more plump than my two wives. The difficulty..."

Zhang Heping pinched the size with his left hand and said with a smile: "It's quite big!"

"Bad husband, can you accompany me upstairs to take a shower?" Chen Shuting said coquettishly, "I have so many things to do today! Can you reward me, please?"

"I'll go up with you after dinner, so you don't stay in bed and don't eat."

"Then I'll go see if the food is ready!"

After the concubine Chen Shuting escaped from the clutches of the evildoer, she found that the dining table was already filled with covered meals. Only then did she realize that her family was waiting for her to eat. She felt a little ashamed of the idea of ​​rushing upstairs to take a shower.

During dinner, the eldest son Zhang Bei held a memory technology document and asked Zhang Heping: "Dad, I remember you said that Japan's photolithography process technology only reached 1 micron. But your 16 megabyte memory requires a 0.4 micron production process. Does magnesium have a nano-level photolithography machine?"

"Why isn't it available in the mainland?" Zhang Heping asked casually.

"Isn't that color screen factory in Shenzhen built yet? Could it be that they have already made a 365-nanometer lithography machine?" Zhang Bei looked at his father with a little surprise.

"They think the 365-nanometer lithography machine is such a high-end thing, but now they are still hiding their incompetence." Zhang Heping shook his head slightly and said helplessly:

"The Chinese have joined forces with Western countries to block our technology and restrict domestic development, causing some people in the country to retaliate, but they have never thought of using this to break through the blockade and accelerate economic development!"

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Time slipped away quietly for more than ten days in the peaceful days, and then seemed to slow down, and on March 3th, it was over!

On this day, Zhang Heping seemed a little silent after getting up early in the morning, because the Shenzhen Ultra-thin Color Screen Factory had not called him yet, and naturally there was no news about the LCD color screen.

For things like this, just make a phone call and ask, and you’ll know what the situation is.

But Zhang Heping did not take the initiative to call, because his elder brother-in-law Tang Ren, and his two nephews Tang Lie and Tang Qiang had been waiting in Shenzhen.

In Zhang Heping's heart, he actually still hopes that the Shenzhen Color Screen Factory can produce LCD color screens on time, even if it's a few days late.

As for his previous threat to find foreign factories for processing after March 3, he was just trying to force certain people in the country and let them know that he, Zhang Heping, had other options.

Just as Zhang Heping was lying on a recliner in the middle of the plain, thinking about life and domestic systems, Chairman Shen of Huifeng Bank came to visit with three Middle Eastern people.

This Middle Eastern prince actually wanted to invest in Zhang Heping and let him build a factory in Hong Kong Island to produce memory, hard drives, central processing units, etc.!

"The prince may have some misunderstandings about me!" Zhang Heping picked up the teacup on the plastic table and motioned the three Middle Eastern men and the three American men to drink tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Heping said calmly in Eagle language: "Actually, I just wanted to invest, just like you, spending money all over the world."

"After some bad things happened, I collected a large number of companies here in Hong Kong Island."

"That's right!" Zhang Heping said, picking up the black mobile phone on the table and asked, "Prince, do you want to invest in the communications business? It's a very profitable business!"

"I've already cooperated with someone in the mobile phone business!" The Middle Eastern prince pushed away the black mobile phone handed over by Zhang Heping, and then took out a white leather custom-made mobile phone from under his white robe.

When Shen Bi, chairman of Huifeng, saw Zhang Heping coming, he smiled and explained, "The relationship between the charter king and the prince is also good. He has already won the communications business in the Middle East and signed a cooperation agreement with Tang Qiang."

Zhang Heping nodded, then looked at the Middle Eastern prince and said with a smile: "Prince, I will not build an equipment manufacturing plant now. I will only build a computer assembly plant in Shencheng in the north. If you are interested in personal computers, you can place an order from me when the time comes."

Far from being disappointed, the Middle Eastern prince made a new request, "Can I see your personal computer design?"

"Okay, wait for me a moment."

As Zhang Heping said this, he went home and got out a pen and paper. On the plastic table, he drew diagrams of laptops and desktop computers for the six foreigners.

As for the technical information upstairs, I will definitely not show it to them, so as to prevent them from thinking that there is a secret room upstairs where the information is hidden.

"Laptops are convenient for use when traveling." Zhang Heping pointed to the picture on the paper and explained, "The host and monitor of a desktop computer are separate. The host can be placed on the ground and the monitor can be placed on the table for work. This can make the desk much simpler."

After hearing the explanation, the Middle Eastern prince smiled and said, “Mr. Zhang, does your Peace Group need financing?”

"We have plans to go public, but we are not short of money now. The group's business is not yet formed, so we can't raise much money." Zhang Heping smiled back, thinking that this guy has a good eye for investment.

"If Mr. Zhang needs financing, please notify me immediately!" When the Middle Eastern prince saw Zhang Heping nod, he stood up and left.

Zhang Heping sent the person to the gate of the community, waved goodbye, and then lay back on the recliner on Pingba.

This Middle Eastern prince came here, and I'm afraid there are some Magnesian people behind the scenes directing him, and he asked for 51% of the shares!

However, the money he gave was a little too little, only 10 billion magnesium yuan, which failed to impress Zhang Heping.

The current market price is that a 1-micron lithography machine is priced between 50 and 70 magnesium yuan.

Based on this 1-micron lithography machine, it would cost about 1.5 million U.S. dollars to build a wafer factory.

Then, it can produce the most commonly used 16K, 32K, and 64K memory chips, and can produce up to 8M memory chips.

If this equipment is used to make CPU chips, Zhang Heping feels that he can make a 32MHz central processing unit.

To cope with the current international market, an investment of 4 million magnesium yuan is enough to seize most of the market.

However, if he is really lazy and does this, then foreigners will get a great advantage.

The reason why he set the two key parameters of 16 MHz and 128 MHz in the bidding was to strike a blow against the foreign semiconductor industry. Even if they reverse-engineered his memory, CPU and other hardware architectures, they would not be able to imitate them on existing equipment and would have to buy new equipment to upgrade their factories.

It seems that there is only one country that currently has 365-nanometer lithography machines.

Therefore, these two parameters make the people of Magnesium feel very uncomfortable. Once the 16MB memory comes out, there is still 256K memory technology hidden in the DRAM track. Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, which only released 128K memory to make money, and Magnesium companies such as Mostek and Micron that are trying to catch up with the 128K memory technology will suffer huge losses.

Another round of price war will send them into bankruptcy!

As for the Japanese, their VLSI Technology Research Institute originally planned to realize the practical use of 10M DRAM within 1 years, but in the end, 16M memory came out...

"Boss, the Japanese have sent over Wagyu beef and tuna again!" a bodyguard whispered in Zhang Heping's ear.

Zhang Heping didn't even open his eyes. "Same old rules, feed the dog!"

All the people who came this morning were irrelevant, which made Zhang Heping a little annoyed.

If the ultra-thin color screen factory does not produce LCD color screens, his recent plans will have to be overturned and started over again.

The batch of 365-nanometer lithography machines, etching machines, etc. produced domestically will be hidden in remote small town factories or deep caves for their own entertainment.

bother!

Zhang Heping originally wanted to force Magnesium to order 365-nanometer lithography machines from China. China could then take this opportunity to propose restoring its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, thereby breaking the Western blockade and allowing China to engage in global multilateral trade!

So we no longer have to rely on Hong Kong Island as the only outlet!

This was the main reason why he was reluctant to invest in Hong Kong companies before...

In Zhang Heping's memory of his previous life, China applied to restore its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1986. It was not until the end of 6, six years after the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO), that China broke through this layer of trade restrictions.

Although Zhang Heping had not read domestic internal references for a long time, he could imagine through the information in domestic newspapers how fierce the debate over the issue of whether the country was capitalist or socialist was in the capital!

The external oil crisis is getting more serious!

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again this year, exacerbating the dollar's retreat into the United States. Many developing countries' dollar debts exploded, and their economies have never recovered since then.

At this time, a huge economic cloud seemed to be hanging over all countries in the world.

Therefore, Zhang Heping can understand the domestic austerity policy.

But he couldn't understand why there should be restrictions on this project which could earn a lot of foreign exchange!

If you don’t make money, you bastard!

When Zhang Heping was cursing in his heart, he suddenly felt the rocking chair sinking towards his head. He reacted instinctively and jumped up with a somersault, then landed two meters away.

I was distracted just now and didn’t notice this group of people approaching!

"Wow! Uncle, how did you do that?"

Ignoring his third nephew Tang Qiang who was rocking in the chair just now, Zhang Heping stared at the cardboard box that each of them was holding.

"Stinky boy, the LCD color TV is ready, you don't have to bid abroad!" Director Wang said, handing over a small square cardboard box, "8-inch LCD color TV, take a look!"

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