All in all, those who started losing money in real estate in the late 1990s were basically seeking their own death.
Fang Zhe doesn't do real estate. It's not that he can't do it, but he doesn't want to do it.
This line of work is beyond words.
As the weather gradually warmed up and the spring breeze blew, good news came from Lin. The installation and debugging of the equipment was completed.
As long as we get the design, we can try to produce chip samples. For this reason, Lin came here to ask Fang Zhe for instructions on what samples to produce.
There are many types of chips, and the most common ones are naturally the chips used in CPUs, which are general-purpose chips.
If you are just an OEM, you have to get other people's orders and designs. If you can't take this first step, isn't it a joke? In this regard, Fang Zhe asked Lin in reply: "GM
As for chips, can we get orders?"
Lin was not very sure about this, but he still expressed confidence: "We can give it a try. It is estimated that it will be difficult to get orders from Intel. Starting with Celeron, we are more likely to succeed."
Fang Zhe turned to Qiu Xiaoyou and said, "Can you work hard for a while? Well, I can ask Goldman Sachs to help with the connection." Then he turned to Lin and said, "Is it difficult to get the chip design? Without a design, where would it come from?
Where are the samples? Without samples, how can we get orders?"
"There are intellectual property rights involved, but after getting the design, if we just produce samples, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
Fang Zhe understood that there was no need to make money through this. It would not be a big problem to get a few samples out: "Then go ahead and try to produce the samples first. Don't get the order by then and be in a hurry. Doing OEM is the first step.
The first step is to familiarize ourselves with the equipment and master the technology, and then develop our own chips. The design department is already working on its own memory chip design."
"Fang Zhe, if we cannot produce on a large scale, the cost of our chips will be very high, and it will be difficult to be very competitive in the market. Including the procurement of raw materials, etc., our right to speak is also very weak. I don't think we should be anxious.
, be prepared for long-term difficulties." Qiu Xiaoyou is still very sensible, and she has been in this business for a while.
"The biggest threats now are actually the officials and South Korea. They will definitely try their best to cause damage." Lin's words are very pertinent. He has the attitude of being loyal to the emperor and eating the emperor's salary.
"First produce samples and do tests to see how the performance is. There are also some domestic markets where we can compete." Fang Zhe's biggest difficulty lies in the market. If you can make chips, you also need to be able to sell them.
It's not a problem that can be solved cheaply. You have to make a big difference in performance.
In any case, Fang Zhe saw hope and the first step to success. So, he immediately called the leader and said that he wanted to report on the work. How should I put this matter? There must be no achievements in semiconductors in Songjiang.
Just report? Things are different now. In the past, you could do anything casually, but now it’s really impossible. It’s too difficult to do this without institutional support.
The secretary of the big leader answered the phone and said that he would pass it on. After waiting for twenty minutes, the secretary called and said that he had time tomorrow morning and could meet with Fang Zhe. Just when Fang Zhe was preparing to report tomorrow, before dinner
A phone call came in, from the big leader himself: "I'll ask the secretary to send you the address for an interview."
As soon as Fang Zhe sat down at the dinner table, he immediately got up and went out without any delay.
The place was at the leader's home. When Fang Zhe arrived at the door of the compound, the secretary was waiting at the door to usher him in. Otherwise, the armed police at the door would not know who you were and there would be no way to get in.
Seeing Fang Zhe come in, the leader smiled: "I'm too busy and can't arrange it on time, but your matter is too important. I must grasp the progress as soon as possible, so I'm asking you to work hard and I won't delay your dinner."
Bar?"
"I haven't even started eating yet, and your call came in." Fang Zhe told the truth, without any pretense.
"That's just right. I asked the nanny to cook more food. Let's eat first. After eating, I can chat with you for half an hour."
Fang Zhe was not polite. He sat down and picked up his rice bowl and started eating. There were only three dishes and one soup on the leader's dinner table. It was definitely enough to eat, and he also ate with his secretary. Fang Zhe finished a bowl of rice in three ounces.
He drank a bowl of soup by the way, and when the leader put down his chopsticks, he swallowed the last mouthful of soup.
"Let's go to the study to talk." The leader stood up and left without any hesitation.
Fang Zhe followed him with his bag, and his tie threw a pack of cigarettes over him: "You can take the cigarettes yourself." Fang Zhe was not polite, he took out a cigarette and lit it, and said with a leisurely smile: "Start reporting now?"
"Well, let's talk." The leader also lit a cigarette and looked very comfortable.
"The equipment we purchase is all the latest model, and the purpose is not to lag too far behind in the production process. In this industry, the technical content of every link is very high, and with the upgrade of products, the technical difficulty of production is also very high.
It’s getting higher and higher. My plan is to OEM first and design my own memory chips at the same time, striving to create an ecological closed loop in the memory field. Now that the installation and debugging of the equipment have been completed, samples can be produced. I have two steps here.
Let’s go. The first is to produce samples as soon as possible to achieve technical mastery in production, and the second is to have people go to the United States to contact Celeron Company to win OEM orders.”
When the leader heard this, he asked: "Why not try to compete in the domestic market?"
"It's too difficult. Private enterprises will eventually have to compete for the market. I'm new here, and the technology is certainly not as mature as similar products. Even if the price is lower by then, regardless of the low prices of competitors, domestic companies will not be able to compete because of their products.
For quality reasons, you won’t easily decide to use our products. Besides, everything is still in its infancy, so it’s too early to tell.”
Fang Zhe explained in detail. The leader smiled after hearing this and said: "You still have to fight for what you have to fight for. There is a law in this market. As long as our domestic products have mastered the technology and achieved mass production, similar foreign products will definitely be more popular."
Significant price reduction.”
Fang Zhe knew what the leader meant, but it meant doing business at a loss.
"Well, I will make efforts in this area. It's still early. I will take out samples first and test the performance before going to the market."
"How soon can we get samples out?" The leader asked the key to the problem.
"If it's quick, it will be three months, and at the slowest it will be about half a year. I will keep an eye on the progress and report any news as soon as possible."
The leader was very busy, so Fang Zhe didn't use up half an hour. He only spent ten minutes at most before Fang Zhe got up and left.
Before leaving, the leader took Fang Zhe's hand and said: "If private enterprises can produce qualified products, qualified chips in any field, it will be a huge progress for the country. After all, you have to face directly