Shenhao’s Salted Fish Life

Jiujiantang, Villa No. 18, is Tian Wanli's retirement residence. It is the smallest apartment in the community, only about 600 square meters.

In the study, Tian Wanli lit a cigarette and put it on the ashtray. He was calling some of his old friends to talk about Lin Tianwen.

"Brother Qiu, what do you think?"

"If your little friend Lin really has a way to get a lithography machine, then I'd love to be a CEO. I'll help him get the job done as well."

"Brother Qiu, Lin Xiaozi is still very reliable. I trust him."

"When will we make an appointment to meet and chat."

"Okay, it's better to hit the sun. It's noon tomorrow. I'll make arrangements."

"Okay. Then I'll invite an old friend over tomorrow. Hope he'll be interested."

"Okay. I'll have to call someone else. Let's go."

Tian Wanli made a few more calls in his address book, and then took off his reading glasses and took a sip of slightly cold tea.

Going to the corner of the study, I took out a piece of film from the drawer and put it on the gramophone. The excerpt from "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" was released.

Tian Wanli hummed a little song and looked at Villa 21 through the window.

A few of his calls made waves in the chip industry that had been silent for many years.

After Qiu Ci called Tian Wanli, he pondered for a moment, and then he found the number that had not been contacted for a long time from his mobile phone and dialed it.

The phone rang a few times and was picked up.

"Brother Qiu, long time no see. The sun came out from the west today, and you actually called me." An old voice sounded in the microphone.

"Brother Zhang, I want to invite you out of the mountain." Qiu Ci said bluntly, without being obsessed.

"You should know that after that, I was disheartened and didn't want to get involved in the chip industry."

"Brother Zhang, this time I'm the CEO, don't you want to come and give me the platform?"

"Aren't you retired? Why do you still want to move into the chip industry?"

"I'm really not reconciled. I think I'm a big country, and I can't even make a small chip. My generation has worked hard for decades, but I'm still controlled by others. I don't dare to rest my eyes when I die."

"What you said is not what I want to say. But the technical generation of the lithography machine is really not so easy to shorten."

"There is such an opportunity in front of me. Brother Zhang, would you like to fight with me again?"

"Tell me in detail."

"Someone can get a 7nm lithography machine, and there are a lot of them."

"What? 7nm?"

"Yes. The specific situation will be discussed in detail tomorrow at noon."

"Mr. Qiu, don't make fun of me. I'll buy a plane ticket to the magic capital."

"I will never lie to you. I will arrange for someone to pick you up. If you can bring a group of people over, it will be even better."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Okay. See you tomorrow then."

"it is good."

Qiu Ci put down the phone, took a sip of coffee, and a little girl next to him said, "Grandpa, are you going out too?"

"Yeah. The opportunity to revitalize our chip industry is here."

"Grandpa, can I be your assistant?"

"Aren't you still a graduate student? Do you have time? I heard that your laboratory is about to have a breakthrough, will you be able to walk away?"

"I'm just playing soy sauce in the lab. It's better to follow your grandfather to learn more."

"Let's talk about it when things are settled. You're going to be more involved in lab research these days. It's also a learning experience."

"Got it. Grandpa."

Qiu Ci looked at her granddaughter and smiled.

Huawei Headquarters.

"Old Ren, someone has got a 7nm lithography machine." Xu Jun, the rotating chairman of Huawei, rushed to Ren Fei's office and said excitedly.

"Lao Xu, sit down and talk. I have already heard about what you said." The 74-year-old Ren Fei smiled faintly.

"The news came from the magic capital. Mr. Qiu, the former CEO of SMIC, has invited Zhang Rujun to come out."

"We will wait and see how this matter changes. Every time we make a move, we end up having a lot of fun in the end."

"If there is really a 7nm lithography machine, then we won't have to worry about the chip being old Mika in the future."

"A mature chip factory will take at least two years from construction to production. If there are mature skilled workers at all costs, it will take a year. We still have to increase investment and continue to research our own chips. It is better to rely on yourself than others.”

"Old Ren, you are so rational every time."

"You, it's Fan Jinzhongju, a little too happy."

"Cough, I still hope that domestic chips will rise."

"It's important to keep your feet on the ground. I never put my hopes on others."

"All right."

Such similar conversations also occurred in the offices of major domestic integrated circuit chip manufacturers.

And the initiator of this incident has just woken up.

"Boss, Mr. Tian asked you to have dinner at Yongfu Club at noon." Aida said, standing behind Lin Tianwen who was washing.

"Well. Did Mr. Tian say anything?"

"Just so you don't be late."

"understood."

Lin Tianwen was eating breakfast and watching the morning news, completely unaware that what he said to Mr. Tian had already caused an uproar in the industry.

There are still three days before the National Day holiday, and another big migration is coming.

After watching the news and having breakfast, Lin Tianwen wiped his mouth and said to Ada, "The day after tomorrow is her birthday, and I plan to throw a party for her on the yacht. Ada, you are responsible."

"Okay. Boss. Who needs to be invited?"

"I'll handle this myself, you can just get the party done."

"Got it, boss."

Ada, who got out of bed, was really professional and excellent. She couldn't see how she liked to steal sausages in the middle of the night.

. . .

After two days in a row, the little girl who greeted the guests at the door knew him.

It was the same box from yesterday. As soon as Lin Tianwen walked in, he found that things seemed to be getting bigger.

In addition to Tian Lao, who had a guest today, and Qiu Lao, who had met yesterday, there were three old people chatting with him. At first glance, their hair was probably old.

As soon as Lin Tianwen came in, Tian Wanli noticed him, walked over and said with a smile, "I told you not to be late, you really stepped on it. You don't respect the old at all."

"Tian Lao, that's because you came early. Didn't you say you'll be there at 11 o'clock? It's only 10:30 now." Lin Tianwen looked at his watch and said.

"Okay. Let me introduce you." Tian Wanli pulled Lin Tianwen and walked towards Qiu Ci and the others.

"Our protagonist is here." Qiu Ci said with a smile.

"Let me introduce you. This little friend is called Lin Tianwen, and he wants to invest in a chip factory." When Tian Wanli introduced Lin Tianwen, he felt like a child who scored 100 points in the test when he was a child, and was stunned in front of relatives and friends.

"Elder Qiu, you met yesterday. This is Mr. Zhang Rujun. This is Mr. Wang Ning. This is Mr. Ji Feiji." Tian Wanli introduced.

"Elder Qiu, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, Mr. Ji." Lin Tianwen called out one by one obediently.

"Sit down and talk. You have old arms and legs, so don't waste your energy." Tian Wanli said.

After Lin Tianwen sat down, he quickly took out his mobile phone secretly and checked it. The more he checked, the more frightened and happier he became.

The elders present here are all leaders in the integrated circuit chip manufacturing industry, and any one of them can be the CEO of several major domestic chip manufacturing companies.

For things he doesn't know very well, he usually doesn't interrupt. After all, pretending to understand is more embarrassing than pretending to be coins.

However, listening to a few old people chatting can also learn a lot.

In addition to factories and production lines, the production of chips also requires 19 kinds of necessary materials, all of which are indispensable, 14 of which are in the hands of Japanese companies.

The global polysilicon annual production capacity is about 640,000 tons, and only 30,000 tons are used to manufacture chips. Silicon materials for semiconductors only account for 5% of the total output of all silicon materials.

Japan has a strong position in chip materials, such as photoresist, and the top 5 companies in the world account for 85% of the market share, of which the top 4 companies are all in Japan.

The supply security of Japanese chip materials is like a sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Chinese chip industry.

In 2018, the global semiconductor manufacturing materials market size was US$32.2 billion, of which the market size of photomasks was about US$4.5 billion, accounting for 14% of manufacturing materials, second only to silicon wafers.

At present, the top five photomask manufacturers in the world are Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPAN), Dai Nippon Printing, HOYA, SK Electronics and Photronic, of which the first four are Japanese companies and the last is an American company.

When Lin Tianwen heard this, he realized that things were far from being as simple as he thought.

As soon as his mind became hot, he felt that he had obtained the lithography machine, and most of the matter was solved. He didn't expect that there were still so many problems to be solved.

After waiting for a few old people to chat, Lin Tianwen asked, "Those elders, I have a question."

"Lin Xiaoyou, you ask." Qiu Lao said with a smile.

"I can handle the production line of the chip factory. Those semiconductor materials don't seem to be available in China, right?"

"Semiconductor materials, you don't have to worry about this. We have been in the chip industry for so many years, and we still have some connections." Elder Qiu thought what Lin Tianwen wanted to ask, but he actually asked such a trivial question.

"Then I can rest assured. With equipment and materials, there is a shortage of mature skilled workers." Lin Tianwen said with a smile.

"You don't have to worry about this. When the money is in place, the people are in place." Zhang Rujun made a joke.

"Old Zhang, don't worry. The money must be in place." Lin Tianwen said.

Tian Wanli watched Lin Tianwen chat happily with several leaders in the chip industry, and comforted him.

"Several, let's talk about business." Tian Wanli raised his glass and said.

"It was so much fun chatting with Xiaoyou Lin, I almost forgot about the business." Elder Qiu said with a few laughs.

"Little friend Lin, how many lithography machines do you have?" Zhang Rujun asked after taking a sip of wine.

"As much as you want." Lin Tianwen said calmly.

"How much?" Old Qiu's eyes widened.

The lithography machine is not a Chinese cabbage. Even SMIC is still queuing up for delivery. Besides, with the Wassenaar Agreement, it is very difficult to get the lithography machine in an open and honest way.

Asmar's annual output is only a few dozen units, and it has to be distributed to so many companies around the world. Lin Tianwen actually said that there are as many as they want.

Old Qiu and several others felt that Lin Tianwen was a little unreliable.

"Elder Qiu, I have my own channels." Lin Tianwen explained, "As long as the company is established, the lithography machine will be in place."

"So fast?" Zhang Rujun said in surprise.

The system shot, not fast or fast.

Lin Tianwen said with a smile: "This is produced by our company's research center abroad. It has nothing to do with ASML."

"Lin Xiaozi admires it." Qiu Lao gave a thumbs up.

"I didn't think of building a chip factory before. I only thought of it when I heard Mr. Qiu mention it two days ago."

"It seems that there is still my credit here." Qiu Ci laughed heartily.

"Kid Lin, where do you plan to build the chip factory?" Zhang Rujun asked.

"Last time I asked President Yi~www.wuxiamtl.com~ He said that there is a piece of land on the east side of Zhangdong Road in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, about 1,500 mu."

"1,500 acres, that's enough to build a chip factory." Qiu Ci nodded.

"Are you going to be a sole proprietor of this company? Or find someone to cooperate with?" Zhang Rujun asked.

"It's not a sole proprietorship, it's fine to be a shareholder, and I don't plan to list this company, so I have to find a few partners."

"If you don't lack funds, it's a good thing not to go public. In this way, we will recommend you a few partners." Qiu Lao said.

"I plan to take out 45% of the shares. If there are recommended partners for the seniors, let them contribute by shares. However, I plan to let the district government use the land to invest in the shares."

"You really don't plan to make money. Even if you auction 1,500 mu of land, it will only cost 4.5 billion yuan. Compared with your hundreds of billions of chip factories, it can be said to be almost negligible." Tian Wanli said.

Lin Tianwen was about to say something when someone knocked on the door of the box.