Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 412 TSMC Electric Hand (Two in One)

The public opinion situation ended in a shocking way, which made many people unexpected, and it was inevitable to sigh.

It's not about lamenting this person, but lamenting the sinister ways of the world, and you don't know whose way suddenly.

The news situation is more complicated. Although there is a general direction, it is still not easy to see who is who.

However, although Fang Zhuo, the president of Yike who was involved in the public opinion in the second half, was only a glimpse of four words, his figure still loomed in the face of the fatal blow.

Although, Yike Group generally maintains a low profile.

Although, the initial report came from the paparazzi media in Xiangjiang.

Although, the spread of public opinion is carried by newspaper media.

However, according to gossip, Mr. Fang's "unpleasant" is worth a "well-known professor".

This has nothing to do with proof or not. As long as everyone thinks it is a clue that meets the imagination, it will be automatically attached.

For example, why was the media in Shencheng the first to reprint the news about Xiangjiang?

You can say that Shanghai has a developed economy, the media atmosphere is more relaxed, and the reporters are faster and more courageous, but it can also be said that there is Fang Zhuo's impetus behind this.

As for whether there is a deep-seated reason, even Yike's own employees have different opinions.

"The boss is busy with the listing of the company, how could he take the initiative to get involved in those crap things?"

"Mr. Fang has always kept his secrets hidden, and once activated, he will be easily captured."

"Mr. Fang acts ulterior motives. He comes like thunder and receives wrath, but he is like Jiang Hai congealing the light."

Yike is in the silent period of listing, but the listing action has been carried out in an orderly manner. Employees can talk about the boss's story in their spare time to relieve boredom. For outsiders, this incident is also destined to be an exciting event in this restless autumn. A topic of relish.

On November 11th, Deutsche Bank's Asia-Pacific general manager Zhang Hongli led a team to Hang Lung 20 to perform the final process of becoming a shareholder of Bingxin CSMC.

Zhang Hongli can endure.

Compared with Goldman Sachs, IDG, and DCM, he managed to survive until the end, until the Luzhou plant started pile foundation work, survived until the equipment was on the way back, and survived until Fang Zhuo was involved in public opinion and came out, and he finally settled , became the last director of the Bingxin Board of Directors.

During this period, no matter how much Fang Zhuo urged or even lured Zhang Hongli, Zhang Hongli remained unmoved, and the reason he gave was also very good-the internal investment process of Deutsche Bank Investment is relatively complicated. cast.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, if you don't invest in Deutsche Bank, I will go to the United States to recruit a few more institutions. Your process is too slow."

Fang Zhuo complained repeatedly when he saw Zhang Hongli.

Zhang Hongli once again expressed his apology: "The German process is very rigid, Mr. Fang, it's been a long time for us."

The two shook hands, symbolizing the completion of the closed loop of Bingxin CSMC's first round of financing process.

From July to November, it took 7 months for the foundry of the semiconductor project initiated by Fang Zhuo to finally get all the scheduled investment, and the ice core is not just Fang Zhuo fighting alone, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, DCM, IDG and Luzhou have become friends on the same boat.

Friends came to drink.

Fang Zhuo warmly entertained Zhang Hongli that night, and chatted enthusiastically about the international equipment procurement of Ice Core. In order to help, Goldman Sachs formed a special working group to start with less sensitive equipment.

In addition, Goldman Sachs has also brought together several manufacturers of second-hand semiconductor equipment. It seems that they have indeed made some necessary preparations for this project.

After drinking and eating, the two chatted for a while after discussing the project.

"Mr. Fang, I heard that someone made you unhappy? Is this true?"

Zhang Hongli said with a smile that he didn't know which melon he got.

Fang Zhuo waved his hand: "Mr. Zhang, you are not the first person to ask me. If I ask you, you still don't know me well enough. One is that you don't understand how busy I am recently, and the other is that you don't understand my personality. Where am I? Take care of those messy things."

Zhang Hongli laughed twice: "Yes, yes, Fang is always on the move, but there are indeed a lot of gossip recently."

Fang Zhuo raised a glass of wine: "It doesn't affect our project."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Fang, I'll toast you again." Zhang Hongli invested, and his attitude was much warmer than before.

As the last company to invest in Bingxin after basically completing the financing and actively promoting the progress, from his own point of view, he is still so embarrassed. several institutions" is not a lie.

Goldman Sachs provides the convenience of equipment procurement, IDG has extensive popularity at home and abroad, and DCM is happy anyway.

What about yourself?
Just some bad money left.

Zhang Hongli was both happy and proud when he successfully invested bad money into the project. After he found out that Fang Zhuo had set up a small trap for DCM, he also considered that the young CEO did have the title of "venture hunter". Fill up directly.

After multiple confirmations and investigations, it was finally confirmed that this is a high-quality project that can be invested.

The more you drink, the more true your feelings become.

When the dinner was over, Zhang Hongli and Fang Zhuo called each other brothers.

"Brother Fang, let me congratulate you in advance for ringing the bell at Nasdaq."

"Brother Zhang, hey, with your good words, see you, see you."

Fang Zhuo waved at Zhang Hongli, who got into the car, and dealt with the missed call after watching his car leave.

The hotel for tonight's dinner was not far from home, so he didn't plan to take the car back, and planned to blow the night breeze and stretch his legs.

There are a lot of missed calls, from Luzhou, New York, Yike, Sina...

Because the phone calls are never connected, there will be no second call, so I guess it's not a big deal.

Fang Zhuo contacted Luzhou Bingxin, Shencheng Yike, and Beijing Sina methodically one by one, and once passed through...he found that none of the calls were for business, but for small talk.

Seeing that he was about to arrive home, Fang Zhuo left the last call to Yu Hong in New York.

Beep beep, no call.

Just as Fang Zhuo was about to put his phone in his pocket, he saw Xiong Xiaoge calling in.

He said concisely: "Old bear, say."

"That professor you messed with?" Xiong Xiaoge didn't exchange pleasantries, and went straight to the point.

"Yes, I turned into a stewardess to do it." Fang Zhuo admitted generously.

"Bah!" Xiong Xiaoge asked, "When will Yi Ke submit the registration?"

"It's definitely the 28th of this month. I'll fly to New York next month." Fang Zhuo talked about the itinerary.

Xiong Xiaoge calculated the time and submitted the registration to the SEC in 8 days.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and said with emotion: "It's finally going to be listed, and our investment in IDG will finally pay off."

"All in all, Yike's road to listing is relatively fast. You IDG didn't wait too long. This is obviously a very cost-effective investment." Fang Zhuo said calmly.

Xiong Xiaoge raised his voice: "IDG didn't just vote for you, Yike!"

"Have you seen Taobao established by Ali? I think the future of medicine is not without hope, and its online medicine will have a lot of room for growth. Let's talk about this matter when I come back from the United States. How about it?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Xiong Xiaoge agreed, and he also wanted to rejuvenate a stagnant investment.

After chatting for a while, Xiong Xiaoge suddenly asked a little worried about gain and loss: "There won't be any fools this time, right?"

"It's time to file for registration. Yike's business and finances are fine, and the stock market can benchmark against Apple, which has been recognized. At most, the final stock price is almost there, but I have confidence." Fang Zhuo laughed.

Xiong Xiaoge felt more at ease, and agreed: "That's right, it's all come to this point."

According to regulations, Yike's listing road is in a silent period and has not been disclosed to the media. However, several shareholder organizations are clearly aware of the progress and the content of the prospectus. Everyone is looking forward to the results of this listing.

Xiong Xiaoge was chatting happily when he suddenly heard President Fang's voice on the phone.

"Hang up, hang up."

"What's wrong?" Xiong Xiaoge didn't talk enough.

"I'm home now, so I don't have time to talk to you." Fang Zhuo gave the reason, and hung up the phone with his backhand. Today's group of people are quite idle, don't they know that the president's affairs are busy?

Listening to the beeping on the phone, Xiong Xiaoge lost his voice.

He shook his head, put away his phone, and thought about the listing of Yike.

This time, how can we lose?
……

On November 11rd, there is light snow in the lunar calendar. According to the lunar calendar, light snow is the No. 23 day after the beginning of winter every year.

On this day, the yang qi in the sky rises, and the yin qi in the ground descends. The heaven and the earth are blocked, the yin and yang do not communicate, and the vitality does not appear.

At such a turning point, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. of Formosa officially launched a move against SMIC in the United States.

TSMC has gone through two procedures.

One, filed an investigation with the U.S. International Trade Commission, claiming that the import and sale of SMIC's semiconductor devices infringed its patents.

Second, sue SMIC in the US court, claiming that the latter infringed a number of its patents and stole some trade secrets.

TSMC is undoubtedly No.1 in the foundry sector of the IC industry in the world today!

It just beat Intel head-on this year, further expanding its market share.

SMIC, established for more than three years, ranks fourth in the world as a foundry, and its development speed is extremely fast!

However, the founder Zhang Rujing did poach many people from TSMC at the beginning of its establishment.

The news of TSMC’s attack on SMIC reached China at [-] o’clock in the evening. Zhang Rujing immediately learned about it and notified the company’s management and directors of the board of directors to hold an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.

The meeting time was set at 07:30 in the evening, but it hadn't started yet. Everyone who got the news knew that TSMC was here for the sensitive time when SMIC was about to go public.

Even if there is a silence period for listing, even if SMIC does not publicize its own listing plan, the outside world will still have estimates. Competitors like TSMC will pay more attention to the news and analyze it from time to time.

Now, TSMC is obviously aggressive, and it has identified the most uncomfortable time for SMIC.

This posture makes SMIC uncomfortable, and it will inevitably impact the foundry link of the domestic IC industry.

As shareholders of SMIC, Goldman Sachs Group and Deutsche Bank were notified by Zhang Rujing as soon as possible.

Soon, Xu Kaiwei of Goldman Sachs and Zhang Hongli of Deutsche Bank received a brief analysis of the situation.

TSMC launched a sniper attack on SMIC's listing, and it is said that the other party has a lot of tangible evidence and will not be satisfied with delaying SMIC's listing.

Xu Kaiwei was abroad and unable to attend the meeting, so he appointed the vice president of Goldman Sachs in China to go to the meeting.

Zhang Hongli was in Shanghai. He hurried to SMIC by car and joined the emergency meeting.

SMIC’s meeting room was full of chaos. Although Zhang Rujing personally presided over the meeting, the news from the United States would interrupt the meeting from time to time. Sometimes TSMC might withdraw the lawsuit, and sometimes TSMC said it would sue to the end and would never accept it. Mediation.

Zhang Rujing himself was a little at a loss.

"Mr. Zhang, what is the best case? What is the worst case? Will this affect the listing?"

Zhang Hongli was in a very serious mood, and took advantage of a gap in the news to directly ask Zhang Rujing.

"It's hard to say, TSMC is beyond my expectation this time, we, we should actively respond to the lawsuit." Zhang Rujing frowned deeply.

"Did SMIC infringe on patents? Did it steal trade secrets?" Zhang Hongli asked the most fundamental question.

Zhang Rujing pondered: "That depends on how the laws of the United States judge."

Zhang Hongli felt that he heard the implication of these words, and he took a breath. At this moment, he was not only worried about SMIC's listing, but also thought of the $1.25 million that Deutsche Bank had just invested.

He thought of CSMC, thought of Bing Xin, thought of Fang Zhuo!

It has only been a few days since Deutsche Bank completed its investment in Bingxin, just a few days ago!

How to explain this, how to explain it!
Zhang Hongli listened to the noisy voices in the conference room, thinking about SMIC and Bingxin, thinking about TSMC and patents, and was in a state of confusion for a while.

How does this affect the ice core?
Can the procurement of international equipment still proceed as scheduled?
Are the talents dug by the ice core also from TSMC?
Regardless of the answers to these questions, judging from TSMC's lawsuit against SMIC and Zhang Rujing, this is a big negative for the domestic semiconductor foundry industry.

The emergency meeting lasted for two hours, and Zhang Hongli's mind was buzzing. At the meeting, it was assessed that the worst outcome would be failure to go public, and the best outcome would be TSMC's withdrawal of the lawsuit.

But, why did TSMC withdraw the lawsuit?

Zhang Hongli thought about it, but couldn't think of a reason.

Sitting in the car on the return journey, thinking about the smiling face of the young CEO when they drank together two days ago, he suddenly felt a little dazed. Is this also in his calculations?
impossible.

Zhang Hongli took out his phone in a daze and found Fang Zhuo's number.

However, before he pressed the number, he suddenly had a change of heart and decided to inform other institutions of Bingxin's first round of financing of the news.

Zhang Hongli made the first call to Xiong Xiaoge, the president of IDG Huaxia District.

"what?"

"TSMC sued SMIC?!"

When Xiong Xiaoge heard the news, the high-pitched voice on the phone broke.

TSMC sued SMIC?
Sue SMIC!

SMIC!

芯！
Grass!
(End of this chapter)