Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 775 A Cloud Piercing Arrow (Two in One)

At dinner in the evening, Fang Zhuo and the leader still talked and laughed freely.

After only two days of talking, both parties are quite satisfied with the sensor production line that Bingxin and Sony have cooperated with.

If there are no accidents, this cooperation will advance rapidly. Zheng Danrui, Judy and others who have been promoted have this wish, and Sony, who does not want to spend more money, also has this wish. Ice Xin sees that they both have it, and of course they will do it together. up.

However, the news that Yike, a listed company, was short-sold by Wall Street giant Lehman reached the ears of Zheng and Qiu just after the meal.

Go short.

This term is still relatively unfamiliar to mainland China.

When was the last time you heard such a word?
It is precisely Mr. Fang who shorted Gome in Hong Kong stocks and threatened Huang Guangyu that he could not cash out and get money.

Later, although Gome ushered in funds from tide merchants and eased a considerable degree of liquidity crisis, it lagged behind its number one competitor Suning in the market, and its stock price has been falling since this year.

This incident made many people know the word "short".

When it's Mr. Fang's turn...

Zheng Danrui and Judy looked at each other after hearing a temporary report from a deputy director.

Even Zheng Danrui, who witnessed Mr. Fang step by step to today, couldn't help sighing: "Mr. Fang really has the style of a general!"

At the dinner table, he never saw Mr. Fang in the slightest, and he never frowned once during the whole process. He was really personable when he talked about semiconductor data and the prospect of sensors.

And this kind of demeanor is based on the premise that the company encounters short selling by giants, so it is even more magnanimous.

Judy nodded solemnly.

The deputy director saw that the faces of the two leaders were quite complicated, and asked worriedly: "Then the cooperation of this sensor production line... According to the plan, Mr. Fang's personal funds will be invested. Shall we talk about it again?"

The tone of the last three words "let's talk" is a bit subtle.

The conditions for negotiating whether you are short of money or not are completely different. Even if you don't rush to make trouble, you can probably win more conditions or initiative within the legitimate scope.

Zheng Danrui said indifferently: "Is this the attitude of attracting investment? When an outsider hands you a knife, you take the knife and stab your own people without even thinking about it? Is this your usual work style for attracting investment?"

The deputy leader's voice was a little higher, and he didn't save face for the deputy director at all. The latter's face turned pale immediately.

Seeing this, Judy smoothed things over and said, "The news from Lehman is indeed surprising at first, but Fang is always a man of action. Ice Core's process technology is true, and Sony's CMOS sensor is true. It is true that the engineers who will come will come, and this cooperation should be advanced as soon as possible.”

He caught sight of his subordinates' unconscious eyes from the corner of his eye, and said with a smile: "You guys, don't listen to the wind and rain, don't think that it's all right in Shencheng, look at Luzhou, the semiconductor industry cluster it has created now has already Hinato, we can't relax."

Deputy Director Lian claimed to be.

"In this matter, you and Fang Zhuo said that there will be no problems in the cooperation between Shencheng and Bingxin." Zheng Danrui turned to Judy and said.

Judy nodded slightly.

Zheng Danrui pondered for a while, and said: "Ask him again, just ask him if there will be any difficulties with his funds. It is really difficult. Let's find a way to solve it."

He paused, and said a little uncertainly: "Fang Zhuo's side shouldn't be a big problem, and he's not the kind of person who is reluctant to speak."

When Judy heard this, it was like waking up from a dream, oh yes, it's true, you deserve to be the "Brother Zheng" that Mr. Fang keeps saying.

He calculated the arrangement of the current project work in his mind, and then carefully looked at the short sale about Lehman.

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Judy, who returned home, called Boss Fang.

However, neither the first pass nor the second pass.

Judy could guess that Boss Fang must still be busy dealing with Lehman's attack at this time, so she waited patiently for a while before calling the third time.

This time it worked.

"Hey, old leader, are you still asleep?" Fang Zhuo's voice on the phone was full.

Judy's heart sank when she heard this title, and she said with a smile: "I just heard that your President Fang has encountered some troubles. Let's see if my old leader can help you."

Fang Zhuo saw that Qiu Lanhua claimed to be an "old leader", and he had all kinds of true feelings in the past, and immediately said: "Old Qiu, don't think about it, is it about Lehman? Lehman is purely crazy. I saw it in New York last month. Fuld, the head of Lehman, has made some troubles, he is doing business for his own benefit."

He continued: "Old Qiu, it's not easy for you to get promoted, you have to stick to your style and don't make mistakes."

"Who is the leader? Who is the leader?" Judy reprimanded immediately.

"You are the leader. I will speak up if something happens to me. It's nothing." Fang Zhuo said again, "Lehman is crazy. Don't take it seriously. We must push the ice core production line down. It’s really good for everyone.”

Judy let out a "hmm" and gradually felt relieved when she saw that Fang did not seem to be a fake and she had a personal grievance with Lehmanfold.

Now that the two were on the phone, they talked about some things that are not easy to talk about in public, mainly about the two lawsuits between SMIC and Tai Kee.

Judi also praised the prototype of Luzhou's industrial cluster today, which has integrated IC design, manufacturing, and packaging, but in fact, Shencheng has gone further in this regard.

However, just as the prototype of the cluster in Luzhou is centered on Bingxin, the development of Shencheng in the semiconductor industry is also inseparable from SMIC. Once the core links are delayed, the quality of the entire industry will be greatly reduced.

On the contrary, Fang Zhuo was quite cautious in this matter, for fear that his judgment would affect Lao Qiu and cause some disturbance to SMIC.

To be honest, although I am still not optimistic about the outcome of SMIC's lawsuit, the butterfly effect may work in this regard. What we need to do now is to add chips to SMIC's side, and Shencheng may have some solutions. After all Last time there were administrative factors to mediate.

The two chatted for 10 minutes before ending the call.

Fang Zhuo put down his mobile phone with his left hand, and picked up another mobile phone that received calls from time to time with his right hand.

Lehman was a psycho, but everyone didn't think it was.

Therefore, the most intuitive adverse effect of Lehman's shorting of Yike is that all the calls tonight are occupied.

"Turn down the temperature of the air conditioner, make a cup of tea, and open the email on the laptop."

Fang Zhuo took advantage of the gap in the phone call to direct Mr. Su to act as the secretary temporarily, and the secretary should do the work if there is anything to do.

Some calls are more casual, and the teasing and ridicule will pass, but I am afraid that some calls need to be treated seriously.

Although Lehman is a madman, it still has a strong aura of Wall Street, and many people are not aware of the "short" thing.

Su Wei did as she did, put away the tea, opened the Lehman short report in the email, and asked, "What else?"

At this time, Fang Zhuo's cell phone turned on again.

He glanced at the number, and it was the leader from Anhui Province, which belonged to the kind of call that required seriousness.

Before Fang Zhuo pressed the connection button, he said to Su Wei, "You can change into pajamas."

Su Wei took a sip, and saw that he was on the phone and didn't continue to reprimand him.

"Hey, Mr. Wang, it's me." Fang Zhuo smiled and greeted the provincial leader on the other end of the phone. Seeing that Xiao Su was still looking at him, he mouthed to her—shui yi.

Su Wei walked away silently.

"Mr. Fang, I heard that Lehman Brothers is going to short your company. Is this serious?" Leader Wang was straightforward and didn't waste time.

"Eco has no problem. I read Lehman's short report on us. It mainly uses competition and prospects as reasons for attacking. Due to its own influence on Wall Street, this may cause temporary stock price fluctuations for Eco. , but it will recover soon." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "Short selling is a financial method, and it doesn't work every time. We have relatively little contact with it in our country, so it's actually not a big problem."

Leader Wang said slowly: "It's not a big problem, is there still a problem? I understand that shorting is just a matter of funds?"

"Small problems are not a problem for me and Yike. Its report does point out the pressure of real competition. The mobile phone market that Yike wants to enter has very severe competition. As for the short sale, it is not all related to funds. " Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Old Wang, listen to this, do we still have money in the province? Bingxin will need a financing at the end of this year or early next year."

Seeing that Fang was always calm and well-founded, Leader Wang slowed down his tone and declined, "I believe that Bingxin's financing ability is getting better and better, and I also believe that our province can provide more and more industrial support. "

"Yes, I am very confident that the ice core technology has reached a critical stage, and I am looking forward to its recent performance." Fang Zhuo did not mention Liang Mengsong, but only revealed a little bit of ice core development.

"That's good, that's good." Leader Wang laughed and said meaningfully, "We are not afraid of difficulties, Mr. Fang, I have to make an application with you. Next time you return to Luzhou, we will go together Look at the ice core."

Bingxin now has an unwritten rule in Anhui Province, don't inspect, report, or encourage if you have nothing to do, just support it at hand and it's over.

But of course this is not the case for a coffee position like Leader Wang. He said this in a slightly friendly way.

"Next time I go to Luzhou, I'm afraid I'll have to apply for a new fab location with the provincial government. Ice Core will make great strides forward." Fang Zhuo didn't respond by calling it "breaking evil", but only with the "application" of actual progress. Respond to "Apply".

Leader Wang is more open to such applications.

The phone call didn't last long, but the support from my hometown was firm.

Fang Zhuo put down his phone, thinking that no matter Anhui Province or Shencheng, if he asked, he would probably be able to get a good loan.

This thing is still pretty good.

As he said to Leader Wang, Lehman’s short selling will indeed bring about some minor problems. Although he has already cashed out a lot of funds for the new production line of Bingxin, the amount of cash from the subsequent reduction of holdings will definitely have some problems. reduced.

The purpose of this money is mainly to prepare for Bingxin, and it can also be used as convenient funds for Yike to seek the mobile phone supply chain, and the extra money can be invested in the bearish view of the subprime debt market.

In this way, one in and one out, the less money earned is also a lot.

Fang Zhuo thought that he had no grievances with Lehman Brothers, and the little dispute at the charity dinner last time had long been ignored.

I didn't expect that gorilla to be so unreasonable.

Although Yike's Chinese market is really not good, music players have really been sold in recent years, and they can be regarded as a landmark product of consumer electronics.

Lehman Brothers' forced short selling, in addition to possibly squeezing out the prospect bubbles in some eastern markets, the biggest problem is probably that it will make some institutions look at mobile phone projects more rationally.

Mobile phones are easy to make, but it is not easy for mobile phones to get a share of the mature market.

But how much can such a negative impact have?

The real negative of this kind is the release of the Apple mobile phone, and the stock price dive at that time is not your turn to Lehman.

Fang Zhuo pondered for a while on this Wall Street investment bank with many enemies, and on this financial giant that would go bankrupt.

Don't let the butterfly effect work on it!
Lehman in the financial crisis, above it is the supervision of Goldman Sachs, surrounded by peers who can't take care of themselves, and below it is a market that has lost confidence, but is there life?
Also, outside.

Barclays Bank of the United Kingdom once planned to buy Lehman's shares and bonds, but was finally stopped by the country from the perspective of financial security.

This time, don't let the British side change their minds.

Then... find a way to inject CDO securities into Barclays Bank, find out in advance and arrange lobbyists with influence in this regard?
Fang Zhuosheng was afraid that Lehman would not die, and related thoughts swirled in his mind, trying to keep things going as they were originally.

Soon, the phone rang again to interrupt my train of thought, so I could only bury it in my heart.

IDG President Xiong Xiaoge called.

Similarly, he also made this phone call because of the same problem, which was to ask Mr. Fang if he needed capital turnover.

"Old Xiong, you still have money?" Fang Zhuo was surprised.

"There is still some way to temporarily turn around IDG's funds." Xiong Xiaoge was actually under a lot of pressure when he said this.

"This matter..." Fang Zhuo didn't expect that Lehman's shorting of Yike would have such an effect. Look, the old bear is still a good friend, "This matter is different from what you imagined. It was between me and Lehman Fuld." Personal matters."

Whether or not Fuld was motivated by the last skirmish is easiest to explain now.

Xiong Xiaoge suddenly realized, oh, personal grievances, oh, Mr. Fang, very reasonable.

"That's it, I'm still very busy, let's talk about things." Xiong Xiaoge came and went in a hurry.

Fang Zhuo didn't even have time to say a few words of politeness and express his thanks before he heard the blind voice.

It was past eleven o'clock, and the phone calls gradually became rare. Many people were also waiting to see how this matter would develop.

Fang Zhuo browsed the situation of Lehman, waited for a while and finally saw no new calls coming in, stretched himself, walked into the bedroom, you talk about me.

However, at one o'clock in the morning.

One phone vibrated crazily, and after no one answered, the other phone also started to vibrate non-stop.

Fang Zhuo woke up from his sleep extremely dissatisfied, and yawned, he connected the call from Wang Fengyi, Shenxin Kechuang.

"President Fang, what's the situation? Are you in trouble?" Wang Fengyi said loudly.

"Brother Wang, what's the situation? It's past one o'clock in the morning. Even if there is trouble, let's talk about it tomorrow." Fang Zhuo complained.

Wang Fengyi said loudly: "I just woke up and found out about Lehman. Are you short of money?"

Fang Zhuo asked, "Are you rich?"

"The company has it, and I can move it." Wang Fengyi said briefly, "Well, I can move the budget for different projects."

"I'm not short of money, I'm short of sleep, I've been short of sleep these days." Fang Zhuo was silent for two seconds, "I've been busy for a while, and I really have an important matter about Shenxin Kechuang. We'll talk about it later."

Wang Fengyi said bluntly: "Okay, I have something to say, let's talk."

"Okay, sleep." Fang Zhuo was also polite.

Today's shortest call is over.

Fang Zhuo put down his mobile phone and deeply realized one thing. In the eyes of everyone, he, the richest man in the mainland, was indeed not rich enough, and he still needed to work harder in his career.

(End of this chapter)