The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 919 I have found my way
"Boss, this is the record of the entire meeting. This time we got a total of 5 lithography machines, and Intel's [-] machines will arrive at the company at the same time!" A few days later, at TSMC's headquarters, the attendee The representative met Zhang Zhongmou, the chairman of TSMC, and reported to him the status of participating in the meeting this time.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhongmou didn't care about how many lithography machines he had acquired. Instead, he read the content about Trumpf several times, and then asked, "Didn't you speak for Trumpf at the meeting?"

"Ah... it's not... it's none of our business!" the representative said subconsciously.

"Confused!" Zhang Zhongmou slapped the table angrily and said, "This foreigner is right. If this continues, all of us will work for Chinese people in the future!"

"..." The representative was so frightened that he didn't dare to take a breath, but at the same time he muttered in his heart, "Aren't we Chinese people?"

"Fortunately, there is only a sea between you and the other side. Don't you know how terrifying the potential of the Huaxia Electronic Technology Industry Development Alliance is now? They have reached out to us now. I only found out a few days ago. It turns out that 80% of our materials come from related companies of the China Electronics Technology Industry Development Alliance, and they have already pinched our lifeblood!" Zhang Zhongmou sighed.

"Boss, you don't have to worry too much about this. You also said that they are only supplying materials. Without a lithography machine, they can only supply materials for a lifetime!" The representative reassured.

"Hmph, Jiangnan Optoelectronics already has hundreds of lithography machines!" Zhang Zhongmou said in a deep voice.

"But those are old-fashioned lithography machines. Now the entire industry has entered a new era. Whoever has the latest immersion lithography machines in their hands will be able to control the chip processing industry in the future!"

"Boss, it was clearly stated at the meeting that AMSL will strictly abide by the relevant agreements. The latest lithography machines will never be sold to Jiangnan Optoelectronics. You can rest assured about these!" the representative continued. '

"Hey!" Zhang Zhongmou sighed again, and waved his hand to let the representative go down, but within a few minutes, the secretary came over and said that it was Lao Huang.

"This guy is here again!" Zhang Zhongmou rubbed his temples. Even if this old friend didn't speak, he knew very well that he must have come to demand the output of a new lithography machine.

Originally, Zhang Zhongmou would absolutely reject this kind of thing, after all, the output is not enough for himself, so how can he guarantee how much it will be given to others.But now that the output of 15 units has been obtained in one go, there is a lot of vacancy. It seems that it is not necessary to help this old friend.So Zhang Zhongmou warmly received Lao Huang, and then patted his chest to promise that he would definitely give this old brother a hand, and even promised to give him at least [-] chips before the end of next year, so that Lao Huang left gratefully.

It's just that what Zhang Zhongmou didn't expect was that when he was about to pack his things and go home from get off work, another person came unexpectedly.

"Mr. Jobs, why are you here!" Zhang Zhongmou asked in amazement when he saw the guy who suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Mr. Zhang, I have something to ask this time!" Jobs said, and Zhang Zhongmou was even more shocked, because Jobs spoke fluent Chinese, and it wasn't standard Mandarin, but he didn't know which one it was. local dialect.

However, there is not much difference between the specialized dialect and Mandarin, and Zhang Zhongmou can understand it anyway.But Zhang Zhongmou has never heard of it. When did Jobs learn Chinese?

"Mr. Jobs, when did you learn Mandarin! I didn't know it from the beginning in the United States!" Zhang Zhongmou was a good friend with Jobs when he was still working at Texas Instruments.

Because at that time, a large part of the components purchased by Apple were purchased directly from Texas Instruments.And Zhang Zhongmou was the third in command of Texas Instruments at that time, and he had a very close relationship with Jobs, and the two were old friends.

So he really never knew when his old friend learned Chinese.

"I learned this before I knew it at the beginning of this year!" Jobs' face was a little pale, and at the same time, he could faintly see beads of sweat on the ice feet, but he sat very upright, and there seemed to be an aura similar to that of Jobs before. Very different.

"It's broken, it seems that Jobs is really dying soon!" Zhang Zhongmou murmured in his heart, there have been rumors in the room that Jobs's pancreatic cancer has long been terminally ill, and the doctor has issued a critical illness notice six times. It may not last for two years.

So Zhang Zhongmou never thought that Jobs would spend the rest of his time not treating his illness, but would go directly to his company headquarters to meet with him.

But even in this situation, the other party still showed up, which means that the other party must have something big to ask for me.

"I want 300 million chips, before the end of next year, chips made with the latest 50nm process technology!" Jobs didn't let Zhang Zhongmou be confused for too long, and directly spoke out his request.

"300 million pieces!" Zhang Zhongmou's expression changed instantly when he heard this request, and he said with a wry smile, "Mr. Jobs, your request is too much. We only have 10 lithography machines in total. The limit output of the engraving machine is 200 million pieces a year, and considering the probability of defective products, it will be a miracle to have half of them left.”

"In a year, my output here is at most 1000 million pieces, and almost all of these will be taken away by Intel. Where can I get you an output of 300 million pieces!" Zhang Zhongmou explained.

"You got 15 devices!" Jobs directly exposed Zhang Zhongmou's lie. "Among them, you have five devices. Your actual annual output is 500 million devices. Why not leave me 300 million devices!"

"But we also have a lot of old customers to maintain. I can't give you the output of 300 million. Let me tell you the truth from the bottom of my heart. 100 million is my limit. This We can only do it for the sake of our old friends for many years!" Zhang Zhongmou said.

"300 million, not one less!" Jobs looked at Zhang Zhongmou with a cold face for a long time, and finally said, "Mr. Zhang, have you forgotten who gave you the straw in 88?" ?”

"Okay, I even learned the word life-saving straw!" Zhang Zhongmou said a joke that was not funny with a dry smile, but his face became serious or ugly.

The life-saving straw in 88 mentioned by Jobs refers to the fact that TSMC was just established at that time, and there were only two second-hand lithography machines in hand, and there was no business at all.At the moment of crisis, Zhang Zhong sought out Apple, and only then did he get a business of 300 million US dollars from Apple, which allowed TSMC to have the funds to continue to operate.

At the same time, companies like Apple are ordering chips from TSMC, which shows that Apple is very confident in the quality of chips produced by TSMC. This was of great help to TSMC at the time, and many people who were hesitant finally chose to trust TSMC. , It also gave TSMC a prerequisite for its rapid development in the future.

It can be said that Jobs himself was very kind to TSMC and Zhang Zhongmou. Jobs took out the life-saving straw in 88, and Zhang Zhongmou was indeed directly grasped.It's just that Zhang Zhongmou doesn't like the feeling of being coerced into repaying favors, but the other party is Jobs, and he has no choice but to say, "In this case, then 200 million pieces, but I want to be clear, this is really It is the limit of what we can achieve, there will be no more pieces, and we have to pray for the good product rate to pass!"

"No, 300 million is my minimum requirement!" Unexpectedly, Jobs was still dissatisfied, but he also knew that kindness could not be exchanged for the remaining 1 million, so he smiled brightly and said, "Mr. Zhang, please help me, Because this is the last request of a dying person!"

"..." Zhang Zhongmou was completely dumbfounded. There has been a saying in China since ancient times that the dead are the most important. Now that Jobs actually said that he was going to die, it became his last words. How can Zhang Zhongmou bear it.

But Jobs put a document in front of Zhang Zhongmou and said, "This is the medical certificate given to me by my personal doctor. My body is already extremely weak, and the cancer has also metastasized. I must Surgery, otherwise I won’t live for two months. But the success rate of the operation is only 30%, and I’m very likely to fall directly on the operating table!”

"And even if the operation goes well in the end, I can only live for another 6 months. This is the last request in my life. Isn't Mr. Zhang willing to satisfy me?" Jobs said with a sigh.

"..." Zhang Zhongmou was forced to have nothing to say, and finally he could only nod helplessly and said, "Well, 3 million is 3 million, but I can't promise you, I can only see if it can be transferred from Intel's equipment. Some production capacity has come over, and if we are lucky, there may be an additional production of 100 million!"

"Thank you!" Jobs said sincerely, and then coughed a few times.

"But Mr. Jobs, I am really curious about one thing. As far as I know, you are definitely not the kind of person who is willing to use your kindness or even death as a transaction condition. Why do you do such a thing? The you I know are completely different!" Zhang Zhongmou asked puzzled.

"The existence of the Tao is only in the heart. Hundreds of boats strive to cross, and all rivers return to the sea!" Jobs said seriously, "I have found my Tao. If you don't hear the Tao in the morning, you can't die at night."

(End of this chapter)