20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3755 The Tacit Understanding Among the Upper Class

Seeing the changes in Qiao Yan's expression, Zhao Chang'an knew that if he wanted to have her, he would definitely have her.

However, he did have a momentary impulse to do so in the car, but now that they were in Jiangcheng, Zhao Chang'an no longer had much of a desire for it.

Ye Yiyi's Nordic style, He Cai and Chu Yun's double temptation of reformation, Tian Xue's stunning beauty, and Yang Yixin's cleverness and beauty.

There's also the mountain city not far away. Liu Cui wanted to come over and have Zhao Chang'an accompany her shopping. Su Ying's obvious hint was that it's only a two-hour drive from Jitishan Scenic Area to Jiangcheng.

During his trip back to Shancheng, Zhao Chang'an didn't have time to see Xu Wanrong and Chen Yue. Chen Yue called and said that if Zhao Chang'an had time, President Xu could come to Jiangcheng to discuss work matters with him.

So Zhao Chang'an is currently too busy to deal with Qiao Yan, a marginalized woman.

The most fundamental problem is that although Qiao Yan is a good-looking woman, she is still a little less attractive than even the most ordinary-looking Chen Yue.

Moreover, in terms of age and temperament, she is inferior to Chen Yue, who is only twenty-two years old this year.

However, Qiao Yan isn't without advantages; she's someone else's wife and is breastfeeding her child.

Thinking of the radiant smile on Qiao Yan's face as she fed the child in the car, Zhao Chang'an felt that he could still spare some time from his busy schedule to talk to Qiao Yan, so that she wouldn't accuse him of being ungrateful.

He walked over to Xiang Yong and said, "You must be tired from the journey, He Cai. Please book rooms for Boss Xiang and Sister Qiao tonight, and arrange dinner for them."

Hearing Zhao Chang'an say this, Qiao Yan felt a mix of joy and worry. She was pleased that Zhao Chang'an wasn't abandoning her after using her, but worried that he was only having his subordinates arrange things for her instead of accompanying her personally.

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Because the team from OneNanometer, Ericsson, and Siemens will be meeting with Ji Chengyong tomorrow morning, Zhao Chang'an needs to go and hear the opinions of Ericsson and Siemens teams from their visits over the past two days. He also wants to see if the three parties can reach a consensus and clearly articulate their basic requirements before the most important negotiation with Jiangcheng.

Currently, the regions with the highest concentration of universities in China include the Beijing-Tianjin area, Xianyang, Mingzhu, Wudu, Huadu, Zhengzhou, Xiangtan, Chengdu, and Jinling.

Among them, Beijing-Tianjin, Shanghai, and Wuhan are the three regions with the largest number of college students, and they also have a significant number of 985 and 211 universities.

If Zhao Chang'an were to choose, Beijing and Tianjin would be more suitable for high-level strategic planning, Huadu would be better suited for commerce, Zhengzhou and other central cities would be somewhat lacking in research personnel, and cities like Xianyang would be too remote, with their business environment needing a slight improvement in this era. Nanjing could only concentrate the financial, material, and human resources of one place at most. Only Mingzhu and Jiangcheng would be the best choices.

The reason for not choosing Mingzhu is that Mingzhu already has several chip factories, and it is impossible to provide too much support and preferential treatment, because it is impossible to treat everyone equally.

Jiangcheng, on the other hand, can leverage its numerous universities and millions of students, pooling the resources of the entire province to provide more preferential treatment and support.

Moreover, as a transportation hub connecting nine provinces, it has been a prosperous commercial center since ancient times, with an excellent business environment.

Zhao Chang'an had these thoughts before. As the group's president, he needed to consider many aspects and weigh interpersonal relationships, and couldn't just be pragmatic and business-oriented. Over the past year, the central province and Zhengzhou city had given YiNan a lot of resources and preferential treatment. It was truly commendable that the YiNan Airport Zone's mobile phone factory and electric motorcycle factory could achieve this even before they had officially started production.

Taihang Pharmaceutical Factory, Luoyi Shock Absorber Factory, Luoyi Vehicle Factory, and Luanchuan Molybdenum Industry (which is still under negotiation), all from the central province have been very supportive and cooperative.

If Zhao Chang'an clearly and publicly states that he will choose to build a wafer fab and a chip factory in Jiangcheng, without even conducting site visits and negotiations between the two locations, the central province will definitely feel disappointed or even angry.

His decision to charter a plane not to fly directly to Zhengzhou, but to go to Jiangcheng first, was a subtle way of giving Jiangcheng an opportunity.

In recent years, various regions have spared no effort in attracting projects and investments, especially projects like the wafer fab. Zhao Chang'an dares to say that as long as he releases the project, it will definitely stir up a fierce competition among at least a dozen large and medium-sized cities in China.

For the Siemens team, including OneNano and Ericsson, to charter a plane to Jiangcheng, they first needed to obtain permission from the Jiangcheng International Airport. This application would then be transmitted to the local leaders in Jiangcheng as quickly as possible through the airport's joint management channels with the local authorities.

With Su Bo and Nan Li able to tip him off, much like a high-profile airport pick-up, Zhao Chang'an's decision to fly to Jiangcheng first was something he could have foreseen.

Of course, Zhao Chang'an's idea could be kept secret from the naive Su Bo and Nan Li, but it was perfectly clear to people like Ji Chengyong and Xiao Xuecheng.

Therefore, Xiao Xuecheng didn't mention the wafer fab to Gu Dacong at all. Instead, he asked Gu Dacong to tell him whether the chip factory could be located in Zhengzhou.

Jiangcheng has shown its utmost sincerity and effort since the moment they picked up the wafer fab. It can be said that the entire city of Jiangcheng has been building momentum for the wafer fab these past two days, demonstrating a determination to win at all costs.

In many cases, those at the top are actually well aware of each other's true intentions. As long as they don't expose the truth, they should create a legend that ordinary people can see and understand.

Take the wafer fab site selection issue as an example. In fact, Dr. Su and Dr. Nan took the blame. The people in Jiangcheng would say after dinner that it was fortunate that Dr. Su and Dr. Nan were quick-witted, while the people in Zhengzhou would sigh after dinner that it was because Dr. Su and Dr. Nan interfered that the wafer fab would have been theirs.

It wasn't that Zhao Chang'an was being unfair, nor was it that Xiao Xuecheng and his team did anything to discourage foreign investors from continuing to invest.

In reality, even without the Green Garden Group incident, Zhao Chang'an would probably have thought Jiangcheng would be a better location for the wafer fab, but his first choice would definitely have been Zhengzhou.

Therefore, everyone needs scapegoats like Su Bo and Nan Li to maintain an outward appearance of respectability.

This is why Zhao Chang'an somewhat reluctantly invited Su Bo and Nan Li to participate in the negotiations with ASML. In fact, Zhao Chang'an also gave Mingzhu the same signal, which was Qi Xuan'er and Fan Chufei.

Zhao Chang'an originally did not intend to bring Mingzhu into the project, especially since SMIC's 8-inch wafer fab had already started production last year, and TSMC was also planning to build an 8-inch wafer fab in Mingzhu.

This means that Mingzhu can offer the joint venture with the nanometer plant no more preferential terms than the two other plants, and may even offer fewer.

However, since it was Su Bo who proposed inviting Fan Chufei to join, Zhao Chang'an had no reason to refuse, as it provided another possibility and option.

As it turns out, Zhao Chang'an's judgment was correct. Mingzhu has not made any moves so far. The lack of communication and feedback indicates that after having two 8-inch wafer fabs, they have no interest in this third one.