20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3761 Mills' 12-inch Facility Proposal

At this moment, Zhao Chang'an could personally feel the astonishing ruthlessness hidden within Qiao Yan, this slender and frail woman.

Indeed, when beautiful women become ruthless, they can be more venomous than a poisonous snake.

I couldn't help but think of the graceful Pan Jinlian holding a bowl of medicine in her hands, saying with a concerned expression, "Brother, it's time to take your medicine."

In Pan Jinlian's mind, compared to the young, rich, charming, and handsome Ximen Qing, Wu Dalang was nothing but a pile of shit.
Zhao Chang'an held Qiao Yan's slender waist with both hands, fixing her graceful and swaying body, and said, "It depends on the probability. Just like you said, your big yellow dog always has it on him, and he's been fine all these years. It's a low-probability event. Maybe only one in a thousand people will get bitten."

"Oh~"

Zhao Chang'an detected disappointment in Qiao Yan's voice, and a Chinese proverb came to mind: "The mouth of a green bamboo snake, the stinger of a wasp's tail. Both are dangerous, but the most poisonous is a woman's heart."

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of banging on the door outside nearly scared Qiao Yan to death; her face turned pale instantly. She thought it was Xiang Yong returning.

A man roared angrily, "Can't you guys even let people sleep?"

Zhao Chang'an lay lazily on the bed with Qiao Yan in his arms. The lights in the room were off, and the air conditioner was making a slight vibration.

"I've wasted the first twenty-odd years of my life, how wonderful!"

Qiao Yan didn't know how to describe her feelings. Her face was pressed against Zhao Chang'an's chest: "Will you look down on me for being promiscuous?"

"If you weren't so promiscuous, how could I possibly have any fun with you? Besides, I don't care about your soul."

Qiao Yan was mesmerized by Zhao Chang'an's shameless words. This domineering man was her true love and worthy of her submission.

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The following morning, Yi Nan, Ericsson, the Siemens team, and Ji Chengyong met. Luo Yu, He Daoxing, Shen Chunlin, Tang Juqin, and others were also present.

Ji Chengyong first welcomed the distinguished guests, then explicitly welcomed them to invest in Jiangcheng, stating that Jiangcheng would fully cooperate with the visit. He then briefly introduced Jiangcheng's advantages in the domestic semiconductor industry and promised that if an 8-inch wafer fab were built in Jiangcheng, Jiangcheng would provide various preferential policies and tax breaks.

Zhao Chang'an specifically mentioned the two-year-old OneNano Jiangcheng Semiconductor R&D Center, expressing his gratitude and satisfaction for the strong support it has received from Jiangcheng City, the Science and Technology Commission, the Optics Valley Development Zone, Jiangnan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiangnan University of Technology, and other units and departments.

It is precisely because of the good trust and cooperation between the two parties in the past, as well as the advantages that Jiangcheng itself possesses, that OneNano hopes that the 8-inch wafer fab jointly invested with Siemens Ericsson can be located in Jiangcheng and achieve a win-win situation.

DeWeina praised Jiangcheng's development, saying that he had visited Jiangcheng with his company team more than ten years ago, and the tremendous changes in the past ten years can be described as an economic miracle.

Ericsson's main purpose during this trip to China was to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the 1nm Zhengzhou mobile phone factory. The company headquarters will formulate corresponding policies based on the report from the DeWeiner team. Because Siemens was the main decision-maker in building the wafer fab, followed by 1nm, Ericsson will only make an investment decision after weighing the pros and cons. Therefore, DeWeiner wisely remained completely silent about the wafer fab matter.

Ji Chengyong certainly understood this principle. Speaking of the friendly visits and cooperation between Jiangcheng and Ericsson over the years, he expressed his hope that Jiangcheng and Ericsson could have a deeper and broader cooperation in the future.

As expected, Mills brought up the question of why, if an 8-inch wafer fab was being built, a more advanced 12-inch wafer fab wasn't being used.

As Mills spoke, and with simultaneous translation, the entire Jiangcheng delegation was filled with astonishment followed by uncontrollable elation as they whispered among themselves. Even Ji Chengyong was momentarily stunned, looking at Zhao Chang'an with a questioning gaze.

"This is just Mr. Mills' personal opinion. Previously, Siemens and OneNano had decided to build an 8-inch fab. As far as I know, Siemens currently has no plans to build 12-inch fabs anywhere in the world, including in its home country."

Zhao Chang'an quickly explained the situation to avoid Jiangcheng from misunderstanding that he was playing information games with them or that his words were not entirely true.

"It is precisely because there was no such plan that this opportunity is so rare. Siemens has all the capabilities to build a 12-inch fab and has a sufficient market share. If we build an 8-inch fab in Jiangcheng this time, it means that the company will not start the feasibility plan for a 12-inch fab at least this year. Then, even if we want to build one in the future, we will be too far behind our competitors."

Zhao Chang'an spoke in Chinese, and after the translation was completed, Milton immediately refuted Zhao Chang'an.

This scene left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment. Good heavens, there hadn't even been any formal negotiations, just a preliminary meeting, and the team was already fighting amongst themselves.

“Mr. Mills makes a good point. Since there are more advanced wafer fabs available, and Siemens has sufficient technological capabilities, and there is a large enough market in China, building a 12-inch fab might be a better option.”

At this point, Ji Chengyong hesitated. Previously, the preferential conditions that could be given to wafer fabs had been internally agreed upon in Jiangcheng. However, now that the size has been raised from 8 inches to 12 inches, the previous preferential conditions are obviously not enough.

In other words, the conditions in Jiangcheng are no longer very attractive.

Ji Chengyong knew that once YiNan officially announced the 12-inch fab plan, their next stop would be Zhengzhou, and their third stop would be Mingzhu.

Zhao Chang'an is from the Central Province, and several senior executives of One Nano, including Wen Ye, Liu Yihui, and Zhong Lianwei, are also from Chongqing. One Nano also has extensive investments in the Central Province. Before the Lunar New Year, the head of the Central Province even made a special trip to One Nano's Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone for research.

Mingzhu is the current headquarters of OneNano and the place where OneNano started. Zhao Chang'an was a student at Fudan University. His fiancée, Tang Shuang, the number two person in OneNano, is also from Mingzhu. Xu Guanghua's daughter also holds a high-level position in OneNano Mingzhu.

In terms of economic and scientific research capabilities, Mingzhu is superior to Jiangcheng.

Therefore, Ji Chengyong knew that if Jiangcheng could not immediately offer conditions that satisfied Mills enough to make them unwilling to reconsider their choice regarding the 12-inch fab, the investment might very well fall through.

Zhengzhou can grit its teeth and bear the dissatisfaction with the 8-inch fab, but Mingzhu probably won't be very interested.

But a 12-inch factory would definitely make them jump for joy, roll up their sleeves, and rush to grab it without hesitation.