20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3773 The Difference Between 8-inch and 12-inch Fabrication Plants
When Zhao Chang'an saw the pleading look in Tian Xue's eyes, he understood what He Cai and Chu Yun were thinking.

After that incident, the two women cut their hair and reformed themselves. For more than a year, they remained chaste and never showed any interest in other men or gave them any illusions.

More than a year has passed, and their long hair has grown back. They both have straight, bouncy hair that is clean and refreshing, yet carries an irresistible charm and allure. The slightly bulging curves of their hips below their slender waists can drive men crazy with thirst.

The enchanting flower, having withstood the ravages of wind and rain, has been revitalized and is now blooming vigorously, even more captivating and beautiful than before.

The reason they don't have any fantasies about other men isn't because they've seen through men and lost their basic physiological needs, but because they fear that if one day they fall in love with a man and discuss marriage, and he finds out about their past, then the sky will truly fall.

Because of fear, they refused.

At the end of the year before last, Zhao Chang'an gave them two options. The first option was to not completely clean up their act and join the One Nano system. The advantage was that they could use the One Nano platform to at least achieve a life that wasn't too mediocre.

Another option is to completely sever ties with them, change their household registrations, change their names, get each of them a diploma from a foreign diploma mill, and even completely cut off all contact between them.

They can both start over on this path. Although it will be much harder and the future more uncertain for them to work hard on their own, they might not necessarily do badly in the future.

Moreover, they can fall in love, get married, have children, and live a new life without any worries, burying a painful past.

Of course, this path is fraught with both danger and opportunity. After severing ties with their former selves, being two beautiful women alone in a foreign land is not without its dangers, and making a name for themselves will certainly not be easy.

Besides, many people know about what happened between the two of them in Mingzhu, including their own families who have heard some rumors. Entering the village can at least shut up the gossip of their relatives, neighbors, and acquaintances in their hometown and small county.

The two women chose to enter the nanometer. Just now, the moment Zhao Chang'an and Chu Yun's small hands touched, he felt the tension and trembling of her whole body, as well as her desire for his large hands.

It's not that there's no need, but rather that the desire is being painfully suppressed.

So in this situation, if he were to send Lin Xiaojie to sleep in the same bed as Yu Ning, everyone in the living room would know what he was planning to do.

If Tian Xue doesn't stop him, it means she knows what Zhao Chang'an wants to do, but not stopping him is tantamount to tacitly agreeing to let Zhao Chang'an do what he wants to her that night.

For Tian Xue's reputation, and not wanting to hurt He Cai and Chu Yun's feelings, Zhao Chang'an didn't say much.

At this moment, the TV program was coming to an end, and the female host said enthusiastically, "I believe that the investments of OneNano, Siemens, and Ericsson in Jiangcheng will bring unprecedented opportunities to Jiangcheng, giving it the chance to become a world-class semiconductor technology city."

Qu Shuixian said to Zhao Chang'an, "Mr. Zhao, has it been decided to build a factory in Jiangcheng?"

"It's roughly confirmed, but whether it will be a 12-inch or 8-inch fab still needs to be discussed with Siemens."

“I think the company has taken a bit too big a step. The 8-inch fab is currently the most cost-effective and suitable option. There is absolutely no need to invest an additional 12 or 3 billion to pursue this empty title.”

Zhao Chang'an and Qu Shuixian's words made Tian Xue and the others stop, wanting to hear Zhao Chang'an's opinion on the matter.

Currently, the investment to build an advanced 8-inch fab is approximately US$1 billion, while a 12-inch fab requires double that, starting at over US$2 billion. SMIC's 8-inch fab, which went into operation last November, represents an investment of US$14.76 billion to build an 8-inch chip factory with a process technology below 0.25 micrometers. It is the first 8-inch wafer fab in mainland China outside of Taiwan, setting a new record for chip manufacturing speed outside of Taiwan and pushing mainland China's chip technology from the micrometer level to the nanometer level.

Given the current situation of 1-nanometer technology, it is practically expanding in all directions and needs money everywhere. At this time, it is definitely not a wise choice for Zhong Capital to invest in a 12-inch fab.

Moreover, it's only an 8-inch fab, which is sufficient for its survival for the foreseeable future.

"If they invest in an 8-inch fab, at a relatively moderate price of $11 billion, Jiangcheng will offer a maximum of 20% equipment procurement subsidy, which is about $1.8 million. If they invest in a 12-inch fab, with a 25% subsidy, they can get $5 million. That's a subsidy difference of $3.2 million, or 27 billion RMB, and this doesn't even include other preferential policies. These are definitely tempting for Siemens, because they currently only have an 8-inch fab. As a century-old conglomerate with one of the world's leading wafer chip manufacturing technologies, it's not that they didn't want to do 12-inch fabs before, but their operations were too large, and they had to make some trade-offs and diversify their industries, even though they are still world-class in these industries, just like how they scaled back their production lines in the mobile phone manufacturing industry."

Zhao Chang'an said to Ji Nu, "For one nanometer, the 8-inch fab is definitely the most cost-effective at present. However, if we consider a long-term time scale as a unit of measurement, the 12-inch fab may not be a bad choice. Siemens' technology in this area is still the best in the world. If we build an 8-inch fab this time, it may be at least six or seven years before we can start a 12-inch fab. By then, UMC, TSMC, Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments, Samsung, and even SMIC will already have mass-produced 12-inch production lines, and Siemens will have faded out of this field. One nanometer will then lose its chance to lead the way."

Zhao Chang'an wouldn't say that he actually had no intention of becoming a world-class leader in the wafer chip field, but Mills' question piqued Ji Chengyong's interest, and Jiangcheng also showed enough sincerity. Zhao Chang'an felt that it was even very likely to impress Siemens, so at this point, he no longer needed to insist on the 8-inch line.

Moreover, if this 12-inch fab is located in Jiangcheng, it means that Siemens will have to continue to cultivate this field in terms of internal research and development resources, rather than gradually withdrawing from it.

"Okay, I have no more questions."

Qu Shuixian stood up and asked Yu Ning, "Will you wash first or should I?"

"There are a lot of people today, why don't we shower together?"

Yu Ning smiled and offered suggestions to Qu Shuixian.

"You go first, I'm not in a hurry."

Qu Narcissus.

"Actually, we northerners don't take a bath every day in winter. I won't take one tonight."

Yu Ning pursed her lips and said, "It's already 11:30. Everyone's been lining up to shower until the early hours of the morning."

"I'm also from the North, so I'm not washing either."

He Cai raised an eyebrow and glanced at Zhao Chang'an, then looked at Chu Yun.

"I'm not going to shower anymore. The best way to care for your skin in winter is to keep it natural and unprocessed. Showering and scrubbing too much in winter damages the skin's protective layer."

Chu Yun's pretty face was flushed, and she gently bit her lower cherry lips with her pearly teeth, making them incredibly pink and tender.

Zhao Chang'an's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He remembered that two autumns ago, he, He Danni, and Chu Yanling camped on the beach. The two women complained that they hadn't showered and wanted to shower in their hotel rooms before coming to look up at the stars. He said that the original experience was more fun.

It turns out that the two of them still remembered what they had said back then.