Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 824: The Independent Chip Factory

"Director Wang, calm down. Our leader really isn't avoiding you!" The director of the Shenfu Office added some hot water to Wang Sumei's teacup and said with a smile, "Isn't Consultant Zhang's birthday tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow, you will definitely be able to meet our leader, I promise!"

Director Wang Sumei didn't look at the fat middle-aged man who smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. She picked up the teacup, blew on it, took a sip, suppressed her impatience, and said calmly, "Director Miao, just say it straight!"

"Will you approve the land for the Peace Chip Factory?"

"If you don't approve it, I'll call Zhuhai or Wucheng. I believe their electricity is sufficient to supply the chip factory!"

"Director Wang, isn't the Heping Materials Factory in charge of your chip production?" Director Miao of the office said with a simple smile, "Besides, there is still a large area of ​​vacant land in the materials factory that has not been used. You can build a factory there first!"

When the Heping Materials Factory first enclosed the land, its area was the sum of the Heping Optical Card Factory, the Precision Instrument Factory, and the Monitoring Equipment Factory. Now, less than one-fifth of it is being used. No wonder the Shenzhen government is unwilling to approve the land!
Director Wang put down his teacup, patted the documents on the table next to him, and said seriously: "Those vacant lots will be used soon. If it weren't for the power supply shortage in Guangdong Province, we would have started the expansion long ago!"

Director Miao of the office thought of the eight thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plants still under construction in the province, two of which are expected to be officially put into operation next year.

In this way, Director Wang and his team started the expansion only because of the slow progress of the nuclear power plant construction.

Without waiting for the other party to think for too long, Director Wang stood up and said, "Director Miao, you take your time to think about it."

"I believe that tomorrow, when those investment promotion groups from other provinces know that the Peace Chip Factory is looking for land to build a factory, they will offer the most favorable investment promotion policies!"

"As for you..."

Although Director Wang did not finish his threat, Director Miao reacted suddenly.

Heping Group has terminated its subsequent cooperation with Zhuhai Computer Industrial Park. They are now building a chip factory. In addition to providing chips for mobile phones, they will probably also seize the chip business for computers.

Considering the leading technology mastered by Peace Group, the future annual output value of this chip factory is likely to exceed 10 billion magnesium yuan!
If, today, the Heping Chip Factory is located in another province because he refuses to approve the land for factory construction, his position as office director will be over!
"Director Wang, do you think this will work?" Director Miao said with difficulty, "Give me the information, and I'll drive to our leader for approval. I'll give you a reply no later than 10 o'clock tonight!"

"Okay!" Seeing that the other party had given in, Director Wang took out the information he had just put in his briefcase and said with a faint smile: "Xiao Miao! You are the office director, and you are so young. You have a bright future!"

"Auntie Wang, you're too kind. I'll take you there!" After the business was over, Director Miao immediately turned into Xiao Miao, holding the information in the cowhide bag, and followed her out with a smile.

Director Miao asked casually, "Auntie Wang, are we planning to expand our materials factory to collect more rice straw and rice husks to produce nano silicon carbide, or do we have other production plans?"

Director Wang smiled and said, "We have other confidential production plans. We have to focus on military use first. When the day comes when it can be used commercially, you will know what is being produced."

"Keep it a secret, I understand!" Miao Zhuyi said pointedly, "As long as you can make use of the land, we won't be too passive when reporting to the higher-ups."

"You don't think that the Peace Group will use that land for real estate development, do you?" Director Wang walked to the stairs and turned to Director Miao and said:

"Xiao Miao, I believe you have heard about the huge investment made by Heping Group in real estate in Haicheng and Modu."

“Have you ever thought about why they haven’t increased their real estate investment in Shenzhen?”

……

Shenzhen Peace College, top floor of the Biological Genetic Laboratory Building.

"The Sea, Land and Air Corporation has already negotiated with 22 international ports and 20 domestic ports. Among them, the cooperation projects I participated in the negotiation include..." Huang Wenli stood outside the glass partition and reported on her work over the past year to Zhang Heping in the lobby of the Space Capsule Remote Control Center.

Although there are many people around, Tang Lie is the only one who is really paying attention to the port business.

Because Hong Kong businessmen such as Charter King and Chairman He did not come this afternoon, but went to the Peace Hotel to meet with the representatives of the investment promotion group.

After Zhang Heping and his old classmate finished speaking, he spoke up, "This morning, your father came to ask me if he could arrange a job for you in China. He wanted you to get married soon."

When Huang Wenli heard this, her smiling expression froze.

Zhang Heping didn't wait for the other party to answer and continued, "Liu Yuan is dating someone, you know it!"

"Hmm!" Huang Wenli's face flushed as she caught a glimpse of the people around her who were gossiping. "I heard her say that she was a secretary of the Shenzhen government office."

Zhang Heping didn't look back, but he could sense the embarrassment of his old classmate, so he went straight to the point and said, "I'm going to build a chip factory recently, and I plan to produce 28-nanometer chips. Are you interested in being the factory manager?"

"28 nanometer technology?" Huang Wenli exclaimed, "Are you planning to monopolize the global chip market?"

The chip manufacturing process abroad is still around 0.8 microns; although the R&D progress of other domestic factories is better, it has been stuck at 0.25 microns for more than half a year.

The sudden emergence of this 28-nanometer process is truly surprising.

Zhang Heping did not give a direct answer. "If you don't want to build a new factory, you can also consider the diamond factory, battery factory, and display factory in Wucheng. Your father wants you to go to Wucheng."

Huang Wenli thought for a moment and said, "I don't know much about chips, so I may not be able to do the job. The three factories in Wucheng are operating normally, so I won't cause any trouble."

"Heping, how about I go to Huifeng Bank and help you keep an eye on those Eagles?"

"You can't go to the Hong Kong head office for now. You can only choose the branches in Shenzhen and Shanghai." Zhang Heping said with a smile, "If you want to blame someone, blame your dad. In order to keep you in the country to get married, he went to talk to my parents about this this morning."

When Huang Wenli heard that she could go to Huifeng Bank, she immediately put aside the fact that her father was making trouble and said hurriedly, "I want to go to the Shenzhen Branch!"

Zhang Heping responded: "Go and talk to Shu Ting and tell her that I want you to be the vice president of the Shenzhen Branch of Huifeng Bank, in charge of risk control."

"Also, after you go to work at the bank, first learn about the current problems in the Ridao Bank, stock market, and property market, and also pay attention to the lending chaos in Haicheng."

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go talk to Mr. Chen about the job change." Huang Wenli said to Zhang Heping's back, then walked straight towards the stairs.

Although Zhang Heping never looked back at her the whole time, Huang Wenli knew that this was Zhang Heping's normal behavior in the laboratory.

As soon as Huang Wenli left, other experts who were waiting to ask questions came to the glass partition and started asking questions to Zhang Heping from behind.

Even when facing these old experts in their sixties and seventies, Zhang Heping did not even look back at them.

Since Tang Lie shifted his work focus to Datang Communications Company, he has conducted a detailed investigation of the global communications industry.

So, he knows the leading edge of 4G communications and modular smartphone technology.

To put it bluntly, if the Peace Group engages in monopoly, Oumeisu will not be able to fight back at all.

For example, in Magnesium, after the Hong Kong Telecom Company started selling modular smartphones on New Year's Day at the beginning of the year, the people of Magnesium watched helplessly as Hong Kong people used the 5G communication network for five months.

It was not until May this year that they saw hope of using smartphones from Datang Telecom Corporation.

If Tang Lie had not been able to bring the technology license of the Heping Group to Magnesium in order to grasp the controlling rights of Datang Communications, he would not have to invest any more money. He could have just handed it all over to the capitalists in Magnesium and then wait for dividends.

Although Peace Group has not disclosed the chip process accuracy of its current smartphones, many European Magnesium Semiconductor experts insist that its process level is only 193 nanometers! At the same time, those European Magnesium Semiconductor experts also believe that Peace Group will not be able to improve its chip processing technology in a short period of time, which gives them time to surpass.

However, Zhang Heping proposed today to build a factory to produce chips using 28-nanometer process!
With such a huge leap in technology improvement, Tang Lie found it hard to imagine whether those European and American experts would still have the confidence to stay in the semiconductor industry after hearing about this.

"Have you arranged your shifts for the three-day New Year's Day holiday?"

Just when Tang Lie's thoughts drifted abroad, he suddenly heard Zhang Heping's question, and Tang Lie realized that there were fewer people around him.

An old assistant with gray hair said with a smile: "Teacher Zhang, we are worried that there will be problems with the samples in the laboratory chamber, so we are not planning to take turns to rest."

"Except for some confidential samples, I have taught you almost everything. You can bring your assistants here to get familiar with the operation!" Zhang Heping stood up and stretched his body, then said casually:

"Next year, when the No. 2, 3, and 4 Shouyuan space capsules are launched into space one after another, I will still need you to lead a small team to assist me in my research."

"Of course, if you have anything you want to research, you can also apply for a project in advance."

The hall of the remote control center was quiet for a moment, and then the six assistants started asking excitedly, asking whether there was a limit on the number of assistants and when they could be brought over.

After Zhang Heping built the foundation of the space laboratory module, it was impossible for him to stay here for a long time because he still had a lot of things to do.

For example, space computers, supercomputing centers, and artificial intelligence!
If he had artificial intelligence to assist in his research now, the research and development progress could be accelerated by at least 30 years.

The reason why it can't be faster is that many precision instruments have not yet been manufactured and lack relevant high-performance chip support.

~
Shenzhen Peace Hotel, the banquet hall on the third floor was converted from the large conference room.

On the upper stage, several people were rehearsing a show.

The wealthy ladies sitting at several tables near the stage were holding their smartphones, showing off their Japanese stock gains today or checking out Japanese stocks recommended by others.

A greedy rich lady said: "It would be great if the current rise in Japanese stocks could last a little longer!"

A young woman nearby joked, "How long does Mrs. Li want to last? Will Mr. Li be unable to bear it?"

"Mrs. Zhou, please be careful with your words. There is an unmarried girl around. Don't lead her astray!" someone reminded, while not forgetting to look at Zhang Feng and Zhang Nuo.

Another wealthy lady next to her said, "I heard that the income growth of the funds invested in Japanese stocks by Peace Investment Company has slowed down. Are they preparing to withdraw from Japanese stocks?"

Someone answered, "Mrs. Zhang seems to be in the lounge next door. Should we go and ask her what she has to say?"

"Ah Xin doesn't know!" Tang Ren's second wife said seriously, "I asked her before, and she didn't ask about the company's stocks."

The wealthy ladies around glanced at each other and didn't respond, because the second concubine of the Tang family had been sitting here for quite some time, showing off how much money she had made from buying Japanese stocks.

Therefore, all the rich ladies present wanted to provoke her to see if she would reveal some news she heard from the Zhang family.

"Mr. Chen must know!" Mrs. Youfu said confidently, "When you see Mr. Chen coming over later, remember to say something nice to him and see if you can get the approximate time they will withdraw from the Japanese stock market from him."

"How could Shu Ting tell you such a business secret?" Tang's second concubine said proudly, "Although there is a lot of capital to support this round of Japanese stock market rebound, it won't last long!"

After she finished speaking, the second concubine of the Tang family raised her chin, as if waiting for others to ask her for help.

However, someone had just asked her about it, and the woman enjoyed the praise from others, but she refused to reveal a single word.

The Mr. Chen mentioned by these rich ladies was entangled by some Hong Kong businessmen and representatives of the investment promotion group after he brought Zhang Pandi and Chang Wen to the Peace Hotel.

As one of the initiators of this birthday party, Chen Shuting was also responsible for promoting Hong Kong businessmen to invest in the mainland, so she could only let Zhang Pandi, Chang Wen and others go upstairs to find people by themselves.

Fortunately, there are many bodyguards and security guards here, so there is no need to worry that they won’t be able to find the venue.

When Zhang Pandi and Chang Wen found Tang Xin and Zhang Nan, they were communicating with the stars about the songs to be sung tomorrow.

Seeing that the smartphone in Tang Xin's hand played a video of Zhang Heping singing from time to time, Zhang Pandi and Chang Wen realized that these stars were preparing to sing songs that Zhang Heping had written in the past.

Time passed quietly. Huang Wenli waited for Director Wang, Liu Yuan and others at the gate of Peace College, and then they came to the Peace Hotel together, ready to discuss some things with Mr. Hua.

However, just as Director Wang walked into the hotel lobby and saw Chen Shuting talking to a dozen people, Director Wang's cell phone rang.

After a while, Director Wang hung up the phone and said to Liu Yuan and Huang Wenli with a smile: "The Shenzhen government has agreed to approve the land."

Liu Yuan frowned and said, "We just want a piece of land on the Dapeng Peninsula, but the Shenfu wants to block this. What are they thinking?"

"What else can we think?" Director Wang looked at the investment promotion representative on Chen Shuting's side and said with a smile, "They want to use this incident to make their presence felt and remind us that we are in their territory!"

Liu Yuan and Huang Wenli looked at each other, finding it difficult to understand the purpose of the Shenzhen government's move.

"Real estate!" Director Wang saw that his two subordinates still didn't understand, so he directly explained the cause, "Think about how much money the Heping Group has invested in real estate in Haicheng and Shanghai, and how much money has it invested in Shenzhen?"

Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality!

Liu Yuan and Huang Wenli thought of this sentence almost at the same time. However, when they thought about the factories invested and built by Heping Group in Shenzhen, they still found it difficult to understand why the Shenzhen government blocked the land approval for the Heping chip factory.

Director Wang did not explain further. Some things needed to be understood by subordinates on their own. If they were not intelligent enough, they would not be able to take over her position in the future.

Director Wang went to say hello to Chen Shuting, then took Liu Yuan and Huang Wenli upstairs.

In the presidential suite on the top floor, Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, Mr. Kong and a group of other old men and women were having a meeting to discuss the magnesium army deployment map in the Middle East displayed on the projection screen.

Director Wang came over with his people and talked about the approval of the chip factory's land, but he didn't expect that Mr. Hua would call Zhang Heping directly.

Then, I heard Mr. Hua say to Director Wang: "Let's make some simple preparations. Heping and we will go to Dapeng Peninsula tomorrow morning to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Heping chip factory!"

"Is it so urgent?" Director Wang was a little surprised.

Mr. Hua raised his right hand, pointed at the military facilities on the projection screen, and said, "There are a lot of weapons and equipment here, we have never heard of them before."

"The Chinese want to show their fangs to the world this time, so they will definitely bring out a lot of new equipment and possibly new tactics!"

"So, we don't have much time to react!"

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(End of this chapter)