Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 126: Good quality of photoresist, Huayao P30 press conference (long chapter, please subscribe)

Zhang Rui called Hu Jiangshan on his cell phone.

The call was connected, but after ringing for a long time, no one answered.

Zhang Rui said, "Don't worry, the boss should be busy, call back later."

Du Jiahui nodded and said, "Dr. Zhang, I asked my classmates overseas. The control of semiconductor materials such as photoresist and high-purity hydrogen chloride is becoming more and more stringent. If we can't get enough, wafer production will come to a standstill. We have to find a solution quickly."

Zhang Rui nodded: "Don't be too anxious, we still have to work with the boss to find a solution. After all, the boss has more connections than us and will have more solutions."

Du Jiahui agreed with this point.

When Du Jiahui first arrived, he was a little confused about Hu Jiangshan.

I don't know much about this person, but I heard that Hu Jiangshan is a fighter among the playboys and has done a lot of ridiculous things.

However, after working here for some time, I found that boss Hu Jiangshan is surprisingly reliable and is not at all like the legends say.

But this incident made Du Jiahui and others not so confident.

Because this restriction on semiconductor materials is strongly pushed by a huge force behind the scenes, it is definitely not something that an ordinary person or a company can resist.

The Peninsula body production line on General Island is indeed very advanced, but normal production is impossible without photoresist.

Du Jiahui and others were very worried that the entire production line would come to a standstill due to material problems.

Just then, Zhang Rui's cell phone rang.

Zhang Rui looked at the screen of his mobile phone: "It's Wang Dacai calling."

Wang Dacai is the owner of a transport ship. He often travels between Hong Kong Island and Jiangjun Island to deliver goods. He is considered a stable partner of Jiangjun Island.

Zhang Rui answered the phone.

"Hey, Uncle Wang, what's going on?"

"What? Something is being shipped over? That's weird, we don't seem to have ordered anything recently. Is there something wrong?"

"...Ah? Are you sure? Did our boss ask you to come here?"

"Okay, come over, we'll take it."

After talking to Wang Dacai, Zhang Rui hung up the phone.

"The boss asked Wang Dacai to deliver a batch of goods. We will receive them later."

"… Goods? What goods?"

"It's called material."

"Semiconductor material? Could it be photoresist?"

Du Jiahui's eyes lit up, and he was obviously very concerned about the photoresist.

Zhang Rui shook his head: "Wang Dacai doesn't know what it is, but it shouldn't be photoresist. Photoresist is hard to find now."

Du Jiahui nodded.

Zhang Rui said: "We can't just sit there and wait, let's think of other ways first.

"no problem."

The team members on General Island began to get busy again.

Although they cannot solve the problem of photoresist supply, they are not without ideas.

They plan to conduct various experiments to find a way to reduce the amount of photoresist used without affecting the chip yield.

Just when everyone was scratching their heads over their work, Zhang Rui's cell phone rang.

It was Wang Dacai who called to inform Zhang Rui that the transport ship was about to arrive.

Zhang Rui did not dare to delay and called Du Jiahui, and the two of them came to the dock of General Island.

A medium-sized transport ship has dropped anchor and secured it.

The owner of the transport ship, Wang Dacai, was a man in his forties with dark skin, white teeth, tall and thin, and looked very honest.

After this period of cooperation, Wang Dacai's character has been tested.

Although Wang Dacai also doesn't know the details of General Island, he won't go back and say anything nonsense, let alone spread rumors.

Wang Dacai approached Zhang Rui and said, "Boss Zhang, please take over. This batch of goods is quite large and will take a while to move."

Zhang Rui asked: "You really don't know what it is?"

"I really don't know. Didn't your boss tell you?"

Zhang Rui shook his head.

Wang Dacai took out a cigarette and lit it: "I don't know either. I don't understand this either, but it should be on the delivery note."

Zhang Rui looked at the delivery note and saw only a line of code on the product name.

Zhang Rui was stunned.

Du Jiahui also came over and exclaimed: "Hey, isn't this the model of photoresist?"

This line of code is indeed the specific model of the photoresist.

And there is only one code filled in on it. Could it be that the whole ship is filled with photoresist?
If this is really the case, it would be incredible.

A crew member is carrying down a large storage tank.

Zhang Rui and Du Jiahui hurried forward to take a look.

This jar is indeed used to hold photoresist.

Du Jiahui's eyes widened: "Dr. Zhang, this is really photoresist!"

Zhang Rui nodded and said happily: "You are worthy of being the boss. You are so capable. When we were worried, the boss had already solved it."

Du Jiahui scratched his forehead. "It's really weird. How did the boss do it? I heard that many small and medium-sized semiconductor factories have stopped producing photoresists because the supply of photoresists has been cut off."

Zhang Rui looked at the shipping order again: "Dr. Zhang, this batch of photoresist doesn't seem to have come from Xiaori Country. The origin is unknown."

Du Jiahui was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "Could it be because it is a smuggled item, so they deliberately didn't write it?"

Zhang Rui shook his head: "It was also considered smuggled goods before, and it was all written on it. There is no need to hide this. And look, the format of this model code is different from before."

Du Jiahui thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case.

But the problem is, apart from China, I haven’t heard of any other chemical company that can produce such good photoresist.

This is an absolute monopoly industry.

Du Jiahui said: "Since the boss bought it, there shouldn't be a big problem. We'll know after we go back and test it."

"okay."

The crew unloaded barrels of photoresist from the ship, as many as seventy or eighty barrels, and then transported them to the material warehouse of the production line with carts.

Zhang Rui checked the color of the photoresist and felt it was quite reliable visually.

Of course, whether these photoresists can be used still needs to be tested.

This is what Du Jiahui is good at, and he is fully responsible for it.

There are many types of things like photoresists.

Moreover, even if it is the same type of photoresist, if it comes from different production lines, there will be some differences in performance in various aspects.

However, the few large chemical companies that live on the small scale can keep the differences within the smallest range.

This is the technical threshold and core competitiveness.

If this batch of photoresist was really not smuggled in from Xiao Rizi, Du Jiahui and Zhang Rui still couldn't completely rest assured whether it could meet the requirements.

An hour later, Zhang Rui was checking production data in the control room.

Just then, Du Jiahui ran in and said, "Dr. Zhang, the test results of the photoresist are out!"

"How is it? Does it meet the requirements?"

"You'll know just when you go and take a look."

Zhang Rui came to the testing room and stared at the big screen to check the test results. Zhang Rui was very surprised.

Not only do all the qualities meet the requirements, but several values ​​even exceed the standards, reaching the level of advanced photoresists.

Du Jiahui was very excited: "Dr. Zhang, this batch of photoresist is very close to the top level. Currently, only Xiao Rizi's core chemical factory can produce photoresist of this quality!"

Zhang Rui also breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine, we don't have to worry about running out of stock anymore."

Du Jiahui couldn't help but ask: "Where did the boss get these photoresists? This is amazing."

Zhang Rui smiled slightly: "The boss naturally has his own ways, and we don't need to ask too much, just do our job well."

Du Jiahui nodded, and his admiration for Hu Jiangshan grew.

What an amazing person! The boss can accomplish things that others cannot.

The boss can buy things that others can’t, and we don’t even know where he bought them from.

This is so magical when you think about it carefully.

A few days later, General Island.

After the meeting with Zhang Rui, Du Jiahui and others, Hu Jiangshan determined the mass production plan of the chip, and then came to his office.

Hu Jiangshan looked out the window at the scenery outside the office building.

I have to say, she is getting more and more beautiful.

Especially today the sunlight is so strong that the sea surface in the distance looks like a huge emerald.

The road network on the island has also been completed, and the asphalt surface is almost dry and people can walk on it.

Hu Jiangshan plans to purchase several battery commuter vehicles in a few days for the convenience of his employees.

Hu Jiangshan sat back in his boss chair and felt a lot more relaxed.

Things have been getting back on track recently and I'm not as anxious as before.

Of course, the situation is not that easy, because Hu Jiangshan now has a more difficult problem, which is lack of money.

Semiconductor manufacturing is indeed a super asset-intensive manufacturing industry. Various investments require a huge amount of money, which is simply a bottomless pit.

Many of Hu Jiangshan’s facilities are already quite advanced and cost-effective, but Hu Jiangshan still feels like he is spending money like water.

Huayao has already made several payments for the goods, with the total amount approaching 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

But now with various expenses and loan repayments, there are only 30 to 40 million Hong Kong dollars available in the account.

This amount of money is equivalent to poverty for a semiconductor manufacturer.

Of course, Hu Jiangshan's operating expenses are not high, so he can still make ends meet.

Hu Jiangshan was not in a hurry either. The improved version of Kirin 990 had already entered mass production. As long as the goods were delivered, Huayao would pay a sum of money.

The pressure will be much less then.

Hu Jiangshan picked up his tablet and browsed the news app and social media.

Hu Jiangshan has lived two lives as a human being, and many pieces of information seem familiar to him. However, he also finds that the time of occurrence of many events is different from that in his previous life. Some events occurred earlier, while others occurred later.

There are also events that seem not to have happened.

Maybe it’s because of the influence of Hu Jiangshan.

At this time, Hu Jiangshan saw a very eye-catching piece of news, and it was about Huayao.

[Shock! Huayao is planning to release the P30 series of mobile phones ahead of schedule]

Someone has revealed the same content before.

But that was posted by an ordinary digital blogger and was not solid news.

But this time it’s different. The news was released by a regular digital media.

More importantly, the leaked information also contains some useful information, namely the spy photos of the P30 mobile phone.

Moreover, the spy photos are very clear, showing both the front and the back, and are very authentic.

In addition, there are even more explosive revelations.

[This time, Huayao will use the latest version of the Kirin chip, tentatively named Kirin 990+]

This piece of news is tantamount to setting off a bombshell in the digital world.

Huayao is not only going to release a new flagship phone, but it is also going to use a new Kirin chip.

Although it is called Kirin 990+, it also shows that the Kirin chip is iterating normally.

This is a big deal, and social media has once again started to hotly discuss Huayao.

[Huayao's new flagship is ready to go. Have they really solved the chip supply problem? ]

[Kirin 990+, where did this chip come from? Is it old wine in a new bottle? ]

[Who is actually making chips for Huayao? Is there really a mysterious force in mainland China helping Huayao? ]

Hu Jiangshan selected a Weibo post with the highest click rate and the most comments and clicked on it.

The comments section was also very lively.

"What's going on? Why can Huayao still release a new flagship phone?"

"You must be mistaken. The P30 phone is not in production, so why is it released ahead of schedule?"

"Are you stupid? I've already told you that Huayao won't fall so easily, but you still don't believe me!"

"I think Huayao is already at the end of its rope and it is impossible for it to release the P30."

"I also think there is something fishy going on. Maybe they are bluffing and there are no chips left."

"Just stop it. Huayao's Mate 20 is available for purchase now. It doesn't look like they are short of chips!"

"It all depends on when the P30 is released. If it is really released and uses the new Kirin chip, it means Huayao can survive."

"Who can believe this! The Eagle Commerce Department has taken action, and TSMC can no longer manufacture chips for Huayao, but Huayao is not affected."

"Don't just talk nonsense, think about why Huayao can release the P30 phone. That means the Eagle Sauce's tactics have failed."

"Let's release it first, there's nothing to show for now."

"The spy photos have come out, is this still uncertain?"

"Maybe it's fake. There's no need to make a fuss."

The comment section was filled with heated arguments and full of tension.

This is also a feature of the Chinese Internet.

Just then, Hu Jiangshan's cell phone rang.

【Caller ID: Wang Chengdong】

Hu Jiangshan answered the phone immediately, and Wang Chengdong spoke Mandarin with a heavy accent on the other end.

"Hey, Brother Hu, do you have time to talk now?"

"Boss Wang, if you call me, I have to make time for you even if I don't have time."

Wang Chengdong laughed out loud, obviously in a good mood.

"Brother Hu, to be honest, I want to ask about the progress of mass production of the improved version of Kirin 990."

Hu Jiangshan smiled slightly: "Isn't it Kirin 990+?"

Wang Chengdong was a little surprised: "How did you know this name? It was only decided yesterday."

"Boss Wang, it's all over the internet now, how could I not know about it?"

Wang Chengdong suddenly realized: "These guys are really good at what they do. Oh, I forgot to mention the main thing. Brother Hu, I now formally invite you to attend our new product launch conference."

Hu Jiangshan was stunned: "New product?"

"Hi, it's the P30 launch conference."

(End of this chapter)