Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 254 Boss Hu, or Sansang?
Park Zhenghao's attitude was very tough. There was no tone of negotiation and she did not tolerate any arguments. It seemed more like an ultimatum to the other party than a negotiation.

Although Peng Xiaojun and others were a little unhappy, they had no choice but to do so for now. Their minds were already a little confused, and they didn't even bother to argue.

After ending the video call, Peng Xiaojun, Liu Chao and Fang Xiaoya did not leave the office. They remained sitting there and fell into silence for a while.

To be honest, the three of them couldn't think of any good ideas at the moment.

After a long while, Fang Xiaoya said, "This Simida guy is too bullying. He looks down on me. If he looks down on us, then he shouldn't come to talk to us! This is really too much!"

Liu Chao hesitated for a moment and said, "That can't be said. It may be a cultural difference. The Simida people are straightforward in their speech. It's good that way. They can express their ideas more clearly."

"You bastard! Why don't they just speak directly to their father from Lighthouse Country? Why do they bow and scrape when they see someone from Lighthouse Country? Lao Liu, have you never seen their true faces?"

"This one……"

Liu Chao was speechless for a moment.

There is no way to refute this kind of thing, and if he talks about it too much it sounds like he is defending the Smita people.

People like them in the aerospace field have to travel to various parts of the blue planet from time to time to participate in various industry forums and activities, and have met many smart people.

Strangely enough, Smecta is now indeed a developed country with a well-developed manufacturing industry, such as automobiles, shipbuilding, and semiconductors, but in the field of aerospace, Smecta is very weak.

Even launching a satellite into the low or medium orbit of the blue planet cannot guarantee the success of Smecta's aerospace department.

However, no matter how weak Smecta's aerospace capabilities are, they never miss any aerospace industry-related activities.

Anyway, you can see Smecta everywhere, and they are always involved.

What is even more outrageous is that these smectists are very arrogant and boastful. Although they have no achievements in the field of aerospace, they can boast everywhere that they are a space power.

Sometimes Liu Chao feels disgusted.

Of course, when those Simida people faced the Lighthouse people, they could no longer act arrogantly. Instead, they seemed very submissive, as if they had encountered their natural enemies.

Peng Xiaojun said: "Okay, these are not important, what should we do next?"

Fang Xiaoya asked: "Mr. Fang, what do you think?"

Peng Xiaojun thought for a moment and replied, "The asking price of 20 million Dengta yuan is really too high. I don't think we can afford it."

"Boss Peng, I think so too. I don't think we need to consider it at all. If we really agree to Sansang, even if we spend such a large sum of money, it may not guarantee the success of the tape-out. If something goes wrong, it will be a waste of money!"

Liu Chao waved his hand and said, "Xiao Ya, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you still underestimate Sansang's technical strength. Their achievements in semiconductors are second only to TSMC, and the chips we design are not that advanced. Sansang should be able to handle this kind of tape-out with almost 100% certainty."

Fang Xiaoya said: "...Almost? Even if there is a one percent chance of failure, we can't take it lightly. This is 20 million Lighthouse Yuan, not 200,000, nor 2 million. Even if it is 2 million, it is still expensive!"

Liu Chao sighed: "Then tell me, do we have any other way? If we don't make this chip, how can we carry out our future work? If we are late for one month, we may have to postpone it for a year. We can't afford the loss!"

"We just made an agreement with Boss Hu! He promised to tape out the chips for us in a week."

"It's been four days now, and there has been no news for four days. Do you think there will be news in a week?"

"I just don't understand. Boss Hu said it would take a week, but you insisted on saying it would take four days. Can't you wait until seven days?"

Liu Chao said: "If you can't finish it in four days, can you finish it in seven? You are too naive!"

"Old Liu, no one is as argumentative as you."

Fang Xiaoya obviously disagreed with Liu Chao's idea. He still felt that Boss Hu was more reliable.

No matter how mysterious Boss Hu is and how unclear his strength is, he is still better than San Sang.

Liu Chao, on the contrary, clearly prefers to cooperate with San Sang.

Although Sansang Company’s asking price is high, its success rate is also higher.

After all, Sansang Semiconductor is a large company. Its technical strength is not exaggerated, and it cannot be compared with some unknown small manufacturers.

Now Starry Sky Glory can completely use the strategy of exchanging money for time and cannot afford to hesitate too much.

As long as they are technologically ahead of other Chinese aerospace companies, they will not have to worry about not getting funding.

Liu Chao turned to Peng Xiaojun and said, "General Peng, we should still give more consideration to Sansang. This opportunity is rare and will never come back."

Peng Xiaojun said: "We can wait a week before we talk about it. If my boss Hu has news that it can be taped out, then Sansang will give up. If there is no news from Boss Hu after a week, then we can talk to Sansang again."

Fang Xiaoya nodded, and she also agreed with Peng Xiaojun's plan.

If things don't work out with Boss Hu, it won't be too late to negotiate with San Sang.

Anyway, we must not let Sansang lead us by the nose and let them think that Starlight Glory can't survive without them!

Liu Chao was uneasy and said, "But didn't Mr. Park just tell us to give us 24 hours to consider? What if they don't agree to talk to us again after these 24 hours?"

"Then let's not talk to them. Who's afraid of who? Can't we continue without them?"

Fang Xiaoya almost slammed the table with her little hand as she said this.

Liu Chao's behavior made Fang Xiaoya very angry. Although she knew that Liu Chao was doing it for the good of the company, he shouldn't be so servile. She wanted to kneel down to Simida.

How can this work!
Liu Chao said: "There is nothing we can do. This is the situation we are in now. We have to make the chip at any cost. Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain and we will be doing useless work!"

"Then what do you think we should do? We have to throw out 20 million Lighthouse dollars and let Sansang do the tape-out. Old Liu, do you think this is really feasible? Let's not talk about whether the tape-out can be successful. Do you know whether we have 20 million Lighthouse dollars in our account for working capital?"

Liu Chao was stunned for a moment: "...We should be able to come up with 20 million Lighthouse Yuan."

As he spoke, he sometimes glanced at his boss Peng Xiaojun.

Apart from the financial director, only Peng Xiaojun understood the company's operating conditions, especially the cash flow.

Star Glory is a private aerospace company, and it is not really operational at the moment.

The company’s main task now is to research and develop rockets. After developing rockets that can go into space and have the ability to launch payloads, we can talk about operating business.

Peng Xiaojun gave a bitter smile, very reluctantly.

Since you say it's very reluctant, that means you can still come up with 20 million Lighthouse Yuan.

Liu Chao said, "General Peng, let's not hesitate any longer. Let's have a good talk with San Sang first and see if we can bargain down the price. If that doesn't work, then..."

Liu Chao didn't say anything else. Everyone knew what he meant. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to obey Sansang.

Just give them whatever amount of money Sansang asked for. It’s like spending money to ward off disaster!

Fang Xiaoya said angrily: "I don't agree. Not to mention that we will be very tight without this money, even if we really have money, we can't squander it like this. We are a startup company, not a wealthy big company!"

Liu Chao frowned and said, "Xiao Ya, what you said is true, but we have to prioritize. We have to make the chip first before we can move on. Once the money is spent, we can find more money. If the chip cannot be made, no matter who we talk to, we will not be able to get financing."

"Anyway, I think Sansang is unreliable!" "Then who is reliable? Is that Boss Hu reliable?"

Seeing that Liu Chao and Fang Xiaoya were about to quarrel, Peng Xiaojun waved his hands: "Alright, alright, stop talking, let me think about it..."

Liu Chao still did not give up: "Mr. Peng, we still have to make a decision as soon as possible. We can't delay it any longer. If we can't produce a chip within half a year, it will definitely affect our subsequent engineering development."

Peng Xiaojun said, "Old Liu, don't be anxious. We can't make a hasty decision. Let me contact Boss Hu and find out what the current situation is."

Liu Chao opened his mouth, but then closed it.

In fact, Liu Chao felt that there was no need to call Boss Hu at all, as there was no hope with Boss Hu.

I guess there is no action over there right now. Even if they can really tape out chips, the level won't be very high. It would be good enough if they can tape out chips with a 28nm process.

In China, only Huaxin International can handle the 14nm process.

Liu Chao thought that Hu Jiangshan knew nothing about chips, so he agreed so readily. When Hu Jiangshan went back and let the real engineers who knew the business take a look, they would most likely pour cold water on him.

Peng Xiaojun had already taken out his cell phone and dialed Hu Jiangshan's number directly.

To be honest, it was quite stressful.

However, the phone rang for a long time and no one answered until it hung up automatically.

Peng Xiaojun frowned and said, "Boss Hu didn't answer the phone."

Liu Chao and Fang Xiaoya were both disappointed.

If Hu Jiangshan doesn't answer the phone, there are several possibilities.

One possibility is that Hu Jiangshan was too busy and his cell phone was not with him, or he did not hear the ringing tone at all.

Another situation is that Hu Jiangshan encountered difficulties and was not sure about the tape-out, so he was embarrassed to answer Peng Xiaojun's call.

After all, Hu Jiangshan was too confident at the time, he almost said that the tape-out would be 100% successful.

That would be a difficult problem. It would be very uncomfortable to be hanging there, neither going up nor down.

Liu Chao said: "I told you that Hu Jiangshan is unreliable, but you still don't believe me. What hope do you have?"

Before he finished speaking, Peng Xiaojun's cell phone vibrated.

【Caller ID: Hu Jiangshan】

Peng Xiaojun quickly answered the phone.

"Hey, Boss Hu, are you busy? Do you have time to talk?"

"Is that so, Boss Hu? I want to ask, what stage is the tape-out at now?"

"Oh, okay, okay, I understand. I'll wait for your call."

After saying that, Peng Xiaojun hung up the phone.

Liu Chao asked quickly: "Boss Peng, what did he say? Have they not started tape-out yet? If that's the case, then there's no hope. Not to mention giving them a week, they won't be able to get it done even in a month."

Peng Xiaojun shook his head: "Lao Liu, it's not what you think. He said that the production line technical department is handling it."

"Processing? What do you mean? Tape-out?"

"From what Boss Hu said, this should be the case."

"How, how is it possible? It's only been a few days and they've already started tape-out? Without any preparation at all? It can't be that simple!"

Fang Xiaoya was unhappy when she heard this. She frowned and said, "Old Liu, what do you mean by this? You just complained about the fact that I hadn't made any movement in four days. Why are you talking about this now? What on earth are you thinking about?"

Liu Chao refused to admit defeat: "Xiaoya, you are still young. This world is very complicated. It is not as simple as you think."

"What the hell is this? What's complicated or not? Does it have anything to do with what we're talking about?"

Just then, Peng Xiaojun's cell phone vibrated again.

Liu Chao and Fang Xiaoya stopped talking and stared at Peng Xiaojun's phone.

Sure enough, it was Hu Jiangshan who called again.

Peng Xiaojun quickly answered the phone.

"Hey, Mr. Hu, okay, go ahead."

Peng Xiaojun's face suddenly changed and turned red, as if he had heard some great news, but he couldn't tell whether it was good news or bad news.

"…Wh, what? Already basically finished? Is this true? Boss Hu!"

At this time, Fang Xiaoya and Liu Chao were both stunned.

They looked at each other, almost all with expressions of disbelief and disbelief on their faces.

Has the tape-out been basically successful?
I guess I understood it correctly, right?

At this time, Peng Xiaojun, who was on the phone, could no longer sit still. He stood up and asked loudly, "Boss Hu, you mean that the tape-out is almost successful, right? Or is it just the process that has been completed? Not necessarily successful?"

Then, Peng Xiaojun said "OK" several times in a row, his eyes full of excitement.

Obviously, he got a positive answer.

Peng Xiaojun asked again: "Boss Hu, when can we get the final result? No, no, I mean, when can we get the chip samples?"

"I see, Boss Hu. How about this? We'll go there tomorrow. OK, OK. Goodbye."

Peng Xiaojun hung up the phone, still unable to hide the excitement on his face.

Fang Xiaoya immediately asked: "Mr. Peng, what's the situation? Are you sure that the tape-out can be successful?"

Liu Chao immediately said, "How is that possible? Forget it. What can they determine in just a few days? It would be great if they can enter the tape-out process."

Peng Xiaojun laughed and said, "Lao Liu, you are wrong."

"Ah? Wrong? What do you mean?"

"Boss Hu said that the tape-out process will be completed tomorrow and chip samples will be available. If everything goes well, we can get the samples this afternoon. If it goes slowly, it won't be later than the day after tomorrow."

"...Ah? No, that's not possible."

(End of this chapter)