My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 608 I thought it was secret enough

Xiaodie watched intently.

Unlike Singapore, which is frantically building up to modern standards, this place has a laid-back atmosphere typical of Southeast Asia.

In addition, it is the city with the largest Chinese population in Malaysia.

Therefore, the old streets all have the flavor of a county town in southern China, both familiar and novel.

Moreover, the coastal atmosphere, which is hard to find in Kathmandu, Singapore, is particularly strong here.

On their first trip abroad, Yu Xiaoqiu and her two companions were somewhat dazed by the leisurely atmosphere that felt both similar to and completely different from that of China.

Qin Yuye had never been here before, but he was familiar with this type of tourist activity. He precisely guided us to eat here, buy there, visit temples and markets, and leisurely enjoy drinks at roadside stalls, ice cream parlors, and cold drink shops.

The Beijing girl couldn't help but sigh softly, "Aside from being a bit hot, I love this leisurely feeling."

Qin Yuye encouraged, "With your beauty, marrying into a wealthy Hong Kong family won't be a problem. I'll help you arrange blind dates?"

How could a girl from Beijing in the 1980s be corrupted by such capitalism? She instantly sobered up: "Pah! I won't fall for that. Wei Dong said I have my own value. As long as I work hard for him, I can make my own decisions. Why should I put up with being treated badly?!"

She felt that it was enough for her to put up with Wei Dong's temper; who else would dare to point fingers at her?
Qin Yuye chuckled, "It took me two years of back and forth before we got married. The situation in my family is very complicated. Xiaodie's mother went abroad, but Dong Lao Er is pregnant now, and Shen Lao San is still by my side. So please don't get involved."

Speaking of this, I can't help but feel smug. Am I the born boss?

She even teased Wei Dong about it during dinner; she's really getting carried away.

Wei Dong burst into laughter upon hearing this: "Have you forgotten who you are, Eleventh Sister? Or are you still called Eleventh Brother?"

Qin Yuye suddenly realized that, right, according to their family birth order, he was the one who was at the biggest disadvantage.

But she still had a talent for it, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she sweetly said, "You still remember that I was eleventh in line?"

Wei Dong was indeed in a good mood: "Lawson looks so much older than you, he doesn't look like your older brother at all, but the age difference between the eldest and the eleventh is indeed reasonable."

Just then, Yu Xiaoqiu, who had been curiously ordering food, returned. Qin Yuye, not wanting to discuss the matter of Old Eleven in front of her, asked, "How did the meeting go today?"

Wei Dong chuckled slyly, "Having helpers is really great..."

Lin Wangfu was essentially a local bully, and compared to Chi Shiming, a Hong Kong guy, he couldn't directly help at the time. It was only after hanging out with Jenny that he started to become more and more powerful.

This guy, who has been running his own company for four or five years since graduating from university, has a strong sense of execution.

Now they skillfully go to the kitchen to give instructions on how to make it more to their liking before coming back to let Wei Dong spread out his achievements.

"This AMD wafer fab in Malaysia has been established for twelve years. The equipment is somewhat outdated and requires a lot of money to upgrade. However, it has a number of experienced wafer production line technicians and engineers. So what we have outlined is a case of 'switching the baby out of the bathwater'."

This is the difference between what Lin Wangfu could do and what Qin Yuye could only translate at most.

In the past two years, while developing sound card chips by hand, Lin Wangfu has also frequently dealt with electronics factories in various parts of Southeast Asia.

He is definitely an expert in the electronics industry, and he clearly recognizes that the Malaysian factory mainly does the most arduous and tiring part of the entire chip manufacturing process.

Simply put, it's a heavily polluted area with a concentration of highly hazardous chemicals.

As the core product of the computer era, semiconductor chips actually require a large number of flammable, explosive, and toxic highly dangerous chemicals in their entire manufacturing process.

The manufacturing process involves dozens of special gases, including a range of toxic gases such as silane, germanane, phosphine, and arsine.

It's really fortunate that I didn't bring my child into the factory.

Moreover, making this kind of thing basically requires 24-hour shifts and a high level of technical skill. The production line is full of engineers, so it's all about high-tech labor.

That's why Citibank was handed over to Japan in its early days, and later, in order to deal with this dog, it developed South Korea, and now it wants to put the largest wafer fab on the right bank.

That's the reason.

People in Europe and America themselves couldn't endure the hardship and were unwilling to accept such heavily polluting and dangerous factories, so they were given to East Asian regions where the general level of education is higher.

The pollution problem at this Malaysian factory is particularly serious; it's a somewhat outdated production line.

It's just that environmentalism hasn't taken hold in Malaysia yet, so no one dares to speak up against Citibank, but the workers are already somewhat dissatisfied, emphasizing that wages and medical subsidies are insufficient.

After all, the most profitable era for the chip industry has not yet arrived, and they are being squeezed quite hard right now.

Therefore, this factory is currently operating at a loss.

Even so, it is still more advanced than all wafer fabs in mainland China. After all, it only started production ten years ago and is still at a level that can cover most industrial control computers and microcontrollers.

The Apple technical advisor who accompanied them, who was probably a technical expert transferred from AMD, said that if the factory invested another 15 million US dollars, there would be no problem in improving the production of 80186 and 80286 CPUs.

This is also a mature technology and patent license that AMD obtained from Intel.

The 80286 is currently the CPU chip used in IBM's main selling computers!
In fact, AMD was able to replicate the 386 chip by following the complete technology of the 8086, 80186, and 80286 chips, as well as the 80386 chip that was publicly available on the market. This is the biggest reason why Steve Jobs immediately filed a lawsuit after acquiring AMD.

Whether Intel grants the license or not is irrelevant; what matters is that the license is legal, which allows for massive production capacity. However, improving the production of this 386 chip requires an investment of approximately hundreds of millions of dollars.

This made Wei Dong even more determined to take advantage of the situation first.

They seized upon this serious pollution problem on the spot and stated that they would transfer the outdated production capacity to even more backward places to cause more harm, while this place would be transformed into a pollution-free computer assembly plant.

In other words, components are "produced" in Shanghai and exported here for assembly, and then sold throughout Southeast Asia.

This alone allows them to circumvent Malaysia's computer tariffs, significantly reducing the price of Apple computers and gaining a huge competitive advantage.

They can also take advantage of the low tariff policies among these Southeast Asian countries to dump large quantities of Apple computers in the surrounding areas!
This is the result of almost everything being perfect.

Malaysia gained environmental protection and cheaper computers, mainland China gained production lines and more export components to generate foreign exchange, and Apple gained greater sales in Southeast Asia.

They hit it off immediately and finalized the deal.

Moreover, he is the general distributor of Apple computers in Greater East Asia and the second largest individual shareholder of AMD chips. He made the decision on the spot to immediately stop all production, seal up the equipment and materials on site, and engineers and technicians began to dismantle and transfer the equipment. Workers were given temporary paid leave in preparation for switching to computer assembly.

Therefore, Wei Dong was required to stay here for about a week and personally oversee the disassembly, assembly, and relocation of all the production line equipment!
All of this was an internal modification between Apple, AMD, and the newly established wafer fab. The dismantling and assembly costs were borne by the companies themselves, and what Wei Dong had to pay was the $15 million in construction costs and improvement investments.

Ultimately, AMD acquired a partial stake in the new factory because it invested in it later.

Originally, the company could have been asked to invest this 15 million US dollars, but Wei Dong decided to spend money to gain a voice in the matter.

The total is less than 20 million US dollars.

He felt it was far more important than the containers and the twenty million dollars at the dock.

It could instantly elevate China's chip manufacturing capabilities to the point where it could completely domestically produce IBM's current main models.

Isn't this worth it?
Even at this point, he was able to refrain from calling back home or contacting anyone for instructions or reporting.

Throughout the entire process, Lin Wangfu used the name of Singapore-based innovative computer company to negotiate with various parties to take over the business, ship the goods to Hong Kong to find a site for building a factory, and in the end, what did it matter if the location was a few kilometers away?

Qin Yuye didn't ask why the man had inexplicably spent twenty million US dollars again, but just secretly stuck out her tongue and made a face: "Compared to that, buying some clothes and bags is nothing, right? Let's go on a shopping spree!"

Wei Dong also felt that he should conceal this wealthy businessman's airs, and not be careless.

So for the next few days, Wei Dong and Lin Wangfu were sent to the wafer fab every day to supervise the work.

The entire city of Penang is actually like Hong Kong Island, situated on both sides of the harbor and strait.

It's possible that when the East India Company was looking for such supply points along the way, they preferred geographical conditions like large islands with offshore harbors.

This is the case in Singapore and Makan.

Just last year, the bridge connecting Penang to the mainland and the island was completed.

Therefore, from the island's main urban areas, including the airport, luxury hotels, and universities, it is now very convenient to travel to the industrial development zones on the mainland and the old town of Penang.

In their spare time, the two would also go to the quiet and leisurely old town for a couple of drinks.

Because Lin Wangfu grew up in the old town area when he was a child.

However, he mentioned that his family was very poor at that time, and what he envied most was that his classmates had pianos at home, otherwise he might have devoted himself to a music career.

Wei Dong jokingly said that he has a friend, well, now nominally his brother-in-law, who is the biggest music video producer in Hong Kong, and you can discuss your musical dreams with him.

At this point, he casually found an international long-distance phone in the old town to call Qin Zhiming, saying that he was in Penang and was preparing to relocate a chip factory back to his new factory area. He asked the Shanghai factory to send over a few thousand computer parts, including monitors, keyboards, mice, and host components.

Alternatively, the 10,000 computers originally intended for export from Pengzhen could be exported as individual units first. We could call Mr. Fang to arrange container handling, customs clearance, and loading, with Mr. Chen as the buyer.

Qin Zhiming has a full Hong Kong businessman identity and is a very skilled cross-border trader.

Wei Dong had to speak Mandarin on the phone, and Lin Wangfu would translate it into English to relay the message.

Finally, he left his contact information at a luxury hotel in Penang.

The entire process completely avoided any trace of the mainland authorities' presence.

Wei Dong felt that he had done a flawless job.

He knew that not many people were paying attention to this detail at the moment.

High-tech blockades against the mainland have not yet arrived.

Therefore, it is possible to hide silently.

Unexpectedly, just one day later, when he and Lin Wangfu returned to the hotel exhausted from their work, they saw a familiar face standing up on the sofa in the hotel lobby.

(End of this chapter)