Having picked up on Zhang Ruijing's teasing,

Su Yehao smiled and calmly replied:

"We should leave professional matters to talents like you. If I interfered all the time, wouldn't I just be holding you back? I'll just focus on the logistics. At the end of the year, I'll give you big bonuses and more rewards. People will praise me as a good boss."

Zhang Ruijing gave a thumbs up and said cheerfully:

"That's well said. If other company bosses thought like you, the level of technological development would probably be several years ahead of where it is now. It's just that other bosses don't have thighs as thick as yours, so they have to weigh investment and returns. I once met an American investor who only had three or five hundred million dollars in assets. He didn't have much money but wanted to get into the wafer foundry business. I advised him not to invest at all."

That sounded a bit arrogant.

But considering the cost of a wafer foundry, companies without enough capital really couldn't play the game.

The pace of technological upgrades is too fast. Sometimes the equipment is just debugged and put into production, and a new generation of production technology and equipment is launched.

For example, Su Yehao's twelve-inch wafer production line purchased from Japan has more than twice the usable area of an eight-inch wafer, and the number of chips produced is expected to be two and a half times that of an eight-inch wafer. This greatly reduces manufacturing costs.

It is expected that when the related manufacturing process becomes more mature, the production cost of twelve-inch wafers can be reduced by at least another 30%. Although he spent a lot of money, he temporarily overwhelmed those semiconductor foundry companies on the island and took the lead in acquiring the most advanced related equipment.

To put it bluntly, the island only has relatively mature management and production experience, earning hard-earned money by integrating resources. It does not have top-notch research and development and manufacturing technology itself.

Therefore, Su Yehao relied on his wealth and the support of both Hong Kong and the mainland. As soon as he entered the game, he made companies such as TSMC and UMC particularly uncomfortable.

They can join forces to try to block the development of the mainland in the field of semiconductor foundry production, withdrawing all talents and factories, but they cannot block Su Yehao, who is a "Hong Kong-funded enterprise."

In order to attract the attention of equipment and technology suppliers, Su Yehao made a move of three foundries in Hong Kong and two foundries in Pengcheng, plus Huajing Microelectronics, which he financed. Huajing currently only does wafer production and also needs to upgrade and purchase new equipment.

With this kind of money-is-no-object approach, companies in Japan and Europe and the United States are of course vying for orders. The total purchase amount of lithography machines alone is planned to exceed two billion US dollars in the next five years, with as many as thirty lithography machines purchased.

This news has already been released, and it was suggested by Mr. Zhang Ruijing.

Zhang Ruijing communicated with Su Yehao in the first half of last year, saying that since he was determined to develop in this industry, it is best to show his determination in advance and use "expected production capacity" to scare his peers, forcing them not to invest too much money in large-scale expansion.

Just like the drAm memory chips that are currently in deep water and in a state of huge losses, too much production capacity will inevitably lead to fierce competition.

In this way, out of profit expectations, other manufacturers will not dare to expand on a large scale.

Once the foundry market expands, orders will naturally fall into the hands of Su Yehao, who has sufficient production capacity.

It seems like a desperate approach, but it is very in line with Su Yehao's situation.

He knows better than anyone how huge the market for mobile terminal equipment will be in the future. What if he loses money in the early stages? As long as he steadily wins orders from several major manufacturers, such as Qualcomm in the United States and Arm in the United Kingdom, he will soon use profits to offset the losses in the early stages of development.

Other companies will be influenced by the ideas of investors and shareholders to make decisions, but there are no restrictions here for Su Yehao. As long as he doesn't mind losing money, he doesn't care what others think...

While walking into the factory building.

Zhang Ruijing pointed to the Mercedes-Benz G55-Amg that the driver was driving to park, and said with a smile:

"Your car is good. I don't like the S600 I was given. Change it to this kind of off-road vehicle. I saw news on the Internet that G-Class sales have been poor recently, and the G-series production line may be shut down at any time. At that time, it may be a limited edition. The import tariffs on imported cars in the mainland are too high. I'm poor."

Hearing him say that he was poor with confidence, Su Yehao replied with a smile:

"No problem, I'll have someone leave the keys for you later. It's my dad's company car, and I'll have someone help you with the formalities. With your status in my heart, Zhang-ge, I'd be willing to get you a Rolls-Royce. Would you consider it?"

"No need, this one is fine, lest I drive a Rolls-Royce and look like someone's driver."

Zhang Ruijing continued:

"I appreciate the thought. Seeing that you are so kind, I will also tell you a piece of good news. Nvidia, which produces GPUs (graphics processing units) in the United States, is willing to give us some of their orders. Their boss had always used TSMC for manufacturing. I happened to meet Nvidia executives and talked about our new store opening price reduction promotion. After a few contacts, it basically worked out."

"...Really? That's great. Our company is short of orders. It doesn't matter if we reduce prices or anything. The key in the early stage is how to survive."

"Yes, that's what I thought too. Don't blame me for taking the liberty. If we don't reduce prices, it will be difficult to grab orders from our peers who have already made a name for themselves. Fortunately, the mainland has given too many support and preferential terms. Water and electricity costs and labor costs are cheaper than on the island, and not only are taxes not collected, but even subsidies are given."

After Zhang Ruijing finished speaking, he looked at Su Yehao and said with emotion: "They are really good to you. Every time our company has a problem, if we mention it to the higher-ups, it will be solved immediately. This new road at the entrance of the factory was built specifically for us. No wonder a large number of factories are now moving to the mainland."

Su Yehao replied:

"In the early years, we had to exchange hundreds of millions of clothes for an airliner. Now most people have enough to eat. What we have to consider in the future is how to live a better life. The development of high-tech fields is a top priority for the future. Our factories in Hong Kong also get water and electricity directly from the mainland. They have done what they should do, and we must seize the time to make some achievements."

"That's the truth. Two lithography machines were just shipped over last week, and some parts are on the way. It is estimated that they can be debugged soon. Canon's lithography machines have been in production for so many years, and the technology is solid enough. I know it very well."

After listening to Mr. Zhang Ruijing's words, Su Yehao nodded and said, "The main reason I came here this time was to see these two big treasures, but they will be delivered now. Do we have to wait until the end of the second quarter to put them into production?"

"Do you think it's easy? The debugging and assembly of high-precision lithography machines often takes a year. Parts assembly, parameter settings, module debugging, and even the tightness of screws and the external temperature will affect the production effect. Even if a subway passes by a mile away, it may cause the equipment to malfunction. This is also a common problem with all precision instruments."

Zhang Ruijing pointed to himself and added:

"It's because I have rich experience and I've also helped you recruit a lot of elites that I'm confident that I can strive to officially put them into production at the end of the second quarter. If you find someone temporarily, it may be delayed from the end of this year to the end of next year. The reason why so many factories hire me at high prices is because my technology is hard enough. Every day of delay is a loss."

Yin Liuli listened from the side and gradually understood why this Mr. Zhang was so calm.

Rather than him needing Su Yehao, it was more like Su Yehao asking him to help...