San Jose Airport.

Su Yehao almost forgot to pick up people at the airport since Linda Yun took a temporary leave. Fortunately, she sent a message in advance, so he didn't delay things.

He rushed to the arrival exit and found that the members of the delegation, led by Zhang Rujing, had just picked up their luggage at the airport.

There were more than a dozen people in the group.

Among them were the product director of Meidi Group and the former TSMC executives who had just been recruited.

Marjorie, the former marketing director of Huashuo Computer, who had found an excuse to hitch a ride on Su Yehao's plane at Hong Kong Airport, also appeared in the crowd tonight.

She had officially resigned from Huashuo and entered Su Yehao's assistant office as a consultant.

Su Yehao shook hands and greeted them one by one, with a bright smile on his face. He was counting on these people for many subsequent plans, so it was necessary to build a good relationship in advance.

At this moment.

Mr. Zhang Rujing shook hands with Su Yehao and joked:

"I finally have the honor to meet Young Master Su. It's really not easy to see you. After chatting with them on the road, I realized that you are really busy. You're involved with computers, mobile phones, and home appliances. Your business is so diverse. No wonder you've soared in just two years."

Su Yehao replied:

"It is precisely because I am involved in these manufacturing industries that I need to develop in the semiconductor industry. If all the parts are bought from outside, the money will be earned by others, and there is no way to improve market competitiveness. It was not easy to invite your esteemed self to help me, which made me full of confidence all of a sudden. I'm counting on you for the business of manufacturing chips."

"You're too kind, I don't deserve that title. However, after talking with Canon and Nikon, there is already some progress on the procurement of equipment. This trip to the United States is also to talk to several wafer factories that I have worked with before, to see if we can cooperate and poach some talent."

Zhang Rujing had been working for others.

Although in the past two years, he had been instigated by the mainland officials and had the idea of ​​starting his own business and founding a new company, he ultimately did not really implement it.

Now he was working under Su Yehao, receiving an annual salary of millions of dollars. After jumping ship for two months, he definitely had to make some achievements.

So he started bragging as soon as they met, taking the opportunity to prove that he hadn't been idle recently.

Hearing this, Su Yehao immediately asked: "Canon and Nikon's lithography machines? How many nanometer devices are they willing to sell us?"

"...We haven't gotten to that point yet. New models appear every year. I've encountered the upsetting thing of launching new products right after placing an order more than once or twice. The wavelength of the lithography machine is stuck at 193n/"

Without an existing factory, it would be difficult to receive代工(dàigōng, OEM) orders, but without代工(dàigōng, OEM) orders, Zhang Rujing didn't seem to be in a hurry to take action.

This seemingly prudent approach ran counter to Su Yehao's ideas, and he felt it was a waste of time.

After calling everyone into the car, they headed to the Hilton Garden Inn in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley.

On the way.

Su Yehao and Zhang Rujing sat together in the back row, and he continued:

"Mr. Zhang, if we don't arrange the factory first, others may not be willing to hand over orders to us, right? In my opinion, let's hurry up and buy the machines. Anyway, even if a new lithography machine is launched, we can just place an order then. The old machines can still be used."

Zhang Rujing didn't know what he was thinking, and shook his head and said:

"The investment scale of a wafer代工(dàigōng, OEM) factory is too large, starting at hundreds of millions of dollars. If the factory and machines are in place, but they can't start operating in time, it will cost money every day. In that case, my sin would be too great, so it's better to be conservative."

Su Yehao continued:

"You can rest assured about the orders. Even if we can't reach an agreement with Qualcomm, I'm confident that I can find other orders. Not to mention anything else, there are not many wafer factories in the mainland right now, only Huajing and Huahong. There is definitely a market. Even if we lose money, we have to start the machines first and accumulate experience in the代工(dàigōng, OEM) field. Otherwise, we will only be widening the gap with TSMC."

After listening.

Zhang Rujing sighed lightly and advised: "Whether it is Huajing or Huahong, I have been to both. The former has serious losses, and the latter also uses Japanese technology to produce drAm memory chips, and the market performance is not optimistic."

Coincidentally, Su Yehao had seen the report sent by Vice President Lin Youfeng, and he interjected:

"I understand, the two major Korean factories are expanding against the trend, squeezing the living space of other peers. Others can go against the trend, and so can I. In fact, I am planning to watch them fight, and when I raise enough money one day, I will buy some existing technology."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Su Yehao felt it was necessary to explain clearly to Zhang Rujing, so he added:

"I feel that personal computers may not be the mainstream in the future, and other types of mobile terminals have a greater market."

"Last year, several companies jointly created the Symbian operating system, and 3G networks will eventually become popular. At that time, maybe everyone will have a mobile phone and go online to watch videos anytime, anywhere. This leads me to estimate that the market share far exceeds the calculations of other institutions."

"Based on this idea, it is necessary to lay out in advance Cpu, drAm memory chips, LCD screens...just like the path that Samsung Electronics is taking, even if it throws in hundreds of billions of dollars, I will not hesitate."

"Actually, I am also very optimistic about the new generation lithography machine technology conceived by Mr. Lin Baojian. I asked people to collect information and research it before, and I have sent people to contact him several times. Unfortunately, I have no experience in producing lithography machines for the time being, unless I acquire an existing company, otherwise it will be difficult to attract him to join..."

"..."

After Zhang Rujing listened.

Not only did he not think that Su Yehao's ambition was so great, but he also thought that his ideas were a bit idealistic.

Nokia and several companies are indeed jointly developing the Symbian operating system, but so far, the technology companies that have launched掌上电脑(zhǎngshàng diànnǎo, handheld computers) have been more unlucky than the other, and they have all lost their money.

With the development of technology, the possibility of the rise of mobile terminals is very high, but Zhang Rujing hesitated for a moment and still told the truth:

"I doubt you will have gone bankrupt before you can even hold on until that day. I know that guy Lin Baojian. He has approached Nikon and Canon, but no one is willing to invest."

"That's because he didn't find me. I'm happy to take a gamble."

Su Yehao looked at Zhang Rujing and smiled:

"You really don't have to save me money. I am better at making money than you think. I have raised several cash cows in advance. Even if I lose money for ten consecutive years, losing one billion dollars every year is not a big problem."

Zhang Rujing always felt that he was bragging, and said with an awkward smile, "It's like playing cards. Before you start, you always think it's more beautiful, right?"

Su Yehao answered him affirmatively:

"It's really okay. I know exactly what I'm thinking. Now I'm not afraid of you letting go and doing it, but I'm afraid that I will miss the opportunity for development if I'm not careful. In addition to Canon, Nikon, and AsmL, which lithography machine company do you think has good technology and is easy for me to control?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Rujing scratched his head and said:

"To be honest, I think AsmL's technology is very good, and it is also easy to be controlled. It only accounts for less than 10% of the lithography machine market share. Nikon and Canon's machines are more stable. People usually buy it when they can't buy the other two..."