Chapter 627

Zhang Rujin, the founder of SMIC international, the backbone of chip manufacturing in mainland China, founded SMIC in mainland China in 2000. He is known as the "godfather of mainland chip" who brings new hope and new fire to China's chip industry.

Zhang Rujin graduated from Baodao University and then went to the United States to study. He worked with "Chinese chip Godfather" Zhang Zhongmou at Texas Instruments for 20 years.

Later, after Zhang Rujin returned to Baodao, he founded the chip foundry, Shida Jidian, together with his friends. It took only three years to make a profit, becoming the third largest chip foundry in Baodao after TSMC and liandian. However, it was also because Shida performed too well at that time. Not long after, TSMC merged Shida Jidian by a series of means. Since then, He led hundreds of talents in the chip industry to the mainland and founded SMIC international.

From 2000 to 2009, Zhang Rujin, with his many years of experience and influence in the chip industry, reduced the technology gap in China's chip industry to less than two generations with TSMC.

It is precisely because of Zhang Rujin's outstanding ability and his concern about the rise of SMIC that after the establishment of SMIC, TSMC surrounded and intercepted SMIC by means of lawsuits and retaliation against various chip talents from Baodao. Finally, Zhang Rujin was forced to leave SMIC, which was founded by him in 2009, in order to achieve the goal of cooperation between TSMC and SMIC "Complete reconciliation".

While Zhang Rujin left SMIC, TSMC also took advantage of the situation to become the second largest shareholder of SMIC with 10% shares. Since then, SMIC has fallen into internal struggle and instability for several years, and the technical generation gap between SMIC and TSMC has expanded again.

Now, Qiu Yunci, the leader of SMIC, is an old subordinate who followed Zhang Rujin to establish SMIC in the mainland. Therefore, it has stabilized the basic situation of SMIC. However, due to the lack of talents, lack of capital investment and the rapid iteration of the mobile phone chip industry in recent years, the technical gap between SMIC and TSMC has not narrowed, but has expanded to 3-4 generations The gap.

In previous lives, SMIC's dismal situation was not improved and reversed until the national high-level began to pay attention to and support SMIC in terms of policies and funds, and recruited Liang Mengsong and other senior generals in the chip industry.

In this life, Fang Zhe is not willing to wait for relevant departments to slowly support SMIC and the whole Chinese chip industry step by step, because they are not like themselves. They know that a few years later, the sweater station will bring a painful lesson to the Chinese chip industry and the whole Chinese people because of the lack of "core".

In a word, the earlier to improve this situation, the better for the development of China's chip industry and the whole of China.

Jiujiantang riverside single family villa in Pudong New Area, Jianghai city. Fang zhe bought a villa two years ago to facilitate his work in Jianghai.

In the reception hall in the front yard, Fang zhe made a video call with Feng Xue while waiting for Zhang Rujin's arrival.

"I heard Yingying say two days ago that fat man seems to want to open a film and television company. You can ask him when you go to his house in the evening and see what can help." Feng Xue on the other end of the phone reminded.

"OK, I'll ask when I go to his house in the evening. You're not feeling well. Don't be too busy. I asked Aunt Wang to stew jujube longan porridge and cook two side dishes and wheat. It's estimated that it will be delivered to your company in a few minutes."

Fang zhe asked.

After a short chat, the Secretary Li Wen came in and told Fang Zhe that Zhang Ru had arrived.

Fang zhe got up and went to the door of the villa to meet him in person.

Facing him, an old man in a black suit and a jujube star tie came slowly towards him. This was the first time Fang zhe saw Zhang Rujin in reality.

He is a little bent, and his temples are gray. Under his brown glasses, his eyes are squeezed into a long seam by walnut bags under his eyes. Although Zhang Rujin, who is nearly old, looks a little old, it is obvious that he is not too old. He also specially waxed the black hair on his head and looked a lot younger with a gentle smile on his face.

Seeing Fang zhe coming out to meet him in person, Zhang Rujin quickened his pace under his legs. Although he was old, he still knew the young entrepreneur and the world's richest man who was famous in China and even in the world. At the beginning, he heard that Fang zhe wanted to meet himself. Good guy, he was still a little excited!

"Hello, Mr. Zhang. It's presumptuous to let you toss all the way." Fang zhe politely stretched out his hand and shook hands with Zhang Rujin.

"Hello! Hello! Don't toss, don't toss." the smile on Zhang Rujin's face is very modest.

Between their greetings, Fang zhe invited Zhang Rujin into the living room. Li Wen served them a cup of tea and waited not far away.

Fang Zhe and Zhang Rujin talked about "how are you" and the like, which made him talk about his purpose of meeting him today.

"Mr. Zhang, to tell you the truth, I specially invited you here today to talk to you about the chip industry. Although I work on the Internet, I also see the poverty of our country's chip industry. Therefore, I specially invite you, an elder of the chip industry, to talk together and do my best."

Fang Zhe's words suddenly brightened Zhang Rujin's muddy eyes. As he guessed, the young richest man was looking for himself for the chip industry.

But then again, in addition to chip related matters, what can a young and promising world's richest man think of his bad old man!

Zhang Rujin smiled and nodded, indicating Fang Zhe to continue.

Fang zhe looked at him and asked sincerely, "Mr. Zhang, you have spent most of your life in the chip industry and have been in the mainland to establish SMIC for nearly 15 years. How long do you think it will take to catch up with the international advanced level with the strength of the mainland chip industry?"

Zhang Rujin looked at Fang Zhe and shook his head. After a while, he nodded again. His eyes showed memories and said:

"The mainland's system is suitable for concentrating on major events. When I came to the mainland, I thought that with the advantages of the mainland's system and my own talents, I could catch up with and surpass the international advanced level in less than 20 years. I dare not say that the whole chip industry, at least in chip OEM, could surpass TSMC.

But as you can see, SMIC has not been as smooth and easy as I thought. In the first few years since the founding of SMIC, Jianghai government attached great importance to SMIC. A group of core makers from Baodao are also arrogant and ambitious. They want to become the most powerful chip enterprise in the mainland and even surpass TSMC.

The development in the first few years was indeed fairly smooth. The technical gap between us and TSMC was narrowing. However, in two or three years, the situation changed. Zhang Sheng and TSMC felt that we were a threat. After all, the world TSMC we founded in Baodao was also successful. He was afraid that SMIC copied the development speed of world TSMC and posed a threat to TSMC.

Therefore, they began to threaten our employees and even customers with various lawsuits and means, and the political forces of treasure island were also intervening to threaten us to withdraw our capital from the mainland within six months. Semiconductors and chips are the pillar industries of treasure island. If mainland chips rise, how many chips can treasure island have?