At about 11 a.m. on Saturday, a civil aviation flight from Baodao landed at the Modu Airport. Later, Liu Sumei walked out of the airport with four subordinates, a seventy-one-year-old man, and two of his followers following the flow of people.
One of Liu Sumei's subordinates was a few steps behind and reported the situation to Mr. Jing. The old man on this trip is the important figure that Phoenix Group wants to hire: Jiang Shangyi.
Liu Sumei is 1.66 meters tall, has a face as big as a palm, and wears a pair of exquisite glasses. The clothes are fashionable, elegant, and have the style of a professional elite. She smiled and communicated with Jiang Shangyi.
I kept thinking about the meeting that Brother Jing would have with him later.
Jiang Shangyi has worked in the semiconductor industry for more than 40 years and has very rich semiconductor process technology and professional knowledge.
He joined TSMC in 1997 as deputy general manager of R&D and has since participated in a series of projects. Such as, laser, LED, electron beam lithography, silicon-based solar cells, etc.
It is well-known in the field of chip foundry. He participated in and was responsible for the layout of the R&D of key nodes such as 0.25 micron, 0.18 micron, 0.15 micron, 0.13 micron, 90 nanometer, 65 nanometer, 40 nanometer, 28 nanometer, 20 nanometer and even 6 nanometer finfet.
This series of numbers represents the technical nodes of the chip process. They all represent Jiang Shangyi’s achievements, abilities and level.
He retired from TSMC in 2013. Before his retirement, he was the co-chief executive vice president and co-chief operating officer of TSMC. The co-operating officer is a "position" within TSMC. At this position, he is basically a core executive.
Next up is the CEO. The CEO of TSMC will also hold the traditional positions of president, general manager, and vice chairman. Therefore, he was once considered by the market to be one of Zhang Zhong's successors.
Chiang Shang-yi remained as an advisor to the chairman of TSMC for two years after his retirement. Won the trust of Zhang Zhongmou. In 2016, he served as an independent director of SMIC.
For such a person, if he wants to come out, the biggest obstacle is "not to harm TSMC's interests."
Liu Sumei has already sent her thoughts to Jing Gao via email. As long as Jing Gao pays attention to this, there will be no problems in today's meeting.
However, she felt a little worried in her heart.
On the Chinese Internet, many people praise Zhang Zhong, the founder of TSMC, and tout the various honors he has received. However, anyone with a little brain can know this person's position by searching for information on the Internet. This is a standard standalone.
Moreover, led by this person, he arbitrarily suppressed domestic semiconductor companies. The most famous example is the lawsuit against SMIC in the United States, which forced the founder of SMIC, Zhang Rujing, to resign. As a result, SMIC's development momentum was severely dampened.
As a result, SMIC's accounts were supervised by the United States and TSMC, and TSMC also obtained SMIC's shares, playing an extremely disgraceful role in SMIC's subsequent civil strife.
From the perspective of technology patents, Zhang Rujing did something wrong. He did use TSMC's process technology and was caught in a painful situation. There is no way to guarantee it.
However, what Zhang Moumou did harmed China's overall national interests. In order to ensure the interests of TSMC, he arbitrarily suppressed China's chip foundries.
People like this are bragging about you on the Internet!
Some people say: Oh, you have to respect the law! We must respect and understand Zhang Moumou’s position.
Okay, when we implement the anti-xx law, just don’t call me out! Punished severely according to law! At that time, please respect and understand our position.
Liu Sumei knew very well that Brother Jing definitely looked down on people like Zhang Zhong. And now it is his loyal subordinates who are invited. It is best for both parties not to discuss this issue in depth, otherwise the talks will inevitably collapse.
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Jiang Shangyi went to the car arranged by the Phoenix Group and whispered a few words in Hokkien with the two people accompanying him.
One of the two accompanying people was his grandnephew and the other was his trusted lawyer.
The great-nephew held up his cell phone and said: "This Mr. Jing has a very hawkish stance. He has expressed dissatisfaction with the remarks of Director Guo of Foxconn and Dr. Li Kaifu of Innovation Works in some public occasions. Uncle, I do not recommend that you come to work in this company."
"They made a special trip to talk to me. We went back and forth several times and were very enthusiastic. I also want to do something to shine. Let's talk about it when we meet."
The grandnephew and the lawyer nodded and stopped talking.
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Jinggao still attaches great importance to technical talents. In advance, he took his assistants to wait at the Peace Hotel, which witnessed the changes in the Far East. He also called Guo Pojun, the person in charge of Shanhaijing Chip, and Gong Dongyang, the person in charge of Suzaku Integrated Circuit.
The accompanying team also included senior executives such as Li Yifeng and Zou Jihui.
Jing Gao waited for a moment in the presidential suite of the Peace Hotel when he saw Gong Dongyang and an octogenarian walking in first, who were greeted at the hotel entrance. The rest of the group followed. Jing Gao smiled and shook hands with him, "Hello, Mr. Jiang, hello."
Don't look at Jing Gao's youth. Given his status at this time, such a move would give Jiang Shangyi a lot of face.
"Hello, Mr. Jing."
After mutual introductions and polite greetings, the two parties took their seats in the large living room, with Liu Sumei taking the lead and chatting about topics on the way there to heighten the atmosphere.
Jing Gao estimated that the place was almost hot, and formally invited him: "Mr. Jiang, are you interested in working at Zhuque Integrated Circuit Company?"
Jiang Shangyi said slowly: "Mr. Jing and Ms. Liu have communicated with me repeatedly. I am actually happy to come out and do things. There is just one requirement. I don't want the company I join to affect the interests of TSMC. This will keep me on the island. It’s embarrassing.”
This is an expected topic. Jing Gao had already learned from Liu Sumei's email that Jiang Shangyi obviously needed him to make a guarantee in person.
Jing Gao smiled and did not answer directly, but asked: "Mr. Jiang, do you think mainland semiconductor practitioners and capital are willing to challenge TSMC's status in the world?"
Jiang Shangyi's brows slowly wrinkled. This is obvious. TSMC is a giant in the field of chip foundry. Who doesn’t have the ambition to replace its status in the world? Even if a capital company like Phoenix Group says that I only want to make a small fortune in the field of chip manufacturing, he doesn’t believe it.
Jing Gao made it clear, "Mr. Jiang, I understand your concerns. Therefore, the Jingzhou factory where you work does not do chip foundry. Instead, it adopts the IDM business model, which includes chip design, manufacturing, packaging and testing. Dragon, for the Coolpad mobile phone business.
This will not conflict with TSMC's business.
However, Phoenix Group also has other chip factories, and this part of its production capacity will definitely enter the chip foundry field in the future. Frankly speaking, Phoenix Group currently does not have the strength of Samsung Group in the electronics field.
Therefore, it is impossible for us to absorb all chip manufacturing capacity internally. And I also intend to do something for the country's chip industry. If a company asks us to do chip OEM work, I will definitely take it. "
Brother Jing... Liu Sumei was almost anxious when she heard this. As the human resources director, she spent a lot of energy and time to persuade Jiang Shangyi. No, please speak more cryptically! It's decent in terms of face. We’ll talk about what happens next. The chip factory in Jinling now has incredible production capacity.
Jiang Shangyi's grandnephew had an angry look on his face. He heard the meaning of "strong" in Mr. Jing's words. He whispered: "Uncle..."
Mud, now you are begging my uncle, why are you pretending to be an uncle? Is it great to be rich?
Nie Yunxi looked at Jing Gao with a pair of watery eyes. She knew very well that with Jing Gao's words, the host and guest were in a different position! From Phoenix Group seeking Jiang Shangyi to join the company, it became a mutual choice between the two parties. I'll put the conditions here, it's up to you.
Jing Gao didn't care about other people's reactions. Sitting here, he was the center of the audience! He drank tea slowly and waited for Jiang Shangyi to make a decision.
Jiang Shangyi probably also understood Jing Gao's plan, which was to regard him as a "technical teacher", and engineers would come to learn from him later. But, first, he did not personally harm TSMC’s interests. Secondly, it may take several years for Phoenix Group’s other factories to be completed!
After thinking about it, Jiang Shangyi stood up, reached out to Jing Gao and said, "Mr. Jing, please support my work in the future."
Jing Gao smiled and said, "Definitely."
The hiring of the chief scientist for chip manufacturing came to a perfect conclusion.
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After the banquet and pleasant negotiation, Liu Sumei assisted Gong Dongyang, the head of Suzaku Integrated Circuit, to send Jiang Shangyi to the hotel room to check in. The person is now in charge of Gong Dongyang. Her job as HR director was accomplished.
Liu Sumei sent a WeChat message and went to the presidential suite to find Jing Gao. Jing Gao is working with Dong Youwei and Nie Yunxi. Liu Sumei said angrily: "Brother Jing, you scared me to death just now. Didn't you speak earlier and be more vague about some things?"
Jing Gao laughed and said, "Su Mei, I don't think all the technicians from TSMC are loyal to Zhang Zhong. If the money is in place, there will definitely be people willing to come to work in the mainland. Jiang Shangyi is the best solution, but not the only one. He doesn't It may hinder my determination to engage in chip manufacturing!"
This is what he thinks!
A god with unlimited cards, I still have to accept the unreasonable "threat" of a technician like you? you think too much! Jing Gao didn't even bother to tell lies.
Sooner or later, he will knock a company like TSMC to the ground.
