Chapter 417 Transfer (Two in One)

There were only six people sitting in Yi Ke's large conference room. After an exchange of views that was generally considered to be ungraceful, the conference room fell into an evocative silence.

As a partner of DCM and the head of China business, Connor acted recklessly and has fully expressed his tough attitude.

Xu Kaiwei was basically silent and expressed his silent attitude.

Zhang Hongli was basically silent and expressed his silent attitude.

Xiong Xiaoge was basically silent and expressed a complicated attitude.

In fact, just as Fang Zhuo and Xiong Xiaoge said in a friendly private exchange, why did TSMC sue SMIC about Bingxin? Even if he has judgment about other companies, why should he bear additional responsibilities?

Yu Li, the contract is written in black and white, clearly.

Be sensitive to the situation, do not evade or shrink back, and convene the board of directors for relevant evaluation as soon as possible.

What should the leader of a third-party company do?

Therefore, Xu Kaiwei's request for calling Fang Zhuo was to avoid legal risks. Zhang Hongli's small move was to inform DCM that there had been a tacit understanding. When Conner Mang came in, he just used the tacit understanding as an excuse and proposed cutting off the situation.

Also, Xiong Xiaoge rushed into the CEO's office today instead of raising an issue on the board of directors.

Everyone understands that Bingxin has followed the procedures and it is difficult to make legitimate accusations. All he can do now is put pressure on the young president.

Of course, no one knows better than Xiong Xiaoge how well Fang Zhuo can withstand pressure. He sat in the conference room and watched Connor's real and fake behavior without thinking it was of any use. He had the initiative in this matter. In Fang Zhuo's hands.

There was a strange two minutes of silence in the conference room.

"TSMC sued SMIC on the 23rd. The latest news is that they submitted a lot of evidence in their favor, and the claim amount is US$1 billion."

"This lawsuit will definitely not end quickly. It will definitely be protracted."

"In addition, I think another point worthy of attention is that TSMC also submitted an investigation application to the U.S. International Trade Commission, saying that the import and sale of SMIC semiconductor devices infringed its patents."

"I don't know if you are familiar with the International Trade Commission. Its abbreviation is ITC. We at Yike have dealt with it. One of the more troublesome points in this regard is that if the ITC makes a ruling, SMIC is likely to face import ban."

Fang Zhuo opened his mouth to talk about the breaking news and started the formal process of the board of directors, as if the previous small conflict with Connor was just a spring breeze and passed away.

No one else felt anything was wrong, and even Connor was quickly attracted by Fang Zhuo's explanation.

As one night passed, the evaluations of several institutions focused on court proceedings, and the role that the ITC could play was ignored.

"Mr. Fang, how long do you think it will take for the ITC to make a ruling? How much impact will it have?" Xu Kaiwei asked.

"I don't know. I called Zhang Rujing last night but didn't get through. I sent a text message about ITC's situation. I don't know if he saw it." Fang Zhuo said, "Mr. Xu, you can let Goldman Sachs' department analyze it now. In this regard.”

Goldman Sachs could certainly provide a more comprehensive analysis if it was willing to act.

DCM, IDG, and Deutsche Bank are the same, but the incident happened suddenly, and various news are true or false, so the focus has not yet been placed here.

Fang Zhuo added: "SMIC's sales to the United States this year are around 130 million U.S. dollars, and the annual sales are around 360 million U.S. dollars. If a ban is really imposed, 36% of SMIC's sales will immediately evaporate, which will be fatal. blow."

Xiong Xiaoge:?

Are SMIC's sales figures so accurate?

Fang Zhuo turned his head and motioned to Vice President Su Wei, asking the latter to turn on the projector.

Soon, SMIC's 2003 sales performance was greatly displayed in front of several presidents.

For a moment, Xiong Xiaoge thought he was in charge of SMIC's board of directors...

What is in front of us is obviously the full-year sales table estimated by SMIC in the past 11 months.

Full-year sales for 2003 are estimated at $365 million.

Sales in the US market were 134 million, accounting for 36.7%.

Japan’s is 41 million, accounting for 11.2%.

Europe is 40 million, accounting for 11%.

Baodao is 98 million, accounting for 26.8%.

Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan and Taiwan) is 53 million, accounting for 14.5%.

Xu Kaiwei coughed: "Mr. Fang, is this data accurate? SMIC is in big trouble this time."

Fang Zhuo looked at the CEO who sent him the information and said with certainty: "Accurate."

"It is foreseeable that as SMIC's production lines continue to release production capacity, the importance of the U.S. market to it will continue to increase. This is not only the sales market, but also the impact of technology transfer."

"For this reason, if TSMC's evidence is all right, then SMIC can only use all costs to reach a settlement with TSMC."

"This all-cost is...all-cost."

Fang Zhuo paused and used his tone to emphasize his judgment on Zhongxin's actions.

Connor said pessimistically: "SMIC only has half its life left at most. It will not be able to compete with TSMC in three, five or even ten years. Even if it can still be listed, it will only survive."

He continued to say sincerely: "The fall of an industry benchmark, the impact of this impact may be beyond your expectation, Mr. Fang, stopping losses in time is never a cowardly behavior, but a wise decision."

Bingxin's pile foundation project in Luzhou has just started, and most of the purchases of various expensive equipment are still in the process of intention contact. DCM thinks that withdrawing at this time is the best solution under helplessness.

Does DCM want to lose money?

Now is the time to make a decisive decision.

"Connor, look at Goldman Sachs, look at IDG." Fang Zhuo did not mention Deutsche Bank. He pointed to the two people over there, "Why are Goldman Sachs and IDG not in a hurry? They also invested and faced the same impact. Just like you said, an industry benchmark is about to fall..."

"But Mr. Xu and Mr. Xiong, their idea is to create another benchmark, not to break up and divide the luggage like you."

Xu Kaiwei's face did not change, but Goldman Sachs was different.

Xiong Xiaoge's face did not change either. If you really count, IDG is divided into two companies, Huaxia and the United States, and social funds have invested 30 million US dollars.

Connor smiled and asked seriously, "Mr. Fang, I'm curious about your confidence. Funds, market, and technology, these three aspects seem to be all going in a worse direction. Apart from anything else, SMIC's listing will cause its stock price to fall so much that no one can recognize it. Do you admit this?"

"I admit it." Fang Zhuo nodded.

"If SMIC goes public, the secondary market will be in a mess. The production line of Bingxin will be completed in early 2005 at the earliest. What will it use to raise funds in the next round? Who will be willing to invest? Where will the money be for development? How to compete with those foundries?" Connor asked calmly.

"The funding issue is indeed a big problem." Fang Zhuo still admitted that this doubt was reasonable. The wafer factory is such a project that combines technology and funds. It will not work without any of them.

He said slowly, "In the first round of financing, the local government plus Yike Group and my personal money basically accounted for half of the actual investment."

Because there is an option pool for talents, we are talking about the actual investment here.

"If you don't want to invest, the local government of Luzhou will not watch the project that was finally decided to be liquidated. This is the first reason."

"Secondly, I personally still have the intention to make additional investments."

Connor pointed out the problem: "As far as I know, most of the money invested by Mr. Fang this time comes from the appreciation of NetEase and Sohu's stocks. Where can you find such appreciated assets at that time? Is Mr. Fang Buffett?"

"Let's not discuss whether Buffett is Buffett or not." Fang Zhuo's face showed a sincere look, "Let's start from reality. Yike under my name is about to go public. This is an extremely high-quality asset."

He continued: "As long as Yike performs well after listing, when the Bingxin production line is completed, the time will just pass the ban period."

"If Yike's stock is good, Bingxin will also be good."

Fang Zhuo strengthened the equal relationship on this point and said: "This time Yike's listing is very important. I think Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, IDG, and DCM can all consider holding Yike's stocks. Mr. Su, you go and get our prospectus to show it to the four presidents."

What is the road show before the company goes public?

To put it bluntly, it is to promote the stocks that are about to be listed to potential investors.

Su Wei stood up and walked out of the conference room.

The four presidents of institutions in the conference room looked at each other.

Connor was simply stunned. He had never expected such a turn. Bingxin was about to lose money, and he was asked to hold a large amount of his stocks?

Is this shameless?

Soon, the prospectus of Shencheng Yike was placed in front of the four presidents.

Connor took the prospectus and first confirmed one thing, Fang Zhuo was indeed shameless.

Xu Kaiwei of Goldman Sachs said at this time: "Yike's performance is indeed good. Considering its long-term copyright agreement with Sony Music, only Yike and Apple in this field in the US market are competitive enough and have built a moat."

Connor opened the prospectus without saying a word, and so did Zhang Hongli and Xiong Xiaoge.

Fang Zhuo changed a new PPT at this time and slowly talked about Yike's performance and future development.

Well, just treat it as an early roadshow.

Yike's profits are certainly not as good as Apple's, but it has its own story to tell.

It has established its brand value in the fast-growing Chinese market, and is expected to replicate the success of iMuscic in the future - of course, the outside world thinks this is possible.

At the same time, although the profit is low, the sales volume is high.

Apple is not as aggressive as Yike in channel development. They cautiously share the profits of the machines, while Yike actively expands channels and sells at a low profit margin.

Just like APEX quickly squeezed out Sony with low-priced DVDs to become the number one supplier in the United States, Yike's MP3 sales are expected to challenge Sony's walkman sales position next year when one grows while the other shrinks.

High sales bring paid interaction for online music, which is a story that makes sense.

Fang Zhuo described it in the conference room for fifteen minutes.

It can be seen that this small road show was very successful, and even Connor, who was full of complaints, did not raise any objections in this regard.

"Everyone, the success of Yike's stock price is my success, and I will not give up Bingxin if I succeed."

"And if Yike's market value is not satisfactory, I still hold Sina's shares."

"The assets of the first round of financing come from the appreciation of NetEase and Sohu. When necessary, the second round of financing can also have the appreciation of Sina."

"What do you think of this kind of financial guarantee, Connor?"

Fang Zhuo finally emphasized: "I have invested 300 million US dollars myself. Am I going to sit back and watch this money go down the drain? I can understand your feelings, but can you understand mine?"

Zhang Hongli from Deutsche Bank had been silent, but now he spoke out to comfort him: "Mr. Fang, this change is really too sudden. We are all here to make suggestions for ice cores. I received the news as soon as possible. , Deutsche Bank also put a lot of pressure on me.”

Fang Zhuo sighed: "Who doesn't have a lot of pressure? I invested more in funds and hard work."

He put his hand on his forehead and said with a little choke, "I am the one who is under the most pressure."

Adults often collapse in just a moment. Besides, Mr. Fang’s words do make sense.

Xu Kaiwei, Zhang Hongli, and even Connor were all moved.

Xiong Xiaoge raised his head, not knowing what to say.

He immediately thought of the staff meeting held by Guahao.com, which he had heard about. The president also cried at the scene. The situation was much better today...no crocodile tears.

This is called the crocodile's choke!

Fang Zhuo waved his hand, calmed down his emotions, and then said: "Whether the capital market is optimistic or not depends largely on the development of our ice core. For the time being, the funding aspect is the same. The most important thing at the moment is technology and technology."

"Hu Zhengming from TSMC is very important. He will fly from the United States to the University of Science and Technology of China at the end of next month. His guidance can be of great help."

"In addition, the University of Science and Technology of China has communicated with Hu Zhengming through emails, and one thing has already guided us in the direction."

"TSMC is currently engaged in immersion processes with companies in the Netherlands, and Lincoln Laboratory in the United States has similar solutions. Hu Zhengming is very optimistic about the development of immersion. This is probably an opportunity for us to narrow the gap."

Zhang Hongli immediately asked: "You mean to license technology from Lincoln Laboratory and bypass TSMC's patents?"

Fang Zhuo nodded: "We have to wait until we meet Hu Zhengming to discuss it. Only then will we know whether it is feasible. The lawsuit between SMIC and TSMC will definitely last for a long time and will also attract the attention of the industry. We, Ice Core, can Take advantage of this opportunity to try two more steps.”

"Furthermore, it remains to be seen how much impact SMIC will have. The current judgment is just based on convention. After all, it is the most dazzling wafer fab in the country. There may be other forces that can manipulate it."

Connor was silent for a while and then said: "It's all a pie in the sky. How much can Hu Zhengming help? Is Lincoln Laboratory's technology mature? What can Yike's stock market performance be like?"

"Then let's start with what is easiest to achieve. Yike's stock is the easiest to achieve." Fang Zhuo said, "Is it possible to just sit and wait for Ice Core to be listed without any risk? Connor, next time something like this happens Good thing, remember to take me with you.”

Connor glared at Fang Zhuo, put his phone on the prospectus, and remained silent.

Fang Zhuo glanced around and said, "The directors' ventilation is like this first, and we will talk about any key new news from SMIC."

He ordered Su Wei: "Mr. Su, let everyone else come in and listen to their analysis."

After a while, teams from Goldman Sachs, IDG, DCM, and Deutsche Bank filed in to provide more professional analysis.

They were sitting in the conference room and saw that several presidents looked thoughtful. Even President Connor, who was the most angry before, was no longer angry and kept a quiet posture. They didn't know what they were thinking.