Chapter 962 New Year Gift Package

The gasoline man's revision of the plan and Lao Ni's joy about the cooperation made Fang Zhuo feel particularly good in the last few days before the New Year.

After the annual meeting, the bonus was issued. In addition to arranging the duty and standby for the New Year, the most important thing for each company was to select the internal preferential holiday gifts. This activity was undertaken by Yiguo Company.

Since there is such a saying as "Yike System", Yiguo opened a New Year's goods activity that does not lose money under the intention of General Manager Su.

This caused a great response internally, and many employees suggested that as one of the leading domestic e-commerce brands, Yiguo has the strength and necessity to make heavy products such as cars and motorcycles.

It would be even better if the house buying activity that was removed from the shelves during the first Double Eleven could be put back on the shelves.

The sound of the abacus was so loud that even Su Wei, who took the opportunity to inspect the construction site of the new headquarters in the new district, heard it clearly. She rejected the unreliable proposal, but thought that some big gifts voted by everyone could be collected as prizes for the lottery next year.

Many matters will be put aside until next year. Fang Zhuo met with Qiu Ciyun on January 23, which was also the 28th day of the lunar year, and discussed with him the investment in the German factory, which was the last business before the Lunar New Year.

The main intention of Bingxin to invest in Germany was agreed upon, but there were still many conditions and details that needed to be negotiated and strived for.

The 65nm process capability is a popular process in the international market. Even if the economic environment has been bad in the past two years, there will be no shortage of customers. However, it is naturally better to get 90 points than 80 points.

Fang Zhuo hopes that Bingxin can obtain more customer resource guarantees in the cooperation framework reached with Germany.

In the new year, for Qiu Ciyun, the "factory construction expert", leading the team to get the German factory will be a very important task and challenge.

On January 25, 2009, Fang Zhuo had a family New Year's Eve dinner in the hotel, which has become a routine. He personally distributed small red envelopes to the children and received some gifts that were mostly handmade.

After playing mahjong with his parents for two rounds, he got away amid everyone's laughter.

"It's time for me to persuade the children to study hard." Fang Zhuo washed his face, feeling a little emotional, "It's just that I really can't lead by example."

"It's simple, just say 'your uncle suffered from not studying hard, otherwise he would have been the richest man in the world'." Su Wei joked, and then said, "It's not easy to persuade. You read a lot of books now, but I don't know if anyone will believe it if you tell them."

Fang Zhuo thought about it and said, "It's okay to say this to the media. Well, next time you have to persuade the children to study hard, it's you, the teacher, who will do it."

He chatted with Xiao Su about family matters for a few minutes, and the secretary Liu Zonghong came over with his mobile phone. It was almost time to make a few calls to wish them a happy new year.

Dinner time had passed, the Spring Festival Gala was boring, and everyone was still awake, just right for wishing them a happy new year.

Fang Zhuo had to carefully consider all aspects of holiday greetings two years ago, but in the past two years, he may have gradually become a role that needs to be taken care of by others.

However, it took another hour to make a round of phone calls.

Compared with last year, he had a clear new feeling that in addition to caring for Bingxin, several leaders also paid more attention to Yike.

Just as Fang Zhuo put down his phone and wanted to talk about the call that had just ended, a number that surprised him appeared on his phone.

He showed the number to Su Wei, then answered the call with a smile and wished each other a happy new year.

"What's new?" Su Wei asked, and she saw the name, which was Gao Qiquan, the general manager of Inotera.

"It was just a very polite New Year's greeting, nothing else." Fang Zhuo smiled, "But this is the first time I have received a call from Gao Qiquan since I had contact with him. There should be new information, but I don't know what it is."

Gao Qiquan is a big boss in DRAM. He had some contact through Liang Mengsong's relationship, but it was limited to some contact.

Bingxin's plan for DRAM is purely a PPT. The niche storage of Lin'an Plant 2 is not taken seriously by General Manager Gao. Even if he talked a little about the opportunity to enter the mainstream storage field, it was just to maintain a dialogue.

Before Fang Zhuo absorbed enough nutrition from Qimonda at Lin'an Plant 2, he had no desire for Gao Qiquan, but... if there was a chance, he would be happy to seize it.

This line can be followed again.

...

New Year's Eve.

Gao Qiquan looked at the night in the north from the study room of his home in Baodao.

This year will not be too smooth for all semiconductor practitioners, especially those in the storage field. The industry is in recession, the economic environment is not optimistic, and all links in the industrial chain are gloomy.

For Gao Qiquan, the difficulties of Inotera are worrying, and another personal matter recently made him feel a little mixed.

His eldest son, who was also influenced by him and devoted to the DRAM field, has a crush on a Korean. This time, he took advantage of the New Year's holiday to come back from the United States to meet his parents. Koreans are nothing special. The little girl is well-educated and polite. His son and her are in love, but his son is considering settling in South Korea from the United States and accepting the invitation of Samsung.

Gao Qiquan is very happy that his son's life is about to reach another stage, but he is also very nervous that Samsung does not know the identity of his son's father.

Inotera was previously a foundry for Qimonda and is now a foundry for Micron. It has always been a competitor of Samsung. If Samsung is not clear about its own identity, it is likely to encounter unnecessary troubles in the future.

Gao Qiquan considered this and took the initiative to discuss the matter with a Samsung deputy general manager.

Then, he got a reassuring answer - "Mr. Gao, we do not regard you as competitors."

The good news is that my son's career will not be affected.

The bad news is that my career seems to have little impact.

Gao Qiquan had been working as a deputy before joining Huayake. He thought he would be able to flex his muscles in Huayake, but he met the sluggish Qimonda, who spent most of his time busy paying bills and wiping his butt.

Now that Huayake has introduced Micron to replace Qimonda, I don’t know what kind of changes will happen to its right to speak in the future.

DRAM manufacturers must continuously invest in upgrading new manufacturing processes, and Southeast Asian technology stocks are also weak in this regard. However, Samsung continues to increase its investment counter-cyclically. The competition in the entire industry has not weakened at all, but has become more bloody.

Under such circumstances, after Gao Qiquan saw the New Year greeting message from the head of Bingxin, he accidentally called him and chatted briefly.

It's just a New Year greeting.

Gao Qiquan lit a cigarette, drove away the young voice of the head of Yike from his mind, and started to think about Huayake's 68nm process conversion in the coming year.

…

The first day of the Lunar New Year, the Lunar New Year.

Fang Zhuo transformed into the God of Wealth in the morning and distributed red envelopes to relatives who saw him.

At noon, he received a call from Bauer, CEO of Infineon in Germany, and was asked whether he would further increase his stake.

Infineon's stock price has been falling since last year. Due to the situation in the industry and Qimonda, it fell even more sharply in January this year.

Based on this development, the MIGA Fund actively acquired 5% of the shares in the secondary market and notified Infineon in accordance with regulations.

"No, no, Bauer, don't worry, I have no intention of seeking a seat on Infineon's board of directors." After hearing the intention, Fang Zhuo explained his actions, "It is true that Infineon's stock price is too low, and I am optimistic about your future development. "

"If the MIGA fund continues to accumulate stocks, it will only be for financial reasons, not for Bingxin or my ideas."

Bauer is the new head who just took over the position of CEO of Infineon last year.

Under the global financial crisis, many companies have changed their heads in an attempt to better boost their performance.

He was very nervous after receiving the letter announcement from MIGA Fund. He made the call after holding a meeting to discuss whether the Chinese people had any intention to seek control.

Although the stock price is falling, Infineon's management is still relatively confident in its recovery and believes that the current market value is not a reflection of the company's true value. However, when everyone is generally short of money, a rich man emerges to hold shares. Still frowned upon.

After hearing what Mr. Fang said, Bauer felt somewhat relaxed and expressed his confidence in Infineon's development.

Just now it was an inquiry, now it is the CEO releasing a positive signal to shareholders.

Fang Zhuo listened to the CEO's slightly restrained voice with a smile and sighed: "It's not easy, but I still say the same thing. I have confidence in Infineon and believe that everyone can come out. However, Infineon If you want to improve the situation, you must travel lightly, and Qimonda must handle it as soon as possible.”

"Speaking of which, Qimonda still owes me more than 10 million US dollars in OEM fees."

"The burden of Qimonda is too heavy for Infineon. No matter what, it is better to clarify it early."

Fang Zhuo initially expressed his wish.

Ball agrees.

He hesitated for a moment and mentioned another thing along with these words: "Mr. Fang, Infineon's task this year is to concentrate resources and energy on our trump card field in the automotive industry. As you said, the burden is all Let it go as much as possible.”

Fang Zhuo listened quietly.

"Mr. Fang, Yike mobile phones are very good. I heard that there is a good R&D center in Silicon Valley. I wonder if you are interested in wireless solutions?" Bauer asked.

Fang Zhuo repeated what the other party said: "Wireless solution?"

This time Ball added an extra word: "Wireless Solutions Division."

Fang Zhuo was surprised: "Is it the overall sale of the department?"

Ball gave a definite answer.

Fang Zhuo was silent for a few seconds. Hey, this new leader is really a bastard.

Infineon's wireless solutions department WLS, simply put, is Infineon's wireless chip department. It mainly provides baseband processors, radio frequency transceivers, power management integrated circuits, additional connectivity features, single-chip solutions and corresponding system software.

However, Infineon's wireless chip division cannot even match STMicroelectronics, let alone compete with Qualcomm.

It is indeed useless to Infineon, and it is reasonable to use it to operate during the economic crisis.

Fang Zhuo changed his mind and did not expect to see the opening of Infineon Supermarket on the first day of the new year. He still gave priority to providing the category list to shareholders.

He inquired: "How much?"

"2 billion euros." Bauer quoted in a deep voice.

Fang Zhuo: "..."

He gave each other ten seconds to adjust their mood and said again: "Cut yourself."

Do you really think of yourself as the God of Wealth? This price is too expensive.

Ball then cut himself off and explained: "This is the price we are considering externally, Mr. Fang, if Yike is interested in WLS, we can negotiate a reasonable price based on 1.5 billion euros."

Fang Zhuo estimated that there was still a lot of space here, but if we really wanted to negotiate, other conditions would have to be attached.

He pondered for a moment and said: "As far as I know, Infineon's WLS does have big customers like Nokia and Samsung, but they mainly use highly substitutable parts such as radio frequency and baseband. Moreover, in order to attract customers, The profit margin is probably very slim.”

Ball said nothing, this was indeed the case, otherwise why would it be considered for sale.

The Wireless Solutions Division is a larger division of Infineon. In terms of revenue contribution alone, it can account for 30% of Infineon. However, it is hovering on the edge of profitability, and it is more than enough.

"After hearing this news, Yike does have some interest, but it depends on the specific situation of your WLS." Fang Zhuo said, "In principle, I support Infineon traveling lightly. If we can solve the problem of Qimonda and With WLS, I believe Infineon’s financial situation will be significantly improved this year.”

"Well, at the beginning of next month, Ice Core will have a team going to Germany, and Yike will also send a team by then. I hope we can talk about reducing the burden on Infineon."

Bauer heard what Mr. Fang said was a little vague and asked: "Bingxin and Yike's team? Can Bingxin also consider acquiring WLS?"

"No, Bauer, Bingxin is a member of Qimonda's creditor representatives. I hope Bingxin and Yike can be helpful to Infineon's Qimonda and WLS." Fang Zhuo replied.

Bauer was shocked: "Bingxin is the creditor's representative? However, Qimonda and WLS are two different things."

"Yes, they are two different things." Fang Zhuo admitted this and added, "However, putting them together may help solve the problem. The DRAM patent in Qimonda's hands has no value if it is placed there. Ice Core has a certain effect on it. interest.”

Bauer understood that ice cores could also be paid for.

"On February 3, our team will arrive in Germany, and I hope everyone can have candid contact." Fang Zhuo issued a heartfelt wish on the first day of the New Year.

"Infineon has always been very honest with its friends. Mr. Fang, I hope you will come to Infineon again when you have time." Bauer knew that Mr. Fang visited the factory at the beginning of the month.

Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "Definitely, I wish Infineon will get better and better."

Ball ended the call politely: "Thank you, Mr. Fang, and I wish Yike and Bingxin a better development."

The CEO of Infineon, the new shareholder of Infineon, the creditor representative of Qimonda, Yike and the head of Bingxin concluded a fruitful dialogue. They all had a bright outlook for the new year. One hopes to sell more money, and the other hopes to make more money. Buy something.