Chapter 842 Mitsui is in action

Things were not as simple as I thought. Zhang Ke followed Ye Jianbin's car to Jianye Hotel, and Yao Wensheng intercepted him halfway through the hotel lobby.

"The district just received a notice that officials from the Development and Reform Commission and the Information Industry Department will accompany representatives of Huaxia Electronics, Mitsui Products and RBNEC Electronics in two days. Three days later, Jianye visited the construction factory of Zhongjing Microchip and asked us to do a good job in reception. The notice was transferred from the mayor's office..."

"What do they want to do?" Ye Jianbin asked with a frown. Mitsui Products' China office was deeply involved in the 5** case and chose this opportunity to go out. It is really intriguing.

"Misi's usual tricks," Cui Guoheng has been studying RB Comprehensive Trading Company for a long time and is very clear about Mitsui Products' business penetration model in other countries. He said without hesitation, "After the 516 case, Mitsui did not want to lose the rare earth interests in China because of this. They would not sit back and see the changes in the situation. This time, they probably want to stuff a sweet date over here."

Mitsui, NEC Electronics, Huaxia Electronics; Zhongjing Microchip, Mayor's Office—Xiao Mingjian?

Zhang Ke stood in the magnificent hall of Jianye Hotel, looked up at the tower-shaped crystal chandeliers above his head, pondered for a few seconds before hesitating and asked and answered: "Do they want to build a second wafer factory in China?" He raised his hand and pointed to his watch, asking Ye Jianbin and Cui Guoheng to attend the seminar first.

Ye Jianbin and Cui Guoheng first went to attend the morning seminar, and Zhang Ke asked Yao Wensheng: "Where is Secretary Wang?"

"He is still in Xinpu and can take time out to come to the city at noon."

"No need. Since they want to visit the Zhongjing Microchip project, we always have to make some preparations first," said Zhang Ke. "Let's go to Xinpu, and you call Secretary Wang if he has time to see him at the factory."

Liu Zhicheng, who was once the chief operating officer of TSMC, has no doubt about the ability to build a factory. The Zhongjing Microchip project was officially launched in October last year. At this time, the factory has entered the stage of equipment installation, and will be ahead of October this year to have the first 0.35 micron wafer production line.

Zhang Ke, Wang Weijun and Liu Zhicheng met in front of the factory gate and walked towards the under-construction factory area. The hardened road surface has been completed, making the entire factory area look neat and magnificent.

"A long time ago, the central government planned to introduce wafer technology from RB, and the negotiating target was NEC Electronics, but the negotiations were slow to make progress. It seems that Mitsui is pushing behind the scenes to make NEC Electronics take the initiative," said Wang Weijun. "Zhongjing Microchip is about to be completed, and those overseas manufacturers also realize that it is meaningless to block the 0.35-micron wafer process technology on China at this time..."

"Hehe, but for the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Information Technology, the significance is different," Zhang Ke said with a smile. "The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Information Technology have no choice before supporting us in the construction of the Zhongjing Microchip project. In their eyes, after the Zhongjing Microchip is completed, it is always the children of other people. If Mitsui Products and NEC promise to provide technology to jointly build a wafer factory with Huaxia Electronics, they will have their own children to raise..."

"Two children compete for milk?" Wang Weijun frowned and smiled bitterly. Zhang Ke's metaphor was really appropriate, saying: "Zhongjing Microchip will get much less support from the central government in the future..."

"..." Zhang Ke pursed his lips slightly, "Mijing's main intention is to use this project to influence the 516 case. I wonder if they will target Zhongjing Microchip specifically - but they hope to quickly advance the project process so that the central government can choose between the 516 case and the fab project. Once the 516 case is closed, it will be meaningless for Mitsui to make efforts for this matter..."

"When the Hi-tech Zone builds supporting facilities for Zhongjing Microchip, it takes into account the needs of the second phase project. If they build the project in Jianye, they can directly compete for Zhongjing Microchip's supporting resources, and the project process will naturally accelerate a lot..." Liu Zhicheng frowned, "They suddenly want to visit us, which is also meaningful!" Liu Zhicheng had thought that after the first phase project was completed, he would immediately launch the second phase project with more advanced process technology, so that he could catch up with advanced foreign technologies as quickly as possible. However, with such changes, Zhongjing Microchip not only did not receive the support of the central government's capital in construction, but it was also very likely that the supporting resources of the second phase project would be taken away by Mitsui and Huaxia Electronics Hengdao. I felt really unhappy when I heard this news.

"Will they build the project directly here?" Wang Weijun also had a headache. The notice was transferred from Xiao Mingjian's office, which means that Xiao Mingjian will lead the introduction of the project.

Luo Jun is the secretary of the municipal party committee. His division of labor in economic work is responsible for the overall deployment of industrial development. The launch of the new high-tech industry strategy for the digital corridor is Luo Jun’s greatest political achievement. The economic work at the operational level is the jurisdiction of Mayor Xiao Mingjian and the municipal government.

Luo Jun had a long stretch of his hand before, but he could not always stretch his hand for a long stretch. Xiao Mingjian might take this opportunity to get the powers that the municipal government should have back from Luo Jun. Luo Jun could not refuse Huaxia Electronics and NEC to jointly build a wafer factory in the Hi-Tech Zone - a billion-dollar investment, further consolidate the industrial foundation of the digital corridor concept, and make Jianye's high-tech industry development far ahead of other key cities in China. Such achievements even make Beijing Zhongguancun eclipse, and Luo Jun's day of high rise is not far away. For Luo Jun, who is not far away, he may no longer mind Xiao Mingjian and him competing for power in Jianye.

Xiao Mingjian became strong, and Wang Weijun's situation would be relatively painful. He chewed gently: "No wonder he has been so active during this period?" The municipal law enforcement team went to Xuefu Lane to conduct law enforcement and cause trouble. A few days have passed. The worries in his heart have turned into reality, which is really difficult to face.

"It's not entirely bad," said Zhang Ke. "We talked with Deyi about the cooperation between the fabs for several months without progress. This should have promoted Deyi... In addition, some things are not something we can stop. Just like running a marathon, even if they are building a fab in Jianye, the real competition is whether they can make profits after the fab is built, and whether they can promote the development of domestic high-tech industries and technology. This is the foundation for calculating the outcome. No matter how big the stall is, isn't it even more ugly to have a broken flop?"

After meeting with Wang Weijun, Zhang Ke did not stay in Xinpu for lunch, but took a bus back to the city and blocked the bridge when passing through the Xiaojiang Bridge. Only another bus was sent to the bridge to pick it up, and Zhang Ke, Zhai Danqing, Fu Jun and others hiked across the bridge.

"I think Jianye City can consider the planning of the three bridges..." Zhai Danqing lifted up his hair and looked at the convoy that was invisible on the bridge deck, and said in a slight sense.

The weather is sunny today, with light clouds floating like silky clouds. Standing on the bridge, you can see the construction site of the Second Bridge. The Second Bridge will be closed and opened to traffic as early as the end of the year. Although the completion of the Second Bridge will alleviate the traffic congestion in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, the problem cannot be completely solved. In particular, if you want to accelerate the development of the Jiangbei area, you must have at least four to five main channels to connect Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

"We don't need to worry about this leisure..." Zhang Ke sighed lightly. As the scale of Jianye High-tech Industry became larger and larger, the role that Jinhu could play in the development of Jianye High-tech Industry was no longer so eye-catching, and its direct impact on the city would naturally gradually weaken. Luo Jun is a very realistic official and has always just borrowed from Jinhu and took advantage of the situation. Even the city of Jianye was just a pedal in his career. Zhang Ke never placed everything on Luo Jun.

"Before, I thought the time to establish Jinhu Commercial Business was a bit too early, and today it seems that it is not too early..." Zhai Danqing looked at Zhang Ke with his head turned around.

Zhang Ke smiled bitterly, didn't say anything, but felt a little headache. All such things should be foreseen. With experience in the past, how could he deceive Mitsui's tricks? NEC provides technology with Huaxia Electronics to build a wafer factory in a joint venture, and it is also a lame product. Unfortunately, even if these projects will become a mess in the future, Ge Jiande and Xiao Mingjian have long been promoted by this pedal, and no one will stand up and take any responsibility for the mess.

Zhai Danqing got into the car and looked at Zhang Ke's back of his head against the window glass slightly closed his eyes. The light from the window fell on his fair and beautiful cheeks, as if a layer of milky white light was floating, forming a bright and dark area with the straight bridge of his nose as the dividing line. Even if he looked at it with a strict eye, this face should be covered in a handsome type, but his brows were slightly frowning, which made people feel a little distressed when they saw it.

Zhai Danqing thought to himself: There are some women who have a headache for this kid, and no matter how hard it is, they are not at their turn.

Zhang Ke felt his brain was a little swollen. He used his brain too much these days and often had a migraine. He just had to eat with Liang Weifa at noon, and he had no choice but to go back to rest. He just pressed his finger against his temple to relieve it slightly. In addition to the matter of Jinhu Mining, Liang Weifa's main purpose this time was to hold a second negotiation with Donghai Province for the plan of regional economic cooperation. The key areas of Xiaojiang regional economic cooperation are Haizhou, Huishan, Jianye, and Jinshan and Xinting in Jiangnan Province. Jinhu hopes to hold shares in Jinshan and Xinting in the urban commercial banks. Jinhu seeks a deeper influence on the regional economy and in the financial field

Exerting influence is an indispensable way. Urban commercial banks are currently the only area where the domestic financial industry has relaxed private capital. Although urban commercial banks are small in scale and are restricted and must be operated locally, if urban commercial banks in Haizhou, Huishan, Jianye, Jinshan and Xinting can unite and strengthen cooperation with each other, they can break through the restrictions of regional policies to a certain extent. When the policies of urban commercial banks are further relaxed in the future, urban commercial banks in the five places can unite to form a large commercial bank. If Kumho wants to control a large financial institution in China, this is probably the only possibility in the next ten years.

By noon, Liang Weifa also knew that Mitsui Products and NEC Electronics representatives would accompany the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Information and Industry and Huaxia Electronics officials to visit Zhongjing Microchip's construction factory. Anyone who hears this news will involuntarily think that Mitsui Products will work with NEC Electronics to support Huaxia Electronics to build a second wafer fab project in China.

After having lunch with Liang Weifa, Zhang Ke met with Cui Wenyi and Chen Rongkun and exchanged views. Ye Zhenmin was going back to Beijing in the afternoon, and Zhang Ke personally took Ye Zhenmin to the airport.

Standing in the waiting hall, Ye Zhenmin said with a slight worry: "Mijing is moving very fast?"

Zhang Ke remembered a book called "Mijing in Action" in later generations and said with a smile: "It's better if you have the opportunity to fight with your body, second uncle, you don't have time, otherwise you'll have only been in Jianye for two days to see the faces of those people."

Ye Zhenmin smiled. He had never seen any faces he had been in the officialdom for years? It was Kumho that made people feel refreshed, but it was Kumho's maverickness that made Kumho suffer from some undeserved rejection.

Back at the Youth Apartment from the airport, the back of the head was so swollen that it hurt. I sat on the sofa and closed my breath to calm my mind. I wanted to relieve the headache. I heard Zhai Danqing's slim heels walking on the marble floor with a crisp sound.

Zhai Danqing wanted to prepare the materials for Cui Guoheng to show them. Seeing Zhang Ke sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, his eyebrows were slightly frowning due to headaches. He must have been unable to relax. Naturally, he couldn't breathe a sigh of relief. He put the materials on the table and walked behind him: "Do you want someone to rub them for you?" But Zhang Ke raised his head and leaned against the backrest of the sofa, stretched his eyebrows, and a smile that seemed to be enjoying a lot appeared on the corner of his mouth. He clearly wanted her to do it himself.

This scoundrel! Zhai Danqing cursed in his heart, but did not refuse. He raised his hand and pressed his finger against Zhang Ke's forehead and rubbed it.

Zhai Danqing's fingers came with a slightly cool and delicate touch. Standing beside her, smelling the faint fragrance coming from her body, it felt like she was entering the plum tree late. It was rare that Zhai Danqing took the initiative to propose it. However, Zhang Ke didn't have such a bold idea. It's a pity that Zhai Danqing's fingering was not proficient. Zhang Ke did not dare to give detailed guidance for the moment, and did not dare to speak out where he should be heavier and where should be lighter. The range of finger movements could be larger, and his back muscles seemed to be a little sore and swollen. It was already an unexpected joy to have such enjoyment.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Zhang Ke opened his eyes alertly, and Sun Jingmeng pushed the door in and looked at them suspiciously: "What are you doing?"

Zhai Danqing withdrew her hand a moment before she pushed the door open, but her posture with Zhang Ke was also a little weird. Zhang Ke put his head down and pillowed on the back of the sofa. She stood behind the sofa, pulling her hand away from Zhang Ke's head but didn't have time to fall. However, Zhai Danqing was not panicked. Seeing the suspicion in Sun Jingmeng's eyes, she smiled and said, "What are you worried about us?"

"Who is worried about what you do?" Sun Jingmeng's wariness when she entered the door made Zhai Danqing disperse her words. She pursed her lips, stood at the door, changed her shoes, walked upstairs.

Hirozo Chi came to Beijing in early April and visited Nobuyuki Ono, the then general representative of Mitsui Products China. Nobuyuki Onoki gave him two documents, one of which was the progress of Mitsui Products' main related projects in China, and the other was the business plan of Mitsui Products in China. Each document had an open palm thickness, showing the importance of the Chinese market to Mitsui. However, on the eve of his arrival in Beijing again as the general representative of Mitsui China, 516 cases were revealed, which not only harmed Mitsui's rare earth interests in China, but also implicated Mitsui's other businesses in China. A power cooperation project with a contract amount of 2 billion yuan with Zhejiang Province also came to a halt due to the doubts of his competitors.

Getting rid of the impact of the 516 case on Mitsui's business in China and regaining Mitsui's rare earth interests in China as much as possible has become a problem that Chi Satsuhisa must face before he officially came to Beijing to take office. Nobuyuki Ono, the general representative of the China Region, who had previously planned to be transferred to the Mitsui Economic Research Institute, also stayed in China for one year in the name of the general consultant, to assist Chi Satsuhisa to overcome the current difficulties together.

In a Japanese-style diner in the back alley of Wangfujing, Beijing, Li Zai-sooji sat on a tatami, put his hands casually on a wooden table, and looked at Chi Zuoxue sitting opposite him, and said lightly: "Mamitsu is deeply involved in this entanglement and is difficult to get out. According to Samsung's intelligence search in China, it is completely the case that the company of Kumho is making trouble behind the scenes. I heard that Kumho is apart from China's institutions that are specifically responsible for the rare earth industry, gathered some officials in Jianye to discuss how to completely collect the dominance of the rare earth industry into one hand. Once they succeed, they will be eyeing Mitsui's other businesses in China next... However, Mitsui's attack this time was considered a fierce attack on their weaknesses, and Zhongjing Microchip has placed their great expectations!"

"Samsung is not worried?" asked Ji Zuoxue.

"Samsung was dragged down by the Asian financial crisis and was still struggling desperately in the quagmire. How can he have the energy to think about such a distant thing?" Lee Jae-soo said, "Even if he is worried, he can't make such a fierce counterattack from Mitsui."

"Even if Samsung is still struggling in the quagmire, as far as I know, the budget invested in research this year is 600 million more than the $2 billion last year... Before I came to Beijing, I heard someone warn me that even if Samsung struggles in the quagmire, it will not be underestimated by Samsung, because once Samsung struggles out of the quagmire, it will be a ferocious beast, and even Mitsui has to be careful. I wonder if this metaphor is appropriate?"

"It's really a pleasure to hear Xiuzang say this. I hope you say this is not to numb us," Li Jae-soo laughed and said, "We have been following the company in Jinhu for a while. If Mitsui can set the project location in Jianye, it will not only completely suppress Zhongjing Microcore in the future market competition, but also squeeze Zhongjing Microcore's development space in Jianye. Mayor Xiao Mingjian of Jianye has always had some views on Jinhu. You must make good use of this relationship. Xiuzang, what else do you need to help with? Even if you talk to me. I happen to have to go to Jianye during this period. I don't know if I can go with you the day after tomorrow?"

Ji Zuoxue's eyes were closed and he nodded and agreed: "Misi Products is just to match NEC and Huaxia Electronics. Why didn't Samsung directly add more strength to this cooperation?"

"Why can we retreat where we can do our best?" Lee Jae-soo said, "Samsung's current dilemma is to survive. For this reason, the president even sold the semiconductor factory he founded himself to Americans... Some people at the Mitsui executives have some opinions about us, otherwise we would ask for help directly at Mitsui Gate."

It is true that Samsung was in a financial crisis at that time, but Lee Kun-hee, who is known as the "God of HG Management", still dominates Samsung's future behind it. While actively taking measures to resolve the financial crisis, she also strengthens research investment in digital technology. It can be seen that Samsung has never given up its ambitions for the market. Lee Jae-soo's showing weakness at this time is just their survival strategy.

Ji Zuoxu was unhappy and said some bluffing words to Lee Jae-soo again, and asked about Li Xinyu's recent situation: "I heard that Xinyu decided to study in China after summer. I wonder if she chose a good school?"

"I don't know this yet," said Lee Jae-soo. "I thought Xinyu told you. I planned to go to school in Tokyo for one year. I didn't know what was wrong with this girl, but then I suddenly decided to study in China. She looked weak, but she was stubborn. What was going on is a stubborn thing. Could she have known Xiuzang, you are coming to Beijing before?"

Although Chi Sashuzo was told to work in China as early as mid-March, the news was not announced until early May. Not to mention Li Xinyu, even Samsung's intelligence search department did not know that she was going to work in China. Li Xinyu was going to study in China before this, but she had no relationship with her. Thinking of the disgusting Chinese-style face before the Tokyo Electronics Exhibition, an unhappy feeling surged in Chi Sashuzo's heart.

"This is the first time Chi Zuojun met Miss Xinyu eight years ago?" Jin Nanyong interrupted happily when he saw the topic turned to Li Xinyu.

"Yes, I was shocked when I first met Xinyu eight years ago," Ji Zuoxuezhao, like most RB men, did not hide his greed for beauty. "I had always been worried about being married to other ugly daughters under the pressure of the family. Even if I don't have to bear much responsibility for my husband, it is always not a pleasant thing to meet an ugly woman often. Seeing Xinyu, I decided to wait ten years for Xinyu to grow up."

Lee Jae-soo was a little unhappy, but he didn't show it on his face. He said goodbye and left. After getting in the car, he said to Kim Nam-yong: "Is it a chance for us to talk about cooperation with Kumho now? The digital audio player technology and Chinese digital key input technology in Kumho will be able to get it, which will be of great help to Samsung's business."
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