Special troubles of rebirth

"How is your cooperation with Karen Qiao going?"

"A preliminary agreement has been reached, and we plan to conduct a cooperation this year to test the integrity of the cooperation between the two parties."

Bao Yaozong grinned and said: "This guy returned to Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. It is said that he went back to make preparations."

The Cai family also left Shanghai last Saturday. They have signed a framework agreement with Zhangjiang High-tech Industrial Park in Shanghai. According to the agreement, the Cai family will implement the project in the next three to six months, and Zhangjiang High-tech Park The first phase of land will also be provided and relevant preferential policies will be implemented in accordance with the agreement.

Cai Jingan contacted Wang Yu once before leaving, roughly revealing some public-level information, and said that the Cai family would fulfill its promise and hand over chip packaging and testing at the end of the industry chain to Wang Yu.

This involves a key point. In Cai Jing'an's eyes, these two industries are industries that Wang Yu has not been "contacted" in before, so it is unrealistic for him to develop them from scratch. The only way now is through mergers and acquisitions.

Therefore, Cai Jing'an said that after the project is launched, he will take him to Bangzi Country to assist him in acquiring related companies.

There are historical reasons why it is a stick country, and its connection is closely related to the migration of the entire semiconductor industry.

As early as the oil crisis broke out in 1973, the European and American economies were stagnant. Xiaobenzi took the opportunity to vigorously develop the semiconductor industry and implement the very large-scale integrated circuit plan. After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, by 1986, Xiaobenzi's semiconductor products had surpassed the United States and became The world's largest semiconductor producer.

In fact, at this stage, not only the semiconductor industry exploded, but also automobile manufacturing, precision machinery and other aspects were developing rapidly, directly turning itself into the world's second largest economy, with GDP catching up to 60% of that of the United States. The United States felt the impact threat, they began to use non-market means to dismember the small economy.

In the 20s, the small economy began to fall into recession, and the semiconductor industry also had to transfer technology to the big country due to the intervention of the United States. Under this situation, the big country achieved mass production of DRAM through technology introduction.

At the same time, semiconductor manufacturers are changing from the IDM model to the design + manufacturing + packaging model, which has spawned the rise of a large number of foundry manufacturers, among which Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is the representative.

Because the era of fully intelligent mobile phones has not yet arrived, Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has not yet entered a period of rapid development. Taking advantage of the subprime mortgage crisis in 08, Wang Yu also intervened in the packaging and testing chain at the end of the chip industry chain. .

For the Cai family, chip packaging is not a core technology. Let Wang Yu take over it, which can save them a lot of money and time. Why not?

But they don't know one thing. At most, by the end of this year, Wang Yu's two production lines in Chengdu, southwest China, can be started by domestic technicians, and the R&D side is already working on the relevant technology.

Based on the idea that more is better, Wang Yu will not refuse a more complete set of equipment. If he can acquire two or three production lines this time, he can completely ask the Southwest to dismantle one set for domestic research and accelerate the domestic undertaking of this technology. .

During many visits to the southwest R&D base, Wang Yu also roughly got some information about the semiconductor industry. Technically speaking, chip production can be roughly divided into three processes: silicon wafer manufacturing, chip manufacturing and packaging and testing.

Among them, silicon wafer manufacturing includes purification, single crystal pulling, cylindrical grinding, slicing, chamfering, grinding, CMP, epitaxial growth and other processes. Chip manufacturing includes cleaning, deposition, oxidation, photolithography, etching, doping, CMP, Metallization and other processes, packaging testing including thinning, cutting, patching, wire bonding, molding, electroplating, rib cutting, final testing and other processes.

Overall, the technical barriers to silicon wafer manufacturing and chip manufacturing are extremely high, with only packaging and testing being relatively simple.

You must know that even Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. can start from OEM processing and develop its own mature and advanced packaging and testing technology. Wang Yu can do the same!

There were a lot of words, but in fact, it was just a flash in Wang Yu's mind. He paused for a moment and then responded to Bao Yaozong: "I want to tell you something else."

Next, I talked about my encounter with Gao Hanwen when I was in the capital.

"He said there are other ways to help us. If you have someone there, you can contact us, but don't get involved!"

"You mean they might...?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know!"

Wang Yu shook his head: "What should you do over there? For Gao Hanwen's line, we just want to get the results and don't worry about the process!"

"understand!"

Bao Yaozong laughed and said: "To put it simply, it's just prostitution for nothing."

Wang Yu also laughed and nodded: "Yes, we got it for free!"

After dinner, Wang Yu asked Guo Yuan, Song Qiuyun and others to go back first, while he and Bao Yaozong went to squeeze their feet before going home.

The next morning, he arrived at the Guoke Building and started to deal with the backlog of affairs as usual. He couldn't finish it until nearly half past eleven. He stretched out, turned on the computer and started browsing the news website.

Suddenly a piece of information jumped into his eyes: "GM is bankrupt, is there any hope for restructuring?"

Wang Yu was slightly startled, then clicked on the title and looked at the text.

The content of this article is actually only two to three thousand words, but Wang Yu read it three times, and through careful reading, he stimulated some memories of his previous life.

General Motors of the United States went bankrupt in 2009, and finally saved this century-old store through restructuring. But this is not the most important thing. What caught Wang Yu's full attention was a short line of words inside.

"General Motors may intend to sell off its sub-brand Opel. According to relevant information reports, many domestic companies including BAIC are expected to acquire the brand."

In Wang Yu's memory, in 05, Nanjing Automobile acquired the British MG brand, but he did not develop it himself. Later, in 07, it was acquired by SAIC together with Nanjing Automobile. In the same year, SAIC also acquired a British brand called Luofu. Brand, this brand is relatively niche, and Chinese people may not be familiar with it, but later, SAIC used technology derived from Luofu to localize a car brand called Roewe, and everyone may be familiar with it.

In addition, in 12, BYD and Jaguar Land Rover jointly invested in a production base in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, and produced the later Chery Jaguar Land Rover.

In Wang Yu's memory, there is no impression that Opel was finally acquired by a domestic automobile company, not even a joint venture like BYD!

If my memory is correct, the only truth is that General Motors did not sell the Opel brand after the reorganization.

After thinking with a frown, Wang Yu pressed the button installed on the left side of the desk.

Not long after, Shang Wanzhen knocked on the door and came in.

"Inform Director Guo Yuan and ask her to come to my office immediately!"

Wang Yu explained: "Notify the canteen below that I may go to eat later, please leave some food for me!"

Shortly after Shang Wanzhen went out, Guo Yuan rushed to Wang Yu's office.

"Boss, is there something urgent?"

"Sit down and read this news first!"

Wang Yu waited for Guo Yuan to sit down across from his desk, then turned the laptop around and pushed it over.

Guo Yuan saw the news about General Motors' bankruptcy at a glance.

I think of Wang Yu mentioning new energy vehicles just a few days ago. Could it be related to this?

When she thought of this, Guo Yuan trembled all over, even her chicken skin stood up in the summer.

"You pay attention to the most important piece of information in it. Although it is only one sentence, it is very important!"

Seeing Guo Yuan starting to read the message seriously, Wang Yu took the time to light a cigar and smoke it slowly.

Two or three minutes later, Guo Yuan raised her head and looked at Wang Yu: "Boss, GM intends to sell Opel!"

"Yes, this is the piece of information I want you to pay attention to."

Wang Yu leaned back in his chair at this time: "I need you to do a few things next."

Hearing this, Guo Yuan immediately pricked up her ears.

"First, immediately find a way to understand Opel's current situation, including its own value, business scope, operating conditions in recent years, etc."

Wang Yu said unhurriedly: "If you have difficulties over there, you can pay a well-known international commercial investigation agency to do this. The sooner the better!"

"Well, I understand, time comes first!"

Wang Yu nodded, and then continued: "Second, let's find out which domestic car companies General Motors is currently in contact with. In addition to BAIC, is there any SAIC, because SAIC-GM Buick itself is a joint venture product between them and General Motors, and they also have You may have been in contact with them. In addition to the car companies that you have been in contact with, it is best to understand the willingness of these car companies to acquire the Opel brand.”

Guo Yuan had a look of embarrassment on her face, but she didn't say anything. She gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement: "I will try to understand it in as much detail as possible."

"I won't let you carry such a big thing alone!"

Seeing Guo Yuan's expression, Wang Yu smiled: "I will also use relevant resources to understand the situation inside. You know why I asked you to participate!"

Why else?

When Wang Yu said this, Guo Yuan felt that even if there was a big mountain in front of her, she could dig through it!

"These are just basic information to understand. If we really want to get to that step, there will be a lot of things!"

Wang Yu took two puffs of cigar before continuing: "Let's not talk about how complicated the procedure of this kind of cross-border acquisition is, and we are still a private enterprise with no experience in manufacturing cars. The funds for this acquisition alone"

Guo Yuan's heart skipped a beat, but she still looked at Wang Yu with a look of trust in her eyes, a bit like a fanatical believer.

She still remembers that when Wang Yu acquired Yonghua Bank, he spent more than 5 billion yuan. He must not have spent more than this to acquire Opel, right?

My boss has always been good at creating miracles, there is no doubt about this!

Faced with Guo Yuan's fiery eyes, Wang Yu smacked his mouth.

I wonder how much I can harvest from the reverse harvest of European debt. Will it be enough for me to buy Opel?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and dial Bai Jieru's number.

Because I was very busy on the last day before the Dragon Boat Festival and lost some time, I will post a chapter tonight and make up for it tomorrow!

During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, I coded at home. Anyway, I dedicated all my coding to everyone. Thank you for your continued support!