Chapter 1027 The Situation Is Reversed, Things Are Different Now
After returning after a few months, Zhang Zhongmou clearly felt that the attitude of Wu Tao's people had changed subtly.
Zhang Zhongmou had already heard about the fact that Cao Yicheng of UMC was also negotiating with Wu Tao.
But with his confidence in his own strength, he did not take this matter to heart.
As soon as the negotiations started, Zhang Zhongmou was dumbfounded when faced with the trinity cooperation framework proposed by Ni Guangnan. He did not expect that the other party's appetite would be so huge.
However, TSMC's investment in mainland China this time is just the first one, which is a cooperation plan in the field of chip design.
As a result, Ni Guangnan and his party immediately looked at Zhang Zhongmou and this group of people strangely.
Liu Deyin, who was sitting next to Zhang Zhongmou, was actually more anxious than anyone else.
There is no doubt that if the cooperation with Wu Tao can be achieved, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to him.
After all, Zhang Zhongmou didn't know Wu Tao's strength, but he, Liu Deyin, knew it very well.
In his opinion, such a young handsome man is definitely a great potential stock and the most ideal partner.
It's just that the current situation has encountered such huge differences from the beginning, which is obviously a bad sign.
When Ni Guangnan saw the huge discrepancy in the cooperation intentions between the two parties, he immediately stopped talking. The old man was just busy drinking tea.
Tao Changxuan, who represents the direction of chip application, took over the conversation and said in a white face: "Mr. Zhang, we understand the strength of TSMC, so we especially hope that the cooperation between the two parties can be more comprehensive and in-depth. In this regard, can you Think about it more deeply?”
Zhang Zhongmou's face was cold, and his expression became arrogant. He pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, put his hands together and said: "There is an old saying in China, one bite cannot make you fat. You have proposed so many cooperation intentions, and every one of them is satisfactory." We need the necessary technical foundation and talent reserve, and I’m very worried, do you have the strength and foundation in this area?”
Faced with this question raised by his boss, Liu Deyin was more anxious than anyone else.
He winked at Zhang Zhongmou frequently, but this unkind question was still thrown out.
Tao Changxuan, who was originally singing with a white face, was not willing to continue singing. Like Ni Guangnan, he smiled and drank tea alone.
The situation suddenly became awkward.
This is obviously a sign of looking down upon yourself!
So Liu Ruoxi, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, as the secretary-general of the China Electronic Chip Association, had no choice but to speak.
"Mr. Zhang, since you raised this question, it seems that you don't know enough about our strength and accumulation. Well, let me briefly introduce it to Mr. Zhang and everyone."
Liu Ruoxi's voice is very nice and powerful.
"First of all, Tianxin Technology is a chip design and development company with a strong capital background. Its investor is Tianqi Investment. I will not introduce it in this aspect."
"...To put it simply, Tianqi Investment is a large investment company with a capital scale that is comparable to Quantum Fund. Since its establishment, it has done many successful cases that can be called textbook examples. It has also cooperated with Morgan Consortium, Quantum Fund, Agnelli The consortium and the Mitsui Consortium have a strong cooperative relationship."
"Secondly, in terms of the technical team, we have an overseas chip R&D team headed by Academician Ni Guangnan, and have successfully launched successful chip products such as LAMC60 and LAMC61."
"...Not only that, Tianxin Technology has established cooperation in the semiconductor business with ASML, Toshiba Semiconductor, Olympus Optical, MediaTek, South Korea's Samsung and many other companies."
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It wasn't until Liu Ruoxi finished speaking loudly that the situation truly became awkward.
Zhang Zhongmou thought that Wu Tao would treat him like a god and provide for him, but he didn't expect that Wu Tao was so powerful that there was no need to give him a good face.
Especially now that the negotiations have reached this point, TSMC has no choice but to retreat.
Either accept the other party's trinity chip cooperation framework, be led by the other party's lead, and continue the negotiation; or stop here, everyone can't do business, and it's easy to get together and break up.
However, Zhang Zhongmou, who has always been accustomed to leading others by the nose, will never agree to be led by the nose by mainland companies.
As a result, the originally planned three-day negotiation schedule ended early in just two hours.
In the end, there was only one, each went back to his own home and looked for his own mother.
After the meeting, Zhang Zhongmou and others left first, but Liu De stayed for some excuses. On the surface, he was catching up with Ni Guangnan and Tao Changxuan, but secretly, he wanted to find out Wu Tao's bottom line and see if there was any way back. room.
In this regard, Zhang Zhongmou also turned a blind eye when he left.
Liu Deyin pulled Ni Guangnan and Tao Changxuan and said a bunch of good things, and their faces looked better.
Ni Guangnan still covered his teacup and said nothing, but Tao Changxuan couldn't help but bury TSMC and said: "Vice President Liu, to be honest, I don't know what TSMC is thinking? Just use a chip design cooperation plan to fool us, do you really think we are A beggar, so easy to get rid of?"
In response to this, Liu Deyin smacked his lips and was speechless. He could only find other reasons to change the subject and said: "But Mr. Wu, your boss, originally persuaded us, TSMC, and spent a lot of effort to get the Taiwan authorities to The order restricting the overseas development of chips has been lifted. Now Mr. Wu is leaving TSMC in the air, which is inappropriate."
Ni Guangnan put down his cup, banged the table and said, "Vice President Liu, I have to speak with my conscience. We didn't make any promises to you at the beginning, right? Besides, the cancellation of this restriction order by the Taiwan authorities is not Is it because of your contribution to TSMC?"
"Yes, yes!" Liu Deyin wiped the sweat from his forehead, "But the negotiation has to continue, right? Why don't both sides give in, and I can report to President Zhang when I get back."
Tao Changxuan waved his hand and said: "That's impossible! To be honest, Vice President Liu, in our previous cooperation negotiations with UMC, Mr. Cao basically recognized the trinity chip cooperation framework proposed by us, and both of us achieved great results in the negotiations. Great progress. If TSMC is still as lacking in sincerity as it is today, then there is no need for us to continue talking."
"No, no, no!" Liu Deyin was so anxious that he was sweating, but he also knew in his heart that if UMC had really agreed to this cooperation framework, it would be impossible for TSMC to be shortlisted.
Because TSMC’s President Zhang didn’t intend to show much sincerity at all.
Liu Deyin returned to the hotel and quickly reported the news to President Zhang.
Sure enough, Zhang Zhongmou immediately rejected the need for further contact and negotiation between the two parties.
But having said that, in order to open a policy breakthrough this time, TSMC also spent a lot of effort. If mainland investment ends quietly, it will be a big loss no matter how you think about it.
What's more, sailing against the current will lead to retreat if you don't advance.
Once UMC is allowed to seize this overseas cooperation opportunity, TSMC is likely to be overtaken by the other party in the future.
Recreate the situation of the two powers fighting for hegemony.
Therefore, TSMC is now on the verge of taking action and has no choice but to make a move. It has no choice but to take this step unswervingly!