Chapter 361 Signing of Equipment Supply Contract, Visitors From the Imperial Capital Arrived in Shenzhen

"It should be almost done." Chen Xing counted the time in the corridor, looking at the stars outside the window.

"Click——"

The door handle of the office turned.

Li Zhenzhen looked at Chen Xing waiting in the corridor, stepped closer and lowered her voice: "The price has been negotiated. This is a detailed quotation list. It only needs your signature and seal."

"Let me see."

Chen Xing took the quotation.

45 cubic PTFE coating mixing kettle: 3 million.

High viscosity, high concentration and high solid multifunctional filtration equipment: 1.9 million.

Ultra-high speed coating machine: 1 million.

ICP-MS element analyzer: 2.8 million.

Chen Xing simply glanced at the price of the quotation. The construction of a photoresist production line requires tens of millions of yuan just to purchase equipment, which is completely incomparable to mobile phone production lines.

In addition to photoresists, there are also production equipment for semiconductor silicon wafers.

Such as submerged arc furnaces, quartz crucible pulling furnaces, angle grinders, crystal growth furnaces, etc.

Compared with the price of photoresist equipment, the price of semiconductor silicon wafer equipment is relatively affordable. It only costs 8 million to build a single production line, which is 2.1 million cheaper.

Because Longxing Technology's overseas business has not been effectively expanded, coupled with the control of semiconductor production equipment in the United States, Chen Xing does not know the price of these equipment. Even if he wants to know, he has no way to verify it. In the past, people would not talk to you about the price of equipment supply.

That is, this time, taking advantage of the 5G high-speed network to knock on the door of equipment supply, he got this quotation list.

Without knowing the industry's quotation, Chen Xing is not a person who likes to show off. He directly asked Li Zhenzhen: "Is the price of this list report at the average price of the industry?"

"Almost the same."

Li Zhenzhen responded.

She used to be the eldest princess of Hanxing Group, managing all the business of mobile phones and semiconductor chip factories, and she must have some understanding of the equipment supply price.

Moreover, Hanxing Group is not restricted by the United States. Strictly speaking, it is half a US enterprise, because 80% of its net profit will flow to Wall Street in the United States.

There is no restriction on the purchase of equipment, so it is naturally very clear about the industry's quotation.

Chen Xing was not worried that Li Zhenzhen would cheat on him. Now the relationship between the two was like that between an emperor and a eunuch in ancient times.

If Li Zhenzhen wanted to turn the tide, she had to rely on the "momentum" of Longxing Technology. In other words, if Chen Xing found out that she had any unusual behavior, he could terminate the cooperation between the two parties and instantly make her lose all her chips.

If she lost the peninsula market promised by Chen Xing and the identity of Longxing Technology's international CEO just to covet tens of millions, it would be like losing the watermelon and picking up sesame seeds, killing the chicken to get the eggs.

In order to prevent any more unexpected events, Chen Xing put away the list report and looked at Li Zhenzhen and said, "Call the lawyer to come up and try to sign the contract tonight."

"Understood."

Li Zhenzhen took out her mobile phone from her pocket and looked through the list of contacts.

Although she had just joined the company, she knew exactly how the company operated and which departments needed to be frequently connected.

She had obtained the contact information of the executives of the departments that frequently connected, such as the legal department, marketing department, factory end, public relations department, etc., and added WeChat.

When Li Zhenzhen contacted the legal department, Chen Xing went straight back to the office and apologized to the three German representatives: "Sorry, sorry, there are too many things on hand, and I am sorry for wasting your time."

"No, no, it was us who visited late at night and delayed Mr. Chen's time." German Minister of Commerce, Connor Pain, quickly stood up and responded.

"Yes, we picked the wrong time." German Minister of Communications Paul De Liman echoed.

Both of them have been working in the official career for many years and have trained their emotional intelligence to the extreme. Naturally, they will not say anything unpleasant.

No matter which country or company, people with high emotional intelligence and good work will definitely be promoted faster.

This is like if you are a leader, do you like subordinates with low emotional intelligence, who dare to openly confront you but are capable, or subordinates with high emotional intelligence, who are comprehensive but average in ability?

If it is in a film or TV series, which one will definitely win?

But in the real world, leaders will definitely like subordinates with high emotional intelligence. They can not only take them out for a drinking party, but also unite the department. As for capable subordinates, they only need to form a team and let subordinates with high emotional intelligence be supervisors to perfectly absorb and solve the problem.

This is also why many company executives can sit in the executive position until retirement even though they know nothing. The truly talented ones are just members of a certain team.

The world has never been about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

…

After the three of them exchanged a few polite words, Chen Xing also sat back on the sofa in the negotiation area.

After Chen Xing sat down, the three German representatives, Connor Pain, Paul De Liman, and Eric Kermanton, also sat down shortly after him.

Since Li Zhenzhen had already negotiated the price, Chen Xing did not need to continue the discussion and said bluntly: "I have asked the lawyer to come up and try to sign the contract tonight. What do you think? Or is there anything to add?"

Faced with such a straightforward topic, Connor Pain smiled and said: "If possible, I would like to add a clause to the contract that the supply of 5G baseband chips cannot be stopped regardless of natural disasters or man-made disasters. It can only be delayed for two months at most."

The people present were all industry insiders and understood the possible loopholes in the contract.

Korean and Japanese companies used to exploit the loophole of "force majeure" and unilaterally stop supplying when a factory fire, tsunami or earthquake caused them to be unable to produce.

You said they terminated the contract, right?

They argued that they encountered "force majeure" and could not supply.

The shortest delay was half a year, and the longest was two or three years.

The most outrageous thing is that there is no way to sue across borders, because the contract terms must include "force majeure" payments. This is the most basic clause stipulated in the world's contract law. Even if it is not written, it will be tacitly present.

But you said they did not terminate the contract, right?

They can delay you for one or two years and still withhold the deposit you paid in advance.

It's okay for larger companies, but if a small company with insufficient cash flow is played by a "big factory" like this, it can basically declare bankruptcy.

Now that Longxing Technology Company has become a chip supplier, Connor Pain is also afraid that Chen Xing will take the equipment and tear up the contract unilaterally.

"Of course you can sign it."

Chen Xing smiled indifferently.

He is not like Korean and Japanese companies who like to play the game of force majeure.

He mainly pays attention to integrity in doing business. Besides, this is the first time that Longxing Technology has signed a contract with a big country in the international market as a company. There is no need to leave a bad impression.

"Thank you."

Connor Pain breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Chen Xing would refuse. After all, the initiative of the negotiation was not in his hands now.

"Integrity trade, come on, have a cup of tea and wait for a while." Chen Xing brewed tea slowly, put the teacup in front of the three German representatives, and poured tea.

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

The three people thanked him repeatedly.

While the four people were drinking tea in the office, the lawyer also arrived at Chen Xing's office again.

Because there was no external interference this time, and the opinions of both parties were highly unified, the contract signing was particularly smooth, which can be described as a smooth process.

As Chen Xing stamped the official seal, the legal effect of the three contracts came into effect.

"Please check carefully again. If there are any omissions, I think we can still modify them. If it is after tonight, we can't change them casually."

Chen Xing kindly reminded.

Connor Pain winked at Eric Kermanton, the lawyer beside him, who immediately checked it again. After confirming that the terms and content were the same as those discussed, he nodded and said, "No problem."

"Shua shua——"

After hearing that there was no problem, Connor Pain and Paul Deliman stood up and said goodbye: "Since there is no problem with the contract, we will not disturb you. It is almost half past three and we cannot disturb you to rest."

"Haha."

Chen Xing smiled and stood up and said, "Okay, we will make three copies. I will submit this copy to the notary office for notarization."

"Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation."

The two sides shook hands in turn.

The three German representatives did not stop, packed up the contract documents and left directly.

After the three people left, Chen Xing picked up a contract and handed it to the lawyer, and assigned the task: "You will take the contract to notarize tomorrow. Remember, the sooner this is done, the better."

"Understood."

The lawyer took the contract, put it away silently and said: "Then I will go back first."

"Rest early."

Chen Xing nodded slightly.

Because he expected that there would be representatives coming, Chen Xing asked the legal department to work overtime. Now that the deal is basically done, they can naturally go off work.

As the lawyer left and closed the door of the office, Li Zhenzhen also hurriedly asked: "Now that you have the equipment, what are you going to do?"

Chen Xing took a sip of tea and did not hide it: "I plan to fill the domestic chip gap first, and then enter the bear market and the German market in turn. At present, they are the best choices. Not only are both parties bound by the interest chain, but the key is that they have the ability to protect themselves."

After the Pakistan Railway Base Station incident, he knew very well that the United States would continue to make small moves to prevent Longxing Technology from going international.

He will not consider supplying chips to poor and weak countries and countries where the US military is stationed for the time being.

The reason is very simple. They may not be able to control it temporarily. Only by finding a big country to trade with and forming a stable global trade chain can they officially go abroad and move towards the international market.

"Good idea."

Li Zhenzhen also agreed.

There is an advantage in giving priority to the supply of 5G baseband chips to Russia and Germany, that is, they can be supplied as a whole machine.

What is the supply of a whole machine?

As the name suggests, it does not supply chips separately, but directly exports and supplies the whole machine.

Due to the equal treatment of the United States, Russia's semiconductor chips are very weak. At present, it can only make 65-nanometer chips, which cannot meet the conditions for manufacturing high-end mobile phones.

Faced with the gap in nano-process, domestic mobile phone manufacturers in Russia simply lie down, and basically have no intention of laying out semiconductor chips, and guard their own one-third of an acre of land with peace of mind.

This is why we rarely see news about Russia being strangled by chips, because domestic manufacturers lie down.

The only ones that are not lying down are all state-owned enterprises controlled by Russia, and they are only facing military equipment.

In the mobile phone sales market in Russia, Apple and Hanxing occupy 90% of the market, and the remaining 10% are local brands similar to contract phones, which are state-supported brands.

If Longxing Technology launches 5G mobile phones in Russia, it will definitely be able to make a lot of money and hit two opponents.

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On the other side.

Changxi Rocket Launch Center.

“Hello, the number you dialed cannot be connected at the moment, please call again later…”

Zhao Chenguang listened to the busy tone of the phone, took the phone that was placed next to his ear back in front of him, looked at the number marked with "Chen Xing" and said in confusion: "Why can't the call be connected? What is this kid doing?"

The "5G Network International Negotiation Conference" has come to an end, and he also wants to know which country Chen Xing will help build satellite base stations first, so that he can arrange follow-up work.

But after several consecutive calls, the operator prompted that the call could not be connected.

Seeing this, Wang Lin, the secretary-general, guessed: "Could it be that they are discussing the contract? He hinted very clearly in the meeting."

"It's possible."

Zhao Chenguang immediately felt that it made sense.

Originally, he was thinking about going back to rest, but after hearing what Wang Lin said, he decided to wait for another half an hour.

About ten minutes later, Zhao Chenguang's mobile phone placed on the table vibrated.

"Finally got a call back!" Zhao Chenguang looked at the number note and quickly clicked to answer the call: "Hello, brother Chen, you kept me waiting for a long time."

Faced with Zhao Chenguang's "questioning", Chen Xing responded calmly: "Sorry, sorry, something happened to the communication network just now, so I kept you waiting, please don't blame me."

"Is it those two?"

"Yes, they all came to me."

Chen Xing did not hide it.

Zhao Chenguang: "What's the result?"

"Neon Island signed half of the contract and ran away, Germany signed smoothly, and the problem of semiconductor raw material production equipment has been basically solved."

"That's good."

Zhao Chenguang breathed a sigh of relief.

It is the critical period for the transition from 4G network to 5G network. He also knows that what Longxing Technology lacks most now is production capacity, and the chip gap in Longguo alone cannot be filled.

Now that Germany has signed a contract to supply equipment, it can be regarded as a solution to Chen Xing's urgent needs.

"By the way, in terms of priority satellite base stations, is there a sequence of construction research?"

Zhao Chenguang asked again.

Chen Xing thought for a moment and responded, "Let's give priority to the construction of the Russian bear. Besides being close, I also want to use it as a springboard."

"Domestic sales to export so soon?"

Zhao Chenguang was a little skeptical whether Longxing Technology's production capacity could keep up.

"We can only say in the near future. Now the first batch of equipment has not arrived, so there is no way to estimate the specific production capacity. Let's arrange it when the time comes."

Chen Xing gave a rough idea.

It is not known how much equipment is in stock in the Russian bear country, so there is no way to calculate the daily raw material production capacity.

As soon as he finished speaking, he added, "Chief Zhao, just give priority to the construction of the Russian bear's satellite base station, and the rest is up to you."

"Okay." Zhao Chenguang nodded, and continued, "Then I won't disturb you while you drive, be careful."

He also heard that there was a noisy sound and the noise of the horn on Chen Xing's side, and he was probably still driving.

"Yeah." Chen Xing nodded slightly and smiled, "Then I'll hang up first, and talk back."

"Talk back."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xing glanced at the vehicle in the rearview mirror.

Because he was waiting for the traffic light and talking to Zhao Chenguang, he was not so focused. The green light lasted less than two seconds, and the car behind him couldn't stand it and kept honking to remind him.

Chen Xing didn't care too much and drove home with ease.

However, what the owner of the car behind him didn't know was that when he honked, several "drunkards" walking casually on the side of the road were already touching their waists. If he got out of the car and did something like a road bully, he would probably be taken away for investigation.

Perhaps Chen Xing didn't know that since the Li Zhiyu incident, Shenzhen has started a new round of investigations and plainclothes has been integrated into all aspects of the city.

The effect of the investigation was also very significant. In just half a month, Long'an Bureau arrested hundreds of suspected spies, of which 40 have been confirmed to be spies from other countries.

...

Shenchengwan Community.

Chen Xing returned home and looked at the time. It was almost five in the morning. His tired body was not enough to support him to take a shower and go to bed.

Without a moment's hesitation, he returned to the bedroom and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it has been, but in a daze, I heard a wake-up call.

"It's noon, Xiaoxing, wake up."

Chen Xing opened his hazy eyes, rubbed his eyes, and his vision gradually became clear. He looked at Liang Ruolan, who was wearing an apron in front of him, and greeted: "Good afternoon, mom, didn't you go to the company?"

"I just came back not long ago, you get up first, I will discuss something with you later." Liang Ruolan urged.

"Okay, let me take a break first."

Chen Xing turned over. He didn't have the habit of staying in bed, but it was a bit difficult to adapt to this reversed day and night schedule.

"Then you take a break first."

Liang Ruolan didn't urge, and walked out of the bedroom randomly.

After about five minutes, Chen Xing was much more awake, half sat up, and silently said in his heart: "Open the talent market."

The voice fell.

The azure blue panel appeared.

[Talent Market]: Level 6 (1.5 billion is required to upgrade the level. The higher the market level, the higher the quality of the talents that can be recruited.)

[List of talents that can be recruited today]:

1. Zhao Jiechen, purple quality, first-class education, scientific research talent, majoring in battery energy storage, recruitment funds required: 7,000 yuan.

2. Wang Jingwu, purple quality, 211 education, scientific research talent, majoring in automotive high-speed motors, recruitment funds required: 7,000 yuan.

3. Ding Ping, purple quality, elementary school education, strength talent, majoring in Wing Chun, recruitment funds required: 7,000 yuan.

4. Hong Bochun, purple quality, college degree, sales talent, has three years of sales experience, recruitment funds required: 7,000 yuan.

5. Chen Guang, purple quality, no academic degree, strength talent, specializes in free fighting, recruitment funds required: 7,000 yuan.

Faced with all purple quality talents, Chen Xing also chose to recruit them all.

Nowadays, with the improvement of market level, blue quality talents are obviously not enough and must be gradually replaced by purple quality talents.

After recruiting five times in a row, Chen Xing's sleepiness completely subsided.

After getting up and washing up, the dining table in the living room was already filled with dishes.

What surprised Chen Xing was that not only Liang Ruolan didn't go to work, but Chen Yapeng didn't even go to work. What did these two people want to do?

"Dad, Mom."

Chen Xing came to the dining table and sat down.

Liang Ruolan greeted as usual: "I came back so late last night, I couldn't bear to wake you up in the morning. Come on, eat more, and pay attention to your time schedule in the future."

"I was busy last night." Chen Xing picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth.

"Is it about the equipment contract?"

The "International Conference on 5G Networks" was broadcast live on National Television. Liang Ruolan and Chen Yapeng were both in front of the TV last night.

They could also guess a thing or two about Chen Xing's hints at the meeting.

"Yes, it's all signed."

Chen Xing didn't hide anything, they were all a family.

"Just sign it, I have something to tell you." Chen Yapeng said calmly.

Chen Xing stopped his chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The area of ​​the headquarters base is not enough. I plan to acquire the old communities on the east side and incorporate them into the area of ​​the Longxing base."

"Have you discussed the price?"

Chen Xing asked again.

He also knew very well that the land area of ​​200,000 square meters could not accommodate many buildings, and a second expansion was necessary.

Lei Bing had told him at the beginning that as long as he could afford the price, the old residential areas on the east side could be merged into the Longxing base.

"I have inquired. It will cost at least 500 million to demolish that community. Because we are sitting here, the housing prices around us have also risen with the tide, and some have even doubled."

As soon as Chen Yapeng finished speaking, he added: "I'm afraid that the housing prices around me will continue to rise, so I thought it would be better to buy it earlier."

"Real estate speculator?"

"Yes, there may be real estate speculators."

"It's not urgent." Chen Xing took another piece of braised pork, took another mouthful of rice, swallowed it, and said calmly: "Let them fry it. They probably bet that we will expand, but they won't think that we are still in Shencheng." There is a piece of land.”

"Are you talking about the Toogoling area?"

Chen Yapeng asked.

"Yes." Chen Xing nodded and said what he planned in his mind: "There are tens of thousands of acres over there waiting for us to develop. Since there are people speculating on housing prices in Sakata, let them do it."

His original plan was to wait until the development of the Bantian base was almost complete, and if he still had cash flow, he would acquire the old community on the east side to further expand the base area here.

But if there is a real estate speculator speculating on housing prices, then he will not take over as the victim, and the business focus may be tilted towards the Toogoling base.

"Just have a plan."

Chen Yapeng did not say that it would definitely expand.

He was anxious to talk to Chen Xing about this, but he found that the housing prices in the surrounding areas had risen too much, doubling in just a few months.

He was also afraid that if he won it later, he would have to pay several times the price.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Liang Ruolan also gave Chen Xing a piece of roast goose meat and said, "Try this. Mom's favorite disciple sent it here personally."

"I'll try it."

"Well, it's delicious. I've definitely learned from you, Mom." Chen Xing praised without hesitation.

For the chef industry, it is very normal to have many apprentices. What’s more, Liang Ruolan is also the retired chef of the White Swan Hotel. It is not an exaggeration to say that the world is full of talents.

While Chen Xing's family was having a happy meal, far away at Shencheng International Airport, an old man stood on the gangway and said with emotion: "It's been a long time since I last saw Shencheng, it feels familiar."

"Stop sighing and get off the plane quickly." The old man behind him urged.

The old man in front glanced at him and complained: "Dean Qin, I am not blaming you. The Beidou chip research and development task is very important. The old chief asked you to talk to Chen Xing, so you have to drag me with you."

"Are you not familiar with this? Oh, go down quickly and take your time."

The two old men standing on the gangway talking were none other than Qu Cheng, an academician of both academies, and Qin Long, the president of the Academy of Dragon Science.