Chapter 1175: Targeting Intel’s Budget

Time has entered the golden autumn of October, and the weather in Jinling is getting cooler.

Under Wu Tao's instruction, the impact of this major achievement on the identification of 90nm chip process technology gradually fell silent.

The work of the institute was divided into two, and Ni Guangnan's focus began to tilt toward chip design.

However, the project establishment and implementation of the 90nm chip manufacturing technology has also begun to be put on the preparation schedule, which will inevitably involve some of his energy.

Fortunately, this is not a problem.

For Ni Guangnan, the most difficult stage has passed. Now that I have both fame and fortune, the goals I have always set my sights on have finally begun to come true. The rest of the things will never be more difficult than the beginning.

However, in comparison, Yang Shining and Tao Changxuan were under great pressure.

In the past six months, Wu Tao has basically been freeing Yang Shining and his small team.

Anyway, he is not short of this little money.

Yang Shining understood his mission and responsibilities, and took Tim and others to conduct on-site inspections and research at Toshiba's wafer fab and UMC's branch factory, and then put forward many constructive suggestions for improvement.

Although this kind of work is a bit boring, the advantage is that it is not stressful and the results are quick.

But as soon as the 90nm chip process production line project was launched, Yang Shining suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much heavier.

Especially when he sensed Wu Tao's emphasis on this industry and his unsparing efforts, he felt even more pressured.

In contrast, Tim and others not only had no feeling, but became eager to try because the real challenge came.

After all, this new production process is enough to keep pace with Intel. Really developing it is enough to prove their own strength.

It's time to show off the real technology.

So, after the entire team members went through calculations for several days and nights, Yang Shining got a project budget report.

The budget was very detailed. At least it seemed to Yang Shining that there was nothing to find fault with. Every number was almost within a reasonable range.

When he turned to the last total valuation scale, Yang Shining couldn't help but gasped - 1.68 billion!

Dollars!

Seeing this result, Yang Shining subconsciously looked through it from beginning to end. There was indeed nothing wrong with these budgets.

Moreover, this is the first construction, and many things need to be crossed by trial and error, so it is necessary to prepare a sufficient budget.

Immediately, the project budget report was placed on Tao Changxuan's desk.

When he picked up the report, Tao Changxuan felt not at ease.

Fortunately, the detailed and professional nature of the project budget report quickly made him forget his uneasiness, and his confidence grew with it, and he even expanded to the point where he felt that this matter was promising.

But when he turned to the last page and his eyes fell on the total budget figure, he was stunned.

A total budget of nearly US$700 million!

Since the establishment of Tianxin Technology, the total investment has not reached this astonishing amount.

Taking a deep breath, Tao Changxuan licked his dry lips and said tentatively: "Director Yang, I think it is safer to take this budget plan back and study it again, and strive to make it less than 1.5 billion US dollars."

"...After all, as far as I know, neither TSMC nor Intel's investment in chip production lines exceeds this figure."

Yang Shining was also hesitant.

It can be seen that Tao Changxuan has done his homework. However, the investment cost of chip production lines is not fixed. As the level of technology improves, it gradually increases.

From 700 million US dollars for the 180nm chip process to 1 billion US dollars for 130nm, this number has actually been growing.

But when the words came to his lips, Yang Shining suddenly changed the topic and asked: "Mr. Tao, according to the company's procedures, will this budget plan still be sent to the President's Office for approval by President Wu?"

"Of course!" Tao Changxuan nodded, "Such a large amount of investment, and the success or failure is unknown, must be decided by the boss himself."

"How about giving it to the boss for a look first?" Yang Shining tried his last resort.

In fact, in his opinion, even if he convinced Tao Changxuan in front of him, he would still be wasting his words and might not succeed if he couldn't get it through to his boss.

It's better to explore the boss's bottom line first.

However, in Tao Changxuan's view, this matter has another interpretation: Are you questioning me?

Yang Shining was a smart man. He quickly saw through Tao Changxuan's psychology at this moment, and quickly explained: "Mr. Tao, please write down your opinions next to him. I will go to the boss later, mainly because I want to find out his background and win over him. Make this budget plan a reality in one step!”

The two of them smiled tacitly.

Tao Changxuan's expression also softened, "You are right, the boss also has his own considerations."

What if the boss thinks that the $1.5 billion budget is still too much?

More than ten minutes later, the president's office.

Yang Shining saw his boss who had just recovered his breath, with a worried look on his face.

Because this time was different from the past, Secretary-General Liu from the President's Office blocked him for more than ten minutes before he was able to enter.

And as soon as I entered the door, there was a graceful woman sitting on the sofa.

There's a lot of meaning in a pretty face that's hard to fathom.

In fact, Yang Shining was overthinking this matter.

Because the person sitting on the sofa is none other than Li Yinxin from Samsung Group.

I don’t know what happened to this stick girl. After participating in the appraisal meeting, she went back to South Korea and learned that Samsung Semiconductor was also very powerful. When she returned to Jinling, she had to discuss cooperation with Wu Tao.

No, Wu Tao just chased her away for a long time, but he didn't manage to chase away the third young lady of the Li family.

I had no choice but to let it go and talk about Yang Shining first. After all, he has always attached great importance to Yang Shining and must not let people wait too long.

Yang Shining glanced at Li Yinxin, then turned around and hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Wu Tao waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, just say it, just pretend she doesn't exist. If she dares to leak any secrets, I will find Samsung later."

When Li Yinxin heard this, she secretly made a face at Wu Tao.

Here Yang Shining presented the budget report, still sparing no words, and only said: "This is the project budget report for the 90nm chip manufacturing process. Boss, take a look..."

Next, Wu Tao understood and started to look through it.

Li Yinxin had met Yang Shining at the appraisal meeting and knew that this document was probably related to semiconductor investment. At that moment, she wanted to explore the strength and determination of Tianxin Technology's investment.

It was just that the two of them were communicating there tacitly, and she couldn't even see a shadow of what she was looking forward to on the sofa.

Just when Li Yinxin was impatient, Wu Tao quickly finished scanning the project budget report, raised his head, met Yang Shining's anxious face and said, "Will the total budget of 1.68 billion be affected?"

"Too many?" Yang Shining was a little frustrated.

Li Yinxin finally took the opportunity and said: "Oh my God, how big is the budget of 1.68 billion? Our R&D investment in a production line of Samsung Semiconductor starts from 3 billion!" Afterwards, he added: "Of course it is in RMB!"

After saying that, Li Yinxin puffed out her chest and looked proud of her wealth.

As a result, Wu Tao shook his head and said: "No, no, no, Director Yang, I mean, is the budget of 1.68 billion US dollars too tight? Well, I will approve this report and give you another 120 million US dollars." Approval authority. This 90nm chip process production line must be continuously improved, and Intel must not be allowed to compete!"

"What?" As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Shining and Li Yinxin rubbed each other in unison and stood up!