885 Etiquette, Righteousness, Integrity and Shame (4k)
Morningstar’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on January 12 did not create any waves. All three proposals of CEO Liang Gongwei were rejected, and the number of votes did not even show any decent resistance.
This is inevitably surprising. After all, there were frequent rumors about his side before the meeting. Not to mention full of confidence, he is quite ambitious. In addition, Morning Star was indeed founded by Liang Gongwei. After all, it still makes people expect the results. of.
However, this ending...
"The Sun" immediately issued an exclamatory summary: Mr. Liang was able to force Mr. Fang to show up, which is already great!
Looking at it this way, most of the news related to Morningstar from December to January came from within the company, with Liang's voice. Mr. Fang never made any comments, and he himself never appeared in front of the media cameras.
Only at today's extraordinary shareholders' meeting did Mr. Fang come to the scene in person, and then came the ending of Morning Star that everyone saw.
The semiconductor industry has always had a low public opinion. Even though Morningstar Semiconductor is the leader in TV chips, it is a B-side manufacturer rather than a C-side for consumers. The relevant public attention is very low. However, after seven years of achievements, Baidu Semiconductor has achieved a very low level. A billion-dollar listed company... This is still the dream goal of many companies.
"Compared to the hostile acquisition of Sina 7 years ago - Sina has been downplaying this in the past because the founder of Sina at that time had been driven away by the board of directors, Fang Zhuo's acquisition this time is indeed a standard evil guest. .”
"Using a disproportionate financial advantage to forcibly expel the founder of the company at the shareholders' meeting, I have reason to believe that Fang Zhuo's recent silence is also an awareness of the evil nature of his behavior."
"A dragon slayer may not actually become a dragon, but a dragon will always be a dragon."
"Fang Zhuo obviously has no scruples. He didn't even say much at the shareholders' meeting. Others think it's his style, but I just think it's the arrogance of a giant."
Hong Kong media "Hong Kong Commercial Daily" published a long article expressing its attitude and reprimanding the arrogance of the richest man in the mainland.
However, after the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, Fang Zhuo did not have time to pay attention to the reaction of public opinion. He met with Yang Weiyi and other management directly in the conference room above the hotel and briefly talked about the future development of the company, mainly to appease everyone's uneasiness.
During this period, the emotions within Morning Star were very turbulent. Today, with the complete defeat of the leader, the old worries faded away and new uneasiness emerged.
How will Mr. Fang take drastic measures? Who will he touch?
Others might have worried that Mr. Fang might not be able to fill the vacancy immediately due to his strong military strength.
All these emotions were relieved after meeting Mr. Fang, and there will be no changes in all Morning Star's businesses. No matter whether the middle and senior management have spoken out before, they will not receive special treatment in the following work.
And, the most important point is that the future development mentioned by Mr. Fang is exciting enough. He expressed in a few words that Morningstar can rival MediaTek in mobile phone chip solutions, and will soon add new choices to mainland entry-level smartphone brands such as Hanwang and Meizu. At the same time, , this aspect will be supported by resources from Yike.
Yang Weiyi took the lead in expressing his support for the new chairman - this was the plan approved in the second half of the extraordinary shareholders' meeting, and he is confident that he can lead Morningstar to break through the current business difficulties.
"To be honest, I had hoped that Yike's mobile phones could use Morningstar chips earlier. However, on the one hand, Yike's competitive strategy has changed, and on the other hand, the products launched by Morningstar are really disappointing." Fang Zhuo said.
Finally, he said, "Now, let's think about it carefully at this moment. A temporary setback may not be an opportunity to put the company down to earth."
"Yike mobile phones have different positioning and cannot use Morningstar chips. However, in the mainland's future smartphone market, mid-to-low-end mobile phones will have a strong presence. This is a key opportunity for Morningstar to accumulate experience."
"Morningstar may not be able to become Qualcomm, so we have to catch up with MediaTek first."
Fang Zhuo laid out goals for Morningstar management.
This is what he needs to observe next.
Mobile phone manufacturers in the YMS ecosystem generally use MediaTek's chip solutions. This year, Qualcomm is already launching its entry-level chips. In the future, it would be good for Morningstar to replace the former.
If it cannot be replaced, continue privatization or spin-off or backdoor listing, it all depends on the situation.
The communication between Fang Zhuo and the management has been relatively smooth. There has been a little bit of noise during this period, but everyone is aware of the energy of the Yike Department.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the small meeting ended, and Yang Weiyi and Lin Yongyu stayed.
Fang Zhuo talked with these two about R&D investment and employee incentives in the future, and then personally sent them downstairs and out.
Yang and Lin both graduated from Zhejiang University. This time they firmly chose to put the company's interests first, and they did not hesitate to fall out with the leader Liang Gongwei. They will then take full charge of Morningstar's development.
Fang Zhuo had just chatted with the two of them at the door of the hotel, and before sending them to the car, there was a sound from behind. He turned around and saw that it was the lineup of relatives and friends from Morning Star Island at the shareholders' meeting.
This time, quite a few entrepreneurs from Baodao Enterprises flew to Xiangjiang to support Morning Star, and they all had very high statuses.
But... it really didn't have any effect.
Fang Zhuo took a look and looked directly at the group of people. He nodded slightly, not realizing that there was anything to communicate with each other, and turned to talk to Yang Weiyi about tomorrow's arrangements.
However, the Mainland's richest man was just a glimpse, and Baodao entrepreneurs were not satisfied.
Morningstar is a treasure island company, and now it is being driven away by its founder like this. It can be said that it is done in front of everyone. This is simply an insult.
Forget about just one person, now that a group of people are together, and there is also the big brother Zhang Zhongqian, the station reporter, the anger of having failed to achieve anything is rising in the hearts of several people.
In particular, Huang Chongren, the chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor, has a relatively straightforward personality and walked straight over.
"Fang Zhuo, Mr. Fang, aren't you afraid of the ridicule of the world for doing such a hostile takeover?" Huang Chongren asked in a high voice.
Fang Zhuo was a little confused when he was asked such a question. As expected, he was from the island, and his words sounded a bit like old-school martial arts.
He reacted after a few seconds and asked: "Shareholders welcome it. They really voted. The management welcomes it. They have expressed their stance a long time ago. How can the world laugh at it? Mr. Huang, you ask the world to stand in front of me and let me see it."
look."
"Or does Mr. Huang think he can represent the world?"
Fang Zhuo is not angry and calm.
At this time, relatives and friends on the island came close. Before Huang Chongren could speak, Zhang Qiansheng, another head of ASE Group, spoke: "Mr. Fang, you have gone too far. One day, someone will remove you from your job."
If Yike drives away, what will happen to you?"
Fang Zhuo glanced at the person who spoke and recognized him as the head of Sun Moon Light.
This group of people are almost all leaders or senior executives in the semiconductor industry. They have never met each other before, but Fang Zhuo has seen photos and can recognize them now.
He replied: "What else can I do? Of course I admit that my skills are inferior to others."
Zhang Qiansheng sneered slightly: "I think Fang always has confidence in Yike, but I don't know what he will ultimately gain from this for your 'semiconductor kingdom'."
ASE Semiconductor, a subsidiary of ASE Group, is not a small company. It is the world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing company. He quoted the media's description, which was full of irony.
"In the end, I got a good IC design company. What does Mr. Zhang want me to get?" Fang Zhuo looked at the expression on this person's face and said with a smile, "Your company is not listed in Hong Kong, do you still want me to go?"
Transfer to Baodao Exchange?"
"Fang Zhuo!" Huang Chongren said loudly when he saw that the man named Fang was not in the business, "If you run a business like this without respecting etiquette, justice and integrity, you will not end well!"
"I don't respect etiquette, justice and integrity? Oh, I don't respect etiquette, justice and integrity, and now I have become the world's richest man twice." Fang Zhuo said lightly, "If I did, would you still have a market to eat?"
He speeded up his speech, blocked Huang Chongren's voice, and pretended to be surprised: "Oh yes, I remembered it, Mr. Huang, right? Are you the Mr. Huang from Powerchip Semiconductor? I really didn't recognize it just now, Powerchip."
Isn’t it about to go bankrupt? Why do you still have time to visit Xiangjiang?”
Powerchip Semiconductor mainly makes memories. Due to the global market situation in the past two years, its financial situation has been very bad, and there was even news of bankruptcy.
Huang Chongren's face turned dark: "I came to Xiangjiang but couldn't see..."
Fang Zhuo's expression changed, and he suddenly said angrily: "I remember, Mr. Huang, how dare you talk to me about ethics and integrity? Are you the one who was involved in insider trading twice!?"
"You only concluded the investigation of insider trading this month!" Huang Chongren's meaning was obvious. What's there to say?
Fang Zhuo's voice was louder: "Are you the one who was sentenced for forging documents?"
Huang Chongren opened his mouth.
"How can a person like you deserve to talk about propriety, justice and integrity in front of me?" Fang Zhuo said scornfully.
Huang Chongren's face turned red.
Fang Zhuo sneered and said: "Xinruidu case, Elite case, Liguang case, Wanghong case, Mr. Huang, you can still be outside now, and you can still come to me to show off your power, you have to thank some people for not being polite, just and honest.
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Huang Chongren never expected that the mainland man in front of him would tell so accurately all the four cases in which he had been involved in lawsuits in the past.
He vaguely felt the eyes and expressions of his colleagues, and suddenly turned around and left without saying a word.
The atmosphere among a group of Baodao relatives and friends was a bit awkward. Mr. Huang was indeed easily attacked. He should not have been allowed to speak out just now.
At this time, Zhang Zhongtong, the Taiwanese journalist with the highest status in this trip, said slowly: "Mr. Fang is really familiar with the semiconductors on our island."
He also didn't expect that Mr. Fang would not only recognize Huang Chongren, but also know a series of things about him, which also showed his competitive intentions.
"I'm not familiar with it, but when Mr. Huang talked about propriety, justice and shame, I suddenly remembered that my friend had talked about people who were not propriety, justice and shame, and Mr. Huang's name happened to be there." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, and his demeanor returned to his face, as if he was angry just now.
, sneer and contempt are just nothing.
"I know that Mr. Fang has done a lot for mainland semiconductors." Zhang Zhongtong said lightly, "This is very powerful. I also heard that Bingxin is targeting Taiwan journalists?"
During this trip to support the companies on the island, Zhang Zhongmo really made plans to cooperate with Morning Star. Unfortunately, this was immediately scuppered at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
Zhang Zhongtou is neither a shareholder of Morningstar nor a future shareholder of Morningstar. Seeing that nothing could be done, he didn't say anything at the shareholders' meeting. However, he did have some interest in Fang Zhuo.
"Taiji is the world's number one wafer fab. Bingxin admires Taiji's level and is naturally willing to aim for the first place." Fang Zhuo said naturally.
"Bingxin's progress is the same as that of SMIC. Unfortunately, SMIC's method of progress is not suitable." Zhang Zhongyan looked at the young people in front of him, "Bingxin has often poached people from our Taiwanese reporters in recent years. Mr. Wan Wangfang
Don’t make the same mistake as SMIC, don’t make the same mistake as Zhang Rujing.”
Fang Zhuo heard Zhang Rujing's name and nodded seriously: "Indeed, Bingxin is a new generation, and the way forward is to absorb the experience of our predecessors. For example, last year, the Taiwan Journalist forced layoffs due to poor business conditions. I will keep it in mind.
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Zhang Zhongtou smiled and did not get angry.
Fang Zhuo continued: "Mr. Zhang, I am actually a layman, so I pay more attention to the choice of ice core management. I wonder if Mr. Cai Lixing is here this time? I heard that he is the little Zhang Zhongyan trained by Mr. Zhang, but since
If he can't take over as Taiwan reporter, why not come to Bingxin and give it a try."
Zhang Zhongtong's second appearance was to depose his successor Cai Lixing.
This makes me feel sad in my heart.
"It's great to be young. Mr. Fang's vitality must be the reason why he can attract so many talents." Zhang Zhongqing's expression remained unchanged and he said, "Bingxin is an opponent worthy of Taiwanese journalists' attention. I believe that Bingxin can still improve. I believe that Bingxin can make progress."
Core can make the world notice progress, and I hope Mr. Fang can still have such vigor by then."
After Zhang Zhongtou came out, one of the first things he did quickly was to publish an industry white paper, which pointed out the development of mainland semiconductor companies and their sinister intentions.
In addition to market factors, the biggest obstacle to the development of semiconductors in the mainland comes from the international market. This is something Zhang Zhongqing knows, Fang Zhuo knows, and everyone around him knows.
Bingxin is developing very fast, and Fang always has a lot of money, so what?
There will always be big trouble later, but sooner or later.
This is a topic that the Baodao Semiconductor Industry Friends and Family Group also talked about when they came this time. They have a psychological advantage.
"Mr. Zhang is right. I have always thought that this vitality and motivation may be a factor that encourages Bingxin to move forward. However, we must also admit that it is difficult to maintain progress. I enjoy overcoming difficulties." Fang Zhuo smiled.
He said, "I like learning the most, especially learning from old-timers like you."
Zhang Zhongmo stared at the man in front of him, wondering if he would have anything nice to say.
"Live and learn. What I hope most is that when I reach your age, we can discuss the development of semiconductors together and see how far ice cores can develop." When Fang Zhuo said this, he suddenly shook his head and added.
One sentence, "If we can still watch it together then."
Zhang Zhongtou stared at the man in front of him and realized that perhaps youth was his greatest advantage.
Within ten years, ice cores will inevitably encounter problems.
But what about twenty or thirty years?
Fang Zhuo can wait for that day, but he can't wait.
Zhang Zhongtou said slowly: "Since Mr. Fang said so, I can only take a closer look at the current situation of the ice core when I can."
"Mr. Zhang, I hope that when I go to Treasure Island in the future, I can also visit it." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.
Zhang Zhongtou nodded: "Mr. Fang is willing to come and visit, so naturally we won't be stingy."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Zhang. I will also let the station reporter take a look at my calligraphy when the time comes. I don't have confidence in anything else, but I have confidence in calligraphy." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, "I have already thought about it, and I will write it then.
The four characters "箮食狗熟" are presented as a gift to the Taiwan Chronicle."
Only then did Zhang Zhongtou understand that this was such a visit.
He shook his head: "Mr. Fang has a sharp tongue and a well-deserved reputation."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your compliment. It was our Morning Star that made Mr. Zhang worry about this trip." Fang Zhuo accepted it calmly and brought the topic back to the original point.
Zhang Zhongtong glanced at Mr. Fang one last time and turned to leave.
As soon as he left, Baodao Semiconductor's family and friends also left, but the mood was more complicated.
Fang Zhuo glanced twice, turned around, looked at Yang Weiyi and Lin Yongyu, and said, "What are you looking at? Mr. Yang, Mr. Lin, get in the car."
Only then did Yang Weiyi and Lin Yongyu come back to their senses. What were they looking at? They were stunned...
Mr. Fang, you are really polite, neither humble nor overbearing, polite, honest, and generous...
