While Su Yehao took the time to direct others to start their own businesses, he also had time to pay attention to Hong Kong City's Cyberport project.
He had been keeping an eye on this project before. Recently, he learned that the second son of the Li family was secretly negotiating and had reached certain progress with the Hong Kong government. Su Yehao had no intention of disrupting the situation.
It is said that for the Cyberport project, Mr. Li went to Silicon Valley several times to inspect the project and roped in a group of technology companies to support him.
As for whether to inspect Silicon Valley or the sea-view houses in Silicon Valley, Su Yehao thinks it is difficult to say.
He values the cooperation model of Cyberport more than attempting a "public-private partnership" in the Cyberport project.
By bundling industrial parks and real estate, once both ends can make money, it looks like it can create a replica of Silicon Valley, which is equivalent to a high-tech industry incubator.
Hong Kong City seems to be a bit acclimatized when it comes to transforming into a high-tech industry. It has no foundation and lacks talents.
Su Yehao drew inferences from one example and got some inspiration from it.
So, he asked someone to get the Cyberport planning plan from the second son of the Li family, and asked his assistants to quickly contact a professional consulting company to make changes based on the situation in the mainland, and temporarily named the project "Thousand Cores"
city".
The so-called Qianxin is just a nickname.
The core of the entire project is to build a semiconductor industrial park in the mainland around chip R&D and foundry, integrating R&D, production and sales.
Of course, imported assembly and the like can also be counted.
Whether it is the point-and-shoot computer assembly line that Midland Group is preparing, or the personal computer assembly factory that Su Yehao is tinkering with, they can all be placed in the "City of Thousand Cores" industrial park that temporarily stayed in his mind.
Coupled with the planned wafer foundry and some other projects, in terms of development prospects, is it not much greater than the Cyberport project?
In addition to semiconductors, the Internet industry can also be arranged.
At that time, some office buildings will be built as industrial parks and rented to startup companies at low prices. On the one hand, they can collect rents and enjoy the increased value of real estate. On the other hand, they will have the opportunity to be close to the water and get venture capital or private equity investment opportunities first.
Although the cost is a bit high, there are also many benefits. If you light a fire in this era, there may not be a chance to start a prairie fire in the future.
Anyway, I am already planning to invest money in the mainland. Since I have already invested, there is no harm in making it bigger...
February 23, 1999.
Su Yehao returned to the port city by yacht, first sent Jiang Yu to Mid-Levels, and then took Xiao Nizi with him to the Garden Hotel to meet with people from the PricewaterhouseCoopers consulting company.
Sit in the open-air restaurant on the top floor and taste authentic Blue Mountain coffee.
At this moment, Su Yehao said to the consultant named Bruce in English:
"I usually cooperate more with McKinsey. I heard that the Cyberport plan was made by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Now I want a similar plan. I don't care about anything else. Please focus on the mainland's semiconductor environment.
I will make a planning plan, and it should be so powerful that after reading it, people will feel that my project can detonate the global semiconductor market and lead the future technology trend."
Many people in Hong Kong have English names, especially those who work in foreign companies and those who have studied abroad.
Bruce is a returnee from overseas. He studied at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is in his thirties, wearing a Rolex, a suit, a white shirt and a tie.
At first glance, he looks more like a boss than Su Yehao.
However, it can only be seen at first glance. Su Yehao was wearing a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. Bruce had to sit upright in front of him. He smiled politely and asked carefully:
"The Cyberport plan was indeed made by our company. I don't know what your plan, Mr. Su, is specifically trying to achieve? Do you mean it focuses on industrial parks, or on... real estate? I told you before
The assistants have communicated with each other, but they don’t seem to be very clear about it, so I think it’s better to talk to Mr. Su in person, lest the final plan is not to your liking.”
After Su Yehao listened, he explained with a smile:
"My family has enough land. I really don't plan to invest much money in real estate this time. The focus is definitely on the semiconductor and Internet industries. Some people only focus on houses. I am not that short-sighted. The industrial park itself is the key.
The prospects of the semiconductor business are much greater than those of real estate."
Bruce felt who he was talking about, but he was stupid and asked more questions, and continued:
"So for this industrial park, how much do you plan to invest, Master? This is not my gossip. The main thing is that the higher-ups have been attracting investment. If the chips are large enough, it will be easier to negotiate."
Su Yehao had not considered this issue. He raised two fingers and said, "Let's start with this much in the beginning. It should be enough as a start-up capital. We can borrow money to build office buildings and factories first. I guess we can build a prototype."
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"Two billion Hong Kong dollars?"
Bruce was holding a notebook and carefully recording the key details of the conversation.
"Two billion Hong Kong dollars are not enough. If we spend at least two billion US dollars in five years, we will have the opportunity to build a chip foundry. The subsequent investment should be larger, but we need to do it slowly, otherwise even I will not be able to bear it."
Listen to Su Yehao shake his head and finish.
Bruce and his colleagues were all dumbfounded.
The initial investment is expected to be two billion US dollars, and it is still just a prototype?
After hearing this number, Bruce finally confirmed that Su Yehao really planned to toss in the so-called "City of Thousand Cores" project, instead of trying to defraud a piece of land and develop real estate as they had previously expected.
If you just buy land to build a house, you won't spend as much as two billion US dollars. Only if you are really prepared to invest in high-tech industries will you burn so much money.
In Bruce's impression, the mainland has almost nothing to do with the word "semiconductor". It is only famous for the production of clothing, daily necessities, etc. Although the economy in the north has been developing well in recent years, many people from Hong Kong have begun to go north to do business.
But the impression left on people is still a bit backward.
therefore.
Bruce thought he had guessed something and said with a smile:
"Master Su must have seen business opportunities. He took such a large amount of money to invest in semiconductors. If you are the first to eat crabs, you will definitely make a fortune. Congratulations in advance on your success! I have a relative who worked in a research institute in the United States.
, I heard that he was researching chips, and his annual salary was more than half a million US dollars. Wow, he was poached by a company in Baodao, and he actually made more."
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
Su Yehao just thought he was flattering himself and said with a smile:
"If you are some top semiconductor experts, it is normal to receive such a high salary. Once you make certain results, the bonus may be even more. Let's not mention these for now. Let's talk about the City of Thousand Cores project. Is there anything you want to know about?
Communicate with us first to avoid making mistakes and wasting time."
Bruce nodded immediately, coughed dryly, and asked, "Let's talk about the most critical point first, where do you plan to build this industrial park?"
Su Yehao answered him:?
"After looking through the map at home, I feel that Qianhai in Pengcheng is more suitable for me. Although it is very remote now, the land is flat and close to water sources and docks, so it is more suitable in all aspects. The area I want this time is larger.
, it is best to cooperate with the local area in planning and joint development..."