Zhou Tao and Zhang Yimou naturally knew each other.
When Zhou Tao first arrived in Yanjing, the two had already known each other, but later Zhou Tao went to Xiangjiang under the arrangement of Wu Jianye, and now became the head of the largest financial group in Xiangjiang, and Zhang Yimou also gradually became
One of the most famous directors in the country.
Zhou Tao smiled and said, "Yes, I just came here too. It's really been a long time since I last saw you!"
It's true that the two haven't seen each other for a long time. The main reason is that they are not in the same circle, and they are even two completely different circles.
There is still a big difference between now and later generations. Business tycoons in later generations all like to sing songs and make movies. In addition, at that time, the entire entertainment industry also became the most important economic pillar in the country. The entertainment industry here
It not only refers to traditional movies, TV, and music, but also includes live broadcasts, short videos and other businesses.
Therefore, business tycoons have more contact with the entertainment industry, but things are different now. The current entertainment industry is still in an inferior industrial chain. The so-called famous actors and directors are just actors in front of real capital.
For star directors to really take off, they have to wait until the entertainment company goes public. During that time, many billionaires were created among entertainment stars, and only then did the small group of people at the top of the pyramid in this group have
given a certain right to speak.
If it weren't for Wu Jianye, Zhou Tao and Zhang Yimou would probably have no chance of getting to know each other!
"Old Wu, Weiping will leave tomorrow, and Zhou Tao happens to be here too. Let's go out to eat tonight!" Zhang Yimou said enthusiastically.
Zhang Weiping on the side was also looking forward to it. The appearance of Luo Ziyu made a lot of doubts arise in his heart. What's more, between Luo Ziyu and Wu Jianye, there was a man who just knew to be called Lao Zhou. What was the relationship between them?
Such a relationship made Zhang Weiping even more curious.
So he also wanted to use this meal to investigate.
Wu Jianye shook his head with a smile and said: "Let's forget it. Zhou Tao finally came over. I still have something to discuss. When I return to Yanjing, I will treat Mr. Zhang as a host!"
When Zhang Yimou heard that Wu Jianye had something to do, he had no choice but to say with some regret: "Well, let's wait until later!"
Because he knew that Zhou Tao had something to talk to Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou didn't stay long and left Wu Jianye's room with Zhang Weiping.
"Yimou, who is this Zhou Tao? Why do you look so familiar to each other?" After leaving Wu Jianye's room, Zhang Weiping finally couldn't help his curiosity and asked Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou replied directly: "Oh, you are talking about Lao Zhou. He is Lao Wu's childhood friend. We have met him before when we were in school. But I heard that he later went to Xiangjiang to do business. I haven't seen him for a long time.
Meet!"
boom!
Zhang Weiping suddenly connected everything. When he was working at Siemens, Zhang Weiping knew that Tunan Technology was a subsidiary of Xiangjiang Yaoguang Group.
There is really no one doing business in China who doesn’t know about Yaoguang Group. As the largest investment group in China by Xiangjiang Consortium, everyone naturally knows about it.
As the CEO of Yaoguang Group, Zhou Tao, everyone has naturally heard of it, but Zhang Weiping just couldn't connect them together at first. Compared with Zhou Tao, Zhang Weiping and the others had a more impression of Zhao Lei from Yaoguang Group.
It is very profound, after all, Zhao Lei, as the representative of Yaoguang Group, has lived in Yanjing all year round.
Zhou Tao is a little worse. Although he often comes to Yanjing, it is more for the development of the entire group and meetings with the upper management, or he meets Wu Jianye alone. As for the businessmen of Yanjing, he
I really haven’t come into contact with many of them.
Now that Zhang Yimou said this, Zhang Weiping understood everything.
However, I understand that there are still some discounts.
For example, within the scope of Zhang Weiping's understanding, he knew why Wu Jianye could invest in his own movies so unscrupulously.
In the past, many people believed that the reason why Wu Jianye was able to invest so heavily in his own movies was mainly because of the remuneration he received from filming movies in Hollywood. Now it seems that the reason why Wu Jianye is so rich is actually
Received funding from Zhou Tao.
Backed by Hong Kong's Yaoguang Group, Wu Jianye can really shoot any kind of movie.
"Yimou, how is your relationship with Zhou Tao?" Zhang Weiping immediately wanted to establish a relationship with Zhou Tao through Zhang Yimou's relationship.
Zhang Yimou said: "We don't have a close relationship. We just met through Lao Wu. What's wrong?"
Zhang Weiping said: "It's nothing, I just thought that since we are all friends, we should have more contact in the future!"
Although Zhang Yimou is not good at getting along with others, it does not mean that he does not understand the world. After hearing Zhang Weiping's words, he actually understood what Zhang Weiping meant. He thought about it for a while, but said nothing.
At this time, Zhang Weiping was also thinking about how to get in touch with Zhou Tao through Zhang Yimou's relationship, and did not notice Zhang Yimou's abnormality.
The two of them arrived at the hotel restaurant in silence.
.......
“Is it really necessary to make such a large-scale investment domestically?”
At this time, in Wu Jianye's room, Zhou Tao curiously asked Wu Jianye.
This time Zhou Tao and Luo Ziyu came to Hengdian because of a phone call from Wu Jianye, during which Wu Jianye asked Zhou Tao to officially expand Tunan's domestic scale.
And it is not a small-scale increase in investment, but a direct additional investment of 50 billion yuan!
With such a large-scale investment, Zhou Tao naturally came to ask Wu Jianye about his intentions. This time, not only Zhou Tao came, but also Luo Ziyu, the general manager of Tunan Technology, also came. This shows that Zhou Tao is very concerned about this matter.
Attention!
Wu Jianye's request for such a large-scale domestic investment from Tunan Technology is actually investment in three aspects.
One is naturally the research and development of semiconductors. Although Tunan Technology has developed at an alarming rate in recent years, its investment in R&D is actually also alarming.
As a reborn person, Wu Jianye is very aware of how important semiconductors will be to a technology company in the future technological era.
In order to control his destiny in his own hands, Wu Jianye does not want to be restricted by others in the future.
Currently, the three most successful companies in the world in developing semiconductors are Intel in the United States, Samsung in Bangzi, and Tunan Technology in Xiangjiang.
As for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., it is still seeking development in foundry manufacturing.
Originally, RB's semiconductor technology was the best in Asia. However, RB's company lacked financial support and leadership persistence, so it was surpassed by Samsung and Tunan Technology two years ago.
There is only one way to get around in this industry, and that is to use money to smash your opponent to death, or your opponent will use money to smash you to death!
Fortunately, Tunan Technology does not lack financial support, and is even the least short of money among these three companies!
Especially breakthroughs in memory technology. Two years ago, Tunan Technology and Samsung launched the world's first 64m DRAM at almost the same time, both surpassing RB's nec. This year, both parties will also launch 256m DRAM in order to seize the market.
In order to fight against the squeeze from Tunan Technology and Samsung, the RB government will integrate the DRAM businesses of Hitachi, NEC, and Mitsubishi and form a "national team" Elpida to seek confrontation.
Even so, the RB people could not escape the fate of defeat.
What Wu Jianye has to do is to continue to seize the market with Samsung.
What Wu Jianye has to do now is to take advantage of the fact that these industries are still in their infancy, quickly accumulate their own patents, and at the same time increase the bargaining chips in their hands. Only in this way can they have a certain say in future business competition.
The second aspect is the development of photolithography machines. This is also an extremely money-burning industry, but it is also a task that has to be done. Fortunately, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Wu Jianye represented Tunan Technology in the acquisition
All the technology and talent of the Lebedev Institute in this regard.
As for the third aspect, it is about the research of liquid crystal technology!
In fact, in 1984, Samsung had already been tracking LCD technology. In 1991, it established its own panel division and established its first trial production line that year.
Tunan Technology established its own panel division earlier than Samsung. It was established in the 1990s. However, the panel division has not yet earned a penny for Tunan Technology. Instead, it earns a penny every year.
Losing money at a rate of $100 million.
In response to this, many people within Tunan Technology suggested getting rid of the panel division, but with Wu Jianye's strong intervention, the panel division was finally preserved and continued to invest more!
This is a desperate gesture, and it is precisely because of this that Tunan Technology has been ridiculed by many similar companies.
However, this did not shake Wu Jianye's determination.
LCD screens will become the world's most important business strategy after the 21st century.
This year Wu Jianye finally decided to move all these manufacturers to China!
Although he had his own production line in China before, it was not really large-scale. Now Wu Jianye is going to integrate these technologies!
In addition to these, Tunan Technology will also increase the research and development of gsm technology. With the rapid development of mobile phones, gsm technology has become a top priority for major mobile phone manufacturers.
"Director Wu, I admit that domestic labor costs and policies are superior to those in Xiangjiang, but if we do this, the problems we will face are also very serious, and we will even be boycotted by most countries!
"As the general manager of Tunan Technology, Luo Ziyu naturally knows what Wu Jianye's decision means to Tunan Technology!
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "It's just that the sales of our products in Europe and the United States have been hit to a certain extent!"
Naturally, Wu Jianye was very clear about the consequences of doing so, but this did not shake Wu Jianye's determination.
"We cannot give up our own development plans just because some countries suppress us. As long as our technology remains at the top of the world, we can cope with it no matter who suppresses us. As for the company here,
You don’t have to worry about any losses, I can still afford to pay for it!”
Luo Ziyu was speechless. Is this a small amount of money?
If my estimate is correct, as long as this news is released, Tunan Technology's annual losses will be at least more than 2 billion US dollars. Such losses are not something ordinary people can afford!
Zhou Tao also said: "Can we take it slowly, step by step, and first establish an LCD business unit in China? When the time is right, we can move other businesses to China?"
Wu Jianye waved his hand and said: "No, I have already decided that this matter must be done in one step now, otherwise it will be even more troublesome in the future!"
Zhou Tao is still fighting for it: "But now our mobile phones and computers have just gained a foothold in Europe and the United States, and these two regions are now the two largest markets in the world. If we lose these two major markets, it will be too bad for Tunan Technology."
What a huge loss!”
Wu Jianye said: "There will definitely be losses, but they won't be as big as you said. As long as we protect our own patented technology, we can maintain most of our market in this battle.
In the future, as foreign companies increasingly need our technology, they will definitely relax certain restrictions on our products!"
Seeing that Wu Jianye was so firm in his thoughts, Zhou Tao had no choice but to say: "If that's the case, I suggest that Tunan Technology be separated from Yaoguang Group. After all, many companies under Yaoguang Group are in great need of Europe and the United States."
Market, we cannot let the entire group suffer these blows just because of Tunan Technology!"
Yaoguang Group does have many industries that need the European and American markets, so Wu Jianye also knew Zhou Tao's intentions and said: "I have no objection in this regard."
"And if you want to do this, you must get a certain level of help from the state. Have you ever talked about this with your superiors?" Zhou Tao continued to ask.
An investment of 50 billion is definitely considered a super investment in China at this time, and the various issues involved do require the support of domestic high-level officials.
Wu Jianye said: "I have had a phone call with the top management before. They are very welcome to our investment. I have called you here this time for this matter. After we decide, you can go to Yanjing."
Discuss this matter with the superiors!"
Seeing that Wu Jianye had arranged everything, Zhou Tao no longer objected, but this did not mean that he had no doubts in his mind.
So that night, Zhou Tao and Luo Ziyu stayed in Wu Jianye's room to discuss the matter with him in detail. As for Zhao Fei, who had lived with Wu Jianye before, he was driven to Zhang Yimou's room.
The three of them discussed it for most of the night, but they did not finish talking about everything. In fact, Zhou Tao and Luo Ziyu stayed in Hengdian for three days in total, and discussed the specific plan for this matter with Wu Jianye almost every night.
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This is an investment involving 50 billion yuan, which cannot be solved in a few words.
It was not until three days later that the three of them separated. Zhou Tao flew directly to Yanjing, while Luo Ziyu flew back to Xiangjiang to prepare for the next series of actions of Tunan Technology!