Chapter 570: The Great Trend of the World, Mighty and Grand

The meaning in Li Dongling's words was also very clear: if Walden International became "one of us," then everything would be easy to talk about. In the future, if Dongling High-Tech had new internet projects, Walden could be brought in.

But if the cooperation didn't succeed, then... everyone would just be passersby. In the internet industry, Walden had neither the connections of Sequoia Capital nor as much money as Wall Street investment banks like Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Citibank, so why cooperate with it?

What this world lacks most is help in times of need, and what it lacks least is adding flowers to a brocade. But even if you want to add flowers to a brocade, you have to see if the other party needs those few pennies!

Chen Zuhan also heard the meaning in Li Dongling's words. He suddenly understood a little why Li Dongling wanted Walden to invest in this chip production base.

Probably, money was only one aspect; more importantly, he wanted Walden's connections, resources, etc., in America!

On the Dongxin Semiconductor side, except for some projects like lithography machines and Song Tianji, which were not opened to Walden, other projects were basically opened to Walden.

Dai Er, who was responsible for assessing Dongxin Semiconductor, frowned all the way. The assessment paper in his hand was almost full.

On the contrary, Lin Qingyang still had his usual expression; clearly, he didn't find anything strange about Dongxin Semiconductor's situation.

"I have to remind you that Dongxin is not an ideal chip investment company. Its technology has no advantage compared to chip factories in America, Japan, or even Singapore and Taiwan."

"They want to build an 8-inch wafer factory. Even if it is built, given the situation of the mainland's chip industry, unless Dongxin provides orders to this chip factory itself, it will be very difficult to grab other chip orders!"

Dai Er said in a low voice to Chen Zuhan. Setting aside metaphysics, from the perspective of a professional analyst, he really couldn't see any advantage in Dongxin building a chip factory compared to those overseas chip manufacturers.

The only hope was for this chip factory to rely on its parent company to provide orders, but this returned to the starting point. Dongxin itself was only at a second or third-rate level in the global chip industry. It had no advantage when facing Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, etc., so how many orders could it get?

"And there is another point. It is no longer a secret. At the latest this month, the American Trade Commission, the Foreign Affairs Committee, etc., will announce the Wassenaar Arrangement."

"Once this news is announced, Walden's investment in Dongxin will face even greater risks, and it might even completely lose the hope of recouping its capital!"

Dai Er told Chen Zuhan his judgment. In his eyes, Dongxin was a project with high risk, but the returns might not necessarily be obtained. Such a project, in Dai Er's eyes in the past, was a project he would discard at a glance without even taking a second look.

Chen Zuhan listened to Dai Er's words without changing his expression, neither saying he supported nor opposed it. He turned his head and continued to ask Lin Qingyang, "Qingyang, what do you think?"

"I still hold the opinion of investing in the Dongxin chip production base!"

"The mainland is still a nearly blank market. Its salary level still has a huge advantage compared to America, old Europe, Japan, and other places. I believe that sooner or later, Intel, AMD, and even chip factories in Japan, Korea, and Singapore will build factories in the mainland because of manufacturing costs!"

"In addition, the mainland itself is also a huge chip demand market. Dongxin's chip factory will sooner or later recoup its capital one day!"

After hearing Lin Qingyang's words, Dai Er shook his head and said, "What you said is only possible, but who dares to guarantee when that day will come? What if Dongxin's chip factory closes down before that day comes? Then who will bear Walden's losses?"

Looking at the faint sound of arguing coming from behind, Wu Xinyi and several Dongxin Semiconductor executives couldn't help but show worried expressions.

But Li Dongling still had his usual expression, as if he didn't see the movement on Walden's side at all.

Entering Dongxin Semiconductor's conference room, the two sides sat facing each other, and the conference room was basically packed.

Wu Xinyi was the first to speak. "Dongxin Semiconductor's revenue and orders hit a record high in the first half of this year!"

"Chip factories like Yanjing NEC, which process orders for Dongxin, cannot meet Dongxin's chip orders, so Dongxin hopes to build its own chip factory. If this chip factory is built, there is no need to worry about orders..."

"I'm very sorry, but from the materials your side handed over to us, over 90% of Dongxin's orders come from Dongling High-Tech."

"This is very fatal for a chip company. I don't mean to doubt Dongling High-Tech, but what if one day, the orders Dongling High-Tech gives to Dongxin decrease?" Dai Er said.

Dai Er didn't appear aggressive, but as soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became a bit colder.

"Dongxin will have orders from other companies in the future. There is no need to worry about this!"

Li Dongling said. As long as the Song Tianji chip project can succeed, then the domestic chip industry will definitely have a place for Dongxin in the future. By then, there will definitely be more than one or two companies purchasing Song Tianji chips.

Hearing this, Dai Er wanted to refute. Li Dongling's words were empty and baseless; who could believe them?

But he was stopped by Chen Zuhan. He also didn't know why Li Dongling dared to be so certain, but given Li Dongling's current net worth and status, there was no reason to fool people for a project. Even if this project was worth several hundred million US dollars, compared to Li Dongling's reputation, it didn't count for much.

"I believe Mr. Li's words!" Chen Zuhan said to Li Dongling.

Hearing this, Dai Er finally said, "Even if Walden is willing to invest in Dongxin's chip factory project, what if we encounter risks? How can Dongxin Semiconductor guarantee Walden's returns?"

"Although we are not partners yet, I will give your side a piece of news for free: if there are no accidents, the Wassenaar Arrangement will be announced by the American Trade Commission in the near future."

"Although the Wassenaar Arrangement is nominally only aimed at four places including the Kingdom of Babylon, other regions, including the mainland, need the consent of all Wassenaar countries if they want to import high-end equipment from countries that have joined the Wassenaar Arrangement!"

As soon as Dai Er said this, a burst of noise broke out in the conference room. This news was too sudden. If this agreement were really launched, it would probably be even more difficult for domestic companies to purchase advanced technology, precision instruments, and high-end equipment from overseas in the future.

And Wu Xinyi looked at Li Dongling with some surprise. The news Dai Er poked out was shocking.

But for Wu Xinyi, it wasn't that shocking, because as early as last year, Li Dongling had reminded him!

Up to now, although it was impossible to say that Dongxin Semiconductor had a foolproof plan, it wouldn't be in a rush. Starting from last year, Dongxin Semiconductor had used various methods to purchase and stockpile a large amount of necessary equipment, materials, etc., from overseas. It couldn't be said that it was completely enough, but it wouldn't be said that they would run out of food for the next meal.

What surprised Wu Xinyi was that he didn't expect this matter to be truly predicted by Li Dongling. If it weren't for Li Dongling's reminder, Dongxin Semiconductor would probably be in a rush by now.

Dai Er was very satisfied with the reaction of Dongxin Semiconductor's executives. No matter which company heard that it was going to be jointly targeted by the American Trade Commission, the American Foreign Affairs Committee, and even the American Department of Justice, it would probably be unable to sleep.

As the only empire in the world today, even the Mao Xiong Empire fell under the hands of America. Any place targeted by the empire would probably be unable to sleep or eat in peace.

But when Dai Er glanced at Li Dongling, he saw Li Dongling sitting there, his face calm, just tapping his fingers on the table lightly, as if he didn't care at all about the news Dai Er had broken. This made Dai Er frown deeply.

"Is General Manager Li not worried about the future of Dongxin Semiconductor?" Dai Er couldn't help but ask Li Dongling.

Li Dongling chuckled and swept his gaze over Dai Er a few times. "In any case, Dongxin still wants to thank Walden for the reminder. Dongxin will keep it in mind!"

"The Wassenaar Arrangement is indeed not good news for companies in the mainland. This is undeniable. The difficulty for the country to obtain overseas technology and equipment in the future has increased by another notch!"

"But, the great trend of the world is mighty and grand; those who follow it prosper, and those who resist it perish!"

Li Dongling looked at Chen Zuhan, Dai Er, and the rest of the Walden group. "The world of the future is America, old Europe, and Japan—they need the huge market of China's 1.4 billion users!"

"It is that companies in America and old Europe need the mainland to possess the world's best basic education level, but with employees whose salaries are competitive globally, to work for them."

"It is that America and other places need to possess the world's only complete set of light and heavy industrial systems, which can undertake the industrial transfer from America and old Europe!"

"In the future, it is America, old Europe, and Japan that need the mainland. It is not that they are giving the mainland food to eat; it is that apart from the mainland, they have no other choice!"

Li Dongling's words left Chen Zuhan, Dai Er, Lin Qingyang, and others stunned there. Li Dongling had given them a set of viewpoints completely different from mainstream media public opinion.

Now, whether it was domestic or overseas media, most voices were that the country could not do without overseas investment, and it was overseas investment that gave the country food to eat. This was also the reason why many places in the country worshipped foreign capital.

But Li Dongling gave a set of viewpoints completely different from the mainstream media. Yes, the country was short of money and equipment now and had to ask those overseas companies to invest.

But were those overseas companies really doing charity, not earning a penny, just to do charity in the country?!

Just thinking about it, one knew it was impossible. Look at the previous life: for the A-San market, how many companies rushed in one after another even knowing it was a pit? Did those giant companies not know that A-San was a huge pit, specifically harvesting the leeks of those multinational companies? But there were still companies from all over the world that kept stepping into the pit for the A-San market.

For what? Wasn't it for the huge population market of A-San? And now, the domestic market was one of the few huge undeveloped markets in the world. In a few years, after domestic incomes increased, it would be an existence that those giant companies would break their heads to squeeze into! ===== CHAPTER 571 =====