1991 Starting from the core

At the lighthouse state-sold base station... Su Yuanshan felt excited just thinking about it - even if he was pulled out in the end, it still meant that he had inserted a red flag into the enemy camp.

So, he asked Wang Rui to give it a bold try - what if? People always have to have some dreams!

The next day, Su Yuanshan got on the plane and rushed to Tokyo.

…

After quietly picking up Su Yuanshan from the airport, Kutaragi Ken stood at the company gate and welcomed him into his office.

"Susan."

"Let's talk directly, Kutaragi-kun..." Su Yuanshan didn't have time to be polite to Kutaragi Ken, so he went straight to the point: "You are the only one who can call me over directly."

Facing Su Yuanshan's unabashed compliment, Kutaragi Ken just smiled and shook his head - he knew that Su Yuanshan never hesitated to give such "costless" praise and compliments, so he just listened to it. Who would be fooled one after another!

"That's right, we also plan to build a fab specifically for the production of flash memory particles. So..."

Before Kutaragi Ken could say anything, Su Yuanshan stood up as if his butt was on fire, stared and said, "No, no, no! You are so uninteresting!"

Although Sony has its own wafer fab, it is more of an electronic equipment manufacturing company than a traditional semiconductor company. Therefore, when the agreement was signed at the semiconductor conference, Sony appeared as a purchaser.

As the only FarCore that can currently provide MLC flash memory particles - well, it's not the only one anymore, Intel and SanDisk can also provide it - FarCore is naturally Sony's natural supplier.

How long has it been? Sony actually wants to do it on its own...

Su Yuanshan and Kutaragi Ken have good families, so they have no scruples.

Kutaragi Ken coughed: "Susan."

"I don't listen."

"Ahem... just listen!"

"No, Mr. Kudo, the semiconductor industry is not what it used to be now." Su Yuanshan's mind was spinning very fast, and he quickly "arranged" a reason for Sony not to launch a wafer fab: "I said it a long time ago , Technology-intensive enterprises like wafer factories will definitely become more and more concentrated in technology and become more monopolized in the future... The boss eats meat, the second one eats soup, and the others behind him will survive..."

"If you do it now, Yuanxin will authorize the production process to you. When you finish building it, why don't you go to the new century?"

"So, what are you worried about?" Kutaragi asked with a smile.

Su Yuanshan was startled.

Yes, according to the procrastinating nature of Ni country people, you are not allowed to find yourself before going into production? So he became suspicious, staring at Kutaragi Ken, wondering what medicine the old fox was selling in his gourd.

But he immediately said: "I'm worried that your money will be wasted! As an ally, I have the obligation to point out the shortcomings of your plan and help you stop your losses."

What Su Yuanshan said was that he was right and his words were strict, but his righteousness was as thin as the sky.

Kutaragi Ken couldn't laugh or cry, and coughed again: "And this wafer fab was not built by Sony, but by us and Far Core."

"Huh?" Su Yuanshan was startled again, and frowned slightly after confirming that Kutaragi Ken was not talking nonsense: "What kind of method? Invest in Deyuan, or directly join a joint venture with Yuanxin?"

"It's convenient for you." Kutaragi Ken said with a smile.

Now, Su Yuanshan had to think about it seriously.

With his announcement of "entering the digital age", in the future, flash memory particles will definitely be a vast market that will ignore the cold winter.

This means that if we increase production capacity now, we will not lose money at all.

But Yuanxin is short of money now.

Yuanxin "lost" all its assets as early as the year before last year, and now relies entirely on cash flow to support its huge R\u0026D and market expansion needs. As the date for the divestiture of the foundry approaches, this means that Yuanxin will lose a considerable amount of revenue - you know, Yuanxin has only invested several billion yuan to expand the foundry.

Although it benefits from the health of Yuanxin's overall business, Yuanxin's flow situation is still very healthy. But no matter how healthy it is, it is not enough to support Yuanxin to build another wafer factory worth billions of yuan.

Is Sony here to provide help in times of need?

"Jiu Duojun." Su Yuanshan thought for a few seconds and said seriously: "In private, the two of us are friends. In public, our two companies are allies - in Yuanxin's strategic rating, you are the only strategic partner. .”

Kutaragi Kenya became serious and bowed slightly to Su Yuanshan to express his gratitude.

"So, I hope you can tell me what prompted Sony to make such a plan?" After saying that, Su Yuanshan closed his mouth and waited for the answer quietly.

Of course, Sony cannot be here to help the poor, there is no doubt about this. Even because Yuanxin has not disclosed financial reports, Sony has no idea that Yuanxin is short of money. In Sony's view, there is no financing channel for a company like Yuanxin.

If you want money, just go public.

Then, Sony must have seen some kind of opportunity before it considered cooperating with Yuanxin to enter the wafer fab.

Su Yuanshan wanted to hear it.

Kutaragi pursed his lips, pondered for a few seconds and then smiled slightly: "We made some money."

"..." It took Su Yuanshan a lot of effort to restrain himself from rolling his eyes.

"Haha, it's true. Thanks to the hot sales of mobile phones and PS game consoles, our business has expanded unprecedentedly."

Su Yuanshan nodded and agreed with this statement - in the previous life, Sony's mobile phones were indeed not very good. But this time, because they got Yuanxin's package plan in advance, they almost achieved monopoly success in Ni country, and they also successfully entered the Western market relying on their brand advantage.

A large part of Yuanxin's money from selling chips comes from Sony.

"This is inseparable from the cooperation with Yuanxin." Kutaragi Ken added.

Su Yuanshan also nodded and bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

"Susan, the production capacity report from Deyuan last quarter pointed out that in the next few years, Deyuan's production capacity will be increased in a planned way. However, after our analysis, we came to the conclusion that Deyuan's production capacity cannot cope with The demand for chips in future electronic and digital products.”

Kutaragi pursed his lips and said sincerely to Su Yuanshan: "For Sony, this is an opportunity, and at the same time, it is also to consolidate our cooperative relationship."

Although Kutaragi Ken spoke very implicitly, Su Yuanshan still understood.

Su Yuanshan has never interfered with the business of Deyuan Semiconductor and YX architecture chips, let alone the "ownership" advantage. At present, shipments and distribution are carried out in accordance with orders.

But in the eyes of others, especially partners, this is undoubtedly... not acceptable.

If you want to ensure your own needs, you either need to find a supplier that has nothing to do with the industry, or you can become a shareholder yourself.