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Chapter 1127 Entering Semiconductors

Shin-Etsu Chemical.

The names SUMCO and Shin-Etsu can be seen in almost all material suppliers.

It can be said that these two companies are "TSMC" or "Intel" in the field of global semiconductor materials, and they are definitely at the giant level.

Shin-Etsu is able to produce single crystal silicon with 11 nines (9%) purity and a uniform crystal structure.

It is at the leading level in the world. Its advanced technology can cut single crystal silicon into thin slices and grind them to form silicon wafers. The surface flatness is below 1 micron.

But it's one thing to be fancy and plan to buy it, but it's another thing whether they will sell it to you or not.

He is not an American who can force someone to sell this company to him.

Therefore, more techniques are needed to test the reaction of Shin-Etsu Chemical.

"Hello, Chairman."

As soon as Kong Liang met, he greeted warmly.

He has enjoyed a particularly good life in Japan in the past few years, and there are no orders issued to him. He only needs to go to Hong Kong to attend a meeting every year and submit financial statements.

It can be said that he is the emperor of the flourishing game industry in Japan.

This life is simply not too cool.

However, after staying in Japan for so long, it is inevitable for him to get involved in the quick money-making industry of stock trading.

But he did not use the company to go to the bank to mortgage loans to speculate in stocks. Whether he filled his own pockets to speculate in stocks depended on his meager salary and dividends.

As he became more familiar with the size of the company, he didn't dare to use the company's finances to speculate in stocks.

If he really wanted to do this, he specified that he couldn't eat and walk around.

"Seeing that your complexion is very bad, is there something wrong?" Su Chen asked suspiciously.

Although he doesn't pay much attention to the industry here, and doesn't come here much.

But seeing Kong Liang at this time, with two black eyes, and a bad complexion, it looks like he has been overworked.

Anyone who is not blind can tell that something is wrong with his complexion at first sight.

Kong Liang shook his head, "It's not that there's anything wrong, maybe it's because I didn't sleep well last night, and the building next door has been making a lot of noise, so I still seem a little listless now."

"Haven't you traded stocks in the past two years?" Su Chen asked him again.

Kong Liang still shook his head, "It's impossible to speculate. I guess there are no people who can make money now. Most of them are bankrupt people. Just talk about our company for a while, at least a dozen people come to ask if we want to recruit employees every day. .”

"Stock trading is risky, investment needs to be cautious." Su Chen said, "Sit down."

When he sat down, I poured him another cup of tea.

"How is the inquiry from Shin-Etsu Chemical?"

At the beginning, Su Chen asked him to recruit people in the Japanese semiconductor industry, and by the way, see if he could find technical personnel from Shin-Etsu Chemical.

That's why I'm asking this question now.

"It's not easy." Kong Liang looked embarrassed, "No matter how many favorable conditions are given, those skilled people are not willing to leave. Even if many people go bankrupt in the stock market, they are not willing to leave. I'm sorry boss , I didn’t manage this matter well.”

"It doesn't matter."

Su Chen said, "Poaching people is naturally impossible to succeed all the time, just try again, if it doesn't work, forget it."

After all, even if technicians are recruited, Shin-Etsu Chemical may still have a lot of patents in hand.

If you produce it rashly, you will definitely infringe other people's patents.

And there is only one or two technicians, and there is no way to produce those things.

But having said that, there are 89 out of [-] unsatisfactory things in the world.

He is not the son of God, who can have everything go his way.

You can only overtake other companies in terms of time.

"Okay boss." Kong Liang nodded in understanding, and continued: "Another thing, in the past two years, Sega and Namco have launched "Ridge Racing", "VR Warrior" and "VR Racing" respectively, which immediately set off a 3D game. Game frenzy.

Although KONAMI has a strong economic strength, it is inherently deficient in technology, and has been greatly impacted in this new revolution.

I think there will be an operating loss in the next two years, and if they don't continue to develop new games, this loss will become bigger and bigger. "

"It's okay, it's okay to start with a loss. After all, according to their urgency, they must squeeze the last drop of commercial value from the product." Su Chen said, "You don't have to follow too closely about games for the time being, and continue to help me pay attention to Japan's semiconductor industry. Bar."

"clear."

……

Not only did Kong Liang pay attention to Japan's semiconductor industry, Su Chen also learned about this industry himself.

After a few days of exploration, he found that it was too early to get involved in Japan's semiconductor industry.

On the surface, the Japanese semiconductor industry seems to be showing signs of declining with the US sanctions. In fact, it is not the case. It is just from "before the stage" to "behind the scenes".

Because in April, the Semiconductor Medium-Term Vision Committee was established within the Japan Electronics Industry Association, these semiconductor companies began to form groups with each other.

To address the risks of hollowing out the semiconductor industry and uncertain employment.

But now, it is not time for Japanese semiconductor companies to really retreat.

And even after experiencing various problems, the probability of Japanese semiconductor companies going bankrupt and closing their doors is still very low, and there have even been a steady stream of companies joining the semiconductor industry across banks.

This is why even if outsiders say that Japanese semiconductors have failed, it is rare to hear that semiconductor companies have closed their doors.

The final result is that although the downstream of semiconductors has been beaten back and forth, the upstream has never stopped developing.

Therefore, Su Chen decided to start several companies in Japan, which are dedicated to the production of high-purity hydrogen fluoride, fluoropolyimide and photoresist.

In fact, the production of hydrofluoric acid is not difficult. Its main raw material is fluorite, and the proven reserves of fluorite in my country rank first in the world with South Africa, which is said to have unique advantages.

However, the hydrofluoric acid used in semiconductor production is not ordinary hydrofluoric acid, but ultra-clean and high-purity electronic grade hydrofluoric acid.

Moreover, there is no mature experience in China for special infrastructure such as ultra-clean and high-purity hydrofluoric acid plants.

Japan has a lot of experience in this area.

Therefore, one can cultivate one's own people with the help of Japanese experience.

Su Chen's decisions are generally well thought out.

If you think about it, you seldom look forward and backward.

……

Soon, Tiandu Company of Shengshi Holdings announced that it would enter the semiconductor industry, and the total investment would be 100 billion US dollars.

It is planned to establish three large-scale factories in Japan to provide jobs that can satisfy at least tens of thousands of people.

As soon as the news came out, many semiconductor companies were instantly confused.

It's just entering the semiconductor industry, so there's no need to make such a big fuss.

Now that the DRAM market is so fiercely fought, it is simply inexplicable that this company will enter.

What's more, due to the need to cut costs, many downstream customer companies of semiconductor equipment have also begun to transfer their production bases to neighboring countries. What's the matter with you at this time?

But some of the unemployed were ecstatic, as if they had found a new job and could pay off their hefty mortgage.

What's even more exaggerated is that Tiandu Company actually held a press conference...

(End of this chapter)