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Chapter 642 Samsung Emperor Li Jianxi (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

"Are you really doing the translation for Director Wu Jianye?"

Han Enzhen nodded as a matter of course, and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

"I saw him get into Li Jianxi's car just now!" Han Enzhen's boyfriend said in a complicated tone.

Han Enzhen said in disbelief: "How is it possible? He is a director. How could Li Jianxi send a car to pick him up? Could you be mistaken!"

"I may have misread the president's car, but how could I have misread Li Jianxi's car!"

Two people
The car came to a typical Korean manor. When Wu Jianye got out of the car, he saw someone waiting for him at the door. When the man saw Wu Jianye, he bent down slightly and said in English: "Wu Jianye Director, our president has been waiting for you for a long time, please follow me!"

Wu Jianye nodded, and walked into the manor under the leadership of the other party. It can be seen that the style of the manor clearly has the domestic Jiangnan style, with pavilions, terraces and courtyards everywhere.

Under the leadership of that person, Wu Jianye and others came to a room. At the door of the room, there was already a middle-aged woman wearing a classical Hanbok waiting there. Although the woman was middle-aged, her overall demeanor was very dignified. Elegant, like a wife who came out of a big family.

"Director Wu, welcome to Furong Pavilion. I am Representative Jin of Furong Pavilion. This is my business card. You are welcome to come over often in the future!" After speaking, Representative Jin respectfully handed a business card to Wu Jianye.

After Wu Jianye took the business card, he smiled and said, "Thank you!"

At this time, Wu Jianye already understood what this place is. This place should be similar to the private clubs in China, but judging by the decoration and the temperament of the boss, it is obviously the top club in Bangzi.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Jianxi, who is not the top, to treat guests here!

Representative Jin opened the door, Wu Jianye walked in, and saw that the room was very tidy and simple, except for a dining table in the middle, there was nothing else to be seen, it was similar to RB's tatami room!
At this time, the middle-aged man in his 40s who was sitting in the middle also stood up, welcomed Wu Jianye with a smile and said, "Director Wu, welcome!"

Wu Jianye stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "President Li is too polite!"

The middle-aged man is naturally the current president of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, the reclusive emperor of Bangzi!

There is no need to describe the strength of Samsung in Bangzi. Even in 1990, Samsung is still the most powerful group company in Bangzi. The subsidiaries of Samsung Holdings cover almost all industries in Bangzi.

The most powerful semiconductor business of Samsung is actually developed and grown in the hands of Li Jianxi.

However, Samsung's semiconductor business at this time is not as dominant as in later generations. At this time, Bangzi's semiconductor business is only producing cheap products and has not entered the mainstream of the world!
However, the semiconductor business is one of Li Jianxi's most valued businesses.

After the two parties sat down, they began to exchange greetings. Li Jianxi praised Wu Jianye for his young and promising, and won glory for Asians. Wu Jianye reciprocated and praised Li Jianxi as a management genius that is rare in a century.

Anyway, it is mutual business blowing.

However, Wu Jianye knew clearly that it was absolutely impossible for Li Jianxi to invite him here specifically for business bragging!
At this time, the representative Jin of Furong Pavilion has already started to serve their private rooms. Li Jianxi treats guests personally, so naturally he has booked the entire Furong Pavilion. In fact, even if Furong Pavilion is in normal business, he will not entertain more every day Guest's.

After all the dishes were served, Wu Jianye noticed that Representative Jin asked Li Jianxi's secretary something softly, and said with a smile: "President Li, Director Wu, next is our prostitute from Furong Pavilion to perform with you, I hope you two will like it." !"

Li Jianxi laughed, and introduced Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, the prostitutes in Furong Pavilion are the best in Seoul, please appreciate them!"

Wu Jian Yeke said casually, "Then it's better to be respectful than to follow orders!"

As Representative Jin clapped his hands, the door was opened again, and a girl in a classic royal court dress came in, bowed slightly, and began her performance.

In fact, Bangzi’s prostitute performances are similar to RB’s geisha performances. In ancient times, prostitutes belonged to untouchables. They usually received various artistic training in the teaching workshop since childhood, such as musical instruments, calligraphy, dance, literature, female celebrities, etc. Some also included medical skills. Provide performances and entertain guests at banquets.

In ancient times, a girl had to go through a ceremony known as pantou and put on her hair before she became an official prostitute.

Prisoners who commit serious crimes involving family members will also have their female relatives degraded as prostitutes.

It is a similar concept to the female family members of the demoted ministers in ancient China who were sent to the Jiaofang Division.

However, Bangzi’s prostitutes have developed very differently until now. Most of the prostitutes now are girls who learn to dance. They come here to earn some extra money. Of course, some people hope to get to know more through this road. Some rich people, after all, in this era, those who can come to places like Furong Pavilion to spend are the top richest people in Seoul!
The appearance of the prostitute is very delicate, with a standard beauty's oval face and a little baby fat, but what makes Wu Jianye more curious is her pair of eyes, which always feel a little sad, but Wu Jianye doesn't have too much The idea of ​​a good prostitute has nothing to do with him.

Accompanied by Bangzi's classical music, Jisheng began his own performance.

At this time, it is naturally impossible for Wu Jianye and Li Jianxi to talk about any serious business. In fact, there are also accompanying wine services here, but neither Wu Jianye nor Li Jianxi are very interested in such services. The relationship between the two It has not yet reached the friendship of giving the other party his own unrestrained side.

It was represented by Jin, who explained to the two of them softly the origin and story of the dance performed by the prostitute.
When the prostitutes performed the dance, Representative Jin said, "Yuclan, come over and toast President Li and Director Wu!"

Under the introduction of Representative Jin, Wu Jianye already knew that the prostitute's name was Dan Silan, and she studied classical dance at the Seoul Academy of Arts!
Dan Silan lifted her skirt, came to the two of them, knelt and sat in front of the dining table, someone brought her a wine glass, Dan Silan toasted Wu Jianye and Li Jianxi calmly!

After all this was over, Li Jianxi gave everyone a look, and everyone left the room understandingly. Wu Jianye knew that Li Jianxi wanted to talk to him about the purpose of inviting him this time!
"Director Wu, I know that Tunan Technology, a subsidiary of your group, is doing its best to develop the semiconductor business, but the global semiconductor market is not very good now. Our group intends to acquire the semiconductor business of Tunan Technology!"

Li Jianxi said directly.

Regarding Li Jianxi's request, Wu Jianye had already vaguely guessed the money for the banquet, so he is not too surprised now. In fact, Li Jianxi has almost paranoid trust in the semiconductor business.

In the 70s and [-]s, the global electronics industry developed rapidly.

Li Bingzhe, the father of Li Kunxi and the founder of Samsung Group, is keenly aware that this high value-added industry is the hope of Bangzi's future.

But his idea is only to work for RB Sanyo.

At that time, the monopoly of semiconductor technology was in the hands of the United States and RB, and Li Bingzhe did not dare to have too many extravagant hopes.

Most people in the company, including the close president, are opposed to investing in semiconductors, and even the government is not optimistic about it.

At this time, his youngest son, Li Jianxi, who had returned from studying in the United States, stood up and said to his father: "Dad, even if I am alone, I have to try that!"

Therefore, amid the radical remarks that "semiconductors will bring down Samsung", Li Jianxi started his own business.

In 1974, he used his own funds to buy a Korean semiconductor company, aiming at the emerging memory technology at that time.

Memory, also called memory, is a major component of most electronic products.According to different technologies, it is divided into many types. At present, the mainstream is DRAM memory and NAND flash memory. The former is used as mobile phone and computer system memory, and the latter is used as mobile phone flash memory and solid state drive (SSD).

However, Lee Kun-hee's road to semiconductors has not gone smoothly. He has traveled to Silicon Valley more than 50 times to introduce technology and talents. He has devoted huge efforts and investment, but he still continues to lose money.

In desperation, the father finally made a move and sent a capable person to assist his son in the future.

The two oil crises made him realize that in a small country with scarce resources, Samsung's future lies in semiconductors.

"Be sure to start this business before I close my eyes, so that Samsung will be safe and sound."

In 1983, Samsung established its first semiconductor factory in Giheung, Gyeonggi-do, officially declaring war on memory.

However, both father and son underestimated the tragic nature of this battle.

In people's impression, the price of electronic products is reduced every year.

But memory is very strange. Like chemicals, it is asset-heavy and has a strong cycle. The price fluctuates drastically.

The advantage is that once you survive the recession, you are the boss of the world.

In this industry, there is only one strategy, either use money to kill your opponent, or be killed by your opponent with money.

Intel is the earliest player in this industry. It put DRAM into large-scale applications in 1970 and swept 80% of the market four years later.

After that, the Japanese suddenly emerged and defeated Intel.

When Samsung got involved in this market, the Japanese were already world leaders.

After finally breaking through the technological blockade, and purchasing 64K DRAM technology from Micron, which was inconspicuous at the time, it encountered the industry's first recession.

In 1984, as soon as Samsung launched 64K DRAM, memory prices plummeted from $4 per chip to 30 cents per chip. At this time, Samsung’s cost was $1.3 per chip.In other words, a loss of $1 per piece produced.

By the end of 1986, the cumulative loss was 3 million U.S. dollars, and all equity capital was short.

In fact, until the day of Li Bingzhe's death in 1987, he did not see Samsung Semiconductor making a profit.

Due to the sluggish market, Intel, the former industry leader, was forced to withdraw and switched to CPU. Japanese manufacturers such as NEC also reduced their investment scale.Only Samsung doesn't know "good or bad", and like a gambler, it goes against the trend and increases the price crazily.

"The more difficult it is, the more investment must be increased." The losses that lasted for more than ten years have not only failed to shake Li Jianxi's faith, but instead aroused his fighting spirit.

In order to overcome technical difficulties, Samsung hired engineers from RB and used weekends to teach technology in the stick.

At the same time, recruit experienced stickmen from American Semiconductor Corporation.Inspired by their patriotism, these people gave up their careers for many years, returned to the stick, sacrificed all holidays, and devoted themselves to fighting day and night.

Among this group of people, there was a young man named Chen Daji, who refused IBM's repeated attempts to retain him and joined Samsung without hesitation. The reason was "I really want to win RB once."This young man later became the CEO of Samsung Electronics.

However, it is not enough to have a blood.

In 1983, when Samsung developed 64K DRAM, the key technology was 5 years behind RB.

At 256K, it is 2 years behind RB; at 1M, it is still 1 year behind.

During this period, the Samsung people were ridiculed by RB.But they ignored it and kept their heads down.

In 1987, the Samsung people who had been struggling for many years finally ushered in a turning point in the industry.

That year, the United States initiated an anti-dumping lawsuit against RB Semiconductor, and the two parties reached an export restriction agreement.

Affected by this, DRAM prices rebounded, and Samsung took advantage of the momentum to rise. Not only did it achieve profitability, but it also began to lead RB in technology.

In fact, the development of Tunan Technology is similar to that of Samsung. Although Wu Jianye knows what technology is the most important, he does not understand the technology inside, so for Tunan Technology, their development is not much faster than Samsung.

In particular, the special status of Tunan Technology makes the technical barriers and difficulties he encounters even stronger than that of Samsung.

The development route of Tunan Technology is actually somewhat similar to that of Samsung, and their focus is similar. In 84, Samsung was already tracking LCD technology. With the emergence of notebook computers, it also opened the LCD era in human history. .

During this period, liquid crystal technology has gone through numerous iterations, giving birth to thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), and RB enterprises represented by Sharp have monopolized 90% of it.

Tunan Technology is also cooperating with RB's companies while developing its own LCD technology.

Let's put it this way, in order to break through the technical barriers, Tunan Technology has invested nearly [-] million U.S. dollars in annual research funds and losses!

This amount is not something that ordinary technology companies can afford. If it weren't for the strong sales of Tunan Technology, Tunan Technology's current profit would be negative!

Zhou Tao once had doubts about these projects, and discussed with Wu Jianye whether to suspend the development of these scientific research projects first.

However, Wu Jianye knew how important the technical barriers of future generations are to a technology company, so Wu Jianye said at that time that he would rather Yaoguang Group subsidize Tunan Technology every year and develop it. No one will get caught!

This is why Tunan Technology invests and builds laboratories for many global famous schools every year, in order not to lag behind others in this best era of rapid technological development!
Wu Jianye tapped on his desktop and said with a smile: "President Li, as a senior in the business world, we should respect your seniors, but now Tunan Technology's semiconductor business is still losing money, but we at Tunan Technology Still acceptable!"

(End of this chapter)