Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 599 Beware of Micron (4k)

Lu Fei gave Matsui enough time to think about it, and before he left Neon, he could at least spend a new year with peace of mind.

On the way back to Tokyo, Lu Fei contacted Li Yinxin.

After asking, I found out that what Samsung encountered was not a small trouble, but a huge change. Former lawyer Kim Yongzhe openly reported Samsung's secret fund, as well as the scandal of Lee Kun Hee and Lee Jae Yong's bribery of Xuan.

Dongchuang incident, Cheong Wa Dae has launched an investigation.

You know, the incumbent is Wen's confidant, Lu!

"My sister said that my father and elder brother are likely to be charged and sentenced, and my father chose to bear all the charges alone."

Li Yinxin was uneasy and worried on the phone.

"Don't worry, they'll be fine."

Lu Fei pouted.

"What you said was exactly the same as what my sister said, and she also said that father and elder brother will be fine." Li Yinxin said in surprise, "But to avoid suspicion, elder brother temporarily resigned from the positions of vice president and COO, and now father has handed over the entire group to sister."

"This is really a great opportunity for her."

Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, surprised.

After comforting Li Yinxin for a while, he immediately called Li Fuzhen, but it was completely understandable that he couldn't get through.

Today, the entire Samsung is in a period of turmoil.

Internal and external troubles, scrambling for power and position, the water inside is very deep.

No wonder, he didn't take care of the special plane's call for help.

But there is no doubt that it gave Master Lu and Logic a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pick off the peaches that Samsung has cultivated for so many years.

In addition to letting Jiang Chaorui, the boss of TPK Chenhong, lead the business team to come to Japan quickly, he also asked Gao Tuan to contact the media of Nihong.

Sony, Toshiba, Softbank, Toyota...

The itinerary is full, and NHK is the one who follows the filming all the way. Compared with other Japanese media, it is quite objective, because there is no need for advertising fees, and there is no need to sensationalize the ratings.

The inspection activities were vigorous and vigorous. Matsui, who was far away in the countryside, could watch the news of every station and every interview on the TV station, which invisibly aggravated the pressure and anxiety in his heart.

Every day, I am caught in a tangle.

Especially when the Samsung scandal spread to his ears "by accident", the dormitory was even more uneasy, and he couldn't sleep almost all night. Obviously, Samsung could no longer take care of the special plane.

If you don't want to go bankrupt, the only person you can rely on is Master Lu!

Seeing that even giants like Mitsubishi and Sony wanted to treat him as a guest of honor, Matsui was under pressure and temptation, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, let alone until New Year's Eve, even before Christmas Eve.

After all, Little Baga likes Lu Bu.

thump!
I've been wandering for half my life, and I only hate that I haven't met the Ming Lord!
If Mr. Lu does not give up, he is willing to worship as the patron's father.

Agreed to the acquisition of assets, according to Nihong, it is called "business transfer", which not only takes over all tangible assets such as special machines and equipment, but also includes intangible assets such as technology patents.

But there are also conditions. In addition to the purchase price of 9 million US dollars, the annual R&D budget cannot be lower than 1 million US dollars. The management must be fully trusted and authorized, and any layoffs must be prohibited within 5 years.

Right now, it is the critical period of tackling vacuum evaporation equipment, and any management and personnel turmoil will hinder research and development.

After some bargaining, the purchase price was set at 8.65 million US dollars, and the layoff period was shortened to 4 years, but the special machine had to allow Logic to send technicians and teams from China to learn from it.

As for another unwritten agreement with Samsung...

Because at the beginning of the millennium, it was only possible to survive with continuous funding from Samsung, so it is assumed that Samsung has a higher priority than logic, and can purchase more evaporation equipment in advance.

But from the moment the preliminary intention of the acquisition is reached, this unspoken rule will be invalidated, and the one who promises you is Xiaobaga,
It's none of my business, Mr. Lu!

Leaving the work of finishing the negotiations to Jiang Chaorui, before Christmas Eve, Lu Fei took Elpida as the last stop of his itinerary.

The word Elpida comes from Greek, which means "hope". It was established at the beginning of the century, when the neon semiconductor industry was in turmoil. It entrusted all and the last hope to revive the neon semiconductor industry.

It is formed by integrating the storage departments of Hitachi, NEC and Mitsubishi. Hitachi is strong in new technology research and development, but poor in improving yield rate. NEC is strong in mass production technology, but weak in low-cost manufacturing technology. Mitsubishi is good at low-cost manufacturing dram Memory, but the technology research and development ability is low, the ideal mode of combination is——

The three companies learn from each other's strengths, Hitachi is responsible for new technology research and development, Mitsubishi is responsible for integration technology, and NEC focuses on mass production technology.

In this way, Elpida will be the industry leader.

But the reality is just the opposite. Not only did it not rise, but because of the high manufacturing and labor costs, it was beaten helplessly in the price war between the United States and South Korea such as Samsung, Micron, and Hynix.

1G memory has been hit to 12 US dollars.

Not surprisingly, it will fall below $2008 in 10.

Without the price advantage, in the cold winter of the entire storage industry, it is not far from death. Infineon tried every means to get rid of the debt burden of Qimonda. Storage manufacturers such as Western Digital and Kioxia all laid off employees and cut production capacity in batches at the end of the year. However, Samsung and Micron, which are the first and second in the global storage industry, have instead expanded the price war.

Not to mention, Yangtze River Storage has suddenly emerged!

It has been eroding the market share of China's local memory chips. There are tigers in the front and wolves in the back. If this continues, if there are no more orders, Elpida will be completely cold.

In the world, only like logic will do.

With this in mind, Yukio Sakamoto, as the president, led the high-level executives to surround Lu Fei and introduced him attentively all the way.

When I arrived at the office, I bowed directly at 60 degrees.

"Lu Feisang, please!"

"President Sakamoto, you're embarrassing me."

Lu Fei pondered for a while, with hesitation written all over his face.

Yukio Sakamoto took the lead and knelt down, touching his head heavily to the ground.

Master Lu, there were so many people outside just now, I kneel down for you!

Seeing the president like this, the rest of the top executives also got down from their seats one after another, knelt down in front of Lu Fei, and said in unison: "Lu Fei-sang, since you are willing to help the special plane, please help Elpida!"

"please!"

"Origadas Gada (please help us)!"

"President Sakamoto, why bother?"

Lu Fei didn't go up to help him immediately, he touched his chin and thought for a while, "Okay, I can promise you that I will hand over the order for the memory part of our electronic products to Elpida."

"Boom bean paste? Lu Feisang, do you really want to?"

Yukio Sakamoto raised his head excitedly.

"Christmas is coming, let me give you and all the staff of Elpida a welcome gift. After all, our two countries have broken the ice again." Lu Fei helped him up, "But the price..."

"Lu Feisang! We promise you will be satisfied with the price!"

Sakamoto Yukio just stood up and immediately bowed at 90 degrees.

"That's good. You can discuss the specific details of the contract with my deputy, Sun Hongjun." Lu Fei narrowed his eyes.

All the memory and flash memory of mobile phones and computers in the "Home Appliances to the Countryside" come from Yangtze River Storage. The current production capacity can supply four pilot provinces, but it is not enough to meet the needs of the whole country.

The production line has been expanding.

It can satisfy domestic needs, but foreign countries are insufficient. It is necessary to increase procurement in the supply chain, but Qimonda cannot give all orders.

Wouldn't that save Qimonda?

Then I still buy a fart!
Instead of giving it to Micron, it is better to give it to Elpida, which can be regarded as a good relationship in advance. In case the acquisition of Qimonda fails, Elpida is the alternative plan of YMTC.

"Arigado! Arigado!!"

Yukio Sakamoto thanked him all the way to the door, his gratitude was beyond words.

You see, he took advantage of Xiao Baga, and he still wants to thank us!
When Lu Fei opened the car door and was about to get in the car, Yukio Sakamoto suddenly reminded him that he must beware of Micron.

"Micron? Why?"

Lu Fei stared straight at him, his eyes shining brightly.

…………

"Micron?"

In the mansion in Hannam-dong, Li Zaiyong sat in the study, facing the old monk who entered Li Jianxi. He thought that calling him in would be to deal with the "election bribery scandal", but he didn't expect it to be the storage industry.

"Transferring you to the U.S. office not only keeps you away from this vortex, but also allows you to support Micron's lawsuit against YMTC for infringement on behalf of Samsung, and you can assist in the investigation anonymously."

Li Jianxi looked over gloomyly.

"Prosecute YMTC for infringement?"

Li Zayong was startled, and suddenly realized.

Micron is going to repeat the old tricks, using the long-arm jurisdiction of the United States to suppress YMTC, which has only 3D technology in the world. As the only authorized Samsung, it naturally has this qualification.

Even, perjury to Micron.

But he would never take this step until it was profitable, but when he thought that Lu Fei was finally suppressed by the United States, he couldn't help being excited, sweeping away the haze brought by these days.

"You have to find a way to keep Micron and Yangtze River Storage in the lawsuit as much as possible. It will consume both Micron and Yangtze River Storage. The longer the delay, the better it will be for Samsung."

Li Jianxi said in a serious tone: "It will be the best result until our 3D flash memory chip is successfully mass-produced."

"I see, Dad!"

Li Zairong vowed to complete it.

"In addition to this matter, you have to go to Goldman Sachs."

Li Jianxi said: "Behind Li Boming is Hyundai, SK, and Goldman Sachs. I will do it internally, and you will do it externally. If there is no accident, no matter how I am sentenced, I will get an amnesty."

"I can't imagine that Ms. Park will lose to him!"

Li Zairong's tone was full of displeasure. Even if the price war defeated Hynix this time, it was not Samsung's turn to buy it. He made wedding dresses for Hyundai and SK in vain, so he could only stare at——

Either Qimonda or Elpida.

"Because he is more obedient."

Li Jianxi reached out and patted his face, "It's hard for you to spend Christmas with your wife and children this year, let's go."

"Dad, I'm leaving!"

Li Zairong bowed deeply, and when he walked out of the study, he passed by Li Fuzhen who was waiting quietly at the door, and looked at each other coldly.

"Big brother."

"Fu Zhen, take good care of Samsung for me and Dad."

"Brother, I wish you return home soon."

Li Fuzhen watched him leave until he got in the car to the airport, stood in front of the corridor window, and raised his head.

In the sky, bright fireworks are celebrating Christmas.

"boom!"

"Bang Bang!!"

Compared with Tokyo, the fireworks in Hokkaido have an unusual splendor in the snowy winter.

Spend Christmas in Tokyo and New Years Eve in Hokkaido.

At the hotel near Yoniu Hot Spring, Gao Yuanyuan’s family reunited here to enjoy the white snow under the night view while eating Japanese food.

Lu Fei was soaking in the hot spring comfortably, and the spring water precipitates accumulated on the bottom of the soup were like fish scales, showing a slightly grayish light blue color.

"Elpida can't be saved no matter how it is saved. It has been in business for so many years, and it has only been profitable for 4 years. The most profitable time was last year. It made a decent profit of about 700 billion yen."

Sun Hongjun truthfully reported the results of the investigation.

"what reason?"

Lu Fei held his mobile phone in one hand and drank sake in the other.

"The infighting is too serious."

Sun Hongjun explained that Elpida was originally composed of NEC and Hitachi, and the employees of both sides were basically divided into half. The position arrangement is quite strange. From the section chief, minister, head of the headquarters to the president, all positions are double. If NEC's A person is the head of the department, and the deputy must be someone from Hitachi, who is always constrained.

After integrating Mitsubishi, the chaos became even more chaotic. Hitachi, NEC, and Mitsubishi are all big chaebols, and no one accepts the other.

Yukio Sakamoto did not have the ability to integrate these three forces.

At this time, he stood in support of NEC.

Without a bowl of water, Hitachi employees were naturally dissatisfied and left one after another, and then Mitsubishi employees also left one after another.

Elpida has become the headquarters of NEC. We must know that when NEC mass-produces Dram chips, it pursues a one-sided high yield rate, which requires a complex production process, increases the number of masks and exposure times, and reduces equipment throughput. Costs are skyrocketing, sales are high, and profits are low.

This drawback was also brought to Elpida in full.

To process the same number of wafers, Elpida needs twice as much manufacturing equipment as Samsung, and the cost is almost twice as much as Samsung. The manufacturing equipment alone exceeds 2% of the cost.

"So bankruptcy is bound to go bankrupt."

Lu Fei smacked his lips: "If we want to eat it, how much do we need?"

"This is still being counted. In the end, it depends on how Elpida goes bankrupt, but it is definitely cheaper than Qimonda, but it is definitely not as good as Qimonda." Sun Hongjun carefully analyzed.

"Compared to Elpida, I value the president of Elpida, Yukio Sakamoto, more. He is a talent. His resume and ability are not necessarily worse than that of TSMC's Zhang Zhongmou. Unfortunately, he was destroyed by infighting."

"It's easy to handle, just like Nihong's temperament, as long as Elpida goes bankrupt in his hands, he will be a 'sinner of Neon', not to mention seppuku, at least he won't be able to stay in the semiconductor industry of Neon. Just hand me an olive branch, I don't believe he won't come."

"Then it's settled!"

Lu Fei said: "Give them the order too."

"Yes, of course. With such a low operating profit margin of Elpida, as long as memory prices continue to fall next year, they will not even be able to make back their capital, just like the more they produce, the more losses they will make. Bankruptcy." Sun Hongjun couldn't help laughing.

"What about Micron, how did you check?"

There was a smile on the corner of Lu Fei's mouth.

"I haven't found any action yet, but I really have to be careful. Micron is very bad. When the US and Japan semiconductors competed, they were the first to file lawsuits against Japanese companies such as Hitachi and NEC, and they were also the first to taste the sweetness of the US-Japan semiconductor agreement. , even Samsung, Hynix, and Infineon have been overshadowed by it.”

Sun Hongjun said: "I don't know how it will do it?"

"Well……"

Lu Fei was thinking that Micron was involved in ZTE's involvement.

At this moment, Gao Yuanyuan's voice came from outside the house.

"It's been soaking for an hour, is it still not soaked?"

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