1991 Starting from the core

Early in the morning, NEC dispatched representatives to Su Yuanshan's hotel to wait.

To look at the attitude and thoughts towards a certain company, it is best to start by sending people to contact him. For example, the people NEC came to greet Su Yuanshan this time were Kazuo Karasawa and Takahiro Takaichi, who had once had a relationship with Su Yuanshan.

This means that NEC still remembers the long-term cooperation with Yuexin and hopes that both parties can return to the original atmosphere of cooperation.

"Mr. Karasawa, Dongping-kun, long time no see."

After Su Yuanshan went downstairs, he saw the two of them in the rest area of ​​the hotel.

Although Su Yuanshan is not afraid of interacting with strangers, it always makes him more happy to see acquaintances here.

"Su Sang..." When Dong Pinggui saw that Su Yuanshan could still call out his name, he was quite excited and immediately stood up: "Welcome to Tokyo."

"Haha, didn't you invite me last time? So I came."

Su Yuanshan held Dongping Guiyi's hand and chatted with Dongping Guiyi like old friends.

When FarCore opened the market for EDA, NEC was the first giant company to cooperate with FarCore. To this end, FarCore even dispatched resident engineers to NEC.

Later, in order to build an optical laboratory in the science and technology park, Su Yuanshan commissioned NEC to build a clean room for Yuanxin.

In fact, Su Yuanshan's original plan was to cooperate with NEC, introduce technology and equipment, and get involved in the wafer fab. But later on, he got in touch with Deyi, especially after receiving strong support from Zhang Rujin, Su Yuanshan gave up the cooperation with NEC, and as EDA became independent and became Zhiyuan Technology, the two parties later became more and more prosperous. The further away.

As for the first cooperation between the two parties, the main people who came to Yuanxin to negotiate were Kazuo Karasawa and Kiichi Tohira. Especially Dongping Guiyi, he had a great time chatting with Su Yuanshan.

Su Yuanshan still remembers that Dongping Guiyi has similar ideas to his own, and they both complain that the Ni people are too old-fashioned and ink-stained at work...

However, now that Dongping Guiyi looks a little older, it seems that this old man has not been doing well in the past few years.

"Come on, Mr. Karasawa, let's get in the car first."

…

NEC's headquarters is still located in the Tokyo Bay Area. Soon, the commercial vehicle transferred into NEC's headquarters campus.

At the gate, silver-haired Sekimoto Munehiro and his entourage looked at Su Yuanshan as he stepped out of the car with a smile.

Su Yuanshan was slightly surprised - he thought that at most Koji Nishigaki would come to pick him up, but he never thought that Sekimoto Munehiro would come to greet him in person...

Munehiro Sekimoto, compared to several other presidents who enjoy high status in Ni Country and even the world, is obviously much more low-key. But Su Yuanshan knew that this old man had a very good reputation in mainland China - he was once personally received by the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and thanked him for his strong support for Project 909.

Yes, the reason why the 909 project in the previous life was able to be implemented smoothly and even ahead of schedule, and NEC also provided conditions such as underwriting and training, which obviously means "support", in addition to domestic determination and market, there is also this old man Reasons to push hard.

Moreover, this old man has visited the country several times since the new century. Although he kept a low profile each time, he was valued and received by relevant departments.

In addition, the Zhongni NEC Go Tournament and NEC Cup were also born with his support - Mr. Nie Weiping, the chess saint, once said that Mr. Sekimoto's contribution to the domestic Go industry was huge.

Counting it now, the old man is almost 68 years old this year, and is about to reach the age of resigning as chairman-but after he steps down as chairman, he still serves as the "top" advisor of NEC.

"Hello, Mr. Sekimoto." Su Yuanshan quickly walked up to Sekimoto Munehiro, bowed slightly, stretched out his hands, and smiled respectfully at the old man: "Why can I bother you to greet me?"

"Haha, Su Sang, you're welcome." Sekimoto Munehiro had a kind face and eyes that made him look very elegant: "This way, please."

"you first."

…

As Sekimoto Munehiro entered the reception room, after the photos were taken, the two sides started having a meaningless chat. It was not until lunch that Sekimoto Munehiro and Su Yuanshan arrived at the president's office.

Both parties brought secretaries with them this time.

"We have always had respect for NEC, and regard you as our goal to catch up and someone to learn from."

Su Yuanshan's voice is neither low nor high, because he is not very fluent in spoken English, so he speaks slowly. This just takes care of old men like Sekimoto Munehiro, and also "takes care" of Zhou Xiaohui who is holding a notebook at the side.

As Su Yuanshan’s top secret, Zhou Xiaohui has long mastered three foreign languages—English, Japanese, and Korean. It's just that except for English, the latter two are a bit unskilled because there are too few usage scenarios.

Listening to Su Yuanshan giving NEC top hats as soon as he came up, Zhou Xiaohui lowered her head and kept smiling in her eyes - Mr. Shan... If you don't know his true identity and true power, I'm afraid anyone will think that he is a professional. The marketing manager of Party B who makes a living by sucking up to Party A.

"Therefore, when I come to Niguo this time, I also hope to achieve more profound cooperation with an excellent company like NEC. To make up for the previous..." Su Yuanshan said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "We failed to continue to cooperate with NEC. , it’s actually quite a pity.”

As soon as these words came out, even an old man with Sekimoto Munehiro's status, who had already put on a prudent business communication posture at this moment, couldn't help but laugh.

Being young has advantages, and others cannot learn this - Zhou Xiaohui thought to herself while recording.

Immediately afterwards, Su Yuanshan began to elaborate on his concept of cooperation and his conversation with Kutaragi Ken yesterday. It's just that compared to yesterday, this time he was more tactful.

After all, this is an old fox who has been immersed in shopping malls for decades, and judging from Sekimoto Munehiro's dialogue strategy, it is difficult to say whether he realizes that only mainland China is the real future.

And Su Yuanshan also remembered that NEC’s strategy for mainland China did not really continue - because during the dual storms of the Asian financial crisis and the semiconductor crisis, NEC had to take painstaking measures to launch many fields because it was involved in too many fields. , and then fully embrace new areas.

At this time, it happened to be the time when Sekimoto Munehiro resigned.

Of course, the decline of NEC, and even the decline of the entire NEC semiconductor industry, is not based on the will of an individual or a certain company. Even in later generations, Ni's country's semiconductor industry chose to retreat behind the scenes and engage in deep cultivation in the fields of basic technology and components as well as segmented product fields to gain an irreplaceable position. Nor can they conceal the fact that they have withdrawn from the stage of history.

This... can't be blamed on anyone.

It’s just that Su Yuanshan feels that if NEC continues to bite the bullet and choose to continue cooperation with China, NEC’s life may be much easier.