Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Galaxy Semiconductor.

This semiconductor company in Xiangjiang founded by Lin Baicheng has R\u0026D and business scope including panels, memory chips, integrated circuits, etc.

Galaxy Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Galaxy Semiconductor, is in the United States. Galaxy Semiconductor mainly conducts research and development of integrated circuits and memory chip technology. But on the company's side in the United States, Lin Baicheng, a reborn person, established a branch of Galaxy Semiconductor in Xiangjiang and copied the technology. There are not many related production lines, mainly in the United States.

Galaxy Semiconductor itself is mainly engaged in research and development of panels and software design, of which panel technology is the focus.

Lin Baicheng was invited by Galaxy Semiconductor's President Hiroshi Noda to come here for an inspection.

Noda Hiroshi reported good news to Lin Baicheng. The company has digested the acquired panel technology and is now able to establish its own production line. It will then be able to upgrade the existing technology and develop larger size and higher resolution panels. . Previously, although the company acquired relevant technologies, it knew what it was and didn't know why. It could only follow the script. There was no future in this way.

It's different now. After digesting the acquired technology and being able to conduct in-depth research on existing technology, as long as you are willing to invest, you can develop better technology and upgrade products, and you will have prospects in the future.

"This is a good thing, but the company's current panel technology can only be considered third-rate in the world, not even second-tier, let alone world-class, so you still need to work hard."

Lin Baicheng said that due to technical problems, although both Xingyue consoles and arcade machines use panels from Galaxy Semiconductor, in order to occupy the market and have higher product quality, most of the machines use panels from other manufacturers, and the panels make up the bulk of the profits. It was earned by other manufacturers.

In addition to Xingyue consoles and arcade machines, televisions such as Venus TV also use some Galaxy Semiconductor panels. These are to digest the panels produced by Galaxy Semiconductor so that there will be no buyers for the panels produced by this company. Too big a loss.

In fact, even for panels produced with third-rate technology, there are buyers. For example, products shipped to developing countries do not require very sophisticated technology. If the product is too good, the unit price of the product will be too high, and there will be no buyers. After all, People in developing countries have limited spending power, but if they sell panels directly on the market, the price will be very low, far lower than the ex-factory price, and the company will suffer huge losses.

Noda Hiroshi said immediately: "Mr. Lin, please rest assured. The company now has advanced R\u0026D equipment, excellent R\u0026D talents, money, and people. I believe it won't take long for the company to develop a better second-generation product." product.”

Lin Baicheng asked: "Are the second-generation products benchmarked against the world's second-tier technology level?"

"Yes."

Noda Hiroshi nodded and said: "The company's second-generation products are benchmarked against the world's second-class level, and the third-generation products are benchmarked against the world's first-class level, but they are benchmarked against the current world-class level. By the time the company develops the third-generation products, it will be a few years later. , the world-class products at that time were definitely better than the products developed by the company, so the fourth-generation products were benchmarked against the world-class level at that time. If all goes well, starting from the fifth generation, the company's products will be able to compete with other world-class panel companies , ranked among the best in the world.”

"This has already reached the fifth generation, which is a bit too far."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this. Galaxy Semiconductor has only started to develop second-generation products now. It's not yet known when it will be successful, let alone the fifth generation.

Noda Hiroshi said with helplessness: "Mr. Lin, what the company acquired is third-rate panel technology. If we can acquire the world's second-rate or first-rate panel technology for the company to digest, then the company's research and development speed will naturally be faster. Technology research and development It doesn’t happen overnight, it has a process, and we are far behind. If we want to catch up, we can only rely on money and time.”

“Don’t even think about world-class panel technology.”

Lin Baicheng naturally knew that what Noda Hiroshi said was reasonable. He said: "It is a second-rate panel technology. You can find companies in the same industry to see if any company is willing to sell it. If so, the company can spend money to buy it. Funds On the other hand, you don’t have to worry, the company is not short of money, and if it doesn’t work, you can still find third-party financing and introduce partners.”

"Mr. Lin, I'll try my best."

Noda Hiroshi did not make a guarantee. This is because the world's second-rate panel technology is already very good. As long as the business is well managed and the products are sold to buyers, the company's development will not be bad. As long as people are not stupid, they will not sell related technologies.

For a company with world-class panel technology, the panel is the opponent's top product. It is impossible for them to sell technology to increase their competitors, even if it is second-rate technology. Unless the other party can develop better technology and turn the second-rate technology into a third-rate technology, then the other party still has some possibility of selling it.

"Just do your best."

Lin Baicheng didn't force Noda Hiroshi to do it. Some things just can't be done, and it's useless no matter how much he is forced to do it.

Since he came to Galaxy Semiconductor, Lin Baicheng, in addition to visiting the research and development laboratory, naturally went to the production line to chat with the workers and put on a show.

With the current panel technology of Galaxy Semiconductor, it is possible to build its own production lines, but the quality of the panels produced by the company is average. The reason why Lin Baicheng's company purchased Galaxy Semiconductor's panels was because of Lin Baicheng's request, not real demand. Galaxy Semiconductor’s panels, so Galaxy Semiconductor only added one production line and increased the production lines to four, that’s all.

The increase in production lines will increase the production capacity of panels, but the problem is that the companies buying panels do not really need the company's panels. The company's panels are not easy to sell. The increased production capacity can only be sold on the market, and such sales require It is losing money, and it is a huge loss, so it is impossible for Galaxy Semiconductor to add new production lines. Every time a new production line is added, the company will suffer greater losses.

Galaxy Semiconductor's newly added production line requires more brotherly relationships to produce products, otherwise it will only make more losses when sold on the market, which means that the big boss Lin Baicheng will lose more.

Although other companies spend money to purchase products that increase the cost of products and reduce profits, it is generally more cost-effective and allows Lin Baicheng to reduce losses.

It is true that Lin Baicheng is very rich, but it is better to earn more and lose less. He will never be dissatisfied with having too much money.

At noon, Lin Baicheng had a meal with the company's senior management and technical experts at Galaxy Semiconductor and chatted with them.

After the meal, Noda Hiroshi said that he had something to report to him, so Lin Baicheng and Noda Hiroshi went to the office to chat.

"President Noda, do you have anything else to report to me?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. If something happened, he should report it to him during the morning inspection.

Noda Hiroshi: "Mr. Lin, you must also know that in Japan, the two companies that are the best in the panel field and have the strongest technology are Sharp and Suha Seiko."

"Of course I know that."

Lin Baicheng nodded. Galaxy Game Company, the company he first started, used panels for its arcade products. At first, he purchased general products from niche brands. Later, a large number of orders came in. In order to improve product performance, he decided to use world-class panels. At that time, he had two companies to choose from: Sharp and Suha Seiko.

It’s not that these are the only two world-class panel companies. There are of course those in the United States. However, Japanese panels are cheaper and the product performance is the same. Of course, Japanese products are the way to go.

Among the two companies, Sharp and Suha Seiko, Lin Baicheng chose to cooperate with Sharp. Nowadays, most of Galaxy Games’ arcade machines and Xingyue consoles use Sharp’s panels. The reason why I chose to cooperate with Sharp is very simple. When Lin Baicheng came into contact with Suyu Seiko, the person in charge at the time was very arrogant and looked down on Chinese people, which made Lin Baicheng very unhappy. And the price of Suyu Seiko's products was not much cheaper than Sharp. Lin Baicheng naturally bought Sharp's panels.

Noda Hiroshi continued: "There is still a big gap between our company's panel technology and these two companies. It can be said that we are two generations behind. It is not easy to catch up with them. But if we have the technology of these two companies, , providing our R\u0026D personnel with direction and ideas, our R\u0026D progress can be greatly accelerated.”

"It's not easy to buy technology from these two companies."

Lin Baicheng frowned slightly. He didn't mind spending money. The problem was that he was willing to sell the technology.

"It's really not easy for them to sell technology, but we can use some tricks, find some knowledgeable people to buy technology, or send people there."

Although Noda Hiroshi didn't finish what he said later, Lin Baicheng understood what he meant, which was nothing more than sending commercial spies to steal technology.

“You have to be honest as a person, and the same applies to companies.”

Lin Baicheng interrupted, and then changed the topic: "But technology is still very important. You can find someone to 'buy' technology. I will give you an initial grant of 1 million Hong Kong dollars in activity funds. Is it enough?" In the 'purchase' part, Lin Baicheng added an accent to the two words, and he believed Noda Hiroshi could hear them.

"Mr. Lin, this is what you taught me."

Noda Hiroshi sincerely admitted his mistake and continued: "The initial funding of 1 million Hong Kong dollars is enough, but if someone has advanced technology to sell to us, the money will not be enough to pay." Before seeing the technology, there is no need to spend too much. It's a lot of money, but if someone secretly sells technology to them, then 1 million Hong Kong dollars will not be enough.

"When you need funds, just report to me."

Lin Baicheng said that he was not a pedantic person, and he had no reason not to do things that were beneficial to the company. As for whether it would be despicable to do so, please, there are many more despicable things in the mall than this.

"President Noda, I will not be stingy with those who contribute to the development of the company. Needless to say, bonuses will definitely not disappoint you. Even shares will not be impossible to obtain by then."

Lin Baicheng is not completely fooling around. As long as Noda Hiroshi can make Galaxy Semiconductor catch up with the world's leading companies, he will definitely give a bonus figure that satisfies Noda Hiroshi, and Noda Hiroshi will not lose his shares. If Noda Hiroshi leaves the company, the company will spend money to repurchase it, which is equivalent to spending money to reward him. It is just a bigger bonus.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I won't let you down!"

Noda Hiroshi responded immediately. As for the fact that he was betraying his country's technology by doing so, he didn't take it to heart at all. He worked for Galaxy Semiconductor, working for Lin Baicheng, and received Lin Baicheng's salary, not Sharp and Suha Seiko.

"We must not relax at all when it comes to recruiting talents."

Lin Baicheng reminded him aloud, worried that Noda Hiroshi would only think about crooked ways and forget the most upright path.

Noda Hiroshi said immediately: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, relevant talents in the industry are always being recruited."

"As long as you have an idea."

Lin Baicheng nodded and said no more.

In fact, in Lin Baicheng's heart, he was wary of Noda Hiroshi. Fortunately, Galaxy Semiconductor has just started and its technology is lagging behind. I believe no company will steal Galaxy Semiconductor's technology or send commercial spies to Galaxy Semiconductor. It is even less likely that Noda Hiroshi will risk selling Galaxy Semiconductor's technology.

However, when Galaxy Semiconductor develops and catches up with the world's first-class semiconductor companies, it is hard to say whether Noda Hiroshi will betray the company. It is even said that as long as the chips are enough, the possibility of betrayal is very high given Hiroshi Noda's personality.

For the sake of long-term development in the future, Lin Baicheng came up with the idea of ​​​​finding someone else to restrain Noda Hiroshi, and the person he found could not be Japanese, but preferably a Chinese, so as to avoid the possibility of something happening to Galaxy Semiconductor due to Noda Hiroshi's mischief.

In the afternoon, Lin Baicheng left Galaxy Semiconductor Company.

Of course, Lin Baicheng attaches great importance to Galaxy Semiconductor Company, but he cannot provide help in terms of technology. At most, he can only provide general research and development directions. The biggest help he can give to this company is to provide a large amount of funds so that the company can afford to purchase advanced equipment. and invite industry elites. In addition, he can tolerate the company's continuous losses, even if it does not make money or loses money for several years, as long as the company's technology is indeed improving, and the progress speed satisfies him.

Lin Baicheng values ​​technology rather than the company's short-term profits and losses.

Now in 1981, the outbreak period of the semiconductor industry has not yet come, because the two most important industries for the semiconductor industry, computers and mobile phones, have not really developed. The computer industry is pretty good, let alone large computers. Personal computers have also begun to appear in the United States. I believe that other countries will follow suit in a few years. The mobile phone industry is different. Mobile phones are still not there. It only exists in laboratories and cannot be used commercially. The contribution of this industry to the semiconductor industry is almost zero.

Therefore, in this era, companies in the semiconductor industry have not yet developed, and related companies will not be large whether they are profitable or losing money.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng does not care about the profits and losses of related semiconductor companies now, as long as the company's technology improves. He values ​​technology more. The time for the company to really make big money has not yet come.