Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

This time the Ministry of International Trade and Industry came to visit Bai Chuanfeng, and it was no longer a lineup of former ministers and affairs officers.

The leading person is Moto Tamura, the first Minister of International Trade and Industry of the current Takenaka Cabinet, and Kazuo Sugiyama, who accompanied him last time, is also there.

Even Sosuke Uno, who was becoming more and more aged, came to the SIC building again dragging his sick body.

After greeting them, Bai Chuanfeng specially helped Uno Zongyou who was coughing non-stop.

"Uno-san, why bother? If you need to let me know, Bai Chuan will come to visit."

Uno Zongsuke, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses, smiled and waved his hands, "I'm old, my body is a bit useless.

Today, I, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, took the liberty to visit, but it was a bit abrupt. "

"You are too kind. It is an honor for you, Tamura-san and Sugiyama-san to visit SIC again."

Regardless of the purpose of the other party's visit, Bai Chuanfeng flattered him enthusiastically.

As the saying goes, it is not surprising that there are many people who are polite.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone sat one by one in the conference room.

Uno Zongyou looked left and right with emotion, "Although there is no change from the last time I came here, the changes of SIC in the international market are astonishing."

The last time he was here, SIC was just showing its glory in the neon.

Now it is only three or four years in the blink of an eye, but SIC has already ranked third in the processor market in the world.

In just a few years, not much has changed.

Although currently in the field of semiconductors, the pillar business of Neon Enterprises is DRAM chips.

However, as the computer market has become more and more popular in the past two years, many people can vaguely see the prospect of processor chips.

Especially since Intel completely abandoned the DRAM business in 1985 and determined that the processor will be the core of its future business in 1986, more and more attention has been gathered in this field.

This is why Sosuke Uno, who has already served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, still visits SIC in a private capacity.

As its role in cutting-edge fields in the future becomes more and more obvious, SIC is no longer solely responsible for a private club.

At this time, two senior officials from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and a foreign minister came to visit together, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Bai Chuan-san, may I ask, recently, I heard that an investor from Beimi visited you?"

The current Minister of International Trade and Industry, Moto Tamura, turned the topic to SIC after exchanging a few words with each other.

After the other party asked this question, Bai Chuanfeng felt a little clear in his heart.

Sure enough, those who pay attention to SIC are not limited to the business world.

Cutting-edge technology, especially semiconductors, one of the three pillar industries of Neon, has been given more attention by the Neon government than Bai Chuanfeng imagined.

To Tamura Moto's question, Bai Chuanfeng nodded generously.

"Indeed, the focus of SIC's business development has gradually shifted from neon to the global market.

Beimi computers have always been the core of the global market, so SIC and several computer manufacturers in Beimi are discussing the possibility of further cooperation. "

"Going further?" Moto Tamura caught the point keenly.

"That's right, about the direction of financing." Bai Chuanfeng still chose the straight ball.

"Bai Chuan-san!" Kazuo Sugiyama, who had been sitting by the side as an accompanying guest, couldn't help but straighten his body.

Seeing Bai Chuanfeng's questioning gaze, Sugiyama Kazuo immediately bowed his head and said.

"I'm sorry Shirakawa-san, it's not that I or the Ministry of International Trade and Industry intends to intervene in the operation of SIC. But please think twice about financing.

SIC is the only company in Neon that can independently design processor chips, if American capital is allowed to intervene, then the lineage of SIC..."

Sugiyama Kazuo subconsciously wanted to say that SIC's pure neon bloodline would be lost, but he stopped talking halfway through.

"In short, Shirakawa-san must think twice. If SIC has financing needs, the Bank of Japan can provide interest-free loans.

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry can also be responsible for recommending other clubs with strong financial resources.

But Wall Street's gang of rich wolves are definitely not easy to deal with. It has almost become instinct for them to go back and forth and double-decker.

As a technology company, SIC should not be caught in endless internal strife. "

It can be seen that Sugiyama Kazuo really has a heartbroken sense of regret, and his thinking is also a typical conservative thinking of a neon businessman.

Although it seemed a little abrupt for him to say this, neither Tamura Moto nor Uno Sosuke made a sound to stop him.

Needless to say, these remarks may not necessarily be their thoughts, or even a considerable number of people in the Neon government.

After Sugiyama and Kazuo made a painful statement, the conference room fell into a brief silence.

Dama Masari, who was sitting beside Bai Chuanfeng, wanted to say something, but he waved his hand to signal the latter not to worry.

"Tamura-san, Uno-san, and Sugiyama-san, I am not ignorant of your concerns.

But some things are hard to be perfect.

When faced with a choice, you must decide what to keep or what to give up, such a difficult problem.

When SIC faces the future, if it wants to survive, it must give up some things. "

As soon as Bai Chuanfeng's voice fell, the faces of the people on the opposite side changed slightly.

"Bai Chuan-san, has SIC encountered any difficulties?

If so, be sure to say it bluntly, MITI will do everything in its power to help SIC through this difficult time. "

Moto Tamura and the others were actually a little puzzled. Listening to Bai Chuanfeng's words, it seemed that this was related to the life and death of SIC.

But in their view, the current SIC has a bright future. Could it be that there are hidden dangers that they don't know about?

Faced with MITI's concern, Bai Chuanfeng first nodded his thanks, and then sighed with emotion.

"Everyone, the current situation of Neon Semiconductor is very critical.

If SIC does not make changes, the future is likely to disappear silently into the long river of history. "

"Bai Chuan-san, don't you worry too much?" Sugiyama Kazuo thought that Bai Chuan Feng was too pessimistic.

Although Neon and the United States have signed a semiconductor agreement, they are now encountering some difficulties.

However, according to the report, Neon Semiconductor still occupies more than 80% of the global market this year.

At this moment, Bai Chuanfeng said that the situation of Neon Semiconductor was very critical, and he couldn't understand it anyway.

Facing his question, Bai Chuanfeng explained calmly.

"The signing of the Miri Semiconductor Agreement did not affect Neon Semiconductor overnight.

This is a long process and will have a profound impact on the entire industry chain.

The long-term direction is not discussed yet. The United States has intensified its sanctions on the neon semiconductor industry this year, and even spread to the export of electronic products.

Only a small number of large enterprises can persist in the 100% tariff. If the time is too long, a considerable number of small and medium-sized enterprises will face difficulties.

Targeted in the international environment, as well as the difficulties encountered in business operations in reality.

This will greatly reduce Neon's domestic capital and investment enthusiasm for the semiconductor industry.

In addition, in the face of Neon's high semiconductor share, the United States will definitely have more stringent follow-up measures.

Under the double influence of external and internal, how long do you think Neon's semiconductors can last? "

Although Bai Chuanfeng's voice was not in a hurry, Tian Cunyuan and the others heard it like Hong Zhongdalu.

"Bai... Bai Chuan-san, where do you think the United States will continue to target Neon's semiconductors?"

After coughing slightly, Sosuke Uno looked at Bai Chuanfeng tremblingly.

"This is just a personal guess. Uno-san doesn't have to take it seriously."

Although he knew that this was the case, Bai Chuanfeng could only say so.

However, when Uno Zongyou heard this, his expression became even uglier.

He was most afraid of hearing Bai Chuanfeng say that it was a personal guess. The last time it was three years ago, he also guessed like this with himself.

The fifth trade friction between Neon and the United States will focus on the semiconductor field.

Facts have proved that all these speculations have been fulfilled one by one.

Now Zongyou Uno heard it again, Bai Chuanfeng's judgment on the future of Neon Semiconductor.

Although the matter has not happened yet, Bai Chuanfeng's pessimistic attitude has already cheered Uno Zongyou up.

"Bai Chuan-san, in your opinion, where is the way out for Neon's semiconductors?"

Up to now, Sosuke Uno simply opened up and said that he would like to hear Bai Chuanfeng's in-depth views on the semiconductor industry.

And hearing him ask such a question, not only Bai Chuanfeng, but even Tamura Moto and Sugiyama Kazuo's expressions moved slightly.

However, because Uno Zongsuke visited in a private capacity, the other two ministers of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry did not react too aggressively to this.

"Uno-san is a shameful person, the lifeblood of an industry depends on how the country treats it.

Although SIC has a good reputation, it is still too insignificant compared with the entire industry chain. "

Bai Chuanfeng didn't dare to say such a grand proposition casually. Some things are fine to know, but don't get involved too much.

"Bai Chuan-san, please rest assured that this is a discussion in a private capacity and does not involve national policy."

Uno Zongsuke quickly gave a word of relief, and Tamura Moto and the others also nodded, signaling to each other to speak freely.

Well, since it is classified as a private discussion. Then he would say a few words to save them from suspecting that he had some secret channel.

"I don't know exactly where Neon's semiconductors will go in the future.

But as a businessman, Bai Chuan understands that a product goes from production to sales, and even after-sales service.

In this entire industrial chain, each participant must be profitable.

If there is a problem in any link, such as loss or profit decline, it may affect the stability of the entire industrial chain.

And these are finally fed back to the end, then it will be the market that will cause turmoil. "

"What Shirakawa-san means is that because of the sanctions imposed by the United States, the profits of the neon semiconductor industry have fallen.

Then it will eventually cause major semiconductor companies to reduce their annual investment in new-generation technology research and development year by year.

After a long time, the technology updates and iterations cannot keep up with the mainstream, and will eventually be gradually eliminated by the market? "

After listening to Bai Chuanfeng's explanation, Sugiyama Kazuo quickly thought of some of the key factors.

"What Sugiyama-san said is good." Bai Chuanfeng nodded in agreement with his statement. It seems that there is no shortage of people in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry who have in-depth research on the industrial chain.

"But this is only one aspect, and please understand.

No matter how popular any product is at the beginning, there will always be a day when the market is saturated as time goes by.

The same is true for the semiconductor industry. After five or ten years, will the world's demand for DRAM still be so great?

If the market is saturated and Neon Semiconductor is still facing sanctions, what will happen?

In addition, these are all reasons at the macro level of the market. The real behind-the-scenes, the United States is the key.

Have you ever thought about why Neon has signed a semiconductor agreement, but the United States is still so aggressive? "

Bai Chuanfeng's rhetorical question again made several visitors from the government shake, as if they had grasped something vaguely.