Chapter 1341: Europe at war

A sincere collaborator, rather than an unpredictable spoiler, this is the role that Tan Zhenhua believes PSA should play.
Specific to the development project of Gwadar Port, PSA can enter the bureau, give full play to its expertise in the field of port operation and the advantages of related ports and routes all over the world, to maximize the influence of Gwadar Port and help Gwadar Port strive for more With more ships entering the port, PSA can also get more benefits from this aspect. However, don't obstruct the development of Gwadar Port.
After all, ships departing from Gwadar still have to go through the Strait of Malacca if they want to enter the Western Pacific from the Indian Ocean.
Tan Zhenhua frankly told He Jing that even if the
Gwadar Port-Kashgar
railway that traverses the Pakistan Railway from north to south is built in the future, PSA does not need to worry too much.
In any case, the low cost of sea transportation is unmatched by land transportation. This is the original advantage of the Straits of Malacca and Xingjiapo. In peacetime, when sea transportation is not disturbed by other factors, bulk cargo enters and exits the Pacific-Indian Ocean. The coast will still choose to take this route. Only when the political benefits outweigh the economic benefits, the planned transportation line will highlight its important value.
He Jing understood what Tan Zhenhua meant. Tan Zhenhua or the China behind him respected Xingjiapo’s commercial interests in the Strait of Malacca. During peacetime, he would not easily interfere with Xingjiapo’s continued benefit from this benefit. However, due to national security considerations, they will never be able to maintain the lifeblood of China's energy and material flow on this only channel. The construction of Gwadar Port and subsequent supporting projects are this kind of strategic thinking. The realization.
And what if Xingjiapo intends to go it alone? Then, projects like "Kara Canal" are very likely to move from paper games to reality!
With this awareness, He Jing left. She will fly directly to Iborg to convey Tan Zhenhua's true intentions to Li Qingyan. At this time, she has not yet entered the top of Temasek. Even if she has the status of Li's parents and daughter-in-law, she still cannot It has a decisive impact on the operation of the entire company. How to make a decision on this matter still needs to be measured by Li Qingyan.
Perhaps, in the end, his father-in-law Li Guangyao will decide.
He Jing only stayed in Xiangjiang for a few hours. After she left, Tan Zhenhua immediately devoted himself to intense work. He is really busy now, because, in the European continent, a great battle was fueled by him. Just like a raging fire!
Toshiba and Samsung, a pair of fateful rivals, finally, under the influence of various factors, burned the DRAM war to Europe!
Of course, Toshiba was the first to make trouble.
Tan Zhenhua fulfilled his promise 100%. After reaching a DRAM technology transfer agreement with Toshiba, he helped them open the Huaxia market. Because of the huge influence of him and his "Matrix" laboratory in the field of personal computers, Toshiba Memory Soon it became the main supplier of the so-called "Four King Kong" PCs in China, and Toshiba memory became the most mainstream in the growing PC parts wholesale and so-called "compatible machine" assembly market. The accessories, these have greatly contributed to Toshiba memory shipments.
However, for Toshiba Semiconductor, the rate of expansion of production is greater than the rate of expansion of sales, because the "Huaxin Microelectronics" DRAM particle production line in Xiangjiang has been put into production, and its foundry 1M memory particles are constantly growing. Going underground and helping Toshiba earn more profits at a lower price!
For DRAM, a semiconductor product, the 5% difference in cost is already a very significant difference. Compared with South Korea's enterprises, Toshiba originally had a cost advantage. This time it has increased by 5%, and its production capacity is also sufficient. , Which made them firm their determination to launch a battle!
South Korea cannot enter the local area. The Huaxia market has occupied a near-monopoly share and contributed a steady stream of profits. The U.S. market has no pricing power and cannot give full play to its own cost advantages. Then, looking at the world, what else is worth exploring market?
There is only Europe.
Britain, Gaul, and West Hans, if they want to win the European market, these three powers will bear the brunt!
On June 23, 1988, when Tan Zhenhua was still counting the sand in the South China Sea, Toshiba suddenly made an effort to directly reduce the prices of mainstream products by 10% in the three major European markets of West Hans, Britain, and Gaul, again copying what the Japanese people used to be. "Lightning Tactics"!
Immediately afterwards, while the competitors in South Korea had not fully reflected what happened, the next day, the price was reduced by 5% again, and on the third day, the price was reduced by 5%!
At this time, the European DRAM market price is already 15% lower than the cost line of South Korea!
This immediately caught the South Koreans by surprise.
And this time Toshiba's sudden price cut has caused another consequence-the DRAM price in the U.S. market and the European market has severely reversed, and there is a 20% price difference between the two markets!
Memory, because of its wide use in semiconductor equipment, is called "hard currency", unless there is a problem with the overall market demand, under normal circumstances, as long as the price is right, it is difficult to sell it, but there is a price difference It means there is profit, and profit means that someone will take risks for this. So, in just 3 days, in the international memory market, such a business appeared out of thin air: Toshiba's memory was airlifted to Europe. After unloading the cargo, it was immediately loaded onto another plane, and the destination of this plane was the United States.
This is an obvious cross-regional sales behavior, which will impact the normal market order. It is reasonable to say that under normal circumstances, manufacturers should come forward to stop it, but you want Toshiba to come forward to take care of this now? It even waits for this kind of goods to be sold as much as possible!
Besides, this is obviously the spontaneous issue of the European agents. You Americans are the uncles, and the Europeans are the second masters. We can't afford it, right? People must be willing to listen to what we say, right?
Price wars have always been the sharpest knife in market competition. Toshiba sacrificed this knife and slashed the South Korean people with blood. Not only were the South Koreans, but also several other companies in the Wa country. The memory production companies were also confounded by the cut, and they approached Saba Masaichi one after another, asking him why he didn't say hello in advance before launching this battle. Didn't it say that the memory industry in the country would advance and retreat together?
And if you can drop the price so much at Toshiba, is there a new technological breakthrough? How else did your cost come down?
Masayoshi Sawa didn't intend to hide anything from his colleagues in his country. He told them directly that he had a cooperation with Xiangjiang Huaxin Microelectronics. It was this cooperation that helped him reduce costs, but he also told them that for the time being, This cooperation is an exclusive sale, and there is an express agreement in the contract, and you still cannot enjoy this cost advantage during the validity period of the contract.
The Japanese colleagues shook their heads and left, trying to find ways to reduce their own costs to meet this round of price competition, while the South Koreans who recovered from the initial bewilderment gritted their teeth and made a Tough decisions.