Chapter 1351: Winter is Coming (Part 1)

Although both belong to the Western camp and are also members of NATO, it is obvious that Western Europe and the United States are one-hearted people, and it is obvious that we need to strengthen our understanding of the world pattern.
The relationship within the entire Western camp can be described in a Chinese idiom-the same bed with different dreams.
A casual example can prove this point. Readers of this book should remember that the "Airbus" aircraft that Europeans jointly invested in research and development at that time were extremely unfair to enter the world's largest single market, the US. If it weren’t for the sudden death of McDonnell Douglas, the Americans had reached a compromise with the European Community for Europe’s approval of Boeing’s merger of the McDonnell Douglas civil aviation sector. I don’t know that this matter will take a long time.
Well, in this matter, Tan Zhenhua has done a great job-in this time and space, because of his black hands, McDonnell Douglas died several years earlier, and Airbus was able to enter the U.S. market several years in advance, but this It's really impossible to be publicized in the public.
It can be seen that the economic competition between the European Community and the United States is very fierce, and there are deep contradictions in many fields. It is common for each other to sap and sap, and in terms of the general trend, it suffers. It is often the European Community-for example, the "US Trap" and the "GE Acquisition of Alstom" that was once introduced in this book.
It’s just that, old Europe is full of contradictions, it is too difficult to integrate, and because of the Second World War, the vitality was severely injured, and the Americans took the opportunity to control the heart of Europe, and faced an aggressive enemy like Soviet Russia. I had to bow my head to the Americans in exchange for their armed protection.
But as the saying goes, "It's easy to change from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality." It is really difficult to change the mindset of those who have been wealthy. You want the "elites" of old Europe to bow their heads to the Americans and follow their advice , Beating, scolding and exploiting--how is that possible?
Given the arrogant, domineering and arrogant character of the Americans and the habit of treating allies as rags and throwing them away when they are used up, whoever becomes his younger brother has to leave a way for himself, right?
Therefore, the DRAM chip industry of the Siemens Semiconductor Division is a way for Europeans to leave themselves.
Moreover, this industry is still a unique seedling in the whole of Europe. Once it is given up, it means that Europe must take its breath away from such products with extremely large application scenarios and usage.
This is also the most important reason why the Siemens board of directors failed to make up their minds to withdraw from the industry after repeated consultations and discussions within the Siemens board of directors after many consecutive months of huge losses.
Tan Zhenhua obviously knows this reason, so next, his plan is not only very targeted, but also extremely attractive.
He proposed that Siemens could spin-off the semiconductor department, separate the memory department, and recruit new shareholders in a targeted manner. Toshiba and "Red Flag Capital" are both very interested in becoming investors in this new company. The three companies jointly formed a company. , Is fully capable of gaining a leading position in the European market. At the same time, Tan Zhenhua also showed Ernst the latest "flash memory" technology of "Matrix Lab" and said that if the three joint agreements can be reached, "Matrix" will provide the company with Authorize the "flash memory" technology, so that the company can obtain the most advanced technology in the world storage market, while also getting rid of the temporary economic crisis, laying a solid foundation for future development.
The suggestion is a good suggestion. For Siemens, it is like rain in time, but both the old Ernst and Dr. Carl Hunts know that although Tan Zhenhua did not emphasize the price Siemens must pay for this series of benefits this time, everyone is smart. People, what Tan Zhenhua wants, everyone knows very well.
Different from the aggressiveness in the last negotiation, Tan Zhenhua showed the utmost sincerity this time and put forward the terms of the transaction that people could hardly refuse. Moreover, from any angle, Siemens took advantage of this business plan. At this point in time, the Siemens board of directors should not seriously consider the feasibility of the plan.
After intense internal discussions and repeated bargaining with the "Red Flag Capital" team and the Toshiba team, Siemens finally approved the implementation of the plan, and a new semiconductor storage manufacturer was born.
The new company is named "Qimonda". Siemens will package the assets of the remaining 4 wafer fabs, except Munich, into this company and account for 25% of the shares. Toshiba and "Red Flag Capital" will use cash and technical intellectual property rights. Inject assets in such ways, each holding 20% ​​of the shares, and the remaining equity is held by various investment institutions that are optimistic about the future of this company. It is worth mentioning that Susan. Quante subscribed for 5% of the company's shares in his own name and became the company's largest private shareholder.
Of course, Tan Zhenhua’s "old friend" Jacob was responsible for this major commercial split and merger. Rothschild, and when he communicated with Tan Zhenhua about the details of the case, he involuntarily sent it out. Recently, he has gradually become the M&A planner and executor of the "Red Flag Capital" royal company.
Tan Zhenhua said that in the next few years, if Mr. Jacobs has enough energy and is willing to treat the business as a business, he will receive many entrusted orders from "Red Flag Capital".
This is really a imaginative hint!
Could it be that he also saw that a blizzard was brewing over Europe?
As one of the core members of the "Spectrum Club", Jacob certainly knows a lot of major events that are happening or about to happen, but Eric. Tan is at best one of the peripheral collaborators of the "Spectrum Club", how did he know?
Does he have a pair of eyes that can see through the future? This is incredible, so the reasonable explanation should be that he and the organization behind him have established a network that can monitor the world. They collect and analyze various data and intelligence, and they may even have their own "intelligence personnel." , So they found the turbulent undercurrent hidden under the calm surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
Based on Jacob’s many years of experience with Tan Zhenhua, this young man or the organization behind it is very good at taking advantage of opportunities. When he first met Tan Zhenhua back then, this young man who was still showing youthful use The large amount of cash in his hand forced him to join forces with the British pound. It was during that time that this young man successfully bought the production line of BAC passenger aircraft from Britain, updated the technology of the Spey engine, and obtained carbon fiber. It can be said that the basic intellectual property rights and production technology of the company have achieved fruitful results on both the financial and industrial fronts.
What about this time?
Winter is coming, what will it destroy and what will it bring, Eric. What will Tan gain from the most dazzling trendsetter of this era?