Chapter 1031: On the ridge

Shio Mitarai's request was met, so he immediately set off for Fukagawa, and after several setbacks, finally met Deputy Minister Shen Zongyi.
It's just that the meeting place is a bit strange. It's not in a certain office of the Fukagawa Municipal Party Committee or in a certain hotel, but... a rice field?
When Shio Mitarai and the interpreter made a deep kick, and finally walked over a field and stood in front of Deputy Minister Shen Zongyi, they found that he was pointing and pointing with a very young guy. Discussing something enthusiastically, both of them have bright smiles on their faces, shining in the spring sunshine.
It was a warm smile that could melt everything. They must be talking about a beautiful thing full of hope.
Shio Mitarai thought so, and bowed deeply at Shen Zongyi very politely before saying: "Minister Shin, hello, I'm sorry to bother you."
A smile flashed across Shen Zongyi’s mouth. He stepped forward and shook hands with Shio Mitarai. After releasing it, he brought it gently, motioning him and himself to turn to the very young guy next to him and said: "Mitarai Sir, you happened to be here. Let me introduce you. This is Tan Zhenhua, the founder of the "Matrix" laboratory, Eric Tan, you should have heard his name, right? Zhenhua, this is the president of Canon USA Mr. Mitarai Toshio, but I heard that he is about to return to Japan to take up the post of Canon's global vice president."
"It turned out to be him!" Shio Mitarai did not expect to meet this young man in the global IT industry on this occasion. He couldn't help but move his heart slightly. He stretched out his hand and shook it with Tan Zhenhua and switched to English. : "Mr. Eric, I’ve been admired for a long time. At last year’s CES exhibition, your "Matrix" laboratory released a series of amazing products. I hope I can have the opportunity to cooperate with you in many aspects in the future. Please also take care."
Tan Zhenhua responded with a polite smile and also responded in English: "Hello, Mr. Shio Mitarai, I am also known to you for a long time. The American Canon you led has achieved a performance that makes me jealous. I heard that you are about to rise? I want to congratulate you in advance. As for cooperation, I believe that there must be a chance. Please take care of me."
Their gentle words and sincere expressions seem to be the two people who have been admired and cherished for a long time, rejoicing for the acquaintance of this encounter.
Only these two people knew in their hearts that in the brief conversation just now, the two sides had already completed a trial and confrontation.
I have also learned, the opponent's soft and strong words and strength that cannot be underestimated.
Tan Zhenhua immediately grabbed Mitarai Too, and pointed to the green rice field in front of him and said: "Mr. Mitarai, I am lucky to meet you today. Canon has rich experience in the electronics industry. You see, I am planning to build a modern building here. Can you advise me in the electronics processing factory of China?"
"A processing factory? What is it used to produce?" Mitarai Shio pretended to ask casually, but at the same time increased his alertness in his heart.
"Well, I plan to build an unbranded factory to undertake the processing business of consumer electronics products. Therefore, in the future, this factory can produce products such as computers, digital cameras, printers and even color TVs. In the future, various brands Companies can no longer invest in huge, expensive and capital-intensive production lines. They only need to do a good job in brand promotion and technology research and development, and from a financial point of view, they also avoid the high depreciation of heavy assets such as production lines. At the same time, it also reduces the scale of investment in small-scale testing of the market when new products are launched, and reduces the human capital expenditure of brand companies. We have done deductions and believe that this method is more expensive than the cost of self-built production lines. At least 10% can be saved."
"10%? That's a big number, Eric, are you sure?" Shio Mitarai became a little interested, and he immediately asked.
"This is still a conservative estimate." Tan Zhenhua replied: "In fact, after large-scale supply chain integration, large-scale purchases from upstream chip, discrete components and other manufacturers have gained greater bargaining power, they will help brands I am afraid that companies can save more than this amount."
Shio Mitarai nodded and acknowledged this statement-he has been working in the U.S. for 20 years, of course he understands this production organization model, because this model is not new, and has long been used in many other industries. It has been promoted and verified. For example, Nike, the world-renowned American sports brand, has adopted this factory-less model from the first day of its establishment, and Nike’s successful performance in the market also proves the success of this model.
And in the IT industry, to be precise, in the semiconductor production industry, the core alliance unit of the "Matrix" laboratory, "Xiangjiang Huaxin Microelectronics", also promoted this model to the entire industry at CES. The actual operation over the past years has proved the feasibility of this model. In the United States, a new wave is emerging. Many creative individuals or small groups have begun to use this model to develop and produce their own chips. The entire industry has shown A hundred flowers blossoming and thriving situation.
However, if this model only delineates its own customers within the scope of small and medium-sized enterprises, its own growth will also be greatly restricted. The more large-volume and same-model orders, the more it can reflect this model in the production organization. The advantages of centralized procurement can also reduce the customer acquisition cost of this factory, and such orders must also come from large enterprises.
He put forward his idea and immediately got Tan Zhenhua's approval.
"Mr. Mitarai, you are a very keen person, and you immediately discovered the key points of this model, but this should also be one of my advantages. In this industry, I have many good friends, we "matrix" Some of the core companies in the laboratory, such as the companies in the "Midoor" alliance, are already internationally renowned large companies, and they are carefully considering my suggestions and will gradually transfer their production capacity after the factory is completed. Come here, for example, the new generation of digital cameras that Sony of Japan is planning to put into production, and Toshiba's laptop products, so as long as the factory is managed properly, I think I should not lack customers."
Tan Zhenhua’s words reminded Shio Mitarai that since the CES exhibition in 1985, this huge and extensive "Midoor" alliance, including many companies in the fields of personal computer software and hardware, semiconductor chips, digital optoelectronics, etc., has gradually emerged. After the
Matrix
laboratory announced its advanced technology with a series of epoch-making products, and shocked the industry with an open and flexible way of intellectual property authorization, more and more brand companies have chosen to join this alliance. As far as he knows, US IT Half of the industry has been included in the alliance's territory, and proportionally speaking, the possibility of Waguo joining the enterprise is more likely-Sony and Toshiba, who personally attended the press conference at CES, are undoubtedly the alliance's The first batch of members, and those Japanese enterprises that have entered the shortlist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, may also quietly choose to become members of this alliance!
There is also Nikon.
This is the current hegemon in the field of digital optoelectronics, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and especially the lithography machine industry. Canon’s main competitor in this field is also likely to be a member of this alliance!
Otherwise, how to explain that the lithography machines installed in "Huaxin Microelectronics" are all Nikon? Although those are quasi-previous generation products, using 436nm G line light source.
Because in 1985, Huaxia announced the self-developed 436-nm G-line light source step-by-step lithography machine, so this kind of lithography machine with the smallest processing line width of 0.5 microns is just as stipulated by the "Batumi" organization. The technical upper limit of products allowed to be exported to China!
After thinking about all these things in his mind, Mitarai suddenly came up with a conjecture that surprised him, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it became—are the companies that have been shortlisted belong to the "Midoor" alliance. member?