Chapter 1292: Philosophical research on fighting

In the view of Fujio Masuoka and Zhang Zhongmou, the agreement reached between Tan Zhenhua and Toshiba is a bit of a loss. He has paid a huge "flash" technology license for the future imagination, promised to make large-scale investment in the upgrade of DRAM technology in the future, and promised to help Toshiba develop China’s mainland memory market, in exchange, is only Toshiba’s licensing of basic memory technology and special production processes and a long-term foundry contract, and the transaction price reached by both parties on this contract is for Huaxin Microelectronics , And basically unprofitable.
For this reason, the two approached Tan Zhenhua together and wanted to make some comments on this, but Tan Zhenhua seemed to be very satisfied with the contract, and only tactfully said to them that this matter was not as simple as they thought. To achieve the current results, he has fully achieved the goal he set out at the beginning. The most recent work of the two of them is to receive the technology transferred by Toshiba and put it into production as soon as possible, and strive to complete the production line and the main product 1M memory in the shortest time. With the mass production of chips, he hopes that these things can see concrete results within six months.
It seems that this young boss still has other plans hidden in his heart, but he doesn't want to tell them about this plan. So based on their understanding of Tan Zhenhua, this plan must be very important and secretive. The less people know the better. .
Therefore, despite the suspicions in their hearts, Fujio Masuoka and Zhang Zhongmou began to perform their duties with due diligence and began to handle complicated and trivial technology transfer related matters with Toshiba.
Of course, it was not only these two who did not understand why Tan Zhenhua made such a huge concession in this cooperation. The questions of the other two were more straightforward.
This is what Yu Pengxia said: "Zhenhua, this contract with Toshiba is the most unequal contract I have signed with you. As the company’s legal officer, I have to remind you that you You gave up too much profit, and you even temporarily gave up the production of our own-brand memory. This is not consistent with the principle you have always adhered to. Can you tell us why?"
Guo Zhaode is even more straightforward: "Eric, this business is not worthwhile for you. Although I have never managed to invest in the real economy, you have to know that technological upgrades in the semiconductor industry will burn huge amounts of capital. Under the current circumstances, the output of "Huaxin Microelectronics" alone is not enough to support such a large investment. In other words, "Huaxin Microelectronics" is likely to fall into an operation that has continued to lose money for many years because of your decision. Status, this requires us to continuously give it blood, Eric, I have to remind you, this is not a small amount of money, the investment may take several years, billions of dollars per year as the unit, have you thought about the consequences?"
"Of course I know the scale of investment in the semiconductor industry for "Matrix Lab" and "Huaxin Microelectronics" in the next few years," Tan Zhenhua replied: "But I know better, if we don't invest this money now, in the future, if we do To regain this position, the cost may be ten or even a hundred times that of today, and the problem to be solved is more complicated. There are many things that may not be solved even at the cost. I can say responsibly that once the opportunity of today Missed, we will regret it in the future. I think we need and must be determined to do this now. While this door is still open to us, we must get as many things as possible. For this reason It is totally worth it to pay a little price. At this time, time and efficiency are the first factors I consider."
Guo Zhaode and Yu Pengxia both heard something unusual in Tan Zhenhua’s words, "While this door is still open to us", this is a sentence that will make countless associations. Could it be that he saw something Is the outlook bad?
Obviously yes, but since Tan Zhenhua didn’t want to say it clearly, they also consciously chose not to ask. This is one of the tacit understandings formed by the long-term cooperation between the three people. Tan Zhenhua is a person with secrets and stories. , And some secrets and stories, knowing too much is not good for oneself.
Just like he insisted on granting loans to Ikra, just like he insisted on loans to Soviet Russia with the fixed assets of those companies instead of oil as collateral...
Both have a feeling that Tan Zhenhua is preparing for some earth-shattering events and some turning points in human history.
There are also those fighters that are bought and don’t know what to do, and several strange-shaped ships...
Subconsciously, they all believe that if one day, human beings really face the end of the world, then the only thing they can do is to believe and rely on this young man who suddenly appeared in their lives and follow him, there will be a ray of life.
Tan Zhenhua could not explain to his partners what would happen in a year and a half. He could not tell them that the Chinese nation would face an important challenge, nor could he clearly say that the Western world would show its hideous face at that time and suddenly shut down the cooperation with China. Gate, he was not even sure whether history would repeat itself like his last life.
But he must be prepared for this.
However, some words can still be confessed to their closest partners, which can at least explain some of their doubts.
"Peng Xia and Zhenhua, I ask you a philosophical question. Assuming that in a free market without government intervention, the boss and the second who occupy the top of the market have vicious competition, then you say, who will lose?"
"Well, there is a high probability that the second child will lose, right?" Guo Zhaode replied hesitantly: "The second ranking shows that there is still a gap between its strength and the first, and vicious competition will magnify these gaps. If the second ranked company If you don’t have enough stamina and accumulation, it’s hard to say whether you can persist."
Tan Zhenhua smiled slightly, turned to Yu Pengxia and asked, "Peng Xia, what's your answer?"
Yu Pengxia thought for a while and said: "From the perspective of the legal profession, I think it is difficult to lose the first and second. We can see from the real market. In this world, no industry is There are always competitors who can be monopolized by a company, and from the perspective of forcing the progress of the company, no country will allow the existence of a company that monopolizes an industry alone, otherwise there will not be so many countries formulating the " Antitrust Law"."
Tan Zhenhua gave Yu Pengxia a thumbs up and said: "Peng Xia, you answered very well this time, and deserves your status as a top law student in Oxford. In fact, looking at the history of corporate competition, you can see that when the industry ranks among the top two When the top companies are in vicious competition, the companies that are ranked third and lower are often the ones that fall, because their strength and accumulation are far behind the top companies. Just like Zhaode said, in such competition These gaps will be enlarged to an unacceptable level for users. The final result is that the market is increasingly concentrated in leading companies. This is probably the basic law that all industries cannot escape."
Guo Zhaode nodded silently and admitted that Tan Zhenhua made sense. After thinking about it, he asked: "But Zhenhua, you suddenly remembered asking this question. What do you want to tell us?"
"Think about it, in the international memory market competition, there are a few participants, and what free markets there are will understand."
The corners of Tan Zhenhua's mouth suddenly wore the familiar, unpredictable smile of the two.