Chapter 1175
There was also a series of North American semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Western Digital, Mavis, Schilling, Corvair, Myman Electronics, Texas Instruments, Cree and others whose market capitalisation all plummeted as soon as the quarterly statements were released.
The year-over-year and year-over-year figures for the third quarter were exceptionally ugly, the result of a big drop in revenue in the Greater China market.
When the Greater China market and North American semiconductor manufacturers do not have any semblance of a relationship, at least half of them have to starve to death, not only in North America, but also in Europe, Japan and Korea.
"Alas ......" John Nover shook his head bitterly and sighed in helpless hatred, "Prepare the special plane and fly to China this afternoon to meet that damned Chinese."
If Li Linfei and the future technology group was born among a small, weak country, the old U.S. would have aircraft carrier ride face.
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Samsung Group headquarters, the president's office, the head of Samsung, Lee Zairong stood in front of the windowsill silently looking out, eyes melancholy, sometimes shaking his head, sometimes sighing, and a great deal of resentment.
For the Samsung Group, this period can be summed up in one word: miserable! Not only was it so bad that it became an international laughing stock, was branded as the number one second-rate, wallflower, and had its reputation torn apart, but it was also so bad that a world-famous business empire almost died suddenly.
It was really bad, Samsung's future was pinched at the throat by CSAC, and the rise of China's storage company Changjiang Storage was a heavy blow to Samsung's memory business.
But the real bad news is the emergence of tinene semiconductor materials, a completely new technology system, from technology, materials and process technology, which directly renders Samsung's memory technology and patents worthless.
Once tinene semiconductor materials replace silicon materials as the mainstream raw material for the chip industry, the nearly one million technology patents of the world's major semiconductor companies today will be given away for nothing, what Qualcomm, Intel, Infineon, TI, Samsung are the same.
Simply put, your patented technologies are obsolete, it's the era of tin chips now, silicon chips are going to be eliminated!
Only a fool would go and pay for a bunch of patents that have no commercial value.
From here we can also see why the Americans are so afraid of CSAC, crazy crackdown, sanctions, blockade and secretly keep seeking opportunities to use underhanded means, basically in addition to aircraft carriers ride face dare not, all the tricks can be used to greet up.
The CSAC has Samsung's future destiny in its hands, and the SIA has its current destiny in its hands, as the Greater China market has long been devoid of Samsung mobile phones, and now the memory business is gone.
What remains is the international market in addition to the Greater China region, and the European and American markets are subject to the face of the SIA, Wall Street also holds half of the shares of the Samsung Group, and has to take into account the interests of Wall Street shareholders.
After the North American hammering of Samsung some time ago, the Samsung Group meekly admitted its mistake and has been doing its job with its tail between its legs ever since, never daring to make waves again.
The ability to retain international market share is not it Samsung again from the CSAC to reverse the water, but half of the profits are to be channeled to Wall Street's sake, to put it bluntly is Wall Street's money-making machine, otherwise Samsung Group may really be killed.
If the Greater China market is lost, and if the international market is also lost, such a large business empire may die suddenly in the dispute between CSAC and SIA, this is by no means an exaggeration, in fact, there is no company in this world that is really big in the absolute sense but does not fall down.
Humiliated, suffocated and frightened, this is the most profound feeling that the head of Samsung has had recently.
Hearing a knock at the door, Lee returned to his desk from the window and sat down in the chairman's chair with his back to close his eyes and said, "Enter!"
Shortly afterwards, his assistant opened the door and came in respectfully, reporting, "Your Excellency, we have just received reliable information that Mr. John Nover, President and CEO of SIA, arrived in China about an hour ago, and many media outlets are keeping an eye on this and continuing to report that a new development between CSAC and SIA may be coming."
At these words, Li Zairong's eyes snapped open, his eyes glittering: "Is it finally going to carry the day ...... hum!"
The whirlwind was filled with worry: "These darned old Americans don't know what they're going to hold back again, keep a close eye on them."
The Netherlands, Eisemore's headquarters.
"Is that old bastard John Nover finally going to meet and consult with Li Linfei?"
Peter Winick said in subconscious astonishment as he heard this news reported by his secretary.
Seeing that his secretary was holding a copy of the latest newspaper, he immediately stepped out of his desk and grabbed it without saying a word to peruse it, pacing back and forth in the office as his secretary took a few steps back to keep out of his way.
The front page headline was reporting on John Nover's visit to China, accompanied by a picture of him being caught by a reporter in the terminal at China's airport.
At the end, Peter Winick rolled the newspaper into a column, tapping the palm of one hand against the other, still pacing back and forth in his office, and after a long moment, he stopped to look at his secretary and asked, "What kind of deal do you think they'll come to?"
The secretary shook his head in confusion and bewilderment, and Peter Winick couldn't help but give a self-deprecating shake of his head; if he could have known he wouldn't be sitting in the helm of Esmoor himself.
Ignoring his incompetent secretary, he returned to his desk and sat down, his arms crossed and clasped, wrinkling his brow in deep, long thought, his eyes filled with doubt, confusion, a sense of urgency, and worry.
But all these emotional sensations were due to one factor: how would the future of ASML be affected?
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The meeting between CSAC and SIA, the two leaders of the ICT and IC systems, was the focus of much attention for the global semiconductor industry.
Samsung, ASML, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Infineon and many others are among the industry players who continue to pay close attention to the meeting of these two giants.
It is not too much to say that the meetings and negotiations between these two giants will have a huge impact on the overall industry landscape, and whatever the outcome will be will certainly have a major impact on the global semiconductor industry landscape.
Insiders are paying close attention, and outsiders are also paying close attention, and after the news broke, all major media outlets have reported on it.
Chapter 1176
The principals of CSAC and SIA have not even met formally for talks and consultations, but all kinds of analyses, speculations and news of indistinguishable truths are already flying everywhere, and online communication forums are also full of discussions.
"There are rumours that Boss Li is going to reconcile with the US? Is it really true?"
"I don't understand why there's a reconciliation? The old US is full of bad news, CSAC now has the technology if it wants it, and the market is sitting on the world's largest market, why would it want to play with the Americans?"
"Yes, during this period of time the manufacturers of Future Technology and CSAC semiconductor alliance have been subjected to crazy suppression and blocking, playing with the Americans is just like seeking skin with a tiger."
"What if it was Wusong."
"Skin!"
"I'm not even as skinny as you, Lai Pi Snake."
"The melon eaters are responsible for watching the drama, don't force it on yourself, it's not really useful."
"Boss Li's pattern always look at the world, it is impossible to hunker down at home, to go out will certainly have to deal with foreigners, not to talk to the Americans do you think it is possible?"
"Agree with the viewpoint upstairs, another point is to refer to the first two world wars, when cross-border trade stops, it is the beginning of war."
"Xiangzhong vs Silicon Valley, sounds good, just see how Boss Ye Li and CSAC respond, looking forward to it, too hot!"
"Looking forward to it, and worth the wait, Mr Li has not disappointed so far."
"Fuck the old America, punch the duck!"
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December 10, morning, Future Technology Group headquarters.
Nini Wang opened the door to Li Linfei's office and reported, "Chairman, John Nover's visiting team has checked in at the Xiangzhong Hotel, and his secretary has just met with President Li Bingling."
At this, Li Linfei looked at her with a slightly puzzled look, "Why? I thought the meeting had been scheduled at the Water Moon Hotel, what does it mean to send a secretary here first? There's a change of heart?"
Wang Nini nodded: "A small change, John Norver wants to meet and consult at the Xiangzhong Hotel, his secretary brought his wishes, in order to ensure the security and confidentiality of the content of the meeting and consultation, each side will send someone into the hotel to line up the two sides to confirm that there are no mistakes before the formal talks are held there."
Hearing such a request, Li Linfei first froze and then could not help but laugh: "To ensure the security and confidentiality of the meeting? I don't believe him, the old man must be trying to conspire with me to do something bad with him, otherwise why would he be so discreet?"
"To do bad things? Together?" Nini Wang's face was puzzled.
"Alright, just meet his request."
The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you've got the right amount of money.
Two days later, early on the morning of November 12, the Xiangzhong Hotel, an ordinary five-star hotel originally unknown to the world, became famous.
The hotel had been cleared two days earlier for the business meeting between CSAC and SIA, and both sides had sent their personnel to check the entire hotel in all aspects, a high standard that is extremely rare in the business exchange world.
But then again, this business negotiation is a rare event in itself, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is beyond the realm of ordinary business negotiations.
Early this morning, uninvited journalists from all walks of life had surrounded the Hai Ping Hotel in advance, and security personnel were everywhere, fully responsible for maintaining order on the scene.
What tickled all the journalists was that they were not allowed to enter the hotel's interior. Several journalists tried to sneak in early in the morning, but were invariably thrown out by the security personnel.
In fact, this was not a press conference or a public business meeting at all, but after the rumour got out, all the media came to the hotel on their own initiative.
It couldn't have been anyone from John Nover's side, who actually wanted to have a low-key, secret meeting, something he was super upset about but couldn't do anything about.
How could the international member companies of the North American SIA know about it without letting the cat out of the bag?
Around ten o'clock, about the same time, the two motorcades pulled into the hotel, and for the short distance into the hotel, both sides of the road were lined with a variety of domestic and international media reporters carrying their media equipment.
Although they couldn't see inside the cars, those in the media world present could identify both sides by the two convoys. The first arriving convoy was clearly John Nover, as the second convoy had an exclusive Bugatti car of Li Lin Fei, who as the host and someone with a temperament would normally come last.
The scene was also such a huge spectacle that tourists and locals who came to visit Twin Moon Bay were so enthralled that they couldn't help but pause to grab their mobile phones and take photos and chatter.
"There's really nothing to say about this poker face."
"It feels like those entertainment stars and stuff are weak!"
"Heh~~Entertainment stars? Are you kidding? Can you compare to these bigwigs?"
"So, what kind of big shots?"
"Holy shit are you from ancient times?"
"Heck, I want to be the hot guy sitting in the car too, think about it."
"Dude come on, I'll nourish and wake you up."
"Fuck off!"
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On the other hand, two columns of motorcades stopped at the main entrance of the hotel, one on the left and one on the right, and when the principals of both sides came out of the cars, the reporters on the scene kept pressing the shutter in their hands.
On the left side of the motorcade, a formally dressed Li Linfei was once again in the public eye, with reporters on the side frantically snapping away and security personnel directly using their bodies to form a cordoned-off line.
This is his second appearance in the public eye since the PHC 2.0 launch site. Future Technology Group is very high profile, and the headlines have gotten so tired of being on the news that they have long since become tasteless.
But Li Linfei himself is very low-key and rarely appears in the public eye.
Many of the journalists on the scene were surprised to see him in person again, as if they had the illusion or something that Li Linfei had a more youthful and handsome demeanour.
They seemed to have an illusion that Li Linfei had a younger and more handsome appearance. You know that the Future Technology Group is not doing so well this year, but he is getting younger and younger?