Chapter 416: The fate of the four major chip foundries, and the public opinion war begins!
[Yuri Saito]: "Baga! Is Longxing Group trying to force me to death? Why do they make such an announcement when I am adding to my position!"
[Sakaguchi Shinpei]: "The price of 14N16-inch semiconductor silicon wafers and 11N12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers is the same. It will destroy this industry. Longxing Group is a cancer!"
[Kasuga Yuno]: "Please Please, give me a chance to sell. If the position is liquidated tomorrow, I will have no choice but to go to the sea to film.”
People from the island country of TikTok kept leaving messages in the relevant video comment area, and no one expected Nikkei 225. As soon as it started to improve, Longxing Group released huge bad news.
This was like a bolt from the blue, causing countless little days and nights to wail.
At the same time.
The headquarters of Shin-Etsu Group in the island nation.
The moment Fujii Koyama learned the news, his face instantly turned pale, and he was almost pissed with fear. He hurriedly downloaded TikTok to check it out for himself.
When he saw the hot search term "Longxing Group Business Expansion", his heart suddenly trembled, and he clicked on it to check it carefully.
This moment.
His hanging heart finally died.
"Damn it! This is naked commercial suppression. This is naked commercial suppression. Chen Xing, why don't you give away the 14N16-inch semiconductor wafer for 1,500 yuan for free?" Fujii Koyama suppressed his throat, feeling all over his body. Tremble.
What is the concept of 14N16-inch semiconductor silicon wafer priced at 1,500 yuan?
The international price of 11N12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers is between 1,400 yuan and 1,600 yuan. However, due to Shin-Etsu Group’s excellent quality control, the price in the industry is basically 1,600 yuan.
This means that Longxing Group’s semiconductor silicon wafers have an extra 3N purity and an area of 4 inches. As a result, the price is lower than the 11N12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers produced by Shin-Etsu Group.
Not to mention the purity of 3N, the increased area of 4 inches is already amazing.
You must know that every inch larger the semiconductor silicon wafer means, the output of bare chip chips increases, and the production cost becomes lower.
Calculated based on the size and area of 1.6x1.6CM die, the diameter of the mainstream 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer on the market is 30CM, and approximately 232 die chips can be cut out.
According to what Chen Xing said at the last press conference, if the 16-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is cut according to the die size area of 1.6x1.6CM, approximately 717 pieces can be cut out.
Just imagine, with the same chip production process and similar material costs, 16-inch semiconductor silicon wafers can produce three times the amount of 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers. If you were a chip foundry, whose products would you purchase? What size semiconductor wafers will be used?
Without a doubt!
16-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is the best choice!
When Fujii Koyama was desperate, Maeda Hidetsugi of JSR Co., Ltd. and Kobayashi Rokuro, the president of TOK Tokyo Onka Group, looked at the prices and also felt extremely desperate.
The 10^20 high-resistance deep UV photoresist actually only sells for 12 yuan per gram. You must know that they sell it for 15 yuan.
The price of 10^20 extreme ultraviolet photoresist is only 20 yuan per gram, which makes them even more desperate.
Price war!
Naked price war!
“Bagaya Road!”
“Bagaya Road!”
Maeda Hidetsugi and Kobayashi Rokuro cursed at the same time. The secretary who was reporting the news shivered in fright, shrank his neck like a turtle, and silently endured the anger.
However, chip raw material suppliers such as Maeda Hidetsugi, Kobayashi Rokuro, and Fujii Koyama seem to have forgotten that they have treated Longguo companies in this way before.
For example, in 2006, the CEO of Shanghai Silicon Group, Yu Yuehui, accurately grasped that semiconductor chips were the general direction of future development. He wanted to plan ahead and conquer the mainstream 10N8-inch semiconductor silicon wafers in the market. To this end, he did not hesitate to mortgage his garage. .
But what’s the result?
The 10N8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer was successfully conquered, but Fujii Koyama, Segao Group Chairman Kazu Sakano, and other semiconductor silicon wafer suppliers together, the night after the Shanghai Silicon Group’s new product release, We sell 11N12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers at the price of 8 inches.
It was also this price war that caused Longguo Semiconductor silicon wafer companies to go bankrupt one after another, and countless investments were in vain.
If it were not for state support and the rapid transformation of photovoltaic silicon wafers, Shanghai Silicon Group would probably become history.
Not only Shanghai Silicon Group, but also Longguo Enterprises, which specializes in EDA software, photoresist and other chip-related fields, have also been "baptized" by price wars to a greater or lesser extent.
After Fujii Koyama, Maeda Hidetsugi, Kobayashi Rokuro, Sakano Kazuo calmed down, they chose to call their "masters" to seek help from across the ocean.
Maria, the third-in-command of the Baile Group, was also in a state of distress at this time.
Without any warning, Chen Xing suddenly launched a price war, which disrupted their plans and made her shudder.
If it had been in the past, she would have blocked the news as soon as possible. No matter how much trouble the Longxing Group made, the relevant news content would not be able to get out of Longguo.
But things are different now. Due to the existence of TikTok, a large number of people in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, including the Middle East, use TikTok, and the viewing time is basically more than 2 hours a day. It is the most popular video nowadays. Short videos plus social media platforms.
The information cocoon has been broken, and Maria has no way to block the news. Now she can only report it to Lyle Valles, the leader of the group, for resolution.
“Dong Dong——”
When Maria arrived on the top floor, she was thinking about knocking on the door frame of the office.
Suddenly.
There was a wailing sound inside.
"Ah, Lord Bhaskar, let me go. I am the prince of the British royal family. You can't do this. They will not let you go."
"Ahhh!"
The screams coming from inside were so shrill and desperate that Maria outside the door swallowed hard and her outstretched hand stayed in the air.
Go in?
Still not going in?
She knew Pascal, he was the Supreme Six-Wing of the All Seeing Society, and he had a hobby, that is, he especially liked to dish other people's "walnuts", Maria had also suffered from this.
Although she had sex reassignment surgery and no longer had walnuts for her to play with, she still couldn't help but shudder when she thought about her past experience.
“Is it wrong?”
“Wrong.”
“What’s wrong?”
“I didn’t complete the task you assigned, and I didn’t follow the instructions. Crack the GIANTPANDA bank settlement system within the specified time”
“You have such a good memory!”
"Ah!"
Shrill screams kept coming from inside. When Maria was at a loss, Pascal suddenly said in a deep voice: "How long are you going to stand outside the door? Get in here. "
"! ! "
Maria was stunned for a moment, then opened the office door tremblingly, lowering her head, not daring to look at the scene inside.
“What brings you here?”
Baskar’s tone was cold.
"Previously...Maeda Hidetsugi, Kobayashi Rokuro, Sakano and the others called for help, and Chen Xing launched a price war against them."
"Ah!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Pascal could speak, Lyle Valles screamed first.
Although Maria lowered her head, she could vaguely see the muscle lines and faintly bulging veins in Pascal's arms.
"Such force won't make a person infertile, right?" She thought to herself.
Maria knows about Lyle Valles’ other identity. If he is really infertile, the British royal family will probably break off the engagement.
However, Baskar had no intention of letting go and asked nonchalantly: "Chen Xing is in a price war with Japanese companies for chip raw materials? What is their quotation?"
"14N16 1,500-inch semiconductor silicon wafers are 1,500 Long Guo coins, 14N 18-inch semiconductor silicon wafers are 1,700 Long Guo coins, 14N 20-inch semiconductor silicon wafers are 1,900 Long Guo coins, and there are also 10^20 high-resistance full-category photoresists..."
< br>The moment Maria told the price, Lyle Valles screamed again and again, while Pascal fell into deep thought and said: "With such a low price, it seems that the other party is determined to cause trouble. , we really need a way to deal with it.”
“What do you need me to do?”
Maria asked.
"Let me think about it." Pascal closed his eyes and continued to increase the strength of his hands. His face had already turned red. The disheveled Lyle Valles continued to scream and clenched his hands. His fists were shaking, his fingernails had already sunk into his flesh, and blood dripped onto the ground.
He has no intention of resisting at all. He knows very well that Panshin will resist the punishment of his superiors, which can be said to be worse than death.
Half a minute passed before Baskar opened his eyes, suddenly let go of his hand and said: "There is a way. Four of the world's five largest chip foundries are under our control. Chen Xing thought If we use chip raw materials to fight a price war, then we can perfectly solve this crisis without using its semiconductor wafers and photoresists.”
"Huhuhu——"
The moment he let go of his hand, Lyle Valles immediately fell to his knees, gasping for air.
Only those "brothers" who have been injured know how fragile it is.
"Lord Pascal is wise."
Maria quickly praised.
"Okay." Bhaskar waved his hand disapprovingly and continued: "Please inform me to completely ban the semiconductor wafers and photoresist of Longxing Group."
"Okay."
Maria still lowered her head.
While lowering her head, she slowly turned around and exited the office.
She knew very well that Baskar was ruthless, and she also knew that Lyle Valles liked to hold grudges. If she glanced at the office at this time and saw Lyle Valles' embarrassed appearance, she would probably be next. Until she suffered.
The rule that one level eats the other, and subordinates obey their superiors unconditionally has been engraved in the DNA of every member who joins the All-Seeing Society.
……
And on the other side.
Blaska, USA.
City of Omaha.
Using his connections, Buffett urgently contacted the Lehman family of the Jewish consortium and told him what he had encountered.
The Lehmann family and Buffett are inextricably linked.
Perhaps many people have only heard of the Rothschild, Morgan, and Rockefeller families, but do not know the background of the Lyman family.
Let’s just say that the current US Treasury Secretary is a member of the Lehman family. Its influence in the Jewish circle has surpassed the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, and is second only to the most mysterious Rothschild. De family.
After hearing Buffett's description on the other end of the phone, Jacob Lyman smiled calmly and said: "This is easy to solve. I will have someone contact TSMC later. We don't need the silicon wafers and lithography from Longxing Group." Just glue, Chen Xing can’t make any waves in the global semiconductor materials field.”
"Thank you very much, Mr. Lehmann."
It was with this idea in mind that Buffett contacted Jacob Lehmann. Unexpectedly, the other party thought of it so quickly and brought it up.
"Is there anything else?"
Jacob Lyman asked. "No, I'm very sorry to disturb you." Buffett said in a respectful tone.
In the eyes of ordinary people, he is the god of stocks and a model of financial investment in the world, but Buffett knows very well that the real boss will not appear on the table.
To be precise, it will not appear on the Forbes list.
The reason is also very simple. The wealth of those people is hidden underwater, and they also control the trend of the world, and the Lyman family has reached that threshold.
“That’s right.”
Just as Buffett was about to hang up the phone, Jacob Lehmann remembered something and continued: “There seems to be more short-selling forces on Wall Street recently. You go Check their details and send them to my email. The more detailed the better.”
"This..."
Buffett hesitated to speak.
Jacob Lyman heard the clues and asked: "Do you already know their details?"
"Yes."
Parfit nodded. , replied: "The leaders of the short-selling forces are Will Watson and Mambilasso Kennedy. They are the eldest sons of the Watson family and the Kennedy family."
"Surprisingly, It’s Onsa.”
Jacob Leman was a little surprised.
He said why it was so strange that he couldn't find any traces or information about the other party. It turned out that he was being protected by the forces behind him.
If someone from the Angsa Consortium intervenes in finance, he would definitely beat him up in normal times, but in special times, he doesn't want to fall out.
“Now that we’ve figured it out, let’s hang up and talk back.”
"Okay, Mr. Lyman."
After the two hung up the phone, Buffett was still staggering, but he still insisted on making himself a cup of coffee.
According to his habit, coffee needs two packets of sugar, but this time he did not put any sugar. Instead, he took out a packet of transparent crystals from the drawer, poured the whole packet into the coffee cup, stirred it, and drank it immediately. After one sip, he showed a satisfied look.
"I am so old that I have forgotten that we still have a chip foundry. Chen Xing, Chen Xing, how should you deal with it?"
Buffett murmured to himself .
While he was feeling emotional, Zhang Miao, the boss of TSMC, who was far away in the treasure island, was like a grandson, constantly saying "yes, yes, yes".
One call was hung up, and the next call came into his mobile phone.
It is no exaggeration to say that the phone call Zhang Miao received tonight and the stomping of the owner behind it can make the world's finance tremble.
“Understood, I will write the manuscript myself right away, and I will definitely not let Chen Xing succeed.”
“Don’t worry, it will be done beautifully.”
"Okay!"
"Understood!"
"I will hurry up."
Zhang Miao nodded and bowed.
As the twelfth call was hung up, Zhang Moucai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
On one side of the sofa, Wang Yiyue, Zhang Miao's married couple, was a little curious and asked: "Old Zhang, what happened?"
"Oh!" Zhang Miao sighed, A brief summary: "Chen Xing is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He actually entered into a price war with Japanese companies for chip raw materials. Now that it is better, it has angered the masters behind it. Let us make an announcement that we will not use Longxing Group's semiconductor silicon wafers and chips." Photoresist.”
In his opinion, Chen Xing really hit the wall this time.
When Japanese chip raw material companies such as Shin-Etsu Group, JSR Co., Ltd. and TOK Tokyo Onka engage in price wars, don’t you know that there are Jewish consortiums behind them?
After hearing this, Wang Yiyue shook her head and said: "Chen Xing is still too young and does not know the interests between the groups."
"Not necessarily."
Zhang Miao retorted directly and said seriously: "According to my understanding of Chen Xing, he might have some useless tricks."
"That's all."< br>
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said: "Let's make an announcement first. Anyway, the bigger the storm is, we can still stay on our own."
Even if Longxing Group announced that it had conquered Guangming Engraving machines have created lithography factories, but as long as the Mi-West Alliance survives, TSMC will be their best choice for chip production.
Zhang Miao stood up, returned to his bedroom, turned on the computer and started working.
……
Less than an hour after the Longxing Group announcement was released, Japanese companies such as Shin-Etsu Group, JSR Co., Ltd., and TOK Tokyo Onka Group successively made their official accounts public on Twitter. Accused Longxing Group of engaging in monopoly.
[14N16-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is only priced at 1,500 Longguo coins. We believe that this pricing is extremely unreasonable and is suspected of monopolizing the market. We hope @龙兴集团 will consider it carefully and jointly maintain the healthy development of the market. ]
As soon as the tweet of accusation was sent out, it received tens of thousands of likes, and countless netizens spoke for several Japanese companies.
[Peter Fenton]: "Is Longxing Group actually a monopoly? Oh my god, this is the worst news I have ever heard."
[David Chernow]: "No I dare to believe that Longxing Group would actually do such a thing. If the market loses its vitality, wouldn’t the chip prices be at their discretion in the future? "
[Sergey Casso]: " The moment I saw the news, I had already smashed my brilliant X2, because the monopoly behavior is so abominable, and this kind of unhealthy competition must be strictly resisted!”
In the comment section of the tweet, all netizens were Japanese companies. say.
The entry "Longxing Group engages in monopoly" also appeared on Twitter's hot search list, and it was at the top.
People who don’t know the truth click on it and see that Longxing Group wants to monopolize the market and bully weak Japanese companies. This will undoubtedly arouse the virginity of some people and come to Longxing Group one after another. The official Twitter account begged for mercy.
However.
Half an hour passed.
Longxing Group did not respond.
Under the leadership of Our Lady, public opinion tilted directly towards the disadvantaged Japanese companies, and Longxing Group was also labeled as "destroying the market."
It was also at this time that chip foundries that used the slogan of "justice" came to an end one after another.
[We deeply regret the behavior of Longxing Group that disrupts market prices and attempts to monopolize the market, and will strictly resist it. From now on, we will no longer use Longxing Group’s products to produce semiconductor silicon wafers, Photoresist, and strengthen order cooperation with JSR Co., Ltd., TOK Tokyo Onka, and Shin-Etsu Chemical. ]
TSMC, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, UMC, and Korean Star Group all chose to stand in the camp of Japanese companies, and they still did so under the banner of "justice." This kind of heroic announcement directly made the Western people have orgasms in their skulls, and they started to criticize them one after another. thumbs up.
If it were in the past, Chen Xing would have to suffer the consequences of being dumb, because they would not give you a chance to defend yourself, but would directly silence you.
But with ByteDance’s TikTok, Twitter is no longer the best channel to speak out, it can only be regarded as a way to speak out.
Faced with his opponents' attempts to discredit the Longxing Group, Chen Xing had already contacted Li Zhenzhen at the European and American headquarters.
Seeing that the online public opinion was one-sided, Li Zhenzhen immediately commanded the operation: "Post a video, post a tweet, let them take a good look at who is the monopoly company."
"Understood."
Operation clicks to send the manuscript.
But after Twitter’s article was sent out, the number of views remained at 0, which obviously led to the platform’s internal review.
But TikTok had no impact and passed the review directly.
The carefully prepared video, which lasts for 1 minute and 47 seconds, describes how Japanese companies such as JSR Co., Ltd., TOK Tokyo Onka, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Group engage in monopoly and "persecute" all Dragon Kingdom-related companies. process.
Weak?
Just a wolf in sheep's clothing!
European and American people have woken up after seeing the response to the video, which is in sharp contrast to the Virgin Heart on Twitter.
[Bricio Badji]: "No, it turns out that the monopolies are JSR Co., Ltd., TOK Tokyo Onka, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Group? There are also the three EDA giants Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor. Is it okay for others to retaliate if they engage in monopoly? "
[Mona Sachs]: "I think Longxing Group is doing the right thing. If you, a Japanese company, can engage in monopoly, why can't others? ”
[Jeff Levick]: “Thank you TikTok for letting me know the truth. If I just looked at the content on Twitter, I thought Longxing Group was the perpetrator, but I didn’t expect it was just the counterattack!”< br>
Since Longxing Group’s response video has become popular, more and more European and American people have learned who the monopoly is.
Many European and American people spontaneously went to Twitter to explain to Longxing Group, but as soon as the comments were posted, the system identified the "unreasonable content" and deleted them directly.
This has led to polarization in the reputation of Longxing Group on Twitter and TikTok.
……
Longgang, a deep city.
Longxing Group Headquarters Base.
Chen Xing had long expected that the other party would throw dirty water on him. Fortunately, ByteDance’s TikTok broke through the Jewish consortium’s information blockade and allowed him to respond and explain.
Facing the collective fate of TSMC, UMC, GlobalFoundries, and Korean Star Group, he is also fully prepared to fight back by supporting Japanese companies in chip raw materials.
I saw Chen Xing first sending a WeChat message, and then making a phone call.
"Beep beep——"
After a few seconds of busy tone, the call was connected.
“Mr. Chen?”
The other party spoke English that tasted like kimchi, with a hint of surprise in his tone. He obviously didn't expect Chen Xing to call him.
"How are you doing, President Ju?"
Chen Xing said hello.
The person on the other end of the phone was none other than Ju Benmao, the current chairman of LG Group.
"It's... not bad, what's the matter?" Ju Benmao was obviously pretending to be confused. Now that there is such a big noise that Longxing Group wants to engage in Japanese companies, it is impossible for him not to know.
"You should have read Twitter. If not, you can check the trending list first." As soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, he continued in a very tangled tone:
" I am very sad now. The group is in urgent need of funds to operate, and I am thinking of selling semiconductor wafers and photoresists to raise funds. People also say that I have a monopoly. President Ju, do you think I have a high monopoly? "
< br>"By the way, President Ju."
"If I sell methacrylate and acrylate at the same price as you, it shouldn't involve monopoly, right?"
Ju Benmao: " …”
What's this?
Threat?
Intimidation?
I saw Ju Benmao covering the receiver with his palm and yelling angrily at the phone: "Xiba! Chen Xing, you are a Xiba, Da Xiba!!!"
After cursing, he let go. Turning on the receiver, he changed his face and said: "Mr. Chen, just..., no, if you have anything you want to give me, just tell me, and I will definitely do it for you if I can."
(End of this chapter) )