Chapter 398: Taiwan Earthquake

Sitting in the helicopter, Ouyang Qian and Zhou Yanhong laughed so hard that they were stolen. Obviously, seeing the tragic scene of Zhang Shengli being taken away just now, it was very satisfying for both women. Ouyang Qian also asked Yang Xing if this trap had been planned. Yang Xing shook his head helplessly and explained, "They flew over yesterday to force me to cooperate with them. It's not that they didn't help him, but that his butt was not wiped clean. The matter of the window was revealed. Now Tang Yuanyuan, Li Qisi and Wan Yingxia have been flirting with each other. I have to help him, and I have to help him. Don't worry, no matter what, they are also a conflict among the people. I reminded them that the young couple can get together and fight. But Zhang Shengli is also the chairman of a listed American company. He is also a well-known figure. He will attend a press conference tomorrow. He can only beat him to pieces, but he must not slap in the face!"

Zhou Yanhong and Ouyang Qian seemed to have heard Zhang Shengli's tortured wailing. Even Shi Meiheng in the driver's seat couldn't help laughing, pointing at Yang Xing and saying that he was the object of torture. Compared with the number of women around him, Zhang Shengli was simply a saint. While laughing, everyone flew away from New York's never-sleeping city in a helicopter and flew towards Boston. After several years of study, Shi Meiheng, who studied hard in the United States, had obtained a general flight license, and the Bombardier private plane "Yiren" that was given as a gift to Wang Yiren is about to be delivered. Yang Xing came to visit Wang Yiren this time, and took advantage of the "Yiren" maiden voyage opportunity to take the girls in the United States to visit various scenic spots in North America.

Not to mention Yang Xing was traveling with the United States on a plane, Zhang Shengli, who was tortured a few days later, sent an email to Yang Xing, and cursed Yang Xing with gritted teeth and cursed her behavior of favoring sex over friends. He must compensate him. He was just basking in the sun on the beach in Miami, USA, and the carefree Yang Xing felt guilty and had to reply to an email, telling him that there was a chance to make a fortune in front of him. However, he would rather not eat alone. Yang Xing asked him to contact some classmates and everyone would make money together. However, this is a crooked way, and it is best not to reveal that Yang Xing is behind the scenes. Moreover, this opportunity to get rich is fleeting. Yang Xing reminded Zhang Shengli that the trick is to stop when you see it, and withdraw as soon as you succeed, don't get stuck in it, otherwise you may be extremely happy and sad.

This was an idea that Yang Xing suddenly thought of when he was drowsy when he was drowsy by Miami. It was originally a disaster and wealth that was contrary to nature. But when he attended a class reunion before the Spring Festival, many students expressed their hope to get along with the light of Yang Xing and Zhang Shengli, two noble people, and asked them to help guide their classmates' ways to get rich. Yang Xing has been refused because of the bad luck. Interpersonal relationships in the Eastern business district are very important business elements. At that time, Yang Xing also arranged a good way out for many students at the same time, which was to build a trustworthy team. Meng Qingqiu and the others laughed at him at that time to upgrade to the City University, just to turn it into a factory for Zhongxing Group to polish diamonds.

This opportunity in front of him is actually taking advantage of the disaster that happened immediately. Since he did not intend to tell the world, taking advantage of the opportunity to take care of Zhang Shengli and his classmates was just a small task. He has no reason not to take advantage of his family. This opportunity to make money does not require high-tech or complex layout. The only thing he needs is to be bold, meticulous and know when to stop.

Yang Xing gave them the advice to buy a large amount of computer Dram storage before September 21 this year, which is commonly known as computer memory sticks. You can buy as much as you want. After September 21, the price of computer memory sticks will definitely soar. After the price rises to two or three times the purchase price, you will sell them all. Buy it low and sell it at a high price. It only takes a few months to get several times the excess profit. It is easy to operate. I believe that these college students should be fine.

All this is based on the information of the Taiwan earthquake that Yang Xing knew about. Although he was not very kind and suspected of making disasters and wealth, there was nothing he could do. Yang Xing never thought he was a saint. What he could do for such natural disasters is to protect his own interests as much as possible. If he stood up every time he was able to accurately determine the major disasters around the world in the next ten years, he would be either considered a charlatan and a madman to be imprisoned in a madhouse, or was arrested by scientific research institutions for slice analysis as a research object.

At 1:47:12:6 on September 21, 1999, a major earthquake occurred across Taiwan, with a magnitude of 7:3. Taichung and Nantou counties in Taiwan were severely affected by earthquakes. Houses collapsed on a large scale and suffered heavy casualties. The earthquake caused all trains on the island of Taiwan to stop driving. The nuclear-1 and nuclear-2 power plants tripped and cut off power, and the high-voltage transmission line towers were damaged, resulting in a long-term power outage across Taiwan after the earthquake. The scope of this major earthquake was very wide, and even the mainland coastal areas on the other side of the strait were affected. At the farthest, even the inland city Jiujiang, which had just passed the flood, had a clear sense of tremor.

Although the epicenter of this major earthquake was in Taichung and Nantou County, Taiwan, because this earthquake was a shallow stratigraphic earthquake with a high intensity, it caused a strong tremor in Taiwan. The total power outages and water outages caused by earthquakes on the entire Taiwan island have greatly affected people's lives and production. Among them, the most damaged is the semiconductor processing industry, which is the pillar industry in Taiwan. In the famous Hsinchu Industrial Park in Taipei, more than 30% of semiconductor production enterprises in the world were concentrated. The sudden earthquake and the major power outages and water outages caused, which completely disrupted the production plans of these high-energy-consuming enterprises that rely heavily on hydropower to maintain full-speed production. The production capacity has been greatly reduced.

Among them, the biggest impact is the major manufacturers of computer memory sticks (dram memory). The 26 major semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan are currently concentrated in the Hsinchu Industrial Park in northern Taiwan. Such centralized production is convenient for solving the supply of water and electricity and the supply of industrial gases required for various semiconductors. In addition, it is convenient for dealing with problems encountered in production and facilitating the exchange of professional talents. The original intention was good, but it also laid the hidden danger of prosperity and loss once a natural disaster is encountered. In this earthquake, all the weaknesses of this industrial layout were exposed. After continuous efforts in Taiwan's semiconductor industry, its production capacity is now ranked fourth in the world, and almost all the international low-end basic semiconductor materials such as wafer production are concentrated in Taiwan. Once there is a problem, the impact on the international semiconductor industry industry chain will quickly affect the world.

This major earthquake has mainly caused three major disasters to Taiwan's semiconductor industry. In addition to power outages and water outages, the misalignment of stepper lithography machines that play a core role in the semiconductor etching process and the quartz tube rupture used in the silicon wafer processing process are major problems encountered by various manufacturers. Because the Hsinchu Industrial Park occupies an important position in Taiwan's economy, the Taiwan government would rather sacrifice some civilian electricity to ensure that the power supply in the industrial park is first restored. After the earthquake, elite soldiers immediately sent out special forces to repair relevant lines to give priority to ensuring that the industrial park is fully restored. Semiconductor manufacturers did not wait for government relief, and each showed their ability to save themselves. On the day after the earthquake, many companies used their own power generation equipment to restore one-quarter of the power supply in the industrial park, and then transferred to normal production in a few days. The difficulties caused by power outages did not have a great impact on semiconductor production.

However, the problem of stepper lithography machine misalignment and quartz tube rupture is more troublesome, because Taiwan's semiconductor industry is basically based on the technology transfer of Japanese electronic companies, and most of the production equipment used are products of companies such as Nikon, Fujitsu and Toshiba. However, at the beginning of the year, these major companies joined the Yasuda family to form an alliance, suppressing the efforts of Zhongxing Group to launch multiple wafer production lines by delaying delivery or not selling wafer production equipment. However, unexpectedly, Yang Xing led his subordinates to Europe to Europe, and Philips and Siemens reached an agreement. Not only did they buy relevant production equipment, STMicroelectronics also transferred multiple wafer production lines at one time. Infineon even privately sold the regulated twelve-inch wafer production technology to Nebula Electronics. This result of "the east is not bright in the west is bright" made Japanese companies miss a large order of billions of dollars in vain, so the news came back to this loose alliance collapsed in a blink of an eye.

However, to the surprise of Japanese manufacturers, Xingdong Network, a new company under Zhongxing Group, made a wonderful debut on Nasdaq, and received billions of dollars from its listing in a blink of an eye. At this time, the wealthy Zhongxing Group actually filed a large order for semiconductor equipment purchases to Japan without any prior grudges, which made Nikon and other companies overjoyed. The order was rewarded well, but Zhongxing Group proposed a strange and harsh condition. It pointed out that due to the tight time, several new semiconductor factories of Nebula Electronics were eager to start construction and debug. Japanese companies that accepted the orders must fully cooperate with the factory construction progress and mobilize the best technicians to factories in the mainland and Hong Kong to complete the work overtime.

Originally, this request was not too much, and the Japanese side agreed very happily. However, now that Taiwan has suffered a major disaster and wants to invite Japanese technicians to Taiwan to repair and debug equipment, the Japanese suddenly found that they could not send enough personnel to help Taiwanese manufacturers resume production. Because according to the contract, most of their technicians went to China. At this time, they wanted to ask Zhongxing Group to help adjust the personnel, but they said that they were busy construction and doing things according to the contract. As a result, the Japanese could only delay the dispatch of personnel to Taiwan. This directly led to the fact that Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers, which had only taken two weeks to restore normal production in history, now it took more than a month to fully resume production, which also caused the shipment of computer memory stick chips to plummet, and the prices of computer memory sticks around the world to rise immediately!
Chapter completed!