: Fight to the end

Author: Shihanjie

At the meeting, Wang Lin focused on the future of Aixu Technology.

Although it is claimed to be two completely different companies, Aixu Technology is still managed by the headquarters. This is an indisputable fact.

The personnel appointment and removal of Aixu Technology and major matters are decided by the headquarters.

Zhou Boqiang made a suggestion that Aixu Technology cannot collect orders, but it also requires continuous investment and maintenance. Is it better to sell it? The group should focus on doing a good job in textile business, and cross-border operations will not benefit the company.

As soon as this was put forward, it immediately received a response from Deng Dabao and others.

Everyone thinks that semiconductors are high-tech and rely too much on business provided by major foreign manufacturers, and this path is not easy to go.

Zhou Boqiang also proposed that the global semiconductor business is not easy to do now, and many companies can no longer continue to do it. The entire industry is in a downturn and we develop late, so we will definitely not be able to compete with others. A hero who cuts his arm is the best self-protection.

Wang Lin listened quietly to everyone's discussion and said nothing.

Cotton boll suddenly said, "I have different opinions."

Everyone looked at her in unison.

Cotton Boll said: "Semiconductors are high-end and sophisticated industries. There are not many companies in the world that can do such business. We have laid a solid foundation and invested huge funds. If we give up now, we will lose money all the money. It is better to move forward bravely and stick to it until the end. We are the only one in my country. With such a large market, we will definitely have business, but we must survive the cold winter of the industry first."

Zhou Boqiang said: "Who knows how long the cold winter in the industry is? If we can't get orders, we have to raise so many people, and the machinery and equipment must be maintained. I heard that those machines are expensive and very delicate, and the updates are very fast. Don't wait until we have survived it, and the machines will lag behind the times? At that time, even if you want to sell them, it will not be worth it."

Deng Dabao said: "What President Zhou said is that even a company as big as LG can't hold on anymore. What can we do to support it?"

Cotton Boll said: "South Korea is small. They need to rely on foreign orders and markets to survive, but we can rely on domestic markets to survive. Is the textile industry different in the cold winter? We Aixu Group is doing a prosperous job."

Zhou Boqiang said: "Where are any semiconductor orders in China? Domestic companies rely on foreign manufacturers to provide orders and live on orders."

Deng Dabao said: "We have been discussing for so long, but we still have to listen to Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang, please say something!"

Wang Lin picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "You are right. Now is indeed a cold winter in the semiconductor industry. So, why is the industry winter formed? Who knows?"

Cotton Boll said: "Because of the blind expansion in the past two years, it has led to overcapacity."

Wang Lin said: "Yes, since the 1990s, driven by strong personal computer sales and explosive growth in the digital consumer electronics market, the semiconductor market has grown significantly in the past two years, and last year it reached more than $150 billion in revenue. In a high prosperity, the semiconductor industry began to expand production. Last year, 50 new fab production lines were added worldwide."

Everyone nodded frequently after hearing this.

Wang Lin continued: "Due to the rebound of office automation enabled by Windows 95 and the accelerated trend of personal computers, the personal computer market has quickly entered a stage of adjustment. Since this year, demand for the semiconductor industry that seems unmet has begun to shrink rapidly, and the industry's crazy expansion has eventually led to an oversupply of DRAM. Many semiconductor manufacturers have been forced to adjust production and production, and after suffering a severe recession, many manufacturers have withdrawn from the DRAM market."

Zhou Boqiang said: "That's the reason. Mr. Wang, it's not wise for us to go against the market now. We have tried the water we should try, and I think it's time to stop."

Wang Lin said: "President Zhou, please listen to me finish my words. Let's look back at the past few years in the 1990s. The reason for the oversupply of semiconductors is the supply side. Major manufacturers bet on the large-scale expansion of technological innovation and have caused overcapacity. The opportunity to make the semiconductor market explode is the popularity of personal PCs, which drives limited semiconductor products."

Zhou Boqiang said: "Yes, although the semiconductor industry is a high-end industry, its application products are limited, which is why we cannot receive orders. Apart from those large factories in the world, who can we ask to send orders? These large factories are from the Western region. They have prejudices against us and don't talk about cooperation with us, what can we do?"

Wang Lin said: "I can understand Mr. Zhou's concerns. You said you wanted me to sell Aixu Technology Company in time for the better development of the company. However, I have another report here, and I would like to ask you to review it."

He nodded to Zhang Xiaowan beside him.

Zhang Xiaowan agreed and stood up and sent a piece of material to everyone present.

Wang Lin said: "This material is a research report produced by our group's think tank team."

The group's think tank does not usually work in the company, which is equivalent to the role of an advisor.

When something happens to the company and needs to use a think tank, Wang Lin will contact them and issue a topic and leave it to them for research.

Wang Lin only needs the results.

The people in the think tank are all authoritative people, and the reports they make are of great reference value.

Zhou Boqiang and others were puzzled when they looked at the materials in their hands.

Because this is an analysis report on the global and my country's mobile phone industry.

Nokia mobile phones have a global market share of up to 26.9%, with annual profits of up to US$2.9 billion.

Motorola mobile phone shipments are 217.4 million units!

my country's mobile phone manufacturing industry is in the "infant" period, with the national mobile phone production reaching nearly 4 million units. However, at that time, mobile phone production was mainly mainly for overseas giants, and domestic mobile phones could not even see the shadow.

After reading it, Zhou Boqiang asked, "Dr. Wang, this is a report on the mobile phone market. What does it have to do with our company?"

Wang Lin said: "Mobile phones also belong to the semiconductor industry."

Everyone said oh, as if they had realized something.

Wang Lin said: "The global personal PC market is shrinking, but the mobile phone market is growing at a rate of ten times! Several million mobile phones are sold around the world every year. What does this mean?"

Cotton Boll said: "It means that semiconductors have found the next growth point!"

Wang Lin glanced at the cotton boll with approval, thinking that people with knowledge and vision would look at problems differently.

Zhou Boqiang said: "But no matter how much mobile phones are sold, they are all abroad. Our domestic mobile phone market is not big. The main reason is that they are too expensive, so there are too few people who can afford it. The foreign market is still in the hands of those big manufacturers. Can we get their orders?"

Wang Lin said: "The price of mobile phones is constantly decreasing, from 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in the era of Big Brother to below 10,000 yuan today. I believe that it will soon drop, to below 5,000 yuan, or even 3,000 yuan, or when a thousand yuan phone is launched, there will be more people who can afford it. There are more than one billion people in our country, and each person has a mobile phone, which is a consumer market of more than one billion yuan."

Zhou Boqiang said: "Is this possible?"

Wang Lin said: "I thought it was possible. This is the trend of the industry's development. Just like a personal PC, it used to cost tens of thousands of yuan per unit, but now it only costs tens of thousands or even a few thousand yuan to fit a good computer. The price is still falling, which shows that this is an inevitable development of the industry."

Cotton Boll said: "The opportunity is only reserved for those who are prepared. We have missed the golden age of personal PC development. Do we still have to miss the upcoming mobile phone era? We now have the world's most advanced semiconductor processing factory. As long as the mobile phone era comes, we can take advantage of the east wind and soar."

Wang Lin said: "Milk always said it well! The arrival of an era is silent, but it is foreseeable! We are now foreseeing the arrival of the mobile phone era, so why not prepare first?"

Cotton boll said: "I agree with Mr. Wang's vision!"

Zhou Boqiang, Deng Dabao and others looked at each other.

"Dr. Wang," Zhou Boqiang said, "I don't have as far-reaching vision as you. With my understanding of you, I believe you see it very accurately. Perhaps this is our best opportunity. I take back what I said just now, Aixu Technology Company cannot sell it."

Deng Dabao said: "I also believe in Mr. Wang's vision, because you have never missed it for so many years."

Wang Lin smiled slightly.

Zhou Boqiang and Deng Dabao are the two most powerful people in the company. As long as they have no different opinions, the others will be able to speak.

In fact, only Zhou and Deng dared to give different opinions to Wang Lin.

Wang Lin said: "Okay, next, let's discuss how to develop Aixu Technology! Han Qingning and Wang Haiyang are not at the headquarters. I will send the meeting content to them later."

Zhou Boqiang said: "The most important thing for a factory to survive is orders. Where should the orders be made?"

Wang Lin said: "It depends on Mr. Deng."

Deng Dabao immediately frowned and pondered for a long time before saying, "Dr. Wang, since the mobile phone factory is also our customer, we can ask them to cooperate with you."

Wang Lin said: "Okay! Mr. Deng, this glorious and arduous task will be handed over to you."

Deng Dabao said: "Most mobile phone brand manufacturers are foreign, such as Nokia and Motorona, and it is very difficult for us to get orders because it is definitely difficult to seize food from others. But I have an idea, can we talk to Samsung in South Korea about cooperation?"

Wang Lin said: "Samsung has its own factory, so there is no need to take care of them."

Deng Dabao said: "That's difficult! Domestic mobile phone factories help people with OEM, and they do assembly work, and it's useless to find them. We do chip OEMs, and there are only a limited number of manufacturers we can find!"

Wang Lin said: "It's not just Intel in the world. We can try to contact other manufacturers. Mr. Deng, this is the case. You can pick a group of elites and send them to Aixu Technology to be marketers!"

Deng Dabao said: "Okay, Mr. Wang, this is easy to handle."

Wang Lin said: "Anyway, let me tell you one thing, I will never sell it! Not only will I not sell it, I will also fight to the end and operate it into the best chip foundry in the world!"

Everyone looked shocked.
Chapter completed!