Chapter 422: Transferring Risks
The people listed on the rich list are undoubtedly rich, but not every rich person will be on the list.
Take Su Cheng, for example, whose wealth is definitely beyond ordinary people's imagination. But Su Cheng's name has never appeared among the shareholders of any company. There are many such cases, and invisible rich people are no longer news.
But Hu Yang couldn't make himself invisible, so he simply adopted a non-active and non-resisting attitude toward such eye-catching lists.
"Brother Hu, I want to be on the list, but no one has contacted me so far."
Chen Jialin is a person who likes to join in the fun, and being on the rich list is also a kind of "capital". But it is a pity that no one has come to him until now. He can't declare his property to others by himself, right?
"Mr. Chen, isn't it easy to get on the list? I'll tell Cai Mengmeng of Fortune magazine later and let them start paying attention to you, right?"
Chen Jialin's wealth is actually quite large. For example, Nishite Technology has grown into the world's second-ranked 3C foundry. However, this company has not been listed on the market, and has always been relatively low-key, with relatively low attention.
In addition, Chen Jialin has many foreign investments, and these investments add up to a huge fortune. But few people know about these assets, unless he stands up and publicizes them.
"Hey, I just said this casually, do you think I really care about the rich list? Brother Hu, let's not talk about this, let's talk about something serious. Last time you asked me to ask about UMC, I already got some feedback.
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UMC's main business is wafer foundry, and they do not have DRAM design capabilities. I heard that UMC's DRAM technology was jointly developed with some international giants."
Following Hu Yang's instructions, Yan Hanzhang has been discussing cooperation with Hualian Electronics. Hu Yang has not been idle either. He has been inquiring about Hualian Electronics from many sources.
He and Chen Jialin had told each other before that Hualian Electronics suddenly came to seek cooperation. Chen Jialin also felt that there was something fishy about the matter, so he also wanted to find out what happened.
"Then I'm surprised. Hualian Electronics has its own manufacturing capabilities. If it can't finish its own DRAM production line, why does it still need to cooperate with Charming Semiconductor?"
According to what Yan Hanzhang reported, Hualian Electronics' cooperation method is for them to provide technology, Charming Semiconductor will invest in building factories, and then distribute profits after the products are launched.
The current profit distribution plan proposed by Hualian Electronics is 30-70, and they want to take 30% of the profits.
Of course Yan Hanzhang would not agree, even without Hu Yang's order asking him to delay the negotiations for more than half a year.
But Hu Yang’s focus is elsewhere, that is, Hualian Electronics’ actions are unreasonable.
"According to Hualian Electronics' own explanation, it does not want to compete with the DRAM manufacturers in Baodao, so it cooperates in this way where they provide technology and hand it over to others for OEM."
This is the only information that Chen Jialin can find out. There are more cases that are corporate secrets of Hualian Electronics and cannot be inquired about.
"Something's wrong! My intuition tells me there must be something wrong here."
Hu Yang couldn't figure out what the problem might be for the time being, because the cooperation proposed by Hualian Electronics seemed normal on the surface, but he had a very dangerous feeling.
"Then don't cooperate with them. This kind of thing will be punished without mercy. Anyway, Charming Semiconductor's main focus is flash memory chips."
Chen Jialin also wants to know the answer, but at present, it seems that the price of getting the answer may be very high, and the gain is not worth the loss.
As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, and the commander's battlefield intuition is particularly important. Since Hu Yang feels that this matter will have adverse effects, he should refuse without hesitation.
Hu Yang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, let's take a look before we talk. Mr. Chen, there are some things that you can't just hide away from. I have to figure out the problem here."
"It's up to you! I can only get this information for the time being. If there is any new situation, I will notify you in time."
Chen Jialin stayed in Hu Yang's office for an hour and then left in a hurry. He was going to zh today and stopped by to meet Hu Yang.
After Chen Jialin left, Hu Yang gradually calmed down. After careful analysis, he felt that Hualian Electronics did this to transfer risks. Why it is unwilling to compete with Baodao Enterprises is simply nonsense.
Is there any competition?
Throughout the history of Hualian Electronics, they have never been soft on their competitors. Therefore, this reason is an excuse.
Thinking of this, Populus euphratica's thinking became smoother.
Hualian Electronics obviously has the ability to produce on its own, but it cooperates with others by providing technology and would rather take a small share of the profits. What does this mean? It shows that Hualian Electronics is avoiding the risks of investing in building factories.
This can be demonstrated based on the negotiation situation between the other party and Yan Hanzhang.
Thinking of this, a vague memory suddenly popped up in Hu Yang's mind, but this memory made Hu Yang break into a cold sweat.
In that time and space, Hualian Electronics had a very similar case.
Hualian Electronics and Lingnan Elite, a mainland semiconductor company, have had such cooperation. At that time, Hualian Electronics also provided technology, and Lingnan Elite invested 30.7 billion yuan (rmb) to build a DRAM factory.
The construction of the factory went smoothly and production was put into operation as scheduled. However, shortly after Lingnan Essence's DRAM products were released, Micron filed a lawsuit against Hualian Electronics and Lingnan Essence in the US court.
The reason for the lawsuit was infringement, and it was also alleged that Hualian Electronics had stolen more than 900 pages of the company's technical information through former Micron employees.
For this reason, the United States issued a ban on Lingnan Essence, prohibiting American companies from having any business dealings with Lingnan Essence, just as it did with ZX later.
Due to this paper ban, Lingnan Essence actually fell into the predicament of suspending production.
Although Hualian Electronics also has to deal with a protracted lawsuit, it has not been sanctioned by the United States. The risk is borne by the Lingnan Elite family.
Of course, looking at this case, there may not necessarily be much conspiracy in it. But Hualian Electronics' risk control capabilities are indeed excellent. No wonder it is unwilling to build its own factory for production.
Based on such a comparison, it is estimated that Hualian Electronics' technology is actually very risky. The old Americans said that Hualian Electronics stole Micron's technical information, which is probably unreliable. However, Hualian Electronics' DRAM technology,
It was jointly developed with others. There are too many uncontrollable factors, and the possibility of others taking advantage of it is too great.
"Sure enough, you can't buy core technology with money."
A memory emerged in his mind, making Hu Yang deeply feel the value of his own core technology again.
"Mr. Yan, give up the negotiation with Hualian Electronics. The key technology cannot be independently controlled. Our risks are too great."
Later, Hu Yang summoned Yan Hanzhang and asked him to stop negotiations with Hualian Electronics.
Before, he wanted to figure out the real purpose of Hualian Electronics seeking cooperation, but that is no longer needed.
"Mr. Hu, I know I shouldn't question your decision. But, can you tell me the reason for doing this? Through this period of negotiations, Hualian Electronics has promised that we can upgrade based on the technology it provides. And
The upgraded technology will be owned by the joint venture company."
Yan Hanzhang couldn't hold back this time. He asked Hu Yang for an explanation.
Hu Yang looked at the serious Yan Hanzhang and laughed: "Old Yan, I usually see you in a glib tone, but it's rare to see you take it seriously. Let me tell you this, Hualian Electronics obviously has the ability to produce DRAM products by itself, but
You negotiated cooperation with us on relatively favorable terms, haven’t you ever thought about why?”
How could Yan Hanzhang not think about this problem? He was just blinded by the other party's generous conditions.
He kept telling himself that Hualian Electronics may have financial problems, or as they said, they were unwilling to compete with their counterparts in Baodao, etc.
To put it bluntly, Yan Hanzhang did not foresee the risk.
"Mr. Yan, let me tell you straight. Hualian Electronics has only one purpose in doing this, and that is to transfer risks. Why does he want to transfer risks? Think about it..."
Seeing that Yan Hanzhang remained silent, Hu Yang asked further.
"Is there something wrong with their technology? Or are there reasons other than economic factors?"
Yan Hanzhang would not naively think that the other party was doing good and good deeds. He was only tempted by the immediate benefits before, and it was not that he could not see everything clearly.
"I don't know if there are any problems with the technology, but their DRAM technology was jointly developed with others. From this aspect alone, you can imagine how many hidden dangers there may be. Mr. Yan, Hualian Electronics is deliberately trying to pass it on
Risk, tell me, can we be the takers?"
There were many things that Hu Yang couldn't explain clearly. But he still patiently explained it to Yan Hanzhang. If he still didn't understand, he would have no choice but to issue a death order.
"Mr. Hu, after hearing what you said, I started to murmur in my heart, so let's terminate the negotiation with the other party. Hey, what a pity, we missed an opportunity to enter DRAM."
Yan Hanzhang is not stupid. On the contrary, he is actually a very smart person with high IQ and high EQ. Although he still has a lot of doubts in his heart, he chose to obey.
"Don't worry, opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Mr. Yan, the company will continue to increase investment in the pre-research of DRAM technology. In addition, when the time is ripe, we will first build a DRAM factory and do OEM work.
Not bad."
To be honest, it is difficult to design DRAM products, but not to the extreme level. The difficulty lies in how to circumvent the technical patent barriers of Samsung, SK, Micron and other companies.
Chapter completed!