Chapter 526: Contact Elpida
In the memory chip market, even if there are micron and Qimonda to disrupt the situation, South Korea's Samsung Electronics still occupies 39% of the market share, South Korea's Hynix company accounts for 20 percent, Micron accounts for 17 percent, Elpida only 13%, and the rest of the market belongs to Qimonda. Last year, Elpida received funding from the Japanese government, but in the case of industry-wide losses, Elpida's profitability is far from improving. Moreover, Elpida's practice of simply selling chip particles, although it avoids the competition in the consumer market, but the profit cannot be guaranteed, and serious losses are waiting for it ahead.
"Mr. Zhou, how about you say we invest in Elpida?" Zhao Weiguo
"Heartbeat?" Zhou Shi
"I think they're very sincere!" Zhao Weiguo
"Sincerity, do you know how much they have lost?" Zhou Shi asked curiously
"It's only a billion!" Zhao Weiguo
"Hehe, it's only a billion?" Zhou Shi looked at Zhao Weiguo with a smile, and he didn't know if he was talking about soft sister coins or dollars.
"That's right, their CEO said!" Zhao Weiguo
"Oh, I heard they lost about $5 billion......" Zhou Shi
"$5 billion, that's ...... Do they have so much arrears?Is there any hope?" Zhao Weiguo was shocked.
"Hopefully, but it's a question of whether you can grasp it. "Zhou Shi, Hynix is the second in the world after all, and its financial situation is better than that of Elpida, not to mention that the government support is different. Last year, the Japanese government supported Elpida with 30 billion yen, which is the only memory chip company in Japan.
After listening to Zhou Shi's words, Zhao Weiguo no longer mentioned the matter of Erbida. Zhou Shi actually has no bottom, Elpida's memory particles are undoubtedly synonymous with quality, after its collapse, the mobile phone flash memory market has almost become Samsung's world. In the long run, investing in Erbida, or keeping Erbida from falling, is the greatest support for mobile phone companies such as Guoke. But the question is, this kind of investment obviously won't have much return, is it worth it for Guoke? How many years can it take to invest 1 billion yuan here to save this money? Zhou Shi has no knowledge of this industry, and it is difficult to make a correct judgment. Damn TPG, who invested in Qimonda, if it weren't for him, Meiguang might have survived. Although Micron is not complaining, it is not optimistic about the prospects of this project. The industry losses in this life are more serious than in the previous life. In the past two years, Hynix, Elpida, and Micron's losses may exceed 10 billion US dollars.
"Mr. Zhao, after seeing the situation of Erpida, I regret it now, or forget it, this industry is too risky now, and no one dares to guarantee that it will last until the end. Moreover, the South Korean government's support for Hynix is second only to Samsung, and if you join, it may have a bad impact on this, and it may be even more difficult to hold on at that time. "Zhou Shi
"As long as we can enter the market, it would be better without the support of the South Korean government, maybe we can buy this company in advance, and as for whether it will fall into the darkness before dawn, there is no need to worry at all, the resilience of our party is no one can compare." "Zhao Weiguo
"But if there is no result for a long time, who knows if there will be accidents. "Zhou Shi
"The importance of the semiconductor industry has been recognized, and we have assessed that your proposal has a high probability of success. "Zhao Weiguo
"Well, I don't have faith in myself, you ...... Whatever you want!"
There are only a few upstream wafer manufacturers left in the memory industry, such as Samsung hynix in South Korea, Elpida in Japan, Micron in the United States and Qimonda in Wanwan. Maybe at some point they will reconcile internally and start monopolizing pricing.
"By the way, do you want to spread the news of Elpida?" Zhou Shi
"This is going to ask Miss Chen Wenchen!" Zhao Weiguo
"We've got someone to report it, and the key people on Hynix's side should have seen the message by now. "Chen Wen
"Mr. Zhao is sure that someone will speak for you?" Zhou Shi
"That's sure, it's just a suggestion, there's no difficulty!" Zhao Weiguo
"That's good, as long as you move them, let Hynix take the initiative to take the bait......" Zhou Shi
Ziguang's sneak attack on Datang Telecom is also a classic business war in the eyes of outsiders, and then half-truths and half-truths spread at home and abroad. said that although Zhou Shi hated Ziguang Zhao Weiguo, he had to help him for some reason. Tsinghua Unigroup wanted to invest in the semiconductor industry, and Zhou Shi recommended Elpida, which has a deep cooperative relationship with Micron, which he invested. Then a certain company in trouble, after knowing this information, naturally wants to grab the account.
"Let's still go as planned, talk to Elpida for a few days and go to Magnesium?" Zhao Weiguo
"Of course, you have to be patient!" Zhou Shi
Several people planned, if it were not for the extremely fierce competition in the memory industry and the long-term sale of products below the cost price, it would be wishful thinking for Huaxia enterprises to occupy the position of major shareholders in South Korea's high-tech enterprises. But luck always comes inadvertently, just when Zhou Shi and Zhao Weiguo were about to go to the United States, Hynix's people found Zhao. It seems that the plan is not afraid of simplicity, as long as it is appropriate.
Zhou Shi did not participate in the matter between Hynix and Zhao Weiguo, it was extremely inappropriate and unnecessary, if Zhou Shi had to interfere in everything, why let Zhao Weiguo pick peaches. Not long after Zhou Shi left Japan, he heard that Qimengda's people also found Zhao Weiguo. However, the main body of Qimonda is still South Asia and Lijing in Wanwan, and it only had a conflict with the mainland last year, so there is not much hope this time. But Zhou Shi still called Micron's CEO Epton and asked him to send someone over to negotiate cooperation. After all, the landlord's family has no surplus grain, and the initial investment of several venture capitalists is a little stretched at this time.
"Mr. Zhou, do you say that if Mr. Zhao's investment this time is decided, will the irrational competition in the memory chip industry end?" Chen Wen
"Why do you say that? However, the competition will not intensify?" Zhou Shi
"Probably not, after all, the purpose of the business is to make money, if there is hope to eliminate competitors, then naturally there is nothing to say, if there is no such possibility, everyone will still compromise. Qimonda should be the first to surrender!"
"Qimonda was the first to surrender, why?" Zhou Shi then asked
"They are the weakest, and they don't have a suitable acquisition target, neither Hynix nor Elpida are weaker than it, and Elpida and Micron are working even closer. Micron will also not allow Qimonda to acquire Elpida, let alone Hynix. In addition, there are technical problems...... "Chen Wen talked eloquently, and her spirit was flying
"Yes, when you think about it, your guess is very likely. Zhou Shi looked at Chen Wen, who was becoming more and more confident, everyone was growing, and he couldn't fall behind.
(End of chapter)