"What do you mean by that?"

Almost all the people present focused their eyes on Jasmine Shiraishi's face. This sudden attention made her dizzy in her head, which had not been resting well recently.

Even so, she pulled herself together and said calmly: "I mean, it's not such a bad idea to sell the current production line to the Panhan Group - at least it's better than the current delay." ”

"Sell the production line to Panhan Group?" Even Hatano, who had already died down and was ashamed, couldn't help but stand up.

He raised his cane, blew his beard and glared: "We have sold them the complete set of technology of the 0.5 micron process lithography machine, and now we will also sell them our state-of-the-art production line, do you know what it means!" ”

Shiraishi Jasmine's face turned white. She barely kept her voice steady, nodded reluctantly and said seriously: "I know that this means that the Pan Han Group will fully grasp Nikon's product heritage and form its own technical context, and then it can quickly catch up with the world's first-class level on this basis." If you keep it engaged, you can even have a long time with ASML. ”

"If only you knew!" Hatano took two breaths and hummed: "In this way, our Nikon lithography machine industry is finished, and the Chinese will replace us as a lithography machine manufacturer on a par with ASML!" You are committing a crime against the state, and you are conniving at the communist state to catch up with the free world! ”

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"Old man. What age is this still full of Cold War thoughts? A young shareholder representative stood up and laughed: "The Americans have long since brought down the Soviet Union." Are you still afraid that the Chinese will not succeed? There are people like you on Nikon's board of directors, so it's inevitable that you're in the situation you are in now, right? ”

Immediately. Another shareholder representative also stood up and said with a look of approval and support: "Yes, if this country wants to make Nikon bankrupt to love, I think it is not worthy of love at all!" ”

"You, you!" Mr. Hatano didn't expect that his words would attract such merciless ridicule.

"What are we? Showa antiques, it was your idea to create a financial hole in the lithography machine company, right? One of the people who had just refuted him sneered: "If this is not the case, how can the Chinese have the opportunity to seize the production line?" It's not an exaggeration to say you're the culprit! I came up with such an idea, and I am still talking about such clichés as patriotism and freedom, which is really shameless! ”

"Hatano is the general manager. Sit down. An old friend sitting on the board of directors next to Hatano pulled him and reminded him at the bottom, "We're all guilty now, let's watch Shiraishi and Tsuruta perform." Mingzhe protects himself, Mingzhe protects himself! ”

"Hey-" Hatano's face flushed with anger, and he finally had to sit down. Just like the person next to him said, wearing a sinful body, what face is there to talk about.

"Japan, what's wrong with you? Don't today's young people need to talk about patriotism? Hatano was now in a state of disbelief, looking at the faces of everyone present. only to find that they did not agree with what they said in the slightest.

After decades of castration education in Japan, people who reached the Heisei era had long since given up such beliefs. What is the country? What is government? Ordinary people may still be in awe, but anyone who can sit in the Nikon conference room understands that it is the major corporations that rule Japan today.

Don't say anything else. Sitting in the second circle of the holding institutions, Sakura Bank is from the Toyota Foundation. Mitsubishi Electric in the first circle of affiliated companies is the backbone of the Mitsubishi Foundation. Even Nikon itself. If it weren't for Japan's defeat and dismemberment by the Americans, it would have been a tiger general under Mitsui now.

Among these people who attended the meeting. Whichever one stomps your foot, there is an industry in Japan that is going to sneeze. If everyone stomps their feet. The entire Japanese economy will tremble!

Under such strong financial ties, it is like a large net that has already extended to every corner of Japanese society. The Japanese government has not only been unable to do anything about it, but has gradually lost even the ability to direct the economy. With the disappearance of Sahashi's generation, the model of government intervention in the economy has long since been abandoned by politicians – in fact, by the financiers behind them.

As a country, Japan is not only controlled by the economy, but also by the Americans. After decades of education, the Japanese concept of the state has long been different from that of the Second World War era.

Something like "Why should we love a country that wants to drive its people into battle?" In this era, this is not a strange theory, but a common perception among the Japanese. It cannot but be said that the lack of such a political situation among young Japanese people is the key to the Americans' long-term control of Japan.

Under the superposition of these two things, the Japanese want to seek to become a normal country, and it is by no means possible to change the constitution or increase the authority of some armed forces. It took fifty or sixty years for the Japanese to become what they are now, but it is impossible for them to change back in just fifty or sixty years.

"Managing Director Hatano is an old man, but we still don't understand why selling the lithography machine subsidiary would be an acceptable option for Nikon."

After dealing with the accusations of General Hatano, everyone refocused their eyes on Jasmine Shiraishi's face.

She knew that although Hatano was ostracized by everyone, it was because he had problems with his own life, but it was not these people who agreed with her opinion. If you want to achieve your goals, you must also try to convince more people.

"I am the former head of Nikon's lithography machine business and the current president of Nikon's lithography subsidiary. But I'm just a senior executive at Nikon, not really a senior executive, so I can only explain this with my own expertise. ”

Shiraishi Jasmine stabilized her state of mind for a moment, and said slowly: "Japan and China are different, and the biggest difference is that we can introduce technology and capital all over the world without obstacles. In fact, wasn't the production technology of Nikon's first-generation lithography machine introduced by IBM in the United States? This shows that we and China will never be on the same starting line. The Chinese actually have to use their own strength to counter the technological level of the entire Western world. ”

Her remarks were in the hearts of all present, and the fact that Japan was able to develop to its present level in the 50 years after the war was the biggest factor in the entire Western free world in order to build a bridgehead against the Soviet Union. The support of Western countries, led by the United States, for Japan was unparalleled before the fall of the Soviet Union.

The only thing that can be compared is the support that the Koreans received later.

"When I was in China, I heard a joke. This is the self-deprecation of the president of Pan Han Group - what is the international low-end product? What we Chinese can produce is low-end. Shiraishi Jasmine grinned reluctantly, expressed a ridiculous meaning, and then continued: "It can be seen that the current positioning of the Chinese is to fight with us for the market at the low end. In the high-end and high-tech markets, they themselves have little confidence in themselves. ”

In fact, it is also true that the power of Western technology was not formed overnight, but accumulated over hundreds of years. For example, materials science, precision machining technology, and the su zhì of scientific and technological personnel, the foundation of these high-tech industries can by no means be made up in one or two days. ”

Shiraishi Jasmine's eyes looked around the conference room, sighed and said, "When did we Japanese even lose the courage to compete with the Chinese?" Even if the entire lithography machine subsidiary is sold to the Panhan Group, as long as our talent is still there, it will be completely rebuilt in one year. And I believe that in three to five years, we at Nikon will be back to being the world's leader! But what about the Chinese? Can they keep up with the fact that in five years' time, the lithography machine will be at least 0.13 microns? ”

"Although the Pan Han Group has some means to be able to temporarily lead us for a while, even they themselves do not believe that they can be ahead forever."

"But think about it, if we sell the lithography machine subsidiary to the Panhan Group, what can we lose?" Jasmine Shiraishi paused, giving everyone time to think about it: "No, if we treat it as an ordinary business, we won't actually lose anything at all, but it will be an excellent business." For this internationally advanced production line, how much are the Chinese willing to come up with? Five hundred million dollars? Or a billion dollars? ”

As soon as Shiraishi Jasmine said this, the venue immediately became chaotic. Most of the people before felt that it was a deep shame to talk about selling their company to a Chinese. However, from another point of view, it was suddenly discovered that there was such an explanation method to remove the prejudice.

Think about it, what is the concept of a billion dollars? Nikon's full-year operating profit is only that! If the next fiscal quarter's statement suddenly has a billion more revenues, how good will the stock look on the curve......

Thinking of this, everyone present couldn't hold back their excitement. Yes, if you don't consider the identity of the other party, this is not a great business!

Lawlessness, this is a true portrayal of the Japanese consortium.

President Kimura saw that the shareholder representatives below looked in agreement, and quickly stood up: "Then, let's vote on whether to sell the Nikon lithography machine subsidiary to the Panhan Group." (To be continued......)