At the same time that one plane took off from the imperial capital and flew to Amsterdam, Henan, another plane had also taken off, but it flew from the island north airport on the treasure island to Tokyo, Japan.

The financial turmoil in Southeast Asia is like dominoes, and after crushing the countries of Southeast Asia, it has accumulated huge forces and is ready to sweep away the entire East Asia in one go.

In mid-October 1997, the treasure island currency played the fine tradition of the party-state, and at this moment the spirit of the Japanese Iwasato Masao was possessed by the soul of Chang Kaishen Gong! Without resistance, it directly announced that it would abandon the New Island Coin, and the New Island Dollar depreciated by 3.46% in one day. By the end of November, the NISA had fallen by 11.5%!

The confidence of the well-fed international tourists on the treasure island has soared, and the morale of the international tourists who have been well fed and drunk in Hong Kong has recovered from the head-on attack they have received, and the morale has reached its peak again. The next target is no longer the newly developed developing countries in Southeast Asia, but an old developed country and an emerging developed country.

Japan and South Korea are trembling in the face of the East Asian financial crisis, which is gradually changing.

And Pang Zhou and Wang Zhongyang, the general manager of BOE, also chose to fly to Japan at this time after dealing with a series of affairs of TPV on the treasure island.

Jabil Optoelectronics, a joint venture between TPV and Sharp, was already 80% owned by BOE at this time. The basic patent of the LCD panel that once threatened BOE with strict zhòng can no longer be called an obstacle at this time. Sharp injected part of the basic patent of the LCD panel into Jabil Optoelectronics as a technology investment, so that the LCD panel it produces is not more expensive than other LCD companies.

After BOE obtained a controlling stake in Jabil Optoelectronics, it was equivalent to indirectly joining the LCD industry patent alliance.

It's like the DVD industry has the DVD Alliance, and the GSM industry has the GSM Alliance. The CDMA industry has the CDMA Alliance. In an industry like LCD panels, the patents that have been designed are like the sea. Several major manufacturers are cross-licensing each other. The formation of a patent organization in this way to prevent latecomers from joining the industry is the purpose of the creation of similar alliances.

Now BOE has obtained a part of the LCD panel patent in Sharp's hands. It is equivalent to getting a ticket to the LCD Industry Alliance.

And Pang Zhou and Wang Zhongyang are going to take the admission tickets to the big purchase.

"ANA's in-flight service is really nothing to say, tsk, the flight attendant's Su zhì is even higher than in China."

Pang Zhou wore sunglasses and stood in front of the gate of Haneda Airport. He took a deep breath and whispered a soft chuckle, "Sharp, I'm here." ”

"Minister Yuan Ping, this is an official letter from China." Ruri Kyoka bit her lip and handed over an official document through the official mail channel. It was placed on Heisuke Hara's desk.

"It's an official letter again, is there anything the legal department of the club has to say?"

If you know Hara Heisuke a year ago and haven't seen him recently, when you see him at this time, you can't believe that this person is the "Hara Heisuke".

The former Hara Heisuke was high-spirited and resolute, and it can be said that he was also an extremely dazzling star among many quasi-high-level executives of Sharp. He has always been tough and full of the indomitable momentum of the Japanese.

But now it was as if he had suddenly aged ten years - no, maybe twenty. Or even more.

His determined gaze was gone, replaced by exhaustion and helplessness. The indomitable momentum is also gone, replaced by decadence and hesitation.

Since last year, Sharp has invested $500 million to transform its 4.5 generation LCD panel production line. It enables the production of LCD panels for IPS screens. Then it invested in a five-generation production line plan of 1.5 billion yuan, and spent more than 2 billion US dollars before and after, preparing to block the rise of BOE in the LCD panel industry.

These plans did work well in the early days. For example, with the basic LCD panel patent in his hand, Sharp unscrupulously ignores BOE's production of IPS screens. As early as 1997 New Year's Day schedule. It was the first to launch an LCD TV with IPS screen. Although it is a 26-inch screen cut by the 4.5th generation production line, it has been an unprecedented success in Japan.

The power of IPS screens is just too great! Compatible with high-voltage driver IC. The power of the LCD TV completely surpasses the effect of the traditional CRT TV.

From the flatness of the picture、Clarity、Comfort,And most importantly, the size of the volume,IPSLCD TV and CRT TV are not at the same grade at all。

The price is more than three times more expensive than traditional CRT TVs, and it can't stop the enthusiasm of customers at all. As soon as it was listed, it was immediately sold out by major appliance stores. At that time, Yuan Heisuke was so proud, and what an inevitability!

But in October, Hara felt like he had suddenly fallen from heaven to hell.

Due to the wrong decision to cooperate with TPV in Baodao, BOE obtained a considerable part of the basic patents for LCD panels, which swept the channel for Chinese IPS LCD panels to enter the international market.

And the original hope that Jabil Optoelectronics would be able to expand the front line was also completely disappointed. The hungry market did not give Sharp too many opportunities, and Toshiba, NEC and Hitachi have also launched their own IPS LCD TV products. Anyway, everyone has some basic patented technology in their hands, and if you Sharp can infringe, so will we!

Since the middle of the year,Sharp LCD TV sales, which were originally in short supply, began to fall,Although there are still good results,But it no longer has an absolute hegemony。

The sudden financial turmoil in Southeast Asia in September brought many financial institutions and banks in Japan that had invested heavily in Southeast Asia to the brink of bankruptcy. Japan's economy, which was already in a slump, is now even worse. The economy is shrinking and consumption is sluggish, which directly leads to a big decline in the sales of LCD TVs, which are definitely luxury goods.

Since the beginning of October, the financial turmoil has turned into a financial crisis, and Japan's domestic stock market and foreign exchange market have both been in crisis, and LCD TVs have not even been 10 percent of the first half of the year.

Subsequently, the price of LCD panels has decreased, and the four major LCD panel manufacturers have fought a price war with each other, just to be the last one to die.

At this time, the Sharp LCD Industry Department, which was already on the verge of despair, suddenly received an official letter from China's BOE company.

The content of the official letter is very simple, BOE notified Sharp to immediately stop the patent infringement of IPS screens and high-voltage driver ICs, and proposed a sky-high punitive damages patent fees.

In the past six months, Sharp has sold 400,000 IPS screens and high-voltage driver ICs. If royalties are collected alone, $20 million is never a problem. However, BOE put forward a request to immediately stop the infringement and compensate 100 million US dollars.

Otherwise, Pan Han Group will authorize BOE to initiate an infringement lawsuit against Sharp.

Sharp's liquid crystal strategy has been threatened like never before, and it has reached the point of life and death.

Ruri Jingxiang put the third urging letter sent by BOE in front of Yuan Pingsuke, shook his head and said: "The opinion of the legal department of the club believes that we have no chance of winning the lawsuit with the existing evidence. ”

She pursed her lips and said with an extremely ugly face: "Therefore, the legal department advises us that it is best to settle privately to avoid affecting the reputation of the club." ”

"Settle privately?" Hara Heisuke slapped the table, and the pencils in the powerful pen holder jumped out: "These cysts and salary thieves, do you propose such a ridiculous Jianyì?" Baga, if reconciliation will work, why should the company raise these bastards! ”

"Kyoka, tell me, what should we do?" Hara Heisuke looked at Ruri Kyoka longingly, hoping that she could say something constructive and have a constructive idea.

"I ......"

Ruri Jingxiang lowered her head, thought about it again and again, and finally shook her head and sighed: "Minister, I can't think of any way." Fanhan Group and BOE now have a considerable part of the basic patents, and it is only a matter of time before they enter the LCD Alliance. The economies of the Chinese are limited, and it is only a matter of time before their products enter the Japanese market. Even they can develop Europe and the United States first, as long as they trap us on the island of Japan, it will be a dead game. ”

"With the technology we have, we can't compete with them. Even if the four Japanese LCD companies are advancing and retreating together, in the face of epoch-making technology, failure is only a matter of time. ”

Hara Heisuke sat back, and the two looked at each other speechless for a while. Until a certain moment, he suddenly let out an "ah", looked at Liuli Jingxiang ignorantly, and asked, "Jingxiang, why are you here?" ”

"Minister's ......"

Ruri Kyoka glanced at Hara Heisuke strangely and said, "Minister, I've always been here." ”

"All the time?" Yuan Heisuke was stunned for a moment, as if he suddenly remembered it again, and waved his hand dejectedly and said, "Okay, I don't have anything to do, you go out first." ”

"Okay minister, take care." With her own worries, Ruri Kyoka turned around and left Hara Heisuke's office.

After all, it was too strong along the way, and the Japanese national culture lacked sympathy for the losers. Under such heavy pressure, Hara Heisuke's spirit was on the verge of collapse. It's not that he's not good enough, or that his mental qualities aren't high. But on the issue of the future of the entire Sharp LCD division, he never imagined that he would fall into a helpless situation.

He covered his face with his hands, and the whole person curled up in the office chair, as if he wanted to return to his mother's son. The palace forgot about jì a qiē trouble, so quietly didn't think about anything.

"Minister!"

Ruri Kyoka pushed open the door violently, and happened to see this scene. (To be continued......)