My fintech empire.

Chapter 1353 [If you listen to me, I will give you a meal, otherwise I will beat you to death]

Fang Hong looked at the video images of the participants and said, "Do you have any objections?"

Immediately afterwards, the participants expressed that they had no objections. Just kidding, they didn't dare to say it even if they had objections. Although the boss used the word "proposal" at the beginning of the video conference, he didn't really come to discuss it with you. He said this just out of respect for you. In fact, this is called a notification. Do you really dare to discuss it?

If you really want everyone to discuss it first and then decide, you wouldn’t start with the word “proposal”.

Now that we have reached a unanimous consensus, let us act in unison. Whoever dares to make secret moves is destroying the consensus and is the enemy of the entire industry. We must kill him first. This is also the so-called trend. If you dare to go against the trend, you'd better consider whether you can withstand it.

Fang Hong nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "Okay, that's settled. Everyone, go back and verify the costs of your respective links, compare the data, and unify the standards. The links with profits above 3% will be reduced to 3%, and vice versa, the links with profits below 3% will be raised to 3."

The participants present nodded repeatedly to indicate that there was no problem.

Fang Hong added: "In addition, we need to consider the country's external strategic needs. In order to undermine the internal cohesion of the West, we may still import Western products in the future, such as ASML's lithography machines. If he wants to be obedient and not play tricks on us, the country may decide to import ASML's lithography machines and give him a meal. If he eats my meal and then smashes my bowl, well, wait to starve to death."

"So, if similar situations occur in the future, manufacturers in related links will have to give up some market share, so the current profits will be reduced. It doesn't matter. Other links in the industry will give way to you next year to make up for it. In short, don't hinder the country's external strategic alliances for the sake of your own company's petty profits. Otherwise, when you get punished, you will come to me to cry and complain. I may not help you. I have to say this in advance."

All the participants nodded again and again to show that they remembered it. The technological breakthrough of the domestic semiconductor industry chain also means that the country will have an additional heavyweight bargaining chip in its external games.

From now on, if you want to make a living from me, you have to listen to me and I will reward you with a meal. If you don’t, those domestic semiconductor manufacturers behind me who are crying out for help will crush you to pieces.

This wave of direct price reductions was tenfold. Fang Hong's intended goal was to either destroy the Western semiconductor industry or to completely defeat them. From then on, those who were obedient would be rewarded with a meal, while those who were disobedient would be crippled if not killed.

The video conference ended quickly, and a number of manufacturers from all links of the domestic semiconductor industry chain began to prepare for the establishment of a domestic semiconductor industry alliance, directly targeting SIA, the Semiconductor Industry Association of North America. Top manufacturers in the semiconductor industry chain from all over the world, such as ASML in Europe and Samsung in South Korea, are all members of SIA.

This is equivalent to the domestic semiconductor industry alliance directly challenging the entire semiconductor industry chain, because one of the most shocking changes that this wave of technological breakthroughs has brought to the entire semiconductor industry is that manufacturers at all upstream and downstream links of the entire industry chain are concentrated in one country, which is a phenomenon that has never happened before.

What is the situation of the international semiconductor industry chain? It is scattered around the world. For example, lithography machines are in Europe, and wafer purification is done in China. However, chips, especially high-end chips, require the whole industry chain to advance together. Any failure in any link will directly lead to the difficulty of producing chips.

Therefore, the current chip production and manufacturing usually go to SIA for a meeting to determine the annual production capacity, and then start to advance with each division of labor. For example, Shin-Etsu Chemical, a small company at the upstream end, is responsible for producing the corresponding wafer materials. If it does not produce enough wafers, the next link will also suffer and there will be a shortage of stock. If the wafer purity does not meet the standard, all will be ruined.

The same goes for other links. If the lithography machine is not good enough or does not meet the standards, it will be useless. If the packaging fails, it will be a complete failure.

Because of this, the international semiconductor industry chain will also be very fragile. It could continue to exist in the past because it was irreplaceable. Now, one country has directly built a complete industry chain on its own, from purifying a pile of sand to finally turning it into a high-end chip. Thousands of process links can be completed by the enterprise cluster in this country.

The most terrible thing is that this country alone accounts for two-thirds of the global chip market share or output value consumption.

This is simply a horror story for international semiconductor manufacturers and the entire industry chain. The fragility of the international semiconductor industry chain will be completely exposed at this time. Fang Hong only needs to successfully instigate the core manufacturers in one of the links to defect, and the international semiconductor industry chain will collapse.

It is not necessary for a manufacturer in a certain link to openly defect, and no one dares to do so. Amei will definitely kill him directly, and no one dares to stand up and speak for him.

It's certainly not possible to do it openly, but you can pretend to obey but secretly disobey.

For example, if a fire breaks out accidentally and the materials that were ready to be delivered are burned, you will have to postpone the delivery; or if a careless employee makes a mistake in the drawings, the goods cannot be used and have to be returned to the factory...

This is a technical error. Amei, you can't kill someone with this reason, right? If so, don't even think about leading a team in the future. Let's see who will listen to you.

It doesn't take too many, just one link breaks down, and the whole industry chain will come to a standstill, and then everyone will stare at each other helplessly, unable to do anything. So many people are waiting to eat, and if nothing can be done, everyone will be in a state of panic.

You never know for sure, by then someone will think, why not just invest, or you’ll starve to death if you don’t.

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After the weekend, it’s Monday, August 7th.

When the A-share market opened today, the Xinzheng 50 Index opened at 3760.79 points in the call auction, a sharp increase of +1.43%. Among them, Xingyu Technology opened sharply higher by +5.66%. This stock is currently at the top of the popular stock rankings.

The current hot news are all related to the STAR5 mobile phone. In addition, individual stocks in the semiconductor sector of the three major trading markets also entered a collective high-opening trend today. In the call auction, many chip concept stocks directly hit the daily limit, and a daily limit surge was staged during the bidding stage.

From the small we can see the big picture. The emergence of STAR5 is not as simple as a company launching a flagship phone. There are too many stories and technical challenges behind it.

At 9 o'clock sharp, the SGX market opened first. The SGX 50 Index opened high and did not fall back, continuing to rise all the way.

Xinwei Semiconductor's stock price hit the daily limit within ten minutes of opening, and its market value soared to 6200 billion yuan. It is the most powerful semiconductor equipment provider in China. Its main business is lithography machines. In the future, it will be a domestic semiconductor equipment provider with a market value growth space of trillions of yuan.

In addition, there are several star manufacturers in the entire domestic semiconductor industry chain that have the potential to grow into a trillion-dollar market value, such as wafer foundry manufacturers, which directly target TSMC.

As time went by, the Xinzheng 50 Index continued to rise, and the three major stock indexes also followed suit and turned green.

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(End of this chapter)