Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 764 The pedal door comes to an end, the final event of 2012

"Chaihang, do you think we need to appeal to the relevant departments regarding antitrust penalties?"

Li Zailin looked at the penalty notice received by the company, his face uncertain.

This is the first antitrust fine Samsung has received in China.

Although several manufacturers were fined along with Samsung, it was still difficult for Li Zailin to accept it.

Especially on the same day when this penalty was announced, relevant Chinese departments also launched an antitrust investigation against photoresist manufacturers such as JSR.

The purpose of this investigation and its background are all very clear to those in the industry.

The conflicts between Samsung, Nanshan Semiconductor and Honor Technology are also no secret in the industry.

As a result, relevant Chinese departments stepped on Samsung while supporting Nanshan Semiconductor.

This made Li Zailin even more unhappy.

In his opinion, this policy harms the interests of JSR.

"President, because of the anti-monopoly investigation, several customers from China are now questioning us with comparative data between the sales price in the United States and China's sales price, saying that we were overpriced before and asked for a price reduction."

"The key is that they somehow got some evidence, and they can see that the grades of our photoresists are exactly the same."

But this approach is very common in Li Zailin's opinion, and many companies have done similar things.

"It can even illustrate to a certain extent our company's technical strength in this field."

Because of these measures, Samsung has also made a lot more money.

Chai Hang carefully explained there.

Saitomon felt a little embarrassed.

"What's so weird about this?"

"The key is to ensure that our high-end products such as EUV photoresist are not produced by Nanshan Chemical."

Li Zailin was silent for a long time, and finally he could only accept this fact.

JSR on the Japanese side was even more depressed at this time.

“So if you admit your mistake, you admit it, and it’s nothing more than losing part of the fine.”

If you can do it without bothering, don’t bother with it.

Even China has launched an antitrust investigation.

"How do we respond to people?"

Obviously, JSR has no intention of giving up easily.

"Chinese consumers will never stop buying our products just because we are subject to antitrust penalties."

As a Chinese, Chai Hang must be more aware of some of the work styles here than Li Zailin.

"Otherwise, it will be very troublesome then."

Li Zailin looked at Chai Hang with some reluctance.

But he definitely has no say in this matter.

It’s not a good feeling to feel like you’ve tricked someone else, only to be found out.

"Each customer's photoresist products are not exactly the same, so the price will naturally be different."

Although Samsung is indeed in tandem with other manufacturers in terms of LCD panels, everyone should not sell them at low prices in the Chinese market.

"Mr. Li, I think it's better not to complain."

"The national conditions in China are very different from those in Korea and the United States. If we do not accept the punishment from the relevant departments and instead put forward a lot of opinions, we are likely to usher in more stringent supervision and review."

"Then do we just admit our mistakes?"

"It's likely that the penalties will become even greater at that time."

Saitomon had a sad look on his face. He had always had opinions on Nanshan Semiconductor's photoresist sales restrictions this time.

"Some high-end brands are even twice as expensive."

Kawahashi was convinced that he had obviously grasped the key point of the problem at once.

"Compared to the profits we gained, this part of the fine is actually acceptable."

"But the price we sold to Intel was only 70% of what we sold to Chinese manufacturers."

Why did you finally take out the LCD panel to talk about it?

"Don't take the questioning of those Chinese semiconductor experts seriously, it's not a big problem."

Kawahashi curled his lips in conviction and didn't take it seriously.

Chai Hang was afraid that if Li Zailin continued to mess with him, the situation would probably be difficult to deal with.

Otherwise, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat by then.

"Mr. Li, admitting this mistake will not have much impact on the development of our company."

However, people from Samsung China are definitely not the only ones who are equally depressed.

If China cannot produce the corresponding photoresist, it will not be afraid no matter how it conducts an antitrust investigation.

At worst, I'll just pretend that I won't sell to Chinese companies. Maybe someone will come over and beg me right away.

But if China produces all the photoresists needed on the market, and the cost plummets, then JSR will be in real trouble.

"Now we can't do anything except closely follow the situation in China."

"China first set up a large fund of 100 billion yuan to support the development of the semiconductor industry, and then launched an anti-monopoly investigation, all in order to support the development of Nanshan Semiconductor."

"Originally, this matter did not have much impact on us, but with Nanshan Semiconductor having a sister company like Nanshan Chemical, it has a great impact on us."

"Once Nanshan Chemical makes a breakthrough, not only Nanshan Semiconductor will no longer buy photoresist from us in the future, but also other Chinese companies will probably turn around and invest in Nanshan Chemical."

Saitomen's speculation is obviously not unreasonable at all.

He knows exactly how much photoresist actually costs to produce.

After China, the actual production cost can be reduced by at least 30%.

As a result, business will be difficult to do in the future.

Unless JSR also goes to China to set up a factory to produce photoresist.

However, for the sake of technical confidentiality, the JSR board of directors did not consider this.

"Let's communicate with Shin-Etsu Chemical and several other companies to see how they can deal with the situation in China."

"Whether it's an antitrust investigation, future market share allocation, or discussing how to deal with competition from Nanshan Chemical."

Kawahashi, who was not sure what to do, was convinced and prepared to discuss it with several colleagues.

After all, we have to find a way to get over this hurdle.

……

While the various competitors were thinking about how to deal with China's tactics, some people on the Chinese side felt that an opportunity had come.

"Mr. Cao, are Nanshan Chemical interested in building a factory in Chang'an Province?"

"We can provide a series of preferential investment conditions here, and we will find another piece of land for Nanshan Chemical near Nanshan Carbon Fiber."

Liu Tianwu has already gone to Chang'an Province to take office.

He can naturally see the news that has been buzzing on the Internet these days.

To say that he had no idea at all would be a lie.