1991 Starting from the core - Chapter 1013

c1011 add some oil

“Kyuta-kun, I thought you had forgotten about your old friends because you spend all your time hugging your grandson.”

In the office in the provincial capital, Su Yuanshan personally made a cup of Dahongpao for Takeru Kutaragi, who had turned pale-haired, and then joked with a smile on his old friend who was about to reach his seventies.

It can be seen that since he stepped down as CEO and became president five years ago, Kutaragi Ken has still not really “left his post” – as the successor of Akio Morita, his status and influence at Sony are comparable to Akio Morita, so much so that in It has also been elevated to the status of “God of Management” in China.

Looking at the multinational companies that emerged in Japan after the war, none of them has maintained the expansion speed and vigorous vitality of Sony after entering the new century.

Now that he has become famous, Kutaragi rarely gives too much advice on Sony’s specific business. Instead, he retreats to the second line and only focuses on Sony’s future strategic direction.

The reason why Su Yuanshan teased Kutaragi Ken was naturally because the two parties had not seen each other for two years.

And this time, of course it was he who invited Kutaragi Ken.

…

Faced with Su Yuanshan’s joke, Kutaragi Ken coughed, smiled and shook his head. He picked up the tea cup, took a sip and looked at Su Yuanshan again.

“Susan, what do you think of the future of new energy power batteries? Which one is the real future, hydrogen fuel cells or lithium batteries?”

Su Yuanshan was slightly startled. He originally thought that Kutaragi Ken would directly talk about the recent Internet conference and the subsequent punitive tariffs on multiple domestic mobile phone brands and electronic products – after all, this was the main reason why he invited Kutaragi Ken to visit. .

As for the macrochip fire and the EUV delay, those are just petty tricks and cannot be put on the table by the two of them.

Unexpectedly, Kutaragi Ken asked about new energy – because the world’s largest power battery company is Soxin, which accounts for more than 40% of the world’s power battery shipments, and is also unparalleled in technology.

For Yuanxin and Sony, this is not a “promising” issue at all, but their butts are sitting on the lithium battery side. So what else should I watch?

But Kutaragi Ken obviously would not ask such a stupid question…

So……

After Su Yuanshan thought for a while, he asked tentatively: “Are you planning to release the patent on hydrogen energy batteries?”

Kutaragi Ken smiled and nodded.

Su Yuanshan suddenly understood. He smiled and shook his head: “Jiuda-kun… I’m not talking about your domestic companies… Yes, they have been in the process of globalization in the past few decades, and it is even unstoppable. But the nature of globalization is It’s always changing.”

“The initial globalization was essentially a continuation of the Great Navigation. Powerful industrial countries relied on products and technology to exploit backward countries – oh, you probably don’t understand this word, so let’s use another word, harvest.”

“But after the explosion of technology, developed countries discovered that by handing over the dirty work without technical content to backward countries, they could not only make money while lying around, but also make more… So manufacturing was born industry transfer, thus gradually forming a manufacturing industry chain.”

“In this period, manufacturing was the lowest-end job, the kind that was left to the upstream’s control – it was nothing more than opening a factory and hiring a few cheap workers, and you could just leave.”

“But after entering the information age, or to put it more simply, when the industrial chain moved to our country… the situation has actually changed.”

Su Yuanshan looked at Kutaragi Ken with a smile: “The industrial chain we have formed has a model that can change the scale of the upstream and benefit the whole world. At this time, globalization is no longer just a matter of developed countries relying on patents and technology. A model for backward countries, but a win-win model for everyone.”

“But over there… I feel that many companies are still living in the 1970s and 1980s, always trying to wipe out a field, from technology to raw materials to manufacturing, without making a penny for others. And then you count on others to foot the bill.”

“Please…it’s the 21st century!” Su Yuanshan unceremoniously criticized the current situation of Niguo’s enterprises in front of his old friends, while sighing: “Even if you let go of patents over there, no matter how awesome the hydrogen energy battery is, It won’t work even if you force me, no one will follow me.”

“…” Kutaragi Ken was speechless for a long time – he only said a word, but unexpectedly attracted a long “ridicule” from Su Yuanshan.

But when he thought about it, he suddenly felt speechless – if Su Yuanshan didn’t talk at length, would he still be called Su Yuanshan?

“Is there really no future?”

“There is really no future.” Su Yuanshan nodded again: “Haven’t you all started building cars? Do you still want to change the direction?”

“It’s not a change of direction, it’s just…” Kutaragi Ken sighed with a smile and shook his head: “Since you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly, he probably understood a little bit – Kutaragi Ken has been with him for a long time, and he still has a bit of “ambition”.

Now Sony has completed its transformation from a manufacturing company to an emerging technology company. It has expanded from a traditional home appliance company to one that owns traditional audio and video, Internet audio and video, semiconductors, telecom operations, smartphones, Internet cars, artificial intelligence and many other IT-related technologies. product technology company.

Its market value has also been rising, approaching one trillion U.S. dollars, making it the only technology giant in the country to catch up with the “good times” after entering the 21st century. Even facing the former owner Mitsui Consortium, he still has strong confidence.

Hydrogen energy batteries were once regarded as a “national policy” industry by the country.

Sony didn’t have a chance in the past, but now that it has a chance, Ken Kutaragi is naturally willing to give it a try and see if he can take advantage of the opportunity of liberalizing patents in the country and “joining in the grand event” to bring Yuanxin together to develop hydrogen energy.

After all, from a technical point of view, hydrogen energy batteries are indeed superior to lithium batteries.

“Give up, Kudo-kun. In fact, I am more willing to believe in solid-state lithium batteries than hydrogen energy batteries.”

“Yes.” Kutaragi Ken nodded, and then looked at Su Yuanshan: “So, what do you think of the current high prices of semiconductor raw materials?”

Su Yuanshan blinked immediately.

Kutaragi Kenya blinked.

The two old foxes laughed at the same time.

——Different from Yuanxin’s domestic layout of semiconductor equipment, wafer factories and chip design fields, Sony, as a loyal ally of Yuanxin, began to layout the field of semiconductor raw materials in its country in the last century. Over the past two decades, it has continued to expand In order to fully integrate the semiconductor-related raw material industry chain within the Mitsui system, and rely on cooperation with Yuexin, it almost took over Shin-Etsu Chemical in a shameless manner.

Coupled with SK from Bangkok… it can be said that the semiconductor circle has taken shape in the entire three East Asian countries.

“A rising tide lifts all boats, and prices of semiconductor components and products should indeed increase.”

Su Yuanshan narrowed his eyes, looked at the west and smiled softly.

Since you’re going to play with fire, let’s add some oil.