1991 Starting from the core

A week later, Zhou Xiaohui returned from Seoul, and Cui Taiyuan came back with him.

For Cui Taiyuan, the entertainment industry is just a casual game for fun. What really deserves his attention is the semiconductor, electronics, and information industries.

Driven by the two executives dispatched by Yuanxin, SK Electronics has changed from what it used to be. Let's put it this way, compared to Samsung Electronics, SK's influence in the country only lags behind in home appliances. Others are no longer inferior to Samsung. Even in the field of Internet and communications, it is far ahead - SK Electronics owns the peninsula's largest local social software OSky, as well as the comprehensive portal website Korea Today, and has invested heavily in the game industry...

If there is anything that SK Electronics can't do compared to Samsung, I'm afraid it's... it's not as "independent" as Samsung - because SK Electronics' wealth is largely concentrated in the system dominated by Yuanxin. For example, SYD, such as Yuanxin Hynix...

But if we look at the share of shares held, the tax revenue brought to Korea, and the wealth itself... Cui Taiyuan's profits are much more than Samsung's.

In other words, today's SK Group is more like an investment and shareholding consortium, and Yuanxin is just a "worker" hired by it.

…

"DSP's current attitude is a bit arrogant. Their main character Lee Hyori has been very popular recently, but that's not a problem." Cui Taiyuan spoke extremely fluent Chinese and smiled at Su Yuanshan in a piece of cake tone: "Actually, Brother Su, if your The idea is just to promote understanding and communication between the young people of the two countries. There is no need to acquire it, just one sentence is enough to cooperate."

Su Yuanshan chuckled: "Although that is the case, you also know that we have established a cultural and entertainment cluster, and An Siying is in charge. This shows that we attach great importance to this industry - in a sense, we are not just To promote and promote the integration of Asia, we also hope to use the traffic dividend of the Internet to promote Asian stars to the world... Let me just say that... there are so many people in Asia, and they cannot always be guided by other cultures and civilizations. Bar?"

Since Su Yuanshan has risen to the level of human race... what else can Cui Taiyuan say? Of course he could only nod in agreement.

"It's just that many friends in the entertainment industry don't realize this...they always focus on petty profits...especially some of your brokerage companies...they just run processing factories and engage in assembly line production. .Although the celebrities we create are all good-looking and capable...but they are just like puppets and money-making tools...how boring is that?"

"Uh... yes. I'll find them when I get back." Cui Taiyuan naturally knows how much the entertainment industry in his country is... He coughed and changed the subject: "Brother Su, talk about ASML."

"ASML has nothing to say... They already regard us as a group." Su Yuanshan looked at Cui Taiyuan with a smile: "I told you that you and we are just partners, and they will kill you if you don't believe me."

——Five years ago, during ASML’s first wave of financing, Deyuan and SK took the initiative to extend an olive branch, and together with Intel and Samsung provided funds for ASML to launch EUV. Last year, under the influence of the subprime mortgage crisis, ASML encountered another With funding problems, only Deyuan once again extended a helping hand.

Among the major shareholders of ASML today, Deyuan holds the largest shareholding, followed by Intel, and Samsung and SK are not far behind.

If it were an ordinary enterprise, starting with Deyuan as a major shareholder and with the support of SK, then the merger and acquisition would be almost complete... But it is not an ordinary enterprise...

“The difficulties in negotiations now mainly focus on two points. One is EUV technology and the agreement signed with the EUV Alliance, which involves the semiconductor industry chain in the United States, and the other is the supporting industry chain in Europe, such as Zeiss. This kind of... is no longer a simple merger and acquisition, but is negotiating with the European Union and the United States. So... even we can only wait patiently."

Su Yuanshan introduced the situation of his European trip to Cui Taiyuan. In his words, he also felt too helpless.

The European Union has always been a master of extortion. Not only is it an expert at using antitrust tools, but it also has an attitude of "I'm just going to do it, what do you want to do..." Su Yuanshan almost broke his nose in anger at that time.

For ASML, the price offered by the EU is that Acer can acquire ASML, but it cannot split the existing structure of ASML, and personnel cannot interfere. It also needs to inherit the commercial agreement previously signed by AMSL and be responsible for ASML's R\u0026D investment.

For example, they found a scapegoat for ASML who only paid money.

As for the United States, it is clearly stated that no matter who the father of ASML is, EUV equipment and parts must comply with the previous 50% agreement.

If in the past, it was too late to be happy if we could get this kind of "support" from the United States... But now... the East Asian semiconductor industry chain has long been able to compete with the European and American industrial chains, and EUV Asia has also been in so many years. After investing a lot of money and resources, if we really agree to it, then the Asian EUV Alliance’s investment over the years will be completely in vain.

Of course, everyone is not without consensus - everyone understands that EUV, whether it is EUV developed in Europe and the United States or EUV developed in Asia, based on the current industry chain and cost, there can only be one path to choose.

There is no way to compete with this thing, at least not at this stage.

Therefore, the negotiations have been stuck in a deadlock, and the two sides are still grinding.

But fortunately, as time goes by, the advantage will gradually favor Acer - currently Acer is killing everyone with its unique immersion lithography machine, and has already become the dominant player in the field of lithography machines, and EUV has also been completed Design and verification machine is being built. If it continues to be delayed, it will only be detrimental to ASML.

You know, EUV costs money.

No matter how determined ASML is, it will not help without money.

Cui Taiyuan listened for a long time and sighed for a long time. At the same time, he also understood that this kind of negotiation was no longer something he could interfere with. So we quickly turned our attention to 4G.

This is also the most important purpose of his personal visit to the provincial capital this time - the 4G technology and some applications displayed by Yuanxin in the Olympics made him very coveted. He subconsciously believed that this would bring revolutionary development to the mobile Internet.

Regarding this, Su Yuanshan's attitude is naturally that everything is easy to say.

The country has a high population density and high per capita income, making it a suitable place for large-scale 4G commercial use.

…

A month later, good news came from Bangguo and Niguo at the same time. In Niguo, Yuanxin formed a holding group with Sony and NTT to acquire Stardust Communications Office. As for Bangguo, SK Electronics came forward directly to fully acquire DSP Entertainment.

This news has not caused much concern among the general public, but it has instantly exploded in the entertainment industry.

The entertainment industry has always liked gossip, and there has always been a lot of gossip...

Especially in China, everyone who pays attention to Yuanxin and Yuanxin's friendly capital believes that Yuanxin, the "just knight", may take action against the entertainment industry this time.

——That’s right, since Yuanxin has entered the dairy industry strongly, it has revealed rumors that “it has no other meaning, it just wants children to drink some safe milk”, and has taken practical actions to lift the reputation of domestic dairy products from the low point. Later, Yuan Xin got the nickname "Knight of Justice".

As for the entertainment industry... in the era without the Internet, we could only rely on gossip tabloids to spread rumors - that's when the paparazzi was born.

And with the advent of the Internet, there is truly "nothing new on the Internet." Whether it is various unspoken rules in the entertainment industry or shameful scandals, everything has come to light...

And compared to the gossip and tabloid talk, in the Internet era, especially the era of mobile phones with camera functions... a lot of first-hand video and picture evidence has been leaked...

Everyone knows that the entertainment industry is very complicated - even if it is Dingxin, aren't there still all kinds of rumors? There are even rumors that some A-list female celebrities in Dingxin were so popular a few years ago that they even appeared in Hollywood movies, but haven't they just been hidden away in obscurity in recent years? The reason is why? Of course it's because these female stars relied on that to get to the top... and ended up being liquidated.

Therefore, when Yuanxin made big moves in East Asia, everyone became excited and speculated about which stars would fall from the altar...

However, the next development of things did not go as netizens expected. After the acquisition, Yuanxin Entertainment, a subsidiary of Yuanxin, only issued a brief announcement, stating that Dingxin Media and ATV would exchange experiences with DSP and Star Media to jointly build entertainment teams and idols...

But soon afterwards, ATV, Niguo TV, and KBS launched an "Asia Talks" program almost simultaneously. The host of the talk was a host from a local station, but the guests came from various countries and regions in Asia.

Although the content of the programs is different and the quality of the guests is also different, the content expressed is the same.

That is: to demonstrate the collision of cultures and ideas and deepen exchanges.

And at the end of the year, another ATV program called "Three Kingdoms" was launched - this time, only the famous Three Kingdoms artists from Zhongni participated.

In the program, the program teams from three countries each sent three male and female artists, and then started from Hong Kong and traveled all the way to major well-known places in the country. While traveling, local artists also conducted historical interviews with artists from the other two countries. , introduction to customs and humanities.

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National Day.

Su Yuanshan sat in front of the TV, watching TV with his daughter in a rare occasion.

The variety show shown on TV is naturally "Three Kingdoms", which is broadcast simultaneously on TV stations in the three East Asian countries and simultaneously launched on various domestic video websites.

After Su Xiaomu briefly learned about the program, he immediately contacted the Three Kingdoms in history: "Dad, are we Wei?"

"Haha! You can't contact us like this."

"Why?" Su Xiaomu blinked and turned to look at his father: "We are larger than the other two countries in terms of population and area."

"Yeah, but the meaning is different. The three countries in history were in a state of confrontation. We are not in a state of confrontation now, but in a state of friendly cooperation. Besides...compared to the status of Shu and Wu in history, these two are obviously not qualified now. !”

Su Xiaomu thought about it seriously and nodded cautiously: "Yes, they are too young."

"Ahem...you can't say that, they are all equal."

——Su Yuanshan has no taboos about his own chauvinism, but that doesn’t mean he wants his daughter to have it too.

"Oh...why don't they speak Chinese? I heard they can speak it." At this time, Su Xiaomu pointed to one of the female stars from Ni Country: "She can speak it."

"Because this is a program that is broadcast simultaneously in the three countries. When filming, everyone spoke their own mother tongue. Besides, even if they can speak Chinese, they can't speak it as well as the original language... Don't you think Kitagawa Keiko said Does your Japanese sound good?"

"That's because Japanese sounds good."

Su Yuanshan: "..."

"Really, our teacher said that Japanese has many vowels and Japanese songs don't rhyme."

"Well... well, if that's the reason, then it's true." Su Yuanshan rubbed his daughter's head: "When did your school start teaching Japanese? How is your spoken English? Let me hear it."

"...Don't say it. Wait until I finish practicing." Su Xiaomu rolled her eyes and refused immediately.

She knew that her father's Japanese was quite good.

Su Yuanshan smiled and shook his head, and continued watching TV with his daughter.

There is no doubt that this program, which makes people "excited" upon hearing it, naturally attracts attention in East Asia, especially among young people. Behind the show, what Su Yuanshan values ​​​​more is the importance the three countries attach to mastering each other's languages.

Not to mention domestically, as early as a year or two ago, many international schools actually started offering Japanese and Korean electives. Both countries have also added Chinese classes. Especially in Bangkok, there have been voices in recent years to restore Chinese characters, and this voice has become louder after the Olympics.

All of these indicate that in Asia, which has gradually become economically integrated, the exchanges and mutual recognition between the three countries have deepened. Therefore, rather than saying that these programs are to promote and strengthen exchanges between East Asia, it is better to say that they "came into being".

In the program, the domestic trio has climbed the Great Wall with their counterparts from Ni Bang and Bang countries and is climbing Mount Tai. The next trip will be to travel east to Ni Country and finally arrive at Bang Country.

The process is probably like this.

"Dad, can we go to Mount Tai to camp some time?" Su Xiaomu watched the show. The group of people set up tents on the top of Mount Tai and sat together. Although they were shivering in the wind, everyone was Playing the game with high spirits, she also looked envious and turned to look at her father and begged.

"Okay." Of course, Su Yuanshan would not refuse his daughter. He fondly touched Su Xiaomu's head and agreed.

After watching the show, Ye Rudai's parents took Su Ze'an back home. Su Yuanshan quickly stood up to greet his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

The four old men were all meat, and Su Yuanshan didn't dare to be vague at all.

That night, after Su Yuanshan put his son and daughter to sleep, he had the opportunity to video chat with Ye Rudai.