20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3346

Moreover, even if 1nm wanted to cooperate with the company to import TFT-LCD TV panels, assemble and sell LCD TVs in China, and earn huge profits, the supplier currently available to them would not be the most advanced Kameyama plant, but the Tochigi TFT plant.

This old factory currently supplies TFT panels for businesses outside of the television sector. A few years ago, it was the world's largest and most advanced TFT-LCD screen manufacturer.

It surpasses SAMSUNG, LG, and AU Optronics.

The product range offered includes mobile phones, laptops, high-end desktops and all-in-ones, tablet screens, and small LCD TVs.

However, starting in 98, the company made a major adjustment to its industrial layout, and while fully developing the TFT industry, it further emphasized the priority development of TFT large-screen LCD TVs.

This decision resulted in the Tochigi TFT plant not undergoing major technological iterations or updates for four years. It mainly produced TFT-LCD screens of 17 inches and below, as well as a 20-inch panel line built as a preliminary technology experiment and reserve for the Kameyama plant.

Even so, the Tochigi TFT plant is currently one of the world's most advanced TFT-LCD panel manufacturers, second only to the Kameyama plant, and is also the second high-tech company in the world capable of mass-producing 20-inch panels.

However, due to equipment and technology limitations, as an early-stage experimental manufacturing line, the yield rate of 20-inch panels could only reach 56%, and their lifespan and overall color performance were slightly lower than those of the panels from the Kameyama plant.

The company is currently building the second phase of its Kameyama plant, with an estimated investment of $800 million. Two more production lines will be built, with a target of 25-inch to 40-inch panels. The Kameyama plant's monthly capacity of 30-inch panels will exceed 360,000 pieces, increasing the plant's annual capacity from 3 million LCD TVs to 7.5 million units.

Moreover, construction of the second phase of the Guishan plant will begin immediately after the completion of the second phase.

At that time, the company will definitely supply the Kameyama plant with LCD panels and core components for 1nm. However, right now, they are hoping to use the 20-inch panels from the Tochigi TFT plant to target SAMSUNG, LG, and AU Optronics.

LG, in particular, has completed the main building of its Seoul TFT factory, and it is expected to officially start production of 30-inch LCD panels this fall and winter.

While this might not be a source of much pressure for Sharp, the presence of copycats and imitators like Samsung, LG, and AU Optronics lurking beneath its nose is certainly infuriating and contemptible.

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Zhao Chang'an called Zheng Wenzheng to discuss the matter. It turned out that they weren't in such a hurry to return to China as he had thought. After all, Zhao Chang'an's proposed plan was to return to China on the morning of the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, with the chartered plane first landing at Pudong Airport and then flying to Zhengzhou.

The original plan was that the chartered flight would only fly to Pudong Airport and then not fly domestically. Ke Yaqing and her group took a domestic flight from Mingzhu to Zhengzhou back to Zhengzhou.

Although this additional flight will cost Zhao Chang'an hundreds of thousands of yuan, and he will also have to rely on personal connections, at his current level, he no longer prioritizes the hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan, but rather the attitude and significance that this matter can express.

If Zhao Chang'an had left Ke Yaqing and the others at Pudong Airport and had also bought them tickets to Zhengzhou for the same day, it could be said that he had done everything he could, leaving no room for criticism, since he came to Japan to do business, not to travel.

However, doing so always made Zhao Chang'an feel that something was missing. As a public figure, he needed stories and legends about propriety, righteousness, wisdom, and trustworthiness to surround him, stories that people would find fascinating. Examples ranged from the far-fetched tale of the pretentious Wang Ziyou visiting Dai in the snow to the more recent one, like the surprised question about dogs being allowed on airplanes, to the reply that they were on private jets, leaving the questioner speechless.

These are stories and legends. The former one, though pretentious, was pretentious in a very classy and sophisticated way, which is why it has been passed down for thousands of years. Although everyone knows that Wang Ziyou was just putting on an act, they have to admit in their hearts that he was really good at it.

As for the latter, it only shows how carefree and happy the lives of the rich are.

From this perspective, even if Zhao Chang'an spends hundreds of thousands more, he can still buy a positive image of being trustworthy and respectful to his teachers. Why not do it?

Zhao Chang'an made the call and saw Yamakawa Yuki looking at him in surprise. He explained calmly, "I was on the phone with my calligraphy master. We had originally agreed to return to Mingzhu tomorrow and then take a domestic flight back to Zhengzhou for the New Year. However, we certainly didn't want to miss such a great opportunity to see the world's most advanced TFT-LCD panel and television factory at Guishan Factory, so we had to compromise like this."

Since Yamakawa Yuki speaks Chinese, and Zhao Chang'an had just spoken to Zheng Wenzheng in Chinese, he didn't change the language and explained to her in Chinese.

Because this was a private matter and conversation, Junji Sakamoto and Ryoko, who were sitting on the side, looked at the female translator, Satomi Takase, with curiosity. However, Satomi Takase smiled at Junji Sakamoto sensibly but did not translate in sync.

"Is there no more flights from Mingzhu to Zhengzhou in China the day after tomorrow? Or is it because of the Spring Festival travel rush and you can't buy tickets at the last minute?"

Yuuki Yamakawa smiled, her lips pursed. As someone who had lived in China for several years and was an expert on China, she knew all too well how crowded and famous the Spring Festival travel rush was.

"I've already bought the plane tickets, and I definitely won't be able to buy them now. At this time in China, cars, trains, and planes are all overcrowded and tickets are extremely hard to come by."

Zhao Chang'an wasn't lying, but with his influence, if he really wanted to find a way to get a few people on board, he could easily do it by making a phone call and pulling strings beforehand.

“In China, we have always valued the concept of family, especially during the Spring Festival, which is an important time for family reunion. More importantly, as I have said before, I will ensure that they are home before New Year’s Eve so that they can have New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala. I cannot break my promise.”

"salt?"

Yuuki Yamakawa didn't quite understand, after all, Chinese isn't so easy to master.

"It means keeping one's word. To say something and then take it back is to be untrustworthy. A true man is a man of his word, and he will never break his promise."

Zhao Chang'an knew that Yamakawa Yuki wouldn't understand either, but his purpose was to show off, so he tried to explain to her in plain language: "Food is food. The word 'food' in this context means 'food,' and 'speech' means language and speaking. It means that people cannot eat the words they have said or the promises they have made, no matter how big or small the promise is."

"The Chinese language is truly amazing!"

Yamakawa Yuki listened with admiration, her eyes filled with curiosity and interest as she looked at Zhao Chang'an.