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Chapter 416: The end of the four major chip foundries, and the public opinion war begins!
[Yuuri Saito]: "Damn it! Is Longxing Group trying to kill me? Why would they release this kind of announcement when I'm increasing my holdings!"

[Sakaguchi Shinpei]: "14N16-inch semiconductor silicon wafers and 11N12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers are priced the same. This is going to destroy the industry. Longxing Group is a cancer!"

[Kasuga Yukino]: "Please, give me a chance to sell. If my position goes bankrupt tomorrow, I'll have no choice but to go back to filming."

The islanders on TikTok kept leaving messages in the comment section of the relevant videos. No one expected that just as Nikkei 225 showed signs of improvement, Longxing Group would release huge negative news.

This was like a bolt from the blue, causing countless people to wail at night.

And at the same time.

The headquarters of the Shin-Etsu Group in Japan.

The moment Fujii Koyama learned the news, his face turned pale and he was almost scared to death. He hurriedly downloaded TikTok to check it out for himself.

When he saw the hot search term "Longxing Group Business Expansion", his heart suddenly trembled, and he immediately clicked in to take a closer look.

this moment.

His hanging heart finally died.

"Damn it! This is naked commercial suppression. This is naked commercial suppression. The 1500N14-inch semiconductor silicon wafer costs 16 yuan, why don't you give it away for free, Chen Xing?" Fujii Koyama lowered his voice, his whole body trembling.

What does a 1500N14-inch semiconductor silicon wafer costing 16 yuan mean?
11N12寸半导体硅片的国际售价在1400元到1600元龙国币之间，而信越集团由于品控优秀，业内价格基本在1600元。

This means that Longxing Group's semiconductor silicon wafers have 3N purity and 4 inches in area, but their selling price is lower than the 11N12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers produced by Shin-Etsu Group.

Not to mention the purity of 3N, the additional 4 inches of area alone is a huge win.

You should know that every inch larger the semiconductor silicon wafer is, the output of chip bare chips will increase and the production cost will be lower.

根据1.6x1.6CM裸片尺寸面积来计算，市面上主流的12英寸半导体硅片直径在30CM，大约可以切出232块芯片裸片。

According to what Chen Xing said at the last press conference, if a 16-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is cut into wafers according to the wafer size area of ​​1.6x1.6CM, approximately 717 pieces can be cut out.

Imagine that with the same chip production process and similar material cost expenditure, 16-inch semiconductor silicon wafers can produce three times the amount of 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers. If you were a chip foundry, whose products would you purchase? What size semiconductor silicon wafer would you use?

no doubt!

16-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is the best choice!

When Fujii Koyama was in despair, Hidetsugu Maeda of JSR Corporation and Rokuro Kobayashi, chairman of TOK Tokyo Ohka Group, also felt extremely desperate when looking at the prices.

The 10^20 high-resistance deep ultraviolet photoresist is only sold for 12 yuan per gram. You should know that they sell it for 15 yuan in Longguo currency.

The price of 10^20 extreme ultraviolet photoresist is only 20 yuan per gram, which makes them even more desperate.

Price war!
Naked price war!
"Bagaya road!"

"Bagaya road!"

Maeda Hidatsugu and Kobayashi Rokuro cursed at the same time, scaring the secretary who was reporting the news so much that he shuddered and shrank his neck like a turtle, silently enduring the anger.

However, chip raw material suppliers such as Maeda Hidetsugu, Kobayashi Rokuro, and Fujii Koyama seem to have forgotten that they treated Longguo Enterprises in the same way before.

For example, in 2006, Yu Yuehui, the CEO of Shanghai Silicon Group, accurately grasped that semiconductor chips were the general direction of future development. He wanted to make early arrangements to conquer the mainstream 10N8-inch semiconductor silicon wafers in the market, and he even mortgaged his garage for this purpose.

But the result?

The 10N8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer was successfully developed, but Fujii Koyama, SAG Group Chairman Sakata Nowa, and other semiconductor silicon wafer suppliers decided to sell 8N11-inch semiconductor silicon wafers at the price of 12 inches the night after Shanghai Silicon Group released its new product.

It was this price war that caused many of Longguo's semiconductor silicon wafer companies to go bankrupt and countless investments to go to waste.

If it were not for the support from the state and the rapid transformation into photovoltaic silicon wafers, Shanghai Silicon Group would probably have become history.

It is not just Shanghai Silicon Group. Chinese companies that focus on chip-related fields such as EDA software and photoresist have also more or less suffered the "baptism" of price wars.

After calming down, Fujii Koyama, Maeda Hidetsugu, Kobayashi Rokuro, and Sakatana Nowazu chose to call their "master" to seek help from the other side of the ocean.

Maria, the third-in-command of the Bailey Group, was also in a state of panic at this time.

Chen Xing suddenly launched a price war without any warning, which disrupted their deployment and made her shudder.

If it were in the past, she would have blocked the news immediately. No matter how much trouble the Longxing Group made, the related news content would not be able to leave Longguo.

But now it is different. Due to the existence of TikTok, a large number of people in Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East use TikTok, and the daily viewing time is basically more than 2 hours. It is the most popular short video and social media platform today.

The information cocoon has been broken, and Maria has no way to block the news. Now she can only report it to Lyle Wallace, the head of the group, for a solution.

"咚咚-"

When Maria reached the top floor, she was thinking about knocking on the office door frame.

suddenly.

There were wailing sounds coming from inside.

"Ah, Lord Pascal, let me go. I am a prince of the British royal family. You can't do this. They won't let you go."

"Ahhh!"

The screams from inside were so sharp and desperate that Maria outside the door swallowed her saliva and her outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

Go in?

Still not going in?
She knew Pascal, the Supreme Six Wings of the All-Seeing Society. He had a habit of playing with other people's "walnuts". Maria had suffered from him before.

Although she had undergone a sex change operation and no longer had walnuts for her partner to chew on, she still couldn't help shivering every time she thought of her past experience.

"is it wrong?"

"wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"I failed to complete the task you assigned me and failed to crack the GIANT PANDA bank settlement system within the specified time."

"You have a damn good memory!"

"what!"

There were continuous screams from inside. When Maria was at a loss, Pascal suddenly said in a deep voice: "How long are you going to stand outside the door? Get in now."

"!!!"

Maria was stunned at first, then she tremblingly opened the office door, lowered her head, and did not dare to look at the scene inside.

"What brings you here?"

Pascal's tone was cold.

"Maeda Hidetsugu, Kobayashi Rokuro, Sakatano and the others called for help. Chen Xing launched a price war against them."

"what!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before Pascal could say anything, Lyle Wallace screamed.

Although Maria lowered her head, she could vaguely see the muscular lines and faintly protruding blue veins on Pascal's arms as he exerted force.

"If I use so much force, I won't make her infertile, right?" she thought to herself.

Maria knew about Lyle Wallace's other identity. If she was really infertile, the British royal family would probably cancel the engagement.

However, Pascal showed no intention of letting go and asked calmly, "Chen Xing is in a price war with Japanese chip raw material companies? What are their quotes?"

“14N16寸半导体硅片1500龙国币，14N18寸半导体硅片1700龙国币、14N20寸半导体硅片1900龙国币，还有10^20的高抗阻全品类光刻胶……”

When Maria said the price, Lyle Wallace screamed again, and Pascal fell into deep thought: "Such a low price, it seems that the other party is determined to make trouble, and we really need a way to deal with it."

"What do you need me to do?"

Maria inquired.

"Let me think about it." Pascal closed his eyes and continued to increase the strength of his hands. His face had already turned red. The disheveled Lyle Wallace was still screaming, his clenched fists were trembling, his fingernails had already sunk into the flesh, and the blood that seeped out dripped onto the ground.

He had no intention of resisting. He knew very well that if All-See resisted the punishment from his superiors, it would be a fate worse than death.

After half a minute, Pascal finally opened his eyes and suddenly let go of his hand, saying, "There is a way. Four of the world's top five chip foundries are under our control. Chen Xing wants to use chip raw materials to start a price war. If we don't use his semiconductor silicon wafers and photoresists, can't we perfectly solve this crisis?"

"Whoohoo-"

The moment he let go of his hand, Lyle Wallace immediately fell to his knees, gasping for breath.

Only those “brothers” who have been hurt know how fragile that place is.

"Lord Pascal is wise."

Maria exclaimed quickly.

"Okay." Pascal waved his hand disapprovingly and continued, "You can notify them to completely ban Longxing Group's semiconductor silicon wafers and photoresists."

"Ok."

Maria still kept her head down.

She lowered her head, then slowly turned around and walked out of the office.

She knew very well that Pascal was cruel and ruthless, and she also knew that Lyle Wallace liked to hold grudges. If she glanced around the office at this moment and saw Lyle Wallace's miserable appearance, she would probably be the next to suffer.

The rule that one level eats another and subordinates unconditionally obey their superiors has been engraved in the DNA of every member who joins the All-Seeing Society.

……

And on the other side.

Nebraska, USA.

Omaha.

Buffett used his connections to urgently contact the Lehman family, a Jewish financial group, and told them what he had encountered.

The Lehman family and Buffett are inextricably linked.

Perhaps many people have only heard of the Rothschild, Morgan, and Rockefeller families, but do not know the background of the Lehman family.

Let’s put it this way, the current US Treasury Secretary is from the Lehman family. Its influence in the Jewish circle has surpassed that of the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, and is second only to the most mysterious Rothschild family.

After hearing Buffett's description on the other end of the phone, Jacob Lehman smiled calmly and said, "This is easy to solve. I will have someone contact TSMC later. We don't need Longxing Group's silicon wafers and photoresists. Chen Xing can't make any waves in the global semiconductor materials field."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Lyman."

Buffett contacted Jacob Lehman with this idea in mind, but he didn't expect that the other party would think of it and bring it up so quickly.

"Is there anything else?"

Jacob Lehman asked. "No, I'm very sorry to bother you." Buffett said respectfully.

In the eyes of ordinary people, he is the stock god and a model of financial investment in the world, but Buffett knows very well that the real big boss will not appear on the surface.

To be precise, it will not appear on the Forbes rankings.

The reason is very simple. The wealth of those people is hidden underwater and they control the trend of the world. The Lehman family has already reached that threshold.

"correct."

Just as Buffett was about to hang up, Jacob Lehman remembered something and continued, "There seems to be more short-selling forces on Wall Street recently. Go check their details and send them to my email. The more detailed the better."

"this…"

Buffett seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Jacob Lehman heard the clue and asked, "Do you already know their details?"

"Yes."

Buffett nodded and replied, "The leaders of the short-selling force are Will Watson and Mambillaso Kennedy. They are the eldest sons of the Watson and Kennedy families."

"It's Ansa."

Jacob Lehmann was a little surprised.

He said it was so strange that he couldn't find any trace or information of the other party. It turned out that he was protected by the forces behind the scenes.

If the people from the Ansa Group were interfering in finance under normal circumstances, he would definitely punish them, but in this special period, he didn't want to turn against them.

"Now that we've figured it out, let's hang up first and talk later."

"Yes, Mr. Lyman."

After the two hung up the phone, Buffett was still staggering, but he insisted on grinding himself a cup of coffee.

According to his habit, coffee needs two packets of sugar, but this time he did not put sugar in. Instead, he took out a packet of transparent crystals from the drawer, poured the whole packet into the coffee cup and stirred it. Then he took a sip and showed a satisfied look.

"I'm really old. I actually forgot that we still have the chip foundry. Chen Xing, Chen Xing, how are you going to deal with this?"

Buffett muttered.

While he was expressing his feelings, TSMC CEO Zhang Miao, far away in Taiwan, acted like a grandson, constantly saying "yes, yes, yes".

As soon as one call was hung up, the next call came into his cell phone.

It is no exaggeration to say that the phone call Zhang Miao received tonight would cause the world's financial world to tremble if the owner behind it stomped his feet.

"Understood. I will write the manuscript myself right away and will definitely not let Chen Xing succeed."

"Don't worry, it will be done beautifully."

"it is good!"

"understand!"

"I'll hurry up."

Zhang Miao nodded and bowed repeatedly.

As the twelfth call was hung up, Zhang Miao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

On one side of the sofa, Zhang Miao's first wife Wang Yiyue was a little curious and asked, "Old Zhang, what happened?"

"Alas!" Zhang Miao sighed and briefly summarized: "Chen Xing is really a young and inexperienced person who is not afraid of tigers. He actually started a price war with Japanese companies that produce chip raw materials. Now, he has angered the boss behind them and asked us to issue a notice not to use Longxing Group's semiconductor silicon wafers and photoresists."

In his opinion, Chen Xing had really hit a wall this time.

They are targeting Japanese chip raw material companies such as Shin-Etsu Group, JSR Corporation and TOK Tokyo Ohka, and are engaging in price wars. Don’t they know that there are Jewish consortiums behind them?
After hearing this, Wang Yiyue shook her head and said, "Chen Xing is still too young and doesn't know the interests of the groups are tied together."

"not necessarily."

Zhang Miao directly refuted and said earnestly: "Based on my understanding of Chen Xing, he may have a trick up his sleeve."

"That's all."

As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand again and said, "Let's issue a notice first. Anyway, no matter how big the storm is, we can still stay out of it."

Even if Longxing Group announced that it had conquered the lithography machine and built a lithography factory, as long as the US-Western alliance does not collapse, TSMC will be their best choice for chip production.

Zhang Miao stood up, went back to his bedroom, turned on his computer and started working.

……

Less than an hour after Longxing Group released its announcement, Japanese companies such as Shin-Etsu Group, JSR Corporation, and TOK Tokyo Ohka Group publicly accused Longxing Group of monopoly on their official Twitter accounts.

[14N16-inch semiconductor silicon wafers are only sold for 1500 Longguo coins. We think this price is extremely unreasonable and may be suspected of monopolizing the market. We hope @Longxing Group will consider it carefully and jointly maintain the healthy development of the market.]
As soon as the accusatory tweet was sent out, it received tens of thousands of likes, and countless netizens spoke up for several Japanese companies.

[Peter Fenton]: "Is Longxing Group actually engaging in a monopoly? Oh my God, this is the worst news I have ever heard."

[David Chernow]: "I can't believe that Longxing Group would do such a thing. If the market loses its vitality, won't chip prices be determined by them in the future?"

[Sergey Caso]: "The moment I saw the news, I smashed my Brilliant X2 because the monopoly behavior is too abominable. We must severely resist this kind of unhealthy competition!"

In the comment section of the tweet, all netizens spoke up for Japanese companies.

The term "Longxing Group engages in monopoly" also appeared on Twitter's hot search list and ranked first.

The unaware crowd clicked in and saw that Longxing Group was trying to monopolize the market and bully weak Japanese companies. This undoubtedly aroused the compassion of some people, and they went to the Longxing Group's official Twitter account to plead for mercy.

however.

Half an hour passed.

There was no response from Longxing Group.

Led by the Virgin Mary, public opinion tilted directly towards the disadvantaged Japanese companies, and Longxing Group was also labeled as "destroying the market."

It was also at this time that chip foundries, which had been shouting the slogan of "justice", began to come out one after another.

[We deeply regret Longxing Group's behavior of disrupting market prices and attempting to monopolize the market, and we have made a severe boycott. From now on, we will no longer use Longxing Group's production of semiconductor silicon wafers and photoresists, and will strengthen order cooperation with JSR Corporation, TOK Tokyo Ohka, and Shin-Etsu Chemical.]
TSMC, GlobalFoundries, UMC, and Hansung Group all chose to stand on the side of Japanese companies, and did so under the banner of "justice." Such heroic posts directly gave Western people a brain orgasm, and they all gave them a thumbs up.

If it were in the past, Chen Xing would have had to suffer in silence, because no one would give him a chance to explain himself and would simply silence him.

But with the emergence of ByteDance's TikTok, Twitter is no longer the best channel for expressing opinions, it can only be regarded as a way to express opinions.

Faced with the opponent's dirty tricks and attempts to discredit Longxing Group, Chen Xing had already contacted Li Zhenzhen at the European and American headquarters.

Seeing that online public opinion was overwhelming, Li Zhenzhen immediately directed the operation: "Publish the video, post tweets, and let them see who is the monopolistic company."

"clear."

The operator clicks to send the manuscript.

However, after the article was sent out on Twitter, the number of views remained at 0, which obviously entered the platform's internal review process.

But TikTok was not affected at all and passed the review directly.

The carefully prepared 1 minute and 47 second video describes the entire process of how Japanese companies such as JSR Corporation, TOK Tokyo Ohka, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Group engaged in large-scale monopoly and "persecuted" related companies in Dragon Country.

Weak?
Just a wolf in sheep's clothing!

After seeing the response to the video, people in Europe and the United States all came to their senses, which formed a sharp contrast with the Madonna on Twitter.

[Bricios Baggi]: "No, the ones who were monopolizing were JSR Corporation, TOK Tokyo Ohka, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Group, right? And the three EDA giants Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor were also monopolizing. Is it okay for them to retaliate against them?"

[Mona Sachs]: "I think Longxing Group is doing the right thing. If you Japanese companies can monopolize, why can't others?"

[Jeff Levesque]: "Thanks to TikTok for letting me know the truth. If I had only seen the content on Twitter, I would have thought that Longxing Group was the perpetrator, but I didn't expect it was just the counterattack!"

As the Longxing Group’s response video became popular, more and more people in Europe and the United States have come to understand who the monopoly enterprise is.

Many European and American people spontaneously went to Twitter to explain for Longxing Group, but as soon as the comments were posted, the system identified "unreasonable content" and deleted them directly.

This has led to a polarized reputation of Longxing Group on Twitter and TikTok.

……

Shencheng Longgang.

Longxing Group headquarters base.

Chen Xing had long anticipated that the other party would throw dirty water on him, but fortunately ByteDance's TikTok broke through the information blockade of the Jewish consortium, allowing him to respond and explain.

Faced with the collective demise of TSMC, UMC, GlobalFoundries, and Hanshin Group, which supported Japanese companies producing chip raw materials, he was fully prepared to fight back.

I saw Chen Xing first sent a WeChat message and then made a phone call.

"Dududu-"

After a few seconds of busy tone, the call was connected.

"Mr. Chen?"

The other party spoke English with a strong accent and his tone was full of surprise. It was obvious that he did not expect Chen Xing to call him.

"How is President Ju these days?"

Chen Xing said hello.

The person on the other end of the phone was none other than the current chairman of LG Group, Koo Benmao.

"It's...it's okay. Is there anything wrong?" Ju Benmao was obviously pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth. Now that the Longxing Group was making such a big fuss about going after a Japanese company, it was impossible for him not to know.

"You should have read Twitter. If you haven't, you can check out the trending search list first." Chen Xing just finished speaking and continued in a very tangled tone:
"I'm very depressed now. The group is in urgent need of funds to operate, and I want to sell semiconductor silicon wafers and photoresists to raise funds. But people accuse me of monopolizing. Chairman Ju, do you think I have a high degree of monopoly?"

"By the way, President Ju."

"If I sell methacrylate and acrylate to you at the same price, there shouldn't be any monopoly involved, right?"

Ju Benmao: "..."

What's this?

Threat?

Intimidation?

Ju Benmao covered the receiver with his palm and yelled at the phone: "Shit! Chen Xing, you shit, big shit!!!"

After cursing, he let go of the receiver and said with a different expression: "Mr. Chen, just be straightforward... No, if you have anything you want to order, just tell me. I will definitely do it for you if I can."

(End of this chapter)