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Chapter 1079 Alliance under the City
Currently, STN is the most profitable department of Oriental Optoelectronics, and it needs to rely on it to make money to support the TFT LCD department.

The people in the STN department must be compensated. This will stop the gossips and allow Tang Qinliang to give an explanation to his subordinates.

"In the future, if the TFT LCD panel era comes, I think the TFT LCD department will not forget the contribution that STN has made to Oriental Optoelectronics!"

Li Dongling looked at Tang Qinliang and said, things will change, in a few years, it will be the era of LCD panels, and by then, TFT LCD panels will become popular.

At that time, it would be a test for Tang Qinliang and the STN department.

The STN screen market will always exist, after all, there are still many devices that need to use STN screens, but the market will become smaller and smaller.

By then, most of the STN department employees will probably have to face a choice: either transfer to the TFT LCD screen department or leave Oriental Optoelectronics directly.

Li Dongling's words also had a bit of the flavor of carrot and stick. Li Dongling already knew the thoughts of the STN department staff.

Equity rewards and dividends were also issued to the STN department, which is a recognition of the contribution made by the STN department.

And if some people in the STN department are still restless, then we will have to wait for Mr. Li to swing the big stick.

If they are not content now, when the LCD panel era comes, those STN people who are playing tricks will not be able to enjoy the dividends brought by the TFT department's LCD panels, but will be kicked out!
Of course, Tang Qinliang heard the hidden meaning in Li Dongling's words. Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters was willing to compensate the STN department.

But if you still act restless and cause trouble for the TFT department, don't blame Mr. Li for taking personal action.

"I see!"

Tang Qinliang nodded, "The TFT department is part of Oriental Optoelectronics, and I think everyone in the STN department will understand this!
As for TFT LCD panels, I and everyone at STN will also give our full support!"

Hearing this, Miao Xuguang finally breathed a sigh of relief, raised his glass, and toasted Tang Qinliang with water instead of wine. "On behalf of everyone in the TFT department, I would like to thank President Tang and the STN department for their support!"

Looking at the scene of settling grudges over a glass of wine, no matter whether it was true or false, it had already happened in front of Li Dongling.

If anyone inside Oriental Optoelectronics openly stirs up factional disputes again, don’t blame Mr. Li for being ruthless!
"STN department should be prepared to supply new mobile phone screens to Dongling Hi-Tech in the second half of the year!"

"The TFT department must continue to develop LCD panel technology and catch up with the LCD panel technology of Japan's Sharp and South Korea's Samsung as soon as possible to prepare for the arrival of the LCD panel market!"

Li Dongling explained to Tang Qinliang and Miao Xuguang.

In the next three to five years, Dongling Hi-Tech and Oriental Optoelectronics will still need to rely on STN screens.

Later mobile phones were all equipped with LCD screens, but it is different now.

In the entire mobile phone market, including brands such as Nokia, more than 90% of mobile phone screens use STN LCD screens.

Although the STN screen has some shortcomings such as poor color, slow response, and narrow viewing angle, its biggest advantage is that it is cheap!

For the same 2.5-inch screen, the cost of a STN screen is one-fifth of that of a TFT LCD screen. Anyone would know which one to choose!
STN screens can only last for another three to five years, and the era of TFT LCD screens is about to arrive.

By then, mobile phone screens, computer screens, and TV screens will all become LCDs, replacing the previous big-butt TVs and computers, and a huge market will be opened.

At that time, whoever can get a ticket to the LCD screen market will get huge rewards.

On the contrary, not only do they have to work hard to catch up with the panel technology of companies like Sharp and Samsung, they also have to pay patent fees to them. The panels they produce are not bought by anyone, and in the end they suffer huge losses!
After explaining everything to Miao Xuguang and Tang Qinliang, Li Dongling went to Shenzhou Storage Company, the last stop of this trip to the provincial capital of Hanxi.

Compared with the two money-eating beasts, Dongxin Semiconductor and Oriental Optoelectronics, Shenzhou Storage is the one that currently requires the least money from Dongling Hi-Tech.

Because Shenzhou Storage has the cash cow of USB flash drives, it makes a steady stream of profits. In addition, the development of SD memory cards has made Shenzhou Storage earn a lot of money.

USB flash drives and SD memory cards alone make Shenzhou Storage one of the most profitable companies in the storage industry, and as time goes by, the demand for USB flash drives and memory cards will continue to grow.

But now the mainstream product in the storage industry is still the hard disk drive, which is still the majority, mainly controlled by companies such as IBM, Seagate, and Western Digital, while the hard disk market is occupied by Toshiba, Seagate, etc.

Shenzhou Memory and Samsung are rising stars. Samsung dominates the memory stick market, while Shenzhou Memory has taken a different approach and developed USB flash drives and SD memory cards.

However, the market size of memory sticks, USB flash drives and memory cards is still far less than that of hard disk drives and mechanical hard disks.

Looking at the entire memory industry, all parties are fighting over mechanical hard drives, because solid-state drives are too difficult to develop. In fact, everyone, including IBM, has given up, believing that this path is not feasible.

Samsung and Shenzhou Storage are the only two companies that are still fighting for SSDs. The rest of the storage companies are trying to squeeze into the hard disk market, and Seagate and Western Digital have already gained a big advantage.

Latecomers can get a piece of the pie, but it is not easy to surpass Seagate and others.

"The most important business of Shenzhou Storage is now divided into four major departments, including the development of USB flash drives with larger memory, SD memory cards, and micro-mechanical hard disk projects.

The last one is the solid state drive project! "

Xie Shining, who had met Li Dongling before in Pingyang when attending the Feiyan MP3 conference room, spoke to Li Dongling.

“Are there any prospects for solid-state drives now?”

Li Dongling asked, the solid-state hard drive project was a project that was established when Shenzhou Storage was first established, and was also regarded by Dongling Hi-Tech as a trump card to overtake Toshiba, Seagate, Western Digital and other old storage companies.

To this end, Shenzhou Storage previously used its USB flash drive patent and a sum of cash to exchange for IBM's solid-state drive project, which had been losing money. In this regard, Shenzhou Storage has a solid foundation and is probably even stronger than Samsung.

IBM has not developed a solid-state drive, but it has invested a lot of money in it in the past few years and has produced some things to a certain extent.

When talking about the solid-state drive project, Xie Shining frowned, "Not ideal!"

Before being recruited by Shenzhou Storage, Xie Shining was also a veteran in the storage industry, having worked as an engineer in several storage companies including Seagate and Western Digital. Otherwise, he would not have been chosen by Shenzhou Storage as its head.

However, Xie Shining probably didn't expect that being selected by Dongling Hi-Tech would make him work hard on solid-state drives...

Even IBM, a company that burns money faster than paper, can't handle this thing, but it fell on his head. In the entire storage industry, except for Shenzhou Storage and Samsung, no other company wants to touch this thing.

"Shenzhou Storage has no other reference for SSD projects. Samsung's technology is not much ahead of ours, except for flash memory chips.

Shenzhou Storage is now completely wading through the river on its own!"

Xie Shining said that there is no wool for Shenzhou Storage to take advantage of in the solid-state hard drive project. On the contrary, Shenzhou Storage is the stone that other storage companies have to cross the river by feeling their way forward!
All storage manufacturers are waiting on the sidelines to see what tricks Shenzhou Storage and Samsung's memory division can come up with before deciding whether to get involved.

“The first person to eat crabs may drown, but he may also eat until he is full!”

Li Dongling said to Xie Shining that other storage companies should just watch from the sidelines and they don’t need to take any risks now.

But when Shenzhou Storage really develops a solid-state hard drive, then it will be their turn to suffer. Solid-state hard drives are used to replace mechanical hard drives. By then, companies like Seagate will not even be able to get a good meal!
Xie Shining smiled bitterly. He didn't know why Li Dongling was so optimistic about the solid-state drive project. Even he, the chief engineer, was unsure.

"Now, including flash memory chips, main control controllers, algorithms and designs, are all completed by Shenzhou Storage itself.

Currently, Shenzhou Storage plans to try to develop the first 64M solid-state flash memory chip before the end of this year. If the research and development is successful, the solid-state hard drive project will have a certain hope. "

"As long as Shenzhou Storage can develop solid-state hard drives, Dongling Hi-Tech's computers and other products can be purchased!"

Li Dongling promised Xie Shining that as long as Shenzhou Storage could develop a solid-state hard drive, Dongling Hi-Tech would definitely give its full support.

In the past, Samsung used the same method. No matter how much the Samsung solid-state hard drives cost, Samsung computers were equipped with them, which forced Samsung's solid-state hard drives to go into mass production and have been leading the pack ever since.

If Samsung dares to do it, do you think Dongling Hi-Tech wouldn’t dare to do it?

……

Before Li Dongling returned to Pingyang, a business jet that took off from Tokyo and then turned around slowly landed at Pingyang Airport.

When the hatch opened, a gloomy man walked out without a smile. Takada Kentaro lowered his head and saw a pair of leather shoes stopped in front of him. He hurriedly said, "President Nakamura!"

Nakamura Wei snorted coldly, ignored Takada Kentaro and others, got in the car and drove away.

Nakamura Weifu knew very well that he came to Pingyang this time not to sign a humiliating treaty, but to let his face be stepped on by someone. It would be strange for him to have a good face towards Kentaro Takada.

After returning to the hotel, Nakamura Weifu said coldly to Takada Kentaro who hurriedly followed him, "Send a letter to Dongling Hi-Tech and tell them that I want to visit Li Dongling in person!"

(End of this chapter)