Chapter 392: Sinister Intentions
It was a pleasant surprise that Emperor Akihito and Empress Dowager Cixi came to attend the wedding in Tokyo.
No matter if it's because of an old friend or a sudden impulse, even if it's just for show.
But as long as he comes, it will have extraordinary significance for Baichuan Feng.
After all, this is Japan, and the influence of tradition has permeated every aspect of society.
Although Shirakawa Kaede is not very interested in the so-called nobility, royal family, upper class, etc.
But beneath the civilized appearance, Japan is still conservative on the inside.
Baichuan Feng was able to build such a huge foundation from scratch, which is an inspiring and legendary experience in the eyes of the general public.
But for those families that have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years, this may not mean anything.
Because in the long course of history, they have witnessed too many heroes rise and fall.
Only family heritage that has truly existed and stood for hundreds of years can gain their respect.
Shirakawa Kaede is a legend in the eyes of ordinary people, but the old money may not think so.
It's already quite good that the old money people don't treat him as a nouveau riche.
To put it bluntly, Baichuan Feng rose too quickly and had almost no foundation, let alone inheritance.
But now that Emperor Akihito and his wife have visited and are delivering a speech in person at his wedding, things will be very different.
Who is Akihito? If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next emperor.
The future emperor is here in person, doesn’t that speak volumes?
Anyone who is not an idiot can understand that the word "Shirakawa" may never be the same again.
With the olive branch from the royal family, as long as Baichuan Feng develops step by step and does not do anything dangerous.
Then the rise of the Shirakawa family is almost a foregone conclusion, at least there is no doubt about that after Akihito came to power.
Many business elites also witnessed this scene.
And even Akihito's appearance of less than an hour may be equivalent to Shirakawa Kaede's decades of hard work.
But there are happy things and sad things too.
Judging from the news brought by Mingren, those major semiconductor manufacturers are most likely eyeing SIC's chip architecture technology.
What they want is far more than just authorization, but technology sharing.
There is a qualitative difference between the two because it involves the ownership of intellectual property.
If it was just chip authorization, then Baichuan Feng might not be so disgusted.
After all, for chip design companies, licensing fees are also one of their main profit sources.
The so-called authorization means that SIC authorizes the integrated circuit inside its own chip, namely the functional module IP, as a whole to other semiconductor companies.
After obtaining authorization, semiconductor companies can integrate the authorized IP into their own chip design plans according to their own design requirements.
The advantage of doing this is that you can develop your own chips without the need for separate design or other tedious operations.
It can save a lot of time and development costs. After all, it is a mature design and no longer requires high-cost upfront investment such as tape-out and mask.
As the licensor, SIC can obtain a licensing fee of 1% to 3% of the actual selling price of chips manufactured by semiconductor companies based on this design.
ARM in later generations basically followed this route. It did not produce chips itself, but only made profits from licensing fees.
Of course, there are also chip design companies that go the other way, such as Intel.
It refuses to authorize other chip companies, and the X86 architecture has always been kept strictly secret.
Want to buy a CPU? You must buy an official Intel product.
As for how to choose between these two routes, it all depends on the performance of your own chip and market conditions.
To be honest, Baichuan Feng does not rule out the option of chip licensing, because it is an effective way to quickly increase SIC's market share.
Let more chip design companies adopt SIC's architecture. After a few years of market cultivation, SIC can live a comfortable life relying on licensing fees.
But what do those hooligans want to do now? They want to dig up the roots of SIC!
The essential difference between technology sharing and authorization is that once Shirakawa agrees to this approach, NEC, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Fujitsu and other companies will own the SIC architecture.
In other words, this technology no longer belongs exclusively to SIC, but has become jointly owned by several companies.
They took SIC's technology for free, and Shirakawa Feng lost more than just the licensing fee.
This also means that they can develop their own processor chips based on SIC's architecture in the future.
At the same time, the ownership of these derivative chips belongs to them, and they no longer need to pay licensing fees to SIC.
They may even license the chips they develop to other companies and then collect licensing fees themselves.
For SIC, this is far from a matter of licensing fees. It is a matter of cutting off the source of funds, completely cutting off the foundation of SIC's development.
Given the size of these companies, can Baichuan Feng compete with them financially in future R&D investment and manufacturing?
No, it doesn't have to be that complicated.
At that time, they can just find some excuse to refuse to manufacture for SIC, and SIC will just have to wait for death.
What technology sharing? What's the difference between this and robbery? How could Baichuan Feng be short of R&D funds?
Besides, SIC has done all the work it should do. Now it wants to get on the bus first and buy the ticket later?
Faced with their shameless behavior, it would be a miracle if Baichuan Feng agreed.
Although Akihito said that they are only making recommendations to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, the specific future direction is still unknown.
But Baichuan Feng was already on high alert, as he knew very well that with his own power, he would not be able to withstand the combined influence of several companies.
So is there no solution now?
Not really. There is another way, which is to delay!
After dragging on for a year or so, they will be unable to protect themselves and will not have the energy to deal with SIC anymore.
With a slight sigh, Baichuan Feng pulled himself together and returned to the banquet hall.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Tanaka Yuko, who was sitting next to him, seemed to notice that he was worried.
"Nothing." Baichuan Feng patted her hands, indicating that she was relieved.
No matter what happens in the future, let's put it aside and hold the wedding happily today.
Although Emperor Akihito and his wife left after staying for a while, the banquet became lively with their presence.
There were countless people who came to Baichuan Feng just to say hello and renew their friendship, and I don't know how much wine they drank.
It was also today that Baichuan Feng got drunk for the first time.
Although he used to drink, he always controlled himself well.
But today was a special day, and after greeting all the guests, he had lost his sense of direction.
After finally holding out until the end of the wedding banquet, he fell asleep and no one could wake him up.
There was no other choice, and in the end it was Kotaro and Yamashita Daiji who sent Shirakawa Kaede to the car.
When they got home, the nanny had to tidy up everything before finally settling him down properly.
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On the second day, Baichuan Feng sat on the bed and covered his head for a long time before he gradually adapted to the aftereffects of the hangover.
"Awake?" Hearing the noise, Yuko Tanaka walked in from outside the bedroom holding a bowl of sobering soup.
"Yuko, just let you do these things for them." While having a headache, Baichuan Feng did not forget to show his concern for her.
There is more than one nanny at home, but sometimes Yuko Tanaka just can't sit still.
"Doctor Chieko said you should exercise more~" She winked at Shirakawa Kaede playfully, and the latter shook his head helplessly.
Unlike his tired frowning expression, Tanaka Yuko's mental state was very good.
Not only did she prepare a hangover soup for Baichuan Feng, she also personally brought it to him and fed him spoonful by spoonful.
Tsk, Baichuan Feng felt as if she was the pregnant woman, being taken care of in every possible way.
The senior sister is just too gentle. Baichuan Feng said that he really has no way to refuse such a wife.
As the months went by, especially because of the twins, Yuko Tanaka's belly became visibly bigger.
Baichuan Feng put his ear against her belly and could already feel the fetal movement.
Speaking of the gender of the fetus, the doctor took the initiative to inform me during the examination in the hospital.
A boy and a girl.
Very good, Baichuan Feng expressed his satisfaction.
Not only was he satisfied, but both sets of parents were also very satisfied.
Especially when Tanaka Yuko's mother learned that her daughter was pregnant with twins, she clasped her hands together and thanked the gods.
They were proud of the large number of guests at Shirakawa Kaede's wedding, as any one of them could be the company president.
After that, when Emperor Akihito and his wife arrived, they were filled with fear and trepidation.
They knew about Shirakawa Kaede's Shirakawa Electric, but they didn't expect it to alarm the royal family.
From then on, they began to re-examine Baichuan Feng's foundation, perhaps the power of their son-in-law was far beyond their imagination.
Now that my daughter is pregnant with a boy, it means that the future heir to the Shirakawa family is settled.
A mother's status is determined by her sons, and this is also true in Japan, especially for families with a long history, who place more emphasis on this point.
Of course, Baichuan Feng would not pay attention to these things.
The development of Shirakawa Holdings has just started, and there are more possibilities in the future.
When the next generation grows up, there will be a broader world for them to display their talents.
After drinking the sobering soup that Tanaka Yuko personally fed him, Shirakawa Feng felt much better.
Well, the days with the company of a beautiful woman are more enjoyable~
Although I feel much better now, I probably can't go to Shirakawa Building.
Using the excuse of getting married, he also took two days off.
Isn't it nice to sit quietly in your own back garden, reading a book or a newspaper?
Shirakawa Kaede lay leisurely under the parasol in the garden, holding a newspaper.
With a swish, he shook the newspaper and began to browse the daily neon news leisurely.
"Crown Prince Akihito and his wife personally officiated at the wedding of Shirakawa Kaede and Tanaka Yuko!"
"Ashina's spirit moved the royal family!"
"Uncovering the story of Shirakawa Kaede's rise to power, a commoner? A descendant of the nobility?"
Hmm? Baichuan Feng looked at the newspapers in his hand. Why are the headlines one more outrageous than the other?
Didn’t we make it clear before that we would no longer report on these private matters?
Feeling somewhat depressed, he picked up the newspaper and took a look. Wow, the first one was his own Daily News.
Without saying a word, Baichuan Feng returned to the living room, picked up the phone and dialed.
"Moshimoshi?"
"Mr. Matsumoto, what's going on with today's newspaper?" Shirakawa Kaede asked straight to the point.
" Uh, Shirakawa-san," the other end of the phone paused, "even without newspapers, the news of your wedding has spread all over Tokyo.
And the royal family also hopes that we can show more positive image of Crown Prince Akihito. So..."
Royal family? Bai Chuanfeng was stunned. He looked at the newspaper in his hand.
Most of them praised the Crown Prince for his friendliness and kindness. Well, it turns out there is this layer of relationship.
"I understand. Let me know in advance about this kind of thing next time."
"Hai~ Hai~" Matsumoto Ken hung up the phone feeling aggrieved.
I called you last night, but you were still asleep.
