Chapter 440: Unexpected
"Xiao Feng! Look! Look! The sun!"
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Baichuan Feng, who was sitting in the pavilion eating an iced watermelon, raised his head in confusion.
"The sun!" Yuko Tanaka pointed at the setting sun in the west, her tone excited with a hint of sigh.
"Hmm?" Baichuan Feng turned his eyes away.
On the vast land, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually sets in the west.
A small part of the round, red sunset had slowly disappeared below the horizon.
"The sunset is beautiful?" Baichuan Feng looked at her for confirmation.
Not to mention that even though it is summer, the sun rarely shows its gentle side at this time.
When it is not so glaring, the red sunset contrasts nicely with the earth, creating a unique flavor.
"The sunset is indeed beautiful, but the sun actually sets from the horizon~"
Yuko Tanaka murmured to herself as she looked at the sunset in the distance, her obsessed expression filled with indescribable admiration and emotion.
The evening breeze blew by, and the long hair in front of her forehead trembled slightly.
Although they are an old couple, her unique charm in the sunset still makes Shirakawa Feng stunned.
When he came to his senses and heard her sigh clearly, Baichuan Feng subconsciously wanted to retort: If the sun doesn't set from the horizon, will it disappear on its own?
However, when he looked at the setting sun again, Shirakawa Feng suddenly understood why Tanaka Yuko had such an exclamation.
In the past, every evening in Neon, the sun either set into the mountains or disappeared into the sea.
But it has almost never happened before that something slowly disappears over the horizon like it is now.
The country is long and narrow, with "lonely smoke rising in the desert and round setting sun over the long river." This kind of artistic conception can never be experienced in Japan.
"China is really big~" Tanaka Yuko withdrew her gaze, but a little shock still remained deep in her heart.
She came to China this time because of the summons of Baichuan Feng, and she happened to have nothing to do in Neon.
Ever since Xiao Qingkong and the others came into being, the two of them haven't had a good vacation.
This time it was just right, so after packing up, she flew to China alone.
Unexpectedly, she received an unparalleled welcome on her first visit to China.
People don't know her name, but call her Ashin.
After listening to the explanations from people around her, Yuko Tanaka finally understood why she was so popular.
It turns out that last year, "Ashin" had been introduced to China and set off a new round of viewing frenzy.
On Japan's NHK TV station, "Oshin" had a peak viewership of 62.9%, which is high enough.
But in China, its peak viewership is 80%, and the streets are almost deserted at mealtimes .
At that time, you could often see a group of people gathered around a small black-and-white TV, sighing over the tortuous fate of a foreign woman...
So you can probably imagine how excited and surprised people are when they find out that the people in the TV series have walked into reality, and are from a foreign country.
Because of her great fame, Yuko Tanaka also attended some cultural activities after coming to China.
However, when the couple attended some formal occasions together, Tanaka Yuko was far more popular than Shirakawa Kaede.
Even when meeting the old man, the other party smiled and joked: The women of Japan can also hold up half the sky.
Yes, this time when he came to Yanjing, Baichuan Feng also saw the old man who drew several circles on the map.
As the Japanese company with the largest investment in China so far, Shirakawa Feng received a very grand reception.
Although Panasonic and Toshiba started cooperating with Hua Xia relatively early, the scale of their investment was definitely not as large as that of Shirakawa Electric today.
Because on the way from the south to Yanjing, Baichuan Feng also invested in some projects in Sucheng, Jinling, Qingdao and Tianjin.
It is still a joint venture between the two parties, and the cooperation projects range from ordinary household appliances to dry batteries used in daily life.
Some products, such as CTR TVs, microwave ovens, electric kettles, and rice cookers, are not even made by Shirakawa Electric in Japan.
Because there are too many competitors and the profits are too thin, we have basically not entered this field.
But after visiting China, Shirakawa Feng discovered that his proud Walkman, stereo, CD player, VCD player, LCD TV, laptop computer, etc. were completely useless in China.
There is almost no room for the above products to survive in China now. It will take at least another four or five years before these products can play a role.
On the contrary, some household appliances that are essential for life are scarce resources in China.
So after some investigation, Baichuan Feng decided to form a joint venture with local institutions to develop home appliances and promote them in China.
Although Shirakawa Electric does not make these products itself, there is no doubt that its technological accumulation is still far beyond that of China at that time.
Moreover, these household appliances themselves do not require any technical difficulty, and it would only take a few minutes for Shirakawa Electric to make them.
As for the joint venture with Huaxia, the technology was provided by Shirakawa Electric, while the factory buildings, site, and labor were provided by local institutions.
Of course, some necessary equipment that China does not have the ability to produce will also be arranged by Shirakawa Electric.
After the joint venture, both parties will share the profits and losses in factory operation, and the profits will be distributed according to shares.
To be honest, these investments have some prospects for Shirakawa Electric but are not particularly outstanding.
At this time, the gap in the Chinese market is worth a try for Shirakawa Electric in the field of home appliances.
It remains to be seen whether it will become a giant in China's home appliance market in the future, or whether it will enter Southeast Asia.
After all, these businesses do not conflict with the current Shirakawa Electric, nor do they constitute competition, so it is just a matter of convenience.
But another part of the reason is that Shirakawa Feng has some selfish feelings towards the place called his first hometown.
If these factories have a promising future, it will be a windfall.
At the very least, it can cultivate some technical talents here, as well as advanced management experience, quality system, business channel system, after-sales service system, etc.
They can all provide positive help for China's growth. As for how much can be learned, it depends on the luck of each place.
And throughout all these twists and turns, he has spent nearly $200 million in investments.
Last year, that is, in 1985, the foreign investment share in China was about US$1.5 billion.
This year it has roughly maintained this level, but Shirakawa Electric alone accounts for 13% of the total investment of hundreds of foreign-funded enterprises, which is an unusually large proportion.
There is also no doubt that Shirakawa Electric is currently the largest foreign investor in China.
After staying in Yanjing for two days, Baichuan Feng was not in a hurry to leave.
As Yuko Tanaka happened to be there, the two of them simply treated this trip as a vacation.
When talking about places to vacation in Yanjing, Xiangshan Park must be visited.
Unfortunately, before Baichuan Feng and his friends could have a break for two days, another customer came to their door.
"Hello, Mr. Shirakawa. I'm Zhang Jin from the Second Institute of Computer Science."
The dark-skinned man in front of him grabbed Baichuan Feng's hand and shook it continuously.
As the name suggests, he has a pair of big and strong hands.
"Mr. Zhang, who are you?" Bai Chuanfeng was a little confused by the enthusiasm of the person in front of him.
"Mr. Shirakawa, I heard that your radio factory, a joint venture with Pengcheng Nanshan, is looking for available localized parts?
Do you think the audio chips and DAC chips produced by our Computer Institute No. 2 can be used?"
Without waiting for Baichuan Feng to react, the man reached into his briefcase and pulled out a wrapped handkerchief.
As the handkerchief was unfolded, several small black chips were revealed lying there quietly.
This... Baichuan Feng was stunned.
China can still produce its own chips? This is only the 1980s, are you sure?
The fact is that there is no mistake. In the 1980s, China was not only able to produce its own chips, but its process technology could even reach about 3 microns.
The current mainstream chip manufacturing process in the world is 1 to 1.5 microns. China lags behind by about a generation and a half, but has not fallen behind.
In 1980, Qinghua University developed the fourth-generation distributed projection lithography machine, which had a precision of 3 microns.
At the time, this was second only to the United States and was close to the mainstream international level.
Unfortunately, with the tightening of funds and changes in the international environment in recent years, the research and development of its lithography machines has become increasingly difficult.
In addition to photolithography machines, China also has corresponding integrated circuit research institutions.
Among them, the Second Institute of Computer Science and Yongchuan Semiconductor in the Tianfu Land are the best.
Their technology is not up to the international mainstream level, but they have everything they need.
We have everything from registers to SRAM, DRAM, amplifier integrated circuits, voltage regulator integrated circuits, digital-to-analog conversion chips, etc.
But as a research institution, it not only needs products, but also a market.
It is obvious that the Chinese market is limited at this time, and except for government agencies, civilian companies have little use for these products.
The government's limited resources are not enough to support the big money-consuming chip research institute.
So this is why Zhang Jin traveled thousands of miles to find Baichuan Feng.
But facing his eager eyes, Baichuan Feng frowned.
