Chapter 546: Life is like a sea
Although he has been in Japan for such a long time, Shirakawa Kaede has not yet had a good time in Kyushu. The southernmost point he has reached is only the Shikoku region.
On the one hand, it is because of the busy work that I don’t have the time to travel around the country.
In addition, whenever he thought of Jiuzhou, he would always feel worried and anxious.
But after going through the carnival of the golden age, the baptism of the bubble era, or perhaps as he grows older, he is now able to face everything calmly in his heart.
Now, taking this opportunity to inspect Fujitsu's wafer factory, Shirakawa Kaede is ready to make peace with the past.
"Mr. Shirakawa, our process technology is still at the world-class level of around 0.6 microns.
This technology is undoubtedly superior to that of the United States and South Korea. It is no exaggeration to say that although our market share has declined, our technology is still at the forefront of the world. "
When Michiyoshi Mazuka introduced the wafer factory, his face and tone were still full of pride.
However, Baichuan Feng, who knew the situation that Neon Semiconductor was facing, knew that this was more like the last afterglow of a hero at the end of his road.
Perhaps less than half of Japan's semiconductor manufacturers are actually working on the research and development of next-generation process equipment.
"Mr. Mazuka, has Fujitsu made any progress in its 0.35-micron process breakthrough?"
"Uh..." Mazuka Michiyoshi paused, "Due to the overall environment, Fujitsu's R&D investment has also been affected to a certain extent."
" SIC can cover half of the subsequent R&D investment in process technology .
The development is also carried out by both parties, and the final technology is shared by both parties.”
Baichuan Feng didn't waste any time and took on half of the task right away.
If technological development lags behind, all will fall behind. SIC has no relevant experience, so it still needs Fujitsu to lead it forward.
Upon hearing that Shirakawa Kaede was willing to take the initiative to share the development costs, Mazuka Michiyoshi hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"That's great! With SIC's help, our technology will always remain at the forefront."
With the promise from the big money sponsor, Shirakawa Kaede, Michiyoshi Mazuka's introduction to Fujitsu was much more detailed.
In fact, if the Japanese semiconductor manufacturer had not yet reached a desperate situation, Shirakawa Feng would have wanted to directly poach Fujitsu's technical team.
SIC does not plan to enter the wafer processing field on a large scale, but just like Intel, it is reassuring to have its own processing plant.
Because they involve certain technical secrets, and a wafer fab that is completely under its own control will invisibly enhance SIC's ability to resist risks.
Shirakawa Feng's plan is to let SIC have an one-stop supply chain from design to production and sales. The scale does not have to be large, but it must exist.
After touring Fujitsu's wafer factory, Shirakawa Kaede left by car for Fukuoka City.
A professional team will take care of subsequent matters, so he no longer needs to take care of it personally.
…
Fukuoka, the gateway city of Kyushu.
As soon as he entered here, Shirakawa Feng felt the living atmosphere here was completely different from that in Tokyo.
Comfortable, cozy and leisurely, this was Baichuan Feng's first impression of it.
People here even walk much slower than people in Tokyo, and when you meet acquaintances on the street, you can stop and chat for more than half an hour.
This is totally unimaginable in Tokyo. When people meet friends, they just say hello and then leave in a hurry.
However, the appearance of Fukuoka completely broke Shirakawa Kaede's perception of the corporate atmosphere in Japan. It turned out that there is also a city in Japan with a slow pace, warm people and beautiful environment.
Outside Fukuoka Municipal Junior High School, Shirakawa Kaede was sitting in the car, quietly looking at this quiet yet bustling school.
It is said to be quiet because whether on campus or on the surrounding roads, it is so quiet that you can hear your own footsteps.
The noise comes from the bursts of reading sounds coming from the teaching buildings from time to time.
Whether it is English recitation or music chorus, the young voices interweave and blend with each other.
Then it ripples back and forth in the quiet campus, forming a wonderful scene where stillness and movement coexist harmoniously.
Ding-a-ling~
Suddenly, the clear ringing of a bell drowned out the sounds of footsteps and reading, and spread to every corner of the campus.
As if receiving a signal, the orderly sound of reading immediately fell silent.
The car door had already been opened, and Baichuan Feng, who was standing on the side of the road, seemed to be able to sense the restlessness in the classrooms.
Sure enough, within ten seconds, the classrooms in the teaching building exploded one after another.
Countless figures running and shouting swarmed out from the front and back doors of the classroom.
It took no more than a minute from the time the school bell rang to the time the teaching building was filled with people running up and down.
This is the vitality of youth. Looking at this scene, Baichuan Feng felt deeply moved.
"Shirakawa-san~" At this time, Kojima got out of the car, holding two photos in his hand and ready to hand them to him.
Baichuan Feng waved his hand without even turning his head. Their figures had already been imprinted in his mind.
Although they had never actually met each other, Baichuan Feng knew that he could "see" them.
Sure enough, at the entrance of the school, he saw them in the dense crowd.
Buzz~, the sounds of the crowd's discussions and the students' chattering slowly faded away from Baichuan Feng.
In his mind and in his vision, there were only those two figures getting closer and closer.
"Who will pick us up today, grandpa or mom?"
"I don't know. It would be best if no one came. Then we can go to the game hall and play for a while before going home."
"Oh, that's what I said~"
The two teenagers were chatting and laughing, and they couldn't wait to run away, but just as they were about to run, they noticed a tall figure in front of them.
"Hey, uncle, what can I do for you?"
The two young men looked at the strange uncle who suddenly appeared in front of them with some vigilance.
However, this place is very close to the school gate, and as long as something goes wrong, they are ready to turn around and ask the school security to take action.
I heard them calling me uncle and looking at me with vigilance.
Baichuan Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but also felt a little disappointed. After all, he had missed too much.
"Hey, can I ask your names? I know your elders~"
"Eh?" The two boys looked confused.
Knowing the elders of your own family? How come they have never met before?
However, Baichuan Feng's face made them let down their guard a little.
Because of that familiar feeling that seems familiar, it is always hard to explain.
If they looked in the mirror at this moment, they would find where that sense of familiarity came from.
Especially those eyes, which were completely different from the flat and long eyes of the Japanese men, just like theirs.
Double eyelids and bright eyes are the common features of the three people, one big and two small, standing on the side of the road.
No, to be precise, they have many things in common, eyes, nose, face...
Because it was close to the school and he felt familiar with it, the boy on the left volunteered to answer.
"I'm Fengyi and he's Shuuji."
Fengyi..., Shuji..., for some reason, when Shirakawa Feng heard this name, his heart seemed to be pulled hard.
"Nice name, nice boy~" His lips trembled slightly, and he tried to make his smile more amiable.
Seeing that they were still looking at him with wide eyes and confusion, Baichuan Feng seemed to have just remembered something and hurriedly took out a wooden box from his arms.
"Hey, since this is our first meeting, let me give you a gift."
As he spoke, Baichuan Feng took out the Hetian jade pendant that he had treasured for a long time. The warm luster of the jade pendant made the ancient Chinese character "川" shine brightly under the sunlight.
The two of them stared at him blankly, unmoved, and Baichuan Feng comforted them in a gentle voice.
"Don't worry, your mother won't blame you."
The boy named Fengyi tilted his head and said with a smile, "Then I'll ask my mother~"
As he said that, he immediately looked behind Bai Chuanfeng and asked loudly, "Mom, can we accept this uncle's gift?"
Baichuan Feng's body shook, extremely complicated emotions rising in his heart, and he slowly turned around.
There, not far behind, a woman in an apricot coat was smiling and nodding.
"Thank you, uncle~"
Baichuan Feng felt his hands lighten, and when he came to his senses, the two pairs of jade pendants were already in the hands of Fengyi and Shuji.
“It’s really beautiful~”
“This is mine~”
"Stupid, didn't you notice the same thing?"
"Nonsense, the Chinese characters on them are obviously different, and the patterns are also slightly different."
However, the quarrel between the two teenagers at this moment could not affect Baichuan Feng in the slightest.
He slowly stood up and turned to the figure behind him. Although more than ten years had passed, the years seemed to have left no trace on her face.
The slim figure, fair skin, and sweet smile are just the same as when we parted that year.
He paused slightly in front of her, and all his words turned into a simple greeting.
"Long time no see, Kobayashi-san~"
"Shirakawa-kun, you haven't changed~"
The two smiled at each other, and the wind carrying the young men's laughter lingered around them for a long time.
Life is like the sea, with mountains and rivers, nothing more than this.
…
In 1995, NHK planned to make a special documentary on the unemployment situation in the country.
They came to a children's institution in Tokyo, where many of the students' families were in financial distress.
A new middle school student, his father had just passed away due to illness, and his mother could not afford to raise him, so she had to entrust him to the institution.
"We were an ordinary family when Dad was alive, but the whole family fell apart when he died. It would be great if we could be just like an ordinary family, just ordinary."
…
At a temporary recruitment site, new graduate Nami looked at the camera with a bitter smile.
“Graduating from school and stepping into society is like falling from a shining place into darkness.”
…
Mr. Koyama, who had built a rectangular space out of cardboard boxes in front of a building in Tokyo, had a numb expression on his face.
"It's really difficult. No matter how hard I work, I still can't have a peaceful life and I have no hope for the future."
"When I was a child, I wished I could be reborn into another life, but even if I thought about it, it would never come true and it would only make me sad."
…
In front of a dilapidated wooden house in the countryside of Aomori, a man in his fifties or sixties, with a white towel tied around his head, faced the camera with a gloomy expression.
“I feel ashamed and very sad.
It’s really sad that I can’t earn my living with my own hands~”
This farmer originally made a living by farming, but later he sold his land and chose to work in a big city.
Now that he has lost his land and his job, the odd jobs he does in the lumber mill are not enough to support his family.
…
Mr. Kitayama, who is already 80 years old, gets up at four or five o'clock every day to pick up empty cans in the park. His 75-year-old wife also helps him carry the bags to collect.
"We don't have much time left in our old age. In order to live longer and not cause trouble to our children, we will not spend their money until we die. We will try our best to live on our own."
…
Although they have the willingness, ability and necessity to work, they do not get the jobs they deserve.
The busy and poor people, the busier they are, the poorer they become, and the poorer they become, the busier they become.
"A normal society, a hopeful society, should be one where hard work should be rewarded.
But the dilemma faced by many young people today is that no matter how hard they try, they cannot achieve the results they want.
If your efforts are not rewarded, you will become depressed. Or, you may think that you have done nothing wrong, but it just doesn't work out.
If things like this accumulate step by step, it will become a social problem.”
End of the article~
