"What does this mean?"

Almost everyone present focused on the face of Morina Shiraishi. This sudden attention made her dizzy in her head.

However, even so, she still cheered up and said calmly: "I mean, selling the current production line to Fanhan Group is not such a bad idea - at least it would be better than wasting time like this now."

"Sell the production line to Fanhan Group?" Even Hatano, who had already stopped and was ashamed, couldn't help but stand up.

He held his cane and blew his beard and stared: "We have sold them the complete set of technology for the 0.5 micron process lithography machine, and now we sell our most advanced production lines to them. Do you know what this means!"

Shiraishi's face turned pale. She barely kept her speech stable, nodded hard and said seriously: "I know, this means that Fanhan Group will fully grasp Nikon's product inheritance and form its own technical context, so that it can quickly catch up with the world's first-class level on this basis. If you keep investing, you can even compete with Asmai."

"It's good that you know!" Hatano's executive breathed a few breaths and hummed: "In doing so, our Nikon lithography machine industry is over. The Chinese will replace us as a lithography machine manufacturer that runs side by side with Asmay! You are committing crimes against the country and condoning communist countries to catch up with the free world!"

"Shh--" The words of Hatano not only did not win the recognition of others present, but were instead booed.

"Old man, what era is this? Is it still full of Cold War thoughts?" A young shareholder representative stood up and laughed: "The Americans have long defeated the Soviet Union. Are you still afraid that the Chinese will not be able to succeed? There is someone like you on the board of directors of Nikon, so the current situation is inevitable, right?"

Immediately, another shareholder representative also stood up and supported with agreement: "Yes, if this country wants to make Nikon go bankrupt and love, I think it is not worthy of love at all!"

"You, you!" Hatano's general manager didn't expect that his words would actually bring such merciless ridicule.

"What are we? Showa's old antiques, it's your idea to create accounting loopholes in a lithography machine subsidiary?" One of the people who refuted him just now sneered: "If this is not the case, how can Chinese people have the opportunity to seal the production line? It's not an exaggeration to say that you are the culprit! He came up with such an idea and was still arrogant about patriotism, freedom and such clichés, so shameless!"

"Official Hatano. Sit down quickly." An old friend sitting next to Hatano pulled him up and reminded him below: "We are all guilty now, so let's watch Shiraishi and Tsuruda perform. Better protect yourself, Better protect yourself!"

"Hey—" Hatano's face turned red with anger, and he had to sit down after all. As the person next to him said, "If you have a sin, what's the face to say?"

"Japan, what's wrong with you? Do young people nowadays don't need to talk about patriotism?" Hatano's standing firm was now in an incredible state, looking at the faces of everyone present. But they found that they didn't agree with what they said.

Japan has had decades of castration education, and people in the Heisei era have long given up on this belief. What is the country? What is the government? Perhaps ordinary people will still have a sense of awe, but those who can sit in the Nikon conference room understand that the major consortiums are actually ruling Japan now.

Not to mention anything else. Sitting in the second round of the holding institution, Sakura Bank comes from Toyota Consortium. In the first round of the company Mitsubishi Electric is the backbone of the Mitsubishi Consortium. Even if Nikon himself had not been dismembered by the Americans in the defeat in Japan, he should have been a tiger general under Mitsui.

Among these people attending the meeting, any one of them will stomp their feet, and there will be an industry in Japan that wants to sneeze. If everyone stomps their feet, the entire Japanese economy will tremble!

Under such strict financial ties, it is like a big net that has long been extended to every corner of Japanese society. The Japanese government not only has no choice but to do anything about this, but has gradually lost its ability to guide the economy. With the disappearance of Sahashi's generation, the government's model of interfering in the economy has long been abandoned by politicians - in fact, the financial owners behind them have abandoned this model.

As a country, Japan has a country that has a rule in the hands of the economy and politics, but also in the hands of the Americans. After decades of education, the Japanese concept of the country has long been different from that during World War II.

Similar to the words "Why do we love a country that wants to catch the people on the battlefield?" In this era, it is not only not a strange theory, but rather a general understanding of the Japanese. It is impossible to say that the lack of political qualities of Japanese young people is the key to the Americans being able to control Japan for a long time.

Under the superposition of the two items, the Japanese would never be able to achieve it by changing the constitution or increasing the military authority of some military personnel. It took the Japanese fifty or sixty years to become what they are now, but it would not be possible to only spend fifty or sixty years to change back.

"Although Hatano's CEO is an old antique, we still don't understand why selling a lithography machine subsidiary would be an acceptable option for Nikon?"

After dealing with the accusation of Hatano, everyone focused their eyes on Shiraishi's face again.

She knew that although Hatano's standing firm was rejected by everyone, it was because he had problems with his own life, but it was not because these people who agreed with their own views. If you want to achieve your goals, you must also try your best to convince more people.

"I am the former director of Nikon lithography machine business department and the current president of Nikon lithography machine subsidiary. But I am just a senior management staff member of Nikon, not a real senior management, so I can only explain this issue with my own expertise."

Shiraishi Morina stabilized her mood and said slowly: "Japan and China are different. The biggest difference is that we can introduce technology and capital in the whole world without any obstacles. In fact, our first-generation lithography machine production technology was introduced by IBM in the United States? This shows that we and China will never be on the same starting line. The Chinese actually have to use their own strength to fight against the technical level of the entire Western world."

Her words talked about the hearts of everyone present. Japan was able to develop to this level in the fifty years after the war. The entire Western free world was the biggest factor in building a bridgehead against the Soviet Union. The support of Japan by Western countries led by the United States was unparalleled before the Soviet Union fell.

The only thing that can be compared is the support that the Koreans later received.

"I have heard a joke in China these days. This is the self-deprecating of the president of Fanhan Group - what are low-end products internationally? What we Chinese can produce is low-end." Shiraishi Mali Nai grinned reluctantly, expressed a ridiculous meaning, and then continued: "It can be seen that the current positioning of Chinese people is to compete with us for the market at the low end. In the high-end and high-tech markets, they themselves have no confidence in themselves."

"In fact, this is true. The strength of Western technology is not formed overnight, but is accumulated over hundreds of years. For example, materials science, precision processing technology, the quality of scientific and technological personnel, and the foundation of these high-tech industries cannot be supplemented in one or two days."

Shiraishi's eyes looked around the conference room, sighed and said, "When did we Japanese people not even have the courage to compete with the Chinese? Even if we sell the entire lithography machine subsidiary to Fanhan Group, as long as our talents are still there, we can completely rebuilt it in one year. And I believe that in three to five years, we Nikon can still return to the world's leading ranks! But what about the Chinese people? They can guarantee that the process technology of lithography machines can reach at least 0.13 microns in five years. Can they keep up?"

"Although Fanhan Group has some means to temporarily lead us for a period of time, even they themselves do not believe that they can always lead."

"But think about it, what losses can we have if the lithography machine subsidiary is sold to Fanhan Group?" Shiraishi Morina paused for a moment, giving everyone time to think about this question: "No, if we treat it as an ordinary business, there will be no losses at all, but it will be an excellent business. How much money is the Chinese willing to spend for this internationally advanced production line? 500 million US dollars? Or 1 billion US dollars?"

As soon as Shiraishi's words were said, the venue immediately became messy. Most of the people thought that it was a deep shame to sell their company to a Chinese. However, from another perspective, they suddenly realized that there was such an explanation after deducting prejudice.

Think about it, what is the concept of a billion dollars? Nikon's annual operating profit is just this number! If the revenue suddenly increases by one billion in the next fiscal quarter's statement, how good the stock curve will be...

When everyone present thought of this, they couldn't help but feel excited. Yes, if they didn't consider the other party's identity, wouldn't this be an excellent business!

Lawlessness is a true portrayal of the Japanese consortium.
Chapter completed!