It has to be said that in the 1990s, Japan's electronics industry was really in a state of being as strong as that of the Americans.

In terms of chip manufacturing, although Intel has created the x86 system and has persisted at the top of the food chain of the world's microelectronics industry. However, when it comes to industry scale and technology, Japan is able to compete with its American counterparts in the market with the support of major consortiums.

Among them, there are projects where Americans have absolute advantages, such as CPU, and projects where Japanese people have absolute advantages, such as LCD display.

In terms of LCD technology, before 1997, the Japanese could be said to be the only one in the world. Looking around the world, there are more and more applications of LCD, but this industry has always been firmly controlled by the Japanese.

In the LCD display industry that controls the Japanese, Sharp Company is the one who stands at the top of the pyramid.

Sharp is a very old company. It was founded in 1912 and was originally just an automatic pencil company. It entered the computer field in 1964, acquired LCD technology from RCA in 1972, and launched the first calculator to use tn-LCD display the following year.

By 1996, there were 26 TFT-LCD LCD production lines around the world, and 21 of them were built in Japan. The honor of the largest LCD screen belonged to Sharp's 21-inch LCD display.

Osaka, the Japanese city where Sharp is located, is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo.

Because of Sharp, it can be said to be the center of the world's LCD industry.

Of course, as a large group of Fortune 500, Sharp does not only have the LCD panel business. In the field of electrical appliances, it has an excellent appetite. Whether it is digital electronics, office equipment or household white goods, Sharp has a wide range of knowledge.

Although the LCD industry is gradually showing its important position, it is only one of the most valued Sharp's many businesses.

"Minister. Our technical department discovered this when searching for the patent." Liuri Kyoka put a document on Fukuyama Shinnosuke's desk with a serious face.

"What is this?" Fukuyama Shinnosuke picked up the documents on the table and looked at them indifferently.

He is the head of the Technical Reserve Department of Sharp LCD Panel Division. Although he is called the Minister, his authority is only one of the dozen people in the Technical Reserve Department. After more than 30 years of dying, he took this position. Shinnosuke Fukuyama had long given up his efforts to update his knowledge in technology and was working hard to be a bureaucrat.

The Technology Reserve Department is not an important department like the Technology R&D Department. Sharp is now firmly grasping the forefront of LCD technology and basically looks down on other companies' efforts in LCD technology. Its Technology R&D Department has four or five hundred researchers alone. The annual R&D funding is calculated in 100 million US dollars, which is a real and important department of Sharp.

But when it comes to the technical reserve department, there are only more than a dozen people, who are only responsible for monitoring the industry's technical dynamics and responsible for patent technology searches. If there is a patent that is still eye-catching, the technical reserve department will find ways to buy it back.

However, LCD technology has a large investment and high technical threshold, so how can it be so easy for small enterprises to develop useful technologies? Therefore, most of the useful patents are developed by other large Japanese companies, and the status of the technology reserve department is quite embarrassing. Over time, it will tend to become a technology research and development department...

Liuli Jingxiang explained fluently: "These are two new patented liquid crystal technologies, involving the rotation direction of liquid crystal molecules and high-voltage driving technology, which solves the current problem..."

She talked endlessly about various professional words, which made Fukuyama Shinno Aid hearer dizzy. Liuli Kyoka actually looked down on him in her heart. She obviously didn't understand the latest technology, but she could take the position of the director of the Technical Reserve Department. How could she be psychologically balanced? As long as she reports on her work, her favorite is to show off her professional abilities in this way, which would make Fukuyama Shinno Aid a headache.

"Okay, OK. Kyoka." Fukuyama called her Liuri Kyoka's name affectionately and smiled gently: "You should just talk about it simply. How important are these two technologies? Do you need to buy them for technical reserves?"

"Technical reserve? Minister, this is no longer a question of whether or not to reserve is needed. These two technologies can solve the problem of delay and visual range of LCD displays, and are important indicators for the promotion of LCD display technology!" Liuri Kyoka is a young woman in her twenties. Of course, she couldn't see Fukuyama Shinnosuke's attitude of eating and waiting for death. She was so angry that she had to take a breath for two times. Finally, she still remembers the virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young. She had to suppress her impatientness and explain carefully: "The first of these two patents is to increase the speed of the liquid crystal molecules by changing the voltage of the driving ic..."

Liuri Kyoka wasted his strength and finally explained the techniques of these two patents in a complete manner, allowing Fukuyama Shinnosuke to understand their importance in general.

"But, if it is such an important technology, why did the Chinese develop it first? It seems that the Chinese don't even have LCD panel production lines? Where did they come from this technology?"

Although Shinnosuke Fukuyama is old, it does not mean that he is a fool. On the contrary, after working in the Technical Reserve Department over the past few decades, he has realized more how difficult and incredible it is for small enterprises to develop LCD technology. Otherwise, the Technical Reserve Department would not shrink day by day and eventually become an insignificant place.

Especially in places like China, where I do not have an LCD production line and have never heard of basic research and development, has this patent popped up from a stone?

"This—" Liuri Kyoka was speechless for a moment and shook her head and said, "I can't figure it out, I can only suspect that it was a chance gain from the Chinese people's research on some technology."

"So, two results came out at once?" Although Shinnosuke Fukuyama is very old, his combat power was unexpectedly strong.

Liuli Jingxiang spread her hands and said helplessly: "What do you think is the reason, Minister? It can't be that the Chinese are studying LCD production technology, right? Hahahaha."

"That's true." Fukuyama Shinnosuke thought for a while and laughed: "How can Chinese people do this? They heard that some citizens are still hungry. Is it not good to use it to buy food for money for LCD technology?"

No one knows better about the investment in LCD research than Sharp. Since the 1980s, Sharp has invested billions in LCD. Four LCD production lines, the investment in these fixed assets alone has reached more than one billion US dollars. In addition to the technical research and development expenses, patents and usage rights in previous years, etc., since Sharp obtained LCD technology in 1972, he has invested huge amounts of money in this bottomless pit-like industry.

What does China have? Is it equivalent to the international technical level in the 1970s and the crazy blockade led by the United States? For Sharp, many technologies can be purchased from the international market, and high-tech equipment can also be bought and sold freely. This alone occupies an unprecedented advantage over China. How much capital does China need to invest if it wants to re-develop the technology and equipment involved in the entire LCD industry? Just a country with a GDP of less than one-tenth of Japan?

Just think about it this way, Shinnosuke Fukuyama knows that this is impossible. There has never been a Chinese in the market for the most advanced international technology like this!

"Okay, Kyoka, then tell me, what do you think about this?"

Liuli Jingxiang said excitedly: "Minister, I want to go to China to see it. If these two technologies were really invented by Chinese people by chance, we can acquire them. Then our Technology Reserve Department will be a great contributor to Sharp LCD business department! At that time, let's see how those guys in the Technology Development Department will show off their bad faces to us!"

"I think it's OK!" Fukuyama Shinnosuke nodded, thought for a while and said, "No matter what, it's always right to understand the situation first. By the way, have you investigated clearly by the owners of these two technologies?"

"I'm clear, it's an enterprise called Fanhan Group." Liuli Kyoka laughed and said, "It seems that they are already well-known in Japan. They made a big deal a while ago. However, their main business direction is chip manufacturing, so I don't have much interest in LCD display."

Fukuyama Shinnosuke sighed: "Nikon was cheated, and I have heard of that. I really didn't expect that such a large group would fall into the hands of a Chinese company. Fortunately, we have always used Canon products! But if this company is so cunning, your trip may not be too smooth..."

"Minister, don't worry." Liuli Jingxiang said confidently: "Of course this technology is worth a thousand yuan in our Sharp's hands, but what's the use of Fanhan Group? They don't have an LCD production line. Do they have to build a kitchen just because they picked up a piece of meat?"

"Oh, it makes sense." Fukuyama Shinnosuke touched his chin and said deeply: "Chip manufacturing is a big business. They can't even do their own market. I think they won't enter the unfamiliar LCD market at any time."

After saying that, Fukuyama Shinnosuke slapped the table and decided to say, "Okay, then I'll apply for funds from the minister. As long as the purchase price is less than 10 million US dollars, I believe there will be no problem with the acquisition requirements!"
Chapter completed!