Chapter 327: Hand to Capture

"Today is the darkest day in the global storage industry, and it is also a disastrous day for the global technology industry. History will remember this day!"

SanDisk President Harari said with a painful expression when facing media interviews. Returning to the office, he couldn't help but break into a curse.

"Fuck!"

Harari was really uncomfortable. It was not only because he didn't get the quota for producing U-disks, but the most critical thing was that SanDisk's valuation plummeted.

SanDisk, which had been established for seven years, submitted its listing application to NASDAQ this year and is expected to list at the end of this year.

But losing the U-disk market is not as simple as not grabbing the U-disk ticket for SanDisk. Its valuation also plummeted. The stock underwriter also suggested that Harari lower SanDisk's financing scale, which also means that his net worth shrank by a large margin. It's no wonder he wasn't painful. That was white-flowered US dollars.

Harari felt that the storage industry was now becoming more and more fierce in competition. In the past, although there was competition in this industry, as long as storage products for computers, digital cameras, etc., were produced, they could basically eat meat.

But since Samsung entered the field, the competition in the storage industry suddenly became fierce. But what Harari never expected was that there was a company like Dongling High-Tech that directly smashed their rice bowls.

Walking around the office several times, Harari was really unwilling. SanDisk has quite a few products now, but the main one is still the CF storage card developed by SanDisk last year, which allowed SanDisk to emerge in the storage industry.

SanDisk is now the leader in CF storage cards, which is also the main reason it can be allowed to list by NASDAQ.

It can be said that before Dongling High-Tech launched the Shenzhou U-disk, SanDisk was the most beautiful boy in the storage industry, scenery for a while. The CF storage card is simply a divine artifact for the photography industry. From being invented by SanDisk last year to being accepted by major camera manufacturers and users this year, SanDisk's revenue has risen with the tide.

There are even industries including aviation, aerospace, military, etc., that are also considering the application of CF cards in the industry, which made the valuation of SanDisk, which has not yet listed, fly up.

But unexpectedly, at this juncture, Dongling High-Tech launched a general-purpose storage product, the U-disk. The application of CF cards still has limitations, only circulating in the photography industry such as cameras and video cameras. But U-disks are universally used by everyone. Companies can use them, and ordinary computer users also have needs. The sales volume is destined to be far from comparable to SanDisk's CF cards!

But now, SanDisk can't even enter the door of U-disks, while companies like Shenzhou Storage and Jin Shidun can enter the CF storage card industry.

This kind of situation where SanDisk can't attack others, but others can attack SanDisk, is no wonder that the Wall Street people don't look favorably on SanDisk's future, even if it is Harari himself, he is a bit worried.

Harari felt that next, the competition in the entire storage product industry would probably be more fierce.

Thinking for a moment, Harari took out his phone and dialed a number, which was to the Star Island Technology Company in the Mainland.

This company is SanDisk's vest in the country, responsible for operating SanDisk's retail stores, after-sales, and other businesses in the country. SanDisk, like Jin Shidun, opens retail stores itself in order to control sales and after-sales channels.

Now SanDisk's own brand is not allowed to produce U-disks. With a group of companies like Dongling High-Tech, IBM, Toshiba, and Philips staring at it, SanDisk is hard to have big moves. But letting the vest company copycat U-disks, can the five major U-disk manufacturers do anything to SanDisk?

Harari has been to the Mainland. He is clear about the current patent and copycat situation in the Mainland. He feels that if Star Island copycats, it can't be said to be copycat. With that technology of Shenzhou U-disk, SanDisk can produce it itself.

It's just that it wasn't authorized by Dongling High-Tech to produce U-disks. I guess maybe Dongling High-Tech can't do anything about SanDisk's vest company, right?

Harari heard that now quite a few companies in the Mainland are copycatting and imitating Shenzhou U-disks. Shenzhou U-disks can't clean up all those copycat factories in the Mainland, right?

Using the vest company in the Mainland to produce U-disks, and then reverse operation, letting Star Island turn domestic sales into exports, and handing over the U-disks produced in the Mainland to SanDisk to sell overseas. In this way, SanDisk can disguisedly start selling its own U-disks!

It's not that Harari wants to play a flashy operation, it's really that SanDisk, which is about to list, needs the revenue brought by U-disks too much to improve its stock price and performance. That is related to his net worth. How could Harari be willing to give up easily?

Inside the Samsung Semiconductor Company in Korea, Zheng Jingnan, the person in charge of the storage department under Samsung Semiconductor, was standing in front of Samsung Semiconductor President Li Xianghao with his head down, terrified.

Li Xianghao is the left and right arm of Samsung President Li Jianxi, and also a general who led Samsung in the semiconductor industry from obscurity to now winning the global memory stick industry first.

Samsung launched the 256M flash memory stick globally last year, which was earlier than the release time of Japanese and American manufacturers. Now computers equipped with Intel 386 and 486 processors are all equipped with 256M memory sticks.

From the release of the 256M memory stick last year to this year, in the latest computers shipped globally, Samsung has already obtained more than 35% of the market share. It can be said that Samsung Semiconductor has already achieved global first in memory sticks.

"I'm very sorry, this time, I failed to get the U-disk authorization quota. It is my dereliction of duty!" Zheng Jingnan did not dare to have any rebuttal in front of Li Xianghao.

What the superior likes, the inferior will definitely be more so. The current head of Samsung acts domineeringly, and is even cold-blooded and ruthless. He does not allow employees to look down on himself. When visiting the Samsung factory, he does not allow employees to look at him, who is 1.65 meters tall, through the window, so as not to be disrespectful to him, the head. Let alone whether they looked or not, even thinking about it in their hearts is not allowed!

Samsung staff cars must also be parked behind the building to avoid being seen by the head. They and their cars are not worthy of appearing in front of this Samsung iron-blooded head...

As for the rest, such as laying red carpets to welcome when entering the building, all executives standing behind him when taking photos, not allowing anyone to leave during meetings, even if they pull in their pants, they have to hold it, otherwise they will roll up their bedding and leave, etc., are all common occurrences.

And the current Samsung head is also famous for being able to hold meetings, often six hours, ten-plus hours of meetings, which led to these powerful figures inside Samsung, elites who are high and high outside, having to wear diapers when holding meetings just in case.

Being able to lead Samsung Semiconductor to catch up with Japan and America, the current Samsung head is definitely a ruthless character. But his style of acting is also like an ancient emperor, iron-blooded and ruthless, not allowing anyone to refute his opinions, and not allowing anyone to challenge the rules he set.

In his eyes, the people under his hands are really no different from grass and trees. If they can't complete his orders and requirements, then this person, I am afraid, is really not as useful as the grass and trees outside in his eyes!

It hasn't reached the most glorious time for the Samsung head yet. After ten-plus years, after Samsung contributed more than 20% of the GDP of a country in Korea, this style began to spread to the entire Korean chaebol, which is really treating the cattle and horses of Korea as cattle and horses...

As for things like chaebol ladies making Korean airline stewardesses kneel on the plane, chaebol sons hitting patrol police on the street, chaebols scolding judges in court, chaebols doing whatever they want in the Korean entertainment industry, etc., can only be considered "basic operations." When the news spread back to the Mainland, it made the country dumbfounded.

But it is really common in Korea, and can only be considered "plain and unremarkable." Even if it wasn't too big, the Korean media wouldn't report it, because the Korean media is also a chaebol's. When the Korean media starts reporting the scandal of another chaebol, then needless to say, it must be that the two chaebols are fighting, and the media report is to help the fun...

The Samsung head's style of acting is to shape his absolute authority within the company. The advantages and disadvantages are very obvious. The advantage is that government orders are smooth. As soon as the head gives an order, everyone in the company is busy around this order. No one dares to block or play tricks. The entire company can erupt with amazing combat power and make achievements that many people find unimaginable.

But the disadvantage is also very obvious. This kind of one-word management makes the entire Samsung empire only hear the head's voice and can no longer hear other people's voices.

It tests the ability of the successor head too much. If you meet a "wise king," you can let the empire go to the next level. As for those with insufficient ability, you can take the entire empire on a roller coaster.

You can imagine the style of Li Xianghao and other generals who follow the current Samsung head. Zheng Jingnan didn't dare to have any idea of shirking responsibility. If he dared to throw the pot, I guess he would have to roll up his bedding and leave.

Originally, he was prepared to be scolded, and even scolded, but he waited for a long time with his head down, but didn't wait for Li Xianghao's scolding, which made Zheng Jingnan feel a bit strange. He quietly raised his head and looked, but saw Li Xianghao was bowing his head to deal with documents.

Li Xianghao didn't raise his head, but it was as if he saw it, "This U-disk incident cannot be blamed entirely on you. Even the headquarters didn't expect that Dongling High-Tech dared to play like this and could really let it build a U-disk alliance!

Samsung Semiconductor will have a chance to enter the U-disk industry sooner or later!"

Li Xianghao said firmly, as if he had the winning ticket. For Samsung Semiconductor, it is now a giant in the global storage industry, surpassing Toshiba's existence, so naturally, it has the confidence.

"Now for the Samsung storage department, the most important thing is to maintain the leading position of memory stick technology, and then it is the hard drive industry. In the next few years, Samsung wants to get the pricing power of the hard drive industry!

These two things are what you need to do most, and what Li President cares about most. If... you can't do it, you will bear the consequences yourself!" Li Xianghao raised his eyelids and looked at Zheng Jingnan with cold eyes.

"Yes!"

Hearing Li Xianghao move out the head, Zheng Jingnan's cold sweat flowed down immediately.

"Dongling High-Tech, Shenzhou Storage!"

After Zheng Jingnan left, Li Xianghao muttered a sentence, then let out a cold laugh. Now Dongling High-Tech hasn't been able to make Li Xianghao treat it as a real opponent.

In Li Xianghao's eyes, the Shenzhou U-disk is just taking advantage of the loophole, playing flashy operations while major giants didn't notice. But the real strength is still far from the moment when Samsung needs to deal with it with all its strength.

Li Xianghao is prepared to completely defeat those Japanese manufacturers like Toshiba in the memory industry, and then turn around and slap the newly emerged Shenzhou Storage to death. In his eyes, as long as Samsung defeats Toshiba, which is powerful to the point of being invincible and invincible in the eyes of Koreans, then cleaning up Dongling High-Tech and some Shenzhou Storage is not hand to capture?

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