Chapter 288 Semiconductors and Girls

In May, the sun is shining at Malibu Beach in Los Angeles, the sky is as clear as a sapphire, and a few thin clouds are floating like gauze.

In the sunshine, the golden beach stretches out, and the sand is fine and sparkling.

The waves gently hit the shore, rolling up layers of white foam that contrast with the blue sky. The sea and the sky are one color, like a natural painting.

The sea breeze blows gently, carrying with it the unique salty and humid scent of the sea and a faint fragrance of seaweed.

But at this moment, Gu Benmao, Li Jianxi, Zheng Mengjiu and other chaebol giants in the Sobang region have neither the mood nor the time to appreciate the beautiful beach scenery that does not exist in their country.

Because at this moment, a man as strong as a bear was standing in front of them.

Although he was smiling, he looked quite amiable given his handsome appearance.

But everyone present knew that this was just his appearance.

The truth beneath this appearance is the authority that can easily cause the economic collapse of small countries and the separation of chaebols.

It is the most powerful country in the world and one of the most powerful masters behind it.

Almost without hesitation, Zheng Mengjiu spoke first, "Good day, Mr. Blackburn."

Ever since he pressed the button that caused his brother to fall from a height of more than thirty stories.

This Korean chaebol who has successfully grasped the highest potential of the Korean Hyundai Group regards himself as Blackburn's number one pass in Korea.

Whether it is his attitude towards Milo or his cooperation with Milo's development in South Korea.

Zheng Mengjiu is always the most obedient and cooperative one.

Now, more than a dozen powerful Korean chaebols came to visit Milo.

Zheng Mengjiu felt that she was the most special, so she was the first to say hello.

"Hello." Milo smiled and nodded, looking at these bigwigs from South Korea.

"The sun is a little hot, let's go talk under the parasol."

Of course Zheng Mengjiu and the others didn't dare to refuse.

A group of people came under some parasols, but there were not enough of them.

Only Milo and Zheng Mengjiu and a few others can provide shade from the sun.

The other Korean chaebols could only stand on the periphery in the scorching sun and listen to the conversations between these core chaebols and the Americans.

"I know why you came here this time."

After sitting down, Milo talked freely: "You came at the right time. The Japanese are a little disobedient, and their semiconductors are developing too fast. We cannot allow this."

Neon's semiconductors once reached the top of the world, but their origins and starting points were humble.

In 1953, Sony discovered transistor technology during a visit to the United States. They tried to ship transistors to Japan for replication, but found that the technology was difficult. Even if they replicated a transistor, its performance would not reach the level of the United States.

The conclusion of the Japanese industry at the time was that for a technology like semiconductors, it would be extremely remarkable if it could be successfully copied even if it was simply copied.

After the Japanese government realized the importance of semiconductors, it mobilized almost all large industrial enterprises to enter the semiconductor industry.

American colleagues described it this way: from 1981 to 1985, when Japan began to rise, American semiconductor companies collapsed rapidly like ice cream melting in the summer.

AMD, which was ranked among the top three in the United States at the time, saw its net profit fall by two-thirds; Texas Instruments suffered a loss for the first time in its history; and Intel, the strongest emerging force in the United States, was forced to close seven chip factories in 1985.

Japan's rise in the semiconductor field had a huge impact on the United States, which was forced to strike hard to suppress it.

In 1985, Japan became the world's chip leader, and the following year the United States launched the first "US-Japan Semiconductor War."

Eventually, Japan was forced to sign the US-Japan National Semiconductor Agreement.

The most important clause of the agreement is that the Japanese government must require all its chip companies to set a minimum price when exporting chips, which will block the way for Japan to export chips to the United States and Europe to "earn high profits".

The impact of neon on the United States also caused a chain reaction in the United States.

From then on, once it sees that some country is challenging its dominant position in a certain field, there will be a strong "backlash", such as the "blockade" of Chinese chips in the future.

Despite strong suppression from the United States, Japan's semiconductor industry remained resilient at the beginning - from 1985 to 1991, six of the top ten chip companies in the world were still Japanese companies.

The Americans saw this and thought, how can this work? Naturally, they continued to intensify the pressure.

But this time the Americans have learned their lesson and are planning to adopt a more subtle strategy.

That is to stop Japan from engaging in semiconductors.

Instead, they asked the Japanese to transfer their technology and sell off their industrial clusters.

It can be considered as indirectly weakening the Japanese's ability in this area.

After careful consideration, the Americans decided to choose South Korea as the transfer destination.

The reason for this choice is simple.

One is that the United States does not need so many semiconductor companies, so there is no need to move them back to the United States.

Europe now appears to be on the verge of uniting, so it is certainly impossible for the United States to give this benefit to Europe.

The squid's territory is small and the place is dangerous, so it cannot be given to the squid people.

Not to mention the Chinese and the Russians.

Although Southeast Asia is a more suitable region, it is too influenced by China, has too many ethnic Chinese and Chinese people, and is not very safe.

In the end, it was the loyal country of South Korea that got the upper hand.

It was precisely because of the transfer of Japanese semiconductors with the support of the United States that South Korea was able to rise in the semiconductor industry in later generations.

Otherwise, can they really only rely on Xingxingxing's own research and development to develop? You think too much, their size is too small and there is not enough market.

It is impossible to succeed by relying on self-research. After all, it is not like China next door, which has a huge market with a large population.

And now, this period of 1998 is a special era for the rise of South Korea's semiconductor industry.

This time, the newly appointed leader of South Korea brought so many people to visit the United States.

The purpose is to speed up the transfer of Japanese semiconductors under the threat of the Americans.

After all, the Japanese would never do such a thing voluntarily.

It's like a powerful American has two dogs, one is stronger and one is a little thinner.

Now the American owner wants the strong dog and gives the dog food in its bowl to the weak dog.

The skinny dog ​​is of course very happy, but how can the fat dog be willing? Unless the owner personally takes the dog food from the fat dog's bowl to the skinny dog's bowl.

The fat dog was angry but could not say anything because of the big stick in his owner's hand.

But if the skinny dog ​​tries to grab the food, it will definitely be beaten half to death by the fat dog.

Now the fat dog doesn’t want to give up the food, and the thin dog doesn’t dare to snatch it.

The skinny dog ​​and his whole family came over, hoping that the owner would quickly share the food in the fat dog's bowl with them.

As hosts, Americans certainly won't do anything that benefits others without benefiting themselves.

If a thin dog gets the fat dog's food, it must give benefits to its owner.

Whether it is helping the owner to guard the house or helping the owner to make money.

Zheng Mengjiu and the others are here to visit the master.

And then we have to visit other masters. After all, there are actually quite a few masters in the United States.

At this moment, looking at the Korean chaebols who are nodding and bowing.

Milo stopped talking.

"You are going to Washington next, right? Then go ahead. Believe me, Washington will give you a satisfactory answer this time."

Milo had actually received news from Congress.

The division of the spoils has been completed, so everyone is now happy to see the Japanese suffer and let the benefits go to the Koreans.

The American people's visit to Washington this time is just a formality.

No matter how unwilling the Japanese are, it's useless.

Who says they are essentially watchdogs kept by the United States in the Western Pacific to contain the two powerful countries there?

Since it is a dog, it can eat certain things.

Naturally, the master has the final say.

Therefore, Zheng Mengjiu and the others finally got a satisfactory answer from Milo.

This gives them great confidence for their upcoming trip to Washington.

Not long after, the group of people left with a nod and a bow.

And Milo didn't stay in Malibu for long.

After two more days of happy family life.

He always returns to work again.

But this time he didn't go to New York, but stayed in Los Angeles.

This is Paladin Media's actual entertainment headquarters, not the administrative headquarters in New York.

After all, no matter what, Paladin Media focuses on both entertainment and media.

If New York is the media headquarters, then Los Angeles is the entertainment headquarters.

Now, Milo actually no longer cares about the production and production of films by Universal and Paladin Films, two companies under Paladin Media.

He had already handed over most of the script he could remember to the film company.

Subsequent shooting plans and film planning will be done by professionals.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

In terms of movies, Milo is now at most concerned about the development of super IPs that will be valuable in the future.

For example, the Harry Potter series, which was developed from his novels, is currently being developed into a live-action movie.

And after acquiring Marvel, the company is also preparing a superhero universe series.

Even Paladin Media is now seeking to acquire Hasbro.

Because they have an IP that will become very obvious next, Transformers.

Whether it's used to make a movie or sold as a toy around the world, it's a real cash cow.

Of course.

In addition to these jobs that are used to make money.

Milo has also not forgotten his original intention of coming to Los Angeles and then diving into Hollywood.

Why did he get into Hollywood in the first place?

Even being laughed at by people in the circle for a long time?

It’s all for the sake of those things on the screen in my previous life.

He could only watch the Hollywood goddesses from afar and couldn't even get close to them.

For example - the young Jessica Alba just came into his sight.

Jessica Alba is a child star, having made her debut in 1994 with the movie "Camp."

However, due to the existence of Paladin Films and Paladin Media.

Her life trajectory has changed somewhat compared to the original time and space.

After filming the TV series "Flipper" in 1995, she became famous and was spotted by a scout from the then Lola Agency and was recruited to the Lola Agency.

Over the next two years, she shot a number of films for Universal Pictures and Paladin Films, but most of them were small supporting roles.

This is also the reason why Milo didn't discover her in the first two years.

This time, she was selected as the heroine of Marvel's first superhero movie, "Spider-Man", which was about to be filmed, so she was discovered by Milo.

Speaking of Spider-Man, this is another time when Milo successfully robs the Neon Man.

As we all know, Marvel had a tough time in the early 1990s.

They can even barely make ends meet by selling their own superhero IPs.

X-Men, Fantastic Three and Spider-Man were all sold out at the time.

The first two are now in the hands of Murdoch's News Corporation.

Spider-Man was acquired by Columbia, which was controlled by Sony at the time.

It's not easy to deal with that old guy Murdoch. He has some Celestial Dragons behind him.

But as for Sony...even with Sony's rise, those semiconductor companies are now forced to transfer their businesses.

What's more, Milo just asked that Parker be returned to his original owner and return to Marvel's super family.

Sony couldn't refuse, and had no way to refuse.

Parker returned smoothly.

Spider-Man is the only comic book superhero from Marvel that can compete with Superman and Batman from DC in terms of popularity.

Naturally, even when Milo did nothing.

Spider-Man was chosen as Marvel's first superhero movie under Paladin Media.

Until the movie was ready to shoot.

Milo just found out about this.

But after hearing about the actor who plays Spider-Man, even though I had no influence, they still chose Maguire.

Milo expressed satisfaction.

As for the heroine, he discovered that she was a young fourth-tier female star.

She was said to have been chosen because she was young, had a low pay, and had some minority ancestry.

Milo took a look and thought, wow, it's Jessica Alba.

Upon questioning, he was seventeen years old.

Of course he wanted to meet her.

He didn't even have to say anything, he just expressed a little curiosity about Jessica Alba.

The smart head of the film company sent Jessica to his boss's mansion in Beverly Hills.

Then the girl made a deep impression on him.

The two chatted casually in the villa at first.

For example, ask her about the filming of her previous movies, and ask her about her work and life in the company.

We chatted like this for a few minutes without any meaning.

After falling into silence, the girl, who was originally embarrassed and uneasy, suddenly stood up.

She took off her clothes.

They were taken off piece by piece.

Until naked.

Milo did not say anything to stop her, but just watched her quietly.

Still full of immaturity.

Completely displayed in front of you.

This fully illustrates the charm of the flower bud that is about to bloom.

Even the well-informed Milo couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Jessica didn’t say anything, just bit her lip and looked at him.

She tried hard to maintain the calmness she had shown during her audition in the studio.

But her rising and falling breasts had already betrayed her inner world.

But even so, she did it.

And so decisive.

Milo thought to himself - no wonder she was able to succeed without him in her previous life.

Just this decisiveness and foresight.

To be honest, this is a normal girl of her age.

Most people can't do it.

That's why she was successful.

(End of this chapter)