It wasn't the first time he'd discussed Elpida with Kaneko Masato.

As one of the leaders in Japan's semiconductor industry, Elpida was formed by the merger of the DRAM departments of Hitachi, NEC, and Mitsubishi Electric.

In reality, the company was quite good in terms of technology, market share, management system, and so on. With the continued rise in computer sales, its development prospects were also promising.

If it could withstand the pressure mainly coming from the United States and lower its production costs, it might very well be able to compete with the South Korean manufacturers.

However, Su Yehao didn't hesitate and rejected Kaneko Masato's proposal to help make connections.

If you were to ask the main reason, it was mainly due to a lack of money.

Recently, the internet market had been sluggish, and the construction of real estate and semiconductor factories also needed time. Su Yehao's business was in a period of consolidation. Although he made a lot of money shorting the NASDAQ a few months ago, overall, he was still relatively idle compared to before.

The so-called consolidation period was nothing more than patching things up and adjusting the aftereffects of rapid expansion.

For example, at Yanwenzi Group, with the assistance of McKinsey Consulting, about one-third of the middle and senior management had been replaced since the beginning of the year. Some were because their abilities were no longer sufficient, while others had problems with their work attitude.

Now it was like a long-distance runner who had temporarily stopped to rest and recuperate in order to cope with more intense competitions in the future.

The internet companies in the mainland had also been tormented by consulting company experts recently, trying to make their management systems more efficient.

It was true that Su Yehao still had a large sum of idle funds in his hands, but the Hong Kong Semiconductor Industrial Park required money, the Pengcheng Chip City project required money, the research and development of lithography machines, the investment in Academician Ni's chip research, the expansion of internet projects, the construction of skyscrapers, and so on, all drew money from his account.

If he hadn't earned too much, he would have been bled dry long ago. Without adjusting his asset allocation, he was indeed unable to do anything more.

With the potential of Japan's Elpida Semiconductor, it was obviously not worth it for Su Yehao to sell his shares in Yanwenzi Group, or other valuable assets with potential for appreciation.

Moreover, judging from Elpida's scale, throwing in a billion or two billion US dollars would probably not even get him a say in the matter. It would only become the lubricant for Japanese companies to grow stronger. In the end, Japanese companies would still be Japanese companies, and the major shareholders would still be Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, and the like, which would be meaningless.

The competitors on the track were already very strong. If he were to spend so much money, it would be far better to continue investing in the field of chip manufacturing, or even invest in real estate in the mainland. The rate of return should be higher than investing in Elpida.

To put it bluntly, Su Yehao had never thought that he had to become big and strong in the semiconductor field. In his opinion, having many technologies was enough, even if they weren't the most cutting-edge.

From the perspective of commercial gamesmanship, as long as it was barely enough, he wouldn't fall into the predicament of being strangled. Rashly cutting off supply would stimulate the development of local enterprises, which would outweigh the gains.

At this moment, Kaneko Masato, sitting on the sofa, nodded after listening, and said:

"I understand. If you don't want to finance, then how about helping Elpida with OEM production? They have realized their disadvantage in terms of production costs. The labor cost in Shanghai is only one-tenth of that in Japan. The last time I had dinner with a vice president of Elpida, he took the initiative to mention shrinking funds and transferring the expenses of building new factories to research and development, outsourcing some of the OEM production links. I know you are investing in this area, so I thought of you first."

Hearing him mention this, Su Yehao immediately became interested.

Nowadays, there weren't many orders for microprocessors. He was worried that even if the wafer foundry was built, it would be in a state of long-term loss.

If he could take over Elpida's orders and help them undertake outsourcing production, it wouldn't be very profitable, but at least it could help the foundry, which didn't even have a name yet, survive the initial stage of development, and earn some money to make up for other expenses.

Without rushing to express his position, Su Yehao first tentatively asked him, "Is there already a plan for this? How reliable is it?"

This wasn't to doubt Kaneko Masato's ability.

It was precisely because this unkillable cockroach was so capable that even if he was demoted to a subsidiary, he could be promoted and return to headquarters, which was why Su Yehao was skeptical.

Third-rate banking practitioners would only wait for business to fall from the sky, second-rate banking practitioners would go out to find business.

And top-notch bank managers like Kaneko Masato were very skilled at creating business themselves. Even if customers didn't have a need for money at first, they could find ways to create demand.

From some perspectives, in order to get performance, they were even more powerful than consultants from consulting companies and investment banks.

Taking the example of helping Elpida with OEM production of DRAM chips, the investment in building a new wafer foundry was as high as several hundred million US dollars. If he could get a loan from Kaneko Masato, this achievement would of course be counted on his head.

Seeing Su Yehao's doubts, Kaneko Masato hurriedly said:

"This time, the news really came from Elpida, but they are mainly considering some OEM companies in Taiwan. I think this news may be very important to you. If you really want to get Elpida's OEM orders, I can do it for you. The president of NEC has worked with me before, and his wife has entrusted me with managing 6 billion yen in assets. With this relationship, I should be able to win the opportunity..."

Su Yehao was calculating.

Nangong Tian was already impatient and eager to give him the carefully prepared gift, so she asked from afar, "Brother Hao, how long will you be? We have to have lunch with your grandparents. Do we need to prepare in advance?"

"Prepare what? Just bring your mouth. I'll be done here soon."

After speaking, Su Yehao told Kaneko Masato:

"Okay, go help me contact them. If I can make money, I won't forget your benefits. Oh, by the way, since you know so many people, help me ask if there are any hot spring hotels, ski resorts, or ranches and farms with the most beautiful scenery in Japan. I plan to buy one as a gift."

As soon as he finished speaking, his phone rang again. It was a text message from Jack Ma, congratulating him on his birthday, writing a long paragraph, obviously prepared in advance.

Seeing that Su Yehao was so busy, Kaneko Masato was very observant and got up to reply:

"No problem! I'll go back and look for them myself, and I'll email you as soon as I have any news. Don't worry about Elpida, I will do my best to make it happen! Then I'll go back first, so as not to disturb you."

"Okay, keep in touch..."

After watching Kaneko Masato leave, Su Yehao looked at the bottle on the coffee table again and asked the butler to send it to the small castle for storage.

While replying to Jack Ma's text message, he went to find the little girl.

He saw Nangong Tian smiling and slapping a document bag into his hand, saying:

"Here, this is a birthday gift from Jiang Yu and me. Open it and see if you like it. So many people gave you gifts early in the morning. Luckily, I was prepared, otherwise I would have been outshone by them."

"You're different from them. Those are normal business dealings, but yours is full of love."

"Oh, your mouth is as if it's coated with honey, hurry up and open it! In order to deliver it to you in time, Jiang Yu and I have been so busy recently, we almost ran to Italy ourselves."

Opening the paper bag, Su Yehao found that the documents were all in English. He was wondering when he saw the content and realized that it was a financing agreement for Pagani Automobili.

His eyes widened as he quickly browsed through it. His expression was surprised, and he asked the little girl, "You took out a full five million euros to help me finance Pagani, the Pagani that produces supercars?"

"Yes, its founder seems to be particularly short of money. He heard that I wanted to finance it, so he came to Hong Kong. He should still be staying at your Hi Garden Hotel. The gift is for you, so it's none of our business. It seems that the production is very small. Don't blame us if it goes bankrupt."

Nangong Tian gave a disclaimer in advance, smiling happily, and then asked:

"How is it, do you like it? Ferrari is too expensive, otherwise I would have definitely helped you win it."