It's a topic that interests me, Samsung, a world-class big Mac.
On the surface, Samsung is a technology company, especially in recent years, the development of mobile phones, semiconductors, chips, etc., which has attracted the attention of many people, in fact, Samsung is not only doing these.
For Koreans, Samsung has become an inseparable part of their lives, and is also called one of the things that Koreans can't do without in their lives.
Samsung's industry
Why Koreans can't do without Samsung, let's first look at Samsung's business empire, what aspects of Koreans have been touched.
Samsung is big, not only in South Korea, is to look at the world, such a large multinational enterprise, is also a giant in the giants, there are Samsung Electronics, Samsung Property, Samsung Motor, Samsung Network, Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering, Samsung Aviation and other subsidiaries, only the subsidiaries have a number of belong to the world's top 500 enterprises, the business is involved in electronics, semiconductors, machinery, automobiles, construction, chemical, military and many other fields, hundreds of industries.
If these are high-tech industries, there may be ordinary people involved, it is not as common as what everyone calls food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc. in daily life, in fact, Samsung also has fashion, textile, chemical, advertising, hotels, catering, amusement parks, research institutes, teams, hospitals and other business departments, which have long been integrated into the life and work of Koreans.
The most common Korean supermarkets, many are Samsung products, even if not, then it is also Samsung OEM, even if it is foreign, it may also come from Samsung, Samsung has factories in many parts of South Korea, Koreans are either Samsung workers, or Samsung consumers, saying that Koreans can not do without Samsung, no exaggeration.
Samsung chaebol
Everyone has always said that the economic lifeblood of South Korea is controlled by chaebols, so what chaebols are there in South Korea? What kind of chaebol is Samsung?
First of all, to briefly explain the chaebols, in fact, belong to the monopoly of the financial capital oligarchy group, they are either the same ethnic group, or a close relative group, generally are "family head office - direct company - collateral company" such a network relationship, in South Korea, the top five chaebols are Samsung, Hyundai, SK, LG and Lotte.
Regarding the development of chaebols, in fact, Japan also has them, and the later article will separately talk about the past of South Korea and Japanese chaebols, talk about how the chaebols control these two countries, welcome everyone to pay attention to, so as not to get lost.
Let's focus on Samsung chaebols here, the story begins with Lee Jae-yong, which is the head of Samsung, you should have heard that the President of South Korea is the most dangerous profession in the world, many people do not know where they were before they became presidents, but generally know where they will be after the end of their terms: prison.
South Korea's prisons can hold their presidents, but they can't hold up the heads of Samsung. Even if it is already a nailed-down crime, two and a half years of box lunch, but Li Zairong recuperated in it for a few months before the scenery came out.
why? Because Lee's revenue in South Korea's GDP is more than 20%, in other words, if Lee Jae-yong does not rush out to manage Samsung, Samsung has a problem, which has caused a devastating blow to South Korea's economic development, which south Korea understands that 62% of the people in South Korea support the release of Lee Jae-yong. Of course, with the exception of those few prosecutors who want to gain seniority, when they have seniority, they will excuse Lee Jae-yong, because their qualifications need to be maintained by the Korean economy.
It can be said that the whole country in South Korea has to allow Lee Jae-yong and Samsung to have problems, not to mention the support of Samsung and other big chaebols, in addition to the above few, there are POSCO, Hanwha Group, CS Group, Agricultural Cooperatives and Hyundai Heavy Industries, these are the top ten chaebol companies in South Korea, they know more about the cold of the lips, they control 70% of South Korea's wealth, this ratio, so that people who want to move them dare not easily start.
There were also people who were eager to try before, such as Roh Moo-hyun, and the fate was tragic, which can be imagined.
The interests of the chaebols are all intertwined, involving the whole body, and South Korea's body has long been entangled.
What's more, South Korea as a country, they also have a master, after all, Sam old man looks at it, closed Lee Jae-yong, will affect the income of Sam's old man, Sam old man is naturally unwilling, in addition, Lee Jae-yong is the key figure in South Korea to get Sam's old man vaccine.
The control behind Samsung
About the power behind Samsung, in fact, the Internet has said a lot, nothing more than Sam old man Wall Street financial predators, etc., here I will not say more, a lot of information on the Internet, nothing more than these Wall Street financial predators in Samsung's shareholding structure such as how big, so that Samsung grabbed profits are given to Sam old man. Although it is a bit of an exaggeration, it is enough to show that Samsung cannot fully belong to South Korea. But South Koreans are not worried about this problem, mainly for two reasons:
1, Samsung is the eldest son of the Korean economy, the profits in the industrial chain it drives are given to South Korea, whether it is employment, or social economy, this is the credit of Samsung, in other words, there are Samsung in, some people in South Korea have food;
2, equity is not equal to control, although the proportion of equity in the Lee family is very small, but the control of Samsung has always been in the hands of the Lee family, they use 2% of the equity firmly controlled the development of Samsung, this mechanism is very complicated, although Sam Old Man can exert a certain influence on Samsung, but the essence of Sam Old Man is to obtain profits, others will not consider so much.
Samsung's current situation and ambitions
Saying a lot of things about Samsung, in essence, it is to show that Samsung has been bound to the development of South Korea, and Samsung has influenced South Korea from all aspects, in fact, it has affected the world.
First of all, why do some people feel that Samsung has begun to decline? Through the above analysis, we can see that Samsung's decline means the decline of South Korea, Samsung will not admit its decline, nor will it let itself decline, and similarly, South Korea will not allow such a situation to occur.
But why does Samsung give everyone a look of decline? cell phone? Chip foundry process? Or the scandals of the past few years?
I'm afraid that these factors have, on the mobile phone, a series of accidents in the minds of many consumers appeared in the shadows, but also withdrew from our side of the market, although it does not affect the Samsung mobile phone continues to become the world's first, but this makes many people have a feeling of Samsung decline.
In the chip manufacturing process, to be honest, although Samsung has snatched the limelight of TSMC in the 14nm process, the follow-up development has not been able to continue to work hard, but has been surpassed by TSMC again, especially in the process nodes of 7nm and 5nm, Samsung is overwhelmed by TSMC voltage, and can only pick up some orders that TSMC can't eat.
Although in terms of 3nm and 2nm, Samsung's slogan is very loud, but the actual progress is still lagging behind TSMC, and it is precisely because of these that people feel the decline of Samsung.
But that's not the whole story.
Samsung in the chip process process is lagging behind TSMC, but is still in the first echelon, is still the world's leading chip foundry enterprises, TSMC development is very fast, but can not get rid of Samsung, on the contrary, if you look at the two so many years of you chase me to catch up with the process, the distance is slowly shortening, from this point of view, Samsung has always been the world's most important chip foundry enterprises.
Samsung also announced a chip manufacturing plan of more than $150 billion last year, aiming to surpass TSMC in 2030. This alone can be seen in Samsung's ambitions, which are also South Korea's ambitions.
There is no doubt that chips are so important, whether it is Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea, as well as ourselves, are formulating and implementing a huge semiconductor development plan, Samsung is not far behind, the South Korean government is behind it.
Lee Jae-yong was able to come out, there was a very bright slogan "leading the development of the Korean semiconductor industry", and his supporters also shouted so, and it was at the time when Japan was tripping on South Korea's key semiconductor materials. It can be said that Lee Jae-yong has become a person who influences the national fortunes of South Korea, and such a person will naturally not stay in it for too long.
Of course, Lee Jae-yong also lived up to expectations, at least people got materials from Japan, not only Samsung, but even the entire Korean semiconductor industry has been able to "survive", this is because of the opportunity won, South Korea has to vigorously develop its own related industries.
epilogue
An enterprise that continues to invest in advanced technology is difficult to be eliminated by the market.
Whether it is Samsung's mobile phone folding our market, or lagging behind TSMC in the process process, it cannot cover up Samsung's sharp edge on the chip, and Samsung's semiconductor potential is huge.
In semiconductors, chips, Samsung in the inexhaustible investment, this can ensure that Samsung to obtain a steady stream of development momentum, and obtain considerable income, in fact, Samsung's solid position also stems from its huge industrial position, it can be said that Samsung fell in South Korea, but its developed tentacles will also get development opportunities from other countries in the world, which means that one or two industries have problems, in one or two countries the market has a crisis, it is difficult to hurt the bones, It is difficult to fundamentally shake Samsung's position.
So far, it is difficult for us to see that Samsung is already in decline, of course, things will be reversed, and no one knows whether Samsung will always be so powerful.