"Can't stand the CPU being monopolized by Intel and AMD?" Wang Hong was startled, then laughed:
"Director Wang is very courageous and I can tell you the truth. I have seen them both unhappy for a long time, especially Intel!"
Wang Yi's words touched Wang Hong's heart.
The so-called enemy of my enemy is my friend.
HTC, or VIA's CPU chip business, was originally very strong and had a promising future, able to compete with Intel, but was later beaten to death by Intel's various means.
This hatred is irreconcilable!
Wang Hong dreams of killing her opponent, but unfortunately she doesn't have the strength.
Now that Wang Yi wants to acquire X86, make CPUs, and work on Intel and AMD, Wang Hong naturally likes to hear about it.
What's more, Xingyi Technology has strong strength. Once it enters the PC chip market, Intel will probably have a headache!
He simply said: "Yes, yes, but you have to give a satisfactory price."
Wang Hong is a businessman, so naturally she will not sell VIA at a low price just to make a living!
Wang Yi fell into deep thought. In his previous life, probably around 2020, Zhaoxin acquired VIA.
Including X86 chipset technology and data, patents, licensing, etc., the package was sold for US$258 million.
Of course, that was the price eight years later, after prices soared.
Of course it can't be sold at this price now.
In fact, the price in 2012 is about half of what it will be in 2020.
For example, this year's Apple flagship iPhone 5 starts at 5,288. But the 2020 Apple flagship iPhone 12 pro max starts at 9,299.
As for the iPhone 12, it is an entry-level low-end model, equivalent to next year’s iPhone 5C, and is not a flagship at all.
To put it bluntly, iPhone 12 is next year’s entry-level iPhone 5C, and iPhone 12pro max is the iPhone 5s.
Just changed the name.
Similarly, the Xiaomi Mi 2 starts at 1999 these days, but the Xiaomi Mi 10 in 2020 costs 3999, and the Xiaomi Mi 10 pro starts at 4999, both of which are comparable to the current iPhone.
In a few years, as the currency depreciates, products such as mobile phones will double in price.
Similarly, the price of related technology and business licenses is also twice the current price.
The acquisition of VIA in 2020 will cost 258 million U.S. dollars. Now, 130 million is about the same.
In response, Wang Yi said directly: "100 million U.S. dollars, full acquisition."
"One hundred million US dollars..." Wang Hongliu frowned slightly, which was a bit different from what she expected.
Her ideal price is 150 million U.S. dollars, but she also understands that nearly 1 billion yuan cannot be sold at this price.
Even if the two parties argued for a while, the final transaction price was only 120-130 million US dollars, nothing more.
More than 20 to 30 million US dollars, the difference is not big.
Rather than this, it is better to change to other more favorable conditions.
Wang Hong's plan came to mind: "Director Wang, the price of 100 million US dollars is indeed low, but I can consider it. But there are additional conditions."
"What conditions?" Wang Yi knew that this matter needed to be discussed.
It is even more clear that as the daughter of the richest man in Taiwan and a business elite, Wang Hong is best at maximizing profits.
This was the case last time when I purchased a CDMA license. The price was low, and Wang Hong accepted it, provided that she added the Meiyou general agent in Taiwan!
The result was very successful. Nowadays, HTC mobile phones cannot be sold anymore. Instead, they are making a lot of money because they represent Meiyou and Zhenyou.
So much so that Wang Hong changed many HTC flagship stores with sluggish sales into Meiyou and Zhenyou flagship stores, exclusive stores.
There is no way, it is more profitable to be a clothing agent, HTC cannot starve to death.
This time, it was the same trick again. It seemed that he was targeting something again.
"It's very simple, Director Wang, I want to purchase a batch of Kunpeng 702 SOC!"
Wang Hongtu realized that this was the best condition she could think of in a short period of time.
Kunpeng 702 SOC is so powerful, it is stronger than Qualcomm APQ 8064, and even beats Nvidia Tegra 3.
If HTC can purchase a batch, it will definitely sell well!
More importantly, Kunpeng 702 SOC integrates the baseband, which is lower cost and much cheaper than Qualcomm solutions.
Lower price, higher performance, simply irresistible!
HTC now needs to turn around as soon as possible, and the strongest chip you can buy is the Kunpeng 702 SOC.
As for the next-generation Snapdragon 800, it has not been released yet. The initial supply will not be available until April next year, and it will be launched in June or July next year.
The most important thing is that HTC is no longer what it used to be. It is no longer a top giant and cannot grab the first launch of Snapdragon 800.
Then we can only wait for the large-scale mass production of Snapdragon 800, which will have to be in the third quarter.
Xingyi Technology's chips are developed and produced by ourselves. Once offline, we will give priority to supply, and the processing time will naturally be fast.
But Qualcomm chips are different. After mass production, the initial production capacity is limited and can only be given to first-time manufacturers.
After two or three months, the yield rate will increase and mass production will be possible before large-scale supply to other manufacturers.
This is why major manufacturers are competing to get the first release.
For example, the Snapdragon 800 was released in January, and it will be officially mass-produced in April or May, and the first model will be launched in July.
HTC cannot get the first launch and can only wait until the mass production of Snapdragon 800 in July.
The HTC mobile phone equipped with Snapdragon 800 will be launched in September or October at least.
The previous Xiaomi Mi 3 was launched in October.
This is too slow.
As for the NVIDIA Tegra 4 next door, it may be even slower and will not be released until the fourth quarter of next year.
Samsung’s new flagship is similar, and HTC doesn’t dare to buy it.
After all, Samsung cut off the screen supply, which caused the demise of HTC's first-generation miracle machine. Wang Hong even dared not buy Samsung processors anymore.
Before Snapdragon 800 and Tegra 4, Kunpeng 702 SOC was the strongest chip, bar none.
More importantly, Kunpeng 702 SOC has been mass-produced and commercially available, so there is no need to wait.
As long as HTC gets the Kunpeng 702 SOC, it will be far ahead. Until next October, when mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 800 are launched on a large scale, it will be in an invincible stage!
At least seven or eight months of lead time is enough for HTC to make a comeback.
Wang Yi understood Wang Hong's plan for a moment, and then fell into hesitation.
Don't sell it, this guy got Wang Yi right, don't even want the X86 license.
If it is sold, HTC has the Kunpeng 702 SOC, which will have some impact on the xphone 2 Kunpeng version, although the impact is very small.
After some hesitation, Wang Yi decided to sell!
But it won’t be available now, but in two months!
Otherwise, the X86 architecture belongs to Intel. Apart from this, only AMD and VIA have authorization.
But obviously, Intel will no longer license it to external parties.
It is even more impossible for AMD to sell its license to Wang Yi. Then AMD will not be able to make CPUs. This is unrealistic.
The only way out is to acquire Wang Hong’s VIA!
Wang Yi had no choice.
I can only accept it.
And the supply will be available in two months, that is, the chips will be supplied in February next year.
Coupled with the production time of mobile phones and the time of transportation and distribution, it will be March or April when HTC's new phone is launched.
At that time, Kunpeng 902 SOC was about to be mass-produced, and the xphone 2pro equipped with Kunpeng 902 SOC was about to be launched.
Then the Kunpeng 702 SOC installed on HTC's new flagship has become a sub-flagship chip, so there is no need to worry.
By then, Kunpeng 702 SOC will become the sub-flagship, and Wang Yiben planned to sell it to the outside world.
Thinking of this, Wang Yi replied: "Originally I didn't plan to sell Kunpeng 702 SOC, but you have already asked, so it's not impossible. But the current production capacity is tight, we don't have enough ourselves, and we have to supply it in February at the earliest!"
"February?" Wang Hong nodded: "Yes, it will take time to change the core of our new phone, optimize and adapt it. You have to give us some Kunpeng 702 SOC first and let us develop the new phone."
Wang Hong decided not to develop it from scratch, but to use two months to replace HTC's next-generation new phone with Kunpeng 702 SOC!
"That's no problem." Wang Yi readily agreed.
"The price..." Wang Hong couldn't help but ask.
"How much do you want?"
Wang Hong thought for a while: "Maybe 5 million!"
This size is just right.
Wang Hong calculated clearly. In early December, HTC received samples of Kunpeng 702 and carried out research and development and adaptation.
Kunpeng 702 SOC will be supplied in February, followed by mass production and distribution, and will be officially launched at the end of March or early April!
Until the large-scale launch of mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 800 in October, it took half a year to sell out 5 million units of the new Kunpeng 702 SOC flagship, which was no problem.
This time, Wang Hong’s order volume is relatively conservative.
After all, HTC has fallen from the sky to the ground this year.
From fighting with Nokia, Samsung, and Apple last year, it has become others this year.
Wang Hong didn’t even dare to open her mouth and asked for 10 million pills.
Wang Yi nodded: "5 million, yes. The current Qualcomm APQ 8064+ baseband costs 250 yuan per set, and does not support all Netcom. Kunpeng 702 SOC has stronger performance, supports all Netcom, and the external price is also 250 yuan. Look.
In the name of our friendship, I’ll give you a discounted price of 240 yuan for a set!”
"240 yuan..." Wang Hong frowned slightly. One set is 10 yuan cheaper, and a 5 million set is 50 million yuan cheaper.
Although it is a lot, it has not yet reached expectations.
"Director Wang, let's purchase 5 million sets at one time, for 230 yuan."
"240 yuan is already a very good deal." Wang Yi wondered.
"In this case, we will order 6 million units for 235 yuan." Wang Hong took a step back.
"Okay." Wang Yifian said.
In the end, a set was sold for 235 yuan, and an order of 6 million units was placed.
In fact, Wang Yi’s psychological price is 235 yuan.
Kunpeng 702 SOC integrated baseband, the 40nm process is inherently low-cost, and it is self-developed and produced, with high output and a yield rate of 95%. Therefore, the cost of each Kunpeng 702 SOC has dropped from the previous 30 yuan.
The current price is 25 yuan.
Qualcomm APQ 8064 is a 28-nanometer process, which is more expensive than the 40-nanometer process. It is also a third-party OEM, so TSMC also has to make a profit. The cost of an APQ 8064 chip is 45 yuan.
You also need to plug in an external baseband.
For the 40-nanometer Wing Loong 3000, Xingyi Semiconductor’s self-production cost is only 15 yuan, but TSMC’s foundry costs 20 yuan each.
Qualcomm’s plug-in 28nm baseband is more expensive, at least 30 yuan each!
Therefore, the total cost of a set of Qualcomm APQ 8064 chip + baseband is 75 yuan, while the cost of Kunpeng 702 SOC is only 25 yuan.
Even if Wang Yi sells 15 yuan less than Qualcomm, he can still earn 35 yuan more.
More importantly, once sold at 250, many customers may choose Qualcomm.
On the contrary, the price of 235 can attract many customers.
Moreover, this price is 15 yuan cheaper than Qualcomm. Qualcomm does not dare to lower the price any more. If it drops to 235 yuan, Qualcomm will also feel uncomfortable.
In addition, Qualcomm is also worried that once they drop to 235, Wang Yi will continue to drop to 220!
Then there will be trouble.
After all, the cost of Kunpeng 702 is 50 yuan lower than that of Qualcomm APQ 8064, giving it more confidence to fight a price war.
So far, the negotiation has been successfully concluded.
Wang Yi fully acquired VIA, as well as all CPU divisions, technologies, patents, licensing, etc., for a total price of 100 million US dollars and 650 million yuan.
HTC purchased 6 million Kunpeng 702 SOCs from Xingyi Semiconductor. Starting from February next year, the delivery will be completed in three months, with 2 million units delivered per month.
The unit price is 235 yuan, the total price is 1.41 billion yuan, and the gross profit exceeds 1.25 billion yuan!
All I can say is that semiconductors are really profitable!
As for taxes?
For semiconductor companies, under various preferential policies, the tax rates in previous years have been basically exempted.
Even if the 650 million yuan spent on acquiring VIA is deducted, Wang Yi can still earn 600 million yuan.
Wang Yi is very satisfied with this cooperation.
It is equivalent to acquiring the entire VIA without spending a penny, acquiring X86 and VIA's chip technology and patents, as well as a lot of talents, and earning 600 million.
Simply delicious.
Later, Wang Yi approached Williams: "William, the X86 architecture has been won, just develop it."
"???" Williams looked confused: "Chairman, is this true? Intel shouldn't authorize it, right?"
Wang Yi smiled slightly: "Intel will not authorize it, but don't forget, VIA has the X86 authorization."
"Yes, VIA acquired Cyrix, and Cyrix has a permanent license for X86!"
Williams suddenly understood everything.
"Then I will fly to Taiwan immediately and take over VIA's business and technology!" Williams said with joy.
This time, X86 is stable.
Wang Yi waved his hand: "You don't have to go, you can just stay at the Xingyi Technology Headquarters. In this way, the people you recruit will take a big shot and go to Taiwan to take charge of VIA. Give VIA's technology, authorization, and willingness to come to the imperial capital
Bring all the talents here, and those who don’t want to come will stay in Taiwan.”
"In the future, our CPU department will be divided into two R&D centers. The headquarters is in the imperial capital, and VIA will continue to stay in Taiwan as a branch."
"Anyone from Weisheng who wants to come to the imperial capital can come. Those who don't want to come can stay on Taiwan Island."
"From now on, you will be responsible for the Imperial Capital. Another big guy will go to Taiwan and serve as the head of the Taiwan R&D center."
Wang Yi was also worried that something would happen if Williams went to Taiwan.
Williams is no longer what he used to be.
Since the Kunpeng 702 SOC became a god in the first battle, Williams has also become a top player in the semiconductor industry.
Once you go there, something might happen.
Wang Yi couldn't take any chances.
"Okay!" Williams understood Wang Yi's worries and continued:
"Let Nie Zheng go. He was originally the PC business director of Texas Instruments, but later Texas Instruments marginalized the PC business and he had to leave. Later, he went to Intel, but the development was not smooth."
Wang Yi understood: "Okay, let him go!"
This dual-center model can develop two CPUs a year.
The strong ones are high-end, and the weak ones are mid-range and low-end.
For example, Intel has i3, i5, i7, and in the future there will be i9.
Xingyi Technology's CPUs are at least divided into two grades: high-end and mid-range.
As for who is better, Williams or Nie Zheng, it depends on their abilities.
Later, Williams called Nie Zheng to explain everything.
Nie Zheng beamed with joy: "Thank you, Chairman, for trusting me. I will definitely live up to your trust and produce our self-developed CPU next year!"
"Very good!" Wang Yi nodded with satisfaction: "I will arrange a group of people to follow you to VIA. When you get there, if you need anything, just ask, Director William and I will give you our full support."
"Thank you." Nie Zheng was in a good mood and could not have imagined such a good thing.
He only joined Xingyi Technology two months ago, and now he can take charge of the job on his own.
Simply unbelievable.
It can only be said that Wang Yi trusts him too much.
Of course, this does not mean that Wang Yi does not leave any backup plan. On the contrary, Wang Yi has also made all-round preparations.
After all, the teams sent are all from the headquarters.
The financial director, human resources director, etc. are also Wang Yi's confidants.
Even as the head of the headquarters, Williams will always pay attention to and control Nie Zheng's research and development progress.
Once there is any problem, Wang Yi can find it immediately.
"You don't have to go to work in the afternoon. You go back and pack up. We will fly to Taiwan with the team tomorrow."
"Thank you, Chairman!" Nie Zheng beamed with joy.
Later, Wang Yi approached Jian Ziyan: "You have arranged the acquisition of VIA, and the team going to VIA are all ready, and we will fly there together tomorrow."
"Don't worry, Chairman." Jian Ziyan has long been familiar with it.
Every time she acquired a new company before, Jian Ziyan would arrange for someone to negotiate the contract, take over, deal with the aftermath, and carry out follow-up work, etc.
These matters involve finance, human resources, and other departments, and it is troublesome for others to handle them.
But Jian Ziyan got it right.
As Wang Yi's first secretary, Jian Ziyan is also the housekeeper of Xingyi Technology. No one dares to have an opinion on who she arranges to go.
After all, everything Jian Ziyan has to do is all given by Wang Yi, unless she doesn't want to mess around anymore.
On the contrary, every time Jian Ziyan issued a task, all departments were very cooperative, and those who wanted to develop and climb up were even more active.
Everyone knows that there are many talented people in the headquarters, and it is too difficult to get ahead if you stay in the headquarters.
Even George and Zhang Chao are only the second and third leaders in the chip research and development department at the headquarters. Nie Zheng is not even ranked.
But if you are stationed abroad, your chances will greatly increase.
For example, Nie Zheng went directly to Taiwan to take office and became the new president of VIA!
As the second R&D center of CPU, VIA will be retained for a long time and actively developed.
In the future, semiconductor talents who are willing to come to Imperial City will come to Imperial City.
Those who don't want to come to the imperial capital, such as some foreign experts, can go to VIA.
The follow-up matters were left to Jian Ziyan, and Wang Yi went directly back to Lin Shu's house.
There is no accident, Lin Shu hasn't come back yet.
Since starting his own business, Lin Shu has also become busy.
In October, Bawang Tea Ji was just established, and now in two months, many new products have been launched.
And it has opened seven branches in the imperial capital.
Such efficiency is not unpleasant at all.
The price is that Lin Shu becomes very busy, from morning to night, all day long.
Basically, apart from attending classes, Lin Shu is busy with company development.
Wang Yi was dumbfounded: "Sure enough, it is enough if only one person in the family is career-minded. If two people are career-minded, the family cannot bear it."
In desperation, Wang Yi could only enter the kitchen and start cooking for the first time in a long time.
In the past, it was Lin Shu who cooked for him every day. Today, it was his turn to take care of the little rich woman.
At seven o'clock, Lin Shu dragged his tired body back home and was immediately shocked:
"Ah, brother, you are here!"
Lin Shu was a little surprised, then he was happy, threw his bag on the sofa, ran towards Wang Yi, and hung it on Wang Yi like a koala.
The white cheek, like a clingy cat, kept rubbing against Wang Yi's neck.
Wang Yi laughed dumbly and carried Lin Shu to the sofa:
"Thank you for your hard work, baby, have you been busy lately?"
"Fortunately, we opened another store today, the eighth one!"
Lin Shu smiled and said: "Besides, the first seven businesses are all doing very well, and their daily income exceeds expectations. If this continues, we will be able to make back our money soon!"
"Awesome, you are indeed my baby." Wang Yi said dotingly.
"Hehe." Lin Shu smiled happily, and then stood up quickly: "Brother, wait a minute, I'll go cook!"
"No need, I'm done." Wang Yi picked up Lin Shu and went straight to the restaurant next to him.
Only then did Lin Shu realize that Wang Yi had already prepared a table of rice.
Three dishes and one soup, all delicious and delicious.
"Brother, you are so kind." Lin Shu was touched.
Wang Yi was dumbfounded: "What's the matter? You were the one who cooked the food and waited for me to come back."
"Hehe." Lin Shu raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a nice curve: "But brother, I'm really a little hungry."
"Eat when you're hungry!" Wang Yigang wanted to take the food to heat it up.
But Lin Shu stood up and smiled sweetly: "Okay."
Then she hugged Wang Yi and offered her red lips...
Wang Yi chuckled: "So this is the one who is hungry..."
"Just in time, I'm hungry too."
A princess picked up Lin Shu and went straight to the bedroom next door...
After more than an hour, the two began to eat:
"Baby, you can't be so busy starting a business. You have to find a few trustworthy and reliable people to help you share the burden."
"If possible, it would be a good idea to hire a professional manager."
"And you just need to grasp the general direction and make overall plans."
"Don't tire yourself out."
Wang Yi began to teach him his experience as a hands-off shopkeeper, because he was really afraid that Lin Shu would be exhausted.
It's simply too much for people like Lin Shu who wake up early and come back late every day.
"Okay, brother, I'll look for you when I get back."
Lin Shu had a problem. Before he opened a chain of Internet cafes, the senior students were pretty good and reliable. They had been working together for more than two years and could be reused.
But for professional managers, you have to find professionals.
Look among the outstanding senior students who graduated from Renmin University, maybe there will be someone suitable.
The biggest advantage of this kind of alumni is that they are all from the same school and circle. They know everything about them and they all have a face.
Once something happens, the entire National People's Congress system will know about it, and it will be difficult to get along in the future.
If the other party cheated him, Lin Shu didn't need to say anything, the professors of the National People's Congress Law School and Dalu would come forward and use all their connections to clean up the family.
There is no other way, we have to maintain the reputation of the school!
After dinner, Wang Yi and Lin Shu sat on the sofa together and watched TV dramas.
What I was watching was "Spicy Female Soldier" exclusively broadcast by Xingyi Video.
When this small-budget drama was first released at the end of November, many people were not optimistic about it and thought it would not be a hit.
But within a few days of airing, the ratings exploded and it was called the female version of "Soldier Assault".
By December, it became a dark horse, ranking first in the ratings!
"Brother, your platform is so good at selecting dramas. Low-cost dramas like "Spicy Female Soldier" have become dark horses of the year!"
Lin Shu was full of praise and suddenly discovered a big problem: "Not only that, it seems that all the hit dramas this year are broadcast on Xingyi Video!"
"Yes, that's it. On other platforms, there is at most a small hit, and that's it."
Wang Yi looks complicated, doesn't he?
Wang Yi has already won almost all of this year's hit dramas, and they are naturally becoming hits every month.
As a result, within one year, Xingyi Video became the number one platform with the number of members, number of on-demand videos and number of users.
Neither iQiyi nor Youku are rivals.
There is no way, the hit drama decides everything!
Xingyi Video has many hit dramas, so it has more paying members, makes more money, and has more capital to buy more dramas.
Other companies are in dire straits, with heavy losses, unable to make ends meet, and no money to buy high-quality dramas. Without enough high-quality dramas, they cannot retain users, their membership income plummets, and they are even more out of money...
The result is that every year is worse, a vicious cycle.
For example, Sohu Video and LeTV many years later were so cool.
The next day, Nie Zheng brought his team to VIA, signed a contract with Wang Hong, and formally acquired VIA!
Chapter completed!