Global monopoly of technology

Sioux City, Lens Semiconductor headquarters.

At about 16:30 in the afternoon, Mr. Lei came to Lens Semiconductor and met with CEO Xu Zhijun. At this moment, both parties were in a meeting room.

We have been talking for a while now, and Mr. Lei also expressed his intention for this trip.

“Mr. Lei, it’s true that Lens Semiconductor’s production capacity is simply unable to supply external chips. Blue Core L2 has been completely discontinued. Now resources have been fully tilted towards Blue Core L3, and the market’s response has been great, far exceeding our expectations. The supply pressure here is already very heavy."

Xu Zhijun said apologetically.

Rebs was very uncomfortable when he heard it. This is simply Chiguoguo showing off in front of friends and businessmen. What to show off?Knowing that Azure-3 is already selling crazy now, you don't need to be so dazzling to know it.

Just when President Lei was about to speak, Xu Zhijun rushed to add: "And there is a little President Lei you should not know."

President Lei couldn't help being curious.

Xu Zhijun continued: “I, the head of the mobile processor business group under Lens Semiconductor, has no right to say anything. This department even has an independent office and R&D base. It is actually Luo Shengluo who has the final say. It was a special agreement to establish Lens Semiconductor as a joint venture with the Blue Coast, but the outside world did not know it."

The implication is very clear. Not only is Lens Semiconductor currently unable to supply externally, this alone is not the case, and now it is looking for the wrong person to talk to.

When Mr. Lei hesitated, Xu Zhijun suggested: "Mr. Lei, your company may be able to talk to Qualcomm. Lens Semiconductor is really powerless, and to be honest,'Blue Core' is the core competitiveness of Azure mobile phones. One, even the previous generation of L2 chips, Mr. Luo, will not take it out."

Mr. Lei nodded: "Well, business is not righteous."

There is nothing to chat about, this road is not accessible, Lei always feels that he can only go to Qualcomm and Lianfa Barley to cooperate, think about it, it is impossible to do this on the Blue Coast.

Mr. Lei is still a good IT boss. Xu Zhijun personally sent him out. Although the negotiation was not completed, he did not say anything unpleasant.

In fact, when Xu Zhijun was talking with Mr. Lei, a flash of light suddenly appeared. This flash of light directly caused him to completely dispel the idea of ​​winning a customer for Lens Semiconductor. If it had not been for this flash of light, he might also go to Luo Sheng to talk. Talk, help Lei always talk.

If Luo Sheng agrees, it's not just Xiao Mi, other friends are also potential customers.

But President Xu suddenly thought why did he give it to them?

Since it is, why not do it for yourself?

When the Lens Semiconductor joint venture was established, there were three special agreements. One of the agreements was that Huan could not use Lens Semiconductor's technology to do its own smart mobile terminal consumer business, and third-party cooperation was also prohibited.

However, there is one additional clause in this special agreement, that is, unless the Côte d'Azur agrees, that is to say, in order to do smart mobile terminal consumer business, Luo Sheng needs to nod to get Lens Semiconductor's technology.

Therefore, Xu Zhijun, who just talked to Mr. Lei, suddenly realized that if Luo Sheng agreed, he shouldn't give you Mi or other friends, because I can do it.

This is called fertile water does not flow to outsiders.

And one very important point is that it is very difficult for smartphone manufacturers to do communication services. Even the Côte d’Azur is not easy to get involved in communication services. Huawei has been working here for ten or twenty years.

But if a communications company becomes a smartphone manufacturer, it will be much easier to get started than a smartphone manufacturer entrepreneurial team.

Because the communication business is the foundation, but the mobile phone is the end consumer business.

...

Rebs has already left. He didn't know what the other party was thinking when he was talking with Xu Zhijun. If Lei knew the other party's thoughts, he would have a breath of blood spurting three feet away.

Inexplicably, I made a friend by myself, and the inspiration came from me. Fortunately, Rebs didn’t know...

Well, friends enemies kill him.

Xu Zhijun sent Mr. Lei away, quickly returned to his office, and then made a call to Pengcheng's parent company Hua as the headquarters.

Next is an internal conference call.

It is this meeting that Hua has established a brand for the internal very quickly-Honor.

But can you agree that there is still a prerequisite, that is, Luo Sheng needs to nod, and the glory of the brand can be born smoothly.

The positioning of Hua for Honor mobile phone is very clear, and it is highly summarized in two words on the conference call.

Pick up!

That’s right, picking up the surplus value missing from the Azure series of mobile phones owned by the Blue Coast company. You must know that the commercial value of the previous generation of Azure products is far from exhausted. If Luo Sheng is willing to lower the price, he can definitely sell for another two thousand. More than ten thousand units.

However, Côte d’Azur’s decision-making was incapable of intervening, and Luo Sheng also looked down upon it. For Côte d’Azur, this was a foolish act of picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon. The high-end route positioning of the year, the first three years of research and development, the official shipment in the next three years and the training with great concentration, has now become a representative of the world-class high-end brands in the smartphone market.

However, the Azure series cannot do this. Other people can do it. For Luo Sheng, it is indeed the behavior of picking sesame seeds and losing watermelon, but for others, there is still a lot of room for imagination. Can dig out a lot of profit and market.

When Xu Zhijun mentioned this matter to the parent company, he immediately agreed.

Without him, Huawei is actually very short of money. In recent years, the R&D funds invested are more than one year. Although the revenue is increasing, it cannot stand the bottomless pit of R&D expenditure. New business growth points are needed to maintain the current huge burn. Money speed.

In order to obtain the right to supply Azure's baseband chips from Qualcomm, Wah has been desperate for these years, and burned too much money in it, and it has been increasing year by year because of the joint venture. When Lansi Semiconductor was established, the two parties agreed that as long as the baseband of the communications baseband can reach the same level as Qualcomm, the baseband chip of the Azure mobile phone will be selected as the baseband chip.

If it really reaches the same level of Qualcomm, it will basically be the world's top, and one step further will lead the world.

Xu Zhijun ended the conference call with high-level internal officials, and turned around and called Luo Sheng. He is not working in the Blue Coast today.

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The coastal area of ​​the Yangtze River Delta.

A luxurious private superyacht and another ship are stuck on the sea. Today's wind and waves are not high, and it can even be said to be calm.

This is Luo Sheng's yacht. He is also on it. At the moment, he is standing on the deck and looking at the opposite ship with a telescope.

An underwater data center pod sinking experiment is going on there.

"Boss, phone."

At this time, an accompanying bodyguard came to the deck with a mobile phone. Luo Sheng put down the binoculars and handed it to the bodyguard and took the mobile phone in the other's hand. He went to a chair next to him and lay down to answer.

"What's the matter with Old Xu?"

"Mr. Luo, this is how things are..." Xu Zhijun's call came directly to Luo Sheng's personal phone.

There is no doubt that Xu Zhijun is going to talk to Luo Sheng about the mobile terminal brand of "Hua for Glory". Whether he can use Lens Semiconductor's technology to do the smart mobile terminal business requires Luo Sheng nodded.

Xu Zhijun said it frankly, and did not hide anything from Luo Sheng, because Huawei also attached great importance to this strategic partner, and it was difficult to hide it, and it was completely unnecessary.

If Luo Sheng did not agree, he would rather not do it than engage in other fancy operations in Huli.

You should know that Huawei's server business is also developing very well now, even if Luo Sheng is supporting this edge business and now has a good look, so Huawei's relationship with Luo Sheng is the first priority.

"Haha, if Lei always knows, he will definitely be half-dead." Luo Sheng listened to Xu Zhijun's cause and effect, including some of the content of the meeting with Lei.

Mr. Lei is also big-hearted, and he is actually eyeing the "Blue Core" series of chips.

Don't think about it, Luo Sheng will definitely not give Rebs the technology, otherwise he can reduce the price to the point where you doubt your life. The Côte d'Azur has to issue bonds to invest in accumulating power recently.

Luo Sheng has not forgotten the story of the balance car. This was invented by Europeans. When it first came out, it sold for tens of thousands of dollars. This kind of goods is so expensive.

Later, Rebs came.

It will directly drop you down to RMB 1,000 per unit, and there will still be profits to be made. Foreigners are directly stupid.

After a while, Luo Sheng thought for a moment and responded: "Okay, the Honor brand can be established."

There is indeed a lot of residual value in the Azure series of mobile phones that has not been fully excavated, and it happens to be done for a separate brand, and the missing residual value can be picked up through the Honor brand.

The core technology came out of Lens Semiconductor, and the Côte d'Azur accounted for 34% of the equity, and it also has benefits. It is not bad to lie down and make a profit.

Luo Sheng added: "It just so happens that I am also thinking about the layout of chip foundry manufacturing recently, and I use this brand to support a chip foundry, so if Huaxin International comes to the door, you have to refuse them."

Xu Zhijun on the other end of the phone couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Mr. Luo, do you mean to use this as an opportunity to do foundry by yourself?"

Luo Sheng: "I suggest that Huawei can do it. Since Huawei is not a listed company and there is no financial pressure, let Lens Semiconductor do it. I think it is very suitable. What do you think?"

President Xu: "..."

Are you a listed company on the Riviera?Is there financial pressure?

Xu Zhijun replied simply and neatly: "Mr. Luo, it is true that Hua is a non-listed company, but if you say that there is no financial pressure, it is false. You also know that all these years of investment have been burned."

Don’t think about it. Wah will definitely not agree. Mr. Xu doesn’t need to discuss with the parent company. The reason is very simple. According to the original agreement, Luo Sheng’s Azure Coast company did not provide any R&D funds. Hua is paying for it to burn.

If a new money-burning black hole is added, it means that the Côte d'Azur will not pay any research and development funds, and the existing 34% equity is not diluted. Huawei means that this transaction is really unstoppable.

After a while, Xu Zhijun suggested: "Why else, Mr. Luo, Huan will establish another foundry company in a joint venture with the Blue Coast."

Luo Sheng also knows that Huawei will definitely not continue to "give". The Côte d'Azur, which has been in development for five or six years, has now surpassed Huawei in terms of revenue. It is certain that Huawei is rich.

"It's okay, but Côte d’Azur will be exempted. Let’s use Shengfeng Capital to invest." Luo Sheng didn’t have too much trouble and quickly responded. As for Côte d’Azur, although it is indeed very profitable, its own R&D projects are also Quite a few, such as the [ACC] project, these are big money-burners, and now they don’t have much money to spend, and they have to invest in accumulating power to stabilize this teammate. This is another large sum of money.

Moreover, Luo Sheng will soon have a new project plan.

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