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Chapter 977 In-depth cooperation?

Taking a deep breath, Chen Datong said to Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, radio frequency chips are not so easy to make."

"Of course," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile, agreeing with Chen Datong's words: "RF chips are definitely not easy to make. If they are easy to do, there must be domestic companies that are doing them. A powerful enterprise like Teng Industrial Group will stand up and set an example.

Now there is an excellent team like Spreadtrum willing to make efforts in the field of mobile phone chips to break the blockade of our country by Europe and the United States, and Huateng Industrial Group is also willing to give support. "

Chen Datong heard the words and stopped talking.

After Zhang Qihang expressed his attitude in a tactful way, what else could he say?As for whether Zhang Qihang might be lying to himself, Chen Datong hadn't thought about it, but after serious thinking, he still felt that it was unlikely. The key to the matter lay with Ni Lao, and the current news is still Ni Lao. What about the report on the "Ark One" chip, so how can Huateng Industrial Group persuade people like Mr. Ni to join Huateng Industrial Group?
So from this point of view, it is impossible for Zhang Qihang to lie to himself.

Since it is impossible for Zhang Qihang to lie to himself, then Huateng Industrial Group is really planning to develop radio frequency chips for mobile phones. On mobile phones, the importance of radio frequency chips is no less than that of baseband chips, and the experience of developing radio frequency chips can be regarded as laying the foundation for the development of baseband chips in the future...

This all means that Spreadtrum is not so important to Huateng Industrial Group. From Chen Datong's point of view, he certainly knows that if China only has Spreadtrum that is engaged in the research and development of mobile phone baseband chips and mobile phone RF chips, then It is the most beneficial to oneself, but now, what is this called!
After thinking for a while, Chen Datong said again: "But in any case, it is impossible to exchange 1500 million RMB for 15% of Spreadtrum's shares."

Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, I think that as the founder of Spreadtrum, you should not only focus on how much money you can raise in this round of financing. What other things can be brought to Spreadtrum? If investors can bring more things to Spreadtrum besides money, I personally think that it is worthwhile to ask for less money.”

"Of course I understand what you said," Chen Datong said, "but I don't know what Huateng Industrial Group can bring to Spreadtrum besides funds?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qihang couldn't help laughing: It's good that Chen Datong is willing to talk.

"Huateng Industrial Group can bring Spreadtrum many benefits other than money." Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang raised a finger: "First of all, the first benefit is confidence! , sina and other outstanding Internet companies, Huateng Investment has become a well-known brand in the domestic Internet field, not only attracting many start-up Internet companies to Huateng Industrial Group to seek financing, many investors have even regarded Huateng Investment as a The vane of their investment, the companies that Huateng Investment is willing to invest in, everyone rushes to invest in, and the companies that Huateng Investment is unwilling to invest in, everyone will have no confidence in them.

For many invested companies, being able to obtain investment from Huateng Group can also strengthen their confidence. They will feel: since Huateng Investment is so optimistic about us, we must have a very promising future. "

Chen Datong pursed his lips and did not speak.

Although he didn't speak, he knew what Zhang Qihang said was the truth. Why did he take the initiative to contact Huateng Industrial Group and seek Huateng Industrial Group's investment?Isn't it because when we asked friends in the domestic Internet industry about the situation, everyone told him in unison that "the investment department of Huateng Industrial Group is the first choice for investors"!

Seeing that Chen Datong acquiesced to his own statement, Zhang Qihang naturally continued to work hard, and then said: "In addition to bringing better development confidence and industry recognition to the invested companies, Huateng Investment also has one more point. Emphasis on the chip industry."

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Chen Datong was surprised: "Your Lu province attaches great importance to the chip industry?"

Zhang Qihang smiled: "Mr. Chen, you have never thought that our Huateng Industrial Group is doing a good job in making cars, so why suddenly start investing in mobile phone chips?"

Zhang Qihang didn't say anything, Chen Datong really didn't realize this, but now hearing what Zhang Qihang said, Chen Datong also realized that something was wrong, he nodded and said: "Can I ask why?"

"Of course." Zhang Qihang nodded and explained: "Actually, the original intention of our Huateng Industrial Group to make chips is that the designers of our vehicle electronic systems discovered when designing ECU, TCU and ABS systems. Some chips always deviate from our requirements, and the EDA software is not smooth enough, so I thought it would be great if there is a smooth EDA design software, so that we can design chips that meet our needs..."

"Wait a minute," Chen Datong interrupted Zhang Qihang, and said in surprise, "Mr. Zhang, you mean that your group can produce the main control computer of the engine and automatic transmission?"

Before that, Chen Datong knew that Huateng Industrial Group had a strong technical strength, and his friend also said that Huateng Industrial Group was the most powerful domestic automobile industry group, and could produce its own engines and gearboxes. From a technical point of view , Huateng Industrial Group is definitely the No.1 among domestic passenger car companies, but Zhang Qihang said that they can design and manufacture the main control computer of the engine and gearbox, which is beyond Chen Datong's imagination: this thing is also yours. Can play around?

Looking at the shocked Chen Datong, Zhang Qihang couldn't help laughing: "How should I put it? ECUs and TCUs, like personal computers, also have 'public versions'. If we want to design a brand new ECU or TCU, we Huateng Industrial Group really It doesn't have that strength, but it can still be done by making a little optimization on the basis of the 'public version' architecture.

In addition, ECU and TCU are not produced by ourselves, but are made by OEM companies for us. "

I see!That makes sense.

Only then did Chen Datong feel relieved, nodded and said, "That's really amazing."

Zhang Qihang went on to say: "In view of this, we are going to set up a special EDA software development department and a chip development department. With the development of the Internet industry, the development of computer technology is also getting faster and faster. The development of computer technology will inevitably lead to the rapid development of EDA software and chip technology. Since your Huateng Group is going to do something in EDA software and chips, why not How about uniting these excellent electronics companies in our province to do this together? The province can also provide you with corresponding support'.

I thought, this is the truth. Just in time, there are several well-known electronic companies and software companies in Lu Province, such as Inspur Electronics, Qindao Haier, Qindao Hisense, Zhongchuang Software... Let’s sit down and chat, They all felt that this matter could be done, so they decided to do it. Just a while ago, I got the news that Lianxiang Computer was planning to lay off staff in their software center and integrated circuit design and R&D center, and that Academician Ni had left Ark.

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang spread his arms and said with a smile: "Look, isn't this a coincidence?"

"..."

Chen Datong opened his mouth wide in surprise, and after a while, he nodded slowly: "This is indeed a coincidence."

At this moment, even Chen Datong had to admire the good luck of Zhang Qihang and Huateng Industrial Group: What do you call this? They want to do something, and immediately all the surrounding conditions are met. It's like God is preparing for him. How can you justify such a thing?

"Yes," Zhang Qihang nodded, and said, "After academician Ni came to our group, he first optimized the ECU and TCU we are using now, and later he said that it would be a bit expensive to directly engage in various chips on cars. When you get older, you can make some money by making mobile phone radio frequency chips first, so our group launched the mobile phone radio frequency chip project.

When we learned that we were planning to develop radio frequency chips for mobile phones, the province gave us great support in terms of policies and human resources, and it was at this time that we received a fax from Spreadtrum..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang looked at Chen Datong with a smile, and said: "Maybe you don't know much about these situations, Mr. Chen, but it doesn't matter, you can find someone to inquire later, I believe it will not be a problem for you to inquire about this information. "

At this moment, Chen Datong was speechless, he just wanted to scold his mother: he already knew what the Chosen Son was: Zhang Qihang was the Chosen Son!Co-authoring and even preparing to develop mobile phone baseband chips is God preparing for others in the dark?

Suppressing the depression in his heart, Chen Datong nodded and said: "So there is such a cause and effect... Well, if we can get the support of your province, it will be a good thing for Spreadtrum... In this way, Spreadtrum can come up with 5 % of the shares and raise 1250 million from Huateng, but Huateng Group needs to provide government and policy support to Spreadtrum when necessary.”

As for why Spreadtrum can take out 15% of the shares for financing this time, but is only willing to transfer 5% of the shares to Huateng Group, of course, Chen Datong also wants to use this financing opportunity to cooperate with Spreadtrum and other investment institutions .

Chen Datong made a concession, but in Zhang Qihang's view, the deviation between Chen Datong's concession and what he expected was quite large. He smiled and said tactfully: "Well, let's wait for Mr. Ni and Mr. Luo first."

Seeing that Zhang Qihang was unwilling to continue the discussion, Chen Datong was a little disappointed, but he also understood what Zhang Qihang meant: the differences between the two parties were too great. Let's talk about it after the baseband chip gives an evaluation.

Zhang Qihang expressed this attitude, and Chen Datong naturally couldn't insist on it, so he nodded with a smile: "That's fine."

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Mr. Ni is indeed a top computer expert and chip expert in China. After two consecutive days of inspection, he brought Zhang Qihang the results of this inspection: "Some things are commercial secrets. As far as I can understand this part, I think they are really good at chips, and this baseband chip has a great probability to be true."

Zhang Qihang was surprised when he heard the words: "In other words, they really only took 6 months to come up with the design of a 2.5G mobile phone baseband chip?"

Elder Ni thought for a while and said, "Personally, I think it should be [-]% to [-]% reliable."

Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "That's it."

As Mr. Ni, he said that he could have [-]% to [-]% reliability, so why hesitate?
Mr. Ni was very modest, he waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, no one can guarantee that you will not miss it, but..."

After pondering for a while, Elder Ni still added: "During the communication with everyone, I can feel that these guys are really capable, and they want to break the monopoly of Europe, America and Japan on our country in the field of mobile phone baseband chips. The mind is also very strong."

Zhang Qihang understood what Ni Lao said, nodded immediately, and gave a clear answer: "If this is the case, then our Huateng Group will definitely support their development, and it doesn't even matter if they spend more money. The point is to Support Spreadtrum to complete their chip."

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Ni Lao showed a gratified smile on his face: "That's right, that's it. It's not easy to have a company in China that can break the foreign technology blockade against us. We have to take good care of them... Speaking of which, I have another idea."

Zhang Qihang nodded immediately: "You say."

Elder Ni’s expression was a little excited. Even though he and Zhang Qihang were the only ones in the room, he still lowered his voice: “Spreadtrum has completed the most important chip design work, and the next thing they need to do is chip verification and software verification. Integration, testing, certification, in general, they don't need to maintain such a strong research and development force..."

Zhang Qihang suddenly realized: "You mean, let's find a way to borrow someone from Spreadtrum to make our RF chips?"

"what do you think?"

"If it can be done, of course it would be great," Zhang Qihang nodded repeatedly: "As long as the investment is successful, the two companies will become partners with a high degree of mutual trust. In this way, we can work closely together when developing our RF chips Cooperating with Spreadtrum's baseband chips, these two chips become a 'good partner', not to mention the advantages in development speed brought by the Spreadtrum team with baseband chip development experience."

Thinking of this, Zhang Qihang was more or less annoyed: Why didn't I think of this before?

But soon, he put this little annoyance behind him: If the Spreadtrum team can be persuaded to cooperate with Huateng Group, how much time will Huateng Group save?

(End of this chapter)