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Chapter 433 Unexpected Negotiation and Star Semiconductor Official Announcement
Li Ze was a little surprised to see Lei Jun, who looked like an 'uninvited guest', and Wang Xiang, senior vice president and chairman of Qualcomm Greater China, arriving in the hotel lobby in a 'hurried manner'.

Because yesterday and today are both weekends.

Generally speaking, unless the cooperation relationship is relatively close, or it happens to be within the cooperation consultation period, it is unlikely to conduct large business consultations on weekends.

The time of a business tycoon is indeed precious, but not so precious that he has no personal space.

After greeting each other and getting to know each other, Li Ze was still a little puzzled.

In the end, Li Ze still didn't ask that presumptuous question.

If it was Wen Liang, he might not be surprised that the relationship between Lei Jun and Wang Xiang seemed to be too good.

because……

Fifteen years later, Mr. Wang Xiang, the current senior vice president of Qualcomm and chairman of China, joined MI, and was finally promoted to the position of group partner and president.

In fact, it can also be seen from this matter that the cooperative relationship between MI and Qualcomm is quite complicated.

The first is that the two parties later held each other's shares.

Therefore, from a commercial point of view, Lei Jun and the shareholders’ positioning of MI in the future, the flagship models of the Mi series are almost all Qualcomm chips, which is also the maximization of benefits.

Because later, after experiencing another big Waterloo of the surging S1, which roughly cost [-] million US dollars, Lei Jun and the others had no interest in the self-development of core components.

Every time, some peripheral supply chain technologies are promoted as so-called black technologies.

Anyway, marketing.

Most of them are gimmick-level general marketing schemes that can be seen.

There are few long-term word-of-mouth marketing that put the real experience first.

Let's put it this way, in the mobile phone industry, even Samsung can't claim to have a long-term reputation, because Samsung doesn't apologize after sales, it's hot, and Samsung's self-development ability in core components is not very strong.

On the contrary, the production link is more powerful.

If Apple can only be counted as one, the later Chrysanthemum Factory can be counted as half if it is full, which is not bad.

The fact that must be admitted is that Apple's research and development strength in multiple core components is indeed very strong, and it is indeed willing to invest.

Let's just say that the M1 Ultra chip with a hairy mouth is real...burning money.

Other companies such as Intel and AMD can do it with a bit of a bite, but they don’t have downstream product lines and consumer audiences.

Another thing that must be admitted is that if it wasn’t for Tim’s subsequent criticism from countless netizens and experts, starting from the iPhone 7 series and starting to use the baseband chip launched by Intel’s acquisition of Infineon’s wireless department, and abandoning the Qualcomm platform again, then Apple’s mobile phones The overall experience will always be unique.

This thing is actually a matter of business strategy.

Apple has always been unwilling to pay the 5% Qualcomm tax.

In short, Apple's control over the supply chain and its super integration and balance capabilities are very, very strong.

However, in these aspects, the current Bolang terminal has begun to plan to do more thoroughly than Apple, not to mention the control and integration capabilities of the general supply chain, but only the baseband...

Getting a senior vice president of Qualcomm to visit Li Ze in a hurry early in the morning has already explained the problem.

"Mr. Ze, I'm sorry to disturb you over the weekend." Wang Xiang raised a smile on his face and said with a smile, without rushing to get straight to the point.

Lei Jun helped from the side: "Old Wang knew that I had been quite excited after meeting Mr. Ze yesterday, so he dragged me to visit today."

Li Ze waved his hands again and again: "The two bosses came to visit, and they are full of splendor, so why bother?"

Flower sedan chairs are carried by everyone.

Anyway, no one would mind a lot of good words.

After exchanging pleasantries and chatting for a long time, Lei Jun first mentioned business matters: "I heard that Bolang is going to make a big splash in the communication industry, mainly in the direction of 4G. I don't know if the news is accurate."

Li Ze was not surprised about this, and he did not hide it. He told the news frankly: "At present, the business is mainly in the direction of 4G base stations. We have signed a long-term cooperation memorandum with China Mobile, and mainly undertake the supply of major communication equipment for China Mobile's 4G base stations."

"I see." Wang Xiang suddenly realized, "Excuse me, what do you think of the 4G baseband business?"

Li Ze said without hesitation: "Develop vigorously!"

"What does Mr. Ze think of our baseband business?" So, Wang Xiang changed the subject tactfully, with a smile on his face.

Li Ze pondered for a while, and said seriously: "Very strong, especially on 4G LTE, with strong patent advantages and profound technology accumulation."

He is not going to belittle Qualcomm.

With the current level of Bolang Communications, although it has acquired many key business lines of companies, has also obtained numerous patent authorizations, and has also developed some of them, but in 4G, let alone the comparison with Qualcomm Chrysanthemum Factory, there are comparisons with ZTE. some gaps.

But it's hard to say in the future.

After all, Wen Liang’s decision is daring to give up and directly benchmark the more in-depth LTE evolution. In terms of algebra, Bolang’s 4G research and development is mainly focused on 4G+.

As for 5G, it is really future-oriented...industrial technology.

Hearing what Li Ze said, Wang Xiang didn't hesitate any longer, and finally turned directly to the topic: "Our company looks forward to in-depth cooperation with your company on 4G baseband."

Without waiting for Li Ze to answer, Wang Xiang quickly expressed his sincerity for cooperation: "Our company can cooperate with your company by means of patent cross-licensing, joint development of baseband, etc..."

"...in some respects we can adopt a more friendly cooperative approach..."

"I don't know if Mr. Ze and your company are interested in this aspect."

Li Ze didn't speak in a hurry, although he knew that Wang Xiang's words sounded good, but in fact it was just a different way to collect Qualcomm tax, but the ratio would be slightly reduced.

In fact... there is a Qualcomm tax on Xinghai 1, but it is also collected in another form.

On the contrary, it is not available on Redmi phones.

Because the positioning of the Redmi mobile phone is different, and it does not have a 4G module, it also distinguishes the mobile version, China Unicom version, and telecom version.

The domestic 3G situation of the three major operators is not very ideal, the number of base stations spread is not very ideal, the original situation is not good, with Bolang’s accumulated integration capabilities, it is not necessary to pass through Qualcomm... Who asked Qualcomm to authorize the very important CDMA .

XingHai 1, the overseas version of XingHai 1, is equipped with 4G, so Qualcomm tax was charged in the end.

But... Now Bolang no longer wants to be taxed.

So, Li Ze seemed to think about it for a long time: "I'm sorry, although your company's sincerity in cooperation is very good, but our company has some... pursuit in the communication business, and we will not consider cooperation for the time being."

Wang Xiang was not surprised, and the smile on his face remained the same: "If your company needs cooperation in the future, Mr. Ze must remember to give priority to Qualcomm."

"it is good."

After that, Lei Jun and Wang Xiang left together, but not long after, Lei Jun turned around and came back.

"Huh? What is Mr. Lei doing?" Li Ze, who was familiar with Lei Jun, expressed his doubts straightforwardly.

Lei Jun smiled and waved his hands: "It's a peace."

"Ok?"

"Old Wang is in his position now and there is nothing he can do."

"Ah? You..."

"No one is happy to be taxed by Qualcomm, and we are the same. There are better choices. Hello, me, hello, everyone."

Li Ze suddenly realized: "Old Wang is going to join your company?"

"Almost." Lei Jun said vaguely.

Li Ze sighed pretendingly: "No wonder Mr. Lei is working so hard. Congratulations Mr. Lei in advance."

"You're welcome." Lei Jun laughed, a little tacitly.

"..."

Sending Lei Jun off again, Li Ze felt even more meaningful.

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Since the 25th, Bolang Group has made frequent moves, but the most important target of provoking America's officials has hardly moved, which has 'frightened' some business competitors.

Qualcomm couldn't wait to send the group's senior vice president and chairman of the China region, but he turned out to be half of his own side.

It is a ghost to be able to effectively reach cooperation.

Boss Lei turned around and said a few words, the meaning was too obvious, and Wang Xiang would adopt a delaying strategy.

At that time, all Qualcomm executives will be stupid.

Dumping?

Then someone has to cooperate.

Generally speaking, Qualcomm is more anxious for its own interests, and it is expected that it will be in a hurry.

But Wang Xiang's incident was completely unexpected.

At least for Li Ze.

If it was Wen Liang, the result might be a little different today.

He is not very familiar with MI, but that Wang Xiang later became a member of the core team of MI's auto business that made a lot of noise. He has seen the video report.

When it comes to Lei Jun and Qualcomm, there are a lot of keywords, but I really can’t remember it.

However, the movement in the communications industry is only the starting point for Bolang's game of chess.

make a tune
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Monday the 29th.

At the beginning of ten o'clock in the morning, Li Ze, who was still in the capital, initiated a remote multimedia conference. The participants included Chu Yuanliang, the new COO of Bolang Terminal, Zhong Zhengye, the CEO of Bolang Communication, Zhao Zhi, the acting CEO of Xingkong Semiconductor, Tian Wenkai, the COO, and others.

At the meeting, Li Ze arranged some things straight to the point.

The meeting lasted only 24 minutes.

Very Bolang style.

Meetings are not held unless necessary, and meetings are also small-scale meetings. In Bolang's meetings, it is rare to see who does a good job in PPT and who does a good job in documents.

Bolang's management requirement is that no matter what method you use, as long as you explain things and problems clearly in the shortest time.

Fancy PPTs and fancy nouns, just two words: get out.

Shortly after the meeting, Xingkong Semiconductor and Jiangxia District officially announced a major financing event that had hardly been reported before.

"Recently, Xingkong Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Bolang Group, has reached an investment cooperation memorandum with Jiangxia's local state-owned assets and finance, and plans to invest 800 billion to expand the development scale of Xingkong Semiconductor, and is committed to solving the domestic autonomy of wafer production."

Here's the briefing.

Then there is the official promotional news of Star Semiconductor, including but not limited to publicity on the official website, official accounts of various platforms and other channels.

"The first phase of Star Semiconductor's project has entered the final stage of equipment deployment, and the infrastructure construction of the second phase has entered the final phase, and the equipment has been officially deployed. It is expected to be officially put into operation in the second quarter of next year, with a monthly production capacity of 2.5 wafers and a contract of 1200 million chips."

"The first phase of Xingkong Semiconductor's project will build the first national production equipment production line in the country, using domestic front-end lithography equipment, and the first-phase production process is 45nm..."

"Star Semiconductor..."

Countless information is like throwing a lot of stones on the surface of a calm lake, causing thousands of waves.

Pulled countless eyes over.

There is no doubt that the main promotion direction of these official announcements is also on overseas social media platforms.

However, this is just the beginning...
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