The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 175
Across the ocean.

After getting the latest month's sales data of Model 3, Mask immediately convened a high-level meeting.

The sales drop is too serious!
Since Zesla was launched in Yanguo, except for its own production capacity, there has never been a continuous decline in sales for 2 consecutive months!
Before "Qingluan" was launched, the sales volume of model 3 was maintained at more than [-] units per month. After the release of "Qingluan" last month, the sales volume once dropped to [-] units. (The previous data was wrong, corrected, sorry.)
And now.

Under the impact of Dami 1S being licensed by Phoenix Motors technology, the sales of model 3 dropped again, with only 7000 units this month!
This is a very bad sign!
Although the birth of "Qingluan" brought a very big impact, the price of "Qingluan" is higher than that of model 3, especially the impact on the normal version of model 25 which is 3 yuan can be accepted with gritted teeth.

but.

Judging from the detailed information reported by Fang Chaoyang, the price of the rice car authorized by Phoenix technology this time is directly at the top of the fate of model 3!
Don't talk about martial arts!

Mask is not very familiar with Rice Cars, but he also knows Rice Group.

In Yan Country, Rice Group's fans are not necessarily less than Zesla's.

Moreover, although the brand power of rice is not as strong as Zesla, it can be regarded as a reliable brand in the hearts of ordinary people!
This is just great.

With the price tens of thousands of yuan lower than that of model 3, and the blessing of Phoenix technology, the popularity of rice car 1S has risen immediately, and it is close to Zesla model 3!

Mask has realized that the situation is wrong, and Zesla's situation at this time is urgent!

He had to find a way to stop the decline in sales, and the current Yan country market was the largest market in Zesla outside the Americas!

There must be no mistakes!
The most important thing is that after the birth of "Qingluan" last month, Zesla's stock price has already started to fall. Since then, I have received several calls from Wall Street every day.

If the sales data of model 3 in Yanguo is announced this month, it is entirely conceivable that it will definitely be a disaster for Zesla's stock price.

After a while, all the high-level officials arrived.

Mask looked at the higher-ups with an unusually gloomy expression.

"Everyone, this is the sales data of our model 3 in Yanguo last month. Now we have to find a way to deal with it."

A sales table was displayed on the curtain in the meeting room. After Mask finished talking about the cooperation between Rice Auto and Phoenix Auto, there was a loud voice in the meeting room.

"President, I have to admit that there is still a gap between our current technology and Phoenix Auto..."

"That's true. Although our technical department will soon complete the 'automatic standby parking' function, and the first generation of artificial intelligence vehicle-mounted robots have also begun to develop, but it may not be realistic to be ahead of Phoenix in terms of technology in a short period of time..."

"We don't have an advantage in technology for a short time now. The method I can think of is: we can properly reduce the price of the new model 3 in Yanguo District, and stabilize sales first."

Mask frowned, Fang Chaoyang, CEO of Yanguo District, had proposed this plan before.

However, the profit of the new model 3 is not high. If the price is really lowered, then there is really no profit.

He looked at his most trusted assistant, John David.

John David said slowly:

"President, I also think that the price in Yanguo District can be lowered appropriately."

"We have just signed a mining license for a large lithium mine in Australia. It is foreseeable that our battery costs will be reduced a lot in the near future."

When the confidant said this, Mask felt a little relieved.

In order to seize the market in Yan Country, Zesla had used the price reduction strategy many times before, and it was tried and tested, and it was considered a more suitable choice at the moment.

Assistant John David paused for a moment, then said to the mask:

"President, but if we really want to solve this matter, simply lowering the price will not solve the problem."

"Our technical team has carefully analyzed Phoenix Motors. The most competitive functions of Phoenix Motors are 'unmanned autonomous driving' and 'artificial intelligence robots'. To realize these intelligent functions, a powerful computing power chip is required. .”

John David had a smile on his face:

"We have already learned that their Phoenix 'Qingluan' is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip. I think this rice car should also be equipped with a Snapdragon 8155 chip if it wants to implement Phoenix's technology."

Yup!

Mask's eyes lit up, and his mind suddenly became active.

The core reason why Phoenix Motors can compete with Zesla is the intelligent technology of Phoenix Motors.

Regardless of whether it is Phoenix Automobile, BYD or Rice Auto, what they need most is a high-computing chip for the various advanced intelligent technologies they carry.

Once there are no chips with high computing power, then these technologies are completely for display!
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Mask suddenly remembered the blockade of Huawei, a world-renowned company, a few years ago.

At that time, Huawei’s mobile phone shipments ranked first in the world, and it also had its own HiSilicon chip developed and designed by itself, but what?
After being blocked, the mobile phone business immediately fell off a cliff!

in case……

To deal with Phoenix Motors, there is no need to completely block the chips. As long as Qualcomm can be persuaded not to supply the Snapdragon 8155 chips to these three companies, it will not be long before Phoenix Motors will have a major problem of "shortage of chips"!

Without high-power chips and various intelligent technologies, what is the difference between Phoenix and ordinary new energy vehicles?
How could it be possible to compete with Zethra!

And most importantly.

He can be very sure that the chip problem will never appear the same as the previous IPS screen and ESP module.

As far as Yanguo is concerned, it is absolutely impossible for a chip manufacturer to provide a chip similar to the Snapdragon 8155 to replace it!

It is no exaggeration to say that even though Yanguo’s domestic chip industry has developed rapidly in the past few years, in the field of automotive-grade chips, the first-class companies are all big companies and big capitals in the Americas, and almost all related patents are concentrated in their hands!

Moreover, car-grade chips are somewhat different from mobile phone chips. They have very high environmental requirements. A chip without several years of R&D, design, packaging and testing cannot meet the requirements of car-grade chips!
Designing chips, manufacturing chips, and packaging to meet the requirements of car-grade chips, under such obstacles, it is impossible for Phoenix Motors to have a car-grade chip that can replace it!

A smile finally appeared on Mask's face, and everything suddenly became clear!
The biggest weakness of Phoenix Motors is Qualcomm!
Yes, Qualcomm!
but.

Mask's mind is running fast, how can we persuade Qualcomm to give up supplying chips?

His thoughts raced, and when he saw the sales volume of rice cars on the screen, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

"David, please immediately notify our major shareholders, as well as the Wall Street consortia and capital that hold our shares, and ask them to come to the company for a meeting in the afternoon."

"I think, after seeing these data, they are very willing to help us convince Qualcomm that they just added tens of billions of investment not long ago, and they don't want our stock price to keep falling!"

"Okay, President!"

Mask ordered, and soon, all the behind-the-scenes consortiums that own Zesla's shares, including Wall Street capital tycoons headed by Goldman Sachs Capital, all came.

After half an hour of the meeting, after a while, people from Qualcomm were invited over.

Qualcomm does not dislike cooperation with Zesla. Qualcomm is a chip supplier and has no grievances or competition with Zesla in the past.

However, Qualcomm also has concerns. Although automotive chips do not account for a high proportion of Qualcomm's financial report and have little impact on profits, the Yanguo chip market is already Qualcomm's largest market, and Qualcomm does not want to offend Yanguo companies.

Mask knew very well in his heart that this was nothing more than insufficient benefits to make Qualcomm tempted.

Subsequently, under the coordination of multiple capitals, Qualcomm finally obtained a 1.5% equity investment in Zesla in the form of strategic investment and became one of Zesla's shareholders.

However, Qualcomm is very shrewd, claiming that the production capacity of Snapdragon 8155 is insufficient, and it cannot deliver enough chips, at least half a year later.

After discussing everything, the next morning, before the American stock market opened, Zesla announced the sales decline of model 3 in Yan Country.

Immediately, the entire market in the Americas jumped up and down...

……

The stock market in the Americas starts at 9:[-] p.m.

Inside the headquarters of Gaoling Capital, the lights are bright.

Analyst Lao Liang and trader Lao Liu both looked excited.

"Old Liu, Zesla announced last month's sales before the market. The data is very bad. It seems that we are going to make a lot of money by shorting this time!"

"Haha, Lao Liang, I have to say that the choice of shorting Zesla this time is too right!"

The two happily waited for the opening. As expected, Zesla's stock began to fall after the opening, and fell by 3% at one point.

But before the two of them were happy, within 10 minutes, Zesla's stock price began to rebound.

Lao Liu and Lao Liang stared wide-eyed, unable to figure out what was going on, but at this moment, a piece of news from Qualcomm suddenly broke out.

"Old Liu, read this message."

"Qualcomm has notified automakers in Yanguo, including Phoenix Automobile, BYD, Rice Automobile, Great Wall, etc., that in the next six months to a year, the Snapdragon 8155 will not be able to supply it in time due to insufficient production capacity!"

Lao Liu immediately reacted.

"Damn it! What shit is insufficient in production capacity. We only investigated a few days ago. The production capacity of the fab is slowly recovering, and the production capacity of the upstream and downstream is recovering!"

The two looked at each other, and their eyes instantly understood!
"This is Qualcomm blocking the Snapdragon 8155 chip of Phoenix Motors!"

"Tuigui, I understand!"

"No wonder Zesla's stock is so strong today. There must be something tricky! Not surprisingly, this must be Zesla's collusion with Qualcomm to suppress Phoenix Motors!"

In an instant, the two of them couldn't help but feel angry. It hasn't been long since Huawei's incident. Seeing that Phoenix Motors has emerged in the new energy industry, they are cutting off the supply of chips again?
The news quickly spread throughout the entire Yanguo Internet, and countless technology bloggers and big Vs began to interpret the news within one night.

Gradually, people with a little thinking ability understand that Qualcomm is probably not short of production capacity, but is it deliberately cutting off supply?
And the CEOs of the Yanguo car company who heard the news that night couldn't sleep all night.

The car companies of the new forces immediately felt the pain, and a strong sense of oppression oppressed them. Although they knew that Qualcomm was not targeting them, but...

If one day in the future, their models can really challenge Zesla's status like Phoenix Motors, then I'm afraid they will be treated like this!
Originally, I thought that the automotive-grade chip market was not as big as the consumer electronics chip market, and the process requirements were not so strict, so that things like Huawei would not be stuck.

Unexpectedly!

Once the century-old auto industry touches the core interests of American companies, it will still find a way to organize the development of American companies!
And the first news that countless netizens saw after waking up early the next morning was that Phoenix Motors would face the problem of insufficient Snapdragon 8155 chips.

"fukk, what's going on here? Didn't there be news a few days ago that the problem of the car's lack of chips has been alleviated?"

"Last night, Zesla's stock price rose by 12%. Qualcomm's chip production capacity is insufficient, and Zesla's stock price has skyrocketed. I don't believe it at all if there is no trick."

"I can see it clearly. There was Huawei in the past, and Phoenix in the future. Now, whenever an industry becomes a global leader, the American country will immediately get stuck with chips."

"Chip, it's a chip again, so fucking angry! Can domestic chips really fail? A few days ago, Huawei released its financial report, and the mobile phone business almost collapsed across the board. I just don't know if Phoenix Motors can handle it! "

"Take it to the past? It's too optimistic, it's impossible! Huawei Group has HiSilicon chips, but it's stuck at the stage of OEM manufacturing. Phoenix has no foundation, not to mention the certification of automotive-grade chips is also a big problem!"

"It's over, Phoenix Motors is definitely over! Once this chip is stopped, the production capacity is limited, and the car can't be delivered, hey! Finally, there is a brand that can wrestle with Zesla, and get stuck in the chip..."

There was a lot of mourning on the Internet, and the Internet was full of voices of regret for Phoenix Motors.

The news quickly reached the Phoenix headquarters.

"Boss, this is really bad, something serious happened!"

"Qualcomm sent us a business letter last night to confirm that the Snapdragon 8155 chip we ordered from Qualcomm was postponed until more than half a year later due to insufficient production capacity!"

Factory Manager Zhang was a little flustered, and Zhang Feiyang, who came with him, had his eyes narrowed, and his expression was no longer as calm as before.

They know too well what Qualcomm's business letter means, and they also understand the importance of Snapdragon 8155 to the current Phoenix "Qingluan".

It is no exaggeration to say that without the Snapdragon 8155, the only remaining advantage of the entire system is battery life!

of course.

They also thought at the first time that it is impossible for Qualcomm to cut off supply to Phoenix for no reason. Combined with the previous IPS screen and ESP, it is not necessary to know that Zesla must be playing tricks again!
Zesla!
A leader in the new energy vehicle industry.

Zesla, a trillion-dollar company, did not hesitate to integrate the power of capital, and joined forces with Qualcomm to suppress Phoenix Motors!
It's simply unscrupulous, too villainous!

The more they thought about it, the angrier they became, and the more they thought about it, the colder they became.

If the suspension of IPS screen and ESP supply was a small test not long ago, then this time Zesla simply wants the life of Phoenix Motors!

Proper dead end!

At least, Director Zhang and Zhang Feiyang don't see any hope of breaking the situation!
Qualcomm not only broke the chip of Phoenix Automobile, but also broke the chips of BYD and Rice Group!
Without the chip, the "Qingluan" will have to wait and see Qualcomm's face!

How can Phoenix Motors afford it!
The eyes of both of them could not help but focus on Hu Lai, their expressions were extremely dignified, and the atmosphere in the office fell to freezing point early in the morning.

"Sure enough... Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip ready to be cut off?"

Hu Lai's face was heavy, although the matter of the IPS screen sounded the alarm for him, and he thought of such a situation once.

but.

I didn't expect the supply of chips to be cut off so quickly!

……

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