The richest man

Chapter 94 The lion speaks loudly!

"Mr. Zhang, do you want to invest in Intel?" Gordon Moore asked in surprise.

"Yes, Mr. Moore, the company under my name has a relatively large demand for chips, so I hope to invest in a chip company and reach a strategic partnership!" Zhang Jun once again used the order as an excuse to seduce.

Gordon Moore couldn't help being curious about Zhang Jun's relatively large demand.

"Mr. Zhang, how many chips does your company need?"

"Need 50 chips in the first year!!!"

Zhang Jun made a rough estimate and replied.

Five games can be developed this year: "Hong Kong Cubes", "Space Invaders", "Snake", "Pac-Man", and "Donkey Kong".

A mere 50 chips is definitely affordable.

If it cannot be digested, it can be sold next year.

Moreover, new games will be launched next year, and even Zhang Jun is planning to develop home game consoles and handheld game consoles. The supply of 8080 chips can be said to be in short supply.

At this time, Intel is positioning itself as a memory company. Although it has launched two processors and achieved good sales performance, it is not the first in the industry in terms of scale, and the entire memory industry is currently in decline. No exception.

It was not until the success of the intel 8080 that Intel brought a new business direction and truly created the microprocessor market!

But right now, everyone in the Intel company is not as clear as Zhang Jun.

Gordon Moore was surprised: "Are you sure it's 50 chips??"

What on earth does Hong Kong Legendary Game Company do? The demand for chips is so high!
Gordon Moore was somewhat puzzled.

Even Atari, the most popular manufacturer of arcade games at present, does not have such a large demand for chips.

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Sure!"

Gordon Moore reminded: "The price of intel8080 is 250 US dollars, and 50 chips are 500 million US dollars!!"

Fuck!Is a chip so expensive? !
Hearing this, Zhang Jun was so shocked that he wanted to scold his mother.

Intel is trying to trick me!Be a fat sheep!
Zhang Jun looked worried, and said, "Mr. Moore, your company's chips are too expensive!"

Gordon Moore said: "The performance of the intel 8080 is higher than most chips on the market, and the processor of Motorola is more than 200 US dollars! But since you purchase a large quantity, the price can be negotiated, and we can give you the lowest price." $200 a chip for you!"

200 US dollars is still the lowest, Zhang Jun almost vomits blood.

He remembered that in 1975, the next year, the 8, an 6502-bit microprocessor developed by MOS Technology, was not only faster than the competition, but also cheaper, selling for $25. The Apple II computer, Nintendo Entertainment System and Atari 2600 all purchase this chip.

At this moment, if the company's chip hadn't been developed yet, and Zhang Jun valued Intel's future development potential, he might have left immediately.

$200 is really too expensive, far from Zhang Jun's expected price.

With Zhang Jun's current financial resources, he can't afford to buy 50 chips at once.

What's more, he still wants to invest in intel.

Later, I also wanted to acquire Marvel, which was sold in the 60s at a price of 1600 million US dollars.Now in 1974, Marvel is just in the thriving stage, and the purchase price is conservatively estimated to exceed 3000 million US dollars.

Zhang Jun had to make a new plan, and he couldn't place so many orders for Intel at one time.

In the meantime, look for MOS Technology, invest in them, and speed up the development of the 6502 processor.In the second year, the chip must be replaced with 6502. Only when the cost is greatly reduced, can I make money!

"Ahem, Mr. Moore, to be honest, your chips are still too expensive. If I can't say a sincere price, then I can only find another company." Zhang Jun said, showing a rather regretful expression.

Gordon Moore said: "The performance of the intel 8080 chip is extremely powerful, and it is really worth the price! $200 can't be lower!"

Zhang Jun shook his head, stood up, and said, "Mr. Moore, forgive me for not accepting your offer. I can only accept $100 at most."

After speaking, Zhang Jun took out his notebook, tore off a piece of paper, and wrote a phone number on it, "This is the phone number of the hotel where I stayed. You can call me after you think it over."

After handing the paper with the phone number written on it to Gordon Moore, Zhang Jun left.

Gordon Moore took the paper and got up to send Zhang Jun and his party away.

A chip only sells for $100, which is unacceptable to Gordon Moore.

What Intel is after is huge profits, not to mention that the people in front of them are from Hong Kong. Can Hong Kong people play high-tech?If it wasn't for Zhang Jun's reputation and making a lot of money selling records, Gordon Moore would have thought the other party was a liar.

Shangguan Muye frowned and said, "Boss, the Intel 8080 processor is too expensive. The cost of our products is too high, which may affect sales."

Different arcade games have different prices.

Zhang Jun originally thought that the processor chip would only cost a few tens of dollars. He planned to sell "Hong Kong Square" at $650, and the profit would be around $300. Intel's chips are so expensive, but their own profits are greatly reduced.

"Go to MOS Technology, and quickly investigate where this company is!"

Zhang Jun wants to determine when the processor 6502 designed by MOS Technology will be developed, so that Legendary Game Company can formulate its own sales plan.

Relying on its technological monopoly advantage, Intel will obviously not lower its value.

Unless someone breaks their monopoly.

Zhang Jun felt that he had to make two-handed preparations. If the investment in Intel failed, he could only purchase a small amount of Intel 8080, and then hoped that the 6502 processor would be developed early.

It may be better to invest in MOS Technology at this time.

(End of this chapter)