China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 470 468. Huaxia Cao’s combo boxing set is amazing (two-in-one, 5K)

United States, Apple.

"Steve, the time you chose to charge Fei Ge Video is really great."

Facing Jobs, who was looking much better after treatment, Cook happily complimented: "They have just acquired Marvel, and I guess funds must be tight now. Now is the time to charge. If they don't agree, not only will Feigoose lose a lot of people." Users, their IPO valuations will definitely be greatly affected."

Although Huawei has an absolute advantage in the Chinese smartphone market, its prices abroad are too high, so its market share in the Western market is only a little better than that of low-priced Apple phones.

And Apple is forced to keep prices consistent in the global market. Even China has millions of users who think imported products are good things.

"Haha, I would like to see if Fei Ge will agree."

Jobs was also very proud. If Fei'e disagreed, he would remove Fei'e Video APP from the Apple Software Store. It would be up to him to see what he would do.

Will Cao Yu watch his valuation fall?

Anyway, I will cut this wave of leeks myself.

"Steve, what if Huawei also lowers the price of their mobile phones?"

However, Cook is still worried that if Huawei cuts prices, it may impact Apple's market.

Jobs smiled coldly and said: "I don't think so. If they really lower their prices, their brand image will be ruined. The previous high prices will also arouse consumers' resentment. If we take advantage of you to publicize their different treatment, it will definitely be against them." On the contrary, it is more advantageous for Apple."

Before making this decision, Jobs had actually thought about various possibilities.

More importantly, he has a backup plan.

I just don’t know if Aohei can agree to his plan.

Hangcheng.

"God help me! Apple is great!"

After seeing the news, Ma Yun almost raised her arms and shouted.

Apple’s move towards Fei’e Video is definitely a good opportunity for Ali’s Tudou Video.

If Cao Yu didn’t want to pay this money, Apple might remove Fei’e Video, which would allow Tudou Video to take the opportunity to occupy the market they lost.

As for being cut from apples and leeks, he is willing.

Counting the time, SM's new boy group is about to debut, which will attract another group of viewers.

"Maybe by the end of the year, Tudou will become China's second largest company. If it goes public next year, the stock price will not be low."

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On the plane flying from northwest to Pengcheng, Cao Yu looked out the window and thought about countermeasures.

This move by Jobs was a bit ruthless. It would not only affect Fei'e Video's listing plan, but also cut his own leeks.

If handled carelessly, Fei'e Video will lose a large number of users that it has finally accumulated internationally, and it may even help Apple increase sales of mobile phones.

"This Steve Jobs dares to kill my horse? Who gave him the courage? Liang Jingru?"

When he had a rough idea, he immediately cursed.

However, he thought it was best to listen to Lu Huateng's suggestions before making any response.

After getting off the plane, when he arrived at the Penguin Building, he found that in addition to the three people he had made an appointment with, Liu Qiangdong and Yang Shuxue were also there.

Cao Yu immediately asked curiously: "Shu Xue, Brother Dong, why are you here too?"

"This is not a small matter, why can't we come?"

After Yang Shuxue finished speaking, she asked again: "Is there any problem with the capital chain for this acquisition of Marvel? Now you have to deal with Apple again, do you need my help?"

Lu Huateng also said: "Brother, if you have any difficulties, just ask. I can't guarantee anything else. I can help you with a turnover of one or two billion US dollars."

Cai Chongxin felt reassured when she saw that her boss had this group of friends.

Cao Yu said with a smile: "Although this acquisition of Marvel requires almost all the accumulation over the years, and the cash flow is also a bit tight, it is not a big problem. Once the shares of several movies are divided during this period, the financial situation will be better."

Everyone present is his own people, so he has no need to hide it: "When it goes public, we can still spend the money of American investors!"

"Hahaha"

Everyone laughed relaxedly for a while, but Ren Zhengfei still said worriedly: "However, Steve Jobs probably announced the news at the right time this time. What countermeasures do you have?"

"I want to hear everyone's opinions first."

Cao Yu did not express his thoughts immediately, but looked at these business experts.

As a senior present, Ren Zhengfei pondered for a while and took the lead in saying: "You can agree to them first, so that it will not affect your listing plan. At the same time, we must also take countermeasures here to deal with some foreign applications on the Hongmeng system. , and also levy recharge fees, tit for tat!”

"Mr. Ren is still so tough!"

Cao Yu extended his thumb and praised Mr. Ren first, but did not nod. Instead, he said to the others: "What do you think?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "In order to suppress the Apple mobile phone market for a long time, Huawei can actually adjust the price appropriately. When the number of their mobile phone users drops, then even if it charges 30%, it will not take away much money from you."

“It’s not impossible to adjust prices, but it will take some time to implement this method.”

Ren Zhengfei has no objection to lowering selling prices in foreign markets.

Cao Yu just listened quietly, pondered for a while, and said to Lu Huateng: "Brother Lu, what do you think?"

Lu Huateng thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Since Apple doesn't respect martial ethics, we can also remove all Penguin's apps from Apple! I want to see if users choose Apple or Penguin!"

Cao Yu immediately smiled and said: "Bull!"

The current Penguin does have this strength.

Not to mention the newly launched WeChat, the number of registered users of QQ has exceeded 10 billion, which is a huge number. You can do it without Apple, but you will definitely not be able to do it without QQ.

At this time, Yang Shuxue interjected: "I also have an idea, that is, we can increase the membership price of Fei'e APP on the ISO system. We will increase it as much as he charges. What do you think?"

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Lu Huateng and others turned their heads and looked at the woman. Although the idea was good, would it make users dissatisfied?

"It's better that Shu Xue can think of being together with me."

Cao Yu smiled in his heart, gave Yang Shuxue an approving look, and then said with a smile: "After listening to everyone's thoughts, I just thought about it and thought it could be done."

"First, we can warn Apple that if they do not cancel our charges, then we will also impose a 30% fee on the Miguo software on the Hongmeng system."

"Second, all Apple phone users around the world support trade-in. Every Apple phone, no matter old or new, can be redeemed for 800 yuan if you want to exchange it for a Huawei phone!"

"Third, remove all Penguin software on the iOS system. Combined with the second point, we should be able to almost drive Apple out of the Chinese market!"

“Fourth, if you want to continue using Apple phones, the membership recharge of the Fei’e Video APP on iOS will increase by 30%, which is said to be paid to Apple!”

After making these four suggestions, Cao Yu looked at the others and asked, "What do you think?"

Yang Shuxue agreed: "This is a good idea, you can try it."

Liu Qiangdong: "I think it's almost the same. Let's put all the responsibility on Apple and let him become a holiday mouse!"

Ren Zhengfei: "Xiao Cao, your plan is to roast the apples on the fire and make them become evil people."

Lu Huateng: "No problem, just do as you say. I've long been displeased with apples."

Cai Chongxin: "Mr. Cao, we can also create a drama of smashing mobile phones, letting users smash their iPhones in anger, and then post it on Feigo Video and Facebook to guide consumers."

Cao Yu: "Mr. Cai, your suggestion is good. You can arrange it."

But he then said to Ren Zhengfei: "Mr. Ren, I'm worried that Apple might work with Miguo Capital to use chips against us. How is our current chip technology?"

"In the past few years, we have poached many people from Silicon Valley and have overcome the technical problems in the design of 32nm chips. We are currently working hard to break through the technical barriers of 28nm and 20nm."

"awesome."

Although Cao Yu doesn't know much about chips, he has heard that the A5 chip of the Apple 7S is 32 nanometers, and the A6 of the Apple 11 only reaches 20 nanometers. Therefore, as long as R&D investment is increased, he should be able to catch up with the international level.

If we can launch Apple 5 this year, we should be able to give Steve Jobs another blow!

"Mr. Ren, Mr. Cai, when we Feigo goes public, we will invest in a wafer factory. What do you think?"

Cao Yu knew very well that it would be impossible if the wafer fab was not built, otherwise sooner or later there would be no chips available.

Just when he was full of confidence, Ren Zhengfei immediately gave him a head-on blow: "Although we have mastered chip design technology, this is completely different from achieving mass production. SMIC has been doing it for so many years, and currently it can only produce 65 nanometers." We and BYD have invested more than 90 billion in chips in the past two years, and we are still stuck on -nanometer technology."

"Whoever gets the chip will win the world! No matter how difficult it is, the chip must be developed!" Nowadays, global economic integration is still the mainstream, but there is no guarantee that it will always be the mainstream. Cao Yu has seen and experienced the embarrassment that Huawei has almost no cores available.

In addition to mobile phones, there are also some high-precision products that require precision. In fact, most of the chips on the market are mid- to low-end chips, and the profits in this area are actually good.

After China joined the WTO, even mid- to low-end chips were imported before China, and few companies were willing to spend money on this.

Every year, the chip alone sends more than 100 billion US dollars to foreign countries.

But Ren Zhengfei still reminded: "Xiao Cao, you have to think about it. Chip production is much more difficult than chip design. It will take at least three to four years or even more than ten years from design, research and development, trial production, to actual mass production." For years, we have to keep throwing money into this process, which can even be said to be a gamble.”

"Mr. Ren is right. In fact, it's good now. We are responsible for chip research and development, and let Samsung process and produce it. Even if there is no Samsung, there is still TSMC. This industrial form is actually the most cost-effective."

Lu Huateng also wanted to persuade this brother that the wafer fab could not be built just as soon as it was built.

How many years has Samsung been developing? How many years has TSMC been in development?

More importantly, there is the photolithography machine, which is the biggest problem.

Cao Yu pondered for a while and then said solemnly: "Mr. Ren, Brother Lu, we must do this chip thing. It's impossible not to do it. We can't always rely on others. Although science can't be achieved by a handful, if we don't do it, we can only do it." If you can fall further behind, it’s better for your father to have it and your mother to have it for you!”

Cao Yu feels that if there are not many technical barriers yet, if we don’t do it, we will fall further and further behind.

Seeing how determined Brother Cao was, Lu Huateng had no choice but to sigh and stop talking.

"Let me think again"

Ren Zhengfei frowned and did not agree immediately.

Cao Yu couldn't force it anymore and planned to have a good talk with Mr. Ren after finishing the Apple matter to find out if he had any secrets.

After several people finalized the matter of dealing with Apple and the details of the next operation, they began to implement the four plans proposed by Cao Yu.

Cao Yu was about to go back to the hotel with Yang Shuxue when he suddenly received a message on his phone from Ren Zhengfei: "Xiao Cao, come to Huawei to see me in a minute."

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Cao Yu was startled, what is Mr. Ren going to do? Has he been shaken?

He asked Yang Shuxue to go back to the hotel first, and he immediately drove to Huawei's headquarters.

Arriving at Ren Zhengfei's office, before Cao Yu could take a sip of water, he heard the old man say: "Xiao Cao, actually, I have already thought about the wafer fab matter, and it must be done!"

"Mr. Ren, did you just say that?"

Cao Yu looked at the master's serious expression and seemed to understand something.

"There were too many people just now. The fewer people who know about this, the better. That's why I didn't agree immediately."

Ren Zhengfei lit a cigarette and took a heavy drag: "The photolithography machine for manufacturing chips cannot be purchased through normal channels, but it is not impossible. BYD and I have obtained one for research before. Just building a wafer fab, one is not enough.”

"Mr. Ren, how did you buy the photolithography machine?"

Only then did Cao Yu understand that it was really not easy to build a wafer fab. He only knew that chips were important, but he didn't know that others didn't want us to do it at all.

Ren Zhengfei showed a fox-like smile: "Haha, fortunately, the United States is currently busy with matters in the Middle East. Although this matter is a bit difficult, if we use a curve to save the country, we can still get a few units back. But this kind of thing has just happened It’s best to do it secretly in the beginning and not be too public about it. Even if it comes out after you have the foundation, Miguo won’t be able to do anything to us.”

Cao Yu nodded in admiration: "That's it."

Ren Zhengfei finally reminded Cao Yu again: "But you must be mentally prepared. The investment in this matter is huge, and the benefits will not be seen in a few years."

"Don't worry, Mr. Ren can do it boldly. As long as I don't go bankrupt, I will give you my full support!"

Hearing Cao Yu's words, Ren Zhengfei immediately stood up: "Xiao Cao, since you have said so, no matter how difficult it is, I will accompany you to the end!"

"I believe Mr. Ren!"

Cao Yu also stood up and firmly held the hand of the old man with gray hair on his temples.

He is in the entertainment industry. Although the company's stars cannot make China stronger, if he uses the money these stars help him earn to invest in technology, that will be another result.

Early the next morning, a piece of heavy news related to the communications industry was exploded on major media platforms around the world.

First of all, Huawei announced that it would protest against Apple’s charging behavior for Fei’e Video, and stated that if the other party does not revoke this decision, Hongmeng will also charge a 30% handling fee for foreign software recharge activities.

As soon as this news came out, Google, Microsoft, and some small foreign game companies couldn't sit still.

If Huawei really charges, their profit loss will be too great.

It's all Apple's fault. Why did you provoke Fei Ge Video?

They don’t use your software, they just use your mobile phone, so you charge?

It’s simply darker than our Google.

But this is not over yet. Not long after Huawei’s news was released, Penguin officials also reported that Penguin would remove all their software from iOS. The same reason was that Apple wanted to charge Feigo Video.

Before Apple users could react, another Huawei policy directly shocked Apple and mobile phone users around the world.

That is, Huawei announced that as long as Apple mobile phone users want to switch to Huawei, an old Apple mobile phone can be offset by 800 yuan, or 120 US dollars, no matter how broken it is.

Now, Chinese Apple users are confused.

If you choose to continue using an Apple phone, you will have to give up QQ, WeChat and Weibo, and even reading on Singularity will no longer work.

Should I change it or not?

Just as millions of mobile phone users in China were struggling, a video appeared on Weibo and Fei'e Video, which showed an Apple user angrily smashing his iPhone.

In the video, a Chinese young man scolded Apple for being shameless, smashed his iPhone to pieces with a hammer, and used the tattered remains of the phone to exchange it for a brand new Huawei phone for a small amount of money.

After the video was posted, it quickly received likes and reposts from many people, and it also appeared on QQ and other platforms. Within a short time, this person was actually called the "Machine Smasher Brother".

"Is it okay if it's broken? Then I'll replace it too! If you don't take advantage of this advantage, it won't be in vain!"

Many Chinese Apple users have finally decided that in order to continue using QQ and Weibo, what else do they need from Apple?

At the same time, videos of foreigners smashing iPhones in anger also appeared on Facebook abroad and received numerous likes.

United States, Apple.

"FUXK! This Huaxia Cao is so cunning! He even smashed our phones? Damn it! It's so hateful! I'm so angry!"

Seeing these three messages and the video of smashing the phone, Jobs became furious in the office.

Before I could remove Fei Ge Video, Penguin actually removed all software on Apple? Are you going to blame the bad guys on us?

"This video must have been directed and acted by myself. That Cao Yu was originally the screenwriter!"

Although he was angry, Jobs had no evidence. He could only be so angry that his liver hurt, but there was nothing he could do against Cao Yu.

Just when he was thinking of words to vent his anger, Cook walked in quickly.

"Steve, are you okay?"

"I can't die!"

Jobs said with a sullen face: "What's the matter?"

"It's okay, I just want to see how you are feeling."

Cook said, walking to Jobs and trying to turn off the computer for him.

"What are you doing by turning off my computer?"

Jobs was initially a little surprised by Cook's behavior, but he immediately realized a problem and asked, "Is there any news from China?"

"No…"

"Tell me! Otherwise, I'll see for myself!"

"Steve, but your body..."

"If he wants me to die, he's not qualified enough!"

Under Jobs's tough attitude, Cook knew he couldn't hide it, so he had to say: "Fei Ge Video agreed to pay us a 30% handling fee, but he said that it would increase the fee by 30% for all iOS system users. He also said that this was If what is given to us feels unreasonable, then we can only blame Apple. If users are willing to give up their iPhones, they can compensate for part of the cost."

"Damn! This is a combination of punches!"

Not only did Jobs' liver hurt this time, but his head also began to hurt.

Hua Xia Cao's combination of punches was thick and thin, quick and slow. Not only was it powerful, it was also completely beyond his expectation. The punch made Gang Leader Qiao a little confused.

More importantly, Cook, didn’t you just want to say it? Why have you said so much now?

Do you want me to die so that you can seize power?

　I was a bit busy at work the last day, and I finally coded it out at night. I found that it was already past 11 o'clock, so I posted it first. It was reviewed before I could change it, and I couldn't change it. I posted it in the morning and corrected it. Let me tell everyone. Feel sorry.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)