The world's richest man started by developing gutter oil

September 2015, 12, China time.

AMD launches the world's first desktop-level Luban architecture chip, Spinosaurus.

棘龙由8颗代号为英灵殿的超大组成，8颗超大核心的频率为3.5Ghz，每颗核心拥有256K的1级缓存，512K2级缓存以及4MB三级缓存，16颗核心共享64MB4级缓存。

The single-core performance is 9% lower than the single core of Ryzen R1900 17X, and the multi-core performance is 9% lower than Ryzen R1900 37X.

Although the performance of Spinosaurus is not as good as Ryzen R9 1900X, its power consumption is only 35W.

However, this CPU is mainly used in notebooks, tablets and loaded devices, which means that this chip is designed for OEM manufacturers and will not be available to ordinary consumers.

The so-called loaded equipment is installed on products such as automobiles and medical devices.

September 2015, 12, China time.

Intel made a decision that shocked everyone in the world. It was also a decision that went against its ancestors. This news shocked the entire semiconductor industry.

【Intel announced last night that it will officially license X86 and Core series core IP to external parties, with the licensing fee being 5% of the total revenue of chip manufacturers.】

"Is Intel crazy? Not only does it license the X86 architecture, but it also licenses the Core IP. Is Intel going to be a chip licensor?"

"Intel is doing this to grab market share. Only by getting more people involved can X86 grab more market share. If Intel doesn't do this, the X86 market share will be taken away by Lu Ban."

"To put it bluntly, Intel is now being forced into a desperate situation. Before, when there were no rivals, they could slowly squeeze out the toothpaste and then use their market position to set prices. The emergence of Deep Blue has made them lose their pricing power. If Intel wants to continue to survive, it can only open up X86 to allow more people to participate. Only by making the pie bigger can they gain more market share."

"I can only say that Intel's CEO is a smart man. If he had waited two years to open up, Lu Ban would have been unstoppable by then."

"Intel is right to do this. Only by getting more people involved can X86 become bigger and bigger, and X86's progress can catch up with Lu Ban."

"I don't care what Intel wants to do. I only buy Luban chips and support our domestic products."

I have to say that Intel's approach is very correct.

Less than half an hour after Intel announced the news, more than 500 companies applied for authorization.

The X86 camp has grown suddenly, but it is still far behind the Luban-based X86. Luban has more than 3700 authorized merchants, and the scale of the two is not on the same level.

September 2016, 2, China time.

Han Chen was very busy during the spring period. He first went back to Xinjiang with Gulina, stayed there for 3 days, then chartered a plane to Beijing. After staying in Beijing for 3 days, he flew back to Shenzhen.

There is no way. Kong Huimin has been pregnant for more than 6 months. Although Kong Huimin has Ouyang Sancai to accompany her, he still has to come back to accompany her during the New Year. He has to take care of every woman's mood.

You should know that in addition to Kong Huimin and Ouyang Sancai, there is also Jiang Enzhu in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

If it weren’t for the fact that Changsun Xiaoxiao followed Changsun Chuanfu back to his hometown.

Han Chen was really having a headache.

Nowadays, all major mobile phone brands have launched their own mid-to-high-end mobile phones.

Shenlan is the only company in the entire market that has not yet launched a new product. This move by Shenlan has made its competitors very curious, and netizens have also rushed to Weibo to @ him, wanting to know when Shenlan will launch a new product.

The main reason why Shenlan has not launched new products is still the production capacity issue.

Because Shenlan accepted OEM orders from many manufacturers, Shenlan's own allocated production capacity was reduced a lot, but Han Chen was not worried about it.

Because Deep Blue's next-generation products are so amazing, Han Chen believes that they will be a big hit.

In the past period of time, many domestic car companies have launched their new energy electric vehicles.

Because electric vehicles are becoming more popular faster than in the past, the government has reduced subsidies for electric vehicles this year. Last year, an electric car received a subsidy of 5 yuan, but this year the subsidy is only 3 yuan.

I believe that in two years the country will no longer provide any subsidies for electric vehicles.

Not long after Han Chen arrived at the company, Kang Xiangwu from the Shenlan Battery Factory came.

"Lao Kang, what's the matter with you coming here?" Han Chen asked.

"Mr. Han, the price of lithium ore in the market has skyrocketed. Just now, the price of refined lithium ore has risen from 8600 US dollars to 13000 US dollars per ton. This price has increased 10 times compared to the beginning of last year. Those precious metal companies are still unwilling to sell to us at the original price. If we buy it, we have to add 5000 US dollars per ton.

According to the information I received, many mines have been acquired by a very mysterious company. This should have been done by that group of people.

Domestic lithium mines have basically been reserved by domestic automobile manufacturers.

I have already delivered all the orders for Deep Blue Auto, but we don't have much lithium ore left in our warehouse. What do you think I should do next?" Kang Xiangwu asked after he sat down.

"Is the processing business still normal?" Han Chen asked.

The inventory of Deep Blue Group is only enough for Deep Blue's own use, so since last year, Deep Blue has only accepted processing of supplied materials. If they want to buy Deep Blue's semi-solid batteries, then they can only bring their own lithium ore to Deep Blue for production.

"Everything is normal." Kang Xiangwu nodded.

"You spread the word that you are buying a large amount of lithium ore, but in fact you only need to buy a little bit, so that they can raise the price of lithium ore as much as possible." Han Chen said after thinking it over.

"Okay, Mr. Han." Kang Xiangwu nodded.

"Okay, go and do your thing." Han Chen said.

Not long after Kang Xiangwu left, Han Chen received a call from Ahmed Yinkakang.

"Han, all the orders will be delivered on the 15th of next month. I would like to ask when the reservations will be reopened. Now that the price of lithium ore has risen to 1 US dollars, do we need to increase the sales price?" asked Ahmed Yinkakang.

"Mr. Ahmed, I will reopen the reservation channel tomorrow. The price will remain the same as before. The price we give you will not change, but the delivery cycle will be changed to June. That is to say, if you place an order on April 6st, the car will be delivered in June." Han Chen said.

"Han, the price of lithium ore has increased so much. If you still sell it at the original price, won't you lose money? Do you have a way to solve the problem of lithium ore shortage?" asked Ahmed Yinkakang.

Ahmed is very clear why the price of lithium ore has risen to this level. The purpose of those people is to force the price of electric vehicles to increase. As long as the price of electric vehicles increases, they will have enough room for survival.

But Han Chen now told him that he would accept reservations at the original price.

Could it be that Han Chen intends to use a tough approach to deal with this lithium price increase crisis?

The price of refined lithium ore has increased from 1800 US dollars to 13000 US dollars, which is a 7-fold increase. Although he does not know how much it costs Deep Blue to produce lithium batteries, he knows that the cost of Deep Blue's lithium batteries will at least increase by 3 times. You know, batteries account for 25% of the cost of the entire vehicle, which means that the cost of the entire vehicle will increase by at least 50%. If Han Chen sells at the current price, Deep Blue will lose at least 3 to 5 RMB per car.

You should know that the number of reservations for Deep Blue Car is quite exaggerated.

一辆亏3万软妹币，1万辆就得亏3个亿，10万辆就得亏30亿，100万辆就得亏300亿，1000万辆就得亏3000亿。

Even a behemoth like Deep Blue Group wouldn't be able to last long.

"Mr. Ahmed, you don't have to worry about this." Han Chen said with a smile.

"If Deep Blue Group can't hold on, you should raise the price," said Ahmed Yinkakan.

At this moment, Ahmed Yinkakang felt that Han Chen was going to fight these people head-on at the cost of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of his own.

"Mr. Ahmed, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up first. I have other things to do here." Han Chen said.

"Okay, then I'll hang up." Ahmed Yinkakang replied.

Not long after the two hung up the phone, domestic car companies issued announcements one after another.

[Due to the sharp rise in the price of refined lithium ore, we have temporarily stopped accepting reservations for electric vehicles. There is a high probability that prices will increase in the future. Please refer to the announcement for details. 】

"Fuck, guys, what happened today? Why did all the car companies stop accepting reservations for electric vehicles?"

"Half an hour ago, the price of refined lithium ore increased from 8600 to 13000. The price of refined lithium ore has increased by 50%, which means that the cost of batteries has increased by 50%. The price has exceeded the manufacturer's cost price. It is normal to accept pre-orders for the time being."

"The price of refined lithium ore was only 1800 yuan per ton last year, but now it has risen to 13000 yuan, a seven-fold increase."

“Why did I not feel anything when lithium prices increased so much?”

"That's because everyone had inventory at that time, and car companies didn't mind making less money in order to gain market share. But when the price rose to this level, car companies couldn't afford it, so they had no choice but to accept the order."

"Based on current prices, if car companies really want to raise prices, electric car prices will have to increase by at least 50%."

“按你这个说法15万的比亚迪秦要涨到21-22万，19万8的Coupe2014要涨到30万？”

"That's the theory."

"Fuck, this price increase is too exaggerated. Why is the price of lithium ore rising so wildly?"

“Coupe2014卖19万8，比亚迪秦卖15万，宝马只能将3系降到10万，如果比亚迪秦涨到22万，Coupe2014涨到30万，你是买15万3系宝马还是买电动车？
Obviously, it is the fuel car companies that are driving up the price of lithium ore, forcing the price of electric cars to increase. Believe it or not, in half an hour, all fuel car prices will increase. "

"The guy above doesn't have to wait for half an hour. BMW has announced that all its models will increase in price, but the increase is not as exaggerated as you said. The BMW 3 Series has only increased to 18 yuan."

"Audi has also announced a price increase."

"Alas, the core of electric vehicles is batteries. Deep Blue does not have its own mineral resources, so it can only passively accept the increase in lithium ore prices."

"These fuel car companies are too disgusting. They have joined forces to drive up the price of lithium ore. Deep Blue can't compete with them at all."

"Does the government not care about this kind of crazy price hike?"

"How can we manage it? We are not a major lithium mining country. Our lithium resources account for only 13% of the world's total. We do not have the power to set prices for lithium. Besides, this is a market behavior, and lithium is not a necessity. It is impossible for the state to intervene in the price of lithium. Besides, if the state intervenes, it will be a distorted situation."

"According to you, we can only passively take the beating?"

"From the current situation, this is the case. We can only passively take the beating."

"The price of electric cars has increased so much all of a sudden, I might as well buy a fuel car. Although the charging cost of electric cars is low, the price of cars has increased so much. Who can afford an increase of 70,000 or 80,000 yuan all of a sudden?"

September 2016, 2, China time.

Three days have passed and there is still no sign of a decline in lithium ore prices.

All foreign brands of fuel vehicles have increased in price, with the lowest increase being more than 3 yuan and the highest being 10 yuan. People can only passively accept this fact.

The CEOs of these foreign automobile brands have all become the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King, because for the time being, he has won this war, and the sales of fuel vehicles have also skyrocketed in these three days.

Everyone is afraid that the price of lithium ore will continue to rise, and then fuel vehicle manufacturers will follow suit and raise prices.

Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong Island.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the sea, and the golden light and the deep blue of the sea interweave to create a charming color.

The yacht's propeller slowly stopped turning and its wake gradually dissipated in the water.

At the dock, the workers were wearing blue work clothes and safety helmets, and there was a hint of subtle surprise in their eyes.

The portholes on the speedboat reflected the light of the setting sun, like tiny diamonds inlaid on the black shell.

As the speedboat approached, you could hear the crisp sound of dock workers hooking the cables with iron hooks. The yacht swayed gently, and the distance between it and the dock gradually shortened, as if it was dancing an elegant waltz.

The huge water tower of the desalination plant at the dock rises high into the sky, and the pipes and equipment cast long shadows under the setting sun.

The construction of the entire desalination plant has been completed in one year, and the entire plant will be able to operate normally in another month. The purpose is to complete the plant within one and a half years.

Deep Blue Group spent nearly three times the construction cost to build this desalination plant.

The original cost of the desalination plant was 300 billion RMB, but after Han Chen's operation it directly increased to 400 billion.

Because the road from the desalination plant to the city center has not been repaired yet, Chang Huazhang usually comes here by speedboat, which is half an hour faster than taking a car.

After getting off the speedboat, Chang Huazhang went straight to the engineering department of the Deep Blue Seawater Desalination Plant.

"Assistant Chang, why are you here so late?" Li Jiangnan greeted Chang Huazhang when he saw him.

"I just came over to take a look at the situation. How is the project progressing?" Chang Huazhang asked.

"The construction of the entire desalination plant has been completed. We are already doing the finishing work. You can arrange for the manufacturer to come in and install the equipment." Li Jiangnan replied.

"Great, great, that's great. Thank you all for your hard work this year." Chang Huazhang said happily. (End of this chapter)