Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 432 International Alliance, Zuckerberg asks for cooperation! (asking for monthly votes)
The phenomenon of cultural invasion is actually very serious.

It’s just a pity that most of them were invaded by foreign cultures before.

For example, Japanese anime, Korean dramas, American Marvel, etc.

Now that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Nirvana in Fire" have finally been able to go abroad, it is a rare cultural counter-invasion.

"By the way, Chairman, with the explosive popularity of Nirvana in Fire on the overseas version of TikTok, Netflix contacted us and wanted to buy the overseas copyright of Nirvana in Fire!"

Jian Ziyan remembered this and took out a piece of mail and handed it over.

"Netflix is ​​here again!" Wang Yi expected it.

Netflix has always been wealthy and not picky. As long as a drama is well-known and popular, it will buy it like crazy.

A user may not watch the main feature, but I can’t live without it!

"Yes, as long as the price is right, the overseas copyright can be distributed to them. By the way, ask them if they are interested in "The Legend of Zhen Huan". If they are interested, we will sell it together!" Wang Yi said.

If he sells one more movie, he can earn an extra 2 million. Wang Yi will not refuse the money given by Nafei.

"Okay, Chairman."

"By the way, there is also H.265 encoding. If Netflix is ​​interested, we can also authorize them to use it as long as they pay the money." Wang Yi thought of this.

The H.265 encoding launched by Xingyi Video saves half the bandwidth, is clearer, and has faster buffering, completely crushing H.264.

But unfortunately, currently only Xingyi Video uses it, while other competitors are still using H.264.

After all, the licensing fee for H.264 is only US$650 million, while the licensing fee for H.265 is much higher.

It is a new technology again, and many people are skeptical and too lazy to buy it.

Wang Yi was helpless about this.

Several major domestic competitors, all of which are Xingyi Video’s competitors, are reluctant to spend the money and are naturally too lazy to buy it.

If Wang Yi wants to find a breakthrough, he has to start with overseas giants.

Netflix and Facebook are the best targets.

"Okay, Chairman, I'll contact Naife right away."

In the afternoon, Zhu Changlin came back from Xingyi Semiconductor and immediately approached Wang Yi:
"Chairman, the yield rate of our 81-nanometer process has reached %. Mr. Hu has also made some optimizations with his team, and we are going to test it again in two days!"

"81%!" Wang Yi was overjoyed. "Very good, this yield rate is not low. In this way, you notify the semiconductor department and Mr. Hu to hold a video conference in half an hour!"

"Okay, Chairman."

Half an hour later, Wang Yi came to the semiconductor department and held a video conference with Xingyi Fab:

"This year, our biggest project is Xingyi Semiconductor. It is the 40-nanometer process of the wafer factory, as well as the research and development of the Kunpeng 702 series chips and baseband."

"So far, the research and development of Kunpeng 702, Kunpeng 700, and 3G baseband Yilong 3000 have all been completed."

"And Xingyi Fab is also making rapid progress, with the yield rate of the 40-nanometer process reaching 81%!"

"congratulations!"

"Mr. Hu's team deserves great credit!"

"Wow!" The entire semiconductor department applauded.

The research and development of chip technology is much more difficult than chip design.

This is why there are many IC design companies in the world, but only a few wafer fabs.

In the past, Foxconn wanted to expand its business and diversify its business, and it once wanted to build a 28-nanometer wafer factory in India.

Unfortunately, after a period of research and development, Foxconn discovered that chip processing was too difficult. They could not handle 28 nanometers, or even 40 nanometers, and had to rely on technology licenses from other companies.

This happened many years later.

Now, the 40-nanometer process is considered relatively advanced, second only to the most advanced 28-nanometer and the second most advanced 32-nanometer.

It is a great success that Hu’s team has achieved an 81% yield rate.

Mr. Hu smiled and said, "Thank you for your encouragement. I originally planned to tell you the results after retesting in two days to see if I can achieve an 85% yield rate."

Wang Yi was speechless. With Mr. Hu's level of competence, he felt that an 81% yield rate was not considered a success, and only 85% was considered passing, so he didn't mention it at all!
But for a new wafer fab, 81% is considered a very successful rate, and there will be no problem in subsequently increasing it to 85%.

Wang Yi smiled and said, “In that case, the test in two days will be conducted using Kunpeng 702, Kunpeng 700, and Wing Loong 3000. These three chips can be considered as tape-outs!”

Tape out is trial production, and generally not too many are produced because we don’t know whether it will be successful.

Therefore, different chips can be assembled on one substrate, and multiple chips can be taped out together, thus saving costs.

For example, under the 40-nanometer process, one tape-out costs 500 million RMB.

The three chips were taped out together, and the cost of each one was less than 200 million, which greatly reduced the cost.

With its own wafer fab, the cost is even lower.

After all, TSMC has to make money by asking TSMC to produce wafers.

In addition, Xingyi Wafer Factory also needs to conduct trial production to improve the yield rate of 40nm process.

In this way, the tape-out and process trial production of the three chips are combined into one, which is also a good thing.

The reason why this was not done before was that the yield rate was low.

In case of failure, it will be difficult to tell whether the problem lies with the foundry’s 40nm process or with the chip design.

Today, the yield rate of 40nm process has reached 81%, so there are no major problems.

If all the chips produced cannot light up, then it is a problem with the chip design.

After all, an 81% yield rate is already very good.

Mr. Hu nodded: "No problem, there is no problem at the wafer factory."

Wang Yi looked at Williams and Pang Liguo.

"I'm fine here."

“The baseband is also fine.”

They both said.

"Well, immediately dispatch your best personnel to Xingyi Wafer Factory to prepare for the tape-out. There is no rush, and it doesn't have to be done in two days. Be prepared before proceeding!"

"Okay, Chairman!" several people responded.

To be honest, Wang Yi was a little nervous.

The last time they were taped out, they were router chips and fast-charging chips, all of which were small chips with a high success rate, so Wang Yi was not worried about failure.

But this time it's different.

This is a mobile phone chip!
It’s a mobile phone chip with integrated baseband!
Once developed, it will be the first in the country and the first integrated baseband chip in the world.

Even Qualcomm's APQ 8064 does not have an integrated baseband, so we have to wait until next year's Snapdragon 800!

Wang Yi said he was not worried, but that was all fake.

And it is produced in its own wafer fab.

But even so, Wang Yi still had to let everyone relax, get ready, and start again.

On that day, all the elite personnel of Xingyi Semiconductor gathered and headed straight to the Xingyi wafer factory in the suburbs.

Not only Williams went, but also the two R&D managers, George and Zhang Chao, went.

At such critical moments, they will watch it personally.

He also brought a lot of backbone people with him.

However, Wang Yi did not go there in person.

It has to be verified first, and then it has to be taped out for trial production, which takes several days in total.

Wang Yi has a lot of things to do, but he doesn't have time to spend it all in the wafer factory.

However, due to the tape-out issue, the business trip originally planned to go to the Xingyi TV headquarters in the island city was changed to a video conference.

Xingyi TV CEO Xu Mingyi, CTO Tu Hongyun and other senior executives all attended the meeting.

Wang Yi spoke first: "Today there is only one topic, which is to expand the factory and increase production capacity!"

"At present, we have Xingyi TV Industrial Park in Taiwan and in Shenzhen. Once the industrial parks in Taiwan are all completed and put into mass production, the domestic demand for TVs can be fully met. It can also radiate to several neighboring countries."

“But overseas demand is a real problem.”

"If we choose to produce everything domestically and ship it overseas, the transportation cost, risks along the way, and timeliness are all big problems, and there is also the issue of tariffs."

"For example, if we export from China to the United States, we need to pay a 3.9% tariff. If the tariff is increased in the future, it will not be a small amount."

"And for exports from Mexico to the United States, according to the Mexico-Canada trade agreement, there is zero tariff!"

Wang Yi knew very well that after the trade war in 2018, the United States imposed a 7.5% tariff, and the tariff on color TV exports to the United States rose to 11.4%!

11.4% and zero tariff, that's a big difference.

"In addition, the labor cost in Mexico is very low, so it can be used as the first overseas production base of Xingyi TV."

"What do you all think?"

Xu Mingyi nodded: "I also support our first overseas base in Mexico. Not only can we sell in Mexico. To the north, with the US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement, we can export to the United States and the Maple Leaf Country with zero tariffs. To the south, we can also export to South American countries such as the Football Country and Argentina."

"That's right. The United States is the largest overseas consumer market, and Mexico is also the best overseas base."

"Labor costs are low, and there is a TCL factory in Mexico, so there is no shortage of skilled workers and TV industry chain!"

"If we go to other countries, we may have to start from scratch. But in Mexico, TCL has been developing traditional color TVs for many years. Now we are investing in smart TVs, and we can directly use the industrial foundation built by TCL."

Everyone spoke up and gave a clear and logical analysis.

Just like Wang Yi placed the headquarters of Xingyi TV in the island city instead of Jeju, it was because the island city had Hisense and a mature TV industry belt.

Similarly, Mexico's state-owned TCL production base also has a mature TV industry belt.

This is very helpful for the construction and development of Xingyi TV Factory.

Wang Yi made the final decision: "Okay, then the first overseas base will be located in Mexico. As for the specific location, you arrange a team to go to Mexico for investigation and research."

"Okay, Chairman, what is the planned production capacity of our Mexico Industrial Park?"

Wang Yi thought for a moment and said, "North America and South America don't have much sales. Let's say we can produce 24 million units a year by running three shifts 1000 hours a day. If we can sell 500 million Xingyi TVs and 500 million Wujie TVs a year, that would be good."

Of course, the main sales force of Xingyi TV depends on the United States and the Maple Leaf Country.

As for Mexico and South America, the main one is Broadband TV.

Wang Yi continued: "The Mexico Industrial Park can radiate to North America and South America, but we still need a second overseas base in the European Union and the Middle East!"

A senior executive said: "I suggest landing in Egypt, which has a superior location, and it is very convenient for shipping to the European Union or Africa, and the labor cost is also low."

"Egypt does not have a mature television industry foundation, so it is difficult to start from scratch. Besides, there are many poor relatives around, so it is not suitable." "Egypt is not a member of the European Union, so it does not have an advantage in trade. Poland is still a good choice."

"I also support building a factory in Poland, which happens to be located in the center of Europe and enjoys EU tariff preferences. In addition, Polish workers' wages are the lowest in Europe, similar to those in China."

……

Listening to everyone's words, Wang Yi was very satisfied.

His choice was also Poland.

There is no other reason. Poland is a member of the European Union and enjoys tariff preferences when selling in Europe.

In the future, due to the trade deficit, Europe will impose a 14% tariff on televisions exported from the country, which is more severe than that of the United States.

But if a factory is built in Poland, the preliminarily assembled components are shipped from China to Poland, and then the final assembly of the whole machine is completed in Poland, the 14% tariff can be exempted!
More importantly, Poland is a member of the Belt and Road Initiative.

With the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the China-Europe express will be opened to traffic in a few years. By then, it will only take 22 days to deliver domestic components to the Polish factory, saving more than half a month compared to sea transportation!
In addition, Poland has a TCL factory, and is not short of skilled workers and TV industry belts.

If we go to Egypt, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recruit skilled workers.

Once the Polish factory is built, there will be a promising future for Poland, Germany and France to the east, and the surrounding European countries with good consumption power to the west.

As for the TCL factory, although it started early, it only produced traditional color TVs.

Faced with such a smart Xingyi TV, there is no resistance at all.

Wang Yi looked around at everyone and said, "Then the second overseas base will be located in Poland. As for the specific location, we will also arrange a team to investigate. As for the scale, the annual production capacity will also be tens of millions!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded one after another.

In this way, when all factories are put into production, the overseas production capacity will be 2000 million, and Xingyi TV + Wujie TV should be able to meet part of the overseas demand.

After all domestic production capacity is put into operation, the annual production capacity will exceed 7000 million units, which will be beyond the capacity of the entire Xiaguo market.

The excess can only be exported to a few nearby countries.

In this way, Asia has two major industrial parks, the island city of Xia State and the Shenzhen City.

In North America and South America, there are industrial parks in Mexico.

There are Polish industrial parks in Europe, Africa and other places.

We ship to the nearest place, basically covering the whole world.

Even so, an annual production capacity of 9000 million is still terrifying.

However, there is still hope that the borderless TV with its unbeatable cost-effectiveness can be digested.

Nowadays, TV is still a must-have for every household. As long as the performance is good, the experience is good and the price is right, there is no need to worry about sales.

More importantly, other competitors are still making traditional TVs and semi-smart TVs, which are very backward and cannot be compared with Xingyi smart TVs at all.

This is Wang Yi's opportunity.

Developed countries mainly promote Xingyi TV, which is mid-to-high-end.

Developing countries mainly promote borderless TV, focusing on cost-effectiveness.

In the future, Wang Yi aims to take over 40% or even half of the global TV market!
If it were a few years later, this would be difficult and almost unrealistic.

But at the moment, leading the way in smart TVs is not a big problem.

Just like the tablet market, the iPad once took up half of the market.

In addition, even if such a large amount of production capacity cannot be used, it can be converted to the production of tablets, monitors, large car screens, or OEM for third-party brands.

The key is to open up the global layout and reduce costs.

After the meeting, the next day, the Xingyi TV department immediately organized a team to go to Mexico and Poland to investigate the factory construction.

At Xingyi Wafer Factory, after a day of research and preparation, the tape-out was finalized and scheduled for September 9.

After all, it is their own chip, and the wafer factory has already participated in some of the research and development and design stages.

Even Mr. Hu participated and gave a lot of suggestions from the perspective of mass production.

This is the advantage of our own resources.

Wang Yi is full of expectations for this.

In the afternoon, Jian Ziyan walked in:

"Chairman, we have negotiated with Naifa and the progress is going well. They are willing to pay 4000 million US dollars for the five-year overseas copyright of Nirvana in Fire. They are also willing to pay million US dollars for the five-year overseas copyright of Legend of Zhen Huan."

"2.5 million is almost million. million is almost million."

Wang Yi nodded. "Five years of copyright, this price is quite attractive. After all, our drama is still considered a niche overseas and cannot be sold at a very high price. We can sign the contract."

Indeed, for popular American TV series, Netflix can offer a unit price of one million US dollars per episode.

However, domestic dramas are considered niche overseas, with few viewers and many episodes, so they naturally cannot be sold at a high price.

There is nothing we can do about this.

But even so, an overseas copyright can be sold for 2 million or 2.5 million, which is considered very high.

"Okay, Chairman. Naife is also very interested in H.265 encoding. However, they think the price is too high. Chairman Naife hopes to have a video conference with you to negotiate in person."

"can."

A giant like Naifi is very powerful, and the chairman of Naifi is worthy of Wang Yi's attention.

If it is anyone else, just hand it over to your subordinates.

More importantly, for the promotion of H.265, Naifi is the best breakthrough.

At 5 pm, Chairman Naife and Wang Yi started a cross-border video conference:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Wang, my Chinese is not...good. Can we communicate in English?" Reed, the chairman of Naifi, apologized.

"No problem." Wang Yi said with a smile.

Wang Yi is a 211 candidate and his English is not bad. He may not pass the CET-, but he has no problem with oral conversation.

After all, foreigners' practical English is also spoken in a colloquial style, and even contains many grammatical errors. If you really read from the textbook word for word, foreigners will be confused.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang." Reed smiled and said, "H.265 can save 50% of bandwidth. With the same network speed, the buffering is faster and the video is clearer at the same volume. It is very suitable for streaming media. To be honest, we are indeed interested. But the price is too expensive."

"You know, the annual licensing fee for H.264 is only 650 million US dollars. And your H.265 annual licensing fee is charged at 0.5%, with no upper limit. It's really too expensive!"

"I calculated that with such a large amount of traffic, we have to pay more than 264 million US dollars a year, which is nearly 20 times that of H.!"

"It's too expensive, Mr. Wang. It's really too expensive."

Wang Yi smiled slightly. The price quoted for H.265 is indeed very expensive, but the key is to leave room for negotiation.

If they directly offer a cap of 5000 million US dollars, then Nafei will cut it down to 3000 million US dollars.

After all, this money has to be paid every year!
Not a small number!
"To be honest, the 0.5% fee is for small businesses. They don't use much traffic in a year, so the annual licensing fee is only a few million to tens of millions of dollars."

Wang Yi smiled and said: "For giants like Naife, we can specifically reach new strategic cooperation and give the most favorable internal price."

"New strategic cooperation? Internal price?" Reed stroked his beard and became interested: "Mr. Wang, I'd like to hear the details."

"It's very simple. I plan to establish an H.265 strategic alliance. All members of the alliance can enjoy a 6% discount and a cap of 5000 million US dollars!"

"???" Reed was confused and excited: "Mr. Wang, you mean that if Netflix joins the H.265 Alliance, no matter how much it costs, it can only pay a maximum of 5000 million US dollars a year?"

"Yes, that's it."

"Really? This price is too tempting."

If the cost is more than 264 million US dollars a year, which is 15-20 times that of H., it is hard to bear.

But 5000 million US dollars a year is only 264 times more expensive than H.7.5, so there is no pressure.

After all, H.265 saves 264% bandwidth compared to H.50. For Naife, the saved server costs are more than tens of millions of dollars.

More importantly, the future is the 4K era, and H.265 saves 50% of bandwidth, which is indispensable.

However, Reed was not overwhelmed by the excitement: "Mr. Wang, what are the requirements for joining the H.265 Alliance? Or what obligations do I need to fulfill?"

Reed doesn't think that Wang Yi is a philanthropist who would give such a good offer for free.

"It's very simple. As a member of H.265, we must actively promote and promote H.265 encoding. And mark H.265 in the video package!"

“In addition, we must publicly declare that we will join the H.265 Alliance and actively participate in promoting the development of H.265.”

"No more?" Reed was a little surprised.

These two requirements are too simple.

It is equivalent to enjoying internal prices without many constraints.

As for promoting H.265, Wang Yi doesn't need to say anything, Naifi will promote it vigorously.

Our competitors are all using H.264, so it would be unreasonable not to promote the more advanced H.265!
"No more, that's it."

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, thank you! Nafei is willing to be the first to join the H.265 Alliance!" Reed laughed heartily.

Such a good opportunity, with a 6% discount and a maximum of million US dollars, it would be unreasonable not to join.

"Welcome!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

The goal was successfully achieved.

Wang Yi wants 100 million US dollars, but Naifei will refuse because he thinks it is too expensive.

Wang Yi wants 70 million US dollars, and it is 50-50 whether Naifei agrees or not.

Although it can earn an extra 265 million, it is not conducive to the promotion of H..

On the contrary, although Naife will earn 2000 million US dollars less, joining the H.265 Alliance can be regarded as setting an example, and other giants will follow suit.

Using 265 million US dollars to make H. develop faster is a good thing, and you can definitely make more money.

The next day, a piece of news shocked the world:
[Xingyi Technology established the H.265 Alliance. Alliance members enjoy a 0.3% discount on licensing fees, adopting a % fee standard, capped at US$ million! ]

[Xingyi Video, Changliao, Douyin, Naifi and other members are the first to join the H.265 Alliance! 】

As soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar.

Many netizens are confused about this and don’t even know what H.265 is for.

But the major video giants can no longer sit still.

Facebook headquarters.

Zuckerberg immediately convened a high-level meeting:

"That's great. Xingyi Technology has actually established H.265, with a cap of million US dollars. It's tailor-made for us Facebook."

"Yes, the H.265 licensing fee of more than million US dollars a year is not cost-effective, but million US dollars is very suitable, and the saved servers are enough to make up for the cost."

"Naifei unexpectedly got the upper hand on such a good thing. Chairman, we must join the H.265 Alliance as soon as possible and reach cooperation with Xingyi Technology."

(End of this chapter)