Reborn Tycoon Rise

After a day's rest in downtown Los Angeles, on the third day after returning from Disneyland, Xu Zhi and others embarked on a new journey.

Robson assigned Xu Zhi and others a car and a driver. At this moment, they were on the highway heading to San Francisco.

The strength of developed countries lies in the fact that they have many powerful companies. In later generations, the United States has Microsoft, Google, Apple, General Electric, etc., RB has Ryota, Sony, and Germany has Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, etc.

These are very reputable companies.

But the reason why these countries are strong is not just because of these famous companies. Behind the scenes, there are countless low-key technology giants. The industrial products and chemical materials developed by these giants have an absolute monopoly in their industries. , to a certain extent, these companies that develop basic materials may be much more important than the actual finished product companies.

The simplest example: The reason why China’s automobile industry is not good in later generations is actually not that the automobile companies are not strong, but that the supporting auto parts companies are insufficient in capabilities. Furthermore, these parts companies actually refer to some more basic industries: Materials, processing and heat treatment.

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The same is true in the electronics industry. Many domestic mobile phone companies in later generations are actually controlled by manufacturing companies such as Samsung and TSMC. Huawei can only design the most advanced chips on its own, but it cannot make them.

Including the giant Apple, the same is true. To a certain extent, Apple and Samsung are really in love with each other. Apple relies on Samsung to provide a large amount of hardware materials. Considering that Samsung is in a monopoly market, it must also accept Apple's orders, otherwise Apple will support TSMC or even Other companies may be able to cultivate a new competitor.

But Samsung's strength lies in the fact that all or most of Apple's orders must be handed over to him, otherwise don't ask me to do it. Although Apple is not willing to give in, in the short term, once production capacity is insufficient, it will lose a large amount of the market, so Apple is forced to have no way to cultivate new suppliers, so a balance is achieved.

Of course Xu Zhi also wants to invest in his own hardware company, but currently he doesn't have the strength at all. He can only follow the simplest Xiaomi model first, and outsource everything that can be outsourced. This is the purpose of this trip.

There are now many companies specializing in materials in the United States, and many people who are not in the industry don't even know about them, such as 3M for adhesive tape and Corning for silicon materials. The company Xu Zhi and others want to go to is one of them - Texas Instruments. .

Sitting in the car, Xu Zhi looked at all the information about Texas Instruments in his hands.

Texas Instruments is headquartered in Texas, the southernmost state in the United States, also known as the Cowboy State. If you retire one day, it would be a good idea to raise cattle there.

In the field of industrial semiconductors, Texas Instruments' chips and memories are dominant in this era, and the only competitors that can be counted are giants such as Siemens and General Electric.

San Francisco is where the headquarters of TI Electronics is located. About 8 kilometers south of San Francisco, TI invested more than 100 million US dollars to build a large-scale chip production base and motherboard manufacturing factory.

However, the current 1970s is also the time when RB Semiconductor exploded. RB's low labor and high efficiency started a fire in the semiconductor industry and generally led to a price war. TI's two factories soon fell into trouble, with more than a thousand employees The employment of employees costs tens of millions of dollars every month in wages alone, not to mention that the factory cannot be shut down at all, and the headquarters company reaps huge profits every month.

Xu Zhi's arrival was not too low-key. The tens of millions of dollars remitted from Xiangjiang to the United States had already entered Citibank's account. Citi contacted Xu Zhi as soon as it received the money, and after Xu Zhi came to the United States, Visited him, and in accordance with Xu Zhi's request, Citibank provided a certificate of deposit worth tens of millions of dollars. Both Citigroup and Goldman Sachs wrote a letter of introduction for Xu Zhi's financial strength and sent it directly to Deyi, informing him of this. A customer from Xiangjiang intends to purchase a huge amount of electronic products.

Without the recommendation of the two major banks, a giant company like TI would never bother with an unknown person from Asia like Xu Zhi, and would probably not even bother to conduct an investigation.

This is also a big problem in international trade or long-distance trade. Without enough introduction, Fortune 500 companies will not bother to care about you.

Texas Instruments Branch attaches great importance to Xu Zhi's visit. No matter what, the other party is definitely worth more than ten million dollars. In this era, tens of millions of dollars is not a small amount. Texas Instruments is one of the top 50 giant companies in the United States. The annual turnover is only over one billion US dollars. If we can achieve long-term cooperation, it may not mean much to the head office, but it will definitely greatly improve the performance of the branch.

After a detailed inspection by the guard, two managers from the marketing department of Texas Instruments branch came to welcome him in person and took Xu Zhi to the conference room in the building in front of the factory.

The manager of the branch is named Matthew. He is an authentic Texas cowboy. After being transferred from the headquarters to San Francisco, he has not changed his habit of wearing jeans. At this time, he is wearing a white shirt on the upper body and jeans and sneakers on the lower body. , which is somewhat incompatible with the style of the office.

"Mr. Xu, I hope you don't care about my clothes. I hope we can be friends, not just business partners. When it comes to friends, I prefer to wear clothes that belong to me, not the company." Matthew said with a smile and shook hands.

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "I hope it goes as you wish!"

Matthew smiled and said: "Actually, I would rather meet you at home, but because I know you intend to visit the factory, I have to meet you at the company."

Xu Zhi could only reply politely: "Mr. Matthew, you're welcome."

Matthew asked: "After getting the recommendation letters from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, I arranged for someone to investigate Mr. Xu's information and found that there was no super-rich person with the same surname as you in Xiangjiang. Later, I contacted my friends at Goldman Sachs and found out I know that Mr. Xu started from scratch within one year and earned more than ten million US dollars. This is an entrepreneurial hero even in the United States, not to mention that you are still so young. I am really curious about what kind of business can be so profitable, just by relying on It’s impossible for your company’s claw machines to have such high profits?”

Xu Zhi frowned and said, "Has Goldman Sachs told you?"

Matthew coughed dryly and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xu, Goldman Sachs' confidentiality is very strict. I only know that you started from scratch through many connections. I don't know any more information. Your information can definitely be kept confidential."

Xu Zhi sneered: "But now you still know!"

Matthew said: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Xu Zhi didn't pursue this matter any further. It didn't make much sense. It was impossible for him to give up cooperation with Deyi because of this matter, let alone fall out with Goldman Sachs because of this matter.

His main funds come from speculating on Wharf, and there is no legal or moral problem. However, if the news is revealed, he will definitely be the first to offend Jardine. Now in Xiangjiang, Jardine has discovered that someone intends to acquire Wharf, and Xu Zhi did long leverage before, who can believe that he didn’t participate? The so-called right and wrong only depends on whether you have strength, and explanations are useless.

What's even more troublesome is that with an income of hundreds of millions, he will be completely under the radar of Hong Kong's political and business circles, and his future actions will be closely watched. Not to mention, for his family, safety will also be a big problem. .

However, Goldman Sachs would like to remind you that many people’s self-confidence is actually fragile. They tell a friend and then ask him to promise not to tell anyone. The friend then tells other people with the same promise, and then continues... ...So everyone in the village knew about it, and as long as the protagonist was stupid, no one else knew about it.

Since you pretend you don't care, you have to show that you don't care. Xu Zhi nodded and said: "If we negotiate cooperation and become friends, I will naturally tell you."

Matthew didn't ask any more questions and said, "Okay, I wonder if Xu Sheng has come to our company. Is there anything we can do to help?"

Xu Zhidao: "I hope to reach a cooperation with TI Electronics Factory, and TI will manufacture gaming motherboards for our company."

"What kind of motherboard? Do you have any samples?" Matthew asked.

Xu Zhi took out two motherboards from his briefcase and said, "These are motherboards welded manually by our Xiangjiang branch. I hope TI can design a new motherboard based on this template and deploy the production line."

Matthew took it, looked at it for a while and said: "The motherboard is not very complicated, but in order to ensure the success rate, I also need the finished equipment of this game. I can thoroughly understand the functions of the motherboard before designing an industrial motherboard. Otherwise, we Even if it is done, it is difficult to guarantee the success rate.”

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Of course there is no problem. Several arcade machines that I airlifted from Xiangjiang have arrived in the United States. As long as we reach an agreement, I will send someone to send two over immediately."