Reinventing the Millennium

The contents of the closed-door meeting in Washington soon reached Fang Zhuo's ears.

Although we talk behind closed doors, this form will always be revealed over time and from each other's different positions.

In fact, this is not the first conference on ice cores.

Fang Zhuo knew more or less the content of the previous meetings, and they were all pretty much the same. However, this time it involved high-level executives from Silicon Valley companies such as Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Intel, which were quite important.

He was a little surprised that Huang Renxun would make this call so quickly.

In addition, Schmidt’s position is almost completely on the opposite side, which is also a bit unexpected.

Fang Zhuo knew Schmidt's influence, but thinking that the two had visited Jobs together before, he couldn't help but feel complicated now, Lao Shi, Lao Shi, why are you such a person?

Birds of a feather flock together, don't play with such people next time to avoid being led astray.

However, Fang Zhuo wasn't too angry. The Iron Triangle was a thing of the past, and Schmidt was now Pentagon Schmidt.

Huang Renxun on the phone was indignant and repeatedly mentioned the performance of the think tank's senior consultant.

Fang Zhuo had never been in contact with Allen, and had only read reports and interviews on paper. Listening to such reports, he felt a little funny about Huang Renxun's mood, and couldn't help but ask: "This senior consultant sounds a bit ...arrogant?”

This is the character image in Huang Renxun's mouth.

"Yes." Huang Renxun sneered. "The people in the think tank thought they were guiding the decision-making behind the scenes, and they ignored our opinions. That so-called expert on Asian affairs, Bader, didn't understand semiconductors at all. Mr. Fang, if you ask me, CSIS should be replaced." Consultant.”

Fang Zhuo's heart moved, and Mr. Huang had some hints.

He said with some embarrassment: "Is this appropriate? My personal likes and dislikes are not important in this matter. The main thing is whether it can benefit the development of everyone's overall interests."

Huang Renxun suddenly stopped when he was about to speak, and smiled "Haha": "Mr. Fang, this is the situation. I just think Allen is not polite enough. The whole meeting was very fierce. I think there is still hope to promote changes in the situation."

The situation is like this. It doesn't matter who Mr. Fang is and what he knows how to do, so he shouldn't be pushed away by himself.

Huang Renxun was quite annoyed by Allen's arrogance in the meeting.

Fang Zhuo thanked his partners for recounting the closed-door meeting. After the phone call ended, he asked someone to check the relationship between Nvidia and the think tank CSIS. It turned out that the former had some sponsorship of the latter.

CSIS claims to be a non-profit think tank and relies on corporate donations or foundation grants for a considerable portion of its income.

Fang Zhuo probably understood some of Mr. Huang's emotions. No matter what, the senior adviser's attitude towards the funder should be better. As a Chinese with roots in the United States and well-known around the world, Huang Renxun probably felt offended.

The other party is just a consultant for a project in a think tank.

Fang Zhuo thought about it and realized that capitalists also have tempers.

If it's not convenient for you to come forward on this matter, then find the right person to come forward.

for example……

A name popped up in front of me.

Stringer.

This person is well-known in the American business circle and has deep connections. After being laid off and re-employed, it is perfect for him to take a job focusing on global children and education issues.

While Fang Zhuo was asking people to further investigate and report on CSIS, he was also considering the scale of this Jinyuan offensive.

Generally speaking, CSIS's position is more conservative and it has more influence on the Republican side, but think tanks of this size are not black and white, so this time it will appear in the business conference room.

However, the time has already reached July. If it is delayed further, the shadow shareholders may win the election and the situation will be different.

Fang Zhuo was sitting on the sofa, feeling that time was going extremely fast this year. He looked out the window at the night scene, and suddenly wanted to return to China as soon as possible.

A moment later, as soon as he picked up his cell phone, a reporting call from China lit up.

While the ice core news is erratic in the United States, local smartphone competition is not idle.

On July 11, OPPO had just released its flagship mobile phone, and the next day there was news about competitors.

Kesheng Mobile held a press conference held by CEO Ni Boren and released four mobile phones equipped with "Morning Light 1S" and "Morning Light 2" chips respectively. The former is an optimized and modified version of Morningstar Semiconductor's first generation "Morning Light" mobile phone chip, positioning It is also a customized machine in cooperation with China Unicom.

As for "Morning Light 2", although Ni Boren did not make it clear, he directly compared it with OPPO's blockbuster model on stage.

Originally, after OPPO obtained the Qualcomm chip, it scheduled the launch conference in September, intending to have a head-on collision with Yike, but with the blessing of a wave of "swan song"... At first glance, it seems that it may be possible It just doesn't work.

If you can't touch it from the front, don't be too stubborn. OPPO happily switched to July and came up with the Finder, which is known as the world's thinnest and lightest, and the Magic2, which will be equipped with Qualcomm's first quad-core chip.

Among them, Magic2 will not be released until October. This conference mainly focused on the 6.65mm thinnest Finder, priced at 2,498 yuan.

However, the next day, Conexian Mobile, as a small player, came up with a thinner and lighter mobile phone, with a thickness difference of only 0.2 cm.

“This is the world’s thinnest and lightest smartphone.”

"We have high confidence in the quality of the products we launch this time, but we have been hesitant about the price. Yesterday, I convinced the executives overnight and the final price was set at 2,199 yuan. I hope to make friends with you!"

One day later, the "Make a Friend" mobile phone replaced Finder as the world's thinnest and lightest mobile phone, and the latter's advertising is still hanging on the Internet and materials.

This angered OPPO, and Kesheng Mobile won the title of "Yike's Dog" in Yixin Moments.

But soon, lively evaluations from third parties proved that the performance of the dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm MS8260 equipped with Finder was slightly inferior to that of "Morning Light 2".

How does Conexian CEO convince senior executives overnight?

Why has Morningstar Semiconductor’s strength surged?

How come the world's thinnest and lightest mobile phone announced that it had changed hands in one day?

Is this a distortion of morality or a loss of human nature?

With the advent of the multi-core era, China's smartphone market has further expanded.

Fang Zhuo laughed when he heard some of the report details, which made Liu Qiangdong, who personally called the boss on the other end of the phone, very happy, thinking that this step was very in line with the mood of Yi Ke and Mr. Fang.

Mr. Fang has been working hard along the way, and he has also led others to do a small job. The top is happy, the bottom is also happy, and the consumers are equally happy.

"If Morning Light 2 can survive this time, the next step is to grab MediaTek's market. It's not easy for Morningstar Semiconductor either."

After listening to the report, Fang Zhuo's first emotion was for Morningstar Semiconductor.

Morningstar Semiconductor finally won the TV chip market, finally went on the market, finally transformed, and finally had to be delisted. The previous chips received poor response, and this is finally a splash. It’s not easy!

Liu Qiang made a "hmm" sound, and Mr. Fang probably felt that it was not easy for Morningstar's R\u0026D staff.

He said: "We will see how Samsung handles Trump this month. Mr. Fang, is there any new news from the United States?"

Samsung will release a new phone at the end of July. Not surprisingly, in addition to being equipped with Qualcomm chips, this time it will also increase the promotion of its own chips. The number of methods used may still be different between local and overseas.

"No news, just wait and see." Fang Zhuo was very calm. Samsung's medicine jars may not have been going well recently. There has been quite a stir in the media in South Korea due to the US raid on him at the beginning of the year.

Lee Jae-yong rarely makes public appearances at present, and this month’s press conference was hosted by others. The news a while ago was related to Samsung’s 28nm.

Samsung has released relatively positive news on wafer foundry. It has announced the construction of a new 28nm production line. Judging from the scene, it is likely to become the second foundry company following Taiji.

Liu Qiangdong felt that his boss's interest in listening had ended, so he chatted briefly and said that he would send more detailed information about the recent situation and ended the call.

As the president of Yike Huaxia and one of the few people who know the situation of ice cores, Liu Qiangdong has a very stable mentality and is gradually getting excited about the situation next year.

If this wave of ice cores is correct, next year will be a big test for Samsung.

Fang Zhuo ended the call and briefly rejected the reporter's interview request before calling someone. With the suspension of ice core sales these days, everyone still wants to hear the feelings of the person involved.

He doesn't mind facing the camera, but the current situation is different from before. Everything that should be whitewashed has been covered up. Just wait and see whether it will come to fruition this time.

There are splashes of water in the domestic market, and related news abroad is coming to an end.

It didn’t take much time to research and sort out the think tank’s information. America had established a lobbying team very early, and there was no problem in evaluating CSIS’s replacement of a consultant this time.

If it were anyone else, they might be against Bing Xin. After all, there is a position behind it, but everyone has a different way of dealing with it. Allen is very powerful, and the new one can only use eight points of power.

After making some preparations, Fang Zhuo called Stringer and implicitly mentioned the senior consultant's offense against him.

Stringer is not good at business, but he has been very comfortable in setting up charity funds recently. He knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and he immediately showed the proper attitude towards the funder.

"Mr. Fang, this matter is easy to handle." Stringer agreed and was willing to come forward.

"Then do it as soon as possible." Fang Zhuo thought of Mr. Huang's conscious humiliation and was willing to try the efficiency of Lu Yuan's offensive on small things.

Stringer was also straightforward and immediately found someone to contact the think tank after the phone call ended.

Just as Fang Zhuo feels, there are many consultants in the world, and the pay of the sponsor is much higher than that of the consultants.

As a British knight, Stringer expressed his sponsorship to CSIS and questioned Allen's ability to work, but this did not cause much controversy.

Allen can appear in the business conference room with the CSIS platform behind him, but inside the platform, many people can work on his behalf.

In less than a week, with a million-dollar sponsorship, Allen, who had previously had high-level talks with the heads of giants such as Nvidia and Qualcomm, stepped out of the door of CSIS in confusion.

Regarding the truth behind the resignation, it is not difficult to figure out and confirm.

After being confused, Allen felt angry. The next day, he called the media who interviewed him last week and expressed that he wanted to discuss the issue of Ice Core, an Eastern company.

However, the questions on the phone made him feel cold.

"Alan, are you still working at CSIS?" The media on the other end seemed to be well-informed and asked about the current situation.

Alan remained silent.

"Alan, if you still want to talk about ice cores, I suggest you print your new business card and then we can talk about it in detail." The other end of the phone didn't hear an answer, but still gave the answer according to the correct answer. suggestions.

The business cards that used to have CSIS printed on them are no longer valid. If you want to talk about this again, you have to wait until you find a new think tank.

Even the anger in Allen's heart calmed down a lot after he put down the phone.

In the next two days, he read newspapers and the Internet. The names "Yike", "Bingxin" and "Fang Zhuo" were still the same, and his resignation from CSIS did not cause any controversy at all.

Allen thought about Fang Zhuo, who didn't attend the meeting at all, and the "closed-door" nature of this meeting, and felt... There are bad people in Silicon Valley.

…

On July 26, Samsung held a 2012 new phone launch conference, which was also the first flagship phone launched by Yusanjia.

Contrary to everyone's expectations and inconsistent with previously exposed news, Samsung's Trump is not equipped with Qualcomm chips. The entire series uses its own Orion Exynos quad-core processor. South Korea has not separated itself from overseas markets.

Originally, Fang Zhuo was not very interested in the Samsung press conference. After hearing the news, he immediately watched the press conference in London, and his mind began to wander about the chain reaction of Qualcomm.

There are currently only three high-end brands in the smartphone field. Apple will not use Qualcomm, and Yike will only use half of them. Samsung will directly align itself with Apple this time, which will have an impact on Qualcomm’s market strategy and image.

Is there a problem with the cooperation between the two parties? Or is Samsung also planning to open another product line, but actually cooperate with Qualcomm like Yike? Is it related to Qualcomm's rapid delivery of Snapdragon chips to other brands?

Fang Zhuo looked at this rather unexpected situation and reversed Qualcomm's decision.

If you look at it this way, Qualcomm’s support for Bingxin in closed-door meetings is also worth pondering.

However, before Fang Zhuo could think carefully about the reactions of related parties, the next day, when he was reading a report about himself in his office, the rumored restrictions on ice cores were implemented.

Business officially requires that the Netherlands is not allowed to sell NXE:3100 and subsequent upgraded models to Ice Core, which restricts the development of Ice Core.

This is almost the same as the initial news from close friend Austin, and there are no more measures that have been widely circulated recently.

Fang Zhuo sighed, looked back at the computer, and read the latest report from the Wall Street Journal.

——"Ice core is suspended from the market, Fang Zhuo encounters Waterloo, direct losses may reach tens of billions of dollars".

This report significantly raised the valuation of Bingxin after its listing, believing that it is expected to exceed US$30 billion once it is listed. Calculating this way, the 34.8% held by Fangzhuo would be worth tens of billions of US dollars.

But now, these have come to nothing.

Fang Zhuo closed the web page, looked at the restricted message on the ground, and sighed.

It's really my money and it's really other people's money.