Technological Hegemony

Any high-tech company has a strict confidentiality system. It would be too childish to casually disclose the projects under development.

Although Huawei is currently Luo Jia's largest customer, it is best not to set this precedent.

But Luo Jia thought again, Gong Xiangdong came to visit eagerly, and tried his best to help him find a new office address, all of which revealed Huawei's current anxiety, it is better to listen to what they have to say first.

Therefore, Luo Jia smiled, "Dean Gong, how is your 2012 laboratory doing?"

Hey~

Gong Xiangdong sighed deeply, "How could it be possible? This mobile phone war has been so tragic that it has far exceeded everyone's expectations."

"Let me tell you this, Apple had a cash reserve of as much as 300 billion U.S. dollars three months ago, but now, there are only 270 billion U.S. dollars left."

Luo Jia was taken aback suddenly, "The news is reliable?"

Gong Xiangdong nodded, "We have accurate sources inside Apple."

Luo Jia didn't say anything. It was a tacit practice for giant companies to mix sand with each other and dispatch commercial spies.

However, this news still surprised Luo Jia. In three months, Apple consumed as much as 30 billion U.S. dollars in cash flow. It is impossible to spend all of this money on marketing.

There is only one truth, they are secretly preparing a nuclear bomb, and they will spare no effort to speed up the research and development at all costs.

Next, Gong Xiangdong's words also confirmed Luo Jia's guess.

"According to our intelligence, Apple and Samsung are preparing for a big project. In the past month, the number of chartered flights from Seoul to Los Angeles has increased thirty-fold. The two keep exchanging visits and sending a large number of engineers to each other's companies. .”

"Not only us, but all domestic counterparts are very anxious now. Although thanks to your star technology, we have temporarily taken the lead in terms of market share, but what cannot be ignored is that Samsung and Apple are giant companies with the highest market value in the world. The resources and contacts they have are not comparable to ours."

"This is an unequal war. Behind Samsung is the whole of South Korea, and Apple is related to the glory of Silicon Valley's high-tech king. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, these giants are all assisting overtly and secretly. apple."

Sha Zhan interjected, "You should know about the recent news that Minnan Jinhua was banned by the United States, right?"

Luo Jia nodded, feeling a little heavy.

Jinhua in southern Fujian, Tsinghua Ziguang, Yangtze River Storage, and Anhui Gaoguanxin, these are the four important chess pieces that my country has laid in the field of memory.

Memory refers to memory chips and flash memory chips. This thing has a high technical content, how high is it?

So far, the four major storage manufacturers in my country have invested hundreds of billions of dollars and hired thousands of engineers and R\u0026D personnel from South Korea, Wanwan, Neon, and the United States, but so far, they have not come up with any A convincing product.

Occasionally, DDR3 memory with a purple cursor and a small number of flash memory chips can be seen in the market, which is the result of years of hard work by the four major manufacturers in the storage industry in my country.

It's really sad to say it. Countless amounts of money have been burned, but it's like a bottomless pit, and I still don't know when I will be able to feel proud.

A layman will never know what life is like for the engineers who engage in storage.

There is no technical information. Semiconductor raw materials are monopolized by Neon, semiconductor design tools are monopolized by the United States, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment is monopolized by Neon, Europe, and the United States. It is completely self-made.

Recently, good news finally came. The four major storage manufacturers in my country may launch mass-produced products within the next two years. People in the industry hugged and celebrated, feeling that the hard days are finally over.

However, at this time, Jinhua in southern Fujian was banned. I don't know what kind of mood Jinhua's engineers are in now.

Luo Jia scratched his head, "The way to break the blockade and hegemony is like climbing a mountain. It is relatively easy to climb from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, but the most difficult thing is to climb to the top. Once you climb to the mountainside, what are the winds, snowstorms, these moths It all came out."

"The United States banned Jinhua, but it shows that Jinhua has done a good job and made the opponent feel scared."

Gong Xiangdong agreed with Luo Jia's judgment, "I heard from people in the industry that the four major storage factories are staying up late and working overtime every day, and many engineers are so tired that they are hospitalized. After working so hard, it will be a matter of time before they get results, but suddenly Jinhua They were completely banned, and I feel really sorry for them."

After a pause, Gong Xiangdong continued, "According to the gossip from Samsung, they may hold a joint press conference with Apple in July."

"What time?"

"July 16."

Bass~

After hearing Gong Xiangdong's words, Luo Jia jumped up from the chair!

I set the start time of the May storm on May 16, and then launched the epoch-making super camera on June 16.

Now, Samsung and Apple are going to hold a press conference on July 16?

The fool also understands that this is a provocation, and they want revenge!

"Do you know what product they are going to launch?" Luo Jia asked.

"This time they have done a good job of keeping secrets. We don't know their actions yet, but according to speculation, they should be related to the screen and storage, these two core components, but it is not ruled out that they will be in other areas, and we will meet again. Let's go to war." Gong Xiangdong said.

Luo Jia frowned and paced back and forth in the office.

After all, it is Samsung and Apple. Apple has almost the strongest design capabilities in the world, and Samsung has successfully surpassed Intel to become the world's number one high-tech manufacturing giant. One of them is good at software, and the other is good at hardware. Super giants can naturally complement each other.

The situation that was finally opened, is it going to be brought back by the opponent?

Luo Jia will not be reconciled. At this time, no matter what, he must help the Big Four to withstand the joint attack of Samsung and Apple.

At this time, another sentence from Gong Xiangdong made Luo Jia finally make up his mind.

"Yesterday, Opal Company quietly announced that all employees will cut their salaries by 20%."

Luo Jia stopped in his tracks, and asked puzzledly, "Salary cut? The war has just reached the middle game, and the salary cut at this time hurts morale."

Gong Xiangdong shrugged, "There is no other way if you don't surrender. This mobile phone war is too expensive. Every morning when you wake up, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. Our chief financial officer lost his gray hair in just three months. More than half of it is because of worrying about how many nights I can't sleep."

"Samsung and Apple both have hundreds of billions of dollars in reserves, backed by the nine major banks in South Korea and Wall Street, and we are fighting against them with the old background that we have managed to save over the years."

"If Samsung loses, there are still huge Samsung Electronics, Samsung Real Estate, Samsung Insurance, Samsung Motors, Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Chemicals, Samsung Hotels, and Samsung Everland."

"Samsung Tyco is even engaged in the military industry, even making fucking armed helicopters and self-propelled artillery."

Gong Xiangdong paused, "And if we lose, we will really lose our underpants. Salary cuts are nothing. Once we lose this mobile phone war, millions of employees will lose their jobs, which will affect countless people. normal family."

Luo Jia nodded. This is indeed a war that cannot be lost, a last stand to break the mobile phone hegemony of foreign manufacturers.

"You guys come with me." Luo Jia said suddenly, and there was an imperceptible gleam in his eyes.

"Where are you going?"

"Lab, let me show you a little thing I'm working on." Luo Jia said.