Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 1407 Everyone gets what they need
The sharks who had suffered losses in the financial market silently stopped thinking about Yi Ke, although they still remained on the sidelines. However... considering Mr. Fang's ferocity and the silent bald fund manager, everyone was more and more inclined to just watch the fun.

Qualcomm, TSMC, Samsung and other wafer foundry companies were very surprised that they even restricted BIS of Bingxin.

Chen Fuyang arrived in China quietly. He showed up after negotiating with two Chinese mobile phone brands and believed that now was indeed a good opportunity to compete.

However, no matter how he thought about it, no matter how he considered Yi Ke's response, he did not expect Yi Ke to sell Zhurong chips.

What is the Zhurong chip?
It can be regarded as one of the core competitive advantages of Yike mobile phone.

Especially Mars 8.8, it is precisely because of its absolute leading position in chips that most consumers around the world recognize the honor of "the world's number one".

Now, if Yike sells the Zhurong chip to other mobile phone manufacturers...can its own products still remain competitive?
Qualcomm is confused.

Chen Fuyang was also confused.

There are only four companies producing high-end mobile phone chips in the world: Qualcomm Snapdragon, Apple A series, Samsung Orion, and Yike Zhurong. Before this, Apple A and Yike Zhurong did not supply to the outside world, and Samsung's Orion only cooperated with other manufacturers on a small scale. Only Qualcomm Snapdragon, as a pure chip design manufacturer, was widely sold.

What would happen if Zhurong was sold and used to compete directly?
Chen Fuyang thought about it carefully and felt that this matter had both advantages and disadvantages for Yike, but it was definitely all disadvantages for Qualcomm. Moreover, looking back at the development of smart phones over the years, Qualcomm did not seem to have ever fought a serious head-on competition.

This time, if Yike puts a mobile phone chip with a good reputation to compete in the high-end mobile phone market, how will Qualcomm respond?

Chen Fuyang felt very troubled. Yike was already facing so many troubles, how could it just let Qualcomm go like this?

He tried to call Mr. Fang, but the call was not connected and the secretary's only reply was that Mr. Fang was on a business trip.

Fortunately, the news about Yi Ke has not been finalized yet. Although it came from the mouth of senior executives, I am afraid there will be heated discussions within the company.

Chen Fuyang closely followed the news from Yike and soon learned that Zhurong's future was still uncertain, but Yike Optoelectronics' CMOS sensors had confirmed that they would increase their production capacity and be more open to domestic customers.

Although this matter has nothing to do with Qualcomm, but...

CMOS, which comes from the technologies of Yike, Sony and Bingxin, is also a major advantage of Yike products!

First the core chip, then the image sensor...

Is this not the case with Yi Ke?

Chen Fuyang was shocked, but he put aside Qualcomm's position and carefully studied the important news released by Yike in the past two days and found a common point. Whether it is the still doubtful Zhurong or the confirmed sensor, they are all aimed at the enterprise end.

In the past, Yike was mostly oriented towards C-end consumers. Does it now want to improve its revenue ratio and focus more on B-end enterprises?

According to the situation on the Meilijian side, there may be certain uncertain risks in Yike's market, so it now plans to make up for it from other markets?

Chen Fuyang put himself in Yi Ke's shoes and thought, if he were in charge of Yi Ke's affairs now... it would be really troublesome. This time it was not just a business matter, even a company of Yi Ke's size would be deeply affected.

As for the news of the partnership with Intel…

Chen Fuyang not only paid attention to the real developments, but also learned from the Taiwan reporter that they were also paying special attention to this matter. If Intel was willing to manufacture chips for Yike, it would probably mean that Intel would break its IDM model of vertically integrated manufacturing for the past decades and enter the foundry market to compete with Taiwan reporter, UMC and other companies.

Intel has always used the IDM model to rationally configure each link of the chip and has achieved huge success in the market. Will it now break the tradition for Yike?
Or is this just a smokescreen released by Yike and Intel?

This problem troubles companies such as Taiji and Qualcomm, and also troubles the US BIS. According to normal procedures, Intel and Yike can certainly cooperate, but...

Therefore, BIS people only inquire about the authenticity of the news in private.

Then they got an answer.

"We are in contact. Brian has already flown to China."

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has flown to China!

Are these two families serious?!

At the very least, it’s a serious contact!
When this news was further confirmed by a selfie posted on Twitter by Intel CEO Brian, Intel's stock price immediately soared and returned to $3900 billion.

only……

Although Brian arrived in Shencheng, went to Yike headquarters, and met with Mr. Fang, the negotiations between the two sides were quite difficult.

Brian was indeed willing to send signals and persuade the board to break convention, but along with Intel's wafer foundry, he also brought a number of conditions.

Intel wants to buy Yike's WLS to further acquire baseband chip technology and further increase its advantages in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC fields.

Intel wants to buy Yike Optoelectronics, hoping to obtain the world's leading image sensors.

Intel wants to sell mobile phone chips to Yi Ke, hoping that Yi Ke can help build Intel's mobile chip brand.

In addition, Intel asked Bingxin International to terminate its cooperation with AMD.

Intel wants to buy Yike's high-quality assets and sell chips to Yike, blocking the path of its competitors in the process.

When Fang Zhuo heard these conditions from Brian in his office, he could hardly control his expression. He wanted to be angry but wasn't angry enough, and he wanted to laugh but the atmosphere seemed too serious.

"Brian, are you kidding me?" Fang Zhuo could only ask.

Brian said very seriously: "Mr. Fang, I'm not kidding. Do you want to hand over the fate of Yike to Samsung? To the hands of Taiwan's reporters? Only by cooperating with Intel can Yike maintain its long-term competitiveness! Long-term!"

"Ice cores do still have production capacity now, but what's next?"

"We each get what we need. Intel needs the success of its mobile strategy, and ICP needs to maintain long-term competitiveness in the mobile phone market."

Fang Zhuo couldn't help but laugh: "Since we both get what we need, Brian, why does Intel want to buy so many things? Why do I feel like they are taking advantage of the situation?"

Brian sighed and explained, "Mr. Fang, Intel has achieved success through the IDM model. It takes strength to break the tradition. I need to convince the management and the board of directors. Sometimes, necessary efforts are made just to gain more."

"Brian, Yi Ke is not as urgent as you think. With such harsh conditions, you are not helping us, but plundering." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

"Mr. Fang, I think you have to face reality." Brian emphasized, "Since BIS has already restricted Ice Core International, you have already lost it."

Fang Zhuo asked back: "Since I have already lost Bingxin, why are you worried about its cooperation with AMD?"

Brian frowned.

Fang Zhuo said, "I appreciate your decisiveness on this trip, but Brian, I think Intel should take this opportunity to enter the foundry market instead of indulging in the old dream of IDM. This is what we both need."

Brian shook his head repeatedly, disagreeing with Mr. Fang's opinion. He just thought that the impact suffered by Yi Ke was not enough to shake the heart of the world's number one president.

(End of this chapter)