Chapter 1273 Restrictions (4k)

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

Although the conversation was behind closed doors, this form has always revealed a little bit with the passage of time and different positions.

In fact, this is not the first meeting against Bingxin.

Fang Zhuo knows more or less about the content of the previous meetings, and they are all similar. However, this time it involves high-level executives of Silicon Valley companies such as Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Intel, which is 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 little unexpected.

Fang Zhuo knows Schmidt's influence, but when he thinks of the fact that the two of them had visited Jobs together before, he can't help but feel complicated now. Old Shi, old Shi, how can you be such a person?

Birds of a feather flock together. Next time, I will never play with such people again, so as not to be led astray.

However, Fang Zhuo was not too angry. The iron triangle is a thing of the past, and Schmidt is now Penta Schmidt.

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

Fang Zhuo had never met Allen, but only read reports and interviews on paper. Listening to such retelling, he felt a little funny about Huang Renxun's emotions and couldn't help asking, "This senior adviser sounds a bit... arrogant?"

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

"Yes." Huang Renxun sneered, "The people in the think tank think they are guiding the decision-making behind the scenes, regardless of our views. Baidel, the so-called Asian affairs expert, doesn't understand semiconductors at all. Mr. Fang, I think CSIS should change advisers."

Fang Zhuo's heart moved, and Mr. Huang was not without 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 was about to speak but suddenly stopped, "Haha" laughed: "Mr. Fang, this is the situation. I just think Allen is not polite enough. The whole meeting was very arguing. I think there is still hope to promote changes in the situation."

This is the situation. Who is Mr. Fang and what he will do, then he shouldn't be pushed by himself.

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

Fang Zhuo thanked his partner for relaying the closed-door meeting. After the call ended, he asked someone to check the relationship between Nvidia and the think tank CSIS, and found that the former still sponsored the latter.

CSIS claims to be a non-profit think tank, and a considerable part of its income depends on corporate donations or foundation grants.

Fang Zhuo probably understood some of Mr. Huang's emotions. In any case, senior consultants should have a better attitude towards the financial sponsor, and Huang Renxun, as a Chinese who is rooted in the United States and well-known all over the world, probably felt offended.

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

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

It is not convenient for him to come forward for this matter, so find a suitable person to come out.

For example...

A name jumped in front of him.

Stringer.

This person has a good reputation in the American business circle and has a deep network of contacts. After being laid off and re-employed, he is engaged in a job that focuses on global children and education issues. It is perfect.

Fang Zhuo asked people to re-explore CSIS while considering the scale of this financial offensive.

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

However, it is already July. If it is delayed, the shadow shareholder may win the election and the situation will be different.

Fang Zhuo sat on the sofa and felt that time was particularly fast this year. He looked at the night view outside the window and suddenly wanted to return home as soon as possible.

A moment later, he just picked up his mobile phone and a report call from China lit up on it.

While the news of Bingxin was floating in the United States, the local smartphone competition was not idle.

On July 11, OPPO just released its flagship mobile phone, and the next day it received news from its competitors.

Kesheng Mobile Phones CEO Ni Boren held a press conference and released four mobile phones equipped with "M&G 1S" and "M&G 2" chips at once. The former is an optimized version of the first generation "M&G" mobile phone chip of Morningstar Semiconductor, and is also positioned as a customized phone in cooperation with China Unicom.

As for "M&G 2", although Ni Boren did not specify it, he directly compared it with OPPO's heavyweight model on the stage.

Originally, after getting Qualcomm chips, OPPO scheduled the press conference in September, intending to compete head-on with Yike, but with the blessing of a wave of "swan song"... It seems that it may not work.

If you can't compete head-on, don't be too stubborn. OPPO happily changed to July and took out the Finder, which is known as the world's thinnest and lightest, and Magic2, which will be equipped with Qualcomm's first quad-core chip.

Among them, Magic2 will not be available until October. This press conference is mainly about the thinnest Finder, priced at 2,498 yuan.

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

"This is the world's thinnest 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 everyone!"

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 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 moods of Yike 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 public, 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&D 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 ice core situation, 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, but 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 well-informed and asked about the current situation.

Alan remained silent.

"Alan, if you still want to talk about Bingxin, I suggest that you print your new business card and then we can talk about it in detail." The other end of the phone did not hear the answer, but still gave a realistic suggestion according to the correct answer.

The business card printed with CSIS in the past has expired. If you want to talk about these things again, you have to wait until you change to a new think tank.

After Alan hung up the phone, even the anger in his heart subsided a lot.

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

Alan thought about Fang Zhuo who did not attend the meeting at all, and the "closed-door" nature of this meeting, and felt that... there were bad people in Silicon Valley.

...

On July 26, Samsung held a 2012 new phone launch conference, which was also the first flagship phone to be unveiled among the three major companies.

Contrary to everyone's expectations and inconsistent with the previously revealed news, Samsung's Trump does not carry Qualcomm chips, and the entire series uses its own Exynos quad-core processor, and there is no division between the Korean and overseas markets.

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

There are only three high-end brands in the field of smartphones now. Apple will not use Qualcomm, and Yike only uses half. Samsung is directly following Apple this time, which has an impact on Qualcomm's market strategy and image.

Is there a problem with the cooperation between the two sides? Or does Samsung also plan to open another product line, but in fact it is cooperating with Qualcomm like Yike? Is Qualcomm's rapid delivery of Snapdragon chips to other brands also related to this?

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

If this is the case, Qualcomm's support for Bingxin in the closed-door meeting is also worth pondering.

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

The Ministry of Commerce formally required that the Netherlands should not sell NXE:3100 and subsequent upgraded models to Bingxin, restricting the development of Bingxin.

This was almost the same as the initial news from his close friend Austin, and there were no more measures that were recently circulated.

Fang Zhuo sighed, put his eyes back on the computer, and read the latest report from the Wall Street Journal.

—— "Bingxin's listing was suspended, Fang Zhuo suffered a Waterloo, and the direct loss may reach tens of billions of dollars."

This report greatly raised Bingxin's current valuation after listing, believing that once it is listed, it is expected to exceed 30 billion US dollars soon. In this way, Fang Zhuo's 34.8% will be worth tens of billions of dollars.

But now, these are gone.

Fang Zhuo closed the webpage, looked at the restrictions again, and sighed.

This is indeed my money, and it is also someone else's money.