Chapter 909 Mr. Franklin

The news of unfair feedback only whirled in Fang Zhuo's heart and then disappeared.

Okay, Director Heng only has that much authority. In the final analysis, the competition between Yike and Nokia still depends on the true strength of both parties.

Nokia, whether it was irritated by the Yike conference or awakened by Mars and iPhone, has already taken out its patented weapons other than its products in an attempt to stifle the development momentum of emerging companies.

As far as Fangzhuo is concerned, he hopes to see the strength of both parties wax and wane in order to finally solve the problem.

Nokia’s current asking price is a bit high, but it may be lower next year, or next year, Yike will have richer liquidity to handle this matter.

Of course, the secret deployment against short sellers is a defensive counterattack, which is another matter.

Fang Zhuo's enthusiasm on the golf course came to an end with the successful renewal of the ice core license. He got tired of swinging clubs, made enough friends, and finally waited eagerly for news from Mr. Qiu.

In one word, smooth.

Still surprisingly smooth.

But considering the one-time activation of resources such as Google Schmidt, Xiaoao's staff Lu Peining, shareholder Goldman Sachs, MIGA fund customers, new friends in the Friendship Club, and old connections with SMIC Zhang Rujing, it is reasonable.

When Qiu Ciyun led his team back to Silicon Valley from Washington, Fang Zhuo reviewed the process of obtaining the license with him. There was a similar feeling that although we were so serious about the matter, others actually didn't care so much about renewing the license.

There was a license originally, but nothing happened during the period. The manufacturing process is more than one generation behind...

So, the four-year license for technology introduction and equipment purchase was renewed in an ordinary manner.

"After another four years, Mr. Fang, I leave the task of bringing Dr. Liang back to you." Qiu Ciyun's emotion has been exhausted in Washington. He is now focused on making the best use of the allowed four years. maximize.

Taking the issuance of the license as a time point, in the first four years, it can be said that ice core has made breakthroughs in manufacturing technology regardless of the matter.

However, this year’s economic situation is turbulent, and major customers are cautious about orders. Bingxin’s Lin’an factory has been cut off to the maximum extent, and the Luzhou factory is facing huge equipment depreciation expenses after capacity upgrades. From the overall operation point of view, Bingxin needs to solve the problem of revenue and profitability. big problem.

With 65nm in hand, Ice Core will certainly not fail, but a positive and healthy operation is the guarantee for continuous research and development and breakthroughs, so as not to be distanced by the world's first-class companies, and to further look at the possibility of shouldering the same or even surpassing it.

Qiu Ciyun knew that Mr. Fang had many investment friends, that Mr. Fang had made some money shorting Lehman, and that Mr. Fang's Yike had initially achieved success in mobile phone products.

However, a friend's money belongs to a friend after all, and shorting Lehman is just a lump sum of money. The listed company Yike has its own operating needs.

As the CEO of Bingxin, Qiu Ciyun must have a general ledger in mind.

After a brief moment of joy or relief, he continued to plan the work of the three fabs in Lu, Shen and Lin.

"Don't worry, Dr. Liang will be here at the end of the month." Fang Zhuo was in a very good mood. Friends can make money together and work together. This is the essence of development. "We will see you in China next month."

Liang Mengsong, who was targeted a few years ago, is finally going to get through the two-year non-competition agreement and join Ice Core. This is called never forgetting, and there will be repercussions.

He is now making final preparations for flying to China, including the resettlement of his family, and there are still some unfinished things to deal with.

On July 25, Fang Zhuo, who had finished his retreat and felt refreshed, hosted an online meeting of global executives in Silicon Valley. The two focuses were current sales work and the opening of the Chinese market next month.

The first million of Mars2 was reached on the 18th of this month. According to the current sales trend, excluding the Chinese market, it may approach two million next month, and it will be completed in September at the latest. target node.

This sales performance makes everyone happy.

As the person in charge of the U.S. market, Yu Hong has a greater sense of accomplishment: "We finally got rid of the restrictions of T-Mobile, and finally got on par with Europe."

T-Mobile, the previously exclusive operator, had a scale disadvantage and could not be compared with Deutsche Telekom, which is the European base. However, the launch of Mars2 contacted a number of small and medium-sized operators in various states who came to see the trend.

A considerable part of Yu Hong's energy is devoted to coordinating these.

"I knew that Mr. Yu was the best, and Mr. Yu was worthy of being the co-founder of Yike." Fang Zhuo did not hesitate to praise him.

"You do a lot of social work, right?" Yu Hong didn't take this trick.

"Hey, social work is not that complicated. Those golfers are quite pragmatic. Well, it may be that people divide themselves into groups and find one with a good reputation. This is the case for the rest of the series." Fang Zhuo said with a smile. "On the contrary, they respect me quite a bit."

Yu Hong asked: "Do I respect you or Franklin?"

Fang Zhuo straightened his collar and said seriously: "Xiao Yu, my English name is Franklin."

Yu Hong: "..."

She didn't know for a moment whether the boss was here for real or not, and she felt that Mr. Fang was really capable of such a thing.

Fang Zhuo looked at Xiao Yu's silence and said with a smile: "What, you don't even want to call me Mr. Franklin?"

Yu Hong spat. Regardless of whether it was true or not, this guy was indeed in a good mood and was really proud of himself.

She asked about the itinerary: "When will you return to China?"

"Depending on Dr. Liang's arrangement, it will probably be on the 31st or the 1st of next month." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I said before that I would pick him up with a private jet when he joins the company, and this time I just keep my promise."

Yu Hong felt like an old rich man moving treasures home, and she nodded: "I heard from Mr. Liu that there is a very exciting atmosphere in China, and everyone is very nervous."

Just when Nokia, Yike, Apple, HTC, LG, and Motorola were suing each other, domestic mobile phone manufacturers were also frequently launching new phones, and the timing was just about the same as Yike's mobile phone launch.

Yike Company didn't know whether to regard such actions as sniping, but just allocated goods to various channels step by step, preparing to meet the test of the market.

In the latter part of this month, because of the approaching Olympics, Yike's latest mobile phone advertisement endorsed by athletes also began to be broadcast. Yao Ming, Guo Jingjing, Zhang Yining, Wang Hao and other athletes participated in the shooting of the Mars advertisement, interpreting the spirit of "faster, higher and stronger" from their respective fields.

Starting from this year's Spring Festival Gala, the advertisement of Yike mobile phone has been running for half a year, but it has not been launched in China. This was once complained by netizens as a "performance without physical objects".

But for domestic manufacturers, they hope that Yike mobile phone will be launched as late as possible, and some of them cheer for Nokia in their hearts, hoping that it can successfully maintain its interests.

However, there are more and more news from operators, offline channels have also begun to have real machines, and even the Yiguo website accidentally leaked product pictures... Everything is foreshadowing the arrival of Yike Mars.

The news that really made a group of manufacturers "click" in their hearts was that on July 31, someone saw the landing of the "Qingzi" private plane at Shanghai International Airport.

Qingzi is back.

What does this mean?

It means that the man who scolded Nokia is back.

It also means that Yike mobile phone will eventually be launched in China.

After trying the heroes abroad, it is time to try the small heroes in China.