Chapter 22 13 Billion

Insufficient production capacity has always been a problem for mobile phone manufacturers. This is mainly restricted by many aspects, such as technology and market.

In addition to Apple mobile phones, no one knows how sales will be before the new mobile phones of other mobile phone manufacturers are released.

Just like except for a few platinum masters, other Internet article authors don't know what kind of results they will get before they start a book.

Therefore, mobile phone manufacturers dare not prepare too much inventory.

Just like now, because the price is too high, Wu Siyuan is not sure what kind of sales this first [Dasheng brand mobile phone] will have.

However, he does know that the chip shortage will become more and more serious in the coming time.

A chip worth more than 20 yuan has even been hyped to 200 yuan.

The 28nm required by [Monkey King Mobile] has not been hyped to such an extent, but there is no problem in having a little extra stock.

After Wu Siyuan thought for a moment, he agreed to Yao Dong's suggestion and ordered an additional 10 million chips from SMIC.

Then Wu Siyuan asked about the [Qualcomm] chip.

Yao Dong replied, "Dr. Wu, [Qualcomm] is willing to supply us with its most advanced Snapdragon chips, but the price is 30% higher than the purchase price of rice, and it also has several conditions. "

"What conditions?" Wu Siyuan said calmly.

Yao Dong said, "The first condition is that the minimum order quantity is 10 million pieces."

Good guy, [Qualcomm] after the release of Snapdragon 865 last year, the price was once as high as $100. If you add the baseband chip, the chip cost of a 5G mobile phone based on the Snapdragon 865 chip will be close to US$200, which is RMB 1,300.

This does not include the so-called [Qualcomm Tax]!

What is [Qualcomm Tax]?

[Qualcomm Tax] refers to Qualcomm using its large number of patents in communications to sell its own chip packages while requiring major manufacturers to pay 5% of the price of the entire machine.

[Qualcomm] is a one-size-fits-all industry. Mobile phone manufacturers need to use chips, equipment manufacturers need to use patents, and operators need to purchase equipment. Qualcomm all charges fees. [Qualcomm] has many patents, from 3g, 4g to 5g, it is difficult to cross.

Even if it is a [Monkey King mobile phone], it still has to pay taxes to [Qualcomm], regardless of whether it uses its Snapdragon chip or not.

The more expensive it is, the more it is sold, the more tax [Qualcomm] has to pay.

It’s really easy to make money while lying down!

[Qualcomm]’s chips are also unique, and Snapdragon chips are considered the most advanced mobile phone chips.

Many mobile phone manufacturers use Snapdragon chips in their flagship phones as a selling point of their phones. Even mobile phone manufacturers like rice have repeatedly delayed their orders because of Snapdragon chips... and if you use Snapdragon chips, you have to pay double [Qualcomm tax].

It is true that Da Mi said that his hardware profit is less than 5%.

Of course, people don’t solely rely on hardware to make money.

Hardware is just a means of attracting traffic.

However, being harvested hard by [Qualcomm] and not making much money from hardware is also a big reason.

[Qualcomm] plays so hard.

Many companies were opposed to it, so [Qualcomm] has been engaged in legal battles with various companies all year round. The more famous ones are the lawsuits between [Qualcomm] and Apple, and [Qualcomm] and [Warwick]. However, in the end they reached an agreement obediently, with Apple paying US$4.5 billion. , Warwick US$1.8 billion.

So no need to ask, any mobile phone we take now has taxes paid to others.

Unless it’s a mobile phone from the Nokia era, [Qualcomm] didn’t have many patents in the 2G era.

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"Ten million? Even if they are all Snapdragon 865, it still costs..." Wu Siyuan said softly.

"At least 13 billion yuan, and we need to pay first." Yao Dong said.

"What a great appetite." Wu Siyuan sneered, "If you have any other conditions, keep talking."

"The second condition is that because of their agreement with [Rice], our supply priority is lower. They can only supply us a small amount of chips every month. After production capacity is restored, they will supply us in large quantities." Yao Dong said with an ugly expression on his face.

"Mr. Yao, can you express the second condition of [Qualcomm] in simpler words?" Wu Siyuan said expressionlessly. This is the most obvious expression.

"Okay." Yao Dong nodded, "[Qualcomm] means that after we pay the money, it will let us wait!"

"Haha..." Wu Siyuan shook his head and smiled, "What other conditions does [Qualcomm] have? Tell them all."

"In addition, once the contract is signed and force majeure occurs, [Qualcomm] will not refund the money. Unless our group can solve this force majeure, they will continue to supply us." Yao Dong said.

"This sentence was said casually by the representative of [Qualcomm]. I can only say that [Qualcomm] is really a bunch of uncles!" Yao Dong said a little lost his grace.

The well-known bully in the industry [Qualcomm] is indeed well-deserved.

Yao Dong really doesn’t know how he endures the repeated harvesting of rice. Is it because [Qualcomm] invested in rice?

Wu Siyuan smiled. Yao Dong thought that [Qualcomm] represented the force majeure factor mentioned at the end. He said it casually. Only he and [Four-Armed King Kong] knew that this was the real purpose of [Qualcomm] and the group of people behind [Qualcomm]. .

13 billion!

Eat it up with just one irresistible factor.

Are you planning to bully [Chaoqun Group] because they have no experience and knowledge in this industry, so you can only let them manipulate it?

But think about it.

[Honor] has now separated from [Warwick], and there is no Kirin chip from [Warwick]. If [Honor Phone] still wants to continue production, and wants consumers to acknowledge its credit, then in this case, [Qualcomm] Snapdragon chip is one of its only two choices, the other choice is [MediaTek].

But [MediaTek]’s chips are not as advanced as [Qualcomm].

[Qualcomm] is convinced of [Chaoqun Group] and believes that [Chaoqun Group] will come back after being devoured by 13 billion yuan.

Because they believe that [Chaoqun Group] is unwilling to directly give up the [Honor Industry Chain] acquired for 100 billion yuan.

Under normal circumstances, there is no problem with [Qualcomm's] judgment.

But who is called [Super Group]? There is a boss with a golden finger. Their conspiracy was known from the beginning, and neither had any intention of using the other's chips.

What we are doing now is nothing more than a cover-up to delay time.

A trace of ridicule flashed in Wu Siyuan's eyes, and he said to Yao Dong, "Continue to let the people from the Ministry of Commerce grind with [Qualcomm] and continue to negotiate terms with them. Anyway, we are never in a hurry. The point is that we [Great Sage·She Chong] Doufu] preparations must continue to be done well, and of course, confidentiality must be paid attention to.”

"Okay!" Yao Dong raised the corner of his mouth slightly and squinted his eyes, "I really want to see their reaction after knowing the truth. It will be very exciting after they know that they have been dumped."

"This day will come." Wu Siyuan said.