Chapter 528
There's a saying that goes something like this: When a woman wants to seduce someone, she's straightforward and decisive, unlike men who have as many ulterior motives.
Especially those with good looks and temperament, a single, casual remark from them can render any advice or admonition useless.
Xing Baohua put down the phone. This woman was really something else; he didn't know if he could handle her.
Knowing there would be many phone calls tonight, I simply turned off my phone and calmed down to start perfecting its PTT (Publication Platform) presentation. If this isn't done well, I won't be able to convince the participating shareholders.
Because this kind of thing requires a large investment, takes a long time, and the return on investment may not be seen for several years.
Currently, many semiconductor companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. Just like Fairchild Semiconductor, which was once incredibly successful, it still declined and was sold off at the end of the 1970s.
This thing looks good, but it can easily go bankrupt if the market turns bad, and the losses can be huge.
When Xing Baohua was working on PTT, he focused on providing a one-stop service that covered everything.
From wafer fabrication to photolithography, testing, and packaging, we offer a complete service, and we do contract manufacturing at extremely low prices.
This brings us to the issue of cost control.
The researchers are gone, and the machines are gone too. Even though there are only eight machines on the surface, Levi said he would bring Nikon's lithography technology to China.
Qu He looked at it carefully for half an hour. At this time, breakfast was served. It was a very complicated breakfast: a bowl of shredded pork noodles with some pickled vegetables, and two bowls with poached eggs on the outside.
Before using integrated graphics cards in some older Xiaomi computers, some unexpected effects occurred. IBM wanted to completely acquire the rights to use and manufacture those graphics cards in order to improve and reserve them.
Why are they so confident in saying that? It's not to attract our orders. Losing money is one thing, but if there are losses later on, the testing and debugging process will cost money, and a lot of money at that.
Jin Xinzhong chuckled and said, "That's because he's old!"
From the initial design drawings to the final price of the chips, those small companies hadn't even estimated the cost. The final price would then be determined based on actual production conditions.
Flagship mainstream phones are almost all made with low-pass chips, while high-end phones are almost all tuned from MediaTek chips.
The most cost-effective solutions for chip manufacturing are testing, packaging, and yield.
Liu Yan sat opposite Levi, watching him slurp noodles from his bowl, and said, "Where should the factory be located, in central Shandong?"
If these shareholders I've lured in can tear me apart, how many years will it take to recoup my costs?
After dinner, Levi asked Liu Yan to study my biscuits, while I went for a stroll outside the factory before heading to Luzhong Airport to pick up the junior IBM executives.
"This multi-billion dollar project, haha, tell him not to steal your business. Your connections in the Shanghai Stock Exchange are worse than his."
What are the disadvantages of outsourcing processing, such as not being able to save on costs, etc.
Of course, if Levi were to do chip manufacturing, I'd be willing to make a profit of just a few cents or a few dimes.
Motorola's chip development has few areas for improvement, and it's keeping pace with the other two companies.
As for transportation, Levi will handle everything. His own family won't have a fleet in the future, and their own air transport is the most convenient option.
"Trying to curry favor, huh! The poorest person in the country saying they hate something is considered vulgar, but I can buy anything I dislike with just a few words from Chong Piaopiao. As far as you know, I'm also a normal person, and I don't have many close female friends. Call me lecherous if you want! I only have a few. See!"
This is a very complex subject, but if you master it, you can achieve high volume.
"An airplane! Is there no airport over there? So you came from Hong Kong on a transport plane." Liu Yan said casually, but Levi blinked, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Before reaching a total scale, end the division. Then, if technology is blocked, see who laughs first.
Levi's private jet wasn't waiting at the capital airport yet; according to the time difference, it would take a little over 10 minutes to arrive.
"Yes, how did he get here, and why was he so slow?"
"What?" Jin Xin was taken aback.
As for its other performance characteristics, they cannot be ignored.
"What is that multi-billion dollar project you mentioned last night? Is China Merchants Group not involved?"
"Please put that aside for now, and give a more comprehensive explanation first. Show him something first." Levi said, taking out his notebook, which was filled with pictures from PTT (a Taiwanese online forum).
Why are you taking so long to arrive?
Levi ordered some breakfast to be prepared and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Actually, what I meant by "outside" wasn't my suggestion to produce and assemble the chips domestically. But the gist was right: final assembly includes manufacturing chip equipment. IBM people knew this and thought Qu and Huan had complete control over Nikon's distribution channels and were planning to bring their technology back.
"You're asking for it!"
But contract manufacturing is different. The designer has no idea what price to set, and the manufacturer quotes a price. The manufacturer's cost will definitely be too low due to the problem of product yield, so they have to deliver the goods even if they lose money.
Further back, it's not about the small amount of stuff sold under this P brand; the most common items aren't 9.9 yuan with free shipping. After deducting the shipping cost, you can only make a small profit.
Levi shook his head slightly, swallowed the rice in his mouth, and said, "We've initially chosen Shanghai."
So when persuading IBM to join, we talked about the concept of cost control to impress them.
Levi didn't rest until the early hours of the morning, and on the seventh day he slept in.
He can say that high-end machines are usable and have features, but he doesn't care about the amount of extra money he has.
A simple example is that there are several small workshops in the Wenling area that produce buttons.
After picking them up, we went to a city hotel for dinner. We arrived late, and my family and I were on empty stomachs waiting for them.
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