Soon, Li Zetian and the Hong Kong Telephone Company entered the negotiation process.
The whole of Hong Kong is watching it closely.
As far as Li Zetian is concerned, after the acquisition of the Hong Kong Telephone Company, he has mastered the future of the Internet in Hong Kong, and it is also easier to obtain the root domain name server from the United States. Therefore, this move is imperative! ! !
The New Year atmosphere in Hong Kong is very strong. Every household has posted new couplets, and those who have the conditions have also hung red lanterns at the door. Temple Street is very lively, there are lion dances, dancing, singing and other performances. While negotiating with the Hong Kong Telephone Company, Li Zetian took Yu Jingqiu and the children to play in Hong Kong.
Unconsciously, 10 days passed, and the acquisition has not been fully negotiated. The Hong Kong Telephone Company asked Li Zetian to offer 5 billion US dollars for a wholly-owned acquisition, but Li Zetian was only willing to pay 4 billion US dollars. Negotiations have reached an impasse. Hong Kong is a small place, if the Internet develops, 5 billion US dollars is not a problem. But at present, the main business of Hong Kong Telephone Company is to monopolize the fixed line in Hong Kong. Although it is also very profitable, in Li Zetian's view, with the development of wireless communication, the profit of fixed line will be declining day by day.
One billion US dollars is not a small amount. Although Li Zetian is very rich, he will not give in easily.
At the same time, Li Zetian is also keeping an eye on the construction of Intel's "fab". At present, the wafer fab has been completed, and a large number of workers have been recruited from Shenzhen and Hong Kong for training.
One afternoon, Li Zetian came to the company again.
He asked Zhang Zhongmou, "When will the Intel wafer foundry officially start?"
Zhang Zhongmou thought about it and replied, "About April."
"The construction starts in April, so the publicity can be done first from March!"
Zhang Zhongmou nodded, "Yes."
"Well, then you will contact Andy Grove later. There has never been a foundry company before. Each company designs and produces its own chips. We want to convert these companies into our customers. We must let them know that the chip is handed over to us to produce, which can reduce the cost of their products, so when promoting, we must highlight this feature!"
Zhang Zhongmou nodded with a smile.
Li Zetian then left.
On the same day, Zhang Zhongmou conveyed the meaning of Li Zetian.
Three days later, Intel held a press conference.
Many media reporters and industry insiders came to the press conference. CEO Andy Grove smiled and looked at the crowd with excitement.
"Hello everyone, welcome to Intel's press conference. This conference is of great significance, and I will be here to announce a major event that will affect the entire semiconductor industry!"
When Andy Grove said that, everyone was hooked.
"What's the situation? A major event affecting the entire semiconductor industry?"
"Intel only released a 32-bit processor in January, will it make another big move?"
"Just get used to it, this is Chronos·Li's company, I'm not surprised anything happens! I'm looking forward to what Grove will announce next"
"… "
Everyone looked at each other and talked a lot.
Andy Grove smiled slightly, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said loudly: "This matter can be said to be a pioneering work in the semiconductor industry, and it was proposed by Chronos Li!"
When everyone heard it, they were even more excited, but it must be unusual to be associated with Chronos Li!
"Mr. Grove, hurry up, don't give a shit!"
Under the stage, many people were anxious.
"Okay," Andy Grove smiled, "Chronos Li first proposed the foundry business model, that is, semiconductor companies only need to design their own chips and hand over the production to Intel. In other words, the chip production is handed over to Intel for foundry!"
As soon as the voice fell, everyone was in an uproar.
"The foundry model? It doesn't seem to have existed before. Semiconductor companies have their own factories. I'm afraid Intel's move will not work? It seems that Chronos Li also made mistakes sometimes!"
Andy Grove laughed at everyone in his heart, Chronos Li's great wisdom, what do you know
At this time, he picked up the microphone, deliberately "coughed" twice to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Yes, most semiconductor companies have their own factories at the moment, but we know that building a fab requires a lot of investment. , and with the upgrading of technology, it takes hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars to build a fab. I don’t think most semiconductor companies can afford it! In the future, foundry will be the future The development trend of the chip design company is focused on design, without the financial pressure of building a factory, and then can design better products, while the foundry can obtain a large number of orders, expand the scale, and reduce costs, which is actually beneficial to both parties! "
When everyone heard this, they suddenly became silent and thought.
Especially those in the industry, they immediately understood the meaning of it, and some people couldn't help but turn red because they were too excited.
At this moment, Andy Grove went on to say: "Intel already has a lot of fabs, and we recently built a large fab in Hong Kong, which can be said to be specially built for foundry. Wafer factory. Having said so much, everyone must want to know, if the product is handed over to Intel's wafer factory for production, what is the price? The specific price actually depends on the number of chip orders, but I can tell you clearly , definitely reduce the cost by at least 20% compared to your production chips!!!"
Intel's wafer fab uses many advanced machines and equipment, such as Precision5000, traditional technology, one mistake may cause all 48 wafers to be scrapped, but Precision5000 allows wafers to complete different processes on the same equipment. The benefit of the product is that if something goes wrong in the production process, only one wafer is lost.
This gap is not ordinary, Precision5000 greatly reduces the cost of chip production!
Andy Grove said that at least 20% is definitely a lie to everyone, and Intel will intercept most of the profits! !
However, for others, it was a surprise.
"Andy Grove is realistic, if your words are true, if my company's chips are handed over to Inlet, will it really be 20% cheaper?" Someone shouted in the audience.
Andy Grove smiled: "Of course, if your company has more orders, Intel can give more discounts! Even if you don't believe me, at least you should believe in Chronos Li! If your company wants to In cooperation with Intel, after this conference is over, you can come to Intel and we will have a detailed discussion."
The man was surprised at first, then overjoyed, "Okay, Mr. Grove, I will definitely go!"
This press conference of Intel Corporation is tantamount to dropping an atomic bomb on the semiconductor industry, which caused a great sensation, and soon spread to Hong Kong. Only then did the people of Hong Kong know that Intel Corporation actually built a large-scale crystal chip here. Circle Foundry.
"I heard that the fab is a high-tech factory that produces chips. It's so awesome that many countries can't make it!"
"Isn't it, there's a lot of high technology involved! You know how thin the hair is, and the fab has a high-tech product called a lithography machine, which can engrave on chips that are thinner than a hair. Thousands of times thinner, tens of thousands of times thinner!"
When people heard it, their mouths could not help but open their mouths wide, and they felt incredible! ! !