Chapter 539 I can only get a little dollar from the United States
There is no domestic chip production, so we can only purchase from outside. Nanxia contacted several companies, and Fang Zhe followed them to check them out. They were all domestic offices of foreign businessmen. The purchase required US dollars, which was a huge sum for Fang Zhe.
The expense is not small, but there is no choice. This is the case in this industry in China, where foreign exchange is spent to purchase parts that cannot be produced independently.
After getting the quotation, Fang Zhe did not make a decision in a hurry, but asked Nan Xia to go home with them to discuss it.
Nan Xia said on the way: "The Dutch are very arrogant, and the prices are not much cheaper. The Japanese are very polite, and the prices are not much cheaper. The sad thing is that I have no choice, there are only these two."
"Both of these companies have factories in China, right?" Fang Zhe thought of this and asked specifically.
"It seems not. The Dutch chips are manufactured by Da Yuan, and the Japanese chips are manufactured by South Korea."
Fang Zhe looked depressed when he thought about this. The key is that the price of this chip will increase in the future. Who would have thought that the DVD market in the ditch suddenly exploded, with a market of 50 million units. It makes him feel even worse if he doesn't make money.
"We'll talk about it when we get back." Fang Zhe didn't draw any conclusions. He was very wary of the Japanese. The little Japanese always like to do things like contract traps. If you just purchase chips, there shouldn't be much of a problem. So.
You must pay attention to the contract and strive for a price that is beneficial to you.
When he returned to his residence, he saw Qiu Xiaoyou and Guo Yurong waiting here. Fang Zhe got out of the car and looked at Qiu Xiaoyou: "Why are you so haggard?"
Qiu Xiaoyou sighed and waved his hand: "Don't mention it, there are so many things going on, and something will go wrong if you are not careful. Isn't this a problem? The senior member of the team is now asking for option shares. And he is asking for an option pool.
Twenty percent, I’m really shocked. The contract didn’t clearly spell out the personnel issues, it was just a verbal agreement. I didn’t expect that a company over there was poaching people, and less than half of the team was tempted.
The backbone. The leader is the former boss."
"Aren't you from the United States? Why, your fellow officials are cheating you so much?" Fang Zhe was so angry that he didn't know what to say. This guy actually did what he had agreed verbally.
"Stop being sarcastic, things have already happened, tell me what to do?" Qiu Xiaoyou seemed to really have no choice.
"What should we do? It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. They completed the contract and took out the product within the stipulated time limit. They can go wherever they like. After discussing it carefully, we can renegotiate the salary and threaten the boss's employees.
, what are you doing here? If you go and spread the news now, whoever poaches your people, you will poach his people at a high price. Give out 20% of the shares to poach people, and don’t keep any of those who threaten you.
, go directly to poach competitors.”
Qiu Xiaoyou didn't expect Fang Zhe to come up with this idea: "Do you just want to spend money to vent your anger?"
"Are you stupid? I'm telling you, if you dare not touch anyone, you will get revenge at all costs? Do you understand? If you don't understand, just understand what I mean. Also, in the future, you will compete with the bosses for orders.
Sometimes, even if you lose money, you have to do it. Anyway, you are losing money, understand? Whoever offended you, bite you back hard and I will pay for it. I can’t stand it.”
Qiu Xiaoyou nodded: "Wouldn't this consume too much?" Fang Zhe raised his hand angrily and nodded at the woman: "Where's your IQ? You just jumped in as a layman, and if others don't bully you, who will they bully? I don't want to.
When you are bullied, you must show off your attitude of fighting to the death. If you want to negotiate with others peacefully, will they discuss with you? Peace must be fought at all times."
"I know, I'm too tired. Go take a nap first. Remember to wake me up for dinner at night." Qiu Xiaoyou entered the bedroom.
Fang Zhe turned his gaze to Guo Yurong: "What's going on here?"
"It's not that bad. I just came to see you and wish you well in your old age." Guo Yurong smiled.
Fang Zhe looked at her insincere expression and stared into her eyes: "Is there really nothing wrong?"
Guo Yurong smiled and said: "There is still something wrong, that is, the price of computer CPUs is going to increase."
One is Intel and the other is Celeron. Both of these processors are made in the United States. Intel did not kill Celeron because it was worried about being antitrusted. It left a competitor with little threat to avoid becoming the second Microsoft.
"Isn't the foreign exchange support here in the SAR not enough?" Fang Zhe knew what she meant, and Guo Yurong nodded: "There is a shortage of foreign exchange everywhere. Business is booming during the Spring Festival, and several products are sold out. I want to take advantage of the price increase.
Before going, let’s stock up on some goods.”
Fang Zhe shook his head: "You have been working for so long and haven't you seen the tricks of the Americans? According to Moore's Law, a new generation of products will be released in eighteen months. A new generation of CPU products will definitely be released within this year."
"You mean you don't need to stock up?" Guo Yurong reacted. These Americans are planning to make more money before the new product comes out. They have no choice but to control the pricing power and make a wave of price increases. Let's talk about the previous products.
, we must maximize the value, if Guo Yurong is an American, he would do the same thing.
"Purchase goods normally. If there is not enough foreign exchange, I will ask Yun Jue to exchange some for you. But we can't be beaten passively. We have to sell the products to the United States." Fang Zhe said this, let alone Guo Yurong.
Nan Xia turned her face away.
Fang Zhe didn't see Nan Xia and couldn't bear to look at his bragging face, so he called to Guo Yurong and said, "Let's go to the study room to talk. Nan Xia will wait a moment. I'll be here soon." Nan Xia showed a lewd smile: "How many
Hurry, it's not okay to go too fast, I have some tonic wine."
Fang Zhe raised his middle finger at him and turned around to go to the study. Nan Xia knew that there must be business secrets, so he expressed his dissatisfaction a little, just to tease him. "Don't worry, you will know it soon.
The stuff has no technical content."
After entering the study room, Fang Zhe picked up a pen and paper and started drawing. After a while, the drawing was completed and handed it to Guo Yurong: "Technically, we have no choice. We can only work on the appearance and other practical functions."
Article. If you look at this style of desktop and laptop computers, the most they can do is make some fuss about the color.”
A computer case with a movable glass door is very simple to put it bluntly, but in this era, for Guo Yurong, it is simply a genius idea. After carefully reading the sketch, Guo Yurong thought for a while and said: "It's a bit troublesome.
, but it’s not a big problem. Once this chassis comes out, domestic sales will explode again this year, and I can negotiate a good price with the chip company.”
"I advise you not to have this idea. When the Americans have the power to set prices, and they are blocking the technology, it is impossible to reduce the price. Unless it is updated. You will know in the future, even if the price of certain goods in the country is
The largest importer of raw materials, because the pricing power is in the hands of others, it should still increase prices."
Fang Zhe was referring to the matter of iron ore. Of course, this kind of thing has not happened yet. We have to wait until a certain city in China ranks first in steel production. To be honest, the price increase of iron ore at that time was not something Fang Zhe could see.
It's simply ridiculous.
In the final analysis, the country's comprehensive strength is too weak, so we can only endure it. If we are bullied, we can only keep a record in our hearts.
When China's national strength increases, an epidemic occurs, and Australia jumps out again, the government will slap it when it's time to slap it. If it's not honest, then it will continue to slap it.
"Okay, I'll go and do this now. I take back what I said now. Computers of this style can be sold in the United States. In other words, we need to make preparations now." Guo Yurong remembered and added
This sentence.
"This thing has no technical content, but we can rely on this style to make our brand famous in the United States. Once it sells well in the United States, the domestic market will definitely follow suit, and our competitors will be sad. By the way, Qian
Be careful, keep it secret, remember it." Fang Zhe warned, Guo Yurong said he would remember it and left in a hurry.
Coming out of the study, Fang Zhe said to Nan Xia: "Go and talk, talk on both sides. Be patient. For a total order of five million pieces, the price should be as low as possible. Even if our production capacity cannot keep up in the future,
You can also make more money by selling chips.”
"Why sell chips?" Nan Xia was quite puzzled, and Fang Zhe explained patiently: "We have placed this big order, and the production capacity there will definitely not be able to produce as much for a while. Other manufacturers
When we can’t buy chips for a while, let’s increase the price to earn some dollars from our peers.”
Nan Xia lowered his head and thought for a while: "Damn, you are too cruel. Other companies can't buy chips. When foreign production capacity will not be ramped up for a while, looking at the popularity of the DVD market, other companies will definitely come back.
Let’s talk about chip transfer. Then why not make the order bigger?”
"You are stupid. Their production capacity is not enough and cannot be expanded. We are just stepping on this line. If the existing production capacity is enough to cope with it, who will expand the production capacity?"
Nan Xia didn't think much, got up and left. Fang Zhe sat alone in the living room for a while, watching the news, when the phone suddenly rang. When he saw it was Duan Mei, Fang Zhe answered the phone:
"It's me, what's going on?"
"It's okay. I'm just asking you when to go to the United States so that I can go with you. I'm going home to celebrate the New Year, and the Americans are asking for leave. They don't celebrate the Spring Festival. I have enough credits, so I can ask for leave to come back."
"Maybe we have to wait a few days. Things here haven't been settled yet. We may stay in the United States for a while this time. If you can't wait any longer, just leave first." Fang Zhi thought about it and found that it was still difficult to go to the United States.
There really is a lot to do.
Duanmei said: "Then just wait. Anyway, I can earn credits quickly."
Is this the self-confidence of a top academic? Fang Zhe thought about it, it seemed that he was really not a top academic.
Just as the phone was hung up, another call came in. When he saw it was an American number, Fang Zhe answered it.
The person speaking over there was Marilyn, who looked very excited: "Boss, Goldman Sachs has confirmed that it will be listed on the market in May this year."