Chapter 550 Acquisition of a Semiconductor Company

Ideal traditional mobile phones are rapidly dominating the traditional market. Since April, Ideal mobile phones have been as popular in the digital circle as smartphones from rivals. With such popularity, there are naturally more controversies.

Users who have experienced Ideal mobile phones and Bluetooth speakers are full of expectations for Ideal smartphones. Friendly competitors are waiting to see what the Ideal smartphone will bring. Those who are pessimistic about the Ideal smartphone are tirelessly making negative comments, saying that with Ideal Technology's short-sighted vision, the smartphone will definitely not be much better.

Ideal's first generation of smartphones is scheduled to be officially released on August 680th. Zhou Jing went to Tangdu on August th to prepare for the release. Instead of taking a plane, Zhou Jing drove his new car, the Maybach S. This car is eye-catching, with elegant lines, and highly recognizable large wheels. The Beijing license plate makes it even more attractive.

Many people on the road cast strange looks at Zhou Jing's car, discussing whether it was a modified Mercedes-Benz or a genuine Maybach S680. Some people took out their mobile phones to take pictures and posted them on social apps to attract traffic.

Starting from BJ early in the morning, Zhou Jing arrived in Tangdu at around four in the afternoon. He first went to Ideal Technology Co., Ltd. to pick up his best friend Bai, who was waiting for Zhou Jing to have dinner together.

"I'll go, when did you buy it?"

Bai Xiyao recognized the car parked in front of her at a glance, kicked the front wheel hub and said.

"Last week, did that fit my temperament?"

Zhou Jing got out of the car and sat in the passenger seat, letting Bai's best friend drive.

"It suits my temperament better. Lend it to me for a few days." Bai Xiyao walked to the back of the car and admired it. After getting in and experiencing it, she said, "Not bad. The back space is really large. It is indeed a top-level car, and it is also a domineering Beijing brand."

“This license plate number is average.”

In order to choose Beijing A, Zhou Jing picked a brand with an average number.

"It just feels different. How much is the watch?"

Bai Xiyao started driving, passing the uneven road as if it were flat ground. She noticed the Patek Philippe watch on Zhou Jing's wrist.

"Five hundred and ninety thousand, will you go with this car?"

Zhou Jing shook his wrist and smiled.

"This watch goes better with a Rolls-Royce." Bai Xiyao shook her hand and said, "How about mine?"

"how much is it?"

Zhou Jing said as he looked at the Vacheron Constantin watch with a red strap and purple-gold frame on his bestie Bai's wrist.

"More than eighty."

Bai Xiyao said with a smile that she is now a wealthy woman worth tens of billions, and the most expensive thing on her is this watch.

"Good taste."

Zhou Jing pinched Bai’s girlfriend’s thigh, and Bai’s girlfriend became more and more like a queen.

"If the smartphone succeeds, I will be rewarded with a car. What car will it reward me with?"

The light at the intersection turned red, Bai Xiyao stepped on the accelerator and slowly stopped the car. She noticed through the rearview mirror that the car behind her kept a distance that exceeded the prescribed safety distance. The driver in the next lane looked at her curiously. It is indeed exciting to drive a car of this level as Maybach.

"Reward whatever you like."

Bai's best friend worked day and night for Ideal Technology, and Zhou Jing gave her a car after the smartphone was launched.

“How much is a Rolls-Royce Phantom?”

"More than eight million."

"Where's Cullinan?"

"More than six million."

"It's so expensive, so give me an Audi A8 as a reward!"

Bai Xiyao is also an entrepreneur, and entrepreneurs' cars should be low-key. Driving a car worth more than five or six million is too conspicuous. There are not many cars like Rolls-Royce in the whole Tangdu. It is easy to be remembered if you drive around Tangdu every day.

"I'll give you a Bentley as a reward. Let's go and see the car tomorrow."

The top-of-the-line Audi A8 only costs about two million yuan. Even though Bai’s bestie is a girl, she also needs to save face.

"No hurry, thank you, boss."

When they arrived in Tangdu City, Bai Xiyao found a special restaurant to park her car.

After dinner, the two went to the office building. Bai Xiyao gave Zhou Jing the planning materials for the mobile phone launch conference, and then talked about the Ideal smartphone launch conference on August 20.

"Mi 2 has been very popular since its release, and the pre-order data should be good. Huawei's sales in the second half of the year will still be very high. These two companies are basically firmly in the top two among domestic brands."

The release date of the Ideal smartphone is getting closer and closer, and Bai Xiyao has been very nervous these days.

"That's what makes it interesting."

Zhou Jing is confident in his products. The Imagine series will let competitors know what cruelty is, and the Ideal series will let competitors know what smoothness is. In Zhou Jing's mind, his only competitors are iPhone and M Emperor.

"How do you manage to stay so confident all the time?"

The two are the same age and have worked hard together. Compared with her peers, Bai Xiyao is quite calm, but in front of Zhou Jing she is like a little brother.

"I was born to be useful, and I will come back after the money is gone."

As long as he is not afraid of losing money, there is nothing to worry about. Zhou Jing has money and technology now, so what is there to be afraid of?

Bai Xiyao took a sip of coffee and said, "Do you need a rehearsal for the press conference?"

"No, mainly because I don't know how to brag. I can brag about hardware just like other people should."

Zhou Jing sent the speech prepared for the press conference to Bai's best friend.

"Learn from other companies. You don't need to mention the supplier's name. Just mentioning the parameters is enough. When buying a mobile phone, no one cares which company the hardware is from. Most people will assume it is from the mobile phone company."

Bai Xiyao opened her phone and said as she read the speech.

"Too."

"The review company has two Mi 2 pre-sale units. Do you want them to be delivered?"

Bai Xiyao looked at Zhou Jing and said.

"No, BJ got the machine a few days ago."

Before the release of Mi 2, the R&D department of Chuangzhi Technology bought the machine from the channel. After trying it out, Zhou Jing found that lag and overheating are common characteristics of many brands. People who are used to iPhones in this era cannot adapt to the lag of other brands. In terms of fluency, Ideal 1 also has some gap with iPhone.

The iPhone is not perfect. The mini screen cannot play games like Rhythm Master and Run, and it is also not very suitable for playing casual games like Happy Elimination and Landlord. It will not get hot if you don't play games. So whether it gets hot or not does not mean that the performance of the iPhone is much better than other brands. The advantage of the iPhone is only the ecosystem.

The system of Ideal smartphone is not as good as iPhone, but better than other brands.

"How is the Mi 2 used?"

Tang Du just got the machine today, and Bai Xiyao hasn't had time to use it yet.

“Generally speaking, the only areas where the intuitive experience is better than that of the Vision 1 are the pixels and the screen.”

Zhou Jing recalled that in his previous life, he had a barbecue with two high school classmates. One of them was using a Mi 2s. When they were playing games together, the classmate who was using the Mi 2s felt so stuck that he wanted to smash his phone.

"The configuration of our Imagine series is mainly the imaging module. The screen and memory are a bit inferior. If we improve these to the mainstream configuration of mid-range phones this fall, we will be comparable to their mid-range phones. Not comparable, but much better."

Bai Xiyao smiled and said, "Imagine 1. The material cost is less than now. Upgrading the image, screen, and memory storage can improve the quality to a higher level."

"The Light Enjoy series was launched in 14, the Pure Enjoy series was launched in 15, and the Ideal P series and Xingyue series were launched in 16. The starting price of the Imagine series is set at around yuan, the initial launch price of the Light Enjoy series is set at less than yuan, and the initial launch price of the Pure Enjoy series is set at less than yuan."

Zhou Jing has roughly planned the release of several series. According to the plan, starting from 16, the Ideal mobile phone series will cover all price ranges, including thousand-yuan phones, low-end phones, mid-range phones, and high-end phones. There is no problem within the mid-range, the most important thing is to impact the high-end. Whether it can truly impact the high-end depends on its own high-end chip research and development level.

"It's a good name. The Chip Design Institute is almost ready. It will officially start operations on September 1st. I know of three semiconductor manufacturing companies that are suitable for acquisition. Among them, Taiwei Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which has a relatively good foundation in chip design and lithography technology research, is estimated to be worth no less than 9 billion. Fang Ming brought a technical team to see it. Taiwei's research data is of considerable value."

After discussing the press conference, Bai Xiyao took out the semiconductor company information from her bag and reported it.

"Then acquire Taiwei."

For Zhou Jing, spending hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars more now is not a problem. What is important is the company's means of production. In the third quarter, Ideal Technology's benefits will be further improved. Zhou Jing can plan for semiconductor manufacturing in advance. Regardless of whether the money will be wasted, he must study lithography machine technology. Knowing that he will be strangled in the future, he cannot sit idly by.

Bai Xiyao nodded and said, "Okay, after the acquisition, pack Taiwei's chip design data to Tangdu, and Taiwei will set up a special lithography machine technology research department?"

"Well, after the reorganization is completed, we will try to recruit some cutting-edge talents in the field of lithography machines."

The acquisition of a semiconductor company is imperative. What Zhou Jing cares about is talent. If he can recruit cutting-edge talent, he can avoid many detours. In scientific research, people are very afraid of taking detours. It is bad enough to waste money, but wasting time is even more of a loss.

"it is good."

Bai Xiyao is already very familiar with poaching people, and everything will be easy once the money is in place.

In the evening, Zhou Jing went to his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house. His father-in-law and mother-in-law were both at home. Zhou Jing bought some fruits on the way.

"We just bought some fruit this afternoon. Xiao Zhou must be tired from driving back. Would you like to have a glass of juice or tea first?"

Mother Gu went outside to greet her son-in-law.

"It's all right."

After entering the house, Zhou Jing greeted his father-in-law.

"You probably won't be going back to BJ these days, right?"

Dad Gu said with a smile.

"Let's go back after the phone launch."

“Are you ready for the press conference and product launch?”

Father Gu raised his hand and motioned Zhou Jing to sit down.

"We are almost ready. The mass-produced Ideal 1 has been delivered to all specialty stores across the country. The mass-produced Changxiang will be delivered to offline stores in two days, and the online channels have been negotiated."

Zhou Jing sat on the single sofa and said.

"Online sales should give a share to the platform, right? How do we cooperate?"

Dad Gu asked as he turned down the volume on the TV.

“理想1和畅想1首发价分别是2599和1199，给电商平台供货价格分别是2459和1129，后续电商供货价格以官网价格浮动为基准调整。”

Zhou Jing gave a brief introduction.

Father Gu nodded and said, "The Provincial Department of Education has sent a notice to all universities in the province, requiring all university business offices in the province to promote and sell Ideal Mobile Phones. Next, the company will discuss the details with the schools."

"it is good."

Bai Xiyao told Zhou Jing that there are dozens of undergraduate and junior college colleges in Tangdu Province. If all of them cooperate in promoting Ideal Mobile Phone, the effect will be very good, and it will be free promotion.

"Xiao Zhou, have a cup of tea to relieve your fatigue. Is the porridge good?"

It has been almost a month and a half since Gu's mother returned to Tang, and she misses her granddaughter very much.

"Very good, now you can stand up by holding on to the wall. She insisted on standing up before I could stop her."

Zhou Jing opened the photo album on his mobile phone and showed it to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Since the child learned to sit, she has become stronger day by day and has become very active. Zhou Jing and Gu Jia were worried that their daughter might stand too early and her legs might not be straight, so they did not allow her to stand when she was six months old. But they could not control her and she would cry if they did not allow her to stand.

"You must keep an eye on him once he can stand. He's really lively. What kind of complementary food should he eat now?"

Mother Gu looked at the photo with a doting smile on her face.

"Add some vegetables to the rice porridge. I fed him rice cereal once but he didn't like it, so I didn't feed him again."

"Millet flour is very good. As long as the child is not lacking in nutrition, everything will be fine."

Mother Gu said with a chuckle.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Zhou Jing went to Gu Jia's bedroom, took a set of pajamas and took a shower. He took out the computer from the suitcase and went online in Gu Jia's bedroom.

A few days ago, Bai Xiyao repurchased the shares of Ideal Technology Co., Ltd. held by the two coal bosses and paid them a 100% return on their investment. In other words, the two coal bosses invested a total of 500 million yuan, and Ideal Technology spent 1 billion to buy back the shares. It seems that the rate of return is not low, but Zhou Jing actually did not lose money.

The 500 million yuan investment from the two coal bosses solved a lot of problems for Ideal Technology. With that 500 million yuan as cash flow, Zhou Jing did not have to withdraw the money from the stock market. Zhou Jing's daily return on the stock market could easily reach more than 2%, and he could achieve a return rate of more than 100% in two months.

After completing the equity repurchase, Ideal Technology, like Chuangzhi Technology, is 100% controlled by Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao, with no one else holding shares. Zhou Jing feels at ease. The next step is to reform the company and implement an employee stock ownership plan next year.

After reading the equity recovery agreement, Zhou Jing deleted the email and decided that Ideal Technology would not accept any investment in the future unless there was a cash flow crisis. This way, all profits could be kept in the company and it could invest as much research and development funds as it wanted.

After chatting with Gu Jia on QQ video for more than ten minutes, Zhou Jing went to bed early.

The next morning, Zhou Jing first went to the Chuangzhi Technology Branch in the Tangdu Chuangzhi Technology Office Building to learn about the research progress of several research institutes managed by the Chuangzhi Technology Tangdu Branch.

Zhou Jing was somewhat surprised by the research conducted by Tangdu University of Electronic Science and Technology-Chuangzhi Technology Joint Research Institute. This institute has made great breakthroughs in the research of microelectronics, solid-state electronics, and integrated circuits.

After finishing the business of the Chuangzhi Technology branch, Zhou Jing went to Ideal Technology. Bai Xiyao was in the office. When he arrived at the company, Zhou Jing went to the office to find Bai Xiyao.

"We will be able to mass produce 1 Ideal s in the next three or four days. We have very strict quality control requirements. The current foundry may not be able to mass produce million units this month. ZTE Tangdu Electronics Factory does not have a larger production capacity for us."

Bai Xiyao threw the smartphone mass production report on the table and said.

"Find another one."

There are many precision electronics factories in China that can assemble smartphones. Ideal Technology has established a reliable industrial chain in the six months it has been making traditional mobile phones. Driven by Ideal's orders for traditional mobile phones and Bluetooth speakers, two or three electronics factories in Tangdu that were originally dying not only revived but also completed upgrades and established the latest precision electronics production lines. Many electronics factories and parts factories in the south have also completed industrial upgrades driven by Ideal Technology.

After staying in the office for a while, Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went to the production workshop.

Recently, Ideal Technology's electronic production has been running at full capacity. The machines are running day and night, and the workers are working in four shifts. One by one, each precision equipment completes the process in an orderly manner. The people responsible for completing the manual part on the assembly line are all wearing work clothes, white coats, hats, masks, gloves, and foot covers.

White coats, hats, masks, gloves and foot covers must be worn when entering the workshop to prevent bringing outside dust into the workshop. White coats and gloves must be washed and dusted every day.

Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao went to the workshop locker room to put on protective equipment and then went to the workshop. After walking around the workshop, Zhou Jing randomly picked out several semi-finished products and took them to the testing room. Under the guidance of the technician in charge of product testing, he put the machines that had not yet had the back cover installed under a microscope for observation.

The result of observation is that the internal assembly of the machine is very neat, there are basically no dust particles, and there are no obvious defects in the welding parts.

The launch of Ideal's first-generation smartphone was originally planned to be held at Dayan Pagoda Square, but it was difficult to arrange seats in the open-air square, so the event was finally changed to be held indoors. In order to support Ideal Technology, Tangdu used the Provincial Assembly Hall to allow Ideal Technology to hold the phone launch conference free of charge.

For this press conference, Ideal Technology invited some famous digital bloggers and mobile phone reviewers in the digital circle, and booked a hotel for them. The room fees from the 19th to the 20th were paid by Ideal Technology, and the digital bloggers and reviewers could check into the hotel on the 19th with the invitation letter.

On the afternoon of the 19th, one day before the press conference, Zhou Jing went to the Great Hall to familiarize himself with the environment.

(End of this chapter)