Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 818 The First Prey

On March 3, Fang Zhuo's team and Zhang Chaoyang, who lost, slept, lost, slept and lost, and his assistant arrived in New York, USA.

Zhang Chaoyang was still not reconciled to transferring from a private jet to a Rolls-Royce, and wanted to drag Mr. Fang to continue playing cards.

But how should I put it, when it comes to playing cards, Fang Zhuo and Zhang Chaoyang's level is average, and the other two high-level Yike executives, how they play cards is very important.

Fang Zhuo had already noticed the problem after the game, so he declined brother Chaoyang's request to lose the card on the grounds of the latest work report.

During the ten or so hours that the "Qingzi" was in the air, three more subprime mortgage companies in the United States announced their closure.

As for how long it will be closed, they didn't say.

Since HSBC wrote down 108 billion U.S. dollars of assets to now, nearly 10 institutions have been shut down and bankrupted in related fields. Among them, New Century Financial Corporation is the most influential one.

Judging from the current situation, the problem is still concentrated in the field of subprime mortgages, but it has already spread to the financial system.

"Oh, the real estate in the United States is in big trouble." Zhang Chaoyang next to him saw the words of the report in Mr. Fang's hand.

"Yes, big trouble." Fang Zhuo considered that there is a wave of business closures at present. Apart from making money, it seems that there are no high-quality assets suitable for Yike and Bingxin. He still needs to wait, "Mr. Come on, the red wine loses and loses, how about holding a high-end wine tasting party with our red wine tomorrow night or the night after?"

Zhang Chaoyang's mood of losing the card suddenly calmed down a lot: "Yes."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, thinking about who to invite.

Qualcomm will definitely come. This is contacted before flying to the United States, and Ice Core’s production capacity intention can be connected.

I don't know if the new head of Goldman Sachs can come here, it can be regarded as a relationship.

Sony's old Sir Stringer was invited, and the Sony shareholder meeting just ended, the board of directors led by Stringer was formally formed, with 12 external directors + 3 internal directors, and his rights were greatly consolidated.

As a former outside director, Fang Zhuo became one of the 12 outside directors smoothly even if he didn't attend this time.

It is worth mentioning that Sony's mobile phone department has been raised by half a frame, and the camera department has been taken into account in terms of structure. This is Stringer's sincere suggestion from Mr. Fang while cleaning up Sony's internal electronic product factions.

Fang Zhuo's thoughts turned, and the people who needed to be invited came to mind, Google, New York Stock Exchange, T-Mobile...

"Mr. Fang, I heard that you and Pony had a very tense fight. If there is a chance, let's hold a wine tasting party in China. Let's sit together and everything will be over." Zhang Chaoyang suddenly remembered the rumors he heard.

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, but said nothing.

Zhang Chaoyang continued to persuade: "It's true, show your face to eliminate old grievances, smile away your grievances, business competition, there is no need to spoil the relationship in private."

"How can I say it's Brother Chaoyang?" Fang Zhuo said, "I've already done this, so you should tell Pony the next time you see him."

Zhang Chaoyang felt that Dating.com was sold out, and Sina was still unconvinced to fight social networking again. Mr. Fang felt somewhat dissatisfied with the Penguin Learning Farm game. It would seem that Mr. Fang is very happy.

The two chatted for a while, Fang Zhuo answered two calls, and the car arrived at the hotel.

At noon, Zhang Chaoyang warmed up a bottle of red wine for the wine tasting with great interest.

Fang Zhuo was not good at red wine, so while sipping the wine, he listened to brother Chaoyang's eloquent talk about the quality of the wine.

However, a phone call from Qimonda President Luo Jianhua interrupted the process.

Since Qimonda became independent from Infineon, Luo Jianhua, the first head, has done a good job, seeking global partners, successfully listing Qimonda in New York, and expanding production capacity ambitiously.

There was, however, a certain concern in his call.

"Mr. Fang, I think the Lin'an factory we are cooperating with can increase production capacity not so quickly."

Bingxin’s Lin’an factory was born for storage, accepting Qimonda’s 110nm, 90nm, and 80nm DRAM trench technology to develop and sell niche storage, that is, low-end products.

According to the plan, in July this year, the Lin'an factory will be able to manufacture for Qimonda.

At the same time, due to the gratifying process breakthrough of the Luzhou plant, it will also boost the prospects of the Lin'an plant in the storage field.

"Mr. Luo, what's changed?" Fang Zhuo asked.

"The price of storage products may have a relatively large downward trend." Luo Jianhua's voice was dignified.

Fang Zhuo's eyes moved slightly, and he asked at the price of his own Yike: "The pre-purchased price of our mobile phone is about 1 dollars per 12G, can we wait now?"

"It's going to drop to 10 dollars in the near future." Luo Jianhua said the price of the latest situation, and then said, "It's very likely that 10 dollars won't be able to hit it."

从12美元/1G到10美元/1G，也就是存储成本下调16.6%。

Considering the profit margins left by storage manufacturers, it may not be enough for them.

However, the price drop is due to the industry's hard work to increase production capacity, and the consistent counter-cyclical strategy, plus there will be financial turmoil in the future...

There is a high probability that storage prices will continue to fall.

Fang Zhuo has been thinking about the cost of the Yike mobile phone. Now it seems that the storage parts have to be thrown into the arms first.

易科手机最起码是要有2个版本，4G和8G，那原先的存储成本就是48和96美元。

Even, I am also considering whether to use the 16G version, which is $192.

If the downward trend continues, storage, which accounts for a considerable proportion of the cost, can save a lot of space.

"Our niche storage should not fluctuate much, but Qimonda should pay attention." Fang Zhuo first pointed out one point, and then reminded the other party.

Luo Jianhua sighed: "Yeah, it depends on where the bottom of this cycle is. I think 7-8 dollars is an acceptable position. Mr. Fang, let me just say that, considering future risks, Qimonda plans to Build a new research and development center, and now consider placing it in the mainland of China, where do you think is suitable?"

Fang Zhuo analyzed the information in these words.

The head of Qimonda has put the storage expectation at 7-8 dollars.

Then, the future must be worse than he expected!

In this case, if Yike mobile phone can negotiate with the operator, then abandon the 4G version and directly use 8G and 16G, with similar prices and higher quality enjoyment.

If there is no agreement, the 4G version can also be more competitive in price.

However, Qimonda's so-called considerations are probably more based on cost, which reduces the budget of the R&D center.

Fang Zhuo thought about it and said, "Choose one, Lin'an or Shencheng."

"I thought you would add Luzhou." Luo Jianhua said unexpectedly.

"From an objective point of view, I can help fight for better policies in both cities." Fang Zhuo helped his partners.

Luo Jianhua immediately expressed his thanks, which was also the main purpose of his call.

He talked about the ice core manufacturing process and looked forward to more cooperation prospects with Qimonda.

Fang Zhuo listened to the words of the head of Qimonda, and looked forward to the future in his heart.

The future is bad, worse than anyone imagined.

Such a Qimonda.

A slightly fragile larva that is separated from the mother and will face the dual killings of industry cycles and financial turmoil is likely to be in great danger.

I don't know that it is inconvenient for Goldman Sachs to short Qimonda at the right time.

Fang Zhuo licked the red wine on his lips, sighed deeply, and echoed the voice on the phone that he couldn't hear clearly because he was distracted: "Indeed, Mr. Luo, this is bad news, Qimonda needs to pay attention."

Looking at the smile on Mr. Fang's face, Zhang Chaoyang held back the surprise in his heart, and took another sip of wine.

This red wine is really good.

(End of this chapter)