Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 574: You are destined to be a chess piece, but you want to be a chess player?

"Lose 6 million, earn back 30 billion! Damn, that sounds like a good deal!"

"Although your method is unreliable, I have to admit that I am moved."

"I'm also tempted, how about we give it a try?"

Seeing these people getting ready, Lao Zhang's expression changed drastically, and he angrily asked, "Are you crazy?"

"Do you really think this world is lawless?"

"If we do this, not only will Xingyi Technology be furious, do you think the village will turn a blind eye?"

"Yes, the law does exist." Others also spoke up and refuted decisively:

"If we do this, we will definitely be caught. If we are fined, it won't be 30 billion RMB, it might be billion USD!"

"More importantly, as an OEM, we rely on big customers, so we have to stick to principles and abide by the rules."

"Breaking the contract and cutting off the supply of chips to Xingyi Technology was already very unruly. If you blackmail and sell the last batch of orders from Xingyi Technology, you're really courting death."

"By then, TSMC's credibility will be gone. Who will dare to hire us as a foundry? Who will trust TSMC? Even Apple and Qualcomm are worried that we will hack their chips and resell them!"

"That's right. You can think about damaging the company's reputation, but you can never do it. If you do that, TSMC will be finished."

"More importantly, Xiaguo is the world's largest market. If we do this, not only will we be hammered in the future, but the chips we manufacture will also be implicated."

"The simplest thing is that once the chips we manufacture are labeled as unqualified and the approval is blocked, the customer's chips will not be sold and the customer will be angry, which will not be a good thing for us either."

Hearing what everyone said, Jiang Hong and the others all looked drastically different.

Some things are fun to do, but the cost is not.

Jiang Hong and his colleagues were typical technical people who became managers with their excellent skills, but they were not as good as those who came from administrative management in terms of overall vision.

All we can say is that every inch has its own strengths and weaknesses.

Old Zhang glared at Jiang Hong and sentenced this guy to death in his heart. He was not up to the task!
Then he looked around at the other two people and said, "More importantly, if we do this, do you really think Wang Yi has no countermeasures?"

"Don't you think Wang Yi didn't make a move when Qualcomm and Apple's stock prices plummeted and their market value evaporated by hundreds of billions?"

"What? The previous stock price crashes of Qualcomm and Apple were all caused by Wang Yi's short selling?"

Everyone was shocked and full of disbelief.

Lao Zhang sighed, "This is the reliable information I got. The plummeting share prices of Qualcomm and Apple are all related to Wang Yi. After several short sellings, Wang Yi made tens of billions. Apple and Qualcomm lost hundreds of billions of RMB!"

"On Wall Street, Wang Yi was nicknamed the Wolf of Wall Street!"

"If you don't take action, it's fine. But if you do, it will be a bloody storm."

"They made tens of billions of dollars, while the giants that were shorted lost hundreds of billions of dollars."

"This..." Jiang Hong's face turned pale: "If we do this, Wang Yi will short TSMC, and we will also lose hundreds of billions?"

"It's very likely." Lao Zhang nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Once we sell Xingyi Technology's chips, our reputation will be ruined and it will be difficult for customers to trust us again. This behavior is illegal and the village will punish us. Add to that Wang Yi's aggressive short selling, and how much do you think we will lose in the end? How low will TSMC's stock price fall?"

"Hiss!" Jiang Hong sucked in a breath of cold air. "Under this situation, if Wang Yi continues to short TSMC, TSMC's losses will not be as simple as 2000 billion, but even 3000 billion or billion!"

The others were also sweating profusely.

In order to hack billions of chips, he lost hundreds of billions and ruined his own future!
This deal is not worth it at all!
It's totally courting death!
"Pah!" Jiang Hong slapped himself in the face and said in a deep voice: "Chairman, I was reckless. I didn't think carefully enough and almost ruined TSMC. I accept the punishment!"

This scene shocked everyone else.

But Lao Zhang waved his hand and said, "Forget it. After all, it's just a discussion. I won't pursue it if it's not implemented. From now on, you can be in charge of the logistics department!"

"I...Okay, thank you, Chairman." Jiang Hong's face was pale, and he knew in his heart that his future was over.

In other business units, we can still achieve results and develop.

But in the logistics department, that's how it's going to be for the rest of your life.

There are only two options: doing your job well or not doing it well. There is no possibility of getting a performance promotion.

"So, we can only swallow this incident in silence?"

The other person spoke, his expression somewhat complicated.

Lao Zhang nodded. "We were at fault in this incident. Wang Yi is very powerful. If this hadn't happened, I would have worried that Wang Yi would have retaliated against us in other ways, such as looking for an opportunity to short TSMC. Now that this has happened, we are even. We don't have to worry about Wang Yi continuing to retaliate."

"Yes, it's better for Wang Yi to take away Huawei's orders than to short us. We should have thought of today when we cut off the supply of chips to Xingyi Technology."

"That's right. After all, we were the first to stop supplying, so we were in the wrong. Now that our customers have been taken away, we have no choice but to swallow our anger."

"Besides, Huawei's chip orders are limited. The total number of K3V2 produced is a little over 1000 million. Even if the Kirin 910 is produced a little more, it is only 2000 million. It is still a small customer. Wang Yi took it away. It is not worth mentioning."

Everyone echoed and agreed.

Even the radicals who had previously wanted to retaliate have stopped and chosen to suffer in silence.

There's nothing we can do about it, people are just realistic.

If Wang Yi does not have the ability, TSMC will definitely not swallow this humiliation, and will have to retaliate even if it was wrong first.

But Wang Yi has the power to make Qualcomm and Apple lose hundreds of billions of dollars, and even TSMC is afraid!
Let alone revenge, I’m afraid that Wang Yi is still angry and will short TSMC again!
That's the end of it.

"Okay, let's do it this way. But we at TSMC can't suffer losses in vain, we have to find someone to pay for it." Lao Zhang said in a deep voice.

"Chairman, do you mean to contact Qualcomm?"

Can’t afford to offend Xingyi Technology, so should we ask Qualcomm to settle the score?
Lao Zhang nodded: "That's right. In this incident, Qualcomm forced us to stop supplying Kunpeng chips to Xingyi Technology, which led to Xingyi Technology's revenge and snatched away our customer Huawei. As the culprit, Qualcomm must compensate us!"

"What if Qualcomm refuses..."

Lao Zhang laughed: "Reject? Do they have the capital to refuse?"

"Tell Qualcomm that if the compensation is in place, Qualcomm will be able to mass produce Snapdragon 810 with 20nm process by the end of next year. If they refuse, let them go to Samsung!"

"Haha, it's still easy for us to control Qualcomm. Next year, 20-nanometer mobile phone chips will just start to be produced. Our 20-nanometer production capacity is small, and Samsung's 20-nanometer production capacity is even smaller."

“咱们的20纳米产能给了苹果A8，三星的20纳米产能给了自家的猎户座5430、猎户座5433，猎户座7410，更没高通的份。”

"If Qualcomm doesn't compensate us properly, we won't manufacture for them, and the Snapdragon 810 and Snapdragon 808 will be difficult to produce."

Old Zhang nodded, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes: "That's right. Gao Tong is destined to be a chess piece, but he wants to be a chess player."

"We let him go before because we were worried that he would turn the tables. We were also afraid of the old Mi behind him."

"If it weren't for Mike Pompeo's support, Qualcomm would be nothing! Didn't you see that Texas Instruments, which was once at its peak, is now dead?"

"Then I will contact Qualcomm and ask for compensation."

"Go!" Lao Zhang said calmly.

Soon, Qualcomm received a notice from TSMC and quickly reported it to Jacob.

Jacob was so angry that he yelled, "Fuck, is TSMC sick? They lost their customers to Xingyi Technology, and they want us to compensate them? What kind of logic is this?"

"I guess they don't dare to cause trouble for Xingyi Technology, so they come to Qualcomm!" Vice President Franz Quentin couldn't help but say.

"???" Jacob was in a bad mood. "You don't dare to cause trouble to Xingyi Technology, so you come to cause trouble to Qualcomm? What do you mean? Do you think Qualcomm is easy to bully?"

"Ahem, although they don't want to admit it, they think so."

“Fuck! Fuck!” Jacob cursed. “TSMC is crazy. Really crazy. We must teach them a lesson. Orders…the next generation orders should all be given to Samsung, not TSMC!”

"Chairman, the Snapdragon 805 at the beginning of next year has been given to Samsung. However, the Snapdragon 810 at the beginning of the year after next requires a 20-nanometer process and can only be manufactured by TSMC."

"Why can't Samsung do it? Samsung also has 20 nanometers, right?" Jacob said angrily.

Franz Quentin nodded: "Samsung's 20-nanometer process is slower than TSMC's, and its production capacity is also less than TSMC's. More importantly, they still have to produce their own Orion 5430, 5433, and 7410, so they don't have any extra 20-nanometer production capacity for us..."

"Fuck! No wonder TSMC is so arrogant, they are determined to take over Qualcomm!"

Jacob was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

In the field of chip foundry, TSMC is still the unrivaled leader, even Samsung cannot compete with it. Moreover, even the most advanced 20-nanometer process has to give priority to its own chips.

This makes Qualcomm uncomfortable.

Franz Quentin changed the subject: "In addition, TSMC also said that if we make full compensation, we can mass-produce Snapdragon 810 ahead of schedule by the end of next year. If not, it will have to be the beginning of the next year, or even the middle of the year..."

"Clap, clap, clap!" Jacob clapped his hands:
"Give a slap in the face and then give a sweet date. What a carrot and stick strategy. Lao Zhang is really good at it!"

"I have to give this old man a thumbs up!"

“唉！不过眼下局面就是如此。明年台积电20纳米产能都给了苹果A8，三星明年的20纳米产能都给了自家的5430、5433，后面还有7410。咱们要是再得罪台积电，那就……”

Jacob understood the words halfway through his sentence!
"Alas! I thought we could use chip orders to balance Samsung and TSMC, but in the end we were controlled by TSMC!" "Alas!"

Jacob sighed repeatedly, feeling extremely depressed. "Okay, let's give all the Snapdragon 610 orders for the third quarter of next year to TSMC. This can be considered as compensation."

"Chairman, Snapdragon 610 is the first 64-bit processor, but it only has four cores of A4 and Kunpeng 53. It can be considered a mid-range processor this year, but its performance will be too poor next year, and it will be a low-end processor. I suggest canceling it and directly mass-producing the eight-core Snapdragon 702, which has four high-frequency A615s and four low-frequency A53s!"

"It makes sense. If the Snapdragon 610 is released this year, it can still compete. But it will be a sluggish product next year. Let's save it for the Snapdragon 400 series the year after! Next year, we will directly mass produce the Snapdragon 615 and hand it over to TSMC for foundry as compensation."

"Okay!" Franz Quentin responded.

"The situation is stronger than us. It's so frustrating!" Jacob said angrily.

Franz Quentin also lamented: "We were indeed controlled by TSMC this time, but we are still counting on TSMC's 20nm process to produce Snapdragon 810 and Snapdragon 808, so we can't retaliate. But in essence, it was Xingyi Technology that grabbed TSMC's orders, causing TSMC to ask us to compensate!"

"Yes, it is still Xingyi Technology in essence!" Jacob's eyes lit up:
"TSMC is an upstream foundry, so we can't retaliate, but Xingyi Technology can retaliate! And we are competitors, so we have to deal with them! What do you think?"

Franz Quentin thought for a moment and said, "Since we asked TSMC to stop manufacturing Kunpeng chips, Xingyi Technology has suffered heavy losses due to the supply cut of 40-nanometer chips and many product lines have been cut. We can say that we have won a great victory. Xingyi Technology has not made any public response to this, and the public knows nothing about it."

"From the looks of it, they intend to take a cold approach, but we can expose their true colors and make the scandal of Xingyi Technology's madly cutting product lines known to everyone!"

"They even exaggerated the rumor and fabricated a rumor that 'Xingyi Technology cut 90% of its product lines at once and is going to fail!'"

Jacob's eyes lit up: "Good idea, this kind of scandal should be publicized. Xingyi Technology's image is too positive now, and its reputation is too good. We must not miss any opportunity to discredit them!"

"And if they cut off 90% of their product lines, Xingyi Technology will be in trouble. This rumor is very good. Not only can it discredit Xingyi Technology, but it can also scare off many users. Hahaha!"

"That's right. More importantly, it takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. Then Xingyi Technology will be in trouble, and it will be difficult to refute the rumor."

Franz Quentin said meaningfully: "You know, many companies died because of rumors. And Xingyi Technology will suffer a lot this time if it doesn't die!"

"Very good, very good. You really didn't let me down. Just do it!"

"Okay, Chairman!" Franz Quentin responded.

"By the way, how are the chip orders from other customers going?"

Franz Quentin sighed: "It's not selling well. They have placed orders for a large number of Kunpeng chips and don't need our Snapdragon chips."

雅各布面色冷了下来：“不是说我们骁龙400比鲲鹏505便宜30元，让他们砍单鲲鹏505，选择骁龙400吗？”

Franz Quentin shook his head: "It's useless. Although our Snapdragon 400 is 30 yuan cheaper, some customers are tempted. But Xingyi Technology immediately launched the motherboard chipset design service of Kunpeng 505."

"When major manufacturers buy Kunpeng 505, they will directly receive the motherboard chipset design plan. By then, even small manufacturers can greatly shorten the research and development time and launch new Kunpeng 505 machines in less than four or five months."

Jacob's mouth twitched: "..."

"In addition, the performance of Kunpeng 505 is stronger than our Snapdragon 400, and we also provide motherboard design services in the early stage, which saves several months of research and development time, and chip tuning services in the later stage, which saves a lot of time and money. Major customers would rather spend an extra 505 yuan to use Kunpeng !"

"Motherboard chipset design!"

Jacob was in a bad mood: "Wang Yi is such a idiot, he is cheating!"

"Yes, Chairman. For a small manufacturer, it takes a year to develop a Kunpeng 505 mobile phone. But with Xingyi Technology's motherboard chipset design and chip tuning services, it can be done in four or five months. Do you think they will buy it? Not to mention the 30 yuan price, they will buy it even if it costs 50 yuan!"

"Fuck!" Jacob was furious. "Wang Yi is such a bad guy. No wonder so many companies placed orders for 4.5 million Kunpeng chips at the last chip trade fair!"

"We buy a baseband and get a chip for free, but they buy a chip and get a baseband, motherboard design, and tuning service for free!"

"It's unethical. It's too unethical."

"If we do this, we won't even be able to copy."

Franz Quentin was also helpless: "Yes. We can copy the chip tuning service, although our tuning is not as good as Xingyi Technology. But how can we copy the motherboard chipset design service? We don't make mobile phones, so we don't have that ability!"

"Wang Yi's move is too ruthless. He will do anything to grab chip orders!" Jacob was furious: "If his chips are all sent to motherboard chipset services in the future, we will be in big trouble!"

"We must discredit Xingyi Technology! If Xingyi Technology survives, Qualcomm will be in trouble!"

"Okay, I'll do it now!"

Franz Quentin acted quickly, and the next day, a lot of negative news about Xingyi Technology appeared on the Internet.

[Breaking news! Xingyi Technology cut 90% of its product lines at one time, and % of its best-selling products were discontinued. 】

【xphone 1pro、xphone 2、，星逸电视x40、X50、X55、x60，星逸平板1、1pro、1 Ultra，全部停产，星逸科技要破产了？】

[90% of product lines have been discontinued, and Xingyi Technology is facing the biggest crisis in its history. ]

[Within a month, Xingyi TV, Xingyi tablet, a large number of Xingyi mobile phones, and even Wujie TV and Wujie mobile phones will be completely discontinued. Xingyi Technology may not survive this cold winter! ]

[After stopping production of so many products at once, Xingyi Technology suffered a fatal blow and was on the verge of bankruptcy! ]

……

Seeing these news, the whole network was in an uproar.

Zhu Changlin was even more frightened and immediately went to find Wang Yi:
"Chairman, there are a lot of news reports online about our suspension of production, saying that we have suffered a fatal blow and are on the verge of bankruptcy! Do we need crisis public relations to clarify this?"

Wang Yi waved his hand and said, "No need to clarify anything. This may not be a bad thing."

"It may not be a bad thing?" Zhu Changlin was puzzled: "It has been publicized as a fatal blow and on the verge of bankruptcy. How can it not be a bad thing?"

Wang Yi smiled faintly: "First, take a look at what the public opinion on the Internet says."

"Okay." Zhu Changlin immediately took out his mobile phone and browsed it carefully. His expression immediately became very interesting:

"Xingyi mobile phones, Xingyi TVs, and Xingyi tablets will all be discontinued? Is this true?"

"It should be true, right? I see that domestic and foreign media are reporting this."

"How could this happen? Why? Is Xingyi Technology really going to go bankrupt?"

"What a joke! Xingyi Technology will not go bankrupt just because of the hot sales of Xphone 3 and Xphone 3plus."

"That's right. Even if Apple goes bankrupt, Xingyi Technology won't go bankrupt. But the discontinuation of the product line seems to be true, but it's not going to go bankrupt."

"It is said that they had to stop production because of a shortage of chips. It is probably because the sales were too hot and there were not enough chips."

"It's possible. Xingyi Technology uses self-developed Kunpeng chips. The new models are too popular. The chip production capacity of the old models is insufficient. It is natural that they have stopped production due to chip shortage."

"No, I have to hurry up and buy it. I was just preparing for the price reduction during Double Eleven and was going to buy the Xingyi TV X55, but it turns out that it's going to be discontinued!"

"Why are we waiting for Double Eleven? There is a shortage of chips and production has stopped. There is nothing to sell. How can the price drop?"

"That's right. In the past, the production capacity was sufficient and we could get as many as we wanted. The prices were a little lower during Double Eleven. Now, if you act too late, the production will be stopped and you won't be able to buy it."

"I'm also placing an order, the Xingyi Tablet 1 Ultra!"

"I ordered an Xphone 2 Pro, which is 3 cheaper than the Xphone 700, so it's still worth buying."

"I am most worried that the first generation of the Ultrawide will be discontinued. With its ultra-low price of 999, once it is discontinued, I will never be able to buy such a cheap smartphone again."

"I'm worried too. Buy them now, for fear they'll be discontinued!"

“I won’t wait for Double Eleven, I’ve already placed an order for the Borderless TV X60!”

"Boundless TV is also discontinued? No, I have to hurry and place an order!"

……

Looking at these opinions, Zhu Changlin was a little confused: "..."

“It’s really not a crisis, but it has stimulated our sales?”

Wang Yi smiled and nodded: "That's right, Lao Mi can't understand the wisdom in it."

"Chairman, you mean, this was made by Qualcomm? Not TSMC?"

Wang Yi nodded, "It's Qualcomm. TSMC's Mr. Zhang is a shady guy. He must know that misfortune often brings blessings, and blessings often bring misfortune. Only those idiots at Qualcomm don't understand this great wisdom, so they use this method to attack us, causing our sales to increase significantly!"

"I see." Zhu Changlin suddenly realized: "Qualcomm thought that by promoting this, the public would believe that we were going to go bankrupt, and would panic and give up buying Xingyi phones, Wujie phones, Xingyi TVs, etc. However, the public did not believe that we were going to go bankrupt at all. Not only did they not give up buying, but they were afraid that they would not be able to buy after the supply was cut off, so they rushed to buy them!"

"That's right, that's it." Wang Yi said meaningfully:

"If any other company canceled so many orders at once, people would think the brand was finished and would not dare to place orders for fear that there would be no after-sales service guarantee. This is also Qualcomm's plan, to create a sense of crisis and make our users give up buying our products."

"But I didn't expect that Xingyi Technology's brand is too strong and its fans are too loyal."

"Even though we cut so many products at once, our users and fans are not only not worried, but also not giving up on placing orders. Instead, they are placing orders like crazy and buying them up!"

"There's nothing we can do. Xingyi Technology is just so powerful. Our fans and users firmly believe that we will not have any problems, will not go bankrupt, and will not close down!"

“This is the brand’s determination!”

(End of this chapter)