Who would still be a social slave when they are so rich?

Chapter 370 Cooperation? Invest directly!

"I guess... Mr. Lei must be confused right now, right?"

Walking on the tree-lined avenue of the Xijiao Hotel, Su Chen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked Lei Jun beside him with a faint smile.

Hearing this, Lei Jun paused for a moment, raised his hand to loosen the Windsor knot of his dark blue tie, and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I am indeed very confused!"

"Logically, this should be the first time we meet. We have never had any interactions with each other before. I really don't understand why Mr. Su helped us."

Before, when they were in the villa, Lei Jun heard Li Zhexi say with his own ears that he agreed to let him come here because of Su Chen.

If it weren't for Su Chen's righteous words, this meeting would definitely not have been satisfactory.

He did not forget the look of contempt and the words of contempt that Li Zhexi had given him at that time.

From the initial phone call to drinking red wine to apologize later, Su Chen can be said to have helped him again and again.

A stranger offended a big consortium to help him. Who wouldn't be moved?

But Lei Jun's heart is also polarized.

While thanking Su Chen, I was also worried!
He was worried that Su Chen was interested in his Xiaomi Group and wanted to use this as a bridge to acquire shares in Xiaomi Group for personal gain.

This is what Lei Jun is most worried about. After all, one look at Su Chen reveals that he is a prehistoric giant crocodile hiding in deep water.

Being able to sit down and drink tea with the chairman of the Lee Group, the number one financial group in South Korea, and also getting the other party to give him so much face, Lei Jun knows without thinking how powerful the power behind Su Chen is.

If he were to take over Xiaomi Group, it would be a question whether Xiaomi would still belong to him, Lei Jun, in the future.

"Hahaha!" Su Chen chuckled, stopped, looked at Lei Jun meaningfully and said, "Boss Lei, if I say I don't have any ideas, do you believe it?"

"Hmm?" Lei Jun's expression froze. He had also thought of this possibility, but as soon as the thought came out of his heart, he suppressed it.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, especially in the business world.

Even if there is, it is just bait to catch big fish.

Lei Jun saw Su Chen's serious look and nodded subconsciously, "I believe it!"

After saying this, a trace of melancholy flashed across Lei Jun's face, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Mr. Su!"

"After so many years in the business world, I have seen too many unexpected pies that seem to be delicious and meaty, but are actually highly poisonous. I have to be careful!"

Xiaomi Group has encountered all kinds of difficulties along the way, so it is naturally wary of strangers like Su Chen.

Su Chen naturally understood Lei Jun's concerns. If it were him, if he encountered such a thing, his vigilance might be several times stronger than Lei Jun's.

"Let me introduce myself!" Su Chen adjusted his custom suit and extended his hand, saying, "Su Chen, the boss of Yunmengze Group, and also the behind-the-scenes boss of Xiaxin International!"

"Yunmengze? Xiaxin International?"

When Lei Jun heard these two names, he lost his composure instantly and looked at Su Chen in shock.

He never imagined that the young man in his twenties standing in front of him was actually a leading investment banker and the boss of a semiconductor unicorn company.

There is no need to say much about Xiaxin International. He personally went to the previous press conference and had a deep understanding of it. He then thought about ordering a batch of chips for use in Xiaomi's mobile phones.

As a result, he was told that he needed to wait in line. At that time, he was still wondering who the boss of Xiaxin International was and how he could have achieved a leap in chip technology.

At that time... Lei Jun still fantasized that the two sides could cooperate to develop mobile phone memory chips belonging to our own country and say goodbye to the constraints of suppliers.

As for Yunmengze, the number of investments is not very many, but they are all enviable!
For example, the first investment was in ByteDance, which had a valuation of less than 100 million yuan at the time and grew to 50 billion yuan in just one year.

This wave of operations directly made him a legend in the investment banking circle. Even though Lei Jun had never come into contact with Yun Mengze, he had heard of Yun Mengze's name.

Lei Jun smacked his lips and felt like he was dreaming, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

Su Chen did not say anything, but quietly appreciated the surrounding scenery, allowing Lei Jun to slowly digest the two pieces of important news.

After a long time, Lei Jun came back to his senses. In front of these two companies with huge potential, his Xiaomi Group did not seem to have much appeal to Su Chen.

Thinking of this, Lei Jun's last bit of defense was completely removed at this moment.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his inner emotions, looked at Su Chen with a complicated expression and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Su to hide it so deeply. If the outside world knew these inside stories, I wonder if their jaws would drop in surprise!"

As he spoke, Lei Jun started laughing and said that others, including himself, were no exception.

"I just don't like to be high-profile!"

As Su Chen was speaking, he saw a pavilion by the lake not far away and walked straight towards it.

When Lei Jun sat down, Su Chen's tone changed and his words became sharper, "Boss Lei, it must be unpleasant to be strangled by the Li Group. Have you ever thought about developing a proper domestic mobile phone?"

"From high-end OLED screens to mobile phone memory chips and camera modules, we develop and manufacture them all ourselves, even a screw!"

"It's not like now, except for the name we came up with, all other parts of the phone are imported from abroad. It's nominally a domestic phone, but in fact it's foreign goods!"

"I didn't expect Mr. Su to know us so well!" Lei Jun smiled bitterly, he was also helpless!

"This is how it is when it comes to hardware. The core technologies are in the hands of big foreign companies, and we could be strangled by them at any time."

"It's not that we haven't thought about independent research, but this requires financial and technical support. Take Huawei, the only company in China that currently takes the independent route, for example. Their annual investment in research accounts for 50% or even 60% of their profits!"

"Even so, it will only just break the blockade of those foreign companies!"

"Xiaomi, which has only been established for a few years, cannot be like Huawei."

"So I found another way and occupied the market first, so as to avoid the market being occupied by outsiders!"

"After I make Xiaomi bigger and stronger and have sufficient funds, I will learn to imitate and conduct independent research to achieve true domestic production."

Speaking of this, a confident look emerged on Lei Jun's face. He has been working towards this goal.

After listening to Lei Jun's words, Su Chen nodded slightly. His efforts were obvious to all.

Looking at the ripples on the lake, he said thoughtfully: "Mr. Lei's strategic vision is indeed unique. Occupying the market first and then seeking technological breakthroughs is indeed a feasible way, but..."

Su Chen suddenly turned his head, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Lei Jun and said, "This road takes too long. If there is an opportunity now that can allow Xiaomi to skip the stage of learning and imitating, would Mr. Lei be willing to try it?"

The main components of a mobile phone are the three core components: OLED high-end screen, memory chip and camera module.

In addition to the high-end screen being a problem, memory chips are just a little brother in front of Xiaxin International. As for the camera module, it is also a small problem and can be completed with a little effort.

If Su Chen remembered correctly, the hundred kinds of civilian technologies he had given Pei Rang seemed to include screens, but those screens were used for televisions.

As for whether it can be used in mobile phones, Su Chen is not worried at all. The screen technology is basically the same, the only difference may be that the production process needs to be more precise, which can be improved in research.

Lei Jun is naturally not the kind of person who can't think straight. He quickly thought of Xiaxin International. Since it has achieved mass production of 10nm chips, wouldn't it be easy for them to manufacture chips for mobile phones?
As for the other questions, since Su Chen could come up with this idea, he must be confident. Thinking of this, Lei Jun leaned forward unconsciously, and his voice suddenly raised a few points, "Mr. Su, do you mean... you want to invest in our Xiaomi?"

Before, he was worried that Su Chen would have ideas about Xiaomi, but since he knew Su Chen's background, Lei Jun wanted to tie Xiaomi together with Yunmengze and Xiaxin International.

As for whether Su Chen has any ideas about Xiaomi's right to speak, Lei Jun is not worried at all, because the example of ByteDance is still in front of him.

"Investment? It's not impossible!"

Su Chen touched his chin. Before, he just wanted to provide some technical support and become a future supplier of Xiaomi.

Unexpectedly, Lei Jun would actually ask him to invest. Su Chen is still very optimistic about the future of Xiaomi.

However, Su Chen was not in a hurry to finalize the matter. Instead, he asked Lei Jun to think about it seriously.

"Are you really ready to let me invest? You have to think about this carefully. You can't make this decision just because of the excitement. At least you should discuss it with your executives!"

"After all, buying shares is no small matter. If it causes internal chaos, this is not my original intention!"

Lei Jun did not expect that Su Chen would take pictures for him like this. He also knew that what Su Chen said made sense, but he still wanted Su Chen to invest.

Only with more friends and wider channels can we make the cake bigger.

After pondering for a moment, Lei Jun came up with a solution. "Mr. Su, how about this? Let's first discuss the matter of investing in Xiaomi and reach a preliminary agreement. I will do the work of the group executives and other shareholders!"

He was determined to get Su Chen on board Xiaomi Group, so how could he miss this opportunity so easily.

Looking at Lei Jun's serious expression, Su Chen didn't expect that he would have such courage.

"Okay, since you've made up your mind, I'll let Pei Rang come and talk to you in person. He's basically in charge of the company's affairs!"

As he said that, Su Chen took out his cell phone from his pocket, found Pei Rang's number and called him.

After the call was connected, he asked Pei Rang to come to the pavilion by the lake and then hung up.

Pei Rang arrived very quickly. In less than two minutes, he was seen jogging over with Chen Fei and Xiao Peng.

When they saw Su Chen and Lei Jun talking and laughing, they slowed down their pace.

"Boss, Mr. Lei!" Pei Rang greeted them and sat on the empty stool. As for Chen Fei and Xiao Peng, they stood outside the pavilion consciously.

"I called you here to meet President Lei and discuss the matter of investing!" Su Chen told Pei Rang the general situation, especially the idea of ​​researching purely domestically produced machines.

"We have our own OLED screens! We can even manufacture QD-OLED (quantum + OLED) screens!" Pei Rang said subconsciously after listening to Su Chen's story.

"What? You don't have the technology for OLED screens? Even QD-OLED? You should know that even the Lee Group is only researching this technology, let alone mass production!"

Lei Jun suddenly lost his composure, stood up and looked at Pei Rang in shock.

If there really is technology for high-end screens, then the purely domestically produced mobile phones that Su Chen mentioned before will be within reach!

"Yes, the boss before..." Pei Rang was about to say that it was Su Chen who gave him the technology, but he immediately reacted and quickly changed his words: "Yunmengze previously fully funded an optoelectronics company, which has achieved mass production of high-end screens some time ago and has established stable cooperation with major TV manufacturers."

Su Chen naturally took in Pei Rang's expression, and when he saw that he had resolved the matter, he nodded with satisfaction.

Lei Jun did not notice anything strange about the two. After listening to what Pei Rang said, he clapped his hands excitedly, "That's great, it's really great!"

"Calm down, calm down!" Su Chen waved his hand, signaling Lei Jun to calm down first.

Lei Jun smiled awkwardly, "Sorry to make you laugh, it's mainly because this news is too shocking!"

"You should know that the high-end screens of domestic mobile phone manufacturers are all controlled by the Lee Group. Now that we have domestically produced OLED screens, or even QD-OLED screens, our domestic mobile phone industry will no longer be controlled by others!"

"Even our domestically produced mobile phones will go abroad and into the world!" A hint of longing emerged in Lei Jun's eyes, imagining that Xiaomi would be present in Europe, America and even the Middle East.

With this surprise, the negotiations between Lei Jun and Pei Rang became easier, but there were some deviations in the proportion of shares and Yunmengze's investment method.

Lei Jun advocates using OLED screen technology as a bargaining chip and integrating it into Xiaomi's business system. As for chips, he does not have such a big appetite. He just hopes that Xia Xin can open a green channel and give priority to the supply of memory chips.

But Pei Rang disagreed. After all, OLED screen technology was a gold nugget that could generate continuous profits. If the production scale was expanded, its value would far exceed the 10% stake given by Lei Jun.

In the end, it was Su Chen who made the final decision, offering 2 billion US dollars, priority supply of OLED screens, and helping Xiaomi research its own memory chips. This basically finalized the investment.

Specifically, we need to wait until Lei Jun can get the senior executives of Xiaomi Group on board before we can sit down and discuss the issue of investing.

The main reason why Su Chen proposed to help Xiaomi develop its own memory chip is that the technical content of this chip is not a little bit inferior to that of the 10nm chip. It is not difficult to research, it just takes some time.

Take the most advanced memory chips on the market for example. Even those produced by the Lee Group are only 12nm-14nm, which is still a long way from 10nm.

Even if the corresponding memory chip is developed, the chip will definitely need to be updated and iterated over time, and at that time, Xiaxin International's support will naturally be needed.

By then, the chips developed will no longer belong to Xiaomi, and Xiaomi can only purchase them through procurement. This can be regarded as a stable customer that Su Chen has found for Xiaxin International.

The conversation lasted until 3:30 in the afternoon, when Lei Jun finally left Xijiao Hotel with satisfaction. He still had to go back to convince those executives.

Watching Lei Jun's car disappear from sight, Pei Rang asked curiously, "Boss, with the technology we have mastered, we are fully capable of entering the mobile phone industry. Why do you want to invest in Xiaomi Group?"

Su Chen did not answer immediately, but looked at the sky in the distance quietly. After a long time, he said, "Maybe it's because his phone is cheap!"

After saying that...Su Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Patting Pei Rang on the shoulder, he said, "The domestic mobile phone industry is like a battle between gods. Why should we find something to do for ourselves? We control the OLE screen, so are we afraid of having no business?"

"We just quietly make money in the back!"

"You should think carefully about the negotiations later. You can't make any mistakes in something that is 90% certain."

The final say of Xiaomi Group is basically in the hands of Lei Jun. Everything he says is basically certain. When he goes back to ask the senior executives, all he has to do is come up with a perfect plan.

"Let's go back. I still need to discuss something with Professor Wu!" Su Chen said as he walked towards the villa.

Pei Rang shrugged indifferently and muttered, "You are the boss, so I will do whatever you say!"

Su Chen, who had already walked far away, found that Pei Rang had not caught up. He turned around and saw him still standing in the pavilion mumbling. He immediately shouted, "What are you still mumbling about? Hurry up!"

Pei Ran was shocked all over and quickly shook his head to look, only to see that Su Chen was at least seven or eight meters away from him. He breathed a sigh of relief, as he thought the cricket behind him was heard by his boss.

"coming!"

Pei Rang responded and hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)