Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 202: Brother Hu, do you have any way to increase chip production capacity?

The materials prepared by Ying Weida were written very simply, but they were clear and understandable at a glance, so clear that they seemed to be a provocation.

It's like saying, the conditions are here, and you, Huayao, have to accept them whether you want to or not.

After reading it, Wang Chengdong and Li Long couldn't hold back their expressions and felt insulted.

Wang Chengdong said, "Boss Xie, are you serious about what you wrote here?"

Xie Dapeng smiled slightly: "Of course I am serious, Mr. Wang, don't you think this plan is very suitable?"

"I don't think so. This plan is very unfair. Isn't it the same as me giving you our own chips for free?"

Xie Dapeng smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, you misunderstood. This is not free. We will pay for it. We can discuss the specific terms!"

Li Long said: "How can we discuss this? There is no way to discuss it!"

Xie Dapeng said, "Mr. Wang, Mr. Li, don't be anxious. Think carefully about the current situation. If you don't use a workaround, your Ascend chip, no matter how well it is designed, will only be shelved and cannot be promoted to the market."

Seeing Wang Chengdong's expression froze, Xie Dapeng felt that he had hit the other party's pain point and took the initiative in the negotiation.

Xie Dapeng continued, "If more customers don't use this Ascend chip, you won't be able to collect as much application data as possible, and the chip won't be able to iterate. Mr. Wang, Mr. Li, you should know what it means if the chip can't iterate, or iterate quickly, right? It means that this chip will soon be eliminated."

After saying that, Xie Dapeng looked at the two people sitting opposite him, observing their reactions and waiting for their responses.

Luo Ailin was a little nervous. She wondered whether Wang Chengdong and Li Long could think about this matter rationally.
It must be admitted that this plan is very exciting and very rude to Huayao, but if they are rational enough, they should think that this plan is actually feasible.

Huayao has nothing to lose now.

Maybe the only thing lost is face, but at this moment, how much is face worth?

Xie Dapeng’s logic is correct. If the chip cannot be monetized, then no matter how good the chip design is, it will be useless.

Sure enough, it seemed that Wang Chengdong gradually calmed down from his initial shock and a little anger.

Wang Chengdong coughed lightly and said, "I'm just curious, how are you going to handle this?"

Xie Dapeng said, "Okay, let me explain. Your company gave us the IC design of the Shengteng chip. We will let our engineers inspect it. If there are any problems, we can make improvements. Of course, this process requires your company's cooperation."

"and then?"

"After the IC design is finalized, we will hand it over to the chip foundry for tape-out and then mass production. This series of processes will take about a year."

Wang Chengdong said: "We have given you the IC design of the chip, so what do you need to pay?"

"I just said, can both of us talk? We can pay a transfer fee to buy out. If you can't accept it, we can also distribute dividends based on sales. Of course, first of all, the IC design of the chip must be good enough. We at Eagle Victor are value-oriented."

Wow, Xie Dapeng is quite arrogant.

They actually doubted the strength of Hi-Tech Semiconductor and thought that the IC design of Ascend 910 might not meet their requirements.

How funny.

Eagle NVIDIA's GPU design achievements are indeed very strong in the entire Blue Star, but anyone with knowledge of semiconductors knows that GPU chips are a relatively simple type of chip design.

However, CPU chips like Kirin chips are much more difficult.

The people from Eagle Weida said this, obviously asking for a price. If they really thought that Haixi Semiconductor's design capabilities were not good enough, why would they come all the way here to discuss this kind of cooperation?

Li Long couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that the officials of the Lighthouse Country will come to your door if you do this?"

Xie Dapeng smiled and said, "Of course we are not afraid. In fact, we have already received official permission, so it is not against the rules for us to do this."

"…Ah? This isn't considered a violation? What are you doing?"

"Of course, because nominally, this is our Eagle Nvidia chip design, and it is also our Eagle Nvidia that places the order with the chip foundry, so the outside world will think that this is our Eagle Nvidia chip."

My goodness, doesn’t this mean that Eagle NVIDIA has taken over the IC design of the Huayao Shengteng chip?

And the officials of the Lighthouse Country actually allowed them to do this. Their intentions are really sinister.

Xie Dapeng said, "How is it? We at Yingweida came here with great sincerity. I hope you two can have a good discussion. I think it is very feasible, especially suitable for Huayao now."

Perhaps from Ying Weida's perspective, they may think that they did not gain much advantage, but instead helped Huayao a lot.

However, Wang Chengdong shook his head: "No, no, there is something wrong with the conditions you set."

Xie Dapeng was stunned: "Boss Wang, is there any problem? What did I say wrong?"

"Of course not. You think that our Huayao chips cannot be mass-produced and cannot be promoted to the market. This is wrong in itself."

Xie Dapeng showed a puzzled expression: "Is there any other chip manufacturing company that can make chips for you?"

Wang Chengdong said: "Of course we have, otherwise do you think we can still sell our phones?"

Li Long said: "You should know that our Kirin chips have never been out of stock, and our mobile phones have been selling well."

Xie Dapeng smiled and said, "Yes, your Kirin chips are indeed not out of stock, not for the time being, but the quantity seems to be small. If I am not mistaken, they are out of stock now, right?"

Seeing that Wang Chengdong was about to speak, Xie Dapeng waved his hand, indicating that he had not finished speaking yet.

"You should have 30 to 300 million orders for P phones now, but only million have been delivered. It's been two months. Can you say that your chip supply is okay?"

"This one……"

I didn't expect that Yingweida knew so much about Huayao P30's order. Although it cannot be said to be % correct, it is almost correct.

However, the information Xie Dapeng and his team found was obviously only superficial. They might have thought that the chips used by Huayao were stock chips, so they dared to come here with such fanfare and discuss cooperation in a tone that was almost threatening.

But then again, the production capacity of Huayao's Kirin chips is indeed a big problem now, and it has never been improved.

As a result, the production capacity of Huayao’s southern factory has increased, but chips have become a shortcoming that affects production.

Anyway, although Wang Chengdong and Li Long could not agree with their statement, they had no way to refute it.

Roelin said: "This plan should be feasible, so..."

Wang Chengdong shook his head: "We cannot agree to this."

Xie Dapeng and Luo Ailin were stunned. They obviously didn't expect Wang Chengdong to refuse so straightforwardly.

Xie Dapeng said, "Mr. Wang, I don't think you need to make a decision so quickly. You should at least hold a meeting to discuss it. As I said before, we come here with great sincerity. I hope you won't act on impulse."

"We are not acting on impulse. We can solve the chip production problem ourselves, but it will take some time."

Xie Dapeng said calmly: "Time? Mr. Wang, I might be more straightforward. How much time do you have? I can tell you directly that although your chip design is excellent, it is not unsurpassable. We at Eagle Victor also have the ability to design excellent chips."

"Yes, your GPU chip is very well designed, there is no problem with that." Xie Dapeng said, "I believe in your company's ability. If you are given more time, you should be able to solve the manufacturing problem, but you don't have time now. If you continue to delay, the value of your chip will be almost zero."

Xie Dapeng spoke very bluntly. He felt that although it sounded unpleasant, it could wake up Wang Chengdong and Li Dong, make them face the reality, and agree to the plan proposed by Ying Weida.

However, he was wrong. Wang Chengdong shook his head like a rattle and never thought of agreeing to this plan.

Just as Xie Dapeng was about to speak, Luo Ailin whispered to him that Wang Chengdong and Li Long should have made up their minds and we should change our strategy.

If the other party gets annoyed, there will be no way to continue the conversation.

Xie Dapeng then sat up straight and said, "Okay, then let's come up with another plan."

Wang Chengdong and Li Long were both leaving, but unexpectedly Xie Dapeng had other plans.

"Oh, then tell me, what other plans do you have?"

"We can apply for a pardon from the federal government to retain Huayao's intellectual property rights, and we, Yingweida, will sell this chip as an agent."

Wang Chengdong and Li Long were both stunned.

Compared with the plan they proposed at the beginning, this plan is much more low-key.

Simply put, Huayao still owns the intellectual property rights and ownership of Shengteng 910, but Yingweida is essentially an agent.

It's really sincere.

At this time, Luo Ailin said: "We have also discussed this plan seriously. It is completely feasible, and President Yin can prove it for us."

Wang Chengdong and Li Long were both a little slow to react.

"Mr. Yin? Is that Mr. Yin Shiyuan?"

"Yes, it was President Yin who came to Huayao to make the arrangements for us."

Wang Chengdong was confused. Yin Shiyuan said that he would not endorse Eagle Weida, so why are the people from Eagle Weida bringing Yin Shiyuan up again now?
What on earth are they trying to do?
But this is not important. In Wang Chengdong's opinion, neither option is suitable.

Of course Huayao should be in charge of Huayao's chips. Why would it be handed over to Yingweida?
Besides, who knows what Eagle Victor will do with the IC design of the Ascend 910? Maybe they will make some magic changes and take the Ascend chip for themselves.

And Wang Chengdong dared to guarantee that Ying Weida would definitely do so.

Although Eagle Weida was founded by Chinese and a large number of its senior executives are also Chinese, it is ultimately a company from a beacon country. They are capable of doing things without any bottom line and will do them even better.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

It turned out to be Wang Chengdong's assistant.

The assistant whispered something in Wang Chengdong's ear. Wang Chengdong's face changed, he gestured to Li Long, then stood up and left the meeting room.

Wang Chengdong walked out the door and went directly to a small meeting room next to it.

Sun Yafang was waiting inside.

"Mr. Sun, what's the matter?"

Sun Yafang motioned for Wang Chengdong to sit down: "Old Wang, how was your talk?"

Wang Chengdong shook his head: "Boss Sun, the proposal they put forward is meaningless? I don't think there is any need to discuss it further. I can just send them away later."

Sun Yafang waved her hand: "Don't worry, let me tell you something first."

"Ah? Go ahead."

"Yin Shiyuan called again just now."

Wang Chengdong was stunned: "Ah? Why did he call again? What did he say?"

"Yin Shiyuan said that the people from Eagle Weida communicated with him for a long time last night, that is, Eagle Weida was going to prepare a cooperation plan with us, and he thought that the plan was still feasible."

Sun Yafang talked about the so-called plan, which was actually the second plan mentioned by Xie Dapeng, which was the relatively fair one.

Wang Chengdong frowned. "Boss Sun, what's going on with Yin Shiyuan? Didn't he say he wouldn't endorse Ying Weida? Why is he calling to say this now?"

Sun Yafang sighed: "He also owes them a favor. He didn't say anything final when he called. He just said that if Huayao really doesn't have the ability to produce chips, this plan is still relatively effective and can successfully circumvent the bill of the beacon country on the other side."

"That's true, but we haven't reached that stage yet. Hu Jiangshan is working on solving the problem of chip production capacity, and I tend to believe that he has the ability to do so."

Sun Yafang nodded: "I believe it too, so you guys should decide what to do."

"Ah? Mr. Sun, you don't care anymore?"

Sun Yafang smiled and said, "I am too old now and my brain is not working well. I can't take care of everything. It's time for you to step up."

Wang Chengdong was speechless for a moment.

To be honest, a simple matter became complicated because of Yoon Se-won's intervention.

Yin Shiyuan is still a very influential figure in the industry, and anyone in the mainland's technology circle will give him face.

This is also the reason why Ying Wei Da would look for him.

Of course, Yin Shiyuan is actually a smart man. He knows what Ying Weida wants to do, but he only helps him because he owes him a favor.

If Huayao doesn't have sufficient reasons, it would be better to talk to Ying Weida.

It doesn’t matter if we can’t reach an agreement in the end, the important thing is to make a gesture.

Wang Chengdong thought for a moment and said, "Boss Sun, I'm going to call Brother Hu now and ask him what's going on over there."

Sun Yafang nodded.

In fact, Wang Chengdong also knew that if he called Hu Jiangshan now, it would be impossible for him to increase the chip production capacity immediately, so he could only confirm the progress with him.

Wang Chengdong took out his cell phone and dialed Hu Jiangshan's number.

The other party got through quickly.

The signal was somewhat interfered with, but I could barely hear it clearly.

"Brother Hu, I want to confirm whether there is a way to significantly increase chip production capacity now? Also, when can the Ascend 910 be scheduled for production?"

After hearing a few words, Wang Chengdong's face changed completely.

(End of this chapter)