Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 236: Technical Experts from Mobile Phone Manufacturers
Jiang Jinlong looked at the code for a while, rubbed his eyes, and then took a sip of coffee.

Just then, someone came over.

It was Jiang Jinlong’s colleague Li Yuejuan.

Li Yuejuan is a senior administrator who also understands finance. She and Jiang Jinlong came here to negotiate with Huayao and strive to get the Ascend 910 chip as soon as possible.

Keda Feixun and Huayao have already signed a supply agreement, so why are negotiations still needed?
Of course, Keda Feixun wants to get the goods in advance.

Li Yuejuan sat opposite Jiang Jinlong and asked the waiter for a cup of coffee.

Li Yuejuan just went to Huayao headquarters to inquire about the current situation.

Jiang Jinlong asked quickly: "How is it? Is there any news from Huayao?"

Li Yuejuan said: "They are now keeping confidentiality very strict and are unwilling to disclose the mass production status of Ascend chips."

Jiang Jinlong was a little disappointed when he heard this: "You won't reveal anything at all? This is too outrageous. We are partners!"

Li Yuejuan sighed: "Boss Jiang, this is understandable. You don't know, when I went over there just now, I found that people from several companies were waiting there!"

Jiang Jinlong asked curiously: "What companies are there?"

"Ahri, Penguin, Xiaodu, 360..."

"…They are all giants, are they all here?"

"Yes, the domestic technology giants have sent people here, and they are much more powerful than us. The people they sent over have been guarding there and will not leave unless there is news."

Jiang Jinlong's eyes widened: "What? Where? Huayao headquarters building?"

"correct."

"Oh my god, this is too crazy."

Jiang Jinlong was getting a little impatient. Other companies were doing such ruthless things, most likely just to intercept the first batch of goods. Keda Feixun couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

If the duck in your mouth really flies away, you will regret it too late.

Li Yuejuan smiled and said, "But there is no need to rush. People from Huayao told me privately that once the Shengteng chips arrive, they will be delivered to our Keda Feixun first."

Jiang Jinlong breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. Huayao still has a bottom line and will not do anything out of line."

"indeed."

"By the way, what is the attitude of the other companies? Are they determined to get the Shengteng chip?"

Li Yuejuan shook her head: "That's not the case. They are basically skeptical."

Jiang Jinlong understood, and this was actually in line with common sense.

Except for HKUST Feixun, several other technology giants in China have probably not yet obtained the chip samples of Huayao Shengteng 910, and are still unaware of the strength of the Shengteng chip.

More importantly, they have always been skeptical about whether Huayao can commercially mass-produce the Ascend 910 chip.

But at this moment, it is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not.

If Huayao really mass-produces the Ascend chip and I don’t fight for it, I will suffer a huge loss.

Besides, these Chinese technology giants are not short of money or people, so they can just send people to Huayao to inquire about the situation.

HKUST Feixun is different. They are probably the only company that has obtained the Ascend 910 chip sample so far.

HKUST Feixun has conducted a lot of tests on Ascend 910, and the test results are very surprising. In terms of artificial intelligence computing functions, it has surpassed Eagle NVIDIA's latest GPU in all aspects, and the gap is not small.

This is also why the top management of KEDA Feixun attached so much importance to the Ascend chip that they signed a supply contract with Huayao at the first opportunity.

Jiang Jinlong asked: "Mr. Li, did the people from Huayao tell you anything else? Is there really no confirmed news? Are they also unsure when the Shengteng chip will arrive, or are they keeping it secret?"

Li Yuejuan said: "They refused to say anything, but from their expressions, it seemed that they knew something, at least they were not completely clueless."

Jiang Jinlong pondered for a moment and said, "Then we can't just sit there and wait. We have to take the initiative. I'm almost done with my work. I'll go to Huayao headquarters this afternoon and talk to a few familiar technical experts to try to get some useful information."

Li Yuejuan sighed: "I don't know what Huayao's plan is. If it drags on..."

Li Yuejuan seemed to want to say something but stopped herself, and Jiang Jinlong also remained silent.

As mentioned earlier, HKUST Feixun urgently needs new computing chips, otherwise the previous plans cannot be completed.

Just then, someone else entered the cafe.

The three men all looked to be in their thirties or forties.

Li Yuejuan looked up and said, "Oh, it looks like someone from Opp."

Jiang Jinlong also saw it and nodded: "It is indeed from Opp. I know one of them, Wang Zhongkai, the system development director of Vivo."

"Wang Zhongkai, no wonder he is so imposing."

Wang Zhongkai is a celebrity. He was known as a software development genius when he was in school. Later, he specialized in system development and did an outstanding job, so he was poached by Opp and became the director of system development.

As we all know, OPLE has always been one of the top five mobile phone manufacturers in China in terms of sales. It is actually from the same family as Vivo and is known as the Blue-Green Factory.

Although both Opp and Vivo's mobile phones are developed based on Android, their system quality is good, and their running speed and special effects can even be compared with Huayao.

Anyway, Wang Zhongkai is a capable man and is definitely not just a technical expert in name only.

Li Yuejuan asked: "Why did Wang Zhongkai come here? I heard that he has been leading the foreign team at Opp's overseas R&D base."

Jiang Jinlong smiled and said, "Your news is delayed. Wang Zhongkai was transferred back last year and his main focus is artificial intelligence."

Li Yuejuan suddenly realized: "So that's what happened. No wonder he came here. He probably came to Huayao to ask for chips."

Since we want to develop artificial intelligence in China, we cannot avoid computing power, and naturally we need to purchase computing power chips.

But does Opp need to buy Huayao’s Ascend chips?

Jiang Jinlong expressed doubt.

The bosses behind OP and Wewo have long joined the Lighthouse Country. Normally, OP is not subject to the chip policies of the Lighthouse Country.

At this time, Wang Zhongkai glanced over here and smiled slightly, obviously recognizing Jiang Jinlong.

Both of them are China's technical masters. It is inevitable that they will run into each other in public places, especially at technical exchange meetings, where they will have some exchanges.

Of course, as long as they are technical experts, they will be conceited and arrogant, and they rarely admit defeat to each other.

People in the same industry look down on each other.

Wang Zhongkai walked over and greeted Jiang Jinlong: "Hello, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Jinlong smiled slightly: "Hello, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Wang Zhongkai glanced at Li Yuejuan and exchanged a few words, saying, "It's rare for us to meet each other, how about a few words?"

Jiang Jinlong said, "Okay, sit down."

Wang Zhongkai greeted the other two and asked them to sit at the table next to him, while he sat down here himself.

Wang Zhongkai asked: "Boss Jiang, you came so far on a business trip?"

"Yes." "Can you tell me what your company, Keda Feixun, is doing in Guangzhou and Shenzhen on a business trip?"

Jiang Jinlong was stunned. This question was obviously difficult to answer.

Whether others can guess it is one thing, and whether you take the initiative to say it out loud is another.

Wang Zhongkai smiled: "In fact, I know without you telling me, are you here for the Huayao Shengteng chip?"

Jiang Jinlong sighed: "Isn't it the same for Mr. Wang?"

"Yes, yes, we are here to discuss this matter with Huayao as well."

Since Wang Zhongkai has admitted it, Jiang Jinlong no longer hides it. After all, most of the high-tech companies that came to Guangzhou and Shenzhen on business trips at this time came for Huayao Shengteng chips.

Jiang Jinlong asked: "Mr. Wang, have you been to Huayao? How was the talk?"

Wang Zhongkai sighed and waved his hand: "Not very good, Huayao's people are very tight-lipped, they refused to reveal a single word whether the Ascend chip can be mass-produced."

Jiang Jinlong and Li Yuejuan looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

The people at Huayao are really nice and treat everyone equally.

But then again, Huayao and Opp both sell mobile phones, so they are competitors.

Jiang Jinlong asked curiously: "Does Opp also need to buy Huayao's Shengteng chips? You should be able to buy Eagle Weida's chips, right?"

Wang Zhongkai glanced at Jiang Jinlong and laughed: "It's not as easy as you think."

Jiang Jinlong could see that Wang Zhongkai was insincere and was not telling the truth.

As mentioned earlier, the big boss behind Opp and Wewo became a citizen of the Lighthouse Country many years ago, and now lives in the Lighthouse Country.

So it is really hard to say whether these two major mobile phone manufacturers can be considered pure Chinese companies, but at least they are not pure.

Even most Chinese people don't know about this.

Because of their relationship with their bosses, the two mobile phone manufacturers, Opple and Vivo, have never been restricted in buying chips. They can buy them whenever they need them.

Even if NVIDIA stops selling its GPU chips to Chinese companies in the future, these two companies will most likely be exceptions.

In theory, Opp doesn't need to worry about the Huayao Shengteng chip at all.

Then why did Wang Shuntian and the others come over to discuss this with Huayao?

It is very likely that he is just pretending to be serious and trying to cover up his mistake.

Of course, if Huayao's Ascend chip has really strong performance, then Opp and Vivo may also purchase some of them. It is worthwhile to try it out and collect data.

Wang Zhongkai smiled and said, "By the way, Mr. Jiang, I'm curious about how you evaluate it? Do you really think that Huayao's Ascend chip performance can catch up with Eagle NVIDIA's GPU?"

Jiang Jinlong was stunned for a moment, and said vaguely: "We don't know about this, but Huayao's research and development capabilities are still very strong."

This question is not easy to answer.

HKUST Feixun had obtained samples of the Ascend 910 chip a long time ago and conducted tests, and the results were very surprising.

Wang Zhongkai must not be allowed to know about this, otherwise there will definitely be another competitor madly snatching Shengteng chips.

Jiang Jinlong could only gloss over it.

Wang Zhongkai laughed and said, "Huayao's R&D capabilities are fine, but it can't compare with Eagle Nvidia in terms of computing chips. Eagle Nvidia has been operating in this field for decades, and the experience is far behind."

Actually, what Wang Zhongkai said was correct, logical and in line with common sense, but it is very biased when applied to Huayao Company.

Huayao is a magical company. If it doesn’t do something in a certain field, it won’t do it. But once it starts doing it, it will strive to be the best.

Many people will underestimate Huayao's ability and end up getting slapped in the face.

For example, in the field of computing chips, Eagle NVIDIA has been a leader in this field for a long time because it has been making GPUs for a long time. It is very dominant. No one would think that Huayao could make chips that surpass Eagle NVIDIA's products from the beginning.

Jiang Jinlong thought so at first, but when he took the chip sample of Ascend 910 for testing, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Ascend 910 is indeed the best artificial intelligence computing chip.

Wang Zhongkai added: “Let’s not talk about the performance of this so-called Ascend chip and whether it can be used to develop artificial intelligence systems. The key is whether Huayao can really mass-produce this chip. Anyway, I doubt it.”

Jiang Jinlong couldn't help but ask: "Boss Wang, since you doubt that the Ascend chip can't be mass-produced, why did you come here to talk?"

Wang Zhongkai seemed to know that Jiang Jinlong would ask this.

He waved his hand: "We just came to check the situation. What I said is just my personal speculation and cannot represent the company."

Jiang Jinlong disagrees. Wang Zhongkai has a very high position in Opp. He is in charge of the entire software system and is a core executive.

What Wang Zhongkai said is very effective in Opp.

If Wang Zhongkai was really sure that Huayao could not mass-produce Ascend chips, then he didn't need to come at all.

Wang Zhongkai asked: "Boss Jiang, I have revealed everything about our side to you. You have to tell me about yours too, right?"

Jiang Jinlong said: "We are similar to you. Mr. Li just came back from Huayao's headquarters building. They didn't say anything."

Li Yuejuan also echoed a few words.

Wang Zhongkai said, "Oh!" and said, "I didn't tell you anything? That's strange."

Jiang Jinlong was stunned: "What's so strange?"

"Boss Jiang, let's stop playing dumb. I heard that you and Huayao have already signed a supply agreement. You ordered a lot of Shengteng chips, right?"

Jiang Jinlong was shocked. He didn't expect that Wang Zhongkai knew about this. Who leaked the secret?
But on second thought, this is normal.

The order signed with Huayao was a large one, which passed through the hands of many people and involved personnel from both sides. This matter was not strictly confidential and would be leaked sooner or later.

However, Jiang Jinlong was not mentally prepared for Wang Zhongkai's direct words.

Wang Zhongkai is a smart guy. Not only is he professionally capable, he's also good at political tactics, otherwise he wouldn't have climbed so fast.

Wang Zhongkai observed Jiang Jinlong's expression and obviously thought he was right.

"Boss Jiang, logically speaking, you and Huayao should have agreed on a delivery date, right?"

Jiang Jinlong waved his hand: "That's not true."

"……No?"

Wang Zhongkai smiled and said, "I admire you for being able to sign this kind of contract."

Jiang Jinlong said: "Huayao has already promised that the chip delivery will not be delayed for too long."

“Let’s start with three years.”

Wang Zhongkai said, holding up three fingers: "This is just a conservative estimate. Perhaps the Ascend chip will never be mass-produced."

Just then, Li Yuejuan's cell phone rang.

Li Yuejuan's face changed. It was someone from Huayao who called.

(End of this chapter)