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Chapter 601 A Master's Move Reveals Its Subtlety
This black pearl is indeed very powerful; even the old security guard suspects that it might cause excessive radiation, as some popular science videos claim.

Back home, I plugged the charging dock into the phone line, and with the walkie-talkie-sized phone, I could easily move around a wide area. It was exactly like the experience of a mobile phone in the future, much more comfortable than that two-pound bulky mobile phone.

And the most outrageous thing is that two people can hold the phone and talk to Steve at the same time.

It perfectly matches the translation mode.

Apple hadn't yet established a distributor model in Southeast Asian countries, so it was only the merchants in those countries who had the resourcefulness to source goods in Hong Kong and sell them in Southeast Asia.

For example, Singaporean primary and secondary school students have bought more than 5,000 Apple Model 2 computers over the years, which is considered to be a very high-end customer.

We fully support the idea of ​​having Wei Dong act as the general agent for Southeast Asia to seize market share.

He's currently too busy conquering cities and territories in North America and Europe.

Moreover, Wei Dong's style is always out in the open: "All I want is to expand the export volume as much as possible and obtain US dollar foreign exchange. I also insist that I will not dump my computer products abroad and will do my best to help Apple Computer seize market share."

The same logic applies to generating revenue for the port's shipments.

Apple computers, with a wholesale price of around two thousand US dollars, would be worth twenty million US dollars if there were ten thousand units. These days, it's hard to find a traded commodity more valuable than a computer.

It can be said that Japan has been arrogant for the past decade, relying on the export of automobiles and electrical appliances to accumulate a large amount of US dollars. It was so arrogant that it wanted to buy up the whole world. It was only last year that it was dealt with by Citibank signing the Plaza Accord.

But the lingering effects of this conflict are still present.

After agreeing to immediately send a business manager to verify Wei Dong's status as the general agent for Southeast Asia, Steve casually mentioned, "Could you help me go to Penang, Malaysia, and Manila, Philippines to investigate? I have acquired Advanced Microprocessor Company. They have two junior semiconductor chip foundries in Southeast Asia, and I am considering whether they are worth continuing to utilize."

This left Wei Dong completely bewildered: "Advanced microprocessor? You're planning to use this to replace chip research and development? What's your capability?"

Steve explained simply: "The second source of IBM's central processing units is that they have a cross-licensing agreement with Intel chips. In other words, they have outsourced the production of Intel chips for IBM. With this level of technology, we are more likely to add new technology research and development... The main reason is that in the past two years, Japan dumped a large number of DRAM memory chips, which dealt a huge blow to advanced microprocessor companies with DRAM production lines. In May, news came that they would lay off a large number of employees, and the stock price plummeted. I seized the opportunity in the past few days and successfully acquired it for $400 million."

Wei Dong couldn't even hear Steve mention "Advanced Micro Devices" clearly, and Qin Yuye could only translate it literally, so they didn't mention that the company's abbreviation was AMD!

All that's on everyone's mind right now are the chip foundries in Malaysia and Falibin.

If you don't bring this to China, you're not worthy of being called a human being!

Even the factory that Wei Dong is currently building is just a preliminary step for these chip production lines.
He remained wary and wouldn't immediately fawn over me. He calmly said, "Okay, I'll go check. Have the business manager bring over all the information. Do they recognize me as their Southeast Asian agent?"

Steve laughed: "When we acquired Advanced Microprocessor, I used Kungfu Software's equity as collateral, so you are now the second largest shareholder of this company. This is also the acquisition strategy you suggested to maintain our chip leadership. Of course, it was up to you to investigate and confirm that they have the production capacity for 8086, 8088, 80186 and 80188 processors. But what's even better is that, under IBM's leadership, they extended the 1976 cross-licensing agreement with Intel in 82, which allows them to share all the chip technology details and patent rights before 1996."

Wei Dong finally understood and exclaimed "Wow!"

When IBM had a monopoly, it used Intel's CPUs. However, semiconductor companies were not entirely reliable at that time, so AMD was chosen as the second supplier. As a result, Intel had to share all chip technologies and manufacturing processes with AMD.

Intel wasn't a particularly powerful company at that time, and it had no choice but to accept IBM's demands.

So, when Steve's attempt to acquire Intel failed, he discovered this loophole and managed to acquire AMD, which was just about to be crippled by Japanese memory chips!
Even though Wei Dong didn't quite understand what AMD meant, he still thought the tactic was incredibly ingenious and unpredictable.

The most ingenious part is that AMD, which originally had a market value of over 600 million, recently had its technology license revoked by Intel because its chip shipments affected Intel's, causing its stock price to evaporate by one-third in a single day.

Steve took advantage of the situation.

Immediately after acquiring ownership, Intel filed a lawsuit against the company, demanding that Intel provide technical details and manufacturing processes for all 80286 and 80386 chips it currently possesses, in accordance with the agreement.

AMD naturally possesses the legal right to use these chips.

A seemingly insignificant OEM cooperation agreement has now turned AMD into a bloodsucking leech!

The former tax security guard who lost a hand blinked: "Can we win this case?"

Steve said proudly, "I'm 100% confident. If we don't give it to them, it will trigger a monopoly charge, which would be even more serious. They'll impose fines and break us up. They still have to share the technology with us. As long as we can get through this phase, it's fine!"

That's right. As long as we get our hands on the 386, the most advanced computer chip technology at the time, we can at least... make Wei Dong remember that the 486 was something that didn't come out until the 1990s, and the 586 seems to have been introduced in the late 1990s. This gave Apple computers at least ten years of buffer time to keep up with the competition in processors.

In other words, if Wei Dong can handle the chip foundry issue, it will give mainland China a ten-year buffer period to catch up with other processor manufacturers!
After hanging up the phone, Wei Dong was still quite excited.

He knew the chip industry was difficult; Citibank had only been exploring its path in the 1960s and 70s, and was only beginning to see results in the 1980s.

So he was thinking of doing everything he could to save up hundreds of millions of dollars, since he'd heard that sometimes billions of dollars were thrown in and no results were seen.

To achieve this, they were willing to collude with Chen Wenliang to increase export foreign exchange earnings. After all, it was Chen Wenliang who evaded taxes in other countries; what did it have to do with me, Shuren?

Unexpectedly, Steve was truly a superstar, managing to find a unique opportunity to take advantage of the situation and pull off a daring maneuver at this critical juncture.

This thing is stuck with Intel; nobody can shake it off.

Qin Yuye exclaimed, "How fair! Citibank is truly a great country that upholds contracts and agreements!"

Wei Dong raised his hand to retract the telescopic antenna and sneered, "You see, if I were to acquire this company and file a lawsuit, would I win? This is an internal conflict, so of course they respect the contract. But when it comes to outsiders, they'll just accuse you of malicious fraud and remain silent!"

Essentially, Steve's actions were exploiting a loophole in the agreement.

Until 1996, AMD could shamelessly demand that all the chips Intel released be shared.

That's tolerable, but Uncle Ying really can't tolerate it.

If a foreigner did this, he would definitely be thoroughly subdued.

Qin Yuye, now a wife, has changed. Her face was full of admiration as she exclaimed, "You see things so clearly!"

Wei Dong felt elated and quickly glanced at her, then boasted about the Plaza Accord from last year and what consequences it would bring to Japan.

I had heard Lao Zhang talk about the newly signed Plaza Accord before, and it sounded familiar. Later, I went to great lengths to find the text and read it. Basically, it means that Citibank has gained unprecedented power to control and regulate exchange rates.

Japan makes a lot of money selling electronics and cars all over the world, so by desperately appreciating the yen, it has increased the export costs of Japanese products, reduced their competitiveness, and made Citibank's manufacturing capabilities even stronger.

Most beautiful women, especially those from the Hong Kong entertainment industry, wouldn't be interested in discussing this, but Qin Yuye is the only exception.

Having been exposed to business since childhood, if it weren't for Wei Dong, she would have entered the entertainment industry, even going so far as to strip naked to gain fame, all in order to be sold into a wealthy family and unleash her business acumen.

Now they can even come up with a counter-question: "But while things were certainly more expensive before and after the yen's introduction, they accumulated a lot of profits beforehand, so didn't they become much richer?"

It's almost doubled!

A doubling of the exchange rate in a year is a terrifying thing.

Therefore, the RMB exchange rate fluctuated dramatically throughout the year.

Wei Dong was also forcing himself to think: "That's right, but a house in Tokyo that costs one million yen won't drop in price under these circumstances. In fact, it will double in price. Everything in yen will be subject to a price bubble. This is called a bubble economy... Let me think, if we sell beef to that old scoundrel Tanaka right now, we can pay in yen and then exchange it for dollars, wouldn't the price double?"

Qin Yuye was overjoyed and immediately called his accounting firm to check the data. He also turned around and asked Zhuoma to open a bottle of red wine to celebrate.

When testing a high-powered cordless phone, anyone would deliberately choose to walk a distance away.

So the two of them simply went to the rooftop terrace to sit under the stars and gaze at the harbor, where the gentle night breeze made it even more pleasant.

Yu Xiaoqiu was leaning against the door of the attic at the back, watching Qin Yuye communicate skillfully in English. Previously, at the restaurant, she had also communicated with Chen Wenliang in Cantonese.

Now I finally understand how important this Hong Kong girl is to Wei Dong.

She couldn't get a word in edgewise, so she just gritted her teeth and followed Zhuoma.

Old Fang, being a shrewd old fox who frequently travels abroad, truly understands how important it is to have a wife like that.

But Wei Dong wasn't that open-minded at heart. Upon hearing that they were going to drink more, he immediately stood up instinctively: "You keep working. I'll rest first. I have things to do tomorrow."

Qin Yuye immediately stopped checking his yen account, put away his antenna, and stood up as well: "Why don't you sit a little longer? It's rare to be this relaxed."

Wei Dong said frankly, "Xiao Dong is suffering a lot at home with her big belly, and she still has to manage the company's work. If I were to go out and have a good time, I would feel very guilty. If Steve hadn't mentioned the Southeast Asian business, I would have taken the paperwork and immediately returned to Jiangzhou to explain things in person and see if I could get their understanding."

Qin Yuye looked at him, a slow smile spreading across his lips, and nodded.

I like responsible men even more.

As for the eldest, second, and third children, she grew up in this kind of family and was actually more used to it than anyone else.

(End of this chapter)