Financial freedom starts with smiling at life

Huang Renxun attended the Southeast University Blockchain Expo wearing a traditional Chinese suit and spoke Chinese at the forum, which does not mean he genuinely endorses the Southeast University culture.

It's more about "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" in terms of business logic.

The goal is to gain favor and establish a positive image for doing business.

However, netizens at Dongda University don't buy into his tricks anymore, and that's why they say he's "all bark and no bite."

Jiang Beicheng's personal short video account has been inactive for a long time.

Because the influence of "national-level" entrepreneurs is so exaggerated, a single comment or like can put a company to the test of its survival.

In order to create a relatively friendly and fair business environment, he basically does not use his personal social media accounts to comment on current events.

Liking netizens' comments about Huang Renxun is big news on the internet.

Is President Jiang becoming active on the internet again?
Some netizens jokingly said that Jiang Shen's hand slipped.

In fact, Jiang Beicheng intentionally liked the post, with the aim of putting Nvidia and Jensen Huang in a bad light.

First of all, Huang Renxun did not show respect to him in public, especially in the context of the University of Tokyo's home turf.

Secondly, at the Southeast University Blockchain Expo forum, Huang Renxun's Chinese was extremely awkward. It wasn't just a matter of fluency; some of his speech was deliberately accented with American English.

Jiang Beicheng knew this wasn't his level of Chinese proficiency. Back when Nvidia hadn't yet reached its zenith, Huang Renxun attended Xiaomi's launch event to support Lei Jun, and his Chinese was remarkably fluent.

This tone made Jiang Beicheng feel very uncomfortable; it had a hint of deliberately trying to disgust him.

Finally, a reminder to Jensen Huang: although the door has been opened and Nvidia can continue to sell high-performance chips to China, it cannot take advantage of the situation and burden domestic companies with heavy debts.

Three reasons led Jiang Beicheng to personally like that comment using his personal account.

The meaning behind it is left for Huang Renxun to experience for himself.

Huang Renxun, a cunning old fox who is adept at navigating the business and even political spheres, would surely understand Jiang Beicheng's intentions once he grasped the impact of Jiang Beicheng's "like".

When his secretary reported this matter to him, he already roughly understood the meaning behind Jiang Beicheng's actions.

He may be angry, but it won't affect his business strategies.

The power struggle between the two has already quietly begun.

In situations like this, if you act too politely, you'll put yourself at a disadvantage in the first round.

Huang Renxun's choice was not to try to find connections and have a face-to-face meeting with Jiang Beicheng.

Instead, they adopted a much tougher stance.

I instructed my secretary to contact the companies at Dongda University that are currently in talks with Nvidia about chip business and to hold a few short meetings privately in the next few days.

With the door open, the demand for high-performance chips in Southeast University's AI industry is undoubtedly unprecedented, which demonstrates Nvidia's dominant market position.

At this point, you need to project a dominant aura and let the buyer choose their position first.

In reality, it's the "choose one of two" competitive tactic commonly used in business.

Domestic internet companies also frequently resort to similar tricks, often exploiting legal loopholes.

This is where the influence of market dominance becomes apparent.

Although Yuan Consciousness Technology Group in Jiangbei City has the capability to design 3-nanometer chips, the chips sold on the market are still the same 7-nanometer chips as those from Huawei, Cambricon, SMIC, etc.

The companies that purchase the 7nm chips from MetaSense and the companies that are preparing to purchase Nvidia H100 chips largely overlap.

Huang Renxun is convinced that these companies have reached cooperation with Metaconsciousness under conditions where they have no other choice.

This has nothing to do with whether the company's leader gives Jiang Beicheng face or not.

The business logic is still profit-driven.

Clearly, domestically produced 7-nanometer chips cannot meet the training and evolution speed requirements of large-scale models with hundreds of billions or trillions of chips.

Whoever gets high-performance chips from Nvidia first will have a head start.

This is crucial for market competition.

Huang Renxun estimates that Nvidia's pressure on these companies to choose between two options will cause Jiangbei City to suffer losses of hundreds of millions, or even tens of billions.

Most importantly, meta-consciousness will lose a huge market share.

Huang Renxun doesn't believe Jiangbei City can turn the tide in the short term. Because the Meta-consciousness hasn't even launched a 5-nanometer chip yet, how can it catch up with Nvidia's 4-nanometer chip?

Not to mention catching up with the H200, a chip with a completely new architecture and superimposed computing power, a level that Dongda Semiconductor may never reach.

"Jiang Beicheng will pay a heavy price for his arrogance."

Before leaving, Huang Renxun muttered a sentence to himself.

……

Xiaomi Group Headquarters.

Lei Jun has just learned about the major events on the internet.

He also guessed that Jiangbei City was trying to put Huang Renxun in a bad light.

But does Jiangbei City really have the strength to put pressure on Nvidia?

Lei Jun had his doubts.

This is not the same as a verbal battle, nor is it about personal connections; it's about solid technological expertise.

Jiangbei City seems to be lacking...

Lei Jun had some psychological trauma regarding Jiangbei City and didn't dare to draw any conclusions easily.

However, the power struggle between Jiang Beicheng and Huang Renxun has little to do with him and Xiaomi.

He still came downstairs in formal attire, and led Xiaomi executives to give Huang Renxun a grand reception.

After experiencing the veiled criticism from Jiangbei City, Huang Renxun was flattered by Lei Jun and Xiaomi executives, which must have made him feel much better. He smiled as he toured the Xiaomi Group with Lei Jun.

The visit focused on Xiaomi's automotive and AI research and development centers.

Thor was much more humble this time, avoiding the boastful style he usually displays at press conferences. Instead of bragging, he earnestly sought advice from Jensen Huang.

Today's exchange was pleasant.

Finally, the two reached a cooperation agreement at Xiaomi Group headquarters.

Xiaomi has signed an order to purchase 6000 H100 chips from Nvidia.

This order is worth over a billion yuan.

For entrepreneurs like Xiaomi and Nvidia, this order is actually quite small.

But it is of great significance.

Lei Jun felt that this order further deepened the cooperative relationship between the two parties, and was also a token of goodwill, preparing for the opportunity to purchase H200 chips in the future.

Huang Renxun was even happier. Securing the order from Xiaomi was also sending a signal to other Dongda companies that were interested in purchasing chips: bilateral trade is now normal, and they can "go all out" with their purchases.

It's best to purchase in large quantities, because you never know when bilateral tensions might escalate and the channels might be closed again.

Of course, what made him happiest was that with Lei Jun's order, he could retaliate against Jiangbei City.

……

Sure enough, after Jiang Beicheng saw the news that Xiaomi had purchased Nvidia chips, Yuan Consciousness CEO Qin Chao made several calls to report that many partners were hesitant about whether to continue cooperating with Yuan Consciousness.

When Jiang Beicheng heard the word "hesitation," he understood immediately.

The word "hesitation" is a euphemism, meant to give him face, but in reality, it means stopping the purchase of meta-consciousness chips.

Without a doubt, these companies are scrambling to purchase Nvidia chips.

It must be a little trick played by Huang Renxun behind the scenes.

However, it wasn't enough to enrage Jiang Beicheng.

This result was within his expectations. Even if Huang Renxun hadn't resorted to the "either/or" tactic, once the door was opened, domestically produced chips would definitely lose their competitiveness, especially in the multi-billion dollar and multi-trillion dollar market.

Seeing Huang Renxun and Lei Jun shaking hands and smiling on his phone, Jiang Beicheng also smiled. The first round was a draw, with both sides going back and forth.

To suppress Jensen Huang and Nvidia in the next round, relying on traffic and manipulating public opinion won't work; we need to unleash some truly formidable strength. (End of Chapter)