Chapter 746: One Step Late
Nervous packing, getting in the car, and going to the airport.
Yes, this time, in order to transport this production line back to China as soon as possible, Qin Feng directly spent a lot of money and rented a special plane for transporting goods.
A300-600F, which is specialized in civilian cargo aircraft. It can carry up to 50 tons and can transport 21 pallets and 23 containers at one time.
This freighter will return to China, I'm afraid it will take two or three months. This plane arrived in two days. Moreover, its load capacity can basically meet the load weight of this production line.
"Mr. Qin, what about the rest? isn't it? or is there anything else in our production line right now?" asked Jerry Rogers curiously.
Now that the company has been sold, it is debt-free and light, and there is still a balance of tens of millions of dollars, and in this era, he is already a rich man.
"The others are lagging behind. It's only this line, and I can barely take a fancy to it. Qin Feng shrugged.
This production line belongs to the next generation of Cyrix. They've already developed it, but the problem is that it takes a lot of money to get the production line into production.
In the current era when orders are almost zero, and in the era of Intel's Pentium series, it is difficult for Cyrix to spend a lot of money on new production lines.
Once the production line is smashed, what can we do if there is no order? The amount of money invested is not a little, but calculated in the amount of 100 million US dollars.
You spend hundreds of millions of dollars to throw into it, and you end up losing. That's really a loss of money.
"The others are already lagging behind, what else are you going to do!" Qin Feng pouted, "Will you continue to be beaten by Intel?" Qin Feng asked rhetorically.
Jerry Rogers smiled awkwardly. They were indeed beaten all the way by Intel. And not in a year or two, but from the beginning of Cyrix's birth, it was started to be beaten by Intel. It's been 10 years since this blink of an eye.
In other words, their company has been beaten by Intel for ten years. Their living environment in the past ten years has been extremely harsh. It's completely relying on ultra-cheap prices to compete with Intel.
After all, if Intel's is sold for $100 a chip, Cyrix's will not exceed $50. Or even thirty or forty dollars.
"What about the employees?" asked Jerry Rogers, "and now they're all your employees!"
These employees, according to the agreement, all severance payments and the like, are paid by shareholders such as Jerry Rogers. It has nothing to do with Qin Feng. That's why it was bought for $200 million.
Of course, there aren't many employees anymore. Severance pay adds up, and it's not much. So, Jerry Rogers readily agreed.
"I will ask them for their personal opinions, and if I am willing to go to Huaxia for development, then I will ask them to go back with a high salary. Instead, let them be. Qin Feng said.
As long as there are drawings, technical production lines, and relevant patent rights, it is enough. The rest, Qin Feng doesn't value.
$200 million, that's all for buying. The rest can be better, no, it doesn't matter.
Subsequently, Qin Feng consulted. However, the result did not surprise Qin Feng, none of these people were willing to go to Huaxia to develop.
They are willing to take a severance pay and then look for a job.
After all, today's China, in their eyes, is a poor and remote country. Even many people, if they hadn't seen Qin Feng and Lei Jun, might have thought that the Chinese still had long braids, wore strange clothes (Qing Dynasty official uniforms), and had yellow and thin faces.
"Let's go, we can also go back to China!" Qin Feng didn't want to stay longer for a moment, for fear of causing trouble.
Subsequently, the 0.18 micron production line was loaded onto the A300-600F cargo plane, and Qin Feng and Lei Jun took the latest flight and flew directly to the magic capital.
Shortly after the two boarded the plane, the U.S. Department of Commerce finally learned the information, and a staff member rushed over.
"You sold the company?" asked Jerry Rogers.
"Even if you are from the Ministry of Commerce, this is our company's decision, and it has nothing to do with you!" Jerry Rogers snorted.
"But do you know that your buyer is from Huaxia!" said the staff of the Ministry of Commerce in a cold voice, "You are selling important secrets to Huaxia." ”
Jerry Rogers pouted.
"I don't know if he is from China or not, I only know that he got a U.S. green card. According to the U.S. Constitution, I don't have a problem selling to him! Okay, don't bother me!" Jerry Rogers pushed away several Department of Commerce staff members and walked away.
If he doesn't sell Qin Feng, who will he sell it to? $200 million, looking at the entire United States, no company will ask for it. After all, a product of a backward era, a product destined to be eliminated, I am afraid that only Chinese people will buy it. If you give it to an American for nothing, let him spend money to run it, he won't do it.
Subsequently, the U.S. Department of Commerce learned the information and immediately inquired about the cargo ship's information and wanted to stop it. However, after finally learning that the air cargo he had taken and had flown out of US airspace, he had no choice but to give up.
In the end, the U.S. Department of Commerce did not continue to investigate the matter. After all, Cyrix is really backward, even if it is acquired by Huaxia, it is useless. Companies that have been beaten by Intel. You buy it, and it doesn't make any real sense.
Of course, Qin Feng's name is on the key watch list of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
All of this is naturally unknown to Qin Feng. Of course, people, even if Qin Feng knew, it didn't matter.
After a 16-hour flight, Qin Feng and Lei Jun arrived in the magic capital.
At this moment, the cargo plane has arrived at the airport.
When they opened the warehouse and saw the intact 0.18 micron production line, Qin Feng and Lei Jun were pleasantly surprised.
"First of all, the goods will be delivered to a temporarily rented warehouse. Then you can build a factory!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Yes, we finally have our CPU production line!" Lei Jun was also full of joy and excitement.
The CPU production line, which before this, was completely absent. In the whole of China, there is no such production line. Now, there is. Own CPU!
Although the performance will be much worse, at least there is. It's much easier than starting something from scratch and catching up.
Anything, from 0 to 1, is always the hardest. And going from 1 to 100, although it may seem difficult, is an incremental process.
It's a lot simpler.
"Now, we can hold a press conference!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
Subsequently, Qin Feng and Lei Jun held a press conference in the magic capital.
"Dear journalists, here, we would like to solemnly announce one thing, that is, our company officially acquired the Cyrix chip company in the United States at a price of 200 million US dollars. From this moment on, we in Huaxia completely bid farewell to the history of not having a CPU in our own country. Our company has filled the IT gap in Huaxia. Lei Jun announced impassionedly.