"I heard that AMD was under a lot of financial pressure to acquire ATI, and the shareholders of the other company demanded all cash payments. And AMD and their company can't come up with such a large amount of money on their own, and they are now raising money everywhere. ”

Yu Wenfei asked with a smile.

William Rhodes obviously knows more about this, he is engaged in finance, and Citi still wants to intervene in the case of AMD's acquisition of ATI.

He also smiled and said: "Of course, the pressure is high, in order to raise funds, AMD has to sell its headquarters building! However, even if the building is sold, it is estimated that it will not be enough to raise money. ATI's company is still very valuable, and this merger and acquisition is estimated to cost more than $6 billion!"

Yu Wenfei nodded, and he said his request bluntly.

"From what I know, AMD is looking for a buyer to sell their fab. It just so happened that I had a mobile phone chip design center, and I also wanted to build my own wafer factory, which could take over AMD. ”

William Rhodes and Ballmer glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Now is the era of globalization, and a big semiconductor company like AMD is going to sell its factory, how do you think of taking over? This thing is not a small investment, it is a heavy asset!"

He is right, at present, the whole world is boasting that the "global village" is paying attention to "global collaboration", and technology companies are paying attention to the so-called "light assets".

AMD just wants to sell its own wafer factory, and only do R&D and design in the future, as for processing, a lot of foundries.

William Rhodes didn't understand why Yu Wenfei, such a smart person, would accept the fab.

It's not cheap!

Yu Wenfei shook his head and didn't explain too much, just said simply: "Mastering your own wafer factory, after all, it is still much more convenient in terms of tape-out and production arrangement." Besides, no matter how expensive it is, how much money can I ask for, I don't lack it. ”

Several people in the room were dumbfounded.

That's crazy!

However, Yu Wenfei also has this qualification, and he has just sold the shares of Facebook North America, and he wants to get tens of billions of dollars in his hands!

Not to mention a fab, even if you buy the whole AMD, it is more than enough......

In those years, many countries around the world had wafer factories, and they were not high-tech companies.

There have been several opportunities to build wafer factories in China, but they have given up because the investment is too huge.

At that time, there were too many places to use money in China, and for the time being, I couldn't take care of projects such as wafer factories and chips that required massive capital investment, and no private company had the financial resources!

That is, the "monster" of Yuwenfei appeared!

The reason why I talked to William Rhodes about this is because this kind of large-scale merger and acquisition has to be approved by the Foreign Investment Commission in the United States, and even if it is not good, it will go to Congress......

Anyway, Europe and the United States are not so free for foreign investors to acquire their enterprises, and there are many restrictions.

Without the "assistance" of powerful allies, it is normal for this to drag on for a year or two.

I just got a lot of shares of Facebook North America from Yu Wenfei, and everyone is very satisfied, so they are naturally willing to help with this.

So William Rhodes came forward as Yuwenfei's client to talk to AMD about acquiring the wafer factory.

When the approval of the Foreign Investment Committee is required, the Walton family and Microsoft will use their connections to lobby for them to release as soon as possible.

As for Google, the new company that has just risen is not much help in this kind of thing.

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In July 2005, a news item quietly appeared on Facebook's homepage.

"Star Electronics Group and AMD reached an agreement to acquire AMD's wafer fab at a price of $1.8 billion, and relocate all production lines to Pengcheng, planning to build the first large-scale wafer fab in China!"

After many people saw this news, they didn't pay much attention to it, but just sighed that the richest man is really not the richest man, but rich!

It's $1.8 billion!

In September 2005, Jim Keller came with good news that he had led the team to successfully design an industry-leading ARM-based mobile chip that could enter the tape-out program.

In October, after many revisions and polishing, the STAR project team finally came up with a mobile phone design that satisfied Yuwenfei.

In November, in the TSMC factory on Baodao, the first generation of mobile chips of Star Electronics Group was successfully taped out, and Yuwenfei personally named it "LONG 1" chip, and the Chinese name is "Longxin"!

In November, LG, the world's top LCD screen manufacturer, Sony, Sony, Corning Glass, Hongzhun Precision Abrasives Company, BYD Battery Company and other mobile phone core component manufacturers, all received a huge order!

At the same time, the newly built industrial park of Pengcheng Legend Mobile Phone Company was also put into use, and a large number of experienced employees were transferred to the new factory, and all of them signed a confidentiality agreement......

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At 0:00 on January 1, 2006, a huge banner suddenly appeared on the homepage of the domestic and international versions of Facebook.

Welcome to 2006

The subtitle is "Please pay attention to the new product launch conference of Star Electronics Group at ten o'clock in the morning capital time, the future has come!"

This banner immediately alarmed the global technology circle, because no one can underestimate the strength of Star Electronics Group, and it has several big brands.

But in the past, when a new product was released, there had never been such a big battle.

This time, what kind of shocking new products have been come up?

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the largest conference hall of the Peace Hotel on the Bund in the magic capital was crowded with reporters.

Because the new product launch conference of Star Electronics Group will be held here.

"What the hell is Mr. Fei going to come up with this time, to engage in such a big battle. ”

"I don't know, the invitation didn't go into detail, but Mr. Fei's face must be given, and everyone came. ”

"I don't think there is a new mobile phone brand released, I heard that Star Electronics Group has been engaged in a mysterious mobile phone project. ”

"What's so new about mobile phones, hundreds of new mobile phones are released every year, and it's not so grand. ”……

The reporters in the conference hall exchanged ears, and everyone was speculating about what new products will be released today.

At ten o'clock, the headlights of the conference hall suddenly dimmed, and everyone just exclaimed.

I saw a snow-white searchlight pointing at a corner of the stage, and a man walked out of it.

When they saw this person clearly, many people were stunned.

This is Yu Wenfei, there is no doubt about it.

However, today's Yuwenfei is not the same as usual.

Yu Wenfei, who usually sees him in public, is all in suits and leather shoes, and he has a good demeanor.

But today, he took off his suit, a dazzling white shirt on his body, and a pair of light blue jeans underneath, looking ......

Just like an average college student.

However, there were reporters at the scene who were more familiar with Yu Wenfei, but they suddenly remembered something, and their eyes suddenly widened.

Because Yu Wenfei's dress today is exactly the same as when he was in high school before, when he released the second and third books!

Walking unhurriedly to the center of the stage, Yu Wenfei had a bright smile on his face and waved his hand.

Then he reached out and reached for something from his trouser pocket and held it up with his right hand.

"Today, let's redefine mobile phones!"

The eyes of all the reporters in the audience were focused on the small mobile phone that Yu Wenfei held high in his hand, desperately opening his eyes wide, trying to see what kind of mobile phone this was.

can make Mr. Fei so confident to say such words as "redefining mobile phones"!

This also ......

It's too arrogant!

Even the world's mobile phone giants such as Nokia and Motorola dare not say that......

Behind Yu Wenfei, a huge screen lit up, and a rectangular thing appeared on it, which seemed to be the same as the mobile phone in Yu Wenfei's hand.

However, none of the reporters at the scene had ever seen such a mobile phone!

A black rectangular piece of glass, surrounded by a silver-white metal frame, with what appears to be a round button in the middle of the glass, a pale gold metal circle.

But......

What about the buttons?

How can I make a phone call without a button?

Or is this a rotating phone design?

But with such a thin phone, there is no way to rotate it......

Everyone was in a daze.

Yu Wenfei stood there in high spirits, and when he began to introduce the functions and parameters of this mobile phone after a while, everyone was stunned......

At the moment, the press conference is also broadcast live through Facebook.

I don't know how many people around the world are watching the launch on their computers.

Far away in California, Zhou Mengqi sat quietly in her apartment alone, looking at the man on the laptop screen.

Seeing his raised arms, seeing his delicate face, and seeing his bright smile, Zhou Mengqi suddenly had an impulse.

She wants to go back home!

At this moment, she should be by her cousin's side, not alone in a foreign country where her smile can only be seen through a computer screen.

In Pengcheng, in the legendary mobile phone company, Wang Jinbao, Crow, Vice President Wang, Hu Jinchang and others also gathered together and watched the press conference attentively.

The mobile phone in Yu Wenfei's hand, they may be the most familiar people, because this mobile phone is assembled in the new factory of the legendary mobile phone company!

For more than a month, several people don't know how much emotion they have expressed.

Why is Fei always able to come up with such a mobile phone!

Why are Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, these so-called mobile phone giants, making mobile phones for so many years, and the things they make are simply rubbish!

Wang Jinbao looked at his cousin's high spirits on the projection in a daze, and he remembered a scene.

At that time, my cousin had just finished the college entrance examination, and he took himself, Wu Xiu and a few others to prepare to take a plane to the magic capital at Zhongyuan Airport.

I jokingly asked him at the time: "Cousin, cousin, why are you the best in the world?"

The cousin replied to himself, "Today, today!" ......

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