"What? This video was taken by a Chinese?" In the archives of the ABC headquarters, Thomas looked at the materials in front of him and almost vomited out his lunch in surprise.

Rudiv was also very unconvinced, so he took the file bag again, carefully looked at the passport on it, it didn't look like a fake, and asked the clerk next to him, "Could you have registered wrong?"

The staff was very innocent and said: "No, there is a number on the video tape, and the correspondence between this number and the document is engraved at the same time, so it is impossible to make a mistake." ”

Thomas nodded and said, "Okay, I see, you can go with your business!"

The clerk was immediately relieved, said a polite word and left.

Rudiv said, "Looks like we have to find this Chinese!"

Thomas said: "Of course, but the information on this has no phone number and no address, so I'm afraid it's not easy to find." ”

Rudiv smiled: "It's not easy for others, but it's not easy for us, don't forget that we are the media, how difficult can it be to find someone?"

Thomas smiled: "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, don't contact me after you find it, notify me, and I'll talk to him personally." ”

Rudiv said: "No problem, finding people is our strength, negotiation is your strength, we have our own duties." ”

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On the third day of Xu Zhi's arrival in the United States, Matthew, the manager of Texas Instruments' San Francisco factory, also rushed over.

In fact, they had already made an appointment, if it weren't for Xu Zhi to come to the United States again, I'm afraid Matthew would have already gotten on the plane to Xiangjiang.

"Eric, out of consideration for the cost of customers, our company has decided to reduce the price of two motherboards of Midea by $30 at the same time!"

Xu Zhi smiled: "Then thank you!"

Of course, Texas Instruments is not so kind, the capitalists in this world are eager to squeeze every drop of blood out of their customers, and the reason why they take the initiative to reduce prices is also because the two games of Xiangjiang Square began to become popular in the United States.

The products shipped from Xiangjiang could not meet the needs of the American market at all, and after confirming the supply and marketing contract with Reading, Xu Zhi immediately sent Deyi's motherboard to the American foundry.

Although the efficiency of Lao Mei is not as good as that of Asian workers, it is better than the number of adults, and in more than a month, tens of thousands of arcade machines have come out of the six foundries around Los Angeles and have been sent to all parts of the country.

The skyrocketing price of the Xiangjiang block arcade machine has also attracted the attention of many semiconductor companies in the United States, most of these companies have become half-dead under the competition of RB peers, and after learning that Deyi is the only supplier of Midea Company, many companies have sent letters to the headquarters of Xiangjiang Company.

In fact, not only American companies, but also some small semiconductor companies of RB, in the era of personal computers, the market demand of the semiconductor industry is far lower than the output, even if the cost of RB companies is low, but the cake is too small, and no one can eat enough.

"Yes, the purpose of our company is to consider customers!" Matthew smiled and said: "However, for the maximization of the interests of both parties, I hope that Midea can form a long-term strategic cooperative relationship with our Deyi, after all, in the semiconductor industry, the more you start, the lower the cost." ”

"Texas Instruments is a top Fortune 500 company, and we are certainly willing to form a strategic partnership with such a company. Xu Zhi paused again and said: "However, due to cost and strategic security considerations, our Midea company has decided to build a motherboard factory in Xiangjiang, and I also hope that Deyi can provide technical assistance in this regard!"

"Build a motherboard factory in Xiangjiang?" Matthew's face suddenly turned ugly after hearing this, he is here to stabilize this big customer, if he helps the other party build a motherboard factory in Xiangjiang, what else does the other party need to do?

But this kind of motherboard is not a high-end monopoly technology like chip manufacturing, not to mention the United States, even in Asia, there are many companies in RB that can produce this kind of motherboard, if you refuse at this moment, then it means that the order has really disappeared completely.

Of course, Xu Zhi understood his thoughts, and said: "Matthew, you should understand that although this society has been industrially globalized, if a company wants to be based on this forest, it must control some of its own core technologies, or the production capacity of core components, and we are the same kind of thinking, even if our motherboard factory is established in the future, many orders will still be sent out, as long as Deyi helps us build a factory, then these orders Deyi will of course have priority." ”

For Midea, the motherboard factory is actually a necessary step in the company's development plan, in terms of production, it can have its own production capacity, and when negotiating with external suppliers, it has a stronger negotiation bottom line.

The more important purpose is research and development, and there will be no fewer games in the future, if the motherboards of these games are all outsourced in the research and development stage, even if they are protected by copyright and patents, it is very easy to cause game leakage. Moreover, external interference can lead to inefficiency, which can seriously delay the progress of game development.

On the other hand, other products, such as household appliances, computers, TVs and other products have begun to implement IC board control, the future of this piece, will be a huge market.

Of course, Matthew also knows the importance of high-tech self-production, but he still said: "To help build a factory in Xiangjiang, this is not something I can decide alone, I will report this matter to the board of directors after I go back, and I am not sure if it can be passed, but if Eric can also hand over the chip orders needed by the motherboard factory to our Deyi, I think there should be no big problem in building the factory!"

"It turned out to be this idea!" Xu Zhi smiled in his heart, the electronics industry in Xiangjiang is basically some OEM industry, and the technology of the motherboard factory is already very high, but spending money on training and recruiting people should also be able to establish the factory.

But chips are different, the chip factories in this era are not as terrifying as the billions of dollars invested in later generations, but they still can't be played without millions of dollars, but this thing is actually the same as the oil tin in winter, it is not expensive to buy, but it hurts to use, and there is no countless years of research, and the scrap rate can make people vomit blood.

Moreover, Xiangjiang is simply a desert of the chip industry, and the talents in this area are basically equal to zero, even if Xu Zhi has the money to smash into it, it is estimated that he will fall into the point where no one will start work.

So in a short period of time, the chip can only be purchased, so Deyi wants to lock this order, after all, what Xu Zhi said is good now, but after the motherboard factory is completed, who knows if it will all be produced by itself, even if it is purchased again, it is not necessary to buy it in Deyi.

Xu Zhi directly refused: "I can only say that for the sake of everyone and friends, in the case of the same price and quality, Deyi has priority." ”

Matthew saw that he couldn't convince Xu Zhi, so he said, "Then if that's the case, I can't guarantee that the board of directors will agree to this matter!"

Xu Zhi sneered: "Yes, let Deyi build this factory, I hope that everyone can cooperate with each other for a long time, do you really think that I can't build this factory even if I have money?"

The reason why the main board order is given to Deyi is because the other party is an industrial giant, and will not casually enter the electronic consumer market, compared to the consortium model between RB companies, the order is handed over to RB companies, and it is likely to be leaked to some RB game companies, so it is better to be more expensive, and to hand over the order to American companies when the game is not yet listed.

But the Moss 6502 chip is different, this thing has actually become a standard part of the electronics industry now, RB can be mass-produced in the United States and even Europe and South Korea, the market price has fallen to the bottom, a complete buyer's market.

And the lower cost of RB has also led to the high ex-factory price of 6502 in the American chip factory, how stupid Xu Zhide is to hand over this order to the other party.

Matthew saw that he couldn't convince Xu Zhi, so he could only say: "Okay, then I'll go back and make sure I'll contact you again, Eric, our cooperation has been very good, I hope this cooperation can last for a long time." ”