Chapter 109: Li Yixuan's Hidden Worries
The day after the exhibition, the Oranges exhibitor team returned to China under the leadership of Cao Yajing, and Li Yixuan did not go with them, but went to the San Francisco AGM TV station.
When I got to the door of the company, I found that there were many people here, and it was much more lively than before, and it seemed that the TV station had developed vigorously under the leadership of Wen Bingxi in the past two years.
Wen Bingxi looked at Li Yixuan with a happy face and said, "Xuan Shao, look, just yesterday, the number of subscriptions to the TV station exceeded 10 million. This year, we launched a new TV series "Breaking Bad", which was very well received by the audience, and the number of subscriptions is soaring. Ha~Ha~Ha~"
"That's good. Li Yixuan said very blandly.
"What's the matter, Xuan Shao is not very happy?"
"Lao Wen, as a pay TV station, AMG should be the first in the industry in the United States, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Wen Bingxi was puzzled, isn't this a good thing, but Li Yixuan couldn't see the slightest joy on his face.
"But I'm only a Chinese, and more importantly, I'm not an American citizen. ”
Wen Bingxi was stunned, and after reacting instantly, his face turned white: "Xuan Shao......"
"I see, that's what worries me the most. Li Yixuan sat on the sofa and muttered: "If I just plan to be an ordinary billionaire, even a billionaire that everyone envies, there will be no problem with my overseas Chinese identity."
However, Lao Wen, you should know that cable TV networks will be the future development trend in the United States, and they will definitely replace unlimited TV networks in the future. At present, the cable television network in the United States is not so popular, and its influence is not great, but what about the future? AMG television will certainly attract great attention from the US government. ”
Looking at Wen Bingxi, Li Yixuan said word by word: "The United States will never allow a billionaire who is worth billions and made his fortune from the United States, but is not an American, to appear...... They're bound to give us a constant stumbling block, and by then, will AMG's life be better?"
Wen Bingxi's back was already soaked.
Li Yixuan said this, he really didn't realize it, after Li Yixuan's reminder, Wen Bingxi realized the seriousness of the problem.
It's okay to say that AMG TV has been tepid, or that the performance is generally good. However, in the past two years, AMG TV has performed too dazzlingly, it has grown too fast, and it has become the first in the industry in the field of pay TV stations, far from the second place. What would happen if it continued like this? Wen Bingxi didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Is Li Yixuan alarmist? Absolutely not, if you analyze all the billionaires in various countries, you will find a very strange phenomenon, that is, in any country, "billionaire" is a threshold, any person who is not a national citizen, he can easily become a millionaire or a multimillionaire in this country, but it is very difficult, or almost impossible for him to become a billionaire. The industry and even the ordinary people and other aspects of the all-round suppression.
Why is this happening, you ask?
It's very simple, because in the eyes of all countries, you, an outsider, are a bloodsucker lying on their bodies to suck blood, and a mosquito to suck blood is not a big problem, and leeches can endure it all the time, but you have become a vampire, who can bear this? Working together to deal with you is the right way. But if it's a native, it's different, not to mention anything else, at least the meat is rotten in the pot and doesn't fall out of the pot.
AMG TV is still very small and not very noticeable, but once AMG's subscribers exceed 50 million, no, even if it is only 30 million, it can arouse the vigilance and hostility of Americans, and even the politicians who support him must keep their distance from him.
"Xuan Shao, you want to become an American citizen?"
Li Yixuan shook his head, American nationality seems to be beautiful, but it is actually a cannibal, not to mention that he is only a Chinese, and he can't enter the mainstream society of the United States no matter what.
What's more, the United States now seems to be powerful, but many internal problems are difficult to return, the signs of recession have begun to appear, and the future center of the world is in the East, not in the United States. If he becomes an American citizen now, it will be difficult for him to mix in China in the future.
Although Hong Kong allows dual citizenship, in the eyes of China's high-level leaders, Li Yixuan still has an American nationality, which will make their hearts panic.
Moreover, now Li Yixuan has his own chip factory, which can be regarded as a taboo in Western countries. If his semiconductor factory wants to develop healthily, he can only rely on the domestic market in the future, as long as he has a firm foothold in the domestic market, he can rest assured that he will expand his territory overseas, and he is not afraid of any country to suppress him.
Therefore, a Chinese nationality is intuitively important to Li Yixuan.
Besides, even if you have American citizenship, will the United States be able to let Li Yixuan's semiconductor factory develop smoothly? That is simply impossible, and they will definitely do everything possible to destroy your semiconductor factory.
Huang Jenxun's NVIDIA company is good enough, the GPU industry's NO,1 is not the same, it is just an asset-light company, there is no possibility of building its own chip factory, and it can only use the OME model forever.
Of course, the OME model is not without benefits, that is, the burden is small, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, that is, it is always one or two steps away from the most advanced semiconductor industry.
This is evidenced by several major crises in NVIDIA's history.
Therefore, for Li Yixuan, joining the American nationality has no benefits, it will only bring endless trouble, and he will never join.
However, the problem is that the current domestic computer market is still very weak, and at least in the next 15 to 20 years, it cannot be counted on the domestic market, and the domestic computer market can only be better than nothing before it grows up.
In order to cope with the more complicated situation in the future, Li Yixuan decided to stay in obscurity and not compete with Intel, IBM, AMD, etc. for the time being. As long as the chip factory can survive, it will have a day of development and growth.
Survive first, then develop. It is the fundamental purpose of Li Yixuan's future development of Oranges.
Instead of talking all over the world, talking about how good he is. That will only make you die faster.
"That Xuan Shao, what should we do now?"
Li Yixuan shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just want to hear the opinion of you, a wise man, this time." ”
"I ...... I'm just a professional manager, so there's no way to do this. Wen Bingxi smiled bitterly: "Besides, the root of this matter is still on you, as long as you don't become an American citizen for a day, this kind of thing will haunt you sooner or later." ”
"But can becoming an American citizen solve the problem?" Li Yixuan asked rhetorically, "Don't forget, in the eyes of white people in the United States, we are Chinese after all." ”
Wen Bingxi was silent, he knew better than Li Yixuan how racially discriminatory the United States was, and it was difficult for Chinese to enter the mainstream of the United States.
"Old Wen. ”
"Huh?"
"Are you American?" asked Li Yixuan.
"I am," Wen Bingxi replied, and then said with a wry smile: "I regret it after I joined." ”
Li Yixuan smiled, "I'm luckier than you." Is there anyone else in my hometown?" Li Yixuan said about his hometown, referring to China, where Wen Bingxi was born.
Wen Bingxi said sadly: "There is no one for a long time, when I was born, there was still a war in China, I was brought to the United States by my parents when I was a child, I was too young at that time, I didn't remember anything at all, and I didn't have any impression of my hometown at all." ”
"Have you ever thought about going back and seeing. The mainland is open, I went to the capital a few days ago, I saw Tian/An/Gate, saw the courtyard, and I also went to Hangzhou/Zhou and CD. ”
"How?" Wen Bingxi asked with concern.
Li Yixuan lit a cigarette and said, "Very poor, very backward. But people's spirits are very good, and although people are poor, they are full of confidence in the future. Not as reported in Western newspapers. ”
"You go to the country ......"
Li Yixuan said: "I went to inspect the domestic investment environment, and met with mainland officials twice, the most recent of which was yesterday, the dignified minister of electronics industry. The talks didn't go very well, they were a little too idealistic, and they would suffer a lot in the future. ”
Then, Li Yixuan recounted yesterday's meeting with Minister Jiang.
After listening, Wen Bingxi said: "The mainland has a large population and a land area the size of the United States, so it has great potential for development in the future. However, with the current domestic consumption power, they shouldn't be able to buy a few computers, so why should they still ask you to cooperate?"
"They want to take some OEM orders from me to earn some foreign exchange, and there is an urgent shortage of foreign exchange in China, and all places are trying their best to make foreign exchange, and they are all crazy. Li Yixuan said.
"You didn't talk very well, have you ever wondered where the focus of the conflict is?"
Li Yixuan said: "The contradiction is actually very simple, that is, both sides don't know each other, I don't know what the other party can do, the other party doesn't know what I need, and I don't know what I have. That's why I said yesterday that they should send someone over first, and after everyone understands each other's needs, the next thing to talk about will be progressed. It's useless to just talk about it. ”