237 We don't make mobile phones
“…… In short, there are still $5.3 billion in the company's dollar account, only 630 million yuan in the ordinary account, and more than 200 million yuan will be spent next week on the headquarters building. Tang Sen spread the financial report in his hand on Wang Shizi's desk, leaned back in his chair and reported casually.
Wang Shizi picked up the document and looked at it carefully, while casually asking, "How do you feel about the make-up exam today?" Can you get by? ”
"Isn't this nonsense, it's been released to the point that even the key points of the exam have been demarcated, can you still pass? Do you really think that the name of the genius of the compound when we were children was fake? Townsend replied with a foul face.
"Oh? Talented? Do geniuses need to retake the exam? Wang Shizi took his eyes off the document in his hand and glanced sideways at Tang Sen.
"Don't look at me like this, okay, I admit that I'm a little worse than you, you're a pervert, you haven't been in class for a day, and you can still get the first place in the grade, do you know that the professors in our school don't bother to mention you now?" Townsend didn't have a good airway.
It's not good to have a brother with too high an IQ, and if you don't pay attention to showing off your superiority, you have to be despised.
"By the way, to be serious, why should we share such advanced 3D virtual screen technology with Apple? Isn't it good for us to make our own mobile phones and make our own money? Seeing Wang Shizi's noncommittal look, Tang Sen directly changed the topic.
"Didn't you say that before? Datang Shizi chip is now focusing on the research of real virtual reality technology, this 3D virtual screen technology will not be popular for a few years, why not let Apple get a piece of the pie? What's more, we just license the technology to them, so that we don't have to spend energy on developing the corresponding 3D gesture control technology for this screen technology, and we can also find allies to facilitate us to obtain the most advanced chip manufacturing equipment at present, which I think is very cost-effective. Who made us short of money now? Wang Shizi shook his head and said.
"With more than $5 billion in your hands, you're still short of money?" Tang Sen glared at Wang Shizi and said.
"More than five billion dollars is a lot? Just asking Apple to help purchase two Twinscan NXT1950i will cost more than 100 million US dollars according to the market price alone, plus various procedures for tariffs on both sides, the transportation of this precision instrument. The combination of important and consumable parts, as well as the intermediate transaction costs, is estimated to cost us at least 200 million US dollars. And the budget for these two lithography machines is less than 1 percent of the entire laboratory budget, so how big of a funding gap do you have for yourself? ”
Wang Shizi began to calculate the account for Tang Sen at a glance, "In addition, there is also the construction of our server group, now we all use the products provided by Intel, but in the future, we will all change to our own products, have you calculated the investment in this equipment?" Now the headquarters building still needs to be built, and it also needs money, and the company's daily expenses also need money. As soon as you open your eyes, it's all money, and you still think we're rich? ”
Tang Sen didn't bother to respond, in fact, with the research project of Tang Shizi's chip, how can he apply for the support of national research funds, so that the company's financial pressure can be reduced a lot, but Wang Shizi just didn't agree to do this, which made Tang Sen complain a little, but who let the company be Wang Shizi's master.
But the good thing is that in the current situation. Shizi's smartphone system is still hot in the market, relying only on the previously signed contract, and billions of dollars will be credited in the coming year, and the bank is very loose on the company's loans. Even several banks are scrambling to lend to Datang Shizi Technology, for example, the road that Wang Shizi insisted on repairing in his hometown was completely supported by loans at this time, so there must be financial pressure, but it is not as big as Wang Shizi said.
"Okay. Well, anyway, as you said, let's not think about dividends in five years. Toss it up. But since we are so short of money, why don't we authorize a few more companies with this technology? For example, why don't you want to go to Samsung Electronics to make a profit, speaking of which Samsung is still a customer of ASML, it should be more convenient to help us get the equipment you need, right? Don't you like those guys in Handao too? Townsend then asked.
"I don't dislike anyone, it's just that giving too much isn't worth anything. Apple is still the company with the most spare money in the world, and it is also the high-tech company with the highest acceptance of smart high-end brands. It is more convenient for us to negotiate terms by only licensing to them and not to Samsung, a direct competitor of Apple. Do you really think that Apple only needs to pay for their 3D gesture control technology to use our technology directly? In the second half of the year, our system authorization will naturally have to increase in price. ”
Wang Shizi explained casually, and seeing that Tang Sen was still a little entangled, he simply continued: "Take a long-term view, the technology of 3D virtual screen is actually widely used. All we give Apple is a license for mobile phones. That's because I didn't think about making a mobile phone. Let me tell you this, as long as we have sufficient funds for research and development, in the future our smart home series, the launch of a desk or even a home coffee table will be equipped with this technology, at that time the home value of PCs and smartphones will be minimized, because a smart desk is enough to replace most of the functions of the PC, and even in the near future, we produce a power strip, to the rice cooker, from a kitchen knife, to the wardrobe at home, all of which can be connected to the network, Do you really still have such a small profit on smartphones? ”
"Kitchen knives? Why do kitchen knives access the network? Do you still plan to produce a smart kitchen knife? "Tang Sen's whole person is not good, is Wang Shizi opening his mind to science fiction?
"Why can't kitchen knives be connected to the network? Is there anything wrong with producing smart kitchen knives? First of all, you can directly check the cooking method through the kitchen knife when cutting vegetables, secondly, the built-in sensing module of the kitchen knife can optimize the weight distribution of the knife body through the dexterous force algorithm through the user's grip strength, and perfectly adapt to the user's cutting rhythm, the smart kitchen knife will also have a built-in thermostatic detector and a human blood sensor, the former can ensure that when the blade is about to touch the owner's body, it will produce repulsion and prevent injury, and the latter will automatically seal the blade when it is found that the blade is in contact with human blood to prevent further injury. Of course, you can also use this kitchen knife to answer the phone......"
Wang Shizi stretched out his finger and listed the various benefits of this non-existent smart kitchen knife one by one. Stunned Townsend.
"In short, it is definitely the right choice to use this technology in areas that we are not involved in in exchange for the funds that are urgently needed now." Wang Shizi finally concluded.
Tang Sen was stunned for a long time, and finally asked helplessly: "Then what if Apple doesn't think it's cost-effective and doesn't play with us?" ”
"Impossible, even if this happens, haven't we looked for Samsung yet?" (To be continued......)
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