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After the ceremony, everyone got into the car and prepared to cross the river. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he came, Wang Haisu followed behind, and the car was parked outside the parking lot; When leaving, it was still necessary to let the cars of the ministries and commissions, city officials, and Japanese representatives go first, and Wang Haisu sat in the car and watched the cars rush out before him.

At this time, Wang Haisu noticed that the factory opposite turned out to be Kumho's STN LCD screen production base Aida Jingping Electronics Co., Ltd., started the car, followed the convoy to the direction of the second bridge, turned onto the bridge deck of the second bridge, and could see a corner of the Xinpu factory of Zhongjing Microchip from the rearview mirror, and then looked at the team in front, the whole team fell behind him There are few cars, but in any case, they finally squeezed into this circle and really manipulated the circle of the world behind their backs.

The mobile phone that was thrown on the dashboard rang, and Wang Haisu took it to see that it was Lin Xue's phone.

"You accompany me to the airport to see people off, Chisa Xiuzang will not leave Jianye today, just now his secretary called me and said that they would meet at night......"

Although Jian Ye is a city that should never be friendly to RB, there are more than 12,000 RB people living in Jian Ye for a short time in '99, and Changqing Lane at the northeast corner of Xinshi Street is home to many Japanese pubs and clubs.

The Japanese pubs and clubs here usually only accept guests invited by RB people or RB people, Xie Jiannan got out of the car in front of the Sendai Sake House, asked the driver to park the car farther away, walked into the takaya, and frowned as he watched the scantily clad young ladies huddle on the inside of the entrance and greet them in broken Japanese.

"I'm sorry, we don't accept Chinese...... here" The manager seemed to see through Xie Jiannan's identity and ran over to stop him from entering.

Xie Jiannan wanted to turn around and leave, compared to the RB people, the faces of these Chinese made people look even more disgusted, he took a light breath, and said slowly: "I am a guest invited by Chi Zuo......" He deliberately ignored the honorifics.

"Ah, it's Mr. Ikesa's guest," the manager suddenly became eager again, "I'll take you there......"

Xie Jiannan took off his shoes in the Japanese room, and took advantage of this time to look at the people who had already taken their seats in the Japanese room, Lin Xue, Wang Haisu, Zhou Xingdong, general manager of Huaxia Electronics Southern Company, and Yan Wenjie were also there, no one saw him at the ceremony during the day, and he didn't know when he came to Jianye; On the RB side, Hidezo Ikesa, Ozawa Yu of NEC, and Hiroyuki Nakamura of Sony are all old faces, Hidezo Ikesa is not in a hurry to leave Jianye, but stays to entertain everyone, it is really confusing, Xie Jiannan walked in and said, "There is something to delay for a while......"

"Then let's get started." Ikesa Shuzo clapped his hands, and from behind the curtain in the room, a line of girls in kimonos walked in, walked up to each of them and sat down, greeted them in broken Japanese, and helped pour the sake.

Xie Jiannan raised the wine glass to his lips and sipped the tasteless RB sake, looked at the people sitting opposite, and thought: Are they all scared of the possible cooperation between Kumho and Microsoft?

Kumho took 4 billion yuan from the backdoor listing of the disc machine business in Hong Kong in 97 years, and it was with this 4 billion yuan that Kumho developed to today that Asia's electronics industry giants felt a little threatened. If it weren't for the backdoor listing of the disc player business, it would take six or seven years to save up to 4 billion yuan just by relying on the hematopoietic capacity of the disc player business itself.

At this time, the market capitalization of Quantum Online on the NASDAQ exceeds $1.2 billion, and these stocks will pass the lock-up period in more than a month, which means that Kumho will have an extra $3 or 400 million in cash in more than a month.

Now it's rumored that Kumho could get $900 million in cash from Microsoft, which is incredible.

Xie Jiannan looked at Zhou Xingdong, this gentleman who came to Jianye from the capital to gild frowned, what was he thinking?

In order to survive, Kewang was forced to accept the capital injection of NEC and Huaxia Electronics, and Zhou Xingdong also served as the director of Kewang on behalf of Huaxia Electronics, and accompanied the wine girl to be present.

Xie Jiannan really couldn't figure out why Huaxia NEC was in a hurry to put into production, the external market environment was so bad, and the production of Huaxia NEC without core intellectual property rights meant huge losses......

Zhou Xingdong saw Xie Jiannan looking at him, he didn't know what he was thinking, he smiled reluctantly, raised his glass and toasted it.

The technology transfer agreement between Sinochip Microchip and Deyi has always been the focus of everyone's attention. Huaxia Electronics is eager to promote the production of Huaxia NEC, in addition to Ikesa Hidezo and others promised to solve the order problem for Huaxia NEC, the main reason is here. The agreement between Zhongjing Microchip and Deyi has passed the review of the US authorities, which means that the technical blockade has been broken again, and it will not be difficult for Huaxia NEC to obtain technology of the same specifications from RB. At that time, Zhongjing Microchip has the technology of Deyi, and Huaxia NEC has the technology of NEC or other Japanese companies, and it is obvious who the central government will favor between Zhongjing Microchip and Huaxia NEC.

Therefore, Huaxia NEC must be put into production, otherwise there will be no excuse to fight for inclined policy resources from Sino Chip.

Without the policy tilt of the central government, even if Zhongjing Microchip obtains Deyi's technology, where will it raise funds to build a new factory?

Although the chip market is sluggish, powerful chip manufacturers in Europe and the United States are taking advantage of the low tide to expand their production capacity, which makes the price of wafer manufacturing equipment continue to rise. In 97, Zhongjing Microchip invested in a 12-inch wafer factory and built six production lines, which was enough for one billion US dollars; By this year, only four production lines could be built in a billion dollars.

Zhongjing Microchip obtained two generations of technology from Deyi at one time, and it will cost 2 billion US dollars to build 8 lines, and 3 billion US dollars to build 12 lines.

Without the central government's policy tilt, even if the local government in Donghai Province supported Kumho, it would not be of much help.

The total scale of loans in Donghai Province in 98 years was less than 70 billion yuan, and there were too many places that needed financing support, and even if they had spare strength, they would first join hands with Jiangnan Province to support the 10 million-ton steel industry base project in Dongshan Port -- the 10 million-ton steel industry base is a super project that requires more than $5 billion in funds. According to the merger agreement between Donghai United Steel Group and Dongshan Iron and Steel, the construction of a 10-million-ton steel industrial base will also eat up Kumho's billion-dollar capital reserves.

It is with this kind of thinking that Huaxia Electronics has the internal hard work to promote the production of Huaxia NEC, but it is a pity that no matter how clever the calculation is, it cannot keep up with the changes in the situation. Ge Jiande was going back to Beijing today according to the established plan, but he personally instructed Zhou Xingdong to meet with Chi Zuo Xiuzang, Yan Wenjie and others to see if there was any way to restrain Kumho, if Kumho was allowed to continue to be so beautiful, their lives would become more and more sad.

Zhou Xingdong also knows why Yan Wenjie is sitting here, the construction of Xinting's 10-million-ton steel industry base directly forms a strong competition with the Wenzhou Iron and Steel Group of the Horizon Department, Yan Wenjie hopes to see Kumho fall into the quagmire of lack of funds, and directly drag the 10-million-ton steel industry base to the end, which is the most in line with his wishes.

Kumho's possibility of extorting $900 million from Microsoft is shocking enough.

In addition to feeling incredulous that Kumho dared to offer $900 million to Microsoft, Yan Wenjie also thought that this also proved that the new technology economy is indeed promising in terms of capital operation.

Who would have thought that the market value of Quantum Online, which has been operating at a loss, could soar to $1.2 billion on the NASDAQ, and who would have thought that the market value of Amazon, which has been operating at a loss, could soar to $30 billion? Comparing Amazon's market capitalization, Kumho's $900 million offer doesn't seem too outrageous.

Yan Wenjie was thinking: Is the step they are going to take now still small?

Kewang Hi-Tech has purchased a 12-storey office building built by Kerry Properties on the south side of the Hudong apartment complex, the north side of the administrative center of the High-tech Zone, and the east bank of Linyangui Lake as a new R&D center in Jianye.

From the R&D center, there is a narrow lakeside green belt along the lake, and you can walk back to Yanyuan after walking for seven or eight minutes.

In Jianye, Chen Jing likes to walk to the company on the lakeside green belt, and then walk back to Yanyuan from the company.

"Is Kumho really offering $900 million to Microsoft?" Under the moonlight, Chen Jing looked sideways at Zhang Ke.

"Microsoft is strong and fat, send it to the door, don't open your mouth to take a bite, aren't you sorry Uncle Bill?" Zhang Ke said with a smile.

"......," Chen Jingyan smiled and said, "It's really getting bigger and bigger, and you don't have to rob money with this kind of robbery." ”

"Asking for a sky-high price, sitting on the ground and paying back...... Doing something to make some people run out and make a fuss, who can believe that Microsoft really agrees with our offer? Zhang Ke said.

"You don't have faith yourself?" Chen Jing's head was tilted slightly, in front of Zhang Ke, it seemed that there was no need to restrain the posture of the little woman, in the blurry and obscure night, her eyes were clear and charming, and her lips were also shining with a delicate luster.

"This confidence depends on which aspect it comes from," Zhang Ke smiled, "From our standpoint, it is indeed a lion who has opened his mouth, and there are many people who want bad things behind it, and the hope of success in blackmail is really slim; But how many people would think about it from Uncle Bill's side? ”

"Uncle Bill?" Chen Jing couldn't help but chuckle when she heard Zhang Ke call Bill Gates like this, thinking that this middle-aged uncle, as the richest man in the world, controls the world's highest market value and the most valuable technology company, and said, "What will Uncle Bill think about his old man?" ”

"Some economists are writing articles calling for vigilance against the serious bubble problem in the new technology economy such as the Internet, and Microsoft should also have a corresponding assessment of this, if Bill Gates is the kind of person who easily blows the new technology bubble away, Microsoft will not have today's hegemony," Zhang Ke said, "Microsoft chose this time to plan to enter the Internet paid music market and the digital music player hardware market, guess what, what are their considerations?" ”

Someone passed by, Chen Jing let go, and Zhang Ke got closer, so he was reluctant to let go again, and he could almost feel the hot air spurting out of his nasal cavity, spraying on his lips, itchy, but unfortunately there were many people who came out for a walk at this time, and he could only talk about things seriously, and said with a smile: "A behemoth with a net profit of eight billion dollars a year, what is going on in my head, how can I guess?" If I were to guess, I guess $900 million would be too much for Microsoft......"

The wave of new technology is surging, and Microsoft's market value has soared from $120 billion at the beginning of '98 to $290 billion now.

Zhang Ke smiled, his eyes fell on the bridge of Chen Jingxiu's straight nose, reached out to hold her hand, and before he could hold it, out of the corner walked out of a couple who went to the lake at night for a walk, he raised his hand by the way and touched his nose, hugged it to his chest, and said: "Microsoft's entire product system is basically in a closed application environment, and Microsoft's business tools and software can almost only be applied under the Windows system, such as web browsers, online businesses including MSN, and can only be regarded as derivative businesses outside the core products." At this time, they entered the Internet paid music market and the digital music player hardware market, with no more than two intentions, either to use the market advantages of the Windows system to develop derivative products to make profits, or to develop new products to consolidate the strong position of the Windows system in the current market; It is unlikely that it will suddenly break through the original closed application environment and enter a new market area......"

Chen Jing tilted her head slightly and asked, "Are you judging that the Internet paid music market and the digital music player hardware market have a promoting effect on Microsoft's monopoly position in strengthening the Windows system?" ”

"There should be this possibility," Zhang Ke nodded and said, "In the field of network audio, the MP3 audio format occupies an absolutely strong position. We know that this audio format is not optimal, but it is not so easy for anyone to develop a new audio format to replace it. In addition to user habits, there are also many interest groups in the MP3 audio format, and I think it will be quite difficult for Microsoft to promote the new audio format......"

"......" Chen Jing's eyes lit up, and she reached out to cover her lips lightly, only then did she understand what Zhang Ke meant, her body swayed and laughed there, and she scratched the hair on her sideburns behind her ears with her tail fingers, and said, "Sitting there with Zijia in the afternoon was boring, thinking about how the 30% equity of Global Music Online is worth $900 million, and we are thinking, paying users will pay 99 cents for every song downloaded from the global music website...... Of these, 60 cents have to be paid to the generator, and the remaining 39 cents have a net income of 20 cents, and at a price-to-earnings ratio of 30 times, the global music site needs to sell 500 million songs a year to be worth this price, and the global music site needs to develop at least 10 million paying users based on the average annual purchase of 50 songs per paying user...... Alas," Chen Jing sighed with a smile again, and said, "I will rob you of all the money you deserve......"

The scale of paying users of the global music website is still not a small distance from one million, even if the growth space is huge, 30% of the equity will be priced at 900 million US dollars, which is indeed a bit excessive, but after Kumho bundled the hardware sales of iplayer with the global music online, it actually has the conditions to develop a new audio format in the field of Internet paid music to completely replace the strong position of MP3. Internet resources have always flowed from the paid field to the free field, and it is not inconceivable that new audio formats will dominate the entire Internet field as long as they occupy the high point of global music websites.

Not to mention the huge patent fees, a widely accepted audio format and related playback software to form a closed application environment with Microsoft Windows will undoubtedly further consolidate the monopoly of Microsoft Windows in the global personal computer and commercial computer market.

It all started with Kumho's pioneering creation of a new, hard-to-replicate business model.

No wonder the outside world has hyped Kumho's offer, but Microsoft has unexpectedly remained silent and has not expressed its position until now; If Microsoft didn't have this kind of mind, I'm afraid it would have given a public response to this offer a long time ago.

Chen Jing was very happy to listen to Zhang Ke explain the doubts in her heart, a feeling of being trusted was more satisfying than anything else.

In front of Yan Garden, before the night is deep, there are many scientists and senior engineers of Oak Park who take their wives and daughters to walk there, and when they see Chen Jing and Zhang Ke walking side by side, they will take the initiative to say hello.

While everyone was skeptical about Kumho's $900 million offer for Microsoft, Zhang Ke returned to Jian Ye to be most concerned about the development of new mobile phones based on ESS baseband chip technology.

At dusk, Zhang Ke deliberately took time to go to the R&D center of Kewang Hi-Tech to see the development of their new model. If all aspects of the work go smoothly, at the beginning of November, Kumho, Kewang Hi-Tech and Unicredit, the three companies will be able to simultaneously launch a truly domestic mobile phone with less than 1,500 yuan to the low-end mobile phone market, from the shell to the core, completely realize localization, and it will also be the first time that the price of mobile phones in China will be reduced to less than 200 US dollars.

The functions of the new mobile phone will be relatively simple, which can only be gradually improved after the core technology level is improved, and the shape is easier to simplify, at least not as bulky as the low-end mobile phone two years ago; In addition, Zhang Ke's biggest requirement is that the new mobile phone should be durable. The technology and production have been prepared, and the next period of time is to conduct a functional strength test of the new mobile phone.

At least in 99 years, foreign mobile phone brands are almost staring at the domestic high-end mobile phone market, which leaves a broad low-end market space for the development of Kumho's own baseband chip technology at the beginning, and if it drags on for another two years, the situation will not be so favorable.

In the middle of October, the temperature difference between day and night in Jianye is large, and the temperature can be up to 25 or 6 degrees during the day.

Chen Jing put on the coat that Zhang Ke gave him, his hand did not reach into his sleeve, but grabbed the placket to prevent the coat from slipping down, walked to the entrance of Yanyuan, took off the coat and returned it to Zhang Ke, and waved his hand to separate from him.

Yanyuan is almost the backyard of the family of Oak Garden, and most of the middle and senior researchers who know Zhang Ke live in it, no matter how thick-skinned Zhang Ke is, he doesn't dare to follow Chen Jing inside, so he makes a phone call gesture and walks from the cement road to Xuefu Lane in the west of Yanyuan; The driver drove boredly and followed behind.

Passing through the campus of Tokyo University, when Zhang Ke walked to the youth apartment, Li Xinyu also walked to the apartment building with two books in his chest.

"Uh......" Li Xinyu stopped and stood there, not walking towards Zhang Ke, but signaling him to go first.

"How did you become so raw?" Zhang Ke stood there waiting for Li Xinyu to come over, and asked her with a smile.

Li Xinyu hesitated for a moment, then walked towards Zhang Ke with a slight pout, with an innocent and cute expression, walked into the lobby of the apartment building side by side with Zhang Ke, stood there waiting for the elevator, looked at the number of floors displayed on the elevator, but did not talk to Zhang Ke.

"Could it be that Samsung is engaged in some kind of conspiracy against Kumho, you just know it, and you feel guilty for not telling me?"

"Ah," Li Xinyu asked with a slight pursed mouth, "Your brain is too smart, so guess what conspiracy we will have against Kumho?" ”

"The most unpleasant thing for Samsung recently is probably that Kumho is going to extort $900 million from Microsoft. Zhang Ke asked with a smile.

"You guessed it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me......"

Zhang Ke saw that Li Xinyu's eyes still avoided him, and said: "Some people's bad things plan, I'm afraid they didn't get your father's approval......"

Hearing Zhang Ke say this, Li Xinyu stared at Zhang Ke, smiled, very sweet, and said: "It turns out that you are very clear in your hearts...... Some people vetoed my father's plan as soon as it was reported, but I didn't explain why it was vetoed, and some people still couldn't figure it out. ”

Listening to Li Xinyu's tone, "some people" refers to Lee Jae-so and them, Zhang Ke didn't expect Li Jianxi to see it so thoroughly: Microsoft sees the possibility of implementing new network audio standards from the bundling model of global music online and iplayer hardware platform, this possibility lies in the fact that global music online can monopolize the Internet paid music market on a larger scale, the better, rather than rebuilding another highly confrontational system with global music online.

In this sense, the cooperation between Microsoft and Kumho is not something that anyone can destroy casually. Zhang Ke can't remember when Microsoft released the WMA audio format, but that doesn't prevent him from asking for a sky-high price, and from the current signs, especially Microsoft's silence, it can be basically judged that Microsoft should have seen the potential market value of implementing the new digital audio standard and the promotion of strengthening the monopoly of the Windows system.