. Intel is very famous in the world, whether it is a personal desktop CPU, or a processor in the server field, or even in the mobile field, Intel is the existence of the hegemon.

Kissinger looked at Shi Lei eagerly, if according to Shi Lei's configuration, as long as the sales volume is not bad, then Intel will get a lot of benefits. After all, the configurations Shi Lei chose were all CPUs in the top server field of Intel.

"Mr. Shi, are you sure it's so configured?" Kissinger asked in a reckless manner.

Shi Lei replied with a smile: "Mr. Kissinger, you have completed the test of the Xeon7000 series of server field central processors, right?" ”

Kissinger did not hide it, but nodded proudly, "That's right! We at Intel have completed the testing of the Xeon7000 series server CPU! Although according to our company's plan, we are not ready to enter the personal consumption market for the time being. But in the OEM market, we at intel can do advance sales. ”

Shi Lei looked at Kissinger with a smile and asked, "Mr. Kissinger, it is rumored that your company has a good relationship with nVIDIA?" So about graphics card equipment, leave it to you intel to contact nVIDIA, no problem, right? ”

In fact, the relationship between intel and nVIDIA is not so good!

The relationship between Intel and Windows is good, a hegemon in the hardware industry, a king in the software industry, and the two are known as the ultimate alliance of Wintel!

Kissinger smiled, and the think tank staff next to him responded: "Mr. Shi, about the problem of graphics card equipment, we Intel can solve it." ”

"That's good! We dream of entertainment. You just need to get the final product. Shi Lei's eyes narrowed slightly, "Mr. Kissinger, regarding the server customized by our Dream Entertainment, in terms of OEM, it should be directly labeled with the logo of our Dream Entertainment, right?" ”

Kissinger frowned, although nominally intel wants to be an OEM foundry this time, Kissinger is not willing to put the Dream Entertainment logo on the personal game server customized by Dream Entertainment.

"Mr. Shi, we can postpone this discussion. Right now. Let's discuss first, what other detailed requirements your company has for the three servers with different performance, and discuss the price with each other. Kissinger weakened the concept of branding and led the question to money.

Shi Lei is not good at price negotiations. He shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "Mr. Kissinger, you can give an offer for three servers." ”

Kissinger nodded. "I'm sorry. Give us a moment, we need to discuss it. After all, Mr. Shi, you also know that regarding the Xeon7000 series of server field processors, our intel side has not yet been officially listed. ”

Shi Lei readily agreed on the surface. But in my heart I sneered. Xeon7000 series server CPU, although it is not yet available, will there be no pricing on the Intel side?

Let's go for the electric white!

The five people of Intel stood by the floor-to-ceiling window and discussed in a whisper. Shi Lei edited out the price of Xeon7000 series server CPU in his memory in the text message on his mobile phone, and then handed it to Mu Shuang.

"Mu Shuang, the negotiation is up to you. Wait a minute, you pay attention, the price should not exceed the reserve price I gave you. Shi Lei whispered.

"Rest assured, we have an even greater advantage in this negotiation. We have several options and we can't agree on an agreement with Intel, and we can also have an alternative to AMD. Mu Shuang said in a calm tone.

Shi Lei frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Mu Shuang, we can't cooperate with AMD this time!" Even if you can't reach an agreement with Intel, you can't work with AMD. ”

"Huh?" Mu Shuang looked at Shi Lei strangely, "If that's the case, you can only choose Intel, and after a while, you can only choose to give up some of your interests!" ”

"No, you don't! Talk about it as you want! Intel promised to cooperate better, and it doesn't matter if you don't. Players will always complete the configuration of the hardware by themselves, and we don't need to worry about Dream Entertainment. Cooperate with Intel to release a customized personal game server, just to better play the advantages of the brave world. Shi Lei relieved Mu Shuang's negotiation pressure.

The hardware performance in 2007 was not very good, but because of Moore's Law, every eighteen months, the performance of the computer doubled. After 2008, the somatosensory operation platform of the brave world will be laid on a large scale.

Therefore, even if the cooperation with intel cannot be completed, there is no problem for Dream Entertainment!

Fifteen minutes later, the five Intel delegates returned to the conference table.

Kissinger took out a handwritten manuscript on A4 printer paper, put it on the conference table and pushed it over, motioning for Shi Lei to check it.

Shi Lei held the handwritten manuscript with his right hand, pulled it over, and then pushed it in front of Mu Shuang, and said with a smile: "Mr. Kissinger, the negotiation on the price is still in charge of the senior deputy general manager of the Xia Guo District of Mirui Technology. You've all met, right? ”

Kissinger nodded, did not speak, just stared at Mu Shuang, hoping that Mu Shuang would nod and pass the offer.

On the A4 printer paper, the overall quotation of the three servers is written in English. Mu Shuang's English is very good, there is no reading and writing communication barrier, she frowned slightly, and tapped the surface of the conference table with a signature pen, attracting the attention of Intel personnel.

"Mr. Kissinger, the price of the low-end version, $3,400?" Mu Shuang asked.

In 2007, the exchange rate between the US dollar and Xia Guoyuan still maintained a high level of 1:8, and 3,400 US dollars were converted into Xia Guoyuan, which was more than 27,000 yuan.

This price is a bit expensive, after all, it is only a low-end server, even if it uses a high-end CPU, it should not be so expensive.

"That's right, given your company's high hardware requirements, this is a reasonable offer." Kissinger opened his mouth to respond.

Mu Shuang didn't give an inch: "Mr. Kissinger, about the itemized price of the entire server platform, I wonder if you can explain it in detail?" ”

"No problem! Ms. Mu, at the request of Mr. Shi. The low-end version of the server uses a [email protected] quad-core and four-threaded processor, each of which costs $999, or $1,998 for just two processors. Plus, we'll be configuring it with the top-of-the-line nVIDIA graphics processor, which costs around $800-$1,000. The remaining $400 will also be equipped with 16GB of ECC error-correcting memory, a server-specific motherboard produced by Intel, and a hard disk for servers produced by WD. and specially ordered chassis power supplies. In total, $3,400 is almost the lowest price! Kissinger said seriously, his expression was very willing to believe him, and he recognized the price as the lowest price.

But how could Mu Shuang believe him?

"Mr. Kissinger. Regarding the price of the Xeon 7330 server CPU, the ideal price for our dream entertainment is $500. Mu Shuang slashed the price.

"No! No way! Absolutely not at this price! Kissinger shook his head in refusal. Intel Inc. Regarding the listing price of Xeon7330, it is defined as $799.

The price offered by Mu Shuang is two hundred and ninety-nine dollars lower than the listing price customized by Intel, which is an absolutely impossible price!

For the price of $500, Mu Shuang did not expect Kissinger to agree.

Intel is asking for a sky-high price, and Dream Entertainment can naturally bargain!

Mu Shuang smiled and said, "Mr. Kissinger." Let's each take a step back. We dream that Entertainment can raise the price to $600, what do you think? ”

Shi Lei sat next to him, writing a series of lists on a blank A4 paper with a signature pen. This time the negotiations. Just handed it over to Mu Shuang, obviously a little reluctantly.

Mu Shuang is indeed a master of business negotiations, but the content of this business negotiation is not conventional, but involves the performance and price of computer hardware.

For this piece, it is obvious that Shi Lei is more familiar with it, and Mu Shuang does not know much about it.

Shi Lei quickly wrote out the detailed configuration of the three sets of servers in the middle and low schools, as well as the detailed itemized prices, and handed the A4 printing paper to Mu Shuang.

Mu Shuang glanced at Shi Lei, and then began to bargain with Intel according to the information provided by Shi Lei. The whole negotiation process allowed Shi Lei to see what it means to be a professional.

Mu Shuang really didn't understand the price of hardware, but after Shi Lei gave price guidance, Mu Shuang quickly stabilized the situation, and in the negotiation process, he repeatedly suppressed Kissinger of Intel.

Mu Shuang fully showed what is called bluffing, obviously Shi Lei said that he could not cooperate with AMD, but Mu Shuang was stunned to borrow the name of AMD and cut some price concessions.

In the end, the negotiations between the two sides lasted two hours, and finally reached a basic unanimous agreement.

The low-end personal gaming server, codenamed 'Finess/Q', uses two Xeon7330 server CPUs with a main frequency of 2.6Ghz, 16GB of ECC memory, top-of-the-line nVIDIA professional graphics graphics cards, and fledgling SSDs, and also a 64GB one for a hybrid drive system.

I have to say that Mu Shuang's negotiation power is very strong, and the global price of a server with such a configuration is only 1999 US dollars, and the price in the low area of Xia Guo is 15999 yuan.

The mid-range type is codenamed 'Shine/S', due to Mu Shuang's large-scale cost reduction, and has been verified by Xie Hui, it can perfectly run the somatosensory operation version of the Yongshi Lu Realm. So, in terms of CPU, the downgraded use of the Xeon 7310.

Compared with Xeon7330, the main frequency of the processor of Xeon7310 has been reduced from 2.6Ghz to 1.6Ghz, a decrease of about 40%!

However, due to the four-way design of Shiny/S, with four Xeon7310s working together, the final performance is much better than that of Xeon7330 dual-channel configuration.

Shine/S is also equipped with a top-of-the-line professional computing graphics card, and it is a dual-card SLI design, as well as a specially optimized design for temperature, and the price has reached the level of 5999 US dollars and 47999 Xia Guoyuan.

The high-end model of the personal game server, codenamed Tianci/G, has been upgraded to use the Xeon7350 processor, and the main frequency has reached 2.93GHz. Of course. The price of a single piece has reached the level of 1,200 US dollars.

The price of the four-way Xeon7350 alone is almost close to five thousand dollars!

There is also a 256GB SSD and graphics processing center, which supports the special effects of the brave world to the greatest extent. The price of Tianci/G series personal game servers has reached the height of $17,999 or 143999 Xia Guoyuan.

However, even the Tianci/G series, a high-end personal game server, can't fully open the full special effects and high-definition resolution settings of the brave world.

If you want to truly and fully feel the charm of the Brave World, it is possible to achieve the perfect operation of the Brave World Realm unless you use a million-level graphics processing server.

For local tyrants who need million-level graphics processing servers, Dream Entertainment provides the ultimate custom server. It will also be handed over to Intel to handle it.

After the two-hour business negotiation meeting, Mu Shuang summoned the legal department to discuss the contract with the legal staff of Intel.

Another hour later, the contract was finalized. Intel has customized three personal game servers for Dream Entertainment, which will be on the official website. Make global online pre-order sales.

Regarding the branding aspect of the server. Intel refused to back down, and Dream Entertainment was unwilling to back down, so it finally adopted a compromise plan and declared the server as a joint product, which has both Intel's OEM and Dream Entertainment's logo.

The contract between the two parties is signed. Naturally, there will be a celebration banquet and a press conference, so that the outside world will know that Dream Entertainment and Intel have cooperated.

Mu Shuang had already made arrangements for these things. When the negotiations were completed, Mu Shuang had already given orders. From the location of the celebration banquet, the on-site arrangement of the press conference, and the invitation of reporters, all of them were in place.

When Dream Entertainment announced that it had officially reached a cooperation agreement with Intel, it caused an uproar!

Dream Entertainment has been a staunch supporter of AMD in the past few months, whether it is the sales lottery of AMD CPUs, or the strategy of bundling AMD's ATI graphics cards, all of which show the close cooperation between Dream Entertainment and AMD.

There is even news that the main server of Dream Entertainment also uses AMD's supercomputer.

It is now April 7th, and on April 30th, the Brave World will be officially open for closed testing. At this juncture, Dream Entertainment and Intel announced their cooperation, does this mean that Dream Entertainment has switched to the Intel camp?

Dream Entertainment's first channel for revealing the news was the information of the press conference, and some reporters publicized the news on the Internet, and a large number of players did not believe this kind of information.

But when it was close to five o'clock in the afternoon, the homepage of the official website of Dream Entertainment released a news announcement update. At nearly five o'clock in the morning local time, Intel simultaneously released information on its cooperation with Dream Entertainment on its official website.

The announcement on the official websites of both parties has undoubtedly completely detonated the entire Internet world, allowing players in the world to guess what Dream Entertainment is going to do.

In particular, the official player forum of Dream Entertainment is very lively because it gathers players from all over the world. Players in the Liberian region rejoiced that Intel was in the Liberian Nation, which means that they will be the first to feel the fruits of the cooperation between the two sides.

Some staunch supporters of AMD expressed their protest against Dream Entertainment, believing that Dream Entertainment was betraying AMD and betraying players. But such remarks were immediately drowned out by the rest of the players. Because, Dream Entertainment is not a subsidiary of AMD, what is the relationship of betrayal?

Let there be thousands of speculations in the official player forum of Dream Entertainment, but how could they guess that Shi Lei's goal is to buy AMD?

All this is just to build momentum for the acquisition of AMD....

(To be continued......)

PS: 4600+ word count!

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