Chapter 269 West Factory's Business
For a long time, Xu Fei has not forgotten his original intention.
Dealing with disasters is always a top priority in life.
To this end, we did not hesitate to invest 130 million US dollars to reproduce the 'acquired day' in the expansion film into the real world and make it into a movie for warning the world.
Although Lou Xiaohu didn't believe it, to Xu Fei's relief, someone did.
For example, the top rich people who travel around the world in Kirov.
These tycoons have traveled to the South Pole and the North Pole, not only to see a series of adverse effects caused by the ozone layer loophole, but also to listen to their specially invited cross talk actors, describing various disasters caused by the warming weather.
What global ice, what floods, what hailstones the size of a goose egg, what incurable new viruses......
At the beginning, the rich people scoffed, just like Lou Xiaohu's mentality: what kind of international joke.
However, an investigation found that in the past two years, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes have occurred frequently, especially the spread of Ebola, and the battle of Yin Lakr also exposed camel flu.
The rich are not short of money, they just want to live well, and seeing that the home planet is uninhabitable, and they can't fly out of the solar system at present, they can only form a group to urge countries to sign the 'climate change law'.
Reduce carbon emissions, chlorine emissions, harmful gas emissions for all walks of life, and even accelerate the deindustrialization of the American continent.
Morgan, in particular, has begun to secretly build up private armaments.
And the movie used to warn the world - the day after tomorrow, has been sought after by people from all walks of life.
In 25 days after its release, it broke almost all film and television records, becoming the highest-grossing work in world film history, and also won the annual championship, five times more sales than the second place Harry Potter, as high as 1.13 billion US dollars.
Of course, striking iron also needs its own hardness, and for the box office, it has also made a lot of efforts.
Not only did it shoot in Berlin, New York, the Arctic, Antarctica, Wharton, Boston, Houston, Jamaica, the oil country, the emirate, the Balkans and other cities, but also handed over the crew to the famous German science fiction director 'Roland Emmerich' to direct, and invited many international A-list stars to participate.
Moreover, since there is no 'Director Xu' in the expansion film, and there is no base, in order to repair the loopholes between the expansion film and reality, he transferred three Kirovs to the world's top special effects company-Industrial Light & Magic for post-production.
Plus B-2, Army, Hangmu, Fleet, Air Port......
The frozen scene completely surpassed the expansion and was directly listed as epic.
The most important thing is the scheduling rate.
In Massachusetts, where Boston is located, all movie theaters only show the day after tomorrow, and you can't watch anything else if you want to.
It's pretty much the same in Texas.
Cinemas in other states, under the dual role of capital and top tycoons, have almost given the 'day after tomorrow' the maximum concessions.
Needless to say, even if it opposes Forman's eight states in Germany, it does not dare to go against the general trend.
The country of Enamel is now following the country of Germany, and everything is allowed all the way, so naturally no one objects to the screening of a movie.
The two leading brothers of the European Union are like this, and so is North America, and other countries will certainly follow suit.
Except for the half-pushed and half-pushed islands in the Asia-Pacific region, the rest are not a problem.
The Balkans are even less of a problem.
The need for armament in the West Asian Union is not a problem.
Bingxiong has a contract for self-extraction of crude oil, and it will not refuse either.
The world's major film and television markets are basically like this.
Therefore, no one knows the 'box office' better than Director Xu.
But does the great Director Xu care about the box office?
Definitely not.
What he cared about was the warning effect.
Mobilize the world to prepare for disasters before they occur.
Unfortunately, even if some people believe it, there are very few countries that actually take action.
"Hopefully, it's just a temporary climate anomaly."
"Otherwise, in such a short period of time, even with the assistance of the base, we won't be able to save 1.2 billion."
Xu Fei sighed wistfully and walked towards the crowd looking up at the sky.
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The groundbreaking ceremony of the West Factory was held in a particularly grand manner.
The participants included local leaders, the five major investors of TEP University, the many technology companies controlled by TEP, and the Razor companies that have begun to take shape with the help of industrial innovation.
There are also many semiconductor manufacturers at home and abroad who come to learn about the business of the West Factory, and many high-tech material manufacturers who are interested in the large-scale particle collider project.
and dozens of famous physicists from overseas who have made achievements in the field of physics.
The arrival of physicists is mainly due to the fact that there is no large particle collider in North America, and the situation in Europe is confusing.
Therefore, this time I came to submit the application in person.
Under the guidance and introduction of the second sister, Xu Fei shook hands with people from all walks of life present and talked one by one.
Since it was still early, after saying hello, IBM took the lead in chatting.
IBM is owned by Morgan Stanley and, like General Electric, is a Morgan property.
GE invested in a large particle collider, and IBM naturally did not invest again, mainly for OEM.
Including optical drive, heat sink, ATX standard board, MATX small board, Xu's sound metal player......
and signed a purchase contract with 3DFX, a company that settled in the West Factory, for the Voodoo series.
In today's PC market, hundreds of schools of thought are contending, North American Pingguo, North American HP, Taiwan Asus, T Taiwan Acer (Qi), and Nanbangzi LG have risen one after another, IBM has been lonely, otherwise it would not have decided to sell the PC business to the box.
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The other party is looking for its own OEM, but also to enhance market competitiveness with the help of low manufacturing costs.
It's a pity that although they are all Morgan's industries, the other party obviously didn't realize that Director Xu, who made Welch bow his head, had the confidence to propose a series of restrictions.
For example, if you OEM IBM products, you can't OEM other brands.
Xu Fei looked at the other party's face seriously, and turned to discuss with the representative of the HP manufacturer.
Then ASUS, Acer, LG ......
The more manufacturers there are, the more types of business there are.
As small as headphone jacks, memory hard drives, and power adapters.
It is as large as the display panel, the body shell, and the keyboard and mouse cables.
Xu Fei chatted around and let the military division take it all.
If the West Factory is too busy, it will be a big deal to subcontract to the Razor series of enterprises in the north.
This is called a two-pack.
Just like Moutai, there is the original Moutai factory, as well as Moutai Town.
Soon, the chairman of KS Group, who came from prison, warmly stepped forward to shake hands.
"Director Xu, we finally met."
"I always thought that instead of leasing Kirov, it would be better to purchase three."
"You're laughing."
Many things are not a secret in the upper echelons of society.
The chairman of KS Group got straight to the point and said: "The general manager of North America in South Stick has been transferred as early as the year before last, although I live in a luxury villa in prison, but the industry has been gradually eroded by Samsung, in other words, they don't let me come out, it is to set aside time for Samsung." β
"So? But the situation on your side is special and complicated, and I don't seem to be able to help much. β
"Director Xu, Samsung snatched the communication business of KS Group, and set up Samsung Electronics, which is specially used for the research and development and manufacturing of communication equipment, in order to strengthen the technology of the screen, in addition to the LED field, invested in OLED, IPS hard screen LCD.
Director Xu, your company's XLED has just started, if no one in Nanbangzi restricts Samsung, and in the future, they will definitely become your biggest competitor in the field of display panels. β
"Are you going to?"
"KS Group introduced XLED, with the help of your foundry capabilities, first launched KS feature phones, and then launched KS smartphones, in addition to the OEM fee, we will also make a 30% profit, but we hope to be able to sell on the shelves of the supply and marketing system."
"Yes."
Xu Fei thought for a moment and agreed on the spot.
Now the country is full of foreign goods, not bad for this one.
If the other party makes money, they will make money with it.
If the other party doesn't make money, you can get the OEM fee.
If the other party is disobedient, the supply and marketing system will be directly removed from the shelves.
Moreover, Samsung's technology is really strong, especially the newly launched OLED, which is almost the same as XLED, and the mature IPS hard screen LCD has also been recognized by Pingguo.
Now Pingguo is the procurement customer of its own screen panels, and the future may not be known.
Xu Fei thought of this and motioned to the chairman of KS Group to come closer, "Have you ever considered letting the chairman of Samsung go in and play mahjong with you?" β
"Huh?"
"I have a friend named James, you should know that the other party is not only the chairman of TEP, but also the chairman of United Defense, and now United Defense is doing business with overseas bases in North America, and it is basically not a problem to let Camp Humphreys go out and bring the chairman of Samsung into the prison where you are."
The chairman of KS Group is blessed to the heart, and Zhengse said: "Director Xu, mahjong needs four people, and I think that the chairmen of Hyundai, Lotte and LG should also come in." β
The chairman of LG, who was standing in the distance, seemed to hear something, his face stiffened, and he slowly turned his head.
Xu Fei coughed, ignored the chairman of KS Group, who was not aware of this scene and continued to make bad ideas, and walked towards the physicists.
It is true that his own family has some influence in the south of the stick, but how can it be possible to send so many chaebols into it.
However, consider that the chairman of KS Group has been sent in four terms in 10 years......
Maybe that's not a thing.
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11:40 a.m.
At the groundbreaking ceremony, hundreds of hot air balloons with banners were raised.
There are also five Kirov airships, hoisted side by side for a huge aerial view.
20 minutes later.
3,000 female workers wearing cheongsams waved flowers to form a sea of flowers.
The two rows of giant cannons lined up on the side of the provincial road were also stuck at 12 o'clock, and they fired in unison.
Xu Fei stood in such a background, facing the scene, and read out the speech in front of the cameras of hundreds of reporters.
"Daze Industrial Complex is the first 'joint' super factory in the home planet."
"Our philosophy is not to waste a trace of consumables, not to vacant a plant, not to let any employee idle, and with the help of scientific management methods, strong scientific research capabilities, continue to enhance the business capabilities of the consortium."
"According to the survey results of several statistical agencies in the home planet, the resource utilization rate of Daze Industrial Complex is as high as 95%, which is twice that of similar enterprises in the outside world. The energy utilization rate exceeded 73%, which was three times that of similar enterprises in the outside world. β
"Thanks to this, we have achieved good results that have attracted the attention of the world in the past year."
"The daily output of 2 million sets of machinery in the three countries, 5,000 daily output of various brands of cars, electrical equipment, household appliances, PLC controllers, display panels, etc., the supply speed is also very satisfactory to buyers."
"The most important thing is that we keep costs to the lowest in the industry!"
"After the discussion of investors: Iron Sheet Company, TEP Group, Hongqi Automobile, Daze Group, Leifei Technology, and many partners, we decided to transfer the microelectronics, semiconductor and other businesses of Daze Industrial Complex to the west side of the highway and named it 'West Factory'."
"I, Xu Fei, hereby declare."
"Whether it is the east factory or the west factory, our processing and manufacturing is by no means for the purpose of monopoly."
"We sincerely hope and invite more manufacturers to join us to jointly promote the industrial development and technological development of the home star!"
At the same time, the West Plant solemnly welcomes General Electric, Volkswagen, General Motors Electronics Department, Great Wall Group, Hongqi Computer (Qixi), Razor Technology, FAW-Volkswagen, Modu General Motors, Guangzhou Automobile, Dongshan Heavy Duty Truck, Gree, Haier, and Little Duck...... Become the first batch of all-round partners of the West Factory. β
"Also welcome KS Group, HP, Dell, Asus, LG...... Became the first batch of OEM business partners of the West Factory. β
Whoa......
The applause at the scene was like thunder, and the released doves of peace were like white clouds.
Under the accumulation of many resources, the West Factory has reached the peak of OEM enterprises.
But this is not the pinnacle of the West Factory, but the beginning.
Because lithography machines, etching machines, new materials, robots, etc., have not yet appeared.
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After the groundbreaking ceremony.
Xu Fei was at the Daze Hotel and feasted everyone.
Wait until 5 p.m. before returning to the workshop office.
If a super foundry wants to survive, it must not be completely dependent on large manufacturers.
It is also necessary to use countless small factories to stimulate large factories to quickly update their products in order to generate the next OEM order.
Like Pingguo, which launched the iPhone 1 this year, plans to launch the iPhone 2 in October next year, and the iPhone 3G, or iPhone 3GS, in October the year after that.
But in May this year, Nokia, Motorola, BlackBerry, Sony Ericsson, launched better models. By August of this year, they had a better model.
Other small factories have also followed suit.
At this rate, the iPhone 2, which Pingguo plans to launch in October next year, must be brought forward to August this year to ensure that performance and features do not lag behind.
Therefore, Pingguo advanced the OEM order by half a year.
In the past, there was only one iPhone order per year, but now it has two per year.
Of course, this is just a metaphor, and it also involves 'order quantity', 'manufacturing process', 'processing and manufacturing equipment renewal', and so on.
However, the increase in business volume means that the foundry fee increases.
Therefore, any small factory has the need to exist.
Therefore, Xu Fei is much more lenient with the domestic manufacturers who come to the door.
Directly arrange the operation center and sign a cooperation agreement with the other party.
In addition, in the name of the first director of the central enterprise, each technology company will be given a large subsidy ranging from 5~1 billion red banknotes, which is called a policy and support plan.
In official words: the environment has changed for the better.
The first batch of manufacturers include: Bird, Xia Xin, and Panda.
In turn, a large number of new brands have been born, including Tianyu, Gionee, Tianshida, and Jinpeng.
It's just that chips hinder the development, most of them are feature machines, there is no so-called 'intelligent system', and there is no completely localized computer.
And, if it goes on like this, referring to the rising Pingguo, Sony Ericsson, Samsung Electronics, KS Electronics, etc., as well as Qualcomm, which is about to monopolize the 3G era and RF chips, it is estimated that in about five years, its own brands will be collectively eliminated.
Xu Fei flipped through the text, and lay in the boss's chair with a little melancholy, holding his hands behind his head, quietly thinking about countermeasures.
Technology is a thing that is grinded out by time.
No matter how much you open your own house, you won't be able to catch up with the West in a short time.
It's like a PLC.
It's very simple, but I just don't have it.
If it weren't for General Electric, the devil knows when the industrial revolution would have been completed.
And the processor.
Although it intends to win with materials and manufacturing technology, it must have a set of its own to support domestic production.
It's like opening a restaurant, we use the best everything, but there is no chef.
Do you serve takeaway to your guests?
Xu Fei thought for a long time and contacted Wan Tao of TEP Computer Services.
Soon, the other party recommended the infrastructure of several processors.
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Xu Fei didn't understand, so he asked the other party to recommend it.
Wan Tao explained:
"x86 is Intel's 16-bit microprocessor, using the 8086 central processing unit instruction set, and backwards compatible, the advantage is that the hardware decoding speed is fast, and the disadvantage is that it will get stuck when encountering complex instructions."
"ARM is the first RISC microprocessor designed by Ingelo A, equipped with a 16-bit instruction set, which is a 32-bit design itself, but is 35% less than the equivalent 32-bit code."
"The more code you save, the less memory you need to run, the faster you run, the lower your power consumption, and the more advantages you have over your peers."
"But if Arm wants to get close to x86 in terms of performance, it will have to consume more power."
"Power consumption means that electronic components are aging faster and the life of electronic products is reduced, which is why we need to have high-end chips as soon as possible."
"Other architectures, compared to the two, have their own advantages and disadvantages, I recommend ARM."
"However, although in the world, ARM is a general-purpose technology and is free of patent fees in the field of terminal equipment, but when this thing is used in the East, maybe it will not be free of charge."
Hearing this, Xu Fei nodded.
Free patents are said to be free, but sometimes they can be changed to charge.
For example, ARM is Ingerrot, and now it is free, and the other party sees that the East is using it on a large scale, so Ingrot transfers ARM to Switzerland, and Switzerland announces the fee.
This kind of abounds in the business field.
The problem is that whether United Defense goes to Ingland to buy ARM, or let Iron Sheet buy it, both companies are foreign companies, and ARM is still not its own.
And Hongqi and Daze go to buy, and Yingge will not sell it nine times out of ten.
"It's a pity that the chips that come with the products of the base are all analog circuits, which can be used, but they can't be studied thoroughly."
(In fact, it is a cloud chip, with the base vehicle database as the center, within 50 kilometers, any device can log in to the cloud, download personal data at any time, and borrow the computing power of the base vehicle at any time.) If the range is expanded, radar will be needed, but no one is aware of cloud chips in this era, and even if TEP Computer Services has come up with a 'cloud server', it has not considered the direction of chips. οΌ
After Xu Fei finished chatting with Wan Tao, he complained about his base, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.
He hasn't looked at the expansion for half a year, and maybe the scene of R&D chips will be unlocked inside.
Go in and experience it a few more times, and carry out the design plan little by little, so that you don't have a future architecture plan?
Take the path of someone else's future, so that someone else's future has no way out?
Xu Fei's eyes lit up, and he summoned a translucent page to view the expansion pieces that had been unlocked in the past six months.
And then.
"Where did you get so many oversized engines on the surface of your home planet?"
"Planetary engines? Home planet to wander? β
Xu Fei looked at the scene in the ice and snow, as well as the sign of the Jishui City Police Station next door, and only felt his scalp tingle.
"Has it deteriorated?"
"Can't the solar system stay?"