RBCT Chapter 1409 Empowerment
Chapter 1409 Empowerment
Chapter 1409 Empowerment
Intel once missed one of its best opportunities to enter the mobile market.
This is a lesson worth remembering.
When such lessons were placed before him together with Yike's chip needs, it was hard for Brian not to be moved. He joined Intel in 1982 and has worked for the company for 33 years so far, witnessing Intel's peak and slowdown.
As early as before 2000, Intel's peak market value was over $5000 billion, but now it is only $1500 billion.
Brian persuaded the board of directors to acquire Broadcom last year because he was passionate about re-launching the mobile strategy and restoring Intel's glory.
However, the acquisition of Broadcom and technical cooperation with Yike did allow Intel to gain a foothold in the mobile market, but the efforts were not enough.
Now that Yike is facing a crisis, an order with a sky-high price has almost been placed on the market.
After Jobs was rejected, he found Samsung to manufacture chips for him, which greatly boosted Samsung's wafer manufacturing and also brought great inspiration and impetus to Samsung's transformation.
Just before Apple gave the order to Taiji, it had been the largest customer of Samsung's wafer foundry.
There are not many companies in the world that can have orders of this size. Therefore, when the market was full of doubts and concerns about Yi Ke, Brian flew to China in person, wanting to take control of Yi Ke.
But after two days of discussion, he suddenly felt that Mr. Fang was controlling him.
After returning to the hotel, Brian first discussed Yi Ke's current situation with the team, and then talked to the base camp. In the early hours of the morning, he tossed and turned in bed, with a question echoing in his mind.
Is this another "Apple moment" for Intel?
No, maybe it’s the new “Economic Moment”.
However, unlike Apple, the current situation is more complicated and is also facing geopolitical influences.
The more Brian thought about it, the more he felt sleepy he became. He simply got up and made a cup of coffee, thinking about various possible changes. Yike would definitely need to change chip manufacturers.
Even though Bingxin International was also founded by Mr. Fang, he would definitely sacrifice the small to protect the big.
This is not subject to his subjective will, otherwise, the final result will be that neither Yi Ke nor the ice core can be preserved.
As Intel's current CEO, Brian has been scratching his head over the company's situation over the past decade. He doesn't believe that Mr. Fang, the founder of Intel, doesn't feel a sense of urgency about the current crisis and doesn't make a trade-off.
By grasping this premise, the game between Intel and Yike seems to be much clearer.
Brian thought a lot late at night and believed that Yike’s overall crisis was controllable. Even if geopolitical factors erupted again, Yike’s crisis would be long-lasting but controllable.
The longer Yike’s crisis lasts, the greater the space Intel will have for cooperation.
Brian thought about it and did not show up the next morning. Instead, the accompanying team negotiated with Yike and tried their best to obtain the established conditions.
No matter what Mr. Fang says, the Yike crisis is a crisis, and Intel's cooperation is a helping hand in a sense.
Brian did not participate in the negotiations, but only reviewed the situation at night, trying to figure out the boundaries of Yike's cooperation and Mr. Fang's bottom line. He recognized the mutual benefits of cooperation, but he would always strive for his own interests.
After the review was over, he asked about the situation of Yike's leader: "Did Mr. Fang not show up once today?"
Intel's deputy director shook his head.
Brian thought it was normal. After all, he didn't show up, and everyone just left each other alone. It was a kind of small game.
However, after two days of talks, Brian raided the negotiation site on Friday afternoon and chatted with Yike executives about the consumer electronics market, but he did not see Mr. Fang or hear from him.
"Come to think of it, I received a call from the BIS in Washington a few days ago, and they asked about Mr. Fang." Brian casually dropped the news, which as expected attracted inquiries from Qi He, the president of YMS.
However, he just avoided the question and did not reveal the content of the call.
As the negotiation was about to end, Brian still didn't see Mr. Fang show up, and finally couldn't help asking, "Is Mr. Fang very busy today?"
"Mr. Fang went on a business trip to Beijing the day before yesterday, and it may take him two days to return." Qi He replied, "He attaches great importance to our cooperation and told me to tell him immediately if I have any new news."
After saying this, he shrugged regretfully: "But we do have some disagreements, and I haven't reported it to President Fang yet."
Brian felt a little unhappy. He was still thinking about the game, but it turned out that you had left Shencheng a long time ago.
He kept his expression unchanged and smiled, "Important cooperation always requires patience. Yike did have some troubles this time, but any great company can always recover from difficult and challenging times and become stronger than ever before. I believe Yike will be such a company."
Brian saw Qi He nod across from him, and after a moment's hesitation, he continued, "Since Mr. Fang is busy with work, I hope to talk to Mr. Yu about WLS tomorrow morning. I have some new ideas about WLS."
Qi He said with some embarrassment: "Brian, Morenkov is already on his way here. If you have new ideas for WLS, it would be more constructive to talk to him."
Morenkov is the CEO of WLS, and he is the former COO of Qualcomm who was poached here.
Brian expressed his displeasure this time, his voice slightly lowered: "I think it would be more meaningful to talk to President Yu."
Even if Mr. Fang doesn't show up, he would have to be Mr. Yu's level to barely match him, right? Now you want to get rid of me by creating a Morenkov? Do you still want to cooperate in wafer manufacturing?
An idea flashed through Brian's mind. Perhaps he could release the news that Intel's negotiations with Yike were not going well, and the stock market would naturally bring persuasiveness to him.
"It's not that we can't talk to President Yu, it's just that President Yu has already made arrangements for work tomorrow." Qi He had no choice but to reveal the news, "President Yu has arranged a meeting with visiting senior executives from GlobalFoundries tomorrow morning. How about this, Brian and Morenkov will be here tonight, and President Yu and Morenkov can talk to us the day after tomorrow."
GlobalFoundries was the only wafer foundry that had contact with Yike when the media previously verified the news.
Brian's face changed slightly but he quickly returned to normal and said with a smile, "Mr. Qi, you don't think GlobalFoundries is a more suitable partner than Intel, do you? Intel has the best wafer manufacturing process on the planet."
Qi He nodded: "Indeed, Intel's 14nm process is amazing and is also the best partner for us at Yike."
Brian looked at the president of Yi Ke YMS across from him with some suspicion.
Qi He continued, "However, GlobalFoundries may be a better candidate for Yike to invest in. In addition, Bingxin's technology is also quite good."
Brian's eyes narrowed. Yike invested in GlobalFoundries?
Also, will Bingxin’s technology be introduced into GlobalFoundries?
BIS restricts ice cores, so Yike simply found an American wafer foundry?
He instantly thought of AMD, which cooperated with Bingxin, and felt disgusted with Bingxin's 16nm process. Bingxin was restricted, but it was waving its technology everywhere...
Empowering everywhere!
(End of this chapter)