Chapter 410 Ahris amplified moves, Gaotongs diss sprout, and sprouts fight will be launched soon!
Thursday, August 8th.
Just as Pinxixi Group successfully completed its A-round financing, Ali, which had just completed its listing, soon made big moves, holding a high-profile press conference and announcing a series of investment cooperation.
These include -
At a sky-high price of US$3.8 billion, UC acquired 66% of its shares and merged the entire UC into Ali Group.
It was the largest acquisition in the history of China Internet.
Ali Time and Space reached this deal in 2014, with the purchase price being US$4.2 billion.
In this life, it is US$400 million cheaper than in the original time and space.
In addition to the fact that it was acquired a year in advance, it was also because the emergence of Frog Browser, owned by Sprout, greatly squeezed out the market share of uc Browser, making the latter less valuable.
But it is still the second-ranked browser in China, and the third-ranked browser is icq browser.
Even with Ahri's wealth, facing such a super acquisition, if all cash was used, it would still be very difficult, so the acquisition method was partial cash equity s
After the acquisition is completed.
The uc founder team, including technical personnel, will also be integrated into the Ali system.
In other words, Ahri's acquisition not only gained a huge traffic entrance, but also acquired a group of high-quality talents, which is considered a relatively cost-effective deal.
With the acquisition, the uc founder team naturally achieved financial freedom.
Be the biggest winner.
In addition to the founder team, there is another party that has also benefited, that is, as early as two years ago, under the guidance of Zhang Shuo, it successfully invested in UC's Fenglei Fund.
Taking advantage of Ali's acquisition, Fenglei Fund successfully cashed out and made a profit of nearly one billion.
I don’t know what I would think if I knew this.
In addition to the big deal of acquiring UC, Ali also announced that it will increase its investment in Meiyuan. When becoming the largest shareholder of Meiyang, it is also equivalent to officially entering the smartphone industry.
in addition.
Ali also announced in a high-profile manner that it is incubating a new social software - Lailai.
It can be seen that Ahli is still obsessed with socializing!
This press conference not only demonstrates Ahri's strong financial strength after its listing, but also exposes Ahri's ambitions. It is a kind of rush to guide the country.
It can be said that it is coming fiercely, and naturally it has triggered heated discussions.
"Should I say it or not, Ahri is really rich now!"
"3.8 billion is still a US dollar. It's incredible when you think about it. Is this acquisition really not a loss?"
"Who knows!"
"For US$3.8 billion, the acquisition is only 66% of the shares. In other words, the overall valuation of UC is US$5.7 billion, which is more than 36 billion Chinese dollars, which is really crazy."
actually not.
Regardless of whether it is the original time and space or this life, Ahri's acquisition of UC, although not a huge profit, is definitely not a loss, because the further you go, the higher the cost of purchasing traffic.
Let’s take Ahri as an example.
In order to win the first-level traffic entrance of Weixin, it spent 35 billion in three years. This service fee alone was enough to buy the entire UC company.
Of course, UC’s traffic cannot match that of Weixin.
In the original time and space, UC has 430 million global monthly users. On average, Ali spends less than 70 yuan to purchase an active user, and it is spread over several years.
It's definitely a huge profit.
"I feel like Ahri is a bit lost, what a waste of money!" Naturally, netizens didn't understand the reason.
"If based on this calculation, UC Company is worth more than 36 billion, then what will be the valuation of Frog Browser, which has the largest market share on the mobile terminal?"
"Yeah, it's worth 40 to 50 billion, right? It's scary!"
"King Meng: I didn't expect that just developing a piece of software would be so valuable."
"Versailles, isn't it? Think about it, when Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment sold 71 Assistant to Qiandu, it was sold for more than 10 billion. If it were sold now, it would definitely be worth 20 to 30 billion."
"Are you serious upstairs? The 71 assistants are almost in a yellow shop, okay?"
"Qiandu: I've been taken advantage of again."
"This is a bit ridiculous. 71 Assistant itself is very good. It is the largest app distribution platform in China and is definitely worth the price. It's Qiandu that didn't run it well. Who is to blame?"
"That's right, that's right!"
"But Mo Ya is also very stubborn. After selling 71 Assistant, he turned around and built a Maili Mall, and added Weixin Games, which is equivalent to creating another 71 Assistant. It's a waste of money."
"That's why you say that Germination is superior in skills, isn't it?"
As we chatted, there was no one else who could always be the protagonist of the conversation.
"Who says it's not the case? Ali, Tenda, and Qiandu are the three giants. Apart from their flagship products at the beginning, they have been buying and selling them for a long time. However, they are all original in the Internet field and can judge the difference between them!"
"Ali also does original things, isn't this the case for this trip? (Gotou)"
"Let's forget it. Ahri doesn't have the gene for socializing. No matter how many gimmicks she pulls, in the end, it will probably lose money. Who else will use it except Ahri employees?"
"What I'm saying is, I don't even use ICQ anymore, so what else can I use?"
"The previous Miliao was still a bit of a waste in Xiaomi's hands. After it was fully acquired by Ahri, it has completely disappeared. Death is worse than anything else!!!"
"When it comes to MiLiao, it feels like it happened a long time ago."
"Back then, MiLiao could compete with Weixin, but now? It can't even compare to the later WeChat. However, Weixin has already secured the top spot in China Mobile Social Network."
“It’s really disappointing!”
"So, the so-called Laiwen is basically a pie drawn by Ahri. Whoever believes it is stupid."
“Ali’s listing is really amazing!”
"With a market value of nearly one trillion, who is the leader among China's listed companies? Who will be replaced?"
"The cute king doesn't float!"
"Forget it about the cute king. People are not in the Three Realms or the Five Elements. Let alone the richest man in China. If he will become the richest man in the world one day, I guess the cute king will remain as calm as ever."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Okay, after a few sentences, it turns to Zhang Shuo again.
It can be seen that he has true love for Zhang Shuo.
………
Zhang Shuo was definitely paying attention to Ah Li's big move, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Because these are all repeated actions in the original time and space, there is nothing new, including Ahri’s ambitious social software Laiguang, which did not make any waves in the end, just as netizens predicted.
It does not pose any threat to Wei Xin.
As for Ahri stepping up its game and entering the smartphone industry in a high-profile manner, Xiaomi is the one who should be nervous, as its peers like ov cannot threaten the status of Maili phones.
Maili mobile phones are unique in China, at least for now.
What's more, say.
If the trajectory of the original time and space were followed, even if Ahri became the master of Mei Yao, he still could not save Mei Yao from the fate of rapid decline and continued to exist half-dead.
In the end, he sold himself to Geely Automobile, which is really disappointing.
And Zhang Shuo is not in Binhai City either.
He is in Jianye.
On Friday, August 9, that is, tomorrow, Weijing Semiconductor will join forces with Jianye officials to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Weijing Semiconductor’s Ye 28nm wafer foundry project.
Invited by Liang Song, executive vice president of Daosui Group and general manager of Weijing Semiconductor, Zhang Shuo will attend the ceremony.
It also shows that Sprout Group attaches great importance to this project.
So late Thursday afternoon, when Zhang Shuo and his party arrived in Jianye, Liang Song also came to pick them up and arranged a reception dinner.
Originally, Jianye wanted to arrange someone to take over for Zhang Shuo, but the President's Office declined.
The reason is also very simple——
Liang Song will be solely responsible for all decisions regarding the Jianye 28nm wafer foundry project.
The Sprout Group will not intervene beyond its level.
"I'm here just to be the mascot." Zhang Shuo laughed at himself.
Of course Liang Song did not dare to think so. When they had dinner together in the evening, he did not forget to report the project preparation status to Zhang Shuo in detail, and was always ready to listen to Zhang Shuo's suggestions or opinions.
Zhang Shuo, on the other hand, kept his word and only listened, not spoke.
"I came here with my ears and eyes this time. As for my mouth, I only use it to enjoy the delicious food." Zhang Shuo smiled and picked up a piece of Jinling's characteristic osmanthus duck.
Delicious indeed!
Liang Song was very moved when he saw this.
Of course, it's not just because of Zhang Shuo's words, but in the more than three months since he joined Daosui Group, he has truly felt the trust from Zhang Shuo, the big boss.
Liang Songke would never say a word about any matters related to Weijing Semiconductor.
Even regarding the affairs of Daosui Group, group president Lin Zhengdong will always listen to the opinions of Liang Song, the executive vice president, especially when it comes to the foundry business, and he will rely on Liang Song's professional opinions.
For example, the investment in Terui Semiconductor was led by Liang Song.
Lin Zhengdong's actions, in addition to his own management skills, obviously must also have received instructions from a higher level, that is, the big boss Zhang Shuo.
if not.
Generally speaking, there is always a lot of friction between the group president and the executive vice president.
But Liang Song hardly felt this kind of competition and friction, naturally because Zhang Shuo has been fulfilling the promise he made to Liang Song when they met in Goryeo——
Have 100% trust in Liang Song and 100% delegation of power!
This means that the three months he worked at Weijing Semiconductor were the most relaxing, comfortable, exciting, and motivated three months for Liang Song.
It's like getting a new life.
This feeling has never been experienced before in Tai M&E or Samsung.
How could Liang Song not shed tears of gratitude for such a kindness?
As the ancient sages said -
"You treat me like a countryman, and I will repay you as a countryman!"
Even though Liang Song was actually a generation older than Zhang Shuo, when facing Zhang Shuo, he always maintained respect for the superior.
And respect comes from the heart.
In the eyes of outsiders, this may seem very unbelievable, but inside the sprout, it is very common.
perhaps.
This is the greatest charm of Zhang Shuo!
………
the next day.
Zhang Shuo fulfilled his promise, played the role of a mascot well, and completed the ceremony.
Of course, that's not entirely true. At least after the ceremony, on behalf of the Germination Group, there was an hour-long two-way meeting with the chief official of the Jianye City Government.
Although the content of the conversation revolved around the wafer foundry project, it was not all.
There are actually many areas where Sprout Group and Jianye can cooperate, such as the construction of modern logistics parks and cooperation in the field of new energy vehicles.
Another example is the recent news that Maili Electronics will invest in the construction of a third foundry.
Even in the commercial aerospace field, there are areas for cooperation.
With the current scale of the Sprout Group, Zhang Shuo will receive warm hospitality from the locals every time he goes to a city. Why? Because the Sprout Group has too many investment projects.
Everyone wants a piece of the action.
Specific to Jianye, in order to build a good relationship with the Germination Group, this time it has given maximum support to Weijing Semiconductor's 28nm wafer foundry project.
We need land to give land, we need policies to give policies, and we need loans to get loans.
The service is meticulous.
And what about Zhang Shuo? He has long been familiar with this kind of situation, and his attitude is just the same——
Don’t refuse, don’t express your opinion!
Whether we can cooperate in the future depends on fate and the final evaluation results.
………
Not surprisingly.
After the press release of the groundbreaking ceremony of Weijing Semiconductor's Ye 28nm wafer foundry project was issued, it quickly triggered a new round of heated discussion on the Internet.
"It's okay to have sprouts, we've made another big move!"
"Compared with Ali's buying, buying, buying, Moya has recently focused on industry, which is the right way."
Since the two press conferences were only one day apart, it was inevitable that netizens would compare them again.
"Don't tell me, after Ahri went public and raised funds, I thought it would have some new ideas, but it turned out that it was still the same as involution. It is incomparable with Moya's development in the semiconductor field."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You can't say that, maybe the sprout is too radical?"
There is never a shortage of different voices online.
"That is, according to public information, Weijing Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Daosui Group, currently only masters the 40-nanometer process technology. Not long ago, it started building a 40-nanometer wafer foundry in Luzhou."
"How come the construction of a 28nm wafer foundry has started in such a blink of an eye?"
"Also, not long ago, didn't Tai Electromechanical announce that it would build a 28-nanometer wafer foundry in Luzhou? It is said that Daosui Group also participated in the investment, so why did it start a new business again?"
"Maybe this time Germination will be really ambitious!"
At least for now, thanks to the success of its listing, there are still fans on the Internet who are not Ahri fans.
Including the uncle’s followers.
There are even many people who kneel down to return the favor to their father and then give him money.
"Several people upstairs, are you pretending to understand, or are you really naive? Do you know the construction cost of a 28nm wafer foundry? That is an investment of nearly 20 billion."
Soon someone stood up to refute.
"Even if Daosui Group is more aggressive, will it make fun of its 20 billion investment?"
"right..."
Many people also thought about it, "There is also Jianye, who has given so much policy support, so serious research must have been done in advance. How could Daosui Group be allowed to do whatever it wants?"
"Keweijing Semiconductor clearly has not mastered the 28nm advanced process. Is this also a fact?"
"The specific research and development progress is a commercial secret. How can Weijing Semiconductor disclose it to the outside world? I only know that the construction cycle of a wafer foundry is at least one and a half years."
"I don't need to say more about the rest, right?"
"oh!!!"
Some smart netizens have already understood the subtext.
"So, Weijing Semiconductor is confident that it can conquer the 28nm advanced process within two years, so it launched the 28nm wafer foundry project in advance?"
"It would be pointless to say it. Don't forget who is the person in charge of Weijing Semiconductor."
"Brother Liang Song, you are awesome!!!"
At this time, netizens were completely excited, "If Weijing Semiconductor really breaks through the 28nm advanced process, it will be enough to beat Zhongxin. It is not impossible to catch up with Samsung and Tai Electromechanical."
"The King of Cuteness is truly a miracle hand!!!"
At this moment, netizens' admiration for Mo Ya and Zhang Shuo reached a new height.
………
Weijing Semiconductor's layout of a 28nm wafer foundry project in Jianye has attracted not only the attention of Chinese netizens, but also peers such as Zhongxin, Taimei Electric, and Samsung.
Of course the reactions are different.
Zhongxin naturally had no choice but to admit the fact that it was surpassed by Weijing Semiconductor.
Although this is ridiculous.
Weijing Semiconductor, which was founded less than a year ago, actually stepped on Zhongxin. The domestic light and the light of success that Zhongxin had previously promoted became a joke.
You can no longer rely on emotions to make a living.
On the contrary, the two giants, Tai Electromechanical and Samsung, are not so excited about the rise of Weijing Semiconductor, because they have already achieved mass production of 28nm chips.
more importantly.
This year, Tai Electromechanical will achieve mass production of 20nm chips, and Samsung is also working hard to achieve mass production of 22nm chips while continuing to break through the 14nm advanced process.
Compared with Weijing Semiconductor, it is two generations ahead.
According to Moore's Law, every year or so, advanced manufacturing processes will take a solid step forward. If Weijing Semiconductor falls behind, it will fall behind step by step.
It will be difficult to catch up with Tai Electromechanical and Three Stars.
Otherwise, foundry companies such as UMC will not be completely ruined and give up the research and development of advanced processes of 10 nanometers and below after Tai Electromechanical breaks through the 7-nanometer advanced process.
Because it has no meaning anymore.
Rather than wasting time, money, and energy on the research and development of advanced processes, it is better to lay down completely and concentrate on gaining market share between 14nm and 40nm.
Weijing Semiconductor's future destiny is best like UMC's.
It is absolutely impossible to overtake on a curve.
Not to mention new players like Weijing Semiconductor, didn't even "strong players" like Youtel eventually fall to the advanced 3nm and 5nm processes?
The further you go, the more winner-take-all it becomes!
………
Zhang Shuo didn't pay much attention to the public opinion on the Internet. He left Jianye by plane that afternoon, but did not return to Binhai City. Instead, he flew directly to the capital to prepare to attend the China Internet Conference in the new year.
In fact, it is also the last China Internet Conference.
Because next year, the China Internet Conference will be changed to the World Internet Conference, and the venue will be permanently located in a water town in Jiangnan Province, creating another legend in the history of the Internet.
This is a later topic, so let’s not mention it for now.
This year’s Internet Conference is scheduled to open on Monday, August 12th.
In other words, theoretically, Zhang Shuo could spend a weekend in the capital before starting work.
This is of course unrealistic.
In fact, as the chairman and CEO of Sprout Group, since Zhang Shuo arrived in the capital in advance, the President's Office naturally arranged all his itinerary in advance.
And the queue is quite full.
For example, it happened to be the weekend when Zhang Shuo was going to visit Mr. Tao, Mr. Shen and other old acquaintances in the capital, including some uncles introduced by his second uncle Tang Yi.
If you can move around more with these personal connections, you still need to move around a bit.
But they are all real backers.
In addition to visiting the elders, I finally made a trip to the capital. As the big boss, I had to visit the branches of the Sprout Group in the capital, treat everyone to a meal, and keep in touch with each other.
Especially those scientific researchers should be rewarded well.
Including Yu Tu, who was temporarily staying in the capital, he also invited a group of similarly young guys to have a barbecue or something together while they had time in the evening, and the conversation started immediately.
In fact, he is recruiting endorsements for Yu Tu. After all, Yu Tu is not yet locked up in such a celebrity position.
all in all.
Zhang Shuo's weekend in the capital was both painful and happy.
It's not any easier than going to work.
While Zhang Shuo was busy socializing, on August 11, the day before the opening of the Internet Conference, Gaotong President Ke Meng, who came all the way to attend the conference, openly attacked Mo Ya in an interview with the media.
"Can you tell me your views on the Zhulong z1 chip?"
A reporter who was afraid of chaos in the world asked, "You know, in China, many people are comparing the Zhulong Z1 chip with the Gaotong Snapdragon 800, which also affects the choices of many mobile phone manufacturers."
This is indeed true.
Since Zhulong Technology announced the performance and test results of the Zhulong z1 chip, the comparison and controversy between the two chips on the Chinese Internet has never stopped.
There are those who are supportive and those who are skeptical.
"Chips are very complex electronic products, especially mobile phone chips. Well, I don't think that the products designed by a Chinese chip design company that has been established for less than two years can be comparable to Snapdragon."
"Especially the Snapdragon 800, which is the latest high-end chip designed by Gaotong. Even a company like Pingguo cannot operate independently and needs Gaotong's help."
"So, you know, comparing the Zhulong Z1 chip with the Snapdragon 800, in my opinion, this is actually a humiliation of the Gaotong chip."
Kemen has an arrogant attitude and makes no secret of his distrust of Zhulong Chip.
Not surprisingly -
Ke Meng's answer immediately caused an uproar on the Chinese Internet!
Netizens immediately went crazy!!!
"Gaotong is too arrogant. Who dares to despise Mei Ya like this?"
"Let Gaotong get out of China, damn!!!"
"This is the true face of overseas companies, and there is no one else."
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And this turmoil is bound to affect the Internet Conference that is about to open tomorrow.