Even if Su Yehao wants to discuss cooperation with Qualcomm, he can't come up with a specific plan or price. It's a little early to talk about these now.
Let’s look at Qualcomm’s mobile phone production business.
COO Gray's meaning is quite clear. As long as Qualcomm can obtain other benefits, the price of packaged and transferred mobile phone business can be reduced.
Although these Qualcomm executives no longer care about the mobile phone business, let alone continue to invest money in it.
But when real money is spent, it must be sold at a good price in order to give an explanation to the board of directors and shareholders, so as not to make the pdQ mobile phone project appear to be a failure.
How much the price can be reduced depends on how much leverage Su Yehao can bring. If he agrees to purchase two to three billion U.S. dollars of mobile phone chips, he probably can give them away for free.
At present, Qualcomm has divested other businesses and focuses on the research and development of communication technology and the research of semiconductor chips.
If Su Yehao can purchase chips in large quantities and produce mobile phones to pay patent fees, it will undoubtedly be a huge benefit to Qualcomm and have the opportunity to stimulate the stock price to reach new highs.
The specific cooperation plan needs to be further studied.
Therefore, today was just an initial contact. Su Yehao quickly excused himself and took people away from Qualcomm, saying that something was wrong.
Before leaving, he took the initiative to apply and visited the CDMA new generation mobile communication system solution in the laboratory, also known as 3G.
The mainland is expected to invest more than 100 billion yuan in infrastructure construction in the communications field this year. Since the price reduction of the Internet this year, the number of Internet users has increased rapidly, and the annual growth rate is expected to be 300%.
Although we have to spend money to buy solutions, at least in the construction of 3G and broadband, China is on the same starting line as Europe and the United States for the first time.
This is definitely good news for Su Yehao’s TOT, TAT, Yinhai and other companies. The Yellow Diamond computer business and mobile phone business are being prepared for production...
It is difficult to negotiate such a big deal in just one meeting.
Su Yehao asked people to seize the time to assess the gaps in the mainland and global mobile phone markets in the next few years and prepare to make a new acquisition plan as soon as possible. He will send the information to Qualcomm COO Gray tonight and bring it to the board of directors for discussion tomorrow.
It's just an acquisition of one to two billion US dollars, it doesn't matter whether it's big or small.
Even if he really spends 200 million U.S. dollars, Su Yehao will not be disadvantaged in the long run. The inventory of more than 200,000 pdQ mobile phones, unassembled parts, and a complete set of production equipment are worth about 90 million U.S. dollars.
He originally wanted to divest the pdQ mobile phones in stock from the acquisition, but unfortunately Gray and the others did not agree. It was like a junk asset that everyone despised, and it was easy to lose it.
Mr. Zhang Rujing accompanied us on the previous inspection.
On the way back, he continued to sit with Su Yehao, which made many people envious. At the same time, they also realized that Su Yehao attached great importance to the wafer foundry.
now.
Zhang Rujing said: "Actually, Qualcomm's mobile phones are quite advanced, but their appearance is a bit ugly. If we win Qualcomm's integrated baseband chip foundry order and then go to other companies to find business, we might be able to reduce the initial losses of the wafer foundry."
money."
Su Yehao smiled and said:
"Just a small loss? When 3G begins to become popular, the integrated baseband chips for all Netcom will most likely become mainstream. By then, one Qualcomm will be enough to support our profits. As I said yesterday, Uncle Zhang, you are responsible for turning the wafer foundry into a
Once it’s built, leave the rest to me to figure out a solution.”
"Well, the scale is too small. Only computer chip orders make money."
Zhang Rujing took out the pdQ prototype sent by Qualcomm and then said: "Mobile phones can now receive emails. The speed of technology development is really fast. It may be the same as what you said. A new market for integrated baseband chips can really be born. The goal of 3G is not
Is it the development of mobile networks? I always thought that laptops would benefit, and the opportunity for handheld mobile phones seems to be coming soon, and it seems worth studying."
Hearing these words, Su Yehao smiled and said nothing, changed the topic and said:
"My initial goal is to build a few top-notch chip production factories. When the time comes, we can advance and retreat and defend. In order to avoid being targeted, Qualcomm will abandon its base station and mobile phone business. If it wants to do well in the field of wafer foundry, it will
, we also need to avoid arousing the hostility of major customers and biting off more than we can chew.”
"Well, that makes sense..."
Zhang Rujing's eyes were strange, thinking that despite being involved in many fields, he still knew how to bite off more than he could chew...
——————————
Send them back to the hotel first.
Su Yehao was about to take Yin Liuli to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Unexpectedly, I received a call from Yang Zhiyuan himself. The other party said that he knew that he had come to Silicon Valley and invited Su Yehao to play cards in a cigar salon.
After more than half a year of development, the number of registered users of Google has exceeded four million, with daily visits exceeding 35 million.
When Yahoo was obsessed with making money by posting ads on websites, it focused on the search service itself, pushing results closest to user needs through patented algorithms, and effectively avoiding the negative impact caused by many junk websites.
Overall, the Google search engine has a pretty good rating.
If Yahoo's reputation hadn't attracted a group of users in advance, so that these people were accustomed to using Yahoo, and if Su Yehao didn't take special care of Google through the emoji group in order to avoid negative effects, its performance would probably be even better than it is now.
As one of Yahoo's major shareholders, Su Yehao used Google to steal Yahoo's market share in the search engine field. Su Yehao himself felt a little sorry for Yang Zhiyuan, so he was a little cautious when he received the call.
It is said that favors belong to favors and business belongs to business. However, this kind of thing cannot be easily distinguished.
After hanging up the phone, Su Yehao said with a headache:
"Should there be an investigation? Although the number of new Internet users makes the data look good, the three-point decline in Yahoo's market share is the key to worrying investors. I really don't understand why these people always like to party.
Only a fool would sit next to a competitor and share good ideas. How about being shameless after meeting and pretending that nothing happened?"
Yin Liuli didn't know the details, so she only told him: "I'll go to the aquarium next time. It's okay. If you have something to do, just go and get busy."
"You come with me. They are all businessmen from Silicon Valley, playing cards and drinking."
Su Yehao sighed and added: "It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that can't be avoided. I already refused to be a guest at his home last time. If I refuse again, it seems too petty. Let's talk to him in person."
Yin Liuli, who didn't know why, was slightly confused when he heard this.
On the way to the cigar salon, she learned about the cause and effect, and she just felt that it didn't matter. After all, she didn't steal or rob, it was just fair competition.
Came to a villa in Menlo Pattu.
In broad daylight, the curtains were drawn and the indoor lights were dim.
When Yang Zhiyuan saw Yin Liuli, he smiled politely and said, "Miss Yin is here too. I happened to see a bottle of pink sweet sparkling wine on the shelf. Can someone pour you a glass to try? You can disapprove of Xiao Su's business skills and aesthetics.
I'm really ashamed of myself."
Su Yehao said with a smile and preemptively said:
"Of course, I was fascinated by Liuli after just one glance. Speaking of which, you actually have the thought to form a game. Be careful, I will complain to other shareholders. The Google I invested in is developing so fast. You should think about it.
Why."
Being able to build such a big business, Yang Zhiyuan looks free and easy, but he is also arrogant in his heart.
After hearing what Su Yehao said, he replied:
"Waiting for you to remind me, I have already studied it. Even without your Google, I am afraid that other companies will appear as our competitors."
"Google is really easy to use. Its algorithm is better than Yahoo's developed by me, and its user ratings are extremely high. Unfortunately, if you don't sell ads, your wallet will be drained sooner or later. There will be no long-term advantage, and you will not have to succumb to advertising in the end."
In front of the merchant."
"In addition, Yahoo's stock price is still rising. There are so many new Internet users, and the market is enough for everyone to share."
Hear the words.
Yin Liuli remained calm, holding back a smile and glanced at Su Yehao, and instantly remembered what he had just said, "Only fools would sit next to competitors and share good ideas."
Su Yehao discovered that Yang Zhiyuan didn't take Google seriously, and suddenly realized that his worries were in vain.
Yahoo is now almost ten times the size of Google, and its advertising business is also developing vigorously.
On the other hand, Google was supported by his investment, which was like a gold-eating beast. It burned through more than 80 million US dollars in half a year.
As there are more and more users, the speed of burning money is accelerating.
The number of Google employees quickly exceeded 300, which means that labor expenses are as high as 50 to 60 million U.S. dollars every year, and the annual salary of some professional managers and top engineers is as high as more than 500,000 U.S. dollars.
Compared with labor expenses, the advertising cost to attract users is the real big one.
Calculating the customer acquisition cost to attract new users, the average cost is about 22 US dollars, which is equivalent to burning money all the way to where we are today.
Yahoo is well-known and its customer acquisition cost is as low as one-third of Google's.
In the words of venture capital institutions, it is not enough to look at the size of users alone. In the end, the value of a company must be determined by its performance and income.
It seems so.
No wonder Yang Zhiyuan is not only not worried, but also seems to be laughing at Su Yehao's jokes.
Sitting at the card table, chatting and waiting for several other card players, a hot blond waiter trimmed Su Yehao's large Havana cigar.
After sizing up the waiter without blinking his eyes, like many married men, Yang Zhiyuan waited for the waiter to leave and whispered:
"Her name is Laura. She wrote her number on a napkin and handed it to me last time. Later, she was afraid that she would be discovered when she got home, so she threw it into the trash can. I really envy you who are not married. You are handsome and very rich. I think
It doesn’t matter how cool you are.”
"So proactive? That's right. I've heard for a long time that American girls are very open-minded. It's strange that no one is paying attention to a diamond king like you."
After Su Yehao finished speaking, he stared at the waiter's figure.
When he caught a glimpse of Yin Liuli from the corner of his eye, he looked at the ceiling as if nothing had happened and looked around.
Smoking a cigar, Yang Zhiyuan spoke again and asked:
"Let's talk about business. People from SoftBank will come over later. Are you willing to sell Google? About 1.2 billion U.S. dollars..."