Reinventing the Millennium - Chapter 1432

c1429 Goodbye, Robert (4k)

Intel’s new CEO Robert came to China for Yike. Although he went to Beijing first, it was just a small and wise decision to make Yike’s disadvantage more obvious and to give himself more initiative.

As expected, more signals appeared in Washington. No matter the spokesperson, BIS or USTR, they did not allow Yike to dare to challenge like this.

As for the final result, Robert did not think there would be any surprises. No matter how strong Yike was, it could not face another level of power and could only act according to the rules.

Before he took over as CEO, he was Intel’s CFO. He was extremely sensitive to company data and was particularly clear about what the US market meant to Yike.

This is more than 30% of Yike’s revenue!

This is an important foundation for Yike to become the leader of the three major companies!

Robert’s judgment is that if Mr. Fang dares to give up the US market, he will be cut off from Yike. If Yike dares to give up the US market, he will be cut off from the world!

Based on this expectation, Yike must have been anxious.

As for this short communication in the middle, it really proves nothing.

Robert arrived at the 23rd floor of Yike with such confidence and met the person in the center of the vortex, as well as Yike’s American president Schroeder and co-founder Yu Hong.

He was very satisfied with such a welcoming scene, which proved that Yike was very concerned about Intel’s negotiation again.

“Robert, please sit down, freshly brewed coffee.” Fang Zhuo greeted the new CEO of Intel to take a seat, and then said to Xiao Yu and Schroeder, “You go and get busy.”

Yu Hong and Schroeder nodded, only gave Robert a look, and really had nothing to say to him.

Just like in the general office meeting room before, although it was a bit strange for Schroeder, an American, to shout “Throw away illusions and prepare for struggle”, but… even this American president shouted such a slogan, let alone others.

However, the US market still needs to be dealt with, Yike also has a very important R&D center in Silicon Valley, and the cooperation of many businesses also needs to be sorted out.

Robert witnessed the departure of the two Yike executives, and felt a little embarrassed, but he quickly ignored it. A little accident did not affect today’s visit.

He drank the coffee slowly, controlling the atmosphere of the conversation and exerting pressure silently.

“Okay, the coffee is finished, Robert, we’ll talk next time.” Fang Zhuo said politely when he saw the new CEO of Intel finished his coffee.

Robert, who was about to speak, looked at Mr. Fang in astonishment: “You, you… I, I, I haven’t talked about the cooperation between Intel and Yike yet!”

“Didn’t you make a phone call on the way here? Yike Optoelectronics can’t do in-depth cooperation with Intel, and Yike’s Zhurong chip will not be divested. What else can we talk about?” Fang Zhuo asked.

“You, you… your Yike is now in a very dangerous place!” Robert argued, “Samsung will not save you, Taiji will not save you, UMC and GlobalFoundries have no process, only we Intel can save you! What are you doing?!”

Fang Zhuo simply said: “I don’t trust Intel, nor do I trust the power of an interim CEO.”

After the previous CEO Brian left, Intel asked the CFO to temporarily take over the position of CEO.

Robert stood up with a “teng” and glared at Mr. Fang sitting opposite.

“Is there anything wrong with what I said?” Fang Zhuo asked directly after seeing this reaction.

“You, you are, you are humiliating me!” Robert was very angry.

“Does Intel really have no one? They found a stutterer as CEO.” Fang Zhuo’s words made Robert blush directly, and he continued, “Let me give you an example, this is humiliating.”

Robert suddenly suppressed his anger, sat down again, and asked: “Has Yike reached a consensus with Taiji or Samsung?”

Except for this possibility, he couldn’t imagine the confidence of President Fang to say this.

From entering the office to now, the head of Yike is not as panicked as predicted, but very calm, which is undoubtedly abnormal.

“No, on the contrary, I have worse news.” Fang Zhuo said.

Robert frowned and asked: “What news?”

Fang Zhuo said lightly: “I won’t tell you.”

Robert almost stuttered again in anger, but thinking of the “example” just now, he resisted the urge to speak.

In fact, Fang Zhuo did get bad news, and it was related to Intel.

Intel CEO’s flight to Shanghai is public, and this juncture will not be to discuss other things.

Therefore, Fang Zhuo got the news from his American friends. The latest proposed measures are to require Yike to completely terminate cooperation with Bingxin. Otherwise, even if other chip manufacturing suppliers are added, Yike’s products will still be subject to review.

“Complete termination” means that Yike cannot use the technology from Bingxin in any product. If Yike reaches a cooperation with Intel and uses Intel’s technology in the US market, and continues to sell the chips produced by Bingxin in its own country, this is not allowed.

Fang Zhuo believes that this new news may not be a decision in the near future. Maybe the step-by-step tightening measures have been planned from the beginning.

Bingxin 1ars 8.8 topped the list, and all contradictions are doomed.

Now Robert still wants to take away high-quality resources from Yike, but even if Intel signs a contract, can it resist the pressure from Washington?

It is impossible.

Throwing away illusions is not throwing away a single illusion about Intel, but an illusion about the entire situation.

Robert glared at Mr. Fang and said after a long time: “Mr. Fang, I came here under great pressure because Intel and Yike have a good cooperation in the field of baseband chips, so I am willing to represent the company to save Yike. Ke, don’t think I’m taking advantage of this.”

Fang Zhuo said politely: “Thank you, do you want more coffee?”

Robert had to speak earnestly: “Mr. Fang, you should think about the overall situation. Yike’s negative treatment will not have good results! If the United States is lost, Yike will lose 30% of its revenue!”

Fang Zhuo said in surprise: “Without the United States, Yike still has 70% of its revenue.”

Robert raised his voice and said more bluntly: “Mr. Fang, Yike must surrender. USTR will never let Yike go! Now BIS and USTR are ready to make moves, and even S&P has lowered their ratings!”

Fang Zhuo smiled and raised his tea cup.

Robert smiled when he saw Mr. Fang, and said angrily: “Fang Zhuo, what do you think I’m here for this time? I’m just here to give you a chance to surrender! Without our cooperation, it will be difficult for you to surrender!”

Fang Zhuo sighed: “I haven’t heard such arrogant and confident words in a long time. Robert, I’m too lazy to fuck you, so please do it.”

Robert stood up again and looked at Fang Zhuo. Seeing that he really didn’t seem to be pretending, he shook his head: “Fang Zhuo, you will definitely regret it.”

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly and was too lazy to refute. He just pointed at the door of the CEO’s office.

Robert felt humiliated again. Mr. Fang didn’t seem to regard himself as a human being… He felt a little uncomfortable.

He took one last look at the head of Yike, turned around and left the office, quickly ending his main activities in China. He just wanted to see what would happen to Yike.

The meeting between Fang Zhuo and Intel’s new CEO only lasted half an hour. When he held another general office meeting in the evening, he basically described the communication process between the two completely.

“In the morning, Schroeder said, throw away your illusions and prepare to fight.”

“Robert from Intel came over. He told me that he was here to save Yi Ke, to help me, and to give me a chance to surrender.”

“At first glance, it seems that this is the case. Didn’t BIS ask Yike to cut off cooperation with Bingxin? Couldn’t Intel provide this compliance gap? Didn’t it just take our Zhurong chips?”

“Yike paid a high price to it, but it helped Yike solve the crisis close at hand.”

“But, Intel solved it this month, and what if BIS issues a temporary regulation next month? If Robert comes again, will you give me another chance to surrender? Should we sell cloud computing to him again?”

“In fact, USTR also revealed information about additional tariffs. What does this require Yike to sell out?”

“In the afternoon, Pan Ben Pan came to see me alone. He said that Zhu Rong cannot be sold.”

“He was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to withstand the temptation, and he was afraid that I would sell out Zhu Rong. But before that, in the first two general office meetings, I saw that he was a little hesitant, so Robert came very well this time. The good thing is that he allowed us to surrender and give up the best things.”

“Robert came here under the guise of helping Yi Ke. He is not the first, and he will not be the last.”

“He drank a cup of coffee from me and was rejected by me without hesitation. Now he has left quickly. His pretense of helping me was torn away. Before he left, he changed his face ferociously. He sincerely hopes that I will regret it.”

“How can I regret it?”

“Do you regret founding a world-renowned company like Yike, or do you regret that the cooperation between Yike and Bingxin actually launched the world’s number one product?”

“BIS restricted ice cores, SEC investigated Yike, public opinion poured dirty water on me, and USTR threatened us with tariffs, but all of this suddenly reminded me of my old friend Mr. Zhang Rujing.”

In the conference room of the general office, Fang Zhuo said this and motioned to his secretary Liu Zonghong to pass the newspapers in his hand. He flipped through these old newspapers and passed them around.

“When Mr. Zhang had no choice but to leave SMIC, I took these newspapers to comfort him, but I found that he was in a good mood, so I didn’t use them, but they comforted me later.”

“Some people used to say that China could not build TBMs, high-speed rail, aircraft carriers, or satellite navigation. Later… later, there were not many pearls in the industrial crown anymore.”

The newspapers circulated in the conference room contained public opinion assertions and reports on technological breakthroughs in the past few years. The contrast between the two was particularly obvious.

This was intended to encourage Zhang Rujing when he was frustrated. As a result, he was still very determined to develop large silicon wafers, so Liu Zonghong silently put them away, but he took them out recently.

“The situation that Yike encountered this year seems to be accidental. It seems that there will be no shock if the recording is not leaked, and it seems that it can mediate a new space, but in fact it is an inevitable contradiction.”

“You can’t surrender, you can’t mediate, and you can’t persuade them. It’s even more wishful thinking to hope that they will show kindness!”

“The only thing facing Yike is struggle. You may face failure, but if you continue to fight, you will face failure again. Then fight again, accumulate experience, accumulate experience of failure and struggle, and you will definitely succeed in the end!”

Fang Zhuo said categorically: “Without this understanding, without such determination, Yike would never have been able to reach the end!”

The general office conference room was solemn.

After a moment, Fang Zhuo slowed down his tone: “Perhaps, there are still people who have doubts, but we must also allow different ideas at this stage and respect their thinking process. The facts are here. I personally have absolute confidence that Yike will continue to make progress.”

The general office meeting attended by all members ended.

Fang Zhuo did not go home, but continued to work overtime, thinking about the content of writing an open letter to Yike employees. In this situation, he must have a more open attitude and a more transparent position.

At eleven o’clock in the evening, Liu Zonghong received two calls and immediately reported the latest news to his boss: “Mr. Fang, I heard that AMD’s Mr. Su flew to Taiji.”

Fang Zhuo frowned.

Yu Hong had previously warmed up the cooperation with AMD at the autumn press conference. Yike and it have in-depth joint research and development on the Zen architecture this year, and Bingxin has also given priority to the most advanced production capacity…

Su Zifeng flew to Taiji only for foundry cooperation.

This is understandable. The turmoil between Bingxin and Yike is getting bigger and bigger. As the CEO of a company, he must also want to diversify risks, and Taiji’s technology and craftsmanship are also very advanced.

Fang Zhuo was thinking intently.

Liu Zonghong asked for advice: “Mr. Fang, how should we deal with this?”

The current situation is complicated, and the boss proposed to allow and respect different ideas at the evening meeting.

“Call Kong Yu and ask him to find an institution to put pressure on him. If it doesn’t work, change people.” Fang Zhuo picked up the pen again and expressed his attitude, “This is a boat that you are not allowed to get off once you get on it.”

Since AMD cooperated with Yike, a lot of funds have gradually entered the market. Even with the shock of Bingxin’s restrictions, the former’s stock price has continued to rise.

Today, Su Zifeng is still an unpopular female CEO in Silicon Valley. She must respect the funds and ideas of new shareholders.

Liu Zonghong: “…”

Well, I understand.

He immediately went out to call Mr. Kong. He needed to persuade the neighbor to change his mind as soon as possible. Maybe he didn’t change his mind, but at this juncture, he should not make any actions that would cause misunderstandings.

Yike’s relationship with Washington has cooled, but the MIGA fund still has a lot of initiative in the disposal and operation of funds, which is won by its long-term reputation for making money.

Su Zifeng, who had just been investigating at the Taiwan News for half a day, soon received a call from one of the top ten new shareholders and felt the direct pressure.

She quickly dismissed some ideas and had already sensed the impact of AMD’s current shareholder situation and Yike’s existence.

Risks are risks, although they are greater than expected, but… everyone has their own force majeure, so understand and respect each other.