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Chapter 230 Intel's Response (Ask for a Monthly Pass!)
Beautiful country, Intel Corporation headquarters.

in an office.

The chief executive, Robert Swan, is sitting in an office chair, with his head down working on documents.

There was a middle-aged Mediterranean man standing beside him. Although he was wearing a decent suit, he couldn't hide the uneasiness emanating from his heart.

"Poirot, I hope you came this time to tell me that the AR business has found a suitable buyer." Swan raised his head and looked at the executive coldly.

Poirot swallowed, and said with trembling lips, "I-I found it..."

At this moment, he could even feel cold sweat on his forehead.

"Oh? Which one? Apple, Google, or Microsoft?"

Swan was a little surprised, but it didn't affect his attitude.

He clasped his palms together, and snorted coldly: "If you don't find a suitable buyer, then you'll get out with the NDG department!"

"Great Intel Corp doesn't need trash!"

The NDG division, a new device group under Intel, was established in 2014.

In 2014, in order to enter the wearable device market, Intel acquired the wearable device company Basis.

In the same year, Intel integrated the Basis brand into its NDG (New Device Group), with the goal of entering this emerging smart device market and suppressing Qualcomm at the same time.

In June 2015, Intel acquired Recon, a head-mounted display maker.

In the summer of 2017, cracks began to appear in Intel's wearables plans.

In June of the same year, Intel recalled the Basis Peak device due to overheating concerns and stopped selling the product directly.

Obviously, the failure of Basis Peak is undoubtedly a major setback for Intel's wearable device dream.

In February 2018, Intel launched the Vaunt smart glasses, and also wanted to rely on this product to continue its life in the wearable field.

But this immature Vaunt smart glasses are vulnerable to the smart glasses of Microsoft and Google!
In addition, the speed of burning money in the new equipment department is too fast. Since Swan took office as CEO in 2018, he has seen Intel's overall financial situation being dragged down by the new equipment group.

He decided to abandon the wearables and augmented reality device market!
Let Microsoft and Google fight it!
But...In this NDG department, Intel burned a lot of money into it, and if it can be transferred out, it is better to try to get back the money, which is better than disbanding the department directly.

Poirot is the head of this NDG department.

At this moment, he understood what the boss said.

If he didn't recover part of the funds for the group, not only would the entire department be disbanded, but he would also have to leave with him.

This frightened him, and he quickly replied: "It's not Apple and Microsoft, it's a Chinese company."

"Huaxia's company?"

Swan frowned subconsciously, and said with a sneer: "Huaxia people still want to enter this field? Even our Intel company has failed. Will they still succeed?"

"And Huaxia's companies will spend money to buy them? Aren't they good at plagiarism and counterfeiting?"

Swan never dared to say this in public.

After all, the Chinese market is huge, and even top international companies such as Intel and Microsoft dare not give up.

But in the office, it does not affect the expression of his subjective ideas.

Poirot took a deep breath, looked carefully at Swan's face, and then said: "The other party hopes to acquire the AR business of the NDG department."

The NDG sector has two major parts.One is the AR business based on smart glasses, and the other is the smart watch business.

"It's Huaxing, right? What they want to acquire is the smart watch business, what is the acquisition of the AR business for?" Swan frowned, and said in bewilderment, "Could it be that Huaxing wants to enter the AR market?"

"It's not Huaxing..."

"Which company is that? Fujixun? Ahri?"

Poirot hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "To be precise, it should be a university: Guanghua University."

"Huh? This school sounds familiar..." Swan was lost in thought.

"The photon screen was developed by this university, and..." Poirot paused, gritted his teeth and continued, "And the other party is still researching the photon chip..."

"Oh, I remembered!"

It dawned on Swan that he had sounded the university.

I couldn't help chuckling, "I remember that Dr. Liang rejected our Intel company at the beginning, and he went to this university, right?"

"Yes."

After Poirot finished speaking, he asked tentatively: "Boss, this university is developing chips, so should we sell the AR business of the other party's NDG department?"

After all, Intel's main business is chips, and the other party is researching chips, that is the enemy.

It doesn't matter if you don't reduce the enemy's strength, how can you support the enemy?
Swan did not respond to this question immediately, but asked: "Aside from Microsoft and Google, have no other companies come up to ask?"

Poirot shook his head, "There are, but the price is far below our psychological price."

"Then the price of AR business, negotiate a high price with the other party!"

Swan closed his eyes. If he didn't sell it, the only way was to disband the department.

As for the optical core, he didn't believe that the other party could do it!

Photonic chips are far more difficult than ordinary electronic chips.

As a company that mainly develops CPUs, it is also the world's largest manufacturer of personal computer components and CPUs.

Swan is very clear-headed. Not to mention Intel, even Qualcomm, Apple, and Samsung cannot develop photonic chips.

If these institutes are brought together for research and development, it might be possible.

It's just... that's even more impossible.

"But, but the other party is also researching chips, where is the board?"

"Am I the CEO or are you?"

Swan's eyes opened instantly, and his sharp eyes fell on Poirot's body as sharp as a knife. He scolded: "The funds required for researching chips are huge! Selling the AR business to the other party will not only divide the other party's energy, but also Consume the other party's funds. In the words of the Huaxia people, this is called killing two birds with one stone!"

"No one understands chips better than me!"

……

……

On the afternoon of the 19th, due to the impact of the typhoon, the weather on Ludao Island was rarely cool.

Guanghua downstairs.

Chen Hao, who was waiting for Lu Zhou and the others, opened the car window to let the wind blow, but suddenly received a call from Zhu Chen.

On the phone, the tone of the other party was also very excited, as if they had found a partner.

It's just that after listening to the other party's words, Chen Hao's face was extremely astonished.

"What? Intel is willing to sell the AR business?"

He thought he would spend some time with the other party, but he never thought that the other party would agree to sell so quickly? ?

Only on the purchase price, many business negotiations are still needed.

"Director Zhu, please calm down first."

Compared with Zhu Chen's gaffe, Chen Hao was extraordinarily calm. After some analysis, he ordered, "In this way, we can hire a team of professional negotiators for this business negotiation, and you will lead the team to Beautiful Country and Intel Corporation."

"During the process, if there are important matters, you must report to me in real time!"

"Yeah, okay, that's all."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hao drove to the road next to Guanghua Building.

Although the acquisition of Intel's AR business is very important, this matter cannot be rushed, at least it will take a while.

At present, the most important thing for him is the expert interview for the math-analog competition!
After waiting for a while, the three of Lu Zhou came together.

"Principal, I kept you waiting." Zheng Tianyu opened the co-pilot's door and said apologetically to Chen Hao after getting in the car.

"It's okay, I just came down not long ago."

Chen Hao smiled slightly, started the car, and asked, "Have you all taken leave?"

Zheng Tianyu scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "Hey, I asked for three days' leave."

Chen Hao comforted him casually: "It's okay, the game is not easy, so just relax."

At this time, Zhang Lei, who was sitting in the back row with Lu Zhou, touched the leather under his buttocks, and asked curiously: "Principal, is your car made of real leather? It feels very comfortable, and it should be hundreds of thousands bigger." ?”

"Big hundreds of thousands?"

Seeing the three of them coming and going, Chen Hao rubbed his nose and said casually, "It's not expensive, only ten or hundreds of thousands."

Zhang Lei: ....

"... Isn't that expensive?"

Excuse me, I shouldn't have asked!

During the conversation, the outline of Gaoqi International Airport gradually became clear.

Airport gate.

Through the car window, Zheng Tianyu looked at the endless stream of passengers outside, turned his head to Chen Hao and said gratefully: "Principal, you can go back quickly, just send it here."

"Wait until I park the car in the parking lot."

"Aren't you going back to school?"

"Why am I going back?"

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"I'll go to the capital with you."

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Intel sold the AR business and disbanded the NDG department in 2018. For convenience, the timeline is revised here.

Tomorrow, I will finish the plot of the digital-analog competition.

(End of this chapter)