Xueba Fengyun

Every day during dinner time, Zhou Xuenong would call Liu Miao to report the progress of the Titan Tablet.According to the current laboratory data, the feasibility of the Titan tablet is as high as 95%, and the rest is a series of tests.But if it is to be transformed into an official product, then Liu Miao has to find various hardware products that meet the laboratory data.Among them, the four most important are cpu, gpu, battery, and LCD screen.

The CPU determines the intelligence of the Titan; the GPU determines the image processing capability of the Titan; the LCD screen determines the image presentation and the smoothness of related operations; and the battery is the key to ensure the endurance of the Titan.These four will be the foundation of Titan Tablet's pride in the world. One mistake will make Titan Tablet a joke in the industry, and it will also make Titan Company irreversible.

For the key hardware of these mobile phones in the future, Liu Miao's idea is to purchase shares.It's not that Liu Miao doesn't want to go it alone, but the price of going it alone is too high.Of course, the advantage of monopoly is that you can guarantee your own procurement chain, but this practice of controlling the upstream and downstream of the industry can easily lead to anti-monopoly investigations and criticism from peers.

For the cpu problem, Liu Miao first thought of looking for the arm company. arm company is a very special company. They do not produce any mobile phone chips themselves, but they sell chip solutions based on their own intellectual property rights to customers.It is equivalent to that, you place an order with arm company and propose the functions you need; arm company will inquire with its partner companies, and then provide a complete set of solutions based on its own patented technology.Finally, if you buy this solution, you can find any chip manufacturer to order your own chip.

The reason why Liu Miao chose arm company is that there is no chip factory producing country for smartphone chips, so it is better to find arm company to order a complete set of solutions before doing it.Moreover, if the cpu and gpu are not well matched, the embarrassing situation of "1 + 1 < 2" is very likely to occur, so Liu Miao hopes that arm company can provide him with a solution equipped with gpu.

As for the choice of GPU, it is nothing more than the choice of Nvidia and Yetian.Because the Titan Tablet is more entertainment-oriented, Nvidia seems to be more reliable.After all, Nvidia's series is much better than Yetiantong series in terms of games. Unfortunately, Nvidia also produced Tegra chips later, requiring customers to purchase their own CPU and GPU at the same time.Yetian is not much better, not to mention that the product itself is weaker than Nvidia, and after it was acquired by amd, it did not see any a3 platform, but it did not see it entering the mobile market.

Liu Miao thought for a long time, before finding a suitable GPU replacement company, let's make do with Nvidia.After tegra comes out, I'm trying to find a way to solve it.

As for the LCD screen and battery, Liu Miao immediately put aside the Baodao businessman.If you want cheap LCD screens, Baodao businessmen are obviously good cooperative manufacturers.But if you want an LCD screen with high precision, ultra-thinness and support for various complex gestures, Liu Miao has to sigh, I am afraid you can only go to the Japanese.Although Japan and China in this time and space did not have that war, the confrontation between the two countries in the shopping malls was not once or twice. There is very little commercial cooperation between Japan and China, and there is a great distrust of each other.

But Liu Miao is very clear that the world's best LCD screen technology is currently in the hands of Sharp and Sony, while the best battery technology is in the hands of Hitachi and Panasonic; and what makes Liu Miao most depressed is that the best optical lens technology Also in the hands of Ricoh, Canon and Sony in Japan.Seeing such a result, Liu Miao almost vomited blood.It's not that Liu Miao is a narrow-minded nationalist and resolutely refuses to cooperate with the Japanese.It is because the business circles of the two countries really do not trust each other. Even if Liu Miao pays a very high price, he may not be able to buy suitable products.

In the end, Liu Miao tore the paper full of words into shreds and threw it into a trash can aside.Liu Miao's rather depressed expression naturally fell into Tan Yaohua's eyes, but since the last acquisition of the Jiangnan factory, Tan Yaohua was quite embarrassed to see Liu Miao.

But Liu Miao didn't care about it. Mr. Tan did what every businessman would do, even Liu Miao himself was no exception.After all, you are only someone who has met me a few times, neither my family business nor my core ally, why should I help you?It is love to help you, and it is duty not to help, so naturally Liu Miao will not criticize anything.Even after the reorganization of Titan Company, Liu Miao still reserved 3% of the shares for Tan Yaohua, ranking fourth among the company's natural person shareholders and an official member of the board of directors.

Seeing Liu Miao's troubled expression this time, Tan Yaohua immediately came over, "Hey, what's bothering Miaomiao lately? Is it Sichun who can't deal with her sister? Or is there some trouble that bothered you?" , do you need me to help you?"

Liu Miaobai was the same as Tan Yaohua, "The beginning of school is an ability test, and those who fail will be assigned to study in the experimental branch school. Instead of worrying about whether I have met the girl I like, you might as well think about your grades. ——But Speaking of which, this matter is also related to you. Titan Corporation needs to purchase from Japanese companies. Do you have a channel to purchase suitable products at normal prices? You have to find a way to solve this matter. After all, you are also a director of Titan Corporation , can’t stop working.”

Tan Yaohua suddenly showed embarrassment, he didn't know the difficulty of cooperating with Japanese companies.However, their Tan family really has a way to negotiate with Japanese companies. After all, Japan and China also had a honeymoon period back then.The two countries put aside their prejudices 20 years ago and joined hands to deal with the eastward invasion of European and American capital.However, after the defeat of European and American capital, in order to compete for the dominance of the Asian market, the relationship between Japan and China deteriorated again.At the same time, with the rise of China and the recovery of South Korea, Japan, under pressure, has completely turned to the United States in recent years, becoming a bridgehead for the United States to invade the Asian market.However, because of Japan's defection, it forced South Korea, which was originally wandering on the edge of the major powers, to become an ally of China; it also made the Southeast Asian countries that originally pursued neutrality sign free trade area agreements with China and South Korea, and also blocked American capital. outside the door.

During that honeymoon period, the Tan family established a good cooperative relationship with the Japanese Fuji Group, because the Fuji Group was originally called "Furong Club", and Jiangnan Province also has the reputation of "Furong Province", so the Fuji Group and the Tan family established a good relationship. Furong International Trade Group was established in Jiangnan Province.Now Tanzhou still retains Furongtang, a well-known luxury department store, which is a subsidiary of Furong International Trade Group.And the Hitachi and Canon that Liu Miao coveted were all owned by the Fuji Group, so if Liu Miao knew that the Tan family had such a relationship, he might have come to them long ago.

If it can give Liu Miao a headache, then such cooperation must be difficult.Although the relationship between the Japanese and Chinese business circles is opposed to each other, it does not mean that the two sides have no contact at all.Many companies in Japan will still set up factories in China. After all, China is still the factory of the world at this time, and relatively cheap labor costs still attract Japanese manufacturers.At the same time, China is also Japan's largest exporter. Japan is unwilling to sell high-tech products to China, but it is still willing to sell low-end products.So Tan Yaohua quickly guessed that what Liu Miao wanted was the latest Japanese technology.This kind of product is basically not sold to China in Japan, because the sales strategy of Japanese merchants is to sell first-class products domestically, second-class products are sold in Europe and America, and third-class products are sold in Asia.

But even so, Tan Yaohua still asked: "Tell me first, what Japanese products do you need, I'm thinking about what I can do."

Liu Miao said: "I need lithium battery technology, LCD screen technology and optical lens technology. How about it? Do you have a solution?"

Hearing Liu Miao's report of the three skills, Tan Yaohua smiled wryly and said, "You really know how to choose. I really have access to at least two of the three you mentioned. You should know Furongtang, right? This is our home and Japan. A high-end department store jointly invested by the Fuji Group. Although the relationship between the Japanese and Chinese business circles is delicate, we have a good cooperation with the Fuji Group. We can directly communicate with the Fuji Group for Canon’s optical lens and Hitachi’s lithium battery technology. But you want LCD screen technology, we can only contact the Sony Group. Behind the Sony Group is the Mitsui Consortium, and the Fuji Group is considered a competitor, so we have no choice.”

"Don't worry, I just need your Tan family to help me pull a line, and we will leave the rest to our Taitan." Liu Miao patted Tan Yaohua on the shoulder, "I won't make it difficult for you, just Say hello, your grandpa won't be stingy."

Tan Yaohua didn't say anything, but just called Mr. Tan when the evening self-study was over.After being silent for a while, Mr. Tan said: "I feel sorry for not helping him last time. If I just want to say hello, then let him wait for the news. I underestimated what happened last time." He, I didn't expect him to have such great courage, a strong man broke his wrist. Don't look at this Jiangnan factory, which is now full of flowers, but unfortunately, after the fire cooks the oil, the prosperity will be gone. Alas, I also lost my eyes and forced a Jiangnan factory away. A rising star in the province. I don’t know how others will evaluate it in a few years.”

After Mr. Tan told Tan Yaohua a few words, he hung up the phone.Recently, New Star Electronics is worthy of being a star company in the province. It is said that even the Governor has paid attention to it.However, Mr. Tan sneered at Dahua Group's enthusiasm for promoting the bonds of New Star Electronics, and strictly ordered Baoding Group and related companies to participate.Outsiders naturally interpreted it as Baoding Group's jealousy of Dahua Group, but they did not expect that Mr. Tan had already understood the essence of Jiangnan Factory.

Liu Miao was forced to sell the Jiangnan factory and it seemed that he had lost a lot, but in fact it allowed Liu Miao to complete the first pot of gold as quickly as possible.As one of several established commercial groups in China, Mr. Tan has more and more reliable sources of information than Dahua Group. The spring of the domestic mobile phone industry is coming soon, but the first round of reshuffle is under the prosperous spring. Advent.Huawei and Zhongxing, known as the two heroes of the communication and electronics industry, have entered the market; Changhong and Chuangwei, the veteran home appliance industry, have also completed their layout; even Lianxiang, the overlord of the computer industry, has been preparing for a long time.In addition to these five giant crocodiles, the three local local snakes of Jinli, Yitong and Xinxun in Guangdong Province are not so easy to bully.

In Mr. Tan's view, once the eight major manufacturers become productive, the end of the Jiangnan factory will come.Because the price of mobile phones of the eight major manufacturers can be lower, and the sales channels are more developed, how can new stars compete with them?As smart as Liu Miao left the mobile phone industry decisively after selling the Jiangnan factory, he not only made enough money, but also earned enough face. The rest is how to end the comedy after the collapse of the new star.

Sure enough, only when the tide goes out can we know who is not wearing pants.