Chapter 205 Xia Wei's Dilemma

At Xia Wei's R&D headquarters, a group of backbones were summoned to the company for a meeting late at night.

"Is the news confirmed?"

"It has been confirmed that we will not sell chips to us at all and those companies will not be allowed to produce them for us!"

"Made!" Nie Zhenyuan, the head of mobile phone research and development, slammed his fist on the table in front of him.

No one could have imagined that chips would suddenly become a scarce resource.

"How much chip inventory do we have?" Nie Zhenyuan looked at Fang Fuping, the person in charge of the supply chain, and asked about the inventory situation.

"There are only tens of millions of pieces, and I guess it won't last even half a year." Fang Fuping said bitterly, and now this situation is really going to cost Xia Wei his life.

Who would have thought that this would happen suddenly! At the beginning, we signed a two-year contract with Qualcomm. Suddenly, Qualcomm directly broke the contract at the expense of high liquidated damages.

One after another, several companies said they would not cooperate with Xia Wei. This was obviously premeditated to restrict Xia Wei's development.

"I don't want you to look sad, you have to find a way!" Nie Zhenyuan looked serious. Xia Wei was developing at a rapid pace. This year's sales finally tied with Apple in the world.

We can't let go of such a good situation. We have to work hard to maintain market share and hold it firmly.

"Mr. Nie, now we can only take two steps. One is to recycle the chips from the old machines and make do with them as long as they can; the other is to find domestic replacements, otherwise we will have to wait until all the chips are used up. , we are really at a loss.”

Fang Fuping could only think of this solution in the supply chain, and there was nothing else he could do.

"Who in China can take the lead now?" Nie Zhenyuan said to himself feebly, although Xia Wei and Xia Wei have been investing in chips.

But unfortunately, the chip industry cannot be solved by investing money at all. It also requires a lot of time.

So far, Xia Wei is at best confident that he will be able to design his own Kirin chip within half a year, but the design is useless and cannot be manufactured.

"Which company currently has the highest precision in chip production in China?"

"Currently it is Tiannan Chip Technology, and the chairman is Ni Guangnan!"

"Ni Guangnan?" Nie Zhenyuan was a little surprised. He also knew a little about Ni Guangnan. When Ni Guangnan came out of Lenovo Technology, their boss Ren personally went to recruit people, but Ni Guangnan refused and joined some Ark Technology instead.

The latter company also closed down, and by that time Ni Guangnan was in a state of despair, and they gave up the idea of ​​inviting him again.

Now, Ni Guangnan is rejuvenated and has established another company?

"That's right, it's Ni Guangnan. He established a new company a few years ago called Tiannan Chip Technology. I heard that there was large funding behind it, but no one knows who has such a big hand yet.

From raw materials to processing, we basically follow the path of self-production. Over the past few years, I heard that the investment has exceeded 10 billion. The effect is also remarkable. Ni Guangnan, who is old and ambitious, insists on producing a domestic lithography machine every year. According to internal news, the latest TN-0801 lithography machine they will announce next year can already produce 11nm. Chip. "

"11nm?" This surprised Nie Zhenyuan. If he remembered correctly this year, it was 23nm. How many orders of magnitude did it suddenly go forward?

"Oh my God? How could it break through so fast?" Nie Zhenyuan said in surprise.

Don't underestimate the breakthrough from 23nm to 11nm, which is only less than 12nm. In terms of chip processing accuracy, 2nm can be an order of magnitude stuck. An order of magnitude may be several years of technology accumulation.

"Can I acquire Tiannan Chip Technology?" Nie Zhenyuan said. With such a good thing, naturally he has to find a way to make it his own, at least to inject shares.

Just like Intel and Qualcomm did to Asmail, they used share injections in exchange for priority production rights.

"I haven't talked about acquisitions or shares yet, only filing!" Fang Fuping shook his head, mainly because Xia Wei had little contact with Tiannan Chip Technology, and their supply chain has become a self-contained system.

The 23nm lithography machine announced by Tiannan Chip Technology is in a position of neither superior nor inferior, and it is not worth Xia Wei's special effort to go to war.

In the final analysis, they were still poorly prepared in Xia Wei and had no plans for a rainy day.

If you are well prepared, you can support or invest in Ni Guangnan's company as soon as possible.

"Book some air tickets for a business trip, and let's go talk to Ni Guangnan!" Nie Zhenyuan said decisively.

It must be said that Xia Wei's execution efficiency was very high. Nie Zhenyuan met Ni Guangnan the next day.

When Ni Guangnan heard that Nie Zhenyuan was here to buy shares, of course Ni Guangnan refused without even thinking.

Not to mention that Ma Tiancai is the person behind the scenes, even if he can speak, he will not sell the shares at once. The reason is that the world has far underestimated Tiannan Chip Technology.

"Mr. Ni, please listen to our Xia Wei's sincerity first before making a decision!" Nie Zhenyuan said with a smile.

Xia Wei has developed rapidly in the past two years, with annual income reaching more than 400 billion. He has already become rich.

Nie Zhenyuan is confident in offering a valuation that shocks Ni Guangnan.

"Tell me what you say!" After hearing this, Ni Guangnan couldn't help but become a little interested, and also smiled, wanting to see how far Xia Wei could drive.

"The valuation is 50 billion. We will buy 40% of the shares for 20 billion!" Nie Zhenyuan thought for a while and said.

Since some people estimate that Tiannan Technology Chip has invested 10 billion, Xia Wei will offer a price that is nearly 5 times the valuation.

This price is absolutely sincere enough. You should know that Tiannan Chip Technology is still running at a loss.

This is a way of investing in the future, and it is a big bet.

Buying 40% of the shares is also a good idea. It will not let Ni Guangnan and others lose control of the company, and it will allow Xia Wei to have a key veto.

Tsk tsk tsk, Ni Guangnan also took a sip of tea and was slightly shocked by Xia Wei's wealth. The last time he was hit by money was by Ma Tian, ​​and Ma Tian asked for 10 billion.

Since when did the starting unit of measurement be 10 billion?

"I'm sorry, I can't sell you the shares!" Ni Guangnan refused after drinking the tea. He felt Xia Wei's sincerity, but he really couldn't make the decision in this situation. He knew that 20 billion was nothing to Ma Tian.

Nie Zhenyuan looked at Ni Guangnan, who spoke in a resolute tone, and immediately frowned. He was considering whether he should tell Ni Guangnan a little about what Xia Wei had encountered.

If he did, would Ni Guangnan keep it a secret or even help him?

After thinking about it, Nie Zhenyuan did not immediately decide to reveal what Xia Wei had encountered. The problem of insufficient mobile phone chips could be concealed as long as possible.

He started to talk to Ni Guangnan: "Mr. Ni, I still say the same thing, don't rush to refuse, if there is anything you are not satisfied with, we can discuss it again, we are really optimistic about your company!"