Author: September Sauce

Logically speaking, it is indeed a good choice to engage in chips in this era.

Because it was at this point in 2004 that Qualcomm seized the dividends of the 3G era and achieved an annual revenue of US$4.9 billion with the shipment of 140 million CDMA chips, laying the foundation for the coming smart era.

The foundation was laid, and in less than 15 years, its annual revenue reached US$30 billion.

The average annual profit margin is as high as 15%.

In other words, if the chip industry layout can be launched at this time, in the next few years, the country will receive tens of billions of net capital inflows every year on average.

Looks like a good deal.

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But the problem is that the chip industry is an industry dominated by private enterprises. It is not easy to mobilize and coordinate it.

And if you want to build a purely domestic chip company, it will not be cost-effective in terms of time and cost.

Therefore, after hearing this suggestion, Chen Nian did not nod immediately.

"Chip is a good route, but I suggest that we don't end up personally - especially Spark, don't end up personally."

"There are two reasons."

"First, we must leave space for the private economy to develop, otherwise, the economy will gradually lose its vitality."

"Second, this thing can't bring much cash flow in the short term, and it won't be able to quench the immediate thirst."

After hearing his words, everyone in the conference room nodded.

Especially the economists here, for the first point put forward by Chen Nian, they wanted to stand up and applaud.

In fact, after these people were included in the Spark working group, what they were most worried about was that Chen Nian would rely on his "technical hegemony" in Spark and even in the country to develop Spark into a dictatorial, monolithic top-level organization, trying to

Holding everything in hand will eventually lead to disordered management.

But now, Chen Nian's statement clearly proves that his insights on this issue are profound.

This also surprised several economists:

Where did this kid come from?

At such a young age, you know a little bit about everything?

Of course, he doesn't know much about things other than technology, but at least the conclusions and directions he puts forward are always correct.

This is rare enough.

"I agree with Chen Nian's point of view."

Chen Feiyun stood up first to express his position.

"I believe that squeezing the space of the private economy to make up for the shortcomings of military industry projects will seriously damage the national economy and is not conducive to the development of people's livelihood."

"People's livelihood is the foundation of everything. If a ship wants to go fast and far, the waterway must be deep. We cannot drain the lake to catch fish."

"Then according to your opinion, we should start from the state-owned economy?"

As soon as Chen Feiyu finished speaking, someone not far away immediately asked.

"Yes, that's what I mean."

He looked directly at the questioner without fear and answered firmly.

"Be specific, what type of economy, which company?"

Chen Feiyu frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he replied:

"There is no answer to this yet. I am just making a suggestion here. The specific implementation requires coordination and discussion from all parties."

In fact, this is really not an easy question to answer.

Most of the people here represent a certain industry or a certain department. This is something that Chen Nian cannot rule out no matter how hard he works.

If it is said that it is going to harm the development of a certain type of industry with related interests, then someone will definitely come out to oppose it.

So even if I want to say it, I can't say it now.

At least they must communicate privately, reach a consensus, and coordinate the interests of all parties before...

"High-speed rail."

However, before he could finish his train of thought, a reply sounded clearly in the conference room.

He turned to look at the speaker in shock. There was no doubt that it was Chen Nian.

"With the current high-speed rail introduction plan, our estimated technology transfer fee for each high-speed rail is 140 million euros, equivalent to 1.4 billion yuan."

"And the tender size is 140 trains."

"Equivalent to a total of 196 billion yuan we need to invest in technology introduction."

"This is a huge investment - if we save this money, wouldn't the budget problems of various projects within Spark be solved?"

After hearing his words, expressions of hesitation and doubt appeared on everyone's faces.

Aren't you talking nonsense?

Who doesn’t know that this can save money, but the problem is, we don’t have the technology either!

If you don’t introduce it, where will you get it?

But Chen Nian's thoughts were different from theirs.

In the final analysis, the core technology of high-speed rail EMUs is nothing more than a traction transmission system.

The traction transmission system mainly refers to the electrical equipment of the train. Generally speaking, it is divided into transmission circuit system, auxiliary circuit system and electronic and control circuit system.

The main transmission circuit system mainly includes the main transformer, main converter and traction motor.

These three major technologies are all related to high voltage, capacitors, and motors.

Their technical difficulty is very high, and the requirements for craftsmanship are also very high. According to the normal timeline, China does not have such technology in this year.

But the problem is that in the previous manufacturing process of hot isostatic pressing equipment, we have already made certain developments and breakthroughs in these technologies.

So, moving forward, the difficulty has been reduced.

In the system, Chen Nian saw the source point consumption of 6.7 points in the traction transmission system, which already illustrates this problem.

If this is the case, then why buy other people’s technology?

Killing three soldiers for two peaches, strategizing, and intrigues?

No need to go to so much trouble, I will just do it myself, and even when the technology develops, I will sell it to you guys!

"This is indeed a solution, but the question is how to solve it technically?"

In the conference room, someone asked.

Chen Nian smiled and asked:

"I've brought it up, what do you think?"

Half an hour later, Chen Nian returned to his office after the meeting, while Chen Guo and Chen Feiyun sat opposite him.

"If we want to build high-speed rail, our entire upper-level layout will have to change. We will not touch the negotiations at this stage for the time being, but there will definitely be changes in the overall strategy."

"I will go and communicate with CRRC, CSR and CNR."

"But the most important thing is to convey the information to Zhang Shuguang."

"He is responsible for the overall introduction work. As long as he can pass, everything will be easy."

Chen Nian nodded slightly and said:

"Just deal with Zhang Shuguang - no, Zhang always has a lot of ideas. Now the plan of self-developed technology that I have proposed is actually still incomplete."

"You can have a chat with him first. Maybe he will have more ideas. Take this opportunity to get a good taste of the West."

Hearing this, Chen Guo couldn't help laughing:

"Hahahaha. I have dealt with Mr. Zhang before. He is a good person, but he is bad. He is someone who can do such a thing."

Chen Nian smiled and thought to himself:

He is so capable!

I think back then, in his previous life, Zhang Shuguang killed three people with two peaches and two peaches, and it can be said that he outsmarted the four major international suppliers.

He first determined a target bid price that was ridiculously low compared to the quoted price, and directly cut the technology transfer fee of 390 million euros in half and then in half again, reaching 150 million euros.

Subsequently, the bidding entities were restricted, stipulating that those participating in the bidding must be Chinese enterprises. In this way, the four major suppliers could not participate in the bidding as independent legal persons and had to cooperate with domestic companies.

Moreover, he also stipulated that cooperative enterprises must have mature foreign technical support.

What does this mean? Funds and technology have begun to flow to the country before bidding has even begun.

After that, he sealed the negotiation path, designated CSR and CNR as the entry points for negotiation, and created a drama of choosing two from four, which greatly strengthened the competition and internal friction among the four suppliers, and completely ruled out joint price increases.

possibility.

Do you want to raise the price? Okay, then I'll talk to Alstom. Do you want to sell it or not?
To be continued...