Pulling BHP Mining Group onto the chariot was definitely a beneficial choice for Future Group. Although these old European aristocrats may not be able to compete with Wall Street's Rockefeller, Morgan and other conglomerates in the financial field, their power in certain areas should not be underestimated.
For example, commodities, the automotive industry, etc.
After the ore supply negotiations, Jiang Chen personally sent Luke Joyce to the plane. Reaching an agreement with BHP on the development of MLL Island's mineral resources was undoubtedly good news for Future Heavy Industries whose production capacity continued to increase.
The next day, just as Jiang Chen was preparing to return to Xin, Intel came to his door.
The person who came was Brian Kozic. Speaking of the "legendary" CEO, he had to mention the prediction he made three years ago. Kozic, who was promoted from COO to CEO, set four core development areas for Intel: PC, data center, mobile, and chip manufacturing technology. He boldly predicted that in three years, major manufacturers would completely abandon the ARM architecture of competitor Qualcomm and switch to Intel's architecture.
However, things didn't turn out as planned. The terrifying heat generated by Intel's chips caused it to suffer a crushing defeat in the mobile device market. Moreover, the repeated delays made it lose its competitive advantage.
Intel also stated to investors that it would develop SoCs (integrated modems and application processors) for low, medium, and high-end smartphones and tablets. However, Intel failed to launch these products on time and was ultimately killed.
They invested billions of dollars but ended up with nothing. Intel was also secretive and didn't give investors a good explanation.
Future Heavy Industries' breakthrough in graphene materials made Intel wary, but it also made Kozic see an opportunity. If Intel could enter the graphene field first, it would undoubtedly gain the opportunity to recover in the mobile market.
"We hope to obtain your company's authorization for a total of 271 patents on semiconductor graphene and graphene transistors at a reasonable price!" As soon as they met, Kozic stated his request.
He was ready to start a "tug-of-war" with Future Group. There were at least five pieces of clothing in his suitcase. Future Heavy Industries' recent "mass purchasing" in the international market naturally attracted Intel's attention. They were clearly entering the field of electronic equipment production!
From this perspective, Future Heavy Industries would certainly become their competitor in the future. Obviously, it wouldn't be easy to negotiate the patent authorization project.
However, Ke Zaiqi also had a trump card in his hand.
If Future Heavy Industries maliciously refused patent authorization, it would be a monopoly with solid evidence!
But to Ke Zaiqi's surprise, Jiang Chen generously said, "No problem."
"Wha, what?"
"I said no problem, meaning we can talk about it. Is there something wrong with my grammar?" Jiang Chen smiled.
Ke Zaiqi coughed lightly.
"I'm very sorry, I was a little distracted."
"What price do you think is reasonable?" Jiang Chen didn't mind and returned to the topic.
"100 million USD?" Kozic suggested tentatively.
"We have invested 2.1 billion USD in the research and development of graphene materials. Don't you think it's unreasonable for you to spend 100 million USD to buy it? "Jiang Chen lied without hesitation.
Bullsh * t 2.1 billion, a full set of graphene production equipment would only cost a few hundred crystals.
But it was hard to say. Who would want him to be the only one who could travel between the two worlds? Naturally, he was the only one who had the final say on the exchange rate between the two currencies.
Ke Zaiqi's eyebrows twitched. He already had a feeling that Jiang Chen was going to ask for an exorbitant price. But who asked Future Group's scientific research team to take the first step? Based on Intel's research department, it would take at least two years to complete the semiconductor graphene research.
"Then how much do you want?"
"400 million USD." Jiang Chen extended four fingers, paused, and then added, "Every year."
"400 million USD per year! Are you crazy? Is your patent document made of diamonds?! "Ke Zaiqi was furious.
"Graphene is far more expensive than diamonds. Of course, I'm referring to the commercial value." Jiang Chen smiled. "Think about it, how much money did you spend on graphene research? How much more will you spend? Do you still think this patent authorization is expensive? "
"This means that in the next 20 years, Intel will pay you a total of 8 billion USD!"
"What does it matter? Would Intel, with a net profit of 20 billion USD per year, lack this money? "Jiang Chen shrugged." Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to. I believe that by the day after tomorrow, Qualcomm will come to talk to us … "
Ke Zaiqi endured the pain and immediately said.
"Deal!"
Qualcomm was Intel's nemesis. If Qualcomm took the lead, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for Intel to compete in the mobile market! Even if it was two days, Ke Zaiqi must buy time for Intel's researchers to develop graphene chips based on Intel's architecture before Qualcomm and give Qualcomm a heavy blow in the mobile market.
Just like Jiang Chen said, 400 million USD was really nothing for a behemoth like Intel.
Backed by the largest Rockefeller consortium in the United States, Intel was far richer than they looked.
The negotiation ended on the same day. With the patent authorization contract, Ke Zaiqi boarded the plane back to California. Almost as soon as Ke Zaiqi left, the representative of Qualcomm arrived at the New Malaysia Special District and wanted to discuss patent authorization with Jiang Chen.
The negotiation with Qualcomm was also completed on the same day. After hearing that the representative of Intel had obtained the patent authorization, the representative of Qualcomm didn't even bat an eye at the 400 million USD annual patent fee and directly agreed to the deal. Jiang Chen felt it was a pity. Judging from how fast they closed the deal, the price could be even higher!
Xia Shiyu was surprised that Jiang Chen ended the negotiation so quickly, so she called and expressed her confusion.
"If we want to enter the field of graphene chips, why don't we delay the patent authorization negotiations with Intel and Qualcomm for a few months? This will give our independently developed chips a head start in the market. "
"We've taken the lead for long enough. The graphene chip samples and production line design plan are now in the lab. Once the acquired subsidiary completes the restructuring, we can start production at any time. And I believe that even if they don't have our patent authorization, they won't stop using our public information for research and development. After all, according to the anti-monopoly law, we have to open the authorization sooner or later. Since they won't have graphene chips on the market tomorrow, it doesn't make much sense to authorize early or late. "
In terms of graphene chips, Future Group would be ahead of them.
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