Global Monopoly of Technology

"God, I still can't believe that the legendary founder who created the miracle of Bluestar Technology is so young."

In a business hotel in Sioux City, a middle-aged white man in a formal suit and a hooked nose met and shook hands with Luo Sheng. His expression and tone were quite exaggerated, typical of American unrestrainedism.

This person is impressively Harris, one of Qualcomm's global vice presidents.

"Nineteen years ago, several visionaries finally agreed to create a great technology company, and their grand blueprint created the brightest rising star in telecommunications 19 years later, Qualcomm launched the wireless and data The product's code division multiple access CDMA technology, its appearance has permanently changed the face of global wireless communication." Luo Sheng said with a smile, also touting the other party's hand.

Harris couldn't help laughing, the first contact between the two sides, but he did not have the young and talkative Chinese in front of the community. After all, Luo Sheng was already famous in Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

"Wait a minute, I remember that there was an issue of "Silicon Valley" magazine that featured the avatars of you and Steve Jobs, and there was a string of numbers showing your age, born in 1985, and Qualcomm was also born in 1985... " Harrison looked shocked when he said that, looking at Luo Sheng with a dull expression.

"Maybe this is fate." Luo Sheng said with a smile, and rolled his eyes in his heart, how can this guy find intimacy from such a tricky angle? It's too exaggerated. After all, he is also a global vice president of Qualcomm. When he reaches middle age, he can't be as mature and stable as me?

When the two sides met, you said something to me, and after a while of chatting, we finally got to the topic of the interview.

Harris took the lead in saying: "Mr. Luo, Qualcomm started to spend US$100 million to set up a venture capital fund as early as last June, dedicated to promoting the application and development of wireless services in Greater China. The news of your company's acquisition of Reed Communications has spread. Entering Qualcomm headquarters, we are very excited that you have invested 300 million US dollars to develop wireless terminal services. We believe that under your leadership, Côte d’Azur will achieve the same success as Bluestar Technology. We are very happy to cooperate with such The company has carried out in-depth business cooperation.”

This foreigner is very good at talking and can't pick out any faults. In fact, he is interested in the capital investment scale of the Cote d'Azur company. Luo Sheng's one hit is more than 300 million US dollars. Anyone can see that he really wants to be here. The industry has made a name for itself, and investing real money is not fake.

At present, in the domestic market, the top company is Dexin Wireless. Qualcomm cooperates with this company. The development of Gionee Communication, which was established in the same year as Dexin Wireless, is in general, but it is also within the scope of Qualcomm's research.

Although Luo Sheng's Cote d'Azur has only been established for about three months, its starting point is much higher than that of DXN Wireless. It has strong capital just after its establishment. Now, after the wholly-owned acquisition of Reed Communications, it started quite fast.

Qualcomm is actually worried that such a company will fall into the arms of its competitors. In 2004, 2G communication was the mainstream. Motorola, Ericsson, and Nokia were all giants. , 4G era, this is the golden age of Qualcomm, which is now.

Since China joined the WTO, its economic development has been eye-catching. As a multinational technology giant, Qualcomm also attaches great importance to the Greater China market. Since June 2003, it has invested in three domestic companies, including and mainland China. Several institutions of higher learning have launched joint R\u0026D projects with only one purpose, to promote the application and development of CDMA technology in China.

And Qualcomm is so active in promoting the technical research of China's mobile communication industry, don't think that he is a selfless devotee, just for one purpose, he can lie down and collect patent fees in the future.

"Mr. Luo, when will your company be able to launch the product the soonest? What licensing method do you plan to use?" Harris said with a smile.

"We hope to obtain your company's authorization to design and manufacture chip solutions for CDMA mobile phone chips, including future WCDMA products." Luo Sheng replied.

Hearing such an answer, Harris couldn't help being stunned for a while. This was completely different from what he had imagined. He thought that Luo Sheng would choose to buy chips and software directly, or buy chips from ASIC authorized manufacturers.

"Uh...Are you sure you're not joking again? To be honest, Mr. Luo, self-developed integrated circuit design is not achieved overnight. Your company has no technical background and no foundation to speak of. It is almost impossible for you to succeed in doing so." Harris confirmed Hearing it right, he spoke earnestly.

"It's not easy, but we firmly believe that only by choosing this solution can we make the products we want to make." Luo Sheng said calmly and firmly.

Hearing that, Harris stared at the other party, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Then may I ask Mr. Luo, when will your company be able to launch the first product? Have you thought about it?"

Luo Sheng said concisely: "Release the product in the fall of 2006 at the latest."

Harris shook his head on the spot: "This is impossible, it is absolutely impossible for your company to achieve the goal of launching products in 2006 through self-designed and manufactured chip solutions in such a short time. I'll put it bluntly, it's negligible, if you choose to buy a chip solution, you can even have the first product in 2005."

Obviously, Harris does not believe in the technological research and development capabilities of the Chinese people at all, let alone the fact that Cote d'Azur does not have the foundation of integrated circuits. Even if we look at the entire country of China, the foundation in this field is quite weak.

Luo Sheng smiled in his heart, but he didn't show it. Harris was probably thinking that the cell phone with plastic buttons made by Cote d'Azur was a low-end feature phone.

Harris bitterly advised Luo Sheng to think twice, frantically instilling the concept of "it's better to buy than to buy, and it's better to rent", but unfortunately, this set works for the third brother next door, but it doesn't work for Luo Sheng at all.

In the end, Harris had nothing to do, and at this time Luo Sheng said something that surprised the other party.

"Mr. Harris, to be honest, in my plan, in the next two to three years, Côte d'Azur will invest a total of no less than 1 billion US dollars in research and development. I am determined to use All in. , of course, it would be best if Qualcomm could provide me with some technical support." Luo Sheng said.

"One billion dollars?" Harris said in shock, "Are you sure?"

"Of course!" Luo Sheng affirmed.

Harris couldn't help looking sideways, and immediately said: "You are the first Chinese I have ever seen with such determination in the semiconductor industry, although I still don't think you will succeed, I appreciate your fearless spirit. "

He no longer persuaded, anyway, Qualcomm will not lose money, but can make a lot of money.

"Then Mr. Luo, let's talk about patent licensing and the sale of mobile phone baseband chips," Harris said.

Seeing Luo Sheng nodding, he added and continued:

"Qualcomm's customers are mainly divided into two categories, one is a mobile phone chip design company, and the other is a terminal equipment manufacturer. Obviously, you choose to design and manufacture your own chips. Cote d'Azur should be both a chip manufacturer and a mobile terminal equipment provider. In principle, Qualcomm does not charge repeatedly, and currently Qualcomm mainly charges patent fees from terminal equipment manufacturers.”

Here, the legendary "Qualcomm tax", Luo Sheng listened silently, secretly figuring out how to put Qualcomm together.

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