Chapter 851 The Second Choice

Jobs and P.A. Semi have a long history.

Fang Zhuo was not too surprised that he could appear so quickly.

The real surprise was not only the obstruction of the US Department of Defense, but also the fact that P.A. Semi did not seem to resist being acquired by Jobs.

P.A. Semi developed processors for Apple, but the latter turned around and chose Intel, which made its huge R&D go down the drain. Logically, the two companies should have a bad relationship.

Now, what is the unknown inside story between the two companies?

While thinking about P.A. Semi's attitude, Fang Zhuo did not give up lobbying for administrative intervention.

Just treat it as a practice in advance.

Because the DoD blocked the acquisition on the grounds of existing projects, rather than a ban in a broader sense, Fang Zhuo looked for a circle of people to try to find out the key.

In this way, he even contacted Xiao Ao, but he didn't expect that it would fall on Google's Schmidt in the end.

According to a few people, Schmidt has a close relationship with the defense department.

Fang Zhuo was a little wary in his heart, and he was indignant to Schmidt: "It's unreasonable! Why can't Yike acquire P.A. Semi? Apple is taking action! This is unfairly destroying Yike's long-term competitiveness!"

"This is suppressing the rising Android phones!"

"There must be a conspiracy!"

Schmidt felt that Mr. Fang was overreacting.

After understanding the situation a little, he raised three questions.

"Is P.A. Semi using Yike to raise the price to Apple?"

"The Qualcomm chip used by Yike performs well. Is it necessary to acquire P.A. Semi?"

"Is the DoD routine or targeted?"

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised. From contacting P.A. Semi to meeting to encountering obstacles, he didn't think about the company's subjective initiative.

He remained angry: "If Yike Mobile wants to maintain its advantage and promote Android more brilliantly, it must absolutely increase its R&D investment. Acquisition is also an important part. Now, Schmidt, I only know that we were disrupted when we were about to succeed in the acquisition!"

Schmidt wanted to say that he could not help, and he was not the CEO of Yike.

Fang Zhuo continued: "I only know that Yike Mobile's pre-sale exceeded 400,000 and was about to change the mobile phone market when it encountered serious unfair and unjust treatment!"

Schmidt began to think, after all, Yike is a partner of Google.

Fang Zhuo released his emotions: "I only know that the senior team of China Unicom has already flown to the sky of Silicon Valley, and they are eager to cooperate with Android phones!"

He finally said bluntly: "Yi Ke just wants fairness, fairness, fairness!"

"Yi Ke can promise that P.A. Semi's team and R&D center are all in Silicon Valley, and the original processors are still in stable supply."

"If this doesn't work..."

"If Yi Ke can't acquire it, Apple will be easy. Schmidt, you can't help the enemy!"

So, Schmidt decided to spend more time, energy, and personal relationships to understand the ins and outs of this matter.

Yi Ke's pre-sales exceeded expectations, and December is not far away. Mr. Fang was very emotional. After all, the Iron Triangle had to give a response.

However, to his surprise, this matter was really difficult to handle.

The DoD said that P.A. Semi's products are not only used in the aerospace field, but also purchased by land, sea and air.

The boundaries of these fields are not so easy to break through. Not to mention Yi Ke, even Apple is not so easy to negotiate.

Schmidt understood that there is still a difference in treatment.

But he thought it was normal, after all, it involved non-commercial areas.

This is not easy to do, so what should we do?

Schmidt not only helped to make more efforts, but also thought about ways to strengthen the competitiveness of partners.

Yike Mars is not just its own business. Google has also put a lot of effort into it. It finally has the hope of becoming a hit, so of course it should try its best to establish a good brand for the Android camp.

If Yike is unwilling to make efforts in a field that requires huge investment and may not be effective, it will be fine. Since it is so determined...

While Schmidt is closely following the pre-sales of Yike Mars, he is also trying to understand Apple's recent actions at multiple levels.

He knows that Apple has its own chip department with a staff of about 40 people, and he also knows that Apple has been recruiting experts in this field.

Just as he understands Mr. Fang's importance and annoyance about this acquisition, as a former Apple director, Schmidt also understands Apple's intention to expand its chip department-the chips for the iPhone are provided by Samsung.

Qualcomm is still a supplier to Yike. Samsung, as a company, not only provides chips for the iPhone, but it is also a leading mobile phone manufacturer in the world.

How could such a competitive relationship not make Jobs take frequent actions?

From mid-October to the end of the month, Yike and Apple were both struggling over P.A. Semi.

The difference is that Apple was struggling over the acquisition price of P.A. Semi, while Yike was struggling over the piece of braised pork in front of it.

On the last day of October, with the release of Yike's pre-sale data for the whole month, Europe 32.4 + US 30.7, a total of 631,000, a total of 138.8 million US dollars in pre-sale, the ownership of P.A. Semi was basically determined.

"Mr. Fang, the DoD has also inquired about Apple's acquisition of P.A. Semi." Schmidt rushed around several times and informed the owner, "The DoD is fair on this point."

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised. He had basically given up thinking about P.A. Semi and turned to thinking about how to recruit people from it.

Eating a point is a point, which is better than not eating at all.

"Apple has made a commitment to DoD to provide support for powerpc-based processors for at least three years and guarantee the production of 1.8ghz pwrficient processors for three to five years." Schmidt took a breath, "DoD agrees in principle with Apple's support for P.A. Semi’s acquisition, I think..."

Fang Zhuo interrupted: "This condition is not as good as our promise."

Schmidt said seriously: "Yes, Mr. Fang, I think Apple has received fairer treatment than Yike in this matter. I have helped you condemn some DoD bureaucrats."

Fang Zhuo could no longer tell whether this was Schmidt's humor.

Before the rules, everyone is equal. Apple is just more equal this time.

There was silence for a while on the phone.

Schmidt asked: "Mr. Fang, how are the pre-sales of Mars this month?"

Fang Zhuo said calmly: "The pre-sale failed."

Schmidt was surprised. Neither Yike nor T-Mobile publicized pre-sale data, but the trend was good before?

Fang Zhuo continued: "We only sold 631,000 units, and we thought we could break through 700,000 units."

Schmidt cursed secretly and gasped for air while speaking. Fortunately, he was not bad either.

He took a breath and congratulated: "This is a victory for Yike Mobile!"

Fang Zhuo continued: "It is also a victory for Android phones. The pre-sales figures next month will probably be much lower. After all, it is approaching the launch. Europe and the United States are urgently stocking up. I have already communicated with Foxconn."

He thought for a while and then said: "We will launch charging accessories on the official website in December, and we will also strengthen the improvement of accessories and the ecology of some mobile games in the future."

Schmidt sincerely praised: "General Manager Fang will lead Yike to achieve success in the new era of mobile phones."

Fang Zhuo was praised too much and responded politely: "I just want to change an industry again."

Schmidt adjusted his tone and said: "There is nothing we can do about P.A. Semi, but I have noticed these days that Intrinsity, the chip company developed in cooperation with Samsung, seems to be a good choice."

Fang Zhuo didn't expect that there would be another twist and turn, and asked in surprise: "A company that cooperates with Samsung?"

"Yes, the chips that Samsung now provides to Apple may also have some credit for it. I have made a preliminary assessment here. The company is not big, and it may be able to spend your pre-sale money." Schmidt smiled.

"Where is Silicon Valley?" Fang Zhuo is in Silicon Valley.

"Not in Silicon Valley, but in Austin, Texas." Schmidt replied, "This time, there will definitely be no intervention from DoD."

Fang Zhuo decided to fly to Austin immediately. If he couldn't eat braised pork, it would be good to eat a piece of pork ribs.