"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Facing the blank, suspicious and puzzled looks of several people, Fang Nian shook his head in a funny way.

"I'm just going to the capital to discuss business, but the alley is too dark for the smell of wine. Besides..."

Fang Nian paused for a moment before continuing: "Tomorrow is April Fool's Day, which is a perfect time to visit Minister Miao."

After hearing what Fang Nian said, several people had different reactions.

"Are you talking to Xiaomi about the new Shenlong series?"

"I have to report again. We haven't done anything big at the forefront recently, right?"

"..."

Seeing this, Fang Nian smiled slightly: "Frontline money is not money, other people's money can make a little noise when thrown into water, so I have no choice but to talk about the business in person and cry about poverty at the same time."

As soon as the words finished, several people said in unison: "Oh~"

"..."

Fang Nian straightened his clothes and walked out of the office first.

The village chief drove Fang Nian back to the eastern suburbs of Pudong in his Audi, picked up a small backpack, and then went to Pudong Airport.

There was just enough time for Mr. Guan to apply for the route.

Entering the airport from the business terminal, all the way to the Guanzihao private jet, the plane took off into the blue sky in a moment.

I go there often this time, and Fang Nian is pretty much alone.

Except for the village chief, who was easily ignored wherever he sat, there was no other person.

Two hours later, under the continuous flaming clouds in the sky over the capital, the Guanzihao landed smoothly at the Capital Airport.

After leaving the airport and getting into the Mercedes-Benz, which is the regular reception vehicle for Pangu Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Fang Nian took out his mobile phone and made a call.

After saying a few words, he closed the line.

Long before coming to the capital, Fang Nian had contacted Lei Jun and made an appointment for dinner in the evening.

Of course Lei Jun happily agreed.

Normally, Lei Jun couldn't even invite Fang Nian. On rare occasions when he took the initiative, Lei Jun would let it go even if it was a big deal.

Almost every time he and Fang Nian sit at the same table, Lei Jun gets some credit.

Not to mention too much, at the beginning of the lunar new year, Shunwei Capital was given 1 billion in capital to manage.

At a time when many industries are about to become popular due to "easy money wallets", the benefits brought by these 1 billion funds are conceivable.

Not to mention anything else, the loss of most qualified capital in the past two months has directly pushed up the capital value of many small companies.

The value of Shunwei Capital's holdings has also risen accordingly.

With Lei Jun's ability to wipe out capital, it can be said that he is a pie from the sky.

This phone call after getting off the plane, Fang Nian of course decided where to eat.

About an hour later, the Mercedes-Benz arrived at a small alley.

It's another private kitchen that I've never been to in the past few years, and this time it's still very particular about government cuisine.

In Lei Jun's words, it's not necessarily worse than Tan's cuisine.

"..."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, we sat down and drank two sips of warm tea.

Lei Jun looked at Fang Nian and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang, please tell me if you need anything when you come to the capital this time."

"Mr. Lei, you're welcome." Fang Nian smiled, "It's true, I want to discuss a new business with Xiaomi."

Lei Jun's eyes lit up: "Oh?"

"Please give me some advice, Mr. Fang."

Lei Jun liked the word "business" the most when it came out of Fang Nian's mouth.

Ever since we met, the word business has been synonymous with sharing interests.

The word "win-win" is also synonymous with Fang Nian's business.

Seeing this, Fang Nian said continuously: "Mr. Lei is so polite, I can't even speak."

“It’s true that cutting-edge companies have requests from Mr. Lei and Xiaomi.”

Lei Jun became even more curious, his thoughts turned, and he said: "But please tell me, Mr. Fang."

Fang Nian didn’t hesitate much and spoke frankly: “Baize has completed the design of the second-generation Shenlong mobile phone SoC and launched a mid-to-low-end series, Shenlong 211, which also uses a 28nm process, but the processor is 3 With one core, the processing performance is about 25% higher than that of Shenlong 1.”

"It doesn't support 4G network. I'm wondering if it can be used on Redmi?"

After listening to Fang Nian's words, Lei Jun's thoughts raced in his mind and he quickly asked: "What's the price of a single chip?"

Fang Nian replied: "It's not too cheap, the cost is 18 US dollars, and the lowest price for Xiaomi is only 139 yuan."

"How is this possible? The performance is better than the Shenlong 1, and the price is so much cheaper than the Shenlong 1?" Lei Jun asked directly.

Fang Nian shrugged: "Shenlong 1 has a certain rush-hour attribute, and the cost cannot be reduced. In the past year, if the cost cannot be reduced while improving a little performance, then Baize is too useless."

"In other words, there are also high-end series?" Lei Jun suddenly changed the subject.

Fang Young nodded lightly: "It has not passed the tape-out yet. The default performance is twice that of Shenlong 1, that is, a 100% improvement. It is expected that the price of a single chip will be much higher than that of Shenlong 1."

Lei Jun fell silent and said, "Let me think about it."

After everyone started using chopsticks on the food, Lei Jun spoke again: "The cost of 139 yuan is a burden for Hongmi."

As he spoke, Lei Jun raised his head and glanced at Fang Nian: "The sales of Redmi 1 have dropped sharply. Fang always hopes to solve the problem by launching a more useful Redmi 1S as soon as possible, right?"

"Yes." Fang Nian nodded calmly.

Lei Jun sighed and said with emotion: "Mr. Fang has to worry about it."

Then he considered it and said: "We internally launched the Redmi 1S plan at the beginning of the year. Redmi 1 has many shortcomings, and user feedback is mixed. Therefore, we also very much hope to make greater improvements internally, but there has been no breakthrough;

Is it possible for Frontier to develop a customized SoC for Redmi 1S? Based on the current situation, it will use a slightly backward photolithography process, such as SMIC’s 40nm, to control the price below a hundred yuan.”

Hearing this, Fang Nian pondered for a moment and said: "Redmi 1S is a mass-market model. It is not impossible to customize the SoC separately. However, lowering the process standards will definitely affect the performance and may not necessarily reduce the cost. We need to confirm .”

At this point, Fang Nian paused briefly and added: "But I have an additional suggestion. Redmi can use the Baize chip set, which will give you a lot of discounts."

Lei Jun: "..."

He was really stunned for half a minute. Then he stared at Fang Nian and said firmly: "Mr. Fang, isn't Frontier already capable of independently completing the design of all components of a smartphone?"

"I want to, too." Fang Nian laughed, "But it's not necessary. Frontier is just doing some hardware experiments to cooperate with the accessibility of the operating system, so we can do it as we please."

"What kind of chips are there?"

"Not much, WLAN/Bluetooth, radio frequency, clock management, power amplification, power management, audio decoding, that's it."

"Oh! It basically covers non-core chips, and it only lacks a motherboard and memory!"

“The chip category is indeed almost complete, and other domestic companies can only do so much in this area, such as connectors, memory, batteries, casing structural parts, displays, camera modules, etc., all of which are driven by Shunwei Capital. If the development is promising, it will be good."

"..."

Of course the deal was settled.

After cost accounting, SMIC’s 40nm process chip foundry cost is not high. There are not many adjustments required based on Shenlong 211. Baize even has SMIC’s 40nm PDK. It is estimated that it will be available after the holiday. The film is completed and officially produced.

As for performance, there is a limit to how much it can be reduced.

After all, this is a mature design solution.

The total price of the chip package is expected to be around 139 yuan.

After all, it’s about discounts.

I also talked about Xiaomi 2 by the way.

This is a top priority for Xiaomi, and of course it will choose the Shenlong 51X + Baize chip set refined version.

Lei Jun does not resist closer cooperation between Xiaomi and Frontier.

In contrast, Youfangnian's frontier is very reliable.

Then we talked about Xiaomi’s new plan: Xiaomi Tablet.

In an era when Apple's iPad dominates the market, there is actually no comparable tablet of its brand on the market.

Xiaomi is going to take the cost-effective route.

This is destined not to compete with Apple.

So Shenlong 211 was also sold.

Xiaomi tablet will use Shenlong 211 SoC, and its price will be lower than that of Xiaomi series mobile phones.

Overall…

It's not in vain that Fang Nian took the initiative this time.
To be continued...