Chapter 229： Intel's response

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Beautiful Country, Intel Corporation Headquarters.

in an office.

The CEO, Robert Swan, was sitting in his office chair, his head down, working on documents.

There was also a middle-aged Mediterranean man standing beside him. Although he was wearing a decent suit, he couldn't hide the unease that radiated from his heart.

"Poirot, I hope you're here to tell me that the ar business has found a suitable buyer." Swan raised his head and looked at the executive coldly.

Poirot swallowed, his lips trembling and said: "I have found it..."

At this moment, he could even feel a cold sweat on his forehead.

"Oh? Which one? Apple, Google or Microsoft?"

Swan was a little surprised, but it didn't affect his attitude.

He folded his palms and snorted coldly, "If you don't find a suitable buyer, then you go with NDG Group!"

"The great Intel company leaves no waste!"

NDG Group, a new device group under Intel, was established in 2014.

In 2014, in order to enter the wearable device market, Intel acquired the wearable device company Basis.

That same year, Intel integrated the Basis brand into its NDG (New Device Group), with the goal of entering the burgeoning smart device market while suppressing Qualcomm.

In June 2015, Intel acquired the headset maker.

In the summer of 2017, cracks began to appear in Intel's wearables plans.

In June of the same year, Intel recalled the BasisPeak device due to overheating concerns and stopped selling the product outright.

In late 2017, Intel stopped providing software support, including cloud storage, to Peak.

Obviously, the failure of BasisPeak is undoubtedly a major setback for Intel's wearable device dream.

In February 2018, Intel launched the Vaunt smart glasses, and it is still thinking of renewing its life in the wearable field with this product.

But this immature Vaunt smart glasses is vulnerable to the attacks of Microsoft and Google's smart glasses!

Coupled with the rapid rate of cash burn in the new equipment division, Swan has been CEO since 2018 and has seen Intel's overall financials be dragged down by the new equipment group.

He decided to abandon the wearables and augmented reality device market!

Let Microsoft and Google go to war!

But... In this NDG department, Intel has burned a lot of money into it, and if it can change hands, it is better to try to repay the money, which is better than disbanding the department directly.

Poirot is the head of the NDG department.

He could understand what the boss said.

If some of the funds are not recovered for the group, then the whole part will be dissolved, and he will also get out.

Poirot quickly replied: "It's not Apple and Microsoft, it's a Chinese company."

"Huaxia's company?"

Swan subconsciously frowned and said with a sneer: "Huaxia people still want to enter this field? Even our Intel company has failed, and they have the courage to enter?"

"And Huaxia's companies will spend money on acquisitions? Aren't they good at plagiarism and counterfeiting?"

Swan would never dare to say this in public.

After all, the Chinese market is huge, and even top international companies such as Intel and Microsoft dare not give up.

But in the office, it does not affect the expression of his subjective thoughts.

Poirot took a deep breath, carefully glanced at Swan's face, and then said: "The other party hopes to acquire the ar business of the NDG department."

The NDG sector has two major parts. One is the AR business based on smart glasses, and the other is the smart watch business.

"It's Huaxing, right? What they want to acquire is the smartwatch business. What are they doing to acquire the AR business?" Swan frowned and asked in confusion, "Does Huaxing want to enter the AR market?"

"It's not Huaxing..."

"Which company is that? Fujin? Ahri?"

Poirot hesitated, then hesitantly said: "To be precise, it should be a university: Guanghua University."

"Hmm? This school sounds familiar..." Swan was lost in thought.

"The photonic screen was developed by this university, and..." Poirot paused here, gritted his teeth and continued: "And the other party is still researching photonic chips..."

"Oh, I remembered!"

It dawned on Swan that he sounded the university.

I couldn't help but chuckle, "I remember that Dr. Liang rejected us at the beginning of Intel Corporation, and this is the university he went to, right?"

"Yes."

After Poirot finished speaking, he asked tentatively: "Boss, this university is developing chips, so do we still want to sell the AR business to the other party's NDG department?"

After all, Intel's main business is chips, and the other party is researching chips, that is the enemy.

If you don't reduce the strength of the enemy, how can you help the enemy?

Swan did not respond to this question immediately, but asked: "Apart from Microsoft and Google, no other company came up to ask?"

Poirot shook his head. "There is, but the price is lower than our psychological price."

"Then the price of the ar business, negotiate a high price with the other party!"

Swan closed his eyes. If he didn't sell it, the only way was to dissolve the department.

"But, but the other party is also researching chips, where is the board of directors?"

"This is the company's strategy!"

He opened his eyes instantly, looked at Poirot and said lightly, "The research on the chip requires a lot of money, and selling the AR business to the other party can not only divide the other party's energy, but also consume the other party's funds, killing two birds with one stone!"

"No one knows chips better than me!"

...

...

On the afternoon of the 19th.

Guanghua downstairs.

Chen Hao, who was waiting for the three of Lu Zhou, received a call from Zhu Chen, and the other party's tone was very excited.

Chen Hao was stunned, and after reacting, he asked, "What? Intel is willing to sell the AR business?"

He thought he would spend a while with the other party, but he never thought that the other party would agree to sell it.

Only a commercial negotiation is required on the price of the acquisition.

"Director Zhu, calm down first."

Seeing Zhu Chen's gaffe, Chen Hao was extraordinarily calm. After analyzing it, he instructed, "In this way, we can hire a professional negotiating expert team for this business negotiation, and you will lead the team to Beautiful Country and Intel Corporation."

"In the process, if there is something important, you must report it to me at any time!"

"Well, okay, that's all."

After hanging up, Chen Hao drove to the road next to Guanghua Building.

Although the acquisition of Intel's AR business is very important, this matter cannot be rushed, at least it will take a while.

And at present, the most important thing for him is the expert interview of the math and analog competition!

After waiting for a while, the three of Lu Zhou came together.

"Principal, I've kept you waiting." Zheng Tianyu opened the co-pilot's door and said apologetically to Chen Hao after getting in the car.

"It's okay, I just came down soon."

Chen Hao smiled slightly, and while starting the car, he asked, "Have you all taken leave?"

Zheng Tianyu scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "Hey, I took three days off."

Chen Hao comforted unconcernedly: "It's okay, the game is not easy, just relax."

At this time, Zhang Lei, who was sitting in the back row with Lu Zhou, touched the leather under his buttocks and asked curiously, "Principal, is your car made of leather? It feels very comfortable, it should be hundreds of thousands of dollars larger. ?"

"Hundreds of thousands?"

Seeing the three of them going to and from him, Chen Hao touched his nose and said casually, "It's not expensive, it's just a few hundred thousand."

Zhang Lei was speechless.

"...Is this expensive?"

Excuse me, I am indeed a poor man!

After a while of silence, the car finally arrived at Gaoqi International Airport.

Zheng Tianyu looked at the endless stream of passengers outside through the car window, turned his head to Chen Hao and said gratefully: "Principal, go back quickly, you can send it here."

"Wait until I park the car in the underground parking lot."

"Aren't you going back to school?"

"Why am I going back?"

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"I'll go to the capital with you."

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Intel sold the AR business and disbanded the NDG division in 2018. Here, the timeline is revised for convenience.

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