The Millennium Semiconductor Survival Guide.

Chapter 346 Tesla becomes Edison
Mphone3 was named the best digital product of the year by Time magazine in less than a month after its launch.

Time magazine wrote this on their cover story:
“Although there is still a long way to go before the end of the year, I personally and our entire magazine can’t wait to award this year’s Digital Product of the Year award to the newly launched Mphone3 from Matrix Company.

Consumer electronics are changing our lives. Time magazine has been selecting annual technology products in our lives since 2003. Since Matrix released the Mphone, almost all annual technology products are smartphones.

No technology product launched by other industries has as much influence as the smartphone. Even the Xbox released by Microsoft or the iPods released by Apple have limitations in their influence. Smartphones push the boundaries of digital products. Undertaken unprecedented expansion.

So starting from 2005, we changed the selection of annual technology products to the best digital products of the year, because we believe that computer processors and computer accessories also have the ability to compete for this throne. For example, our digital product of the year in 2005 was Awarded to the Bluetooth chip launched by Xinxin Technology.

Every year in the past, the Digital Product of the Year has been so suspenseful. Our editorial department has to receive products from top technology companies from various countries and rate them to finally select this award. Only this year, the award will be held in August. The suspense was lost early.

When my colleagues and I got the Mphone3, we were attracted by the design almost at first sight. It has a longer body than the Mphone2, the best screen on the market, and the unique fingerprint unlocking function. It is absolutely ahead of the competition. It is an operating system that embodies the technical advantages of Matrix. When we review the new phones released by other manufacturers in the first half of this year and the mobile phones to be released in the second half of this year, we can't think of any product that can be better than the Mphone3.

Under the leadership of Newman, Matrix has once again entered their familiar rhythm. Every time a new phone is launched, consumers think that this is what a smartphone should be, and other manufacturers have begun to imitate the new Mphone.

As a result, there is an interesting phenomenon in the market: Which manufacturer imitates Mphone more closely, their sales will be better."

The media gave Mphone3 a very high evaluation. Firstly, it is because Matrix has a long-term cooperative relationship with the media, and Matrix's annual advertising is not small; secondly, because Mphone is indeed more than one step ahead, and it cannot be exaggerated.

Because the Mphone has been launched for three generations, each generation is controlled by Zhou Xin from the perspective of the future. The volume of smart phones in China in later generations is comparable to hell. Products iterated in a market of more than one billion people use dimensionality reduction to attack It's an underestimation.

After each generation of Mphone is launched, it can be said to be a classic among classics, and it is crushed compared with competing products from competitors.

Mphone3 is no exception. Even though competitors tried to use the shooting at the conference to damage Matrix's brand image, they achieved little success.

Even if Apple transfers most of its manufacturing to India in the future, it will not prevent Apple from being far ahead in the high-end mobile phone market. Chinese users have expectations for Huawei to be far ahead, and Apple has achieved far ahead.

Even if Apple squeezes toothpaste every year, in addition to the better chip, the narrower frame can also be used to promote it. Compared with Apple, Mphone is too conscientious.

Zhou Xin's performance at the Puma show was also well received.

"It seems like this is the first time I've seen the image of Newman. I remember that he didn't wear a tie even when he attended the White House New Year's Day dinner, just casually wearing a suit."

"Compared with the vampires on Wall Street, the lucky guys in Silicon Valley, or the old foxes in Washington, I still prefer Newman. He always knows what users want."

"It seems that the shooting at this Mphone conference has hit him hard. His face is ugly, and he is not at all as relaxed and confident as he was on the Charlie Rose show before."

"It's still too sudden. To be honest, Mphone is not wrong. NewPay and WeChat Pay, owned by Newman, are the only channels that do not cooperate with hedge funds, but public opinion wants to shift most of the responsibility to Newman.

This is unreasonable in itself. As Newman said at the press conference, Mphone is just a tool and he cannot decide what people use the tool for. "

The positive image established in the past, as well as the goodwill accumulated by NewPay and WeChat Pay in this round of Madoff fraud cases, have prevented Matrix from being too affected by this crisis.

At the same time, the support from a large number of celebrities on Weibo has helped Matrix establish a positive image.

Musk sold X.com long ago, took a stake in an electric car company called Edison, and founded SpaceX himself. Musk focused most of his energy on these two companies.

This company was originally going to be called Tesla, but because the Tesla trademark had been registered by Matrix in advance, and names such as Faraday, Euler, and Maxwell were all registered as trademarks in the automotive field, they had no choice but to Choose Edison.

Because the patent registration information can be found, after Musk learned that Matrix had registered these trademarks, he was a little doubtful that Matrix was also planning to build cars.

But that doesn’t make sense. If Matrix wants to build a car, wouldn’t it be best to use their own trademark?The names of these scientists in the electrical field do not fit in with Matrix’s brand image.

Interestingly, before Musk invested in Edison, he asked the founder of Edison why we chose this name. The founder meant that we originally planned to call it Tesla, but Tesla had already been registered.

(Musk has said in public interviews that he prefers Edison to Tesla.)
After Musk invested in Edison, he gained actual control of Edison. He posted on Weibo:

"The shooting incident at the Mphone3 conference was not Newman's responsibility. His insistence prevented NewPay from cooperating with Bernard and prevented the further expansion of the Madoff fraud case. I don't understand why people always want to make big news and try to Give Newman the cause of the financial crisis.”

Zhou Xin himself is very low-key and rarely appears in public, but the companies under his name are too high-profile and have too much presence. Therefore, since entering the new century, Zhou Xin and Bill Gates have become the Amerikan conspiracy theory The common mastermind behind the scenes.

There are all kinds of conspiracy theories of this kind. Some say that Zhou Xin is a puppet of Bill Gates. Some say that Bill Gates was sent by his opponent. Zhou Xin is the contact person and Bill Gates' superior for this purpose. Destroy America, the last bastion of capitalism.

After the financial crisis began in 07, this type of conspiracy theory became even more popular. The white people who caused the shootings were also the audience of this type of conspiracy theory in a sense.

As for why NewPay did not cooperate with Madoff, the conspiracy theory fabricators explained that it was because Newman continued to lurk and was not exposed yet.

Anyway, there is an explanation.

After Zhou Xin saw it, he thought about whether he might be related to this matter after 2020.

In fact, America is the birthplace of many popular conspiracy theories, such as the Freemasons and the Illuminati, including the fact that America's manned moon landing was fake. These conspiracy theories were concocted by the Americans and then passed through Local improvements.

This can be regarded as the spread of Western learning to the East in a certain sense.

"Newman is the same as me. When X.com was discussing cooperation with Madoff, I was still a consultant to There is no way to interfere in the operation of X.com. The same reason Newman cannot interfere in the operation of Baidu, I can understand him very much."

Newman came out for an interview again after many years. This matter is very popular. As Musk, who is eager to stand in the spotlight and gain a lot of traffic, he naturally wants to talk more about Newman.

Because Musk updates Weibo frequently and often shares what he is doing, one of his followers asked:

"You didn't say that both Sergey Brin and Larry Page would be the first users of Edison. You often mentioned Newman. Why wasn't Newman the first user of Edison?"

Musk replied to him below: "How do you know Newman was not Edison's first user?"

Two days later, he posted another Weibo post with a photo of him and Zhou Xin:

"It's a pleasure to have dinner with the best product manager in the world. We have amazing agreement on the future of electric vehicles. Newman is indeed a genius. He understands electric vehicles better than me in many areas."

"Newman will not only be the first owner of Edison, but Newman will also personally invest US$2000 million in Edison. This is a collaboration between geniuses, and it also makes me more confident in Edison's future."

Musk and Peter Thiel are very familiar with each other. Under Peter's arrangement, Zhou Xin met Musk.

Zhou Xin also knows Musk very well, and Tesla itself is also a good investment target, which can bring him thousands of times in benefits.

As for him to develop cars and follow the path of Tesla, he does not have the energy. Even if cars know the future development, they still need to make persistent efforts. Zhou Xin cannot take into account electric vehicles and semiconductors at the same time.

Also, to be honest, he is interested in driving an electric car, but has no interest in working in this industry.

When meeting Musk, Zhou Xin felt as if his prank had succeeded when he heard the other person introduce the Edison Company. It was like playing a homophonic joke when you heard your classmate's name.

After a brief chat, Zhou Xin did not intend to invest in the name of emerging investments, but in his own name.

Musk's Weibo quickly caused shock on Wall Street. Who is Newman?The world's richest man is a top entrepreneur who has made great achievements in many fields. He is also a top investor. His emerging investments have very beautiful report cards every year and are absolutely top-notch.

At this time, Zhou Xin invested real money in Edison in his own name, which made Wall Street investment institutions want to know who Edison was.

Some institutions that know Edison and have done detailed research plan to conduct another survey to see what is the charm of Edison and whether there are any points that they have not thought of and values ​​that they have not discovered.

Musk had a deeper understanding of Newman's power. He just sent a photo with Newman and said that Newman invested in Edison. Since the afternoon of that day, Wall Street people who had personal relationships with him kept calling.

Some want to learn more about Edison, and some even want to invest $500 million.

You must know that this is a financial crisis and the market is short of money. At this time, Newman is still so powerful.

“Elon and Newman certainly made mistakes sometimes, like Nvidia, he lost a lot when he invested in Nvidia.

But Newman made far more correct decisions than wrong decisions. Take smartphones as an example. Before Newman, these consumer electronics companies could only think of crudely moving computer applications to handheld computers.

Is the so-called transformation really a transformation?It’s still the computer’s operating logic. Have you made any targeted optimizations?
not at all.Although the Internet says that without Newman, there would be smartphones, but without Newman, the development of smartphones would be at least ten years slower.

This is not an isolated case. There are many similar examples, including instant messaging software. Before Tencent, a subsidiary of Newman, entered Americen, who would have thought that instant messaging software could have so many ways to make money?

Who would have thought that instant messaging software on a smartphone could perfectly bridge the gap between online and offline?
So I believe Newman sees advantages in the future development of electric vehicles that I don’t. Besides, investing $500 million is nothing. "A former executive of Citigroup and a current executive of X.com called Musk and expressed his intention to follow in the investment.

Musk asked: "I remember, didn't you also buy a lot of Madoff's financial products? Can you still get $500 million in cash?"

"Hahaha, I sold it long ago. I redeemed it this year. At the beginning of this year, when HSBC prepared a US$18 billion bad debt provision for the subprime mortgage business, I gave all the money I had with Madoff. Redeemed." A burst of hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone, feeling proud of his clever calculation.

Those who can successfully escape from the top have taken all the benefits and have not suffered any losses.

This is like Evergrande's 10% financial management, getting 10% of the income, and its principal is still intact.

"And this $500 million is part of Madoff's income, the net profit after deducting the inflation rate, and I plan to invest it in you."

"You escaped from the top at the beginning of this year. Are you not afraid of federal investigation suspecting that you and Madoff had related transactions?" Musk asked.

"What are you afraid of? If I had related transactions, I might still be afraid. The problem is that I don't.

I don’t have one. How can the Federation treat me as a Jew?The Jewish Protection Agency will not let the federation arbitrarily smear a Jewish rich man like me. "

Musk thought to himself that it was not easy to get Jewish money, but it was possible for a Jewish person with a nose as sensitive as a dog to invest in his Edison. What kind of magic did Newman have?
You must know that no one paid attention to him when he was looking for investment before. Even if Wall Street venture capitalists got to know him based on his successful entrepreneurial experience in the past, they only stayed at the understanding stage.

There is no further intention.

Now with Newman's blessing, Jews can vote directly without investigation.

(End of this chapter)