298: Chapter 297 Only Alpha Will Live Forever!

Beijing.

Zhi Shu sat quietly on his large sofa, looking intently at the tablet in his hands, silent.

After a while, he asked, "Is this all the news for lately?"

The Female Assistant standing by his side waiting for his instructions heard this and said, "That is all, Young Master Zhi Shu."

"Mm." Zhi Shu nodded slightly. "You may go."

Once the Female Assistant walked out of the room and closed the door, Zhi Shu's brow finally furrowed.

"Something's not right."

He muttered to himself.

He immediately took out his phone, selected a number, and dialed it.

The call was connected quickly.

"Zhi Shu."

A young male voice came from the other side.

"Mm."

Zhi Shu responded slightly and asked, "I want to know news about the Chinese Government."

"Reason."

The male voice said without any emotion, "Without a valid reason, you do not have the authorization to know."

"I want to know Frontier Technology's next plan."

Zhi Shu said indifferently, "You know the priority regarding Frontier Technology."

"Not enough."

The man's voice remained flat.

Zhi Shu was silent for a moment, then continued, "Three days ago, I applied for root management of Frontier Technology's Chip supply channels, but Frontier Technology has not had any reaction so far. This is unreasonable."

Zhi Shu said word by word, "Very unreasonable."

Unreasonable—this was his first impression after reading all the intelligence today.

Launching a devastating blow against Frontier Technology's Chip channels was the tone he had set beforehand. For this, the organization even utilized the hidden authority of two companies, forcing them to make counter-intuitive decisions that did not align with the nature of capital.

This harmed the interests of all shareholders; it could not last long, nor could it be repeated many times.

Therefore, it was necessary to achieve victory in one single battle.

But Frontier Technology's reaction was truly too flat.

Three days had passed since the sanctions decision was issued. Frontier Company had only released a lukewarm announcement to the public. What he couldn't understand—and dared not understand—was that Frontier Technology had increased the pre-order quantity of zero egg, and it increased by two hundred thousand units!

"The blocking operation against Frontier Technology is a priority task approved by the Council of Elders. Frontier Technology's reaction makes me very certain that the Chinese Government has intervened. Only they could supply such a large amount of Chips through official channels to keep Frontier Technology alive."

"I need to know the Chinese Government's movements in order to make adjustments to subsequent plans."

"The explanation barely meets the required conditions."

The young man's voice remained flat, as if he hadn't heard anything resembling a major secret.

"What I can tell you is that the Chinese Government has no activities supporting Frontier Technology. There are no new purchase records for high-spec SOC Chip in Chinese Government channels, and the Chinese Government's Chip inventory has not undergone any large-scale transfers. Based on existing intelligence, no conclusive evidence has been found that the Chinese Government is the force behind Frontier Technology. Therefore, I highly doubt the accuracy of your judgment."

Zhi Shu's brow furrowed tightly.

"That's impossible."

"Nothing is impossible. Your problem is that you are too arrogant."

The young man said indifferently, "If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. If you have other matters, contact me through other channels. Although this private phone is confidential, it is not absolutely secure."

After speaking, the call was disconnected.

Zhi Shu sat on the sofa, his brow already knitted into a knot.

What on earth was going on?

It wasn't the Chinese Government, so who was it?

Who would supply such a large batch of high-performance Chips to Frontier Technology?

To avoid this situation, he had already made extra predictions when making the plan and dragged in Samsung Semiconductor, which was not originally in the scope.

Now, besides the factories in the United States, who else had such large production capacity?

China?

He rejected this guess the moment it popped up.

China's domestic Chip production capacity was indeed large; this was undeniable. But the problem was that what China could produce were all low-end Chips, using backward technology that was still decades behind the world's top level.

Regarding the SOC Chip required by Frontier Technology's design, they were basically powerless.

Then, did Frontier Technology find a way to supply the Chips itself?

This guess was even more ridiculous.

Zhi Shu shook his head slightly. Not to mention whether Frontier Technology could break through the key links of the production process, even if they could, it would take at least five years to build a wafer fab capable of supplying its demand.

This was still under the condition of sufficient funds.

If Frontier Technology did not have the support of the Chinese Government behind it, capital would be a hurdle it could not overcome.

Moreover, technology was not so easy to break through.

Zhi Shu admitted that Frontier Technology Company had strong programming skills, and the birth of zero egg caught him off guard, for which he spared no effort to use his trump card.

But programming was programming; when it came to actual production process technology, Frontier Technology was still far behind.

Even the Huaneng Group was currently struggling to survive in the cracks between Wanji Semiconductor and Samsung Semiconductor, and hadn't even thought about building its own wafer fab, let alone a small Frontier Technology that had been established for less than two months?

At least, until now, Zhi Shu had not discovered anything else about Frontier Technology that was impressive besides its programming technology.

Therefore, this possibility basically did not exist.

After thinking silently for a while, Zhi Shu eliminated all unreasonable possibilities, and in the end, only one remained before him.

"Frontier Technology is bluffing?"

Zhi Shu looked at this last remaining possibility on the paper, and his brow furrowed again.

So, seeing that victory was hopeless, was Frontier Technology preparing to make one last big move and run away?

Two hundred thousand units of zero egg—if they were really all pre-ordered, that was indeed a significant amount of funds.

But... would Wang Shuo do that?

Zhi Shu tapped his fingers lightly, unable to make up his mind for a moment.

A moment later, he erased all the handwriting on the paper and took a deep breath. He reached out and pressed the call bell on the desk.

The Female Assistant appeared before him very quickly.

"Go, notify the Council of Elders. I have important information that needs to be reported."

Zhi Shu said indifferently.

"In addition, I need all information on Frontier Technology's movements from now on. I want to know who they have contacted, who has contacted them, and if possible, it would be best to know the content of the discussions, and even the contracts signed."

The Female Assistant hesitated slightly, nodded gently, and seeing that Zhi Shu had no other instructions, turned and walked out of the room.

"Lights out."

The lights in the room went out instantly, and the entire room was immediately plunged into darkness, with only the light occasionally leaking in through the gaps in the curtains flickering.

Zhi Shu sank deep into the sofa, looking at the flickering tablet.

After a long time, a whisper came from the room.

"Truly... interesting."

Meanwhile, at Hanzhong City Airport.

At this moment, it was the busiest time at Hanzhong City Airport. In the originally spacious arrival hall, there were bobbing heads everywhere.

Two figures who had just arrived in the hall were walking out of the airport carrying huge suitcases.

Tall stature, slightly fair skin, thick beards, and hair colors different from others all displayed their distinct identities—these were two white men.

Without communication, without pause, the two walked straight to the exit.

"Hans, Jack."

A call with a strong local accent immediately caught their attention, and they looked up.

Not far away, a man wearing a blue and white jacket was holding a huge sign, waving at them.

The two looked at each other, nodded slightly, and walked straight toward the man.

"Hans, Jack."

The man greeted them enthusiastically, grabbed the hand of one of them, and said repeatedly, "You've finally arrived. We've missed you so much."

The two foreigners seemed a bit unaccustomed to this, squeezing out a smile: "Sorry, we changed our itinerary at the last minute and arrived late."

"Not late, not late, just in time."

The man said with a smile, "Let's go, let's get in the car and talk slowly."

By the side of the road, a black business car was parked, looking very ordinary.

The two nodded slightly, put their luggage in the car, opened the door, and got inside.

The man sat in the passenger seat and signaled the driver to drive.

Once the vehicle started and merged onto the highway, the man turned his head slightly, and the smile on his face had already vanished.

"Welcome, gentlemen."

The man said indifferently,

"Worldly affairs change, but only Alpha endures!"