319: Chapter 318 The Eve

"Have you tested it already? How is the performance?"

"What? Five times?"

Inside a small conference room at Huaneng Group.

General Manager Yu Tongguang sat in his chair, watching the video displayed in front of him, feeling a slight sense of emotion.

He had only seen this young face in the video a few days ago.

During that meeting, he had approached it with the mindset of a senior looking after a junior. Even though he had discovered the unusual nature of Frontier Technology during the tour, he still carried a trace of superiority.

For no reason, it was just instinct.

After all, behind him stood Huaneng Group, ranked in the top 20 of the Global Fortune 500. There were almost no technology giants in all of China that could compare with Huaneng Group.

As one of the helmsmen of this enterprise, he had reason to look down on any company or individual.

But today was different.

Seeing Wang Shuo again, he clearly felt a trace of restraint in himself. Although it was only a trace, he hadn't felt this way for over a decade.

That Chip had become the most important weight tipping the scales in his mind, so heavy that even after racking his brain, he couldn't think of a way to rebalance the scales.

Huaneng Group needed this Chip.

More than anyone else.

For this, he was prepared to pay a painful price.

At this moment, Wang Shuo raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Did you test it wrong?"

"Absolutely not."

General Manager Yu Tongguang reined in his thoughts and replied affirmatively: "Our testing equipment is of the best standard in the industry, and it is based on the same standard as previous Chip tests, so the test results have definitive reference value."

As he spoke, General Manager Yu Tongguang revealed a slight smile: "Did the test results catch you off guard, General Manager Wang? That's normal; sometimes excellent designs can indeed achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"Uh."

Wang Shuo looked at the smiling General Manager Yu Tongguang, slightly stunned, then rubbed his nose and said: "It was indeed beyond my expectations. I originally thought it would exceed at least ten times..."

"General Manager Wang, there is no need to be self-deprecating. Achieving five times is already very good. If it were ten times..."

Speaking to this point, General Manager Yu Tongguang suddenly paused, stunned: "General Manager Wang, what did you just say?"

"Oh, it's like this."

Wang Shuo looked up, somewhat absent-mindedly saying: "This Chip used many new design concepts and underlying processes from the very beginning of its design. According to my estimates, it should be at least ten times the performance of Qualcomm's latest Chip..."

General Manager Yu Tongguang felt a bit dazed.

Ten times? He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of scene that would be.

Playing PC 3A masterpieces directly on a mobile phone wouldn't be a problem, right?

"But the results you tested were only five times..."

Wang Shuo stroked his chin and pondered: "It must be due to the manufacturing equipment being too rudimentary. After all, it's just a modified piece, so it's understandable that it didn't meet some of the design requirements. When we officially mass-produce it later, I'll improve the equipment structure, and it should be about right."

"Of course, if you feel it's still not enough, I can also modify the Chip design. If I optimize your phone's underlying layer as well, increasing it by another three to five times shouldn't be a problem..."

General Manager Yu Tongguang's throat moved; he wanted to swallow, but felt his throat go dry.

He suddenly felt that perhaps the preparation work he had done before was not enough, and he should have prepared more thoroughly.

For the first time in his ten-plus-year career, he actually felt like he was a pauper, good for nothing.

Just kidding, usually he was the one looking down on others, right?

He silently picked up the water glass in front of him and took a sip.

The scene fell silent for a moment, both of them lost in their own thoughts.

General Manager Yu Tongguang was thinking about how to start the topic and settle the Chip matter as soon as possible; the duck in hand couldn't be allowed to fly away after being cooked.

Wang Shuo was thinking about why the performance of the thing he designed didn't meet his requirements.

A moment later, General Manager Yu Tongguang managed to suppress his fluctuating emotions.

"General Manager Wang."

Having regained his composure, General Manager Yu Tongguang's tone became a bit more serious.

"We have already had a memorandum of cooperation before, so I won't beat around the bush. We really need this Chip. General Manager Wang, if you have any requests, feel free to bring them up. Whatever the request, as long as Huaneng Technology can do it, we will try our best."

After thinking it over, General Manager Yu Tongguang still adopted the most passive method: letting the other party make the requests.

Times were different now. With the requests raised this time, he had almost no room for bargaining. Regardless of whether he was willing or able to do it, he had to carefully consider whether to agree.

However... this Chip was worth him doing so.

Hearing General Manager Yu Tongguang's words, Wang Shuo was also slightly stunned. He didn't expect the other party to lower their stance so much this time; this was almost completely handing over the initiative.

"My requirements are very simple."

Wang Shuo stated the content he had already prepared in his mind.

"First, regarding the initial funding for the Chip factory, I hope to cancel the installment payment method and adopt a one-time full payment, with a minimum payment of 10 billion RMB."

Although according to the memorandum, Huaneng Group would provide 30 billion as initial startup capital, this 30 billion was not paid at once, but paid gradually according to the project progress.

So, whether he could get all the money at once was a very important step.

In fact, the reason Wang Shuo brought out the Chip sample so quickly was fundamentally to get the money.

"Second, since the gap in Chip production capacity is quite large, we should simultaneously start the construction of two, or even three, wafer fabs and Chip factories, one of which must be located in Hanzhong City."

"Third, the relevant intellectual property rights of the Super Chip, including its derivative peripheral patents, are all to be held by Frontier Technology."

Speaking to this point, Wang Shuo looked up at General Manager Yu Tongguang. Seeing that he had no intention of objecting, he said: "General Manager Yu, please don't misunderstand. Only in this way can I ensure continuous research and development of the Chip-related technologies."

"It is only right and proper."

General Manager Yu Tongguang nodded.

"The other detailed items can be discussed by Sister Liu and you; I will only be responsible for technical support."

Wang Shuo said.

General Manager Yu Tongguang couldn't help but glance at Liu Yemei sitting next to him, then breathed a sigh of relief. None of the requests Wang Shuo made exceeded the memorandum, and they did not violate his bottom line at all.

"General Manager Wang, happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation."

Wang Shuo responded with a smile, but his mind had already started to consider which plans he should push forward once the money arrived.

10 billion! This was not a small amount of money.

Although most of it would be used for work, even if he only took out a small portion, that would be enough for him to get things done.

"By the way, General Manager Wang."

General Manager Yu Tongguang seemed to have just remembered the follow-up matters and asked: "I wonder when you plan to start preparing for the construction of the Chip factory?"

"Naturally, the sooner the better."

Wang Shuo's expression was serious.

"If possible, I hope we can start site selection tomorrow, start construction within three days, and it would be best to ensure official production within two months."

General Manager Yu Tongguang was stunned: "So fast?"

Wang Shuo nodded slightly.

This matter had to be fast; it couldn't be slow.

This thing was not only needed by Huaneng Group, but he himself was also in urgent need of the Chip to save his life.

Whether it was Zero or zero egg, or the Drone, or even the products to be launched in the future, all of them needed high-performance Chips.

"General Manager Wang." General Manager Yu Tongguang frowned with some concern and said: "Chip manufacturing requires high-quality clean rooms. Factory construction is not a small project, and some technologies require the participation of professionals, not to mention completing it in at least a month and a half. Do you have enough skilled construction workers?"

"Construction workers?"

Wang Shuo raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Perhaps... I do?"

Hundreds of kilometers away in the big mountains, six of The Figure stood beside the abandoned ruins, feeling a bit at a loss.

After a long while, Jiang Jun spoke woodenly.

"Our mission location... is here?"

The voice carried strong skepticism.

Wang Jie opened his phone, confirmed the location, and then nodded: "According to the location marked by Zero, this is indeed the place."

"Are you kidding me?"

Jiang Jun said speechlessly: "This is the deep mountains and old forests. What can we do by coming here?"

"You have already read the mission content, why ask me?"

Wang Jie ignored him, moved his body, which was slightly fatigued from the long journey, and checked the remaining power of his Powered Exoskeleton.

Not bad, there was still 40% power remaining.

"It's precisely because I've read it that I don't believe it!"

Jiang Jun said speechlessly: "Making the five of us build a standardized concrete and steel structure fortification within three months, isn't this a joke?"

"The underground part, designed so complexly, actually requires us to build it within a month and a half. If this isn't torturing people, what is?"

"You're mistaken, it's ten people. Don't forget that Lin Xiao and the others are also on their way."

Wang Jie added calmly.

"Even if it's ten people, it's impossible!"

Jiang Jun said coldly: "Even if we are wearing Powered Exoskeletons and don't expend effort working, how many tons of cement can you transport in every day? How many steel bars can you weld? Not to mention that we are not familiar with the role of construction workers at all!"

This was indeed true. Their primary job was Weapon shooting expert; in the past two days, there had been a trend of crossing over to engineers. Yesterday and the day before, they had even played the role of porters. Now, it was even better; even the construction site had been arranged, and they had instantly transformed into construction workers.

In their twenty-plus years of life, they hadn't worked as many job types as they had in this past month.

Wang Jie frowned slightly, looking at the situation before him.

It was indeed deep mountains and old forests with no one around. After getting off the car, even wearing Exoskeletons, it still took them nearly an hour to arrive here under the navigation of zero egg.

But it didn't count as deep mountains and old forests either.

An indistinct dirt road spread along the mountain, and both sides of the road and the open space were already filled with various construction materials.

From cement to sand, from steel bars to steel pipes, from various strange-shaped building materials to mysterious-looking boxes.

Everything was there.

Obviously, this was placed here by the boss.

Were they really supposed to let the ten of them build a mature concrete fortification?

He had seen that design drawing; it was extremely complex, and some of the professional knowledge and skills required for certain processes were things they had never even heard of.

Just as they were lost in gloomy contemplation, a voice sounded from beside them.

"Arrived at the mission location, applying for mission sequence."

"Mission sequence applied, distributed to personal zero egg, activating engineering mechanical crawlers, quantity 1430. Per capita allocation: 143."

"Loading parallel connection."

"Mission content updated, please view."

Wang Jie was slightly stunned, then took out his phone and opened the app to check. When he saw the latest mission content, his eyes widened slightly.

"This is..."

As he looked up, one box after another opened silently and automatically. Each black artificial object emitted a uniform rustling sound, mixed with the pulse sound of electric current.

Wang Jie, Jiang Jun, and the other three team members looked at the dark mass of six-legged mechanical crawlers in front of them, and for a moment, they were stunned.