Chapter 681 - 288: Taking Back That Money!
Jiang Banxia was also bewildered; her own company was experiencing such a major event, yet she, the chairman, was unaware.
Due to the proximity of her due date, she indeed visited the company less frequently, but that didn’t mean she was completely uninformed about the company’s matters, as she still needed to handle some company affairs daily.
It wasn’t until she sent a message to Li Yang and saw his reply.
Emm...
How should I put it? According to Li Yang, this is called taking someone else’s path so they have no path to take.
By letting the opponent see the consequences in advance, they are less likely to act impulsively.
Once the enemy acts impulsively, even if it’s a move where you harm the enemy by eight hundred but hurt yourself by a thousand, Li Yang doesn’t want it to happen.
After all, it’s his money that’s at stake.
Moreover, Western media are also adept at this trick. For example, Google, clearly unable to compete with domestic companies, eventually withdrew from the market, yet constantly marketed itself online as having been driven out.
Portraying themselves as victims, as if they are the beacon of freedom, while everyone else is barbaric and feudal.
Why hasn’t Microsoft left? They follow the law and have placed their servers domestically.
Any major enterprise, regardless of the country, must place the servers storing big data in the corresponding country; it’s the most basic etiquette.
Coming to make money without wanting to follow local laws and then losing in competition and making excuses—that’s just shameless.
Li Yang also did the same this time, only a bit more ruthless than the West.
The event hasn’t even occurred, might not even happen, yet he has begun to portray himself as a victim.
For Wall Street, it’s now like mud falling on the pants...
The only thing they can do is step forward to declare themselves, emphasizing that they are a free market; otherwise, it’s really a mess.
Just as Li Yang predicted, that night, the SEC stood out and issued a statement, emphasizing that they are an absolutely free market. After investigation, there was no restriction on the Wanliu Global Selection account; it can trade anytime as long as it follows the rules, there will never be an issue.
Wanliu Capital gave no response to this matter, allowing conspiracy theories to ferment on the internet.
There were even some fake news guiding the narrative, suggesting the account was originally restricted, but due to public pressure, the SEC was forced to lift the funds, mainly to avoid impacting their credibility in the global financial industry.
Of course, the most speculation is about how much Wanliu Capital actually earned that drove Western capital to such madness.
The principal amount was three billion US Dollars; could it possibly double?
What kind of heavenly manipulation is this?
Meanwhile, Li Yang personally went to Shencheng City.
The reason is simple—Huawei formally faced chip sanctions; their chip reserves were scarce. Coincidentally, they signed a contract with Extreme Shadow Cars last year for five million Kirin 9000 chips, which were delivered in March.
No one expected they would face a blockade in April.
Currently, their own inventory is only three million chips, enough to sustain them for a little over two months based on current smartphone shipments, so they hoped to repurchase some.
Li Yang certainly wouldn’t sell to them and is counting on them to break through the technical blockade themselves.
His main reason for visiting personally was to discuss investment; he can inject capital into Hisilicon Semiconductor or related enterprises.
After three days of negotiations, Li Yang, on behalf of Wanliu Capital, injected three billion into Hisilicon Semiconductor and four and a half billion into the related industry chain groups. By the end of the year, one billion will be delivered first, and the remaining funds will be transferred within the next two years.
Reason... no money!
They don’t even have one billion now, need to wait for this fund’s liquidation.
The reason for investing such a large amount... is simply wanting to participate in this matter.
This matter is crucial; within just three years, it propelled domestic chip manufacturing from 28 nm to 7 nm.
The current process for chips mass-produced by SMIC is 28 nm; however, in three years, they will be able to mass-produce at 7 nm. Keep in mind, they don’t even have the 7 nm EUV lithography machine, so there must be some breakthroughs in technology behind it.
Hisilicon’s chip design architecture is exceptional, able to stack 7 nm process chips to match the performance of the 5 nm process.
Li Yang himself also owns a small semiconductor company, holding a 14% stake, but... its technology is rather average, mainly serving car machine chips, which don’t require high processing technology, not needing extensive research into deep complexities, nowhere near the technical difficulty of the Kirin Chip.
There are quite a few companies capable of designing chips domestically, with a wealth of talent in this area; Li Yang’s side focuses on customizing for car machines with the aim of ensuring the smoothest and most reliable design within his own architecture.
Other products are ultimately not tailored for him.
After returning from Shencheng City, Li Yang played a few more games, maintaining his competitive level.
In reality, many current players are already more skilled than him; it’s just that he has a halo effect, where his strengths are magnified, and weaknesses are easily overlooked, coupled with relatively favorable stats and not playing many matches.
This year, his competitiveness is barely there; by next year, it’s undoubtedly gone.
So... this year, he must find a way to win the championship.
The only chance he has left.
If he can win the championship, then his golden achievement will solidify the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tournament IP’s position in the billion-dollar club, ensuring no issues for the next few years.
Similarly, gun battle games inexorably face the problem of rampant cheating; since the first year, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds established an anti-cheating system, and last year, they introduced an inspection system. However, cheats evolve quickly, requiring an annual investment of billions.