Chapter 1826 - 1925: The High Cost

Chapter 1826: Chapter 1925: The High Cost

These bits of information spread rapidly, creating the image of YY Computer being in danger.

The just-released PC is about to become a limited edition!

For a while, people were led by this kind of speech and kept talking about it.

Most of them were protesting the military’s condemnation of foreign suppliers. Unfortunately, none of that

had any effect.

In this atmosphere, some speculators started hyping YY computers and paid a hefty price

to shut out the sky!

People’s mood was clearly hit hard.

The semiconductor industry had just started to shine, and then immediately took a devastating blow—

how could anyone accept that!

YY Technology.

Ning Nanxi came to Ye Xuan’s office.

"Boss, there are a lot of rumors online lately. Do we need to come out and refute them?"

Nancy asked doubtfully. Ye Xuan had to be aware of the news.

"Don’t worry, let it ferment for a few days first!" Ye Xuan said with a smile.

"Got it, boss!" Ning Nanxi left.

Since Ye Xuan wanted this rumor to ferment, she naturally wasn’t worried—

she’d been suppressing a lot of short clips!

Now they could do whatever they wanted.

Ye Xuan of course knew that a huge crowd of paid posters had suddenly appeared.

There was definitely someone pulling the strings behind the scenes!

If the institute hadn’t made progress, she might have to worry and figure out

a way to deal with it!

Now there was no need!

Capital City.

Information Industry Department.

[495] Rumor 3/5

Wang Bu had been a bit frustrated lately too!

In Xia State, blocking the supply of raw materials was a bit tricky. The authorities found it hard to intervene directly!

But YY Technology could not be ignored!

So he asked his subordinates to arrange a meeting with semiconductor companies from Taiyang State and Smita State.

After all, they’d built many factories in China.

Especially their advanced development in semiconductors—there was no way North America could rope them in,

they were being blocked too!

This afternoon, he met with the president of the Sun Kingdom Chamber of Commerce living in Xia State and several semiconductor company

owners.

14:00:

At the Information Industry Department meeting, the people from Taiyang State arrived right on time.

The goal today was to solve the semiconductor materials issue

once and for all.

Wang’s subordinates began the main part of the meeting.

The people from Sun Kingdom frowned.

It wasn’t a mandatory order, but it was clearly the official stance of China!

This level of support for YY Technology made them wonder whether they should follow North American firms’ lead

or not; it really didn’t seem wise!

They and China were both in Asia, while North American companies were far off in the Western Hemisphere.

Their factories in China were few; they weren’t too worried about their future business!

Would the semiconductor raw material issue offend Chinese officials? That was something they all

needed to think about.

The smile on the Sunx Chamber of Commerce president’s face was very mild.

They were extremely clear when expressing their views.

The blockade on China’s raw materials had already spread across the world.

There was a lot of noise on foreign internet.

Basically, all the countries or companies being bullied by the Overlord blamed this kind of immoral behavior,

while most of the rest were cheering.

Why?

Because Chinese netizens were being mocked internationally over this, and they really couldn’t stay calm.

Now that they were being blocked, how could they just sit and watch!

At this moment, netizens at home were still worrying about future developments.

YY Computer started its second round of sales!

One million units.

In less than an hour, they were snapped up, even faster than last time!

Everyone was afraid YY Computer would become a top-tier collector’s item. They didn’t want regrets, after all—

this was Earth’s first computer with fully independent IP. The significance was huge!

YY Technology headquarters.

"660" Cheng Fei came to report to Ye Xuan.

"Boss, good news!" As soon as he walked in, Cheng Fei said happily.

"The material development is done?" Ye Xuan asked.

"That’s right!" Cheng Fei nodded.

"When can we start production?" Ye Xuan asked.

With another million computers sold, the raw material stock

still wouldn’t be enough. Next week they might only manage 800,000 units!

"Production of this new material is extremely convenient, we can put it into use anytime!" Cheng Fei said with a grin.

"Good. Have them start tomorrow. Each fab will be assigned an OEM team, to

prevent any raw material leaks."

"Understood, boss!" Cheng Fei said.

Ye Xuan sat in her office.

Looking at the factory’s current production capacity gave her a bit of a headache!

It still wasn’t enough!

One million units hadn’t even caused much of a stir before going into the market.

The YY Semiconductor Industrial Park needed to speed up. At a minimum, according to the original plan,

they needed five factories and fifteen production lines!

A factory in Jiangdu City alone wouldn’t cut it—they needed plants in all major regions nationwide.

Only then could they conveniently cover the whole country.

And after that would come the plan to go global.

This new semiconductor raw material was one-third cheaper than the previous one,

with even better quality.

The main reason was that it greatly improved wafer yield.

The biggest loss in the semiconductor industry lay in yield rate—that was the issue all companies

wanted to solve but never had!

Thanks to the new material, YY Semiconductor successfully changed that situation!

Apart from YY Technology, no one knew this. It was an assassin copper—what YY Technology

would rely on for its market expansion.

As YY Computer’s normal sales went on, the rumors about YY Semiconductor online

were shaken.

"YY Computer is about to die? I think that’s just a rumor!"

"Exactly. How could something like that happen to Ye Group’s line of business?"

"Who is Mr. Ye? When has he ever made that kind of mistake?"

"I think this is a smear campaign cooked up by hostile foreign companies, just to shake everyone’s

confidence in YY Computer."

"Shake my ass! Never gonna shake."

"Some people have gone too far, already auctioning YY computers as rare collectibles—

seriously, have you no moral left on your face!"

"Moral? Since when has the market ever had moral?"

"..."

Domestic media platforms released their opinions.

The disappearance of YY Computer was nothing but a rumor.

YY Semiconductor was the dawn of China’s industry; there would be no problem.

Under Ye Xuan’s leadership, nothing like this had ever happened to Y Group, nor would it ever

happen.

It was said that a new computer from the fifth group would soon be developed,

and that foreign firms’ blockade strategy

would get an answer.

Online rumors gradually dissipated, and the whole net slowly calmed down.

It was like the stillness before a storm.

Many companies had mixed feelings.

At this moment, the five major groups released an announcement.

They were holding a new product launch: a new generation computer with independent IP would debut.

Whoa—

What captured everyone’s attention next—no one had expected that these five groups had also developed a computer!

But they hadn’t disclosed any specs.

YY Technology.

"Boss, those five groups have developed a computer too!" Ning Nanshi said to Ye Xuan.

"I know." Ye Xuan nodded. "Want to send someone to dig up the specifics?" Ning Nanshi offered her view.

"No need. There’s nothing they can do to us!" Ye Xuan said nonchalantly.

"They all posted the news, right? Is it fake?" Ning Nanshi asked.

"That’s not your concern. You just arrange our press conference for the day after tomorrow,"

Ye Xuan said.

"Press conference? Boss, are you planning to announce ten pieces of news this time?" Ning Nanshi was puzzled—

she still wasn’t fully up to speed on the company’s latest developments!

"You’ll find out soon enough. Don’t be so nosy!" Ye Xuan said.

"Yes, boss!" Ning Nanshi left.

Ye Xuan had long known about the five groups’ computer.

Luo Tianyi had reported it.

When the new computer hit the market, the five major groups gave it a resounding name:

"Light"!

According to their spin, this was the dawn after the YY starling!

That was Ye Xuan’s perfect Xiao Fei.

People were being played, all under the banner of a new home computer.

It was just that the sales figures were a bit underwhelming!