Chapter 711: Hua Country's Gambling City! 8 Billion Factory Subsidy! 1 Billion US Dollar Claim

“Whether it’s GlobalFoundries or United Microelectronics Corporation, get the equipment situation sorted out as soon as possible. I plan to buy a chip production base from Zijin first. Construction of the Luzhou chip factory will happen at the same time as equipment calibration and process optimization.”

Chen Yansen said unhurriedly.

‘To save time and speed things up, spending the extra money is worth it.’

‘Otherwise, waiting for the factory in Luzhou to be built before bringing in the equipment for calibration would take at least two or three years.’

“As far as I know, both GlobalFoundries and United Microelectronics Corporation are thinking of phasing out their NXT 1950i DUV lithography machines. When the time comes, I’ll make my decision based on the condition of the equipment and their price quotes.”

Liang Jingsong nodded.

‘He already knew about Chen Yansen’s decision. After all, they had discussed it and come to this conclusion together.’

‘Without this approach, there was no way they could achieve their goal of mass-producing 28-nanometer chips within fifteen months.’

Once the launch meeting concluded, reporters from major media outlets and web portals collected their stipends from Chen Yansen and immediately began to build up the hype.

“Xingyuan Semiconductor to Settle in Luzhou with an Investment of at Least 30 Billion, Construction to be Completed in Two Years!”

“The Post-90s World’s Richest Man’s Chip Strategy: 30 Billion Is Just the Initial Investment!”

“Chen Yansen Pledges: Xingyuan Technology’s Total Investment to Exceed 100 Billion Over the Next Five Years!”

“Chip Prodigy Liang Jingsong Joins as CEO of Xingyuan Technology!”

“TSMC and Mountain Star Clash, Xingyuan Technology Profits!”

Sina, NetEase, and Sohu featured special reports on their homepages.

Penguin pushed the story through QQ News pop-up notifications.

The Huake Science Association immediately reposted Xingyuan Technology’s first official Weibo post, adding the caption: “Congratulations, Xingyuan. We hope the private semiconductor industry of Hua Country continues to write its glorious next chapter.”

Authoritative media organizations like the People’s Daily, CCTV, and the Yanjing Evening News all forwarded the post, each adding their congratulations.

In an instant, the news went viral, but it also put Xingyuan Technology on the hot seat.

“It’s just another wafer foundry, no different from Huaxin International!”

“To the guy in the comment above, you should check out Liang Jingsong’s resume before you open your mouth! I’m telling you, as long as the funding and equipment are there, a master like Liang can get the 28-nanometer process into mass production within two years!”

“Just 28 nanometers? Big deal. It’s only impressive if they can manage 14 nanometers!”

“It’s a good thing that Senlian Capital is entering the chip manufacturing industry. I’m worried Qualcomm might one day stop playing fair and force TSMC to cut off supplies to Tiangong Technology!”

“Dude above, you jinxed it! Qualcomm just issued a legal notice—they’re suing Tiangong Technology for patent infringement!”

As users in the comment section argued back and forth, someone suddenly dropped a link.

‘Qualcomm is suing Tiangong Technology?’

A lot of people believed it instantly. They clicked on it only to find it was a price-chop link for Pinbei.

“You son of a bitch, you’d even trick your old man, huh?”

“Guys, whatever you do, don’t click it!”

“You bastard! If you’ve got the balls, open your DMs and see if I don’t cuss you out!”

The users who’d been tricked started cursing up a storm.

「Meanwhile.」

Chen Yansen handed over all the construction requirements for the Xingyuan Technology factory—including workshop cleanliness levels, equipment configuration, and environmental controls—to Gao Fan and Tao Jingwen.

In the initial phase, the team from Orange Construction Development Company would be responsible for follow-up and for supervising every process to ensure all details met the required standards.

In the later stages, they would work with Liang Jingsong’s team to conduct the final inspection and participate in the installation and calibration of the equipment.

Chip manufacturing is extremely sensitive to dust and particulates, so the cleanliness requirements for the workshops are incredibly stringent.

For example, the highest requirement for the lithography area is that the concentration of suspended particles must reach ISO Class 1, meaning that in every cubic meter of air, there must be fewer than 10 dust particles with a diameter greater than 0.1 micrometers.

The requirement for core areas like etching and deposition is ISO Class 2, while general production areas are Class 3 to 4.

There was no room for even the slightest carelessness!

Additionally, facilities for ultrapure water, specialty gas supply, and wastewater treatment also needed to be built.

Chen Yansen’s demand was simple: fast, steady, and high-quality!

“President Chen, please rest assured. Xingyuan Technology’s semiconductor project has been designated as S-class within the province. Anyone who dares to drag their feet will be severely punished.”

Tao Jingwen said solemnly, his gaze resolute.

His words represented the will of Meng Yuanzhi.

“Please give my regards to Mr. Meng.”

Chen Yansen gave a small smile and saw Gao Fan, Tao Jingwen, and the others to their cars.

Xu Zhenhui stood beside an old-model Audi A6, the smile on his face stiff.

‘Once Senlian Capital moves out next year, Xucheng will have no connection to Chen Yansen anymore, aside from that large data center.’

‘The golden goose he had personally raised had just been snatched away by Luzhou.’

‘He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.’

“Mr. Xu!”

Chen Yansen turned and saw Xu Zhenhui, who looked utterly dejected. Seeing that he hadn’t left yet, Chen Yansen waved him over.

Xu Zhenhui sighed to himself and ambled over to Chen Yansen. “Mr. Chen, let’s skip the tea. Right now, even if you gave me tea worth five million per tael, it would be wasted on me.” His eyes held a deeply reproachful look.

“Not interested in a new energy Automobile Factory, Mr. Xu? Well, if that’s the case, I won’t force the issue. I’ll just go and ask Hu City and Jinling for their thoughts,” Chen Yansen said nonchalantly.

‘A new energy Automobile Factory?’

‘What does he mean?’

Xu Zhenhui asked tentatively, “Mr. Chen, are you thinking of bringing a new energy automobile factory to Xucheng?”

“To be precise, I plan to establish an electric motor and electronic control R&D center and an automobile assembly plant in Xucheng,” Chen Yansen slowly explained.

“Mr. Chen, I’m extremely interested!” Xu Zhenhui grinned widely, grabbing Chen Yansen’s arm as if he had just met a long-lost relative.

“Then shall we find a place to discuss this properly?” Chen Yansen asked, looking at Xu Zhenhui with a smile.

“Let’s go to my office! I have some good tea!”

Xu Zhenhui hurriedly pulled Chen Yansen into his Audi A6. The two of them sat in the back seat, chatting as they rushed toward the Xucheng Central Control Department.

Gao Weilin was left behind.

‘Hey, I haven’t gotten in the car yet!’

Old Gao understood his boss’s gesture and, without a second thought, got into a Mercedes and chased after them.

Meanwhile, Huang Boxiang drove the black-and-white Gusteau, following behind Xu Zhenhui’s car.

「On the other side.」

Qualcomm sent an infringement notice to Tiangong Technology, which detailed the infringed patent numbers, infringing products, and compensation demands.

They opened with a demand for a staggering one billion US dollars in compensation!

Upon receiving the notice, Senlian Capital’s legal department scoffed and sent their own, long-prepared infringement notice back to Qualcomm.

After reading the patent numbers, infringing products, and compensation demands in Tiangong Technology’s notice, Paul Jacobs laughed out of sheer exasperation.

‘He had never met someone as shameless as Chen Yansen!’

But he didn’t dare to be careless. He immediately had his technical experts compare Tiangong Technology’s patent numbers with Qualcomm’s technology to see if there was any actual infringement.

The results, however, left him completely dumbfounded.

Somehow, by developing peripheral patents, Tiangong Technology had managed to completely box in Qualcomm’s patent pool for baseband modules!

‘It was true that Tiangong Technology had infringed on their patents, but Qualcomm had infringed on Tiangong’s as well!’

‘And their compensation demand was also for one billion US dollars!’

After a moment of thought, Paul Jacobs first filed a lawsuit with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, then filed a Section 337 investigation request with the Lighthouse Country’s International Trade Commission, which targets intellectual property infringement and unfair competition in import trade.

“Wait, Qualcomm actually sued Tiangong Technology for real?”

But this time, absolutely no one believed it. They all thought it was another Pinbei price-chop link.