Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 235 People Will Die (6k views, please subscribe)

Rong Nianqing continued on the phone: "Because Huawei has been investing in BOE since 2012 and has personally facilitated BOE's industrial upgrading, BOE's production capacity and high-end products are given priority to Huawei."

"In that case, we don't have many investment and development partners to choose from, except for Huaxing Optoelectronics and Tianma Microelectronics."

On the phone, Lü Yao nodded repeatedly as he listened to Rong Nianqing's words. After she finished speaking, Lü Yao said, "Then let's contact both sides and see which one is more pragmatic and has more potential for development."

Actually, even without Lü Yao saying it, Rong Nianqing would definitely do these things.

Based on Lü Yao's understanding of Rong Nianqing, when Rong Nianqing expressed this willingness, she was already about to contact these two companies.

The reason why Lü Yao had to say so much was not actually to urge Rong Nianqing on, but to give Rong Nianqing the feeling that he was also involved.

Others might think this is nothing special.

But when you're actually working with someone, wouldn't you want your partner to feel more involved? Even in everyday relationships between men and women, both sides actually hope that someone cares about them and gives them feedback.

This is actually where many men are prone to making mistakes in relationships.

Guys can sometimes be like stray dogs, basically running away when their girlfriends aren't around; but girls are different. Even if a girl is busy outside and doesn't have time to text you, she still hopes to see your messages as soon as she picks up her phone.

If a girl has never made a similar request to you, it means that she doesn't really care about you.

Although Rong Nianqing comes from a wealthy family and is very capable, she doesn't usually interfere in Lü Yao's affairs. However, Lü Yao knows his status with Rong Nianqing, so he occasionally does some useless things to make his presence known.

Just like during the Yongzheng era, officials from other regions would write memorials to the emperor with meaningless phrases like "How are you?" or "Have you eaten?"

Sure enough, Rong Nianqing's tone on the phone was noticeably more enthusiastic: "Don't worry, you're even supervising my work now."

Lü Yao smiled.

In fact, between "China Star Optoelectronics Technology" and "Tianma Microelectronics", Lü Yao knew which company was better to invest in.

That is "China Star Optoelectronics Technology".

This company is the one that will be selected by Lei Jun next year and receive investment and support to independently develop high-end screens. Although Huaxing Optoelectronics can only rank second in the domestic panel industry, there is no way around it. BOE, which ranks first, cherishes Huawei. Not only are all high-end products given priority to Huawei, but Huawei's products are also brought along to help promote the company when they go to meetings.

The funniest thing is that once when BOE was endorsing and promoting other domestic mobile phone manufacturers, the person in charge of BOE was standing behind a Huawei mobile phone.

For BOE, Huawei is like Empress Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's completely impossible for other mobile phone manufacturers to compete for favor.

That's why Xiaomi supported Huaxing Optoelectronics, and next year they will set up an LTPS production line in Jiangcheng, Ezhou Province, and then start supplying domestic mobile phone manufacturers such as Xiaomi and Huawei.

However, Lü Yao did not intend to tell Rong Nianqing this information. Rong Nianqing needed to investigate and discover these things herself before making a decision.

Lu Yao's current abilities are not quite sufficient, so he can only rely on Rong Nianqing for guidance.

It's not just the panel.

Motherboard, lens, camera algorithm, even system, chip. Lü Yao hopes to develop and produce them independently in the next few years through his own efforts, but his current physical condition is still too weak.

This shows that Huawei is indeed farsighted. Back in 2012, they resolutely decided to transform, abandoning the business of making OEM phones for carriers and insisting on developing their own independent brand. And they have indeed done a fantastic job.

In just five years, it has quietly seized a large share of the market.

Furthermore, it has achieved remarkable success in self-developed chips.

Unfortunately, they misjudged the situation in the end.

Over the past five years, Huawei has devoted a lot of energy to the design and development of its own chip architecture. However, no matter how well the chip is designed, it is just a castle in the air if it cannot be manufactured by itself.

With the added advantage of a prophetic perspective, Lü Yao intends to make up for this shortcoming.

of course.

He himself doesn't have much technical skill.

However, he knew that China had been struggling to catch up after being held back in chip manufacturing. SMIC had successively broken through the 28nm and 14nm chip manufacturing processes, and in 2023 it achieved multi-exposure technology, which could manufacture but not mass-produce chips with performance comparable to 7nm.

By the end of 2025, mass production of 7nm chips will be achieved.

Without EUV lithography machines, SMIC has resorted to DUV lithography machines to achieve smaller linewidth circuit etching through improvements in manufacturing technology, which shows that they were really forced into a corner.

In fact, the performance of 7nm chips is more than enough, and even more than sufficient for mobile phones.

Because in 2015, chip manufacturing processes were still mostly 14nm. Major chip manufacturers such as Intel, Samsung, TSMC, UMC, and GlobalFoundries were still primarily using 14nm processes.

It wasn't until 2017 that mainstream chip manufacturing processes reached 10nm.

And that's where Intel went wrong.

GlobalFoundries then failed at the 7nm process.

In the end, only Samsung and TSMC remained as major chip manufacturers.

Although Samsung has a 5nm chip manufacturing process, its yield rate has always been low. As a result, TSMC has dominated the high-end chip market since 2020.

But SMIC has always been following TSMC.

If we could actually get our hands on an EUV lithography machine, even if it's just the blueprints... then the future would be truly promising.

After all, SMIC had already broken through the technical barriers to mass production of 28nm process technology and entered the mainstream foundry market this year, 2015.

On the drive back, Lü Yaozhen was still thinking about this matter.

Buying it is definitely not a realistic option.

But there is always hope of stealing.

After thinking for a long time, Lü Yao sent a message to Jian Xiaojie: "Are you free? Let's go out for a chat."

After a while, Jian Xiaojie replied, "Have you been very tired lately?"

Lü Yao chuckled: "Why are you suddenly concerned about whether I'm tired?"

Jian Xiaojie: "[Laughing][Laughing] There seems to be a typo in the message you sent."

Lu Yao looked at the reply and laughed speechlessly.

He's been thinking too seriously lately, so much so that he doesn't have any thoughts about seduce at all right now. But since Jian Xiaojie said that, it means she might need to relax a bit.

So Lü Yao replied, "They're all the same, they're all 'zuozuo'."

Jian Xiaojie sent a location: "Come find me here after 9 pm."

Lü Yao: "OK".

After ending the call with Jian Xiaojie, Lü Yao began to deal with the backlog of things that had accumulated over the past few days.

Because of the visits from representatives of ByteDance and Xiaomi, as well as Lei Jun's personal visit, Lü Yao had a lot of things piling up on his plate.

The most important and numerous of these is the MOBA mobile game issue.

The MOBA mobile game, developed by the Game Science team and operated by Yao Qiguang, quickly gained popularity at its launch thanks to Lu Yao's marketing efforts. Furthermore, due to a series of subsequent marketing events, Guang'an Network Games' MOBA mobile game achieved a successful start.

One month after its launch, the number of registered users has exceeded 50 million and is still growing slowly.

During this month, the MOBA mobile game project team worked overtime almost every day, and in less than a month, they carried out five updates, launched more than a dozen skins, and three heroes.

With such frequent updates, MOBA mobile game players are looking forward to the next update almost every week.

What makes MOBA games so fun and appealing is that, although these games only have one similar map, different heroes have different skill mechanics, and different heroes have different laning techniques. So even though the map is the same, every game experience is different.

Especially with the algorithm support behind Wang Ge's team, the player's gaming experience is almost perfect.

Therefore, many players who were driven to despair by League of Legends ELO have plunged headlong into Guangan Networks' new MOBA mobile game.

They certainly haven't given up on League of Legends, but people don't just play one game.

Because of the large user base, the esports league for MOBA mobile games is in active preparation. Yao Qiguang has already contacted many established and emerging esports clubs to discuss the establishment of MOBA mobile game esports teams.

In fact, the operation of international esports leagues is already very mature, with older examples including competitive games such as StarCraft, Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter.

More recently, there are Dota and League of Legends.

Later on, almost every game in China would have a competition, such as Teamfight Tactics and Hearthstone.

While processing documents, Lü Yao paused for a moment when he thought of Hearthstone, then shook his head and chuckled. Hearthstone is indeed a good game, but unfortunately, NetEase is really a pig. NetEase really had a lot of good cards in its hand, but it played them all badly.

Ten years later, it seems that the pig farm has also started to simply slack off, resting on its laurels and living off the boss.

Naraka: Bladepoint, which had the best chance of breaking into the mainstream and was highly anticipated by countless players, has squandered all its goodwill with a series of questionable moves by NetEase.

So even though NetEase seems quite aggressive in the secondary and mobile game markets now, Lü Yao has never considered NetEase a rival. It's not that Lü Yao thinks he's superior or arrogant; it's mainly because NetEase would destroy him.

To paraphrase a famous saying in League of Legends: You don't need to worry about it, it will die on its own when the team fight starts.

Yao Qiguang has already contacted some esports clubs. Some esports clubs look down on MOBA mobile games, so they did not agree to form a team; but some small clubs have agreed to form a club.

Next, Lü Yao will prepare to hold a press conference to promote this news to the public.

However, Lü Yao and Yao Qiguang have different views on the operation of the MOBA mobile game esports league. Yao Qiguang plans to divide the "esports league" into two major parts.

One group consists of professional players. These individuals own esports clubs, receive salaries, and have daily KPIs for playing games. Their main job is to play the game well, make a name for themselves in professional competitions, and thus generate revenue for their clubs.

The income of a famous esports player is very diverse.

In addition to the salary paid by the club, professional players' income also includes a share of tournament prize money, sponsorships from commercial partnerships, additional revenue from their teams, and the monetization of their own abilities online—before 2020, famous streamers made a lot of money from live streaming.

People like PDD achieved financial freedom directly through League of Legends, not only forming their own professional team but also becoming a top internet influencer by creating entertaining content.

If we simply emulate the current League of Legends esports scene, cultivate some popular professional players, and complete the "god-making plan" in front of netizens, the game's popularity will naturally soar.

As for discovering skilled amateur gamers, that's something for the professional esports teams to do.

The point of contention between Lü Yao and Yao Qiguang lies here: Lü Yao hopes to directly invest a sum of money among netizens to encourage some of them to form their own teams and then challenge professional player teams.

This kind of amateur challenging a professional is actually quite easy to generate buzz. "Esports: From humble beginnings to greatness!"

If such a case were to be highlighted, the level of participation from netizens would explode.

These days, it's not uncommon to see people engaging in heated online arguments for their favorite esports teams. But if a grassroots esports team formed from the ground up can truly make it big, it could really ignite the gaming world.

The reason Lü Yao thought of this was because of the game "Naraka: Bladepoint".

There's a random player in this game who's a pro, but he's not a professional player on the Naraka Bladepoint team. In an official match between a random player and a professional player, the official favorite, the "crown prince" player, was completely defeated by this random player who treated him like a bot.

Then, in the survival competition between the random player and the professional players, the professional players from different teams actually teamed up to eliminate the random player.

Despite the enemy being low on health right next to them, the professional players ignored them and teamed up to kill the random player.

After that tournament, the reputation of the game Naraka Bladepoint completely collapsed, and the online mockery of the incident lasted for almost half a month.

The rumors such as "Sect prodigies besieging and killing a genius rogue cultivator", "The Crown Prince was banned after just passing by", and "The Crown Prince's group has the advantage over me" have made everyone extremely disappointed with the game, leading many to quit.

But what if the official operations team wasn't NetEase, but someone who understands netizens better?
This wave of grassroots comebacks can definitely be considered one of the biggest shows of the year in the gaming industry.

Anyway, Lü Yao's idea was—

He'll do the things that pig farms can't do, and he'll do even more of the things that pig farms can do!
After Lu Yao finished processing the documents, he handed them to Yao Qiguang. In Yao Qiguang's office, he saw that Lu Yao insisted on doing it this way and couldn't help but sigh: "President Lu, doing it this way will actually cause a lot of trouble. If the professional team can easily crush the amateur team, it will be fine, but if they are reversed, it will not look good."

They have agreements with professional teams, and the tournament organizers share a portion of the sponsorship and revenue with the clubs.

Professional players are also a significant asset to esports clubs. If amateur players were to defeat them, the clubs would suffer substantial losses.

After all, esports is the original sin.

If a professional team gets defeated by an amateur team, won't it be a laughing stock when you stream from now on? What will happen to the club's initial investment?

Lu Yao tilted his head and smiled, "Is that my problem? You said it yourself, being bad at esports is the original sin, so if you're bad, just practice more."

Yao Qiguang frowned and said, "What if they don't want to cooperate with us anymore..."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "Then that's your problem."

Yao Qiguang opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't find any words to refute it.

Mr. Lü is absolutely right. This is indeed his problem. The boss only needs to consider how to do things, but a high-level employee like him has to consider many more things.

Yao Qiguang pursed his lips and gritted his teeth, saying, "I understand. I'll handle this."

Lü Yao nodded: "Then I'll trouble you."

Next, they discussed the timing and arrangements for the press conference, as well as the subsidy and incentive plan for amateur professional esports teams.

By the time they had finished talking, it was completely dark outside.

Lu Yao let Yao Qiguang go, then took a shower and changed his clothes in his private lounge at the company, before driving to the address Jian Xiaojie had sent him.

……

The address Jian Xiaojie sent to Lü Yao was in the old town area. Many of the houses in that area were designed and built in the last century, and their style and appearance are quite old-fashioned. However, in recent years, the real estate market has been booming, and because the old town area is in a particularly good location, land prices there have also risen sharply.

Many of the old houses here have been rented out to young people from other places who come to work.

Although the houses here are old, the location is good and it's convenient for commuting, so the old town is gradually becoming more popular. In addition, there are many buildings with a Republican-era style, so many young people who were born here have returned to renovate the old houses and opened coffee shops, beverage shops or dessert shops.

So here, where Jian Xiaojie sent Lü Yao, the old-fashioned houses are decorated with modern styles. When night falls, the decorative lights on the street and the street with its mix of old and new styles create a unique atmosphere.

Because it was inconvenient to drive inside, Lü Yao parked his car outside.

Strolling along the old streets of Shangnan, watching many men and women dressed in artistic or trendy styles sitting on both sides of the street chatting and enjoying their leisure time after work, Lü Yao's inexplicable anxiety also eased.

Strolling leisurely, Lü Yao quickly followed the navigation to the location designated by Jian Xiaojie.

This is a roast pork chop restaurant.

Before even getting close, Lu Yao could smell a rich aroma wafting from the shop. The shop's decor was also quite interesting. It was originally an old house from the Republican era, standing on the edge of a cluster of late 20th-century residential buildings. The Republican-era architecture was combined with American-style decoration.

And judging from the marks on the sunshade and awning, this shop seems to have been open for quite a while.

While Lü Yao was still examining the view from below, Jian Xiaojie leaned out from the edge of the second-floor terrace and called out, "What are you standing there like an idiot for? Come up here!"

Lü Yao smiled and said, "You're here."

When Lü Yao entered the lobby of the store, he discovered that the store was surprisingly spacious and luxurious. All the tables and chairs were simple in design but made of expensive solid wood. The overall decoration style was also understated and vintage, but the materials used in the details showed that they were very expensive.

At this time of day, there weren't many customers in the main hall of this roast pork chop restaurant, but the lights seemed to be on in several private rooms on the first floor.

But Lü Yao didn't see any waiters in the store.

From the stairs on the first floor, you can reach the terrace on the second floor. There are a few tables of guests on the terrace, but they are all quite far apart from each other.

Lu Yao sat down next to Jian Xiaojie and asked, "This restaurant is strange, I haven't seen any waiters."

Jian Xiaojie laughed and said, "This shop only has one owner, and he has a very bad temper, so try not to stare at him too much later."

ha?
Lü Yao was amused.

Why all the secrecy?

However, since meeting Jian Xiaojie and her friends, Lü Yao has indeed witnessed many interesting things. The things that wealthy people pursue are sometimes quite strange, like this shop, which, according to normal business logic, should be operating at a loss.

But it remained open.

Standing next to a cluster of old residential buildings, it even seems a bit mysterious.

Jian Xiaojie said with a smile, "The roasted pork chops at this restaurant are amazing. They're crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, so delicious and fresh. The first time I ate here in Shangnan, I even bit my tongue."

Lü Yao smiled and said, "Is it really that exaggerated?"

During their conversation, Lü Yao caught a whiff of a rich aroma of roasted fruitwood, mixed with the perfectly balanced fragrance of pork cooked with various spices.

Lu Yao subconsciously took a deep breath.

It really smells delicious.

Lu Yao turned his head to look in the direction from which the aroma was coming, and then saw a man with an extremely strong and muscular build, with long, shiny hair tied back and a very rugged and masculine face, carrying a wooden tray toward them.

What's most striking about this man is the huge, burn-like scar that runs from his left cheek down to his neck.

This gave this simple, strong, and robust man a heavy, solemn, and menacing aura.

Is this some kind of pork chop restaurant run by a retired assassin?

No wonder Jian Xiaojie told him not to stare at people, but Lu Yao couldn't control his gaze at all right now.

In a modern metropolis like Shangnan, to see such a fictional character... and considering Jian Xiaojie's background, it's hard for Lü Yao not to overthink it.

"Miss Jane, please enjoy your roasted pork chops."

The man wasn't angry at Lü Yao for staring at him rudely; he simply served Jian Xiaojie the food in a calm and polite manner.

After the boss left, Jian Xiaojie snapped her fingers twice in front of Lü Yao: "Hey, I told you not to stare at people, it's very rude."

Lu Yao looked away, rubbed his face, and sighed, saying, "This boss... his background is not simple, is he? Is he an assassin?"

"what?"

Jian Xiaojie was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and tried to suppress her laughter.

They looked similar to the two young police officers in "The Mermaid".

Lü Yao rolled his eyes helplessly: "Just laugh if you want to."

"Ahem. I'm professionally trained, hahaha!" Jian Xiaojie finally couldn't hold back: "Sometimes I really admire your imagination. The scars on this boss's face and neck are from a fire he was injured in before."

"However, because he looked fierce and tall, he was often mistaken for a tough guy. It is said that he was inexplicably made the school's leader in high school."

Lü Yao was speechless.

Jian Xiaojie picked up a disinfectant wipe from the table, wiped her hands, and said, "Come on, try this restaurant's grilled pork chops. You have to use your hands, that's the only way to really enjoy them."

After wiping his hands, Lü Yao tried it out and found it to be quite good.

I don't know what method was used to prepare the roasted pork chops, but they tasted very delicious. The roasting technique was indeed as Jian Xiaojie said: crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Underneath the brownish-red skin, the pork chops were tender and juicy. With each bite, the crispy skin and the tender meat underneath burst in your mouth, blending together and releasing a mouthful of aroma.

“It’s really delicious!”

Holding a whole pork rib in both hands, Lü Yao unconsciously ate faster, and then he took a sip of beer!
So cool and sophisticated!

After the initial taste subsided, Jian Xiaojie wiped herself clean, picked up a craft beer, took a sip, and asked, "So, what did you want to see me about?"

While munching on a pork chop, Lü Yao casually said, "Help me steal something."

"puff!"

Jian Xiaojie nearly spat out her beer: "What? You need something that you have to steal?"

Lu Yao continued gnawing on his pork chop and said, "Asmail's EUV lithography machine blueprints."

Jian Xiaojie: "..."

This time, Jian Xiaojie remained silent for a long time.

After finishing the pork chop in his hand, Lü Yao picked up another pork bone, tore it apart a couple of times, and then put it in his mouth, making a crunching sound. It was a very rough way of eating, but he also inexplicably exuded a kind of ruthlessness.

It was as if he was using this behavior to tell Jian Xiaojie about his determination.

After a long silence, Jian Xiaojie finally said, "This matter could lead to death."

(End of this chapter)