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Chapter 262 So Embarrassing (6k views, please subscribe)
Mr. Liang Bosong was stunned when he heard what Lü Yao said.

Why do you want him to die?

After all that talk, he still won't survive? Is there no justice? Is there no law?
Lu Yao could tell from Liang Bosong's expression that he didn't understand what he meant, but he couldn't blame him. Everyone has their own expertise, and Mr. Liang Bosong was exceptionally talented, a leading figure in the field of semiconductor research.

His "fin field-effect transistor" technology is even a revolutionary and leading-edge solution.

Unfortunately, neither TSMC nor Samsung paid enough attention to his solution. TSMC even considered transferring him from front-line R&D to focus on packaging and mature processes, so as to monetize the research results as quickly as possible.

But this is not what Mr. Liang Bosong wanted.

He wanted to be ahead of everyone else in developing the most advanced manufacturing process, and he wanted to take his "fin field-effect transistor" solution into the annals of history.

Such pure individuals dedicate almost everything to semiconductor research, and naturally lack in other areas.

Just like Wei Shen from Peking University, his mathematical achievements are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Although he is very famous in professional circles, Wei Shen has some difficulty in his daily life, even just being able to communicate freely with people.

Lu Yao patiently explained, "You misunderstood. My plan is to have the identity of 'Liang Bosong' die in the public eye, then escort you back to China under an assumed name, so you can focus on your semiconductor technology research."

"Whether it's funding, equipment, or any other needs, we will do our best to meet them. You can research the topics you want to tackle at will. We will not impose any requirements on you regarding your research projects."

Liang Bosong remained silent.

He understood what Lü Yao meant.

Although he was born in Taiwan, studied in the Land of Light, and had a long working experience there, he has a deep attachment to the land of Tokyo University.

If conditions permit, even if the annual salary offered by the University of Tokyo is very low, as long as there is technical expertise and financial support, he is willing to go to the University of Tokyo and do something for the university and for his compatriots.

One can remain anonymous...

This was a difficult decision for Liang Bosong, who valued his reputation highly.

He has put in so much effort and struggle, and wandered around for so long, all for the sake of leaving a place in history.

Lü Yao was certainly aware of what Mr. Liang Bosong was thinking.

While he was studying abroad, when domestic chip production was hampered, it was Mr. Liang Bosong who, with only one-third of his original annual salary and under immense pressure, helped SMIC overcome one technical hurdle after another. He not only skipped three generations of technological barriers and directly upgraded SMIC's chip manufacturing process from 24nm to 14nm, but also, without EUV lithography machines, used the N+1 multi-exposure technology to improve the performance of domestically produced chips to the 7nm level.

The technological breakthroughs involved are so significant that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to offer Mr. Liang Bosong an annual salary of 100 million US dollars.

What will Mr. Liang Bosong's annual salary be in Lü Yao's future studies abroad?

An annual salary of $20 after tax.

Mr. Liang Bosong donated all of that money.

Even if Liang Bosong has the stock subscription rights granted by SMIC, the amount of stock he can buy with those rights is insignificant compared to the technological breakthroughs he has brought.

Lu Yao knew very well what a person who didn't seek profit, a person who pursued technological breakthroughs, was after.

So Lu Yao continued, "Of course, we won't ask you to remain anonymous for the rest of your life. At most, you can appear in the public eye under your original name in five years."

"And I can assure you that five years from now, your name will definitely leave a strong mark in history books. Your name is very likely to appear in textbooks, even in the reading comprehension section of the University of Tokyo's entrance exam, and even in the essay questions of the entrance exam."

Mr. Liang Bosong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The ultimate pursuit of a student at Tokyo University can be complex in some ways, but it can also be very simple in others.

For most ordinary people, the phrase "ancestors above" can terrify those who have offended them, and the phrase "your unfilial son" can immediately trigger a life-or-death situation. However, a separate page in the family genealogy and the erection of statues and the addition of incense in the ancestral hall are enough to make a person forget about life and death.

What Lü Yao promised was the ultimate goal that Liang Bosong was pursuing.

"Only five years..."

The research passed quickly.

Time flies when you're doing scientific research.

He has been with Samsung for almost seven years since he left TSMC. In those seven years, although he helped Samsung achieve a breakthrough in 14nm process technology six months ahead of schedule, Samsung's inconsistent actions and its current situation are no longer enough to support him in making a push for more advanced technologies.

If this young man in front of me can really do it...

Mr. Liang Bosong said with a stern face, "But all of this is just talk."

Upon hearing this, Lü Yao finally felt much relieved. He reached out to Lin Yongzhen, who immediately took out all the relevant materials that Lü Yao had prepared.

These documents include the financial reserves that Lü Yao and Rong Nianqing prepared for Mr. Liang Bosong, the contract for their acquisition of Weiguang International, the recruitment plan for domestic semiconductor industry research teams, and a detailed resettlement plan for Liang Bosong and his research team.

Pointing to the detailed resettlement plan, Lü Yao said, "We will escort you back to China first, then change your identity and do everything we can to help you make technological breakthroughs. We will arrange everything for you, including food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation."

But Mr. Liang Bosong picked up the R&D funding plan, glanced at it briefly, and then asked, "Over 100 billion yuan invested in R&D every year?"

Lu Yao said, "Of course, this is only a preliminary and guaranteed investment plan. If the R&D funds are insufficient, there is no upper limit to the additional R&D funds."

No upper limit?

Mr. Liang Bosong asked in bewilderment, "What I mean is, do you have that capability?"

Hearing this, Lü Yao was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "You don't need to worry about that."

The combined annual revenue of Lü Yao's current businesses exceeds 30 billion yuan. When ByteDance's Douyin is launched next year, his MCN company will experience a leapfrog development.

His companies will be able to generate nearly 50 billion yuan in cash annually in the future. Even without going public, the amount of money he can leverage through low-interest bank loans, high-tech enterprise support programs, and supply chain finance is an enormous sum.

This is only the amount of funds that Lü Yao can leverage on his own.

But this wasn't just something Lü Yao did alone; Rong Nianqing and Jian Xiaojie were also helping and participating behind the scenes.

In order to solidify their assets and status, they will inevitably become deeply involved in every aspect of chip production.

Chip manufacturing is a highly complex systems engineering project involving hundreds of materials and precision processes. Substrate materials, photolithography materials, etching materials, thin film deposition materials, and so on are all materials closely related to chip manufacturing.

The forces behind Rong Nianqing and Jian Xiaojie only need to invest in the production of a few particularly important materials and establish a deep cooperative relationship with Weiguang International, which is led by Liang Bosong, to form a solid and stable symbiotic relationship.

In this way, Rong Nianqing and Jian Xiaojie will be able to establish a more stable foothold in China, and anyone who wants to touch them will have to consider the impact of this industry.

After Lü Yao briefly explained his financial situation to Mr. Liang, Jian Xiaojie, who had been sitting silently to the side, chimed in, "Mr. Liang, what Mr. Lü told you was only the research and development funding he could provide. I also have some other friends who work with Mr. Lü."

"We will also invest in Microlight International, and given our strength..."

Jian Xiaojie took out her tablet and operated it for a while before handing it to Mr. Liang Bosong.

Mr. Liang Bosong raised an eyebrow when he saw the information displayed on the tablet that Jian Xiaojie handed him.

Even someone as knowledgeable as him was astonished by the string of numbers on the tablet.

That was a foreign fund's account, and the funds in that fund account amounted to trillions!

It's still in US dollars!

Jian Xiaojie smiled and said, "These funds are funds that I can use at my own discretion. If it's not enough, I can find several times more funds."

While it may be a bit vulgar to measure a person's success or power by money, it must be said that when someone has as much money as Jian Xiaojie and her ilk, the sheer amount of money alone is enough to inspire awe.

Even a great figure like Mr. Liang Bosong, who has absolute authority in a certain field.

So Mr. Liang Bosong looked at Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie with surprise, and even glanced at Lin Yongzhen: "Who exactly are you two?"

Jian Xiaojie smiled and said, "He's just someone who wants to do something for his country."

Lu Yao, with a straight face, said solemnly, "That's right."

Although he maintained a serious demeanor on the surface, Lu Yao couldn't help but think to himself, "Me too."

In my mind, I automatically pictured Zhang Laosan's dark face, a face with limited education.

With Lü Yao's prior assurances and strong R&D funding as a backing, Mr. Liang Bosong was almost convinced. As for the truth of the matter, he would have his own channels to verify and investigate it later.

Now he's more concerned about: "President Lü, you said you want Liang Bosong dead, what are your plans?"

Lü Yao smiled and said, "That's simple."

"Samsung Group is indeed planning to target you because of the inheritance dispute, and even wants me to help eliminate you, so all we need to do now is play along."

It's easy to communicate with people from the same cultural circle.

Based on what Lü Yao had told him before, Mr. Liang Bosong quickly understood: "You mean, you want me to cooperate with you in issuing a resignation letter, causing stock market fluctuations at Samsung Group, and showing interest in CJ Electronics. The final step is to get rid of me, making it all a charade, using this opportunity to completely extricate myself and disappear from the public eye?" Lü Yao smiled and praised, "That's right, your idea coincides with ours."

Mr. Liang Bosong smiled.

He is indeed not good at handling interpersonal relationships, and he is not very good at office politics and factional struggles within the group. However, he is an extremely intelligent person after all. He has seen so many underhanded tricks at TSMC and Samsung. Even if he is not naturally good at this, he has seen so much that he knows the general pattern of these things.

Liang Bosong laughed and said, "I can cooperate with you in doing these things... but you won't really get rid of me, will you?"

To be honest, he was still a little scared.

During his nearly seven years in Silla, he witnessed many dark sides of the world, among which the dark side of Samsung was particularly despicable to him.

Lü Yao smiled and said, "Don't worry, you've already agreed to join us and help us, so you're the most important person in the world to us." Then, Lü Yao became extremely solemn and said, "Let me put it this way, in Silla's next operation, I can die, but you can't."

Liang Bosong was somewhat moved.

Although he has made many achievements in the field of semiconductor research, with nearly a thousand related patents.

But no one had ever expressed their regard for him in such a straightforward way. Mr. Liang Bosong, who cared about his reputation and the respect of others, was filled with inexplicable emotions, so much so that he was willing to believe this young man he had only met once.

Mr. Liang Bosong rarely smiled: "That's too kind of you. I'm sure you've all planned it out. Just let me know when you need me to do anything."

Lu Yao nodded and said, "Okay, and please rest assured, we will definitely ensure your safety."

After their conversation, Lü Yao and his group chatted briefly with Liang Bosong about life in Silla, exchanging complaints about some of the country's quirks. Then, Lü Yao and his group left Mr. Liang Bosong's residence.

Once back in the car, Lü Yao let out a long sigh of relief and collapsed onto the back seat, utterly exhausted.

Seeing this, Jian Xiaojie next to her laughed and said, "Are you so tired? Have I been too unrestrained lately?"

Lü Yao smiled.

He knew Jian Xiaojie was joking and trying to lighten his mood with a lighthearted topic, so he lay down and rested his head on Jian Xiaojie's lap, saying, "Fortunately, Mr. Liang Bosong agreed."

The reason he laid everything out as soon as he arrived, trying his best to present himself as sincere, was that he hoped to move Mr. Liang Bosong with his sincerity.

Although Mr. Liang Bosong was a scientific researcher and a science student, he was also an academic with a certain scholarly integrity. Lü Yao was afraid that the other party would look down on the underhanded tactics he used and then reject him.

Fortunately, with all the advantages combined, Mr. Liang Bosong finally agreed to cooperate with them.

Jian Xiaojie laughed in the car, "Actually, Mr. Liang Bosong doesn't have any other choice but to cooperate with us, does he?"

This is Shilla, a place where the Samsung Group can wield absolute power.

Once Li Rongzhen decides to kill, it will be difficult for Mr. Liang Bosong to escape.

Lu Yao smiled. Although that was the situation, he would never present such a choice to Mr. Liang Bosong. He had other ways to "move" Mr. Liang Bosong.

He turned to the front seat and said to Xu Shuncai, "Brother Xu, we're entrusting Mr. Liang Bosong's safety to you now."

Xu Shuncai, sitting in the driver's seat, smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lü, everything is arranged. After I take you back today, Guiya and I will take turns keeping an eye on Mr. Liang's situation to ensure there are no safety concerns."

Lu Yao said gratefully, "Thank you for your hard work."

Xu Shuncai smiled and said, "Although I don't know exactly what you're going to do, I believe you must be in charge of something very important. Compared to you, what we're doing is nothing."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "How could that be? Without you, we wouldn't be able to do what we want to do."

During their casual conversation, Lü Yao returned to their residence in the Jiangnan District.

In the following days, Lü Yao began to work on building public opinion.

Because Li Rongzhen secretly helped coordinate, the fact that Liang Bosong led his team to stop working caused quite a stir in the semiconductor academic community, and the corresponding impact subsequently began to spread to the capital market.

International capital, the Silla stock market and its shareholders, and Samsung's share price in the Kingdom of Light's capital market through depositary receipts also began to fluctuate slightly.

Institutions holding Samsung ADRs in the Land of Light's capital market have begun to secretly sell them off, but the trading volume of ADRs in the Land of Light's over-the-counter market is not large to begin with, so it has not attracted much attention.

However, as news of Lu Yao's visit to Liang Bosong spread, Samsung's stock price began to decline sharply.

By the end of August, Samsung's stock had fallen by 7 percent compared to the previous period.

On the first day of September, Liang Bosong published an open letter on his own social media, as well as on Samsung's internal email, and on overseas Twitter, Facebook, and semiconductor industry-related media and academic institutions.

The open letter pointed out the various actions taken by Lee Jae-young after taking over the Samsung Group, which made it impossible for him and his research team to conduct technological research and development within the Samsung Group.

He also revealed extremely serious workplace discrimination based on nationality and workplace bullying within Samsung Electronics Group, and presented photos of his subordinates arguing with each other, as well as injury assessment documents and other materials.

In his open letter, Mr. Liang Bosong stated that he could not accept such a workplace environment, and even less could he accept that he and his team members had suffered such egregious bullying.

This demonstrates Samsung Electronics', and indeed the entire Samsung Group's, disrespect for science and technology, for technical talent, and even for human resources.

Liang Bosong clearly stated that he and his R&D team have all ceased working at Samsung and will continue to monitor and pursue this matter until Samsung Group provides an explanation.

Once this open letter was published, the semiconductor research industry, international academic institutions, and even Mr. Liang Bosong's former employer all stood up to speak out for Mr. Liang Bosong.

Although TSMC and Mr. Liang Bosong have some grievances, Samsung Group's actions are a challenge to the entire academic community. If they do not speak up for Mr. Liang Bosong today, who will speak up for them if they suffer such workplace treatment when they go to work elsewhere in the future?
Immediately, at the international academic level, research associations came forward to condemn Samsung Group's rudeness and arrogance.

International media, neighboring Tokyo University, and Japanese media are all vying to report on this matter.

Even ordinary people know about this.

Mr. Liang Bosong's open letter immediately caused Samsung Group's stock price to plummet by 10% on the same day, dropping from over 1200 to 1103.

A single open letter caused Samsung to lose nearly $20 billion in market value in a single day.

This left Lee Jae-young, who had been hiding behind the scenes, dumbfounded.

How could a researcher like him possibly leverage such immense power? Samsung's research team isn't just Liang Bosong and his team, so why is the market reacting so strongly?
What Lee Jae-yong couldn't understand the most was how he dared to do this.
Does that old guy even know where he is now?
hateful!

Lee Jae-young was so angry about this that the veins on his forehead were throbbing, but now was not the time to pursue Liang Bo-song. What he needed to do now was to immediately stabilize Liang Bo-song's side and stop Samsung's stock price from continuing to plummet.

On the day the stock price plummeted, Samsung Group immediately convened a shareholders' meeting. Foreign capital, the Silla National Pension Service, and local Silla conglomerates all demanded that Lee Jae-young handle the matter immediately.

This incident has a huge impact.

This is no longer just a matter for the Silla domestic market; thanks to Yang Baek-song's personal influence, it has spread to the international level.

Now, global investors know just how reckless Samsung has been.

Moreover, according to information provided by representatives at the shareholders' meeting, major international semiconductor manufacturers such as UMC, GlobalFoundries, MediaTek, and Intel immediately dispatched personnel to prepare to contact Liang Bosong's side.

When Liang Bosong first joined Samsung, he enabled Samsung to catch up with TSMC's technological advantage in just a few years. He was a powerful figure who could single-handedly determine the rise and fall of an industry.

Semiconductor industry groups, which have accumulated profound technical expertise but have been unable to break through technical bottlenecks, are all eagerly awaiting the arrival of a master like "Liang Bosong" to help them overcome technical difficulties.

And Liang Bosong is worthy of such high expectations.

Because Lü Yao knew that he was a genius who could help SMIC achieve a breakthrough in 14nm process technology in just 298 days and improve the yield rate to 95%.

Although this was not solely due to Mr. Liang Bosong's efforts, his contribution is absolutely undeniable.

In a short time, top international corporations dispatched headhunters, almost at any cost, to bring Mr. Liang Bosong under their wing.

Faced with this situation, Samsung's shareholders must respond as soon as possible.

then.

On the very day Samsung's stock price plummeted, the Samsung Group promptly held a press conference. Samsung Group's current chairman, Lee Jae-young, attended the conference and personally guaranteed that the matter would be given a fair and just explanation. At the same time, he offered a sincere apology to Mr. Yang Baek-song and hoped that Mr. Yang Baek-song could give them another chance.

Then, at the press conference, Lee Jae-yong put forward a series of conditions to improve Mr. Liang Bosong's treatment, hoping to express his sincerity.

Lee Jae-yong intends to gift Mr. Liang Bo-song a residence worth over 100 million US dollars, upgrade his private jet, significantly improve the compensation of his team, and promise to provide Mr. Liang Bo-song with more research and development funds.

However, Mr. Liang Bosong did not respond at all to Lee Jae-young's public appeal.

All the conditions that Lee Jae-young gave at the press conference seemed to have vanished without a trace.

The incident has generated tremendous attention, causing a stir among the media and netizens in Silla. Opinions within Silla are divided on the future of Yang Baek-song and his group.

One group felt that it was unacceptable and shameful for Samsung, as the largest conglomerate in Shilla, to be so subservient to a foreign researcher.

The other side felt that Samsung's approach was not international enough, was extremely narrow-minded, and shameful!

(End of this chapter)