Hong Kong films: From street thugs to Hong Kong financial tycoons

Early morning, Victoria Peak, Yiu Shing Estate.

As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the thin mist and shone on the large French windows, the entire city of Hong Kong was already engulfed in a frenzied frenzy.

Last night's unprecedented free-to-air premiere on television not only rendered Shao Baichuan's TVB ratings worthless, but also created a ratings legend in Hong Kong television history that will never be broken.

Today, major morning newspapers, and even media outlets that were originally bribed by Shaw Brothers, couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the people of Hong Kong and switched sides one after another.

"A Ratings Frenzy: A 97% Miracle!"

Yiu Shing Media's meteoric rise to fame: Chingmy Yau crowned Hong Kong's National First Love!

"Thirty Million Yuan Per Minute: Unveiling the Birth of the Most Expensive Slot in Television History!"

The overwhelming praise and amazement elevated Lin Yao and Yaosheng Capital to a pedestal that ordinary people could never reach.

However, Lin Yao, the mastermind behind this century-long celebration, was currently wearing cotton pajamas, standing in front of the sink, brushing his teeth while looking at his handsome reflection in the mirror, and sighing helplessly.

"How lonely it is to be invincible."

Lin Yao spat out the foam in his mouth and applied a hot towel to his face.

The old money family collapsed, the media mogul vomited blood, the movie became a hit, and the more than 20 billion in cash in the account seemed to multiply. Not only did it not run out, but it also made more than 200 million last night just from the GG fee.

The lives of the wealthy can sometimes be so simple, unpretentious, and even boring.

Lin Yao staggered downstairs, and as soon as he reached the lobby, he saw Thirteen Sister sitting on the sofa with an extremely rare camouflage outfit and high-top military boots on her feet.

At her feet were two oversized black military canvas bags, each large enough to hold an adult.

"Sis, are you planning to go to Afghanistan to fight as a guerrilla?"

Lin Yao walked to the dining table, picked up a glass of warm milk, and glanced at Thirteen Sister.

"Forget guerrilla tactics, I'm heading north today to recruit people!"

Thirteen Sister patted the two huge canvas bags, making a dull thud, her face beaming with excitement.

"Old Chen approved two hundred million yuan in cash for me last night, and it's all in these two bags."

"I'm planning to go to the border area between Guangdong and Guangxi first. There are the most veterans from Laoshan there. If I find someone I like, I'll just shower them with cash as a resettlement allowance!"

Seeing how eager Thirteen Sister was to show off her skills, Lin Yao nodded in satisfaction.

The security empire is of paramount importance for protecting his core technology industry in the future, and entrusting it to Thirteen Sister, a martial arts fanatic, is the most suitable task.

"Bringing cash is the right thing to do; it's simple, direct, and shows sincerity. But aren't you tired of carrying 200 million in cash on the train?"

Lin Yao casually pulled out a chair and sat down, then waved to the mongrel standing next to him.

"Sang Gou, contact Kai Tak Airport and get Old Chen's Gulfstream private jet to take Sister Thirteen there. Also, send twenty brothers to accompany her, so that no one mistakes our Hung Hing leader for a smuggler and robs him."

"Yes, boss!"

The dog immediately made a phone call to make arrangements.

When Thirteen Sister heard that she could ride in a private jet, she was overjoyed.

"Ah Yao, you're so generous! Don't worry, within half a month, I guarantee I'll bring back a battle-hardened tiger that can go toe-to-toe with a regular army. Let's go!"

Thirteen Sister acted swiftly and decisively, lifting two money bags weighing over a hundred pounds each as if they were two little chicks, and strode out the door.

After breakfast, Qiu Shuyi obediently brought over a plate of washed fruit. She had no work commitments today and had stayed at the manor to keep Lin Yao company.

After last night's uproar, she now has to bring four bodyguards even when she goes out to buy groceries, otherwise she will definitely be blocked in the street by crazy fans.

"Boss, where should we go today? How about going fishing at sea?"

Qiu Shuyi peeled a crystal-clear grape and gently offered it to Lin Yao's lips.

"Fishing requires too little skill."

Lin Yao ate the grapes and stood up to stretch his muscles.

"Come on, change your clothes. Today I'll take you for a tour of the New Territories and let you inspect the real money-devouring beast of our Yaosheng Capital."

……

10:00 AM, Tai Po Industrial Area, New Territories.

The bulletproof luxury car, escorted by eight Mercedes-Benz vehicles, smoothly drove onto a newly paved road.

When the convoy stopped in front of the gate of Yaosheng Technology's factory, even Lin Yao himself couldn't help but be stunned. Was this still the same dilapidated semiconductor foundry with rusty gates that it was just a few days ago?

The dilapidated factory area has been surrounded by a high-strength concrete wall more than three meters high, and the top of the wall is even covered with electrified barbed wire to prevent climbing.

The main gate has been replaced with a heavy, fully automatic steel crash barrier. Eight fully armed men in suits, each leading a retired police dog, stand at the entrance, rigorously checking every construction vehicle entering and exiting.

This level of security is ten times more extravagant than the vaults in Central!

"Hello, boss!"

Upon seeing Lin Yao's luxury car, the security personnel at the gate immediately straightened their backs, saluted in unison, and quickly opened the gate.

As the convoy entered the factory area, the once overgrown open space was now transformed into a huge, bustling construction site.

More than a dozen heavy excavators and cranes are roaring. Veteran engineer Master Zhang, wearing a safety helmet and holding blueprints, is directing the construction team to demolish the old factory buildings and prepare to build a world-class cleanroom on the spot.

Lin Yao did not disturb Master Zhang, but instead had the convoy drive directly to the depths of the factory area, to the only remaining core experimental building that had undergone the highest level of renovation.

"Beep—Authentication successful."

After passing through three extremely strict fingerprint and iris recognition checkpoints, Lin Yao led Qiu Shuyi and Sang Gou into the core laboratory.

Upon entering, a wave of extremely comfortable, constant-temperature cool air hits you.

In the huge single-level room covering more than 1,000 square meters, only the low humming of countless super servers could be heard, and rows of indicator lights flashed wildly like stars.

Meanwhile, the fifty-two top engineers, who had been brought in from Silicon Valley with high salaries, were wearing white lab coats, each staring at two high-configuration computers, their fingers leaving afterimages on the keyboard, looking like a group of tireless, crazed zombies.

"My God... is this a sci-fi movie shoot?"

Qiu Shuyi hid behind Lin Yao, looking at the futuristic scene with her mouth wide open.

"Boss, you're here!"

Lu Qiu looked up from a mountain of data reports.

This former Silicon Valley genius now sports dark circles under his eyes comparable to those of Fatty Wang, his hair is a mess like a bird's nest, and his once-perfect haute couture suit is now wrinkled, but his eyes shine like two searchlights.

Holding a stack of freshly printed code, he stumbled towards Lin Yao, so excited he was incoherent.

"We've made a breakthrough, boss! The second layer of the logical loop is completely working!"

Lu Qiu waved the papers in his hand excitedly, almost like a madman.

"That god-level underlying architecture is simply flawless. These guys worked five consecutive nights, compressing the testing process that takes Silicon Valley giants three years to complete into just five days."

"In a maximum of two weeks, the finalized test version of the EDA industrial software will be ready for shipment."

"Then we can register directly with the patent office and completely smash those vampire Wall Street's technological barriers to smithereens!"

Seeing Lu Qiu's seemingly deranged appearance, Lin Yao couldn't help but laugh.

These fifty-two geniuses, driven to the brink by capital, would unleash devastating power once they received financial support with unlimited firing rights.

"You've worked hard, Lao Lu, but health is the foundation of everything. Tell the brothers to take a rest; you can never earn all the money in the world."

Lin Yao patted Lu Qiu on the shoulder, looking like a considerate boss to his subordinates.

"Rest? Who the hell is telling me to rest now? I'll fight them!"

An elderly engineer with a receding hairline suddenly turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and roared.

"Don't interrupt my train of thought! I'll be cracking this multithreaded algorithm soon. I've never fought such a long battle in my life. Even if I die from exhaustion at my keyboard, I'll finish typing this line of code!"

Lin Yao choked for a moment, then helplessly touched his nose.

Well, these tech fanatics have completely gone mad. Offering them ten times their annual salary to keep them alive means they're really planning to die here.

"Boss, although the progress is fast, we have now encountered a tricky hardware bottleneck."

Lu Qiu pulled Lin Yao to a huge main control cabinet and pointed to the red temperature alarm light that was constantly rising.

"The computational load of this god-level code is terrifying. If the existing dozen or so supercomputer arrays run at full power for more than two hours, the motherboard temperature will soar to the critical value."

Lu Qiu looked worried. "Our lab's industrial air conditioner is already running at maximum power, but it still can't keep up. If the temperature doesn't drop, we'll have to force it to reduce the frequency, which will slow down the testing progress by at least half."

Insufficient heat dissipation to handle the terrifying computing power of this god-level software?

Lin Yao touched his chin.

"I remember there was a large ice-making factory next to our science park, wasn't there?"

Lin Yao turned to look at the mongrel.

"Yes, boss. It's an old factory that supplies ice to all the seafood markets in Hong Kong. It occupies a large area."

The dog immediately reported to the leader.

Lu Qiu was completely bewildered: "Boss, we're doing high-tech semiconductor research and development, why are you bringing up an ice factory?"

Lin Yao snapped his fingers lazily, his tone revealing a dry and tedious air of wealth and arrogance.

"Sang Gou, go next door and bring a check for 1 billion yuan in cash. Buy that ice factory, including the land and equipment, for me in full."

Lin Yao's voice was as calm as if he were arranging lunch takeout: "After buying it, demolish the factory and build the world's most powerful liquid nitrogen cooling tower right next to our lab, connecting it directly to the server racks using pure copper pipes!"

"Not enough cooling? I'll just use liquid nitrogen to cool you down. Forget about this amount of computation; even if you burn the server to the point of smoking, I can freeze it into an ice pop instantly!"

boom!

Upon hearing these words, all fifty-odd engineers in the laboratory stopped typing and looked at Lin Yao as if he were God.

Dissatisfied with the server overheating, they simply spent a billion to buy the factory next door and build a liquid nitrogen cooling tower.

What kind of ingenious thought process is this? This way of solving problems is so brutal and savage, yet it's so incredibly satisfying it sends chills down your spine.

"What are you waiting for? Don't you want liquid nitrogen cooling?"

Lin Yao looked at Lu Qiu, who was dumbfounded.

"Yes, absolutely! Boss, you're like my own father!"

Lu Qiu was so excited that she hugged Lin Yao's leg and almost cried. Working with a boss like this meant not only avoiding being bullied, but also having more than enough imagination.

"Not just liquid nitrogen towers."

Lin Yao pulled his leg out with disgust and turned to look at the group of engineers whose faces were pale from exhaustion.

"How can these guys drink instant coffee every day? Damn it, go contact the top barista team in Italy and hire ten people over at high salaries."

"Build a 200-square-meter luxury lounge next to the laboratory, providing top-quality freshly ground hand-drip coffee and Michelin-starred desserts 24 hours a day."

"Even if my employees, Lin Yao's employees, have to work overtime and burn the midnight oil, it has to be done in the most expensive way in the world."

"Long live the boss!!!"

The laboratory erupted in cheers that seemed to lift the roof off, and some of the older engineers were even moved to tears.

In this cleanroom filled with the stench of money, yet also exhilarating.

A colossal nuclear bomb, poised to shatter the global technological landscape, is rapidly taking shape with unstoppable frenzy, fueled by liquid nitrogen and Americano coffee.

After arranging everything, Lin Yao led Qiu Shuyi out of the laboratory building. The sunlight was dazzling, and the wind in the New Territories carried a hint of earthy smell.

Everything is progressing steadily, and the foundation is becoming increasingly solid.

"Boss, we'll have the software soon, but... having design drawings alone isn't enough without a construction team."

On the way back to the car, Chen Zheng, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up to remind him.

"We currently lack the physical equipment to manufacture chips. If we continue to rely on Taiwanese or Japanese companies for contract manufacturing, our lifeline will still be in the hands of others."

Lin Yao stopped and looked up at the distant sky.

"Construction team, equipment manufacturing?"

A deep, unfathomable smile appeared on Lin Yao's lips.

"Old Chen, I heard there's a startup in the Netherlands called ASML that's been searching the world for investors and is almost broke?"

Lin Yao pushed up his sunglasses, his eyes flashing with an absolute desire to control the future landscape.

"Go, open an account for me in a Swiss bank and prepare five billion US dollars."

"We're tired of these boring old-fashioned Hong Kong games. Next, let's go to Europe and buy some big toys that can change the course of human industry."