My capital is quite large.

Chen Duling knew the evaluation standards that Li Feng had set for Zhang Xinyu and others:

A master's degree from Tsinghua and Peking Universities, and a doctorate from the University of Hong Kong.

But back then, it was Chen Duling who, based on his accurate understanding of Li Feng's personality, strongly persuaded Zhang Xinyu to give up trying to get into Tsinghua or Peking University and instead focus on Li Feng's alma mater, Jinling University.

She was certain that, given that man's pride, he would never look down on his alma mater.

And as it turns out, Li Feng himself also chose to study for a Master of Business Administration at Jinling University.

Faced with Zhang Xinyu's question, Chen Duling confidently offered a solution to the predicament:

"Sister Zhang, my advice is: stick to your chosen path and continue to focus on Jinling University!"

"As for the specific doctoral specialization, don't choose humanities or economics and management; we should choose the engineering management doctoral program at Jinhua University's School of Engineering!"

Seeing Zhang Xinyu's look that signaled him to continue, Chen Duling confidently revealed the key points:

"This major is an interdisciplinary field, and its biggest advantage lies in the fact that the university explicitly allows students to use high-value invention patents or national-level engineering technology reports and other practical achievements to replace traditional theoretical academic papers!" "Its graduation and defense methods are extremely flexible!"

At this point, a glint of wisdom flashed in Chen Duling's eyes:

"In today's world, patents can be legally acquired and used for targeted research and development through capital."

"President Li recently established a brand-new HTH and Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Business Unit in the group's parent company. Ms. Zhang, you can acquire a batch of high-value patents related to large models and industrial intelligent algorithms on the market and affiliate them to the joint laboratory of Jinda University."

"As long as you can prove that these patents have produced verifiable technical effects in the semiconductor or engineering fields, I can guarantee you—within two and a half years at most, you will graduate with an impressive resume as an industrial scientist and receive your doctorate early!"

Although Chen Duling didn't explicitly state what he was going to say, Zhang Xinyu could easily understand the immense benefits behind it.

They obtained patents in the field of AI and algorithms that Li Feng is currently quite interested in.

At that time, she will not only easily obtain a doctorate, but also gain Li Feng's high regard for her!

"Well done, a PhD in engineering management."

Zhang Xinyu's eyes shone with admiration as she affectionately stroked Chen Duling's hair and giggled sweetly:

"She's a top student after all; her mind works so fast."

"It's not for nothing that I've always doted on you."

Putting aside her thoughts, the leader, in a great mood, immediately and generously offered the reward:

"The film and television department has a big-budget co-production Hong Kong film coming up next month, which has entered the final preparation stage."

"The male lead has already been confirmed to be Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, while Han Han's side currently has a female lead role vacant."

Zhang Xinyu's tone was calm, but it carried an unyielding domineering air:

"I'll talk to Lao Han about this role later, and it'll be yours."

Upon hearing that she would be playing the female lead alongside Chow Yun-fat and Aaron Kwok, Chen Duling was so excited that her breath caught in her throat. She was about to get up to express her gratitude, but when she saw her best friend Tian Xiwei looking at her with envy, she opened her mouth as if she wanted to try to get something for her friend as well.

Zhang Xinyu observed all of this, and before Chen Duling could speak, she generously went along with it, saying:

"Alright, I think the second female lead in that show has quite a few scenes too."

"Let's just give it to Oda for a discount."

......

Xuzhou, northern Jiangsu, Huaxin Semiconductor Super Wafer Industrial Base.

As Li Feng rode in the Rolls-Royce with the license plate "Jiang C," escorted by several security vehicles, speeding into the factory gate, the entire heavily guarded industrial park was already filled with barely suppressed excitement.

After changing into an anti-static cleanroom suit and undergoing multiple air shower dust removal and disinfection procedures, Li Feng, surrounded by core research personnel, strode into the heart of Huaxin's core laboratory.

What made Li Feng rush to Xuzhou without stopping was the breakthrough of the 14-nanometer advanced bit-scale chip, a national treasure that the entire Southeast University science and technology community had been eagerly anticipating!

As it turns out, the strategic value of Daigo, the veteran top star, who "sacrificed" himself, is immeasurable.

Nagisa Hoshiki, the Sony technical engineer who was completely infatuated with Daigo, may have been a bit strange in his sexual orientation and personal hobbies, but the technology he possessed was truly solid and practical!

In the semiconductor industry, once the chip manufacturing process crosses the 14-nanometer mark, which represents the microscopic physical limit, all traditional transistor materials and processes will inevitably fail.

In order to further improve the computing performance of chips and suppress the terrible leakage rate, international giants have had to introduce a series of cutting-edge polymer materials such as high-K metal gates and germanium-silicon source and drain doped at both ends of transistors.

However, in the microscopic and nanoscale world, the introduction of each new material often requires thousands of expensive and time-consuming process experiments to finally determine the almost mystical "optimal parameters" for its internal chemical composition, annealing temperature, and ion implantation depth.

Before this, Huaxin's research team could only grope in the dark.

Despite burning through nearly a billion yuan in research and development funds, they are still stuck in a dead end and unable to move forward.

After the fall of the country, Zhu Xingshu presented the 14-nanometer process parameters that Sony and the International Semiconductor Alliance had spent hundreds of millions of dollars and years to determine with the help of hundreds of physicists!

Moreover, Zhu Xingshu even mentioned a cutting-edge technology that Sony is currently still in the laboratory stage:

We also offer air gap technology, which significantly reduces capacitive interference by creating micron-sized nano-gaps between two microscopic metal wires.

......

This morning, Huaxin successfully produced the first batch of 14-nanometer experimental wafers in the history of Southeast University using domestically produced equipment and chemical raw materials that are independently controllable on its first trial production line in Xuzhou!

At the cleanroom workbench, Huaxin's technical director carefully picked up a wafer slice, no bigger than a fingernail, with a high-powered electron microscope. Under the shadowless lamp, the slice refracted a dreamlike rainbow of colors and handed it to Li Feng.

"Chairman Li, these are the first batch of 14-nanometer engineering samples we just packaged!"

The technical director's eyes were bloodshot from working three consecutive all-nighters, but his voice trembled uncontrollably with excitement:

"Although...although due to the current break-in period for the new equipment and the recent introduction of the process, the overall yield rate of this batch of engineering samples is quite dismal, currently estimated to be less than 3%..."

The yield rate is less than 3%.

In the eyes of traditional commercial contract manufacturers, this is almost equivalent to industrial waste.

"So what if it's 3%? Great! Excellent!"

Li Feng reached out and carefully picked up the small chip tray, unable to contain himself as he repeatedly exclaimed in admiration:

"We've crossed that insurmountable gap between zero and one today!"

"As long as this chip can be powered on, and as long as it can perform logic operations at the microscopic level, increasing the yield rate from 3% to 30%, or even to 80% for commercial mass production, is merely a matter of spending a few more months on process optimization and parameter refinement for our University of Tokyo's industrial manufacturing capabilities!"

This tiny silicon wafer not only shattered the technological iron curtain of the Wassenaar Arrangement that had blocked Tokyo University for decades, but also allowed the entire Tokyo nation to stand tall before the semiconductor throne of the Fourth Industrial Revolution!

Li Feng put down the tray and coldly issued the mobilization order:

"Yu Xi!"

"Yes, Mr. Li!" Zhang Yuxi replied quickly.

"Immediately notify the group's public relations department and the CCTV liaison team to activate the highest-level publicity plan. We don't need to release specific yield rate data, but I want to see overwhelming coverage of our Huaxin chip breakthrough in 14nm process technology on tonight's news broadcast and the front pages of all major online media outlets!"

"Also, apply for a flight route to Beijing tomorrow..."

Halfway through his sentence, Li Feng seemed to remember something and quickly changed his words:

"Forget it, let's take the high-speed rail instead."

"Taking a private jet to Beijing is too ostentatious!"