From gaming to becoming the richest man, it all started with his counterattack against XunTeng.

[Neural Network Super-Resolution Rendering (Research and Development)]

Yang Yi looked at the newly extracted high-tech item with some surprise.

Isn't this just a DLSS-like thing?

It's not included in the [3nm process GPU technology], does this mean that ray tracing is also not included?

This somewhat disrupted Yang Yi's plans.

We can only wait until the acquisition is completed to assemble a research team to study ray tracing technology.

Let the team study it first, and see if they can extract the ray tracing technology along the way.

July arrived in the blink of an eye, and Rainbow Six Siege officially surpassed 10 million in sales, while Plants vs. Zombies reached 15 million in sales.

The two hens that laid golden eggs raised another 6 million for Yang Yi.

After deducting taxes, Yang Yi's total income is now 82 billion. (All subsequent income is after tax, which is too difficult to calculate!)

Currently, the total cost of operating the platform and developing games is 9 million, the acquisition of battery and semiconductor companies cost 23 billion, and there is still a need to recruit teams for research and development, with a current investment of 16 billion.

They only have about 34 billion left.

The game development cost was much lower than Yang Yi had expected. There was no major rework in the game development, and the labor costs in China were indeed not high. Rainbow Six Siege, including its promotion, cost only 1.8 million. Overwatch cost a little more, but only a little over 2 million. Together, it cost only 4 million, which was even less than the development cost of Overwatch in his previous life.

No need to redo it, it saves so much trouble!

Before developing Rainbow Six, Ubisoft invested heavily in Patriots, but the project was ultimately canceled, resulting in a loss of 400 million RMB.

Titan, the predecessor to Overwatch, also met its unfortunate fate of being canceled, with nearly 600 million dollars of investment going down the drain.

Such massive rework farces, often resulting in huge losses, simply didn't exist for Yang Yi. With the standard answer in hand, his game development cycle was far shorter than in his previous life—he was as productive as a sow!

Having accumulated another ten million points, Yang Yi finally drew out the cutting-edge technology he had been longing for – [Software and Hardware Ray Tracing Technology (Research and Development)].

After acquiring this technology, he took the opportunity to conduct a systematic integration and restructuring of all his companies.

The two chip companies, which were originally responsible for CPU and GPU development respectively, have officially merged into Swarm Semiconductor, which is responsible for the development of CPUs, GPUs and supporting motherboards.

Yang Yi then recruited a top-notch software R&D team from within the industry to tackle the newly acquired ray tracing technology, while simultaneously advancing the development of neural network super-resolution rendering, deep modification of the Linux system, and graphics adaptation work for the binary translation compatibility layer.

The previously acquired Vaillant Power has been renamed Swarm Power Technology Co., Ltd., and is responsible for the research and development of solid-state battery technology.

At the same time, he established a new subsidiary, Beehive Peripherals, which is responsible for the research and development of hardware such as gamepads and control devices.

Including the existing Qunfeng Games, Yang Yi now fully owns four subsidiaries.

Seeing this, the management team proposed to directly upgrade the parent company to Beehive Group, which would be legitimate in terms of structure and scale.

However, considering that the current technology layout is at a critical stage, being too flamboyant would only attract unwanted attention, so Yang Yi declined the proposal and ultimately only renamed the parent company Beehive Technology Co., Ltd.

Currently, only Beehive Power Supply is located in Shandong, while Beehive Semiconductor and Beehive Peripherals are both local companies in Shenzhen. They are all currently located in the Shenzhen Industrialization Base of the National Integrated Circuit Design Center, where they are focusing on R&D.

"Wang Teng, the overall management of Swarm Semiconductor is now in your hands. You have a heavy responsibility."

Wang Teng is a newly recruited professional manager by Yang Yi and is currently the CEO of Swarm Semiconductor.

The talent was recruited entirely by headhunters based on Yang Yi's requirements.

The main responsibilities include taking over the daily operations of Swarm Semiconductor, allowing the R&D team to focus on tackling core technologies; establishing standardized chip R&D processes to promote the technology's mass production; connecting with resources in the wafer foundry, packaging and testing industry chain to compete for capacity and cooperation; recruiting semiconductor professionals to build a complete team; and controlling R&D costs, as well as handling qualification applications and industry compliance matters.

Yang Yi originally thought that with so many requirements, the headhunter would recruit more talents, but the headhunter told him that Wang Teng alone could handle it.

What could Yang Yi say?

No wonder he has held important positions at both Intel and AMD!

"By the way, you must apply for a patent if you encounter any potentially useful research results. For some promising results, you can use a provisional patent application in the United States to prioritize the patent application and prevent others from registering it first."

Yang Yi learned this trick from Nvidia in his previous life.

Yangyi has now completed the deployment of all its cutting-edge technologies; it remains to be seen which subsidiary will produce results first.

Yang Yi is still making arrangements for the subsidiary.

On the other side, many players had already started cheering.

Gamescom, currently the world's largest gaming expo, has announced its exhibitors for this year.

Many of these games are from Chinese companies, leading players to exclaim that Chinese games are finally improving.

Some sharp-eyed netizens also spotted Beehive, a game company that has been making headlines for the past year.

Does this mean that the big moves previously leaked are true?

While Plants vs. Zombies is excellent, it clearly doesn't need nearly 500 developers.

These days, exhibiting at Gamescom in Cologne inevitably means having a major game to promote.

Will the legend endure or will it crumble and fall?

Damn, I can't wait!

I can't stand being here for even a single day this July.

Yang Yi didn't care at all about participating in the exhibition, since Victor was in charge of that aspect.

All Yang Yi needs to do is go.

Since the beginning of the year, Yang Yi has been working non-stop, developing games, recording videos, acquiring companies, and recruiting research teams. He has signed countless contracts.

Now that the company is on the fast track, Yang Yi can finally relax a bit.

Yang Yi is now quite successful in her career, so she should at least buy her own place.

And so, Yang Yi took Shen Xiao on a house-hunting trip.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

In his previous life, Yang Yi was the CEO of a game company with a net worth of over 100 million yuan. He had seen all kinds of scenes that he should have seen and all kinds of extravagance that he shouldn't have seen.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anything that could easily make him show a surprised expression.

No matter how luxurious a house is, how luxurious can it be? It's just that the location it occupies creates vastly different prices. As for the interior decoration and furnishings, they are ultimately just piles of luxurious materials, and they are all pretty much the same.

Too shallow!

It can only be said that Yang Yi's thinking was narrow-minded!

Shenzhen is at the forefront of China's development. Where capital converges, there is no limit to the luxury residences that can be built.

The reason I haven't seen those extremely luxurious mansions before is simply because I haven't reached that price threshold.

This is truly an eye-opener!

However, Yang Yi always felt that these houses were luxurious for the sake of luxury, without any sense of life.

"Could it be that my understanding isn't quite there yet? Why does it seem like the spacious apartment I used to rent isn't as comfortable as it is now?"

Yang Yi subconsciously scratched his head and couldn't help but mutter something to himself.

Shen Xiao, who had been accompanying him while he looked at houses, overheard this muttering and immediately smiled and explained, "Brother Yang, you usually live alone, so naturally you feel more comfortable in a regular large apartment. These luxury homes are just too big, with so many functional areas. If there aren't a dozen or so people living and taking care of them, the whole place will feel empty and cold, without any life at all."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yi nodded slightly, agreeing with the statement in his heart.

If there are many people, the various functional areas in this mansion can be put to good use.

In his past life, Gabe Newell (G胖) lived a very carefree life on his yacht, which only shows he had many servants.

If only Gabe Newell tried it, he'd be scared to death!

After much deliberation, Yang Yi finally chose a large flat with a 270° panoramic sea view.

The house has a total area of ​​270 square meters and a total price of 6000 million.

This number would have been an unimaginable astronomical sum for him in his previous life.

After all, no one would impulsively spend half of their savings to buy a property.

But now, everything is different.