Super Rich: Starting the game by going back ten years to buy Bitcoin

After Mr. Wang and Mr. Zeng left, the office door closed gently.

Li Yichen didn't move and remained sitting on the sofa.

The sense of control I had when signing the agreement slowly dissipated, and my mind started to wander to other things.

The equipment that Gu Shounian promised him should arrive in ten days at most.

Where will we put those things?

When this question came up, even Li Yichen himself was taken aback.

When I bought it, I was so focused on getting the items that I didn't think about where to put them at all.

He leaned back on the sofa and tapped his fingers on his knees.

The Future Technology Building has a total of 32 floors.

The 32nd floor is now Ling'er's "home," completely filled by that Tianhe-3 supercomputer.

The office area is on the 28th floor and below. The company is expanding rapidly now, and there are nearly 800 people working in this building alone. The workstations are packed full.

The 29th, 30th, and 31st floors... these three floors are still empty.

Li Yichen mentally reviewed the list of the equipment.

Ultra-high precision laser interferometry positioning platform, atomic layer deposition coating system, nanoscale displacement stage, ion beam etching machine, and that special reaction vessel.

They are all quite large, but they should be able to fit into three floors combined.

It's enough to assemble at least one complete production line.

Let's leave it here for now.

We'll move it there once the second phase of the super factory is built.

Having figured it out, he stood up, walked to his desk, and pressed the internal phone button.

"Yanran, come in for a moment."

A few seconds later, the door was pushed open.

Ji Yanran walked in, holding a tablet in her hand, the screen filled with unread messages.

"Boss."

"The top three floors," Li Yichen pointed to the ceiling, "29, 30, and 31. Have the cleaning staff thoroughly clean them over the next few days."

Ji Yanran's finger paused on the tablet.

"Cleaning? What for?"

"A batch of equipment will be delivered in a few days, so we'll leave it there for now."

"equipment?"

"Yes, for making chips."

Ji Yanran opened her mouth, wanting to ask something, but seeing Li Yichen's calm face, she swallowed her words back.

The things this man said were increasingly outrageous.

The battery industry was just wiped out by explosions, and now they're trying to get into chips?

She took a deep breath.

"Okay, I'll arrange it in a bit."

"In addition," Li Yichen added, "those three floors will also be designated as a restricted area starting five days from now, just like the thirty-second floor. No one can go up there without my permission."

"clear."

Ji Yanran quickly wrote it down on the tablet, then looked up.

"Is there anything else?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Yichen's stomach growled.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet office.

Li Yichen touched his stomach.

"You haven't eaten either, have you?"

Ji Yanran then realized that she had been busy since morning and hadn't even had time to drink water, let alone have lunch.

It's already past four in the afternoon.

"I'll order takeout."

Li Yichen took out his phone and swiped the screen.

Ling'er's animated GIF immediately popped up, a cute little character lying on the edge of the screen, wiggling her little feet.

"Brother, are you hungry? Ling'er will find you something good to eat nearby!"

"Need not."

Li Yichen tapped the screen twice, selected a private restaurant he often frequented, and placed an order.

"Delivered in half an hour."

He tossed his phone on the table and sat back down on the sofa.

Ji Yanran also came over and sat down on the single sofa opposite.

Neither of them spoke.

The only sound in the office was the faint hum of the air conditioner vents.

About ten minutes later.

Li Yichen suddenly spoke.

"I still have 2,000 mu of industrial land."

Ji Yanran was looking down at the messages on her tablet when she heard this. She swiped her finger across the screen, sending the table far away.

She looked up.

"What?"

"Two thousand acres of industrial land," Li Yichen repeated, "specially approved by the military."

Ji Yanran stared at him for a full three seconds.

She doubted she had heard correctly.

Two thousand acres?

Is it industrial land?

In a place like Shanghai, what does one acre of industrial land mean?

Not to mention two thousand acres.

And... a special approval from the military?

"Boss," Ji Yanran's voice was a little dry, "you just said... special approval from the military?"

"right."

Why?

"It was obtained using the technology from Thor batteries."

Li Yichen spoke of it casually.

"Even the supercomputer upstairs was obtained through a trade."

Ji Yanran's mind went blank.

She finally understood.

No wonder the military convoy was so large that day; they even deployed infantry fighting vehicles.

No wonder someone of Gu Shounian's stature would come to deliver it personally.

It turns out that it wasn't that Li Yichen had a powerful background, but rather that the items he brought out were worth the price.

Use a technology that can disrupt the global energy landscape to exchange for a piece of land and a supercomputer.

This deal...

Ji Yanran didn't know what to say.

She even felt that the military might actually think they made a profit.

"That place..." she paused, then continued, "Where is it?"

"There's no fixed location."

Li Yichen leaned back, sinking into the sofa.

"Because it was specially approved, I can choose any industrial land within Shanghai that hasn't been sold yet."

Ji Yanran was stunned again.

This permission...

It's beyond what can be described as a "special approval".

This is practically opening up the entire industrial land reserve of Shanghai to him alone.

"So," Li Yichen looked at her, "where do you think would be a suitable place to put it?"

Ji Yanran's mind raced.

She recalled the empty space she saw a few days ago when she went to the Future New Energy Factory to check on the progress.

"Boss, there's a large open space about two kilometers away from the super factory."

She picked up her tablet, brought up the map, and zoomed in.

"Look, right here."

Li Yichen leaned over and took a look.

The map shows that the land is adjacent to a planned main road, making transportation convenient, and there are already many supporting industrial parks around it.

The location is indeed excellent.

How big is it?

"I took a look when I passed by last time, and it seemed... to be at least two or three thousand acres."

"What is its nature?"

"It's industrial land, and it hasn't been listed for sale yet."

Li Yichen stared at the map for a few seconds.

"This is it."

He made the decision.

"Take some time these next couple of days to go to the Investment Promotion Bureau and get the paperwork done."

"Two thousand acres, I want them all."

Ji Yanran tapped her finger on the tablet to note the location.

"Boss, what do you plan to do with this land?"

"Build a factory."

"Still a battery factory?"

Not entirely.

Li Yichen shook his head.

"Half will be used as a battery factory, and the other half as a chip factory."

Ji Yanran's fingers paused again.

She looked up at Li Yichen.

"A chip?"

"right."

Li Yichen stood up from the sofa and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

Outside the window is the sky of Shanghai at four in the afternoon. The clouds are thick, and sunlight leaks through the gaps, cutting out patches of light and shadow on the glass curtain wall.

"The Thor battery is just the first step."

His voice was calm, but every word was delivered with force.

"The chip is the real core."

Ji Yanran did not speak.

She recalled some recent developments—the blockade imposed by foreign countries on high-end chips is becoming increasingly stringent, and several major domestic manufacturers are desperately investing in research and development, but progress is slow.

The technological barriers are too high.

Lithography machines, materials, processes... every single one of these is a bottleneck.

Li Yichen is now saying he wants to work on chip manufacturing...

"Boss," she hesitated for a moment, "the chip industry... is a very murky place."

"I know."

"And the investment will be enormous."

"I have money."

Li Yichen turned around and looked at her.

"The authorization fee of 50 billion yuan from President Wang and President Zeng will arrive in their accounts within ten days."

"This money is enough for me to build a chip factory."

Ji Yanran took a deep breath.

Five hundred billion.

Just hearing that number made her heart tremble.

"So...when will construction begin?"

"Once the paperwork is completed and the money arrives, we'll find a construction team to start work."

Li Yichen walked back to his desk and tapped his fingers on the surface.

"Just like with the Gigafactory, I need to move as fast as possible."

Nine months.

"I want to see the chip factory built."

Ji Yanran nodded vigorously.

"clear."

She had just finished speaking when there was a knock on the office door.

"Enter."

An assistant pushed open the door, carrying two large takeout bags.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Ji, the takeout has arrived."

"Put it on the coffee table."

The assistant placed the bag on the coffee table and quietly slipped out.

Li Yichen walked over and opened the bag.

The aroma of the food immediately wafted out.

Braised pork belly, steamed sea bass, garlic broccoli, and two boxes of rice.

He picked up a box of rice, broke open his chopsticks, and stuffed a piece of braised pork into his mouth.

The meat was stewed until very tender, melting in your mouth.

Ji Yanran also came over and picked up another box of food.

The two sat on either side of the coffee table, engrossed in their meal.

As she watched Li Yichen eat with his head down, that feeling of unreality welled up inside her again.

This man had just signed a licensing agreement worth 100 billion yuan half an hour ago.

Now I sit in the office and eat takeout that costs tens of yuan a serving.

Moreover, while eating, they were planning to invest hundreds of billions to develop chips.

This scene...

It's too fragmented.

"Boss."

"Um?"

"Aren't you afraid...we won't be able to develop the chip?"

Li Yichen picked up a piece of fish and put it in his mouth.

"What's there to be afraid of?"

He chewed twice and swallowed.

"The Thor battery is finally here."

"Ling'er has also succeeded."

"Chip..."

He paused.

"Same here."

Ji Yanran fell silent.

She lowered her head and continued eating.

She knew that from today onward, the path that future technology would take would be a hundred times more difficult than before.

The battery is just the appetizer.

Chips are the real battlefield.

In this battle, Li Yichen had already charged forward with a gun on his shoulder.

After finishing the meal.

Li Yichen threw the lunchbox into the trash can and took out a tissue to wipe his mouth.

"I'm going back."

"it is good."

Ji Yanran also stood up and tidied the coffee table.

Li Yichen walked to the door, put his hand on the doorknob, and looked back at her again.

"You should go back and rest early too."

I'm exhausted today.

Ji Yanran paused for a moment, then nodded.

"understood."

The door closed.

Ji Yanran was the only one left in the office.

She stood in front of the coffee table, looking at the two empty lunch boxes, her mind still replaying the conversation from earlier.

Two thousand acres of land.

Half of it is used as a battery factory, and the other half as a chip factory.

These words exploded one after another in her mind like bombs.

She took a deep breath, picked up her tablet, and opened her contacts.

I found the number of Zhou Guodong, the director of the Pudong Investment Promotion Bureau, and dialed it.

The phone rang three times before being answered.

"Hello, is this Director Zhou?"

"It's me, Mr. Ji. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"There's something I'd like to ask you..."

And on the street downstairs.

A black Yangwang U8 drove out of the underground parking garage of the Future Technology Building and merged into the evening rush hour traffic.

Li Yichen leaned back in the driver's seat, while Ling'er took over driving.

As Li Yichen experienced Ling'er's driving skills, he wondered, "Should I also develop an assisted driving system and sell it to car dealers?"

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