My Son-in-law Is A War God
Chapter 286 Are You Happy?_1

Chapter 286: Chapter 286 Are You Happy?_1

When Huo Gang was in work mode, his phone was always turned off; he didn’t want anything to interfere with his train of thought.

A conducive environment is truly important for those in design and R&D.

When Xiao Chen and Jiang Meng arrived, they didn’t disturb Engineer Huo but simply watched from a distance.

They had a conversation with Ma Wencheng.

"Chairman, Mr. Xiao, rest assured, with Engineer Huo and these advanced pieces of equipment, it will take no more than a year to develop an excellent gearbox that belongs to Xinmeng Group.

It will definitely reach the world-leading level.

Although it may not be able to catch up with Aixin Group, it won’t be far behind."

Ma Wencheng said excitedly.

"Take a good look, and take care of Engineer Huo. If he gets tired or hungry, I’ll hold you accountable!"

Xiao Chen instructed Ma Wencheng a few words.

Then he and Jiang Meng left.

Being laymen in this area, they were better off doing something more meaningful.

As soon as they returned to the company, Qin Hai, the general manager of Xinmeng Pharmaceutical, arrived.

His face was filled with worry as if he had encountered some difficulties.

""Qin Hai, take a seat. Whatever it is, take your time to explain,"" Jiang Meng said, smiling as she asked Secretary Jin to get a drink for Qin Hai.

Yet Qin Hai couldn’t muster a smile.

With a gloomy expression, he said, ""Meigao Chips is really being too oppressive!""

""Meigao Chips? Do we have any dealings with a chip company?""

Jiang Meng was momentarily puzzled.

After all, Xinmeng Group currently only had three main industries: pharmaceuticals, food, and automobiles.

It seemed they didn’t have much to do with chips.

""Chairman, the pharmaceutical and food industries have both moved towards automation.

Many of our smart devices use high-end chips produced by Meigao Chips.

Meigao Chips is the world’s leading chip R&D company with immense strength.

They’ve virtually monopolized the high-end chip market, holding a whopping seventy percent share and possessing a vast array of patents.

In the chip industry, they’re known as ’patent pirates.’

That includes mobile phones, computers, and many other smart devices.""

Qin Hai explained, ""Although our group doesn’t have direct contact with them, our smart devices need their chips.

Recently, Meigao Chips significantly increased their chip prices and patent fees.

This has caused the costs of purchasing our equipment to also increase substantially.

That in itself is bearable; we can just spend more money. After all, we don’t possess core chip technology, do we?

The most infuriating thing is that the smart equipment manufacturer we had a good partnership with has been sanctioned by an American Family Clan, and Meigao Group has already terminated their cooperation with that company.

As a result, that company went bankrupt.

The funds we had prepaid cannot be recovered.

If we can’t keep up with equipment updates, we’re bound to face problems in our pharmaceutical and food businesses.""

""Is the technology for these chips very difficult?"" Xiao Chen suddenly asked.

""Actually, compared with mobile phone and computer chips, these are much less complex.

Our intelligent equipment only needs chips made with 28nm technology.

But the problem is, we cannot circumvent Meigao Group, and that puts us in a tough spot,"" Qin Hai said.

""If it’s not that difficult, our country’s experts should be able to develop an alternative.

Look, you go ahead with your work, and I’ll think of a solution,"" Xiao Chen commented.

""We can’t be choked by these chips.

Right now, we are only talking about chips that are not technologically advanced. If we wait until we enter the mobile phone, computer, and even more advanced intelligent equipment industries,

to consider chips, it’ll be too late.""

He regretted that Xiao Corporation didn’t initially start with chip technology.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so anxious now.

However, fortunately, he had money, plenty of it.

If they could find leading industry experts, truly dedicated specialists, developing alternative chips wouldn’t be that difficult,

especially since they were dealing with less complex 28nm chips right now.

The precision for chips in the mobile phone industry has already reached 5nm.

It definitely can’t be done right away, but we can start on it just in case.

After all, he’s got money to burn, and it’s good to do something meaningful.

"Right, I seem to recall hearing that Engineer Huo’s daughter is into chip study, and though young, she’s a rare genius in the field.

Some of her papers have even made it into scientific journals."

Qin Hai spoke up suddenly as he was leaving.

"Okay, I’ll ask Engineer Huo about it!"

Xiao Chen said.

Regardless of whether the rumor was true or not, it was always worth a try, just in case it was indeed true, then there would be no need to worry.

At the same time.

Huo Yutong stood on the streets of Jiangcheng, somewhat bewildered and surprised at the same time.

This city was exactly as described in the rumors.

So clean and tidy.

So orderly.

The people here were so warm-hearted and enthusiastic.

She felt that she might have come to the right place.

If Jiangcheng really is the Dark Forbidden Ground as the rumors claimed,

then perhaps she could settle down here and do the things she wanted to do earnestly.

Not knowing where her father lived for the time being, she found a small hotel to stay in.

Even though it was just a small hotel, it seemed there was nothing to worry about.

There were always people patrolling here.

"I wonder how my father is doing; he didn’t even answer my call just now, could he be busy?"

Huo Yutong shook her head, took a shower, and rested for a while.

When she got up, it was already two in the afternoon.

She planned to let Liu Haoran and Zhang Meiyu know she was safe.

Liu Haoran was very excited on the other end, saying it was good that she was safe; they talked for a while and then hung up.

It was evident that Liu Haoran seemed troubled,

but he seemed too embarrassed to speak about it.

Huo Yutong shook her head, unable to fathom what had happened, so she called Zhang Meiyu.

"You’ve arrived in Jiangcheng?"

Zhang Meiyu seemed very surprised.

"Yes, I’ve arrived. It’s really nice here, very close to what the rumors described.

It’s truly a paradise.

I was thinking, why don’t you come over too? We could start a business together, and who knows, we might be able to build the chip giant of the future."

Huo Yutong was already envisioning a bright future.

However, Zhang Meiyu seemed a bit preoccupied.

After chatting for a bit, Huo Yutong went downstairs to grab some food.

Seeing the prices at the restaurant, Huo Yutong was astonished.

Everything here was just too cheap.

Eating the same food in Tianhai would cost four times the price.

She thought cheap prices meant poor quality, but when the aromatic beef noodles arrived,

to her surprise, there was even more beef in it than in Tianhai.

"Boss, wouldn’t you be running at a loss doing business this way?"

Huo Yutong couldn’t help asking.

"Lose money? Not at all! This is Jiangcheng, after all, with Xinmeng Group and Tianxing Company around, no one dares to overcharge.

The housing prices and cost of living here are the lowest in the country.

Yet the standard of living is close to that of developed countries.

The happiness index is through the roof."

The boss said excitedly, "You must be from out of town. Stay longer, and you’ll understand. Linhai is even better than here.

Because Tianxing Company and Xinmeng Group were originally based in Linhai.

Alright, I won’t disturb your meal anymore!"

With that, the boss turned and left.

Huo Yutong was genuinely shocked, yet she still harbored some doubts in her heart.