96: Chapter 96 Does your factory have a lithography machine?

The place Xue Haixin considered most important,

was, of course, where the chips were produced,

the so-called semiconductor production workshop!

In Xue Haixin's eyes,

in the field of mobile communications,

Bai Jingqing was just a green boy who knew nothing.

Moreover, he had done a special investigation;

while Bai Jingqing could be considered a legitimate college graduate,

his major had absolutely nothing to do with mobile communications.

Instead, it was the completely unrelated field of finance.

In this era,

finance hadn't started its decline yet,

and even maintained an illusion of being a booming industry.

As the crown prince of a company as large as Huayao Technology,

Bai Jingqing was a certified rich second-generation heir.

It was perfectly normal for his parents to send him to study finance.

But this was exactly the weakness Xue Haixin had seized upon.

How could someone who had barely touched software or hardware,

a complete layman,

possibly run a massive mobile phone factory?

According to the intelligence gathered so far,

it seemed all components were processed and produced by Huayao itself,

without any other supply chain manufacturers acting as OEMs.

Could a factory with such a complete production system

really be managed by a layman?

Even if Bai Jingqing's parents were big shots in the relevant fields,

and even if he grew up in such an environment,

learning a lot through osmosis,

it was impossible for him to be proficient to this extent, right?

Whenever he thought this way,

Xue Haixin became more certain

that Bai Jingqing's factory absolutely did not have the capability to independently produce mobile phones!

It was highly likely that he bought chips and various components from other manufacturers,

slapped on his own brand,

gave them a fancy name,

and passed them off as his own production.

Therefore, this kid must know very little about the detailed issues in mobile phone production.

Xue Haixin believed

that if he just picked out a few detailed questions at random,

the boy wouldn't be able to answer.

And if that happened,

he would have a reason to make those ministers believe

that the current Huayao company actually didn't have much technical substance.

And speaking of the most detailed stages,

it had to be the semiconductor production stage,

after all, the processes for those chips could even reach the nanometer level.

Xue Haixin didn't have a very deep understanding of this area either,

but he could still speak a bit about some basic things that were common knowledge.

He could still hold his own on the basics.

As they strolled,

he began to calculate in his heart which questions he would ask Bai Jingqing later.

Finally, Bai Jingqing led the group to a closed factory building.

At a glance, this place looked quite different from the areas they had seen before.

This area was in the furthest corner of the entire park,

and it was surrounded by barbed wire fences.

Every short distance, one could see metal signs marked 'Top Secret' hanging on the wire.

Xue Haixin was somewhat excited;

this should be their semiconductor production workshop.

He had already prepared many questions in his mind.

As long as there was a single flaw in Bai Jingqing's answer,

he would ruthlessly expose him in front of the three ministers,

making him lose face

so that the three ministers would no longer trust him so much.

Facing Xue Haixin's eager expression,

Bai Jingqing acted as if he hadn't seen it.

He just walked around the outside of the closed factory for a while,

introducing it as he went: "This is our semiconductor production workshop.

On one hand, the environmental requirements inside are quite strict,

including air temperature, humidity,

static electricity, and so on,

none of which can be significantly affected.

On the other hand, due to trade secrets,

I won't be taking everyone inside for a tour.

If everyone really wants to see the chips produced by Huayao,

I can bring out some finished products for everyone to study."

What?

I've waited so damn long,

and you just say there's no tour?

Aren't you just messing with me?

Xue Haixin was clearly anxious now,

scratching his head in frustration,

wanting nothing more than to rush forward and question Bai Jingqing.

But with the Shi City officials and the three ministers in front,

he naturally didn't dare to act out,

and could only fret on the sidelines.

Hearing Bai Jingqing say that the semiconductor production workshop couldn't be visited,

everyone present felt it was quite a pity.

At this moment, everyone's eyes focused on the three ministers.

They were the highest-ranking people on-site today,

so everyone was waiting for the three ministers to voice their stance.

The three ministers apparently accepted Bai Jingqing's explanation.

Besides laymen like them, there were also many experts in relevant fields here today.

Many of these experts held concurrent positions in mobile communication companies

to earn extra income.

Not to mention, many representatives from other manufacturers were also present.

If they really went in for a tour

and leaked Huayao Communications' secrets,

they would truly be doing Little Bai a disservice.

The three ministers nodded and said, "Since there are such strict environmental requirements

and it involves trade secrets,

then we won't go in to see it.

Let's head straight to the next location."

Since the three ministers had already spoken,

the crowd could only follow and prepare to leave.

However, Xue Haixin finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

He raised his hand and interrupted everyone, saying, "Everyone!

Wait a moment,

I have a few questions I'd like to ask Boss Bai."

With that shout,

everyone's gaze immediately fell on Xue Haixin again.

Xue Haixin wasn't flustered at all.

He stepped forward and looked at Bai Jingqing with a provocative gaze,

saying, "Boss Bai,

I won't ask much about those trade secrets,

I'll just ask a few practical questions that I'm most concerned about."

Bai Jingqing's brow only furrowed for a moment

before his gaze quickly returned to calm.

He shrugged and said, "Then ask away."

Xue Haixin nodded,

looking like a cheetah about to launch an attack,

full of excitement.

Xue Haixin asked, "According to my understanding,

the snapdragon 801 in the xiaomi 4,

the snapdragon 820 in the xiaomi 5,

and the snapdragon 835 in the xiaomi 6—

not only have none of us heard these three chip names before,

but we've also studied these chips carefully

and found that they weren't made by any of our domestic semiconductor chip manufacturers.

Presumably, they must have been made by Huayao itself.

In that case,

I'd like to ask,

does Huayao have a photolithography machine in-house?"

After speaking, Xue Haixin looked at Bai Jingqing with a mocking gaze.

A photolithography machine was expensive to build

and required extremely high technical strength.

Yet, during their tour today,

their only impression of Huayao was that it was messy and poor,

feeling very 'low-end'.

It seemed impossible for these two things to exist together,

especially in such a noisy and messy environment;

it really seemed unlikely that a photolithography machine, representing advanced production processes, would be here.

So everyone's curiosity was piqued.

Everyone looked at Bai Jingqing,

wanting to see how he would answer this question.