52: Chapter 52 Let the Bullets Fly for a While

When major manufacturers around the world were quietly sending representatives to Xia Country to place orders...

The International Semiconductor Association was in an awkward position; if they expelled these major manufacturers, they would essentially be expelling themselves.

So, they simply turned a blind eye...

They simply tucked their heads in like quails.

Meanwhile, on Gao Yuan's side, to increase Xiawei's production capacity, he used Construction Insects to help Xiawei build a new factory in the Muzha Development Zone...

For a time, Xia Country's chips showed a trend of sweeping the globe.

Orders for the semiconductor giant Yuandian plummeted by 90%, sending them into a panic!

The President of the United States hadn't taken it seriously at first, but when he saw Xia Country chips starting to enter the United States... he panicked completely.

Chips have always been a hallmark of high-end industry, and they had always used chip supply cutoffs to sanction other countries and manufacturers. Now, their own home turf was on the verge of being overrun.

Consequently... the United States announced the imposition of high tariffs on chips from Xia Country...

But what they didn't expect was that the manufacturers, who had just shown signs of returning, were actually feigning one move while secretly making another. Their main production capacity was concentrated in developing countries. Except for the United States mainland, factories in all other regions adopted Xia Country chips...

Although it was currently just a trend and hadn't been fully implemented yet...

The United States realized that if they didn't take measures, Xia Country chips would completely defeat the high-end industrial chain they had supported for decades.

The industrial chain is a closed loop; if one link is broken, it creates a chain effect...

After only one week...

The United States announced again: In view of Black Fish Technology's egregious plagiarism, it decided to take sanctions against Black Fish Technology! Any enterprise is prohibited from having business dealings with Black Fish Technology...

When this news reached the country, the whole nation was in an uproar...

Why is Black Fish Technology so impressive? It hasn't even been established for a month, yet it's being targeted by the United States...

What is the United States afraid of?

After the sanctions were issued, Black Fish Technology's offensive was suddenly curbed...

Many foreign manufacturers stopped cooperating, but in fact, they were all just waiting and watching!

If they continued to buy Black Fish chips and Xiawei chips, they might be sanctioned, and sanctions would mean losing the market.

If they didn't use Xia Country chips, their performance would fall further and further behind Xia Country's products, and they would lose the market sooner or later...

It just depends on how strictly the United States enforces it. If they can really do it—where any company with business dealings with Black Fish Technology is sanctioned—then the world situation might return to the previous state...

However, the United States today is not the same as it was ten years ago; it is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand...

Besides Xia Country, Russian mobile phone manufacturers were excitedly purchasing large quantities of chips from Xia Country. Originally, Russia's tech products couldn't even make a splash in the international market...

But now, Russian phones equipped with the Catfish series chips directly surpassed the United States in performance...

The entire Russian domestic market was soon occupied by Xia Country phones and Russian domestic phones...

And domestically...

Almost all electric vehicle manufacturers announced they would use domestic chips, and the field of intelligent driving ushered in earth-shaking changes!

The domestic electric vehicle manufacturer Qidi already had an advantage in batteries. After adopting Xiawei chips, its handling performance directly surpassed others...

This put a lot of pressure on Tela. Seeing their sales steadily decline, they decided... to purchase Yuandian's 5nm process chips at a high price...

But as a result, costs increased by 10%. To stabilize the market, they could only compress other costs! This led to an increasing sense of cheapness in the vehicles...

At this time, Gao Yuan didn't care about the United States' measures at all. Sanctions? Blockades?

Let the bullets fly for a while longer...

Gao Yuan is currently busy with two things. National Day is coming soon, and his movie is about to be released...

Moreover, the first batch of Constant Temperature Clothing has been produced. He is going to Qinjing to sign a formal donation agreement with the Fire Brigade, and the Fire Brigade has specially organized a grand ceremony for him...

He and Zhang Baiyi arrived in Qinjing...

While signing in at the scene, he unexpectedly met an acquaintance, Lin Keyi from Xia Country Daily.

"Editor-in-Chief Lin, we meet again..."

"Yes, President Gao!"

After saying hello, Gao Yuan was taken to the VIP room by the staff.

As soon as he entered, the staff introduced him: "President Gao, this is Liu Quan, the Chief of our Fire Brigade. Chief Liu, this is President Gao..."

Gao Yuan saw that Liu Quan was about fifty years old and in high spirits. He was currently reaching out his hand: "President Gao, thank you for everything you've done for the fire officers and soldiers... I've seen the Constant Temperature Clothing; it's really good stuff! With this, our fire officers, soldiers, and personnel will be much more comfortable when they work. Moreover, we've tested it; the fire resistance of the Constant Temperature Clothing is excellent, and its weight is only one-fifth of a fire suit..."

As soon as Liu Quan spoke, he said a lot. It was clear that he was very satisfied with the Constant Temperature Clothing...

"Chief Liu, the Constant Temperature Clothing is indeed good; our company executives each have one! However, production capacity is still limited. We guarantee that we will first ensure that all 500,000 fire officers, soldiers, and personnel have them before we release them to the public..."

"Good, good, good..."

Zhang Baiyi was standing behind Gao Yuan at this time, being completely ignored...

After talking for a while, Gao Yuan finally remembered. "Oh, right, this is our Vice President of Black Fish Technology, Zhang Baiyi..."

Zhang Baiyi wanted to cry in the back. Damn it, you finally remembered me. I'm clearly the one who has to speak on behalf of Black Fish Technology at the donation ceremony later... But why does nobody notice me?

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "How rude of me. Vice President Zhang, please sit, please sit. Black Fish Technology is full of hidden talents, especially in research and development—it's too impressive... I know a bit about the Photolithography Machine. President Gao, our Fire Brigade fully supports you! Let those people see whose chips are actually more powerful..."

Gao Yuan smiled slightly: "Thank you! They want to rely on blockades, but they are destined to fail. Over the years, have the times they've blockaded us been few? But which one haven't we broken through?"

"Well said... Alright, let's go, the ceremony is about to begin..."

Gao Yuan felt that the specifications of this donation ceremony were even higher than his last chip press conference because there were many people and even more media...

What Gao Yuan didn't know was that although the news of the Semiconductor Association wanting to block him was flying everywhere before, ordinary people didn't pay much attention to it...

But after the last press conference, this hot topic had been hyped up. Various self-media outlets were writing every day about the grievances between Black Fish Technology and the Semiconductor Association...

Of course, most of it was sarcasm, because someone who scored fifty on a test insisted that someone who scored a hundred was plagiarizing them. The key was that they even wanted to impose sanctions, which easily resonated with ordinary people!

Now Gao Yuan and Black Fish Technology are the kings of traffic. Writing news or posting articles, as long as it's related to Black Fish Technology and Gao Yuan, the traffic explodes... The media discovered the traffic password, which is to ride on Gao Yuan's popularity.

Therefore, even though it was just a simple donation ceremony, everyone who had the time and the means came... wanting to get first-hand information!