101: Chapter 101 Collaborating with Huaxing on Chip Development!

"Assistant Lin, I really have business with President Zhou. Could you please pass word to him?"

At the entrance of the warehouse research base, Lin Wenwu frowned, looking at the young girl blocking his path with a sense of helplessness in his heart.

The self-developed chip project currently had no direction at all. He really needed to have a good talk with Zhou Fan, otherwise, the project wouldn't be able to proceed.

"Director Lin, please don't make things difficult for me. President Zhou is really meeting with a very important guest. Please wait a bit longer..." Lin Shuang looked at Lin Wenwu's urgent expression, feeling somewhat helpless herself.

As Zhou Fan's assistant, she was under a lot of pressure. Every day, a large group of people wanted to see her boss. The man before her was one of Fanmi's shareholders; offending him would certainly lead to no good end.

Once upon a time, how could she have imagined that her most important daily task would be blocking big shots she wouldn't have even dared to look in the eye!

But she had to block them, because the boss had specifically instructed that no one was to disturb him.

This 'no one' naturally included Director Lin before her. Simply put, even if the King of Heaven himself came today, she would still have to block him!

"Why are you so stubborn? What's the harm in letting me in first? I shouldn't have to stand out here in the cold wind!"

Lin Wenwu was somewhat speechless. The weather in November was already quite chilly, and since he had come out in a hurry without extra clothes, he could already feel goosebumps on his arms from the cold.

"Come over here, this spot can block the wind!" Lin Shuang beckoned and pointed to her assistant's office. Although it wasn't large, it could accommodate two people without an issue.

The facilities at the warehouse hadn't been completed yet, so she could only set up a temporary small booth at the entrance, somewhat like a security guard's post, which served as her usual office.

"..."

Lin Wenwu fell into silence.

Just then, the door to the reception room opened, and Zhou Fan and Ren Fengxing walked out from inside.

"Then it's settled. I'll push this forward as soon as I get back. We should be able to sign the contract in a couple of days!" Ren Fengxing said seriously with a gentle smile.

"Alright, I'll wait for your good news!"

Zhou Fan nodded and escorted the man to the warehouse entrance, where he then saw Lin Wenwu waiting pitifully next to the assistant's office.

"Then I'll be going now!"

Ren Fengxing waved his hand, walked out of the warehouse, and got into the business van that had been waiting outside.

"Elder Ren, take care!"

Zhou Fan also waved his hand.

Only after the car had driven off did his gaze turn toward Lin Wenwu.

"Engineer Lin, why are you here?"

"It's because of the self-developed chip matter. You've really given me a massive headache!!"

Lin Wenwu hurried forward and followed Zhou Fan back toward the reception room, though his gaze thoughtfully followed the direction in which Ren Fengxing had departed.

"Was that President Ren from Huaxing just now?"

"That's right!" Zhou Fan nodded.

"What was the cooperation you just discussed?" Lin Wenwu was curious, but thinking of the self-developed chip, he shook his head: "Forget it, let's talk about the chips instead!"

"The cooperation we just discussed with President Ren is regarding chips. I was going to tell you anyway..." Zhou Fan smiled and then briefly explained the collaboration with Huaxing.

"Collaborating with Huaxing to develop chips!!!"

Hearing this, Lin Wenwu's eyes instantly lit up, and his entire spirit visibly brightened.

"Are you serious? But why would they collaborate with us? I recall Huaxing has been working on chip design technology for many years, right? I think they even released a smartphone chip this year!"

"They already have independent research and development capabilities; they shouldn't need to collaborate with us?"

Lin Wenwu was somewhat puzzled. He knew about the semiconductor company under Huaxing. Although their chip performance couldn't match those of the giant corporations, there weren't many companies capable of designing chips at this time, so they were considered quite powerful.

If they collaborated with Huaxing, they wouldn't be groping in the dark anymore. After all, Huaxing already had mature chip R&D experience. Once a cooperation was reached, the project could start immediately!

"It's a long story. Go back and tell President Lei, let him prepare for the contract signing. I still have some things to handle right now!"

As he spoke, Zhou Fan picked up his phone; it was vibrating with an incoming call.

He glanced at the caller ID.

It was Chang Hongsheng.

"Alright!"

Lin Wenwu had come here specifically for the chip matter. Now that it was resolved, he couldn't stay a moment longer and turned to leave with vigorous strides.

...

Half an hour later, still inside the warehouse reception room, only the group of people had changed.

"Zhou Fan, this is the head of the external protection system for our rocket engineering project, Wang Bingsheng. He's the one who primarily wanted to see you this time!"

"Hello, Director Wang!"

Zhou Fan extended his hand to the middle-aged man next to Chang Hongsheng, and the two shared a brief handshake.

"Just call me Engineer Wang. Chief Zhou's great name has been ringing in my ears like thunder!"

Wang Bingsheng looked at Zhou Fan with some amazement and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He had already heard about Zhou Fan's age from Chang Hongsheng, but seeing him in person, he still couldn't help but be a bit surprised, even incredulous.

It was this young man before him who had not only developed a new type of high-temperature resistant material and established his own research lab, but was also the chief technology officer of a tech company!

Such achievements were what many people dreamed of. Thinking back to when he was 19, he was still a green and ignorant college student. Comparing them like this made him instantly feel ashamed.

"You flatter me!" Zhou Fan smiled.

"Then I won't beat around the bush!" Wang Bingsheng's expression gradually became serious, and he immediately detailed the problems currently facing the external protection system of the rocket engineering project.

"That's the general situation... I made a special trip just to find out in detail whether this transparent ceramic material of yours can be used on a large scale in rocket engineering?"

After he finished speaking, both he and Chang Hongsheng looked at Zhou Fan with a hint of anticipation in their eyes.

Hearing this, Zhou Fan frowned slightly and fell into thought.

A moment later, he shook his head gently.

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. To be honest, I didn't expect you to suddenly rush to Hangzhou City. Although this transparent ceramic material can be applied to aerospace technology, the cost is much higher than special glass. If it were to be applied on a large scale, it would actually be quite uneconomical!"

Zhou Fan spoke seriously; he didn't want to hide anything from Chang Hongsheng and Wang Bingsheng.

"Is there no way to reduce the cost?" Wang Bingsheng frowned immediately upon hearing this.

The material issues of the external protection system had been bothering him for a long time. Just as he thought he had found a ray of hope, he received such an answer.

He couldn't help but feel somewhat dejected.

"Currently, there is no way to reduce the cost. Why don't you use quartz glass?"

Zhou Fan asked curiously. To his knowledge, China's rocket engineering projects in the future basically all used special quartz glass as the material for rocket optical windows and protective covers.

This material was easy to mass-produce and had parameters that fully met the standard requirements. Most importantly, it was cheap, making it more than suitable.

Hearing this, Wang Bingsheng couldn't help but sigh and shake his head gently.

"We were indeed using high-density quartz glass originally, but the situation is different this time. The requirements are higher, and the strength of the material we used in the past is no longer enough. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a hurry to find a replacement!"

"If the strength isn't enough, then just upgrade it!" Zhou Fan said with a smile.

"Upgrade??"

Wang Bingsheng's heart suddenly skipped a beat.