159: Chapter 159 A Complete Boycott of Fanmi Technology!

The lobby of the Fanmi Technology data center.

"They're crazy! Absolutely crazy!"

Zhou Guangming, who had just returned a day late after finishing experiments at Loongson, stared at the rapidly changing numbers on the screen and couldn't help but gasp.

The real-time sales data on the screen was climbing at a terrifying speed, the red numbers like burning flames, scorching everyone's eyes.

One million in ten minutes!

Three million in twenty-four hours!

This speed had far exceeded his expectations.

Glancing not far away, he saw Lei Jun rubbing his forehead, clearly not having expected fanmi 2 to become this popular.

"President Lei, the servers for E-commerce platform and E-commerce platform have already crashed three times! They called and asked if we could slow down our restocking speed!"

An employee rushed over to report, their forehead covered in cold sweat.

Lei Jun rubbed his throbbing temples and said in a deep voice, "Why don't you ask them how to control the speed at which customers place orders?"

"Is... is it really okay to say that?" The employee was stunned.

"What, we're handing them money and users... and they still want us to spoon-feed them?" Lei Jun shook his head with a laugh.

The hot sales of fanmi 2, not to mention the money it earned for both companies, were enough to make the two E-commerce platforms secretly happy just from the sheer volume of users.

As long as they could keep their servers running normally at this time, it would be a live advertisement; how could mere millions spent on server upgrades compare to that?

Hearing this, he felt that the people at E-commerce Platform and E-commerce Platform were a bit foolish; how could they not think of such a simple principle?

"President Lei, actually, slowing down the restock might be okay, after all, our inventory..." At this moment, Zhou Guangming finally couldn't help but step forward, hesitant, his expression grave.

Lei Jun's heart skipped a beat; he had almost forgotten about this...

In just half a day, three million of the five million inventory had been depleted; at this sales speed, even though it had slowed down a lot.

It would be completely out of stock in at most three days.

It might not even last three days!

"No, this is an issue of trust with the users. We said we'd sell, so we sell... How are things over at TSMC?"

Lei Jun shook his head slightly, then turned and asked, his voice noticeably heavy.

"No news yet, President Li should have arrived there!" Lei Jun's assistant quickly said from the side.

Lei Jun frowned, immediately took out his phone, and dialed Li Guoqiang's number.

"Hello, Old Li, how's the situation?"

Li Guoqiang's weary voice came from the other end of the line: "It's not good, President Lei... TSMC's senior management keeps avoiding me, only sending a department manager to deal with me. They say their production capacity has reached its limit and they can't increase orders."

"Bullshit!" Lei Jun couldn't help but curse, "Our order is their largest one this year; how dare they brush us off like this?"

"I feel like they must be under pressure..."

Li Guoqiang's voice dropped a few notches, "I just saw a few foreigners outside the factory, and they seemed to vaguely mention Likely a semiconductor company name..."

Lei Jun's heart sank to the bottom.

Sure enough, those Western giants had made their move.

"Try to find another way, even if you can only get one million more chips!" Lei Jun gritted his teeth.

The popularity of fanmi 2 had finally made some Westerners restless. Although they had been prepared for a long time, facing this situation in reality was still infuriating.

"I'll do my best." Li Guoqiang sighed and hung up the phone.

Lei Jun put down his phone, his expression terrifyingly grave.

The entire data center was silent, and everyone felt the heavy pressure.

"President Lei, should we suspend sales for now?" someone suggested cautiously.

"No!" Lei Jun refused flatly, "This is the peak of our momentum. I'd rather sell out the stock; suspending sales will only put us in a more passive position."

He paced back and forth a few times, then suddenly stopped, his eyes becoming firm: "I will personally go to TSMC!"

"President Lei, this..." Zhou Guangming was stunned.

"There's nothing to hesitate about." Lei Jun interrupted him, "Fanmi cannot fall just like this!"

Things were happening much faster than he had anticipated.

First was the sales speed of fanmi 2; the chip inventory that he originally thought would last at least a month was almost gone in just one day.

The movements from the West were also significantly faster.

This forced him to take action.

"Fine, leave things here to me for now!" Zhou Guangming nodded solemnly.

...

That afternoon, Lei Jun boarded a plane to TSMC.

More than ten hours later, after several connecting flights, Lei Jun arrived at his destination. Li Guoqiang was already waiting at the entrance, looking somewhat haggard.

"How is it?" Lei Jun asked hurriedly.

Li Guoqiang shook his head: "I still can't see senior management; they say Manager Liu is responsible for liaising with us."

"Manager Liu?" Lei Jun frowned, "The same department manager who brushed you off?"

"That's right."

Lei Jun took a deep breath: "Take me to see him."

In a meeting room, Lei Jun met this Manager Liu.

The other party had a strictly professional attitude, with a formulaic smile on his face.

"President Lei, your visit truly honors us, but we have indeed done our best; our production capacity has really reached its limit."

"Manager Liu, we have cooperated for so long; you know clearly how much profit Fanmi's orders have brought to TSMC." Lei Jun looked directly at him.

"Now we have encountered difficulties, and we hope TSMC can lend a hand. As long as we can get through this crisis, our future orders will only increase."

Manager Liu's smile remained unchanged, but his tone was firm: "President Lei, it's not that we don't want to help, it's just that we are powerless. You know, we are in the foundry business and are influenced by many factors; we have no choice."

Lei Jun looked at the man's unyielding demeanor, his heart burning with rage, yet he felt helpless.

He knew that the other party must be under pressure from Western giants, but cutting off cooperation so decisively was equivalent to not giving him any buffer time.

He had thought that even if the West continued to apply pressure, they could drag things out here, but TSMC's attitude was much tougher than he had expected.

"Since that's the case, I want to see President Zhang." Lei Jun settled for the next best option.

Zhang Zhe is the founder of TSMC and also the soul of TSMC; as long as he could see this person, perhaps there might be a chance to talk.

Manager Liu's smile finally changed slightly, and he said apologetically: "Sorry, President Lei, President Zhang has been unwell recently and has been recuperating; he is not seeing any outside guests."

"Are you sure?" Lei Jun's expression darkened completely.

Such an obvious excuse, the other party's attitude was already self-evident!

Just then, Li Guoqiang rushed in and whispered in Lei Jun's ear: "President Lei, I just received news that Likely a semiconductor company name, Google, and several Western manufacturers in related fields have issued a joint statement in the industry to boycott Fanmi."

"Why?" Lei Jun was stunned.

"No reason..." Li Guoqiang's expression became even worse.

At this moment, Lei Jun's heart turned completely cold.

He finally understood why TSMC's attitude had changed so drastically.

This was no longer a simple issue of business cooperation, but a comprehensive suppression by Western giants against Huaxia Technology companies; they didn't even bother to come up with a reason, directly implementing a boycott.

And since TSMC had deep cooperation with these giant companies, their current attitude was understandable.

"Manager Liu, I'll ask one last time, can TSMC continue to manufacture for us or not?" Lei Jun stared at him, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Manager Liu avoided Lei Jun's gaze and sighed: "President Lei, I'm sorry."

Lei Jun slowly stood up, straightened his clothes, and said in a calm tone that carried a silent momentum: "I know your difficulties, I hope you don't regret it!"

"I will have my lawyers talk to you later. For unilateral breach of contract, I hope you have prepared the compensation!"

After saying this, he turned and left.

"Regret? Heh~" Manager Liu watched Lei Jun and Li Guoqiang leave, chuckled, and shook his head.

He had no way to change the decision from above; even if Lei Jun could talk flowers into blooming today, this was all that could be said.

"You should try to survive first!" Manager Liu muttered; clearly, he knew some inside information, his tone carrying a hint of emotion.

As for the breach of contract compensation Lei Jun mentioned, it had nothing to do with him.

Walking out of the TSMC building, the sunlight was blinding.

But Lei Jun felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet.

"President Lei, what should we do now?"

Li Guoqiang asked, his voice full of anxiety.

Lei Jun looked up at the sky, was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Now, we can only place all our hopes on Zhou Fan!"

"But President Lei, the domestic technology..."

"I know it's uncertain..." Lei Jun shook his head gently, but his eyes were firm.

"But I believe in Zhou Fan!!"