75: Chapter 75 The Opportunity for Self-Developed Chips!

Warehouse Research Base.

"That’s the gist of it!"

Lei Jun said with a smile as he briefed Zhou Fan on the cooperation with Loongson International.

"Memory technology cooperation... and even secured an opportunity for an equity investment in Loongson International. Not bad, it's already exceeded my expectations!" Zhou Fan nodded with a smile.

One should know that in later generations, at its peak, Loongson International's market value approached seven hundred billion. It was the absolute leader in the domestic semiconductor industry and was destined to be the main vanguard for the domestic chip field's counterattack against the outside world. Being able to obtain shares at this time was a massive gain.

Furthermore, he was certain that after establishing a cooperative relationship, whether it was memory technology or future chip technology, there would be a massive improvement. At that time, Loongson International, like Huaxing, would be a powerful ally for Fanmi in the face of technical blockades and strangulation from foreign giants!

The Comprehensive Domestic Substitution Plan had taken its most important step!

"By the way, after obtaining the shares of Loongson International this time, we discussed it with Old Lin, Old Zhou, and the other original shareholders. Regardless of whether the company seeks financing in the future or issues additional shares for employee equity incentives, your 35% original stake will remain untouched and will not be diluted!"

"Mhm, as long as you guys have agreed on it. In the future, most of my dividends will probably be invested back into the laboratory. I have enough money for my needs; having more doesn't mean much!"

"You're practically becoming a saint of scientific research!" Lei Jun shook his head and gave a helpless smile.

Just then, the phone rang.

Lei Jun answered the call, and then his eyes lit up.

"The person you've been waiting for is here!"

"Peng Yang?" Zhou Fan's eyes also lit up.

"Mhm, he's already at the company. I'll have someone bring him over. You two can talk!"

"Alright!"

...

Half an hour later.

"Hello, Peng Yang!"

"Hello, Zhou Fan!"

The two shook hands. Zhou Fan sized up the middle-aged man in his thirties before him. He carried a shoulder bag and already had a few strands of white hair, perhaps due to years of irregular living habits, though it wasn't very obvious. He wore simple dark pants and a shirt, had a bit of stubble, and his face showed a sense of rigidity and perseverance—a typical square face.

At this time, Peng Yang should have just returned from studying abroad. He already had very rich laboratory experience, especially in the field of ceramic materials. If nothing went wrong, he would enter the research institute in three months!

"I heard you have a big project here, so I came to take a look!" Peng Yang looked at the young man before him, his brow furrowing slightly.

Zhou Fan's age was beyond his expectations, but he didn't judge by appearances. Instead, he asked straightforwardly, "Can you show me around and tell me about your project?"

"Of course, no problem!" Zhou Fan smiled and began to calculate in his heart.

It seemed this future old partner still hadn't made up his mind to come over; otherwise, he wouldn't have this kind of attitude. That’s fine, it makes things more interesting!

The joy of a long-awaited reunion caused the corners of Zhou Fan's mouth to curl up involuntarily.

Then, he led Peng Yang into the warehouse.

"The warehouse is a bit crude, but it's already being rebuilt. It'll just take some time!"

"I'm not focused on that..." After Peng Yang entered the warehouse, his eyes were glued to the high-end experimental equipment, a faint light shining in the depths of his gaze.

"How did you get such sophisticated equipment? Even for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it's not easy to acquire. Your company is decent, but it lacks depth..."

Zhou Fan wasn't surprised by the bluntness and simply smiled.

"You could say I snatched them from abroad!"

Out of familiarity with the man before him, Zhou Fan lightly concealed some of the facts. He knew that only by saying it this way could he appeal to this man's temperament.

It wasn't that Peng Yang was a bandit, he was just a bit of an angry youth. This kind of hot-blooded nationalism lasted until he was in his fifties without ever changing—a proper old stubborn soul.

"Snatched from abroad?" Sure enough, just as Zhou Fan expected, Peng Yang's attitude changed noticeably, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Would I lie to you?" Zhou Fan continued to smile with great interest.

"Fine, no problem with that!" Peng Yang directly gave a thumbs up.

"Those bastards, you should snatch more. This amount is still too little!"

"..." Although Zhou Fan had guessed he would answer like this, he was still somewhat speechless.

He really thinks of me as a bandit!

"I am about to conduct research on transparent ceramic crystals. I already have a general direction, the equipment is complete, and a preliminary model has been built. I just need someone familiar with ceramic materials to implement it. Stay!"

"Transparent Ceramics? Why are you researching that?"

"The direction of superconductivity!"

"..."

Peng Yang fell into silence. Looking at the young man before him, he suddenly realized he might have misjudged him. To know that ceramic materials could also be used for superconductivity research was clearly not simple!

"Where is your model? Let me see!" Peng Yang said suddenly after a moment of silence.

"Follow me!" Zhou Fan said nothing more and led him directly to the supercomputer display. He tapped on the keyboard and ran the program.

Soon, a large-scale supercomputing model appeared on the computer screen.

Peng Yang's eyes lit up slightly. Looking at the various parameters displayed by the model, he inwardly gasped. He looked at Zhou Fan with some disbelief.

"This... you really made this???"

"The real deal!"

"..."

Another moment of silence.

Peng Yang stared blankly at the large model. Although it was only a preliminary model, the way it was constructed was something he had never seen before. From a functional standpoint, it could almost perfectly screen all materials in the world, provided there was enough computing power.

What surprised him most was the design philosophy of this model. Almost every aspect had been considered, and it even included an artificial intelligence interface. It simply didn't seem like a product of this era!!!

"With your ability, why aren't you working on national projects?" he suddenly asked Zhou Fan.

"Because only here can I realize my greatest value!" Zhou Fan said with certainty, without hesitation.

Hearing this, Peng Yang frowned, clearly not quite understanding.

However, it didn't matter to him anymore.

He suddenly tossed the backpack in his hand aside.

"Alright, let's get to work!"

"..."

Now it was Zhou Fan's turn to be silent, after which he gave a knowing smile.

The old partner was still the old partner. Although he was much younger, his temper had never changed.

In his heart, if one were to speak of a scientific madman, the man before him was definitely second to none. In his past life, he had even earned the nickname 'Science Freak'; his personality was indeed eccentric.

But being able to reunite made him very happy!

A smile appeared on his face.

This way, the project should be set. Next would be the formal superconductivity experiments and... Loongson International should be very interested in this material.

With the upgrade of optical components, the breakthrough in Lithography Machine technology would not be far off.

Fanmi could also begin preparing for the self-developed chip project.