Crazy Entertainment System

Chapter 597 Ambition

Zhuge Yun was quite surprised to receive Chen Yu's call, especially when he heard Chen Yu say that everyone needed to come over because the last meeting had just ended.

What kind of trouble are they going to cause this time?!

Even though she didn't understand, Zhuge Yun instinctively didn't ask, because Chen Yu hadn't brought it up on the phone, which meant the topic was sensitive and needed to be discussed in person to maintain confidentiality.

After hanging up, he immediately called Gao Feiyan and the others.

Their reactions were similar to Zhuge Yun's. They knew that Chen Yu must have something important to tell them by gathering them together again at this time. Otherwise, given Chen Yu's nature, he would never have gone to such lengths to have them all come together.

The agreed time is three days later.

Chen Yu met with Zhuge Yun and others.

"Everyone's here! Let's talk upstairs!" As she spoke, she walked upstairs to the study.

Anti-eavesdropping and electromagnetic interference devices were activated to prevent any electronic communication.

"Zhuge Yun, what's the current chip manufacturing process in nm?" Chen Yu asked.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Zhuge Yun.

“Currently, most chips are 32nm!” Zhuge Yun instinctively raised an eyebrow, wondering why Chen Yu suddenly asked this, but he still answered honestly, as everyone knows this now.

"When do you plan to start the 28nm process technology?!" Chen Yu asked softly.

“We’re already preparing for 28nm. As you know, the 32nm process isn’t very mature, so the 32nm process is destined to be short-lived. Therefore, we will fully transition to the 28nm process by the end of next year!” Zhuge Yun said after thinking for a moment.

This answer was not much different from what Chen Yu had in mind.

"What process technology did the most advanced generation of chips I left to Zhanlong Technology use?!" Chen Yu asked.

Zhuge Yun was taken aback, but still said, "7nm!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jing, He Xing, and the others were stunned. It was still 32nm, yet Zhanlong Technology already had 7nm chips. This was too incredible!

Zhanlong Technology truly lives up to its reputation as the company with the best technology.

"So, what progress has the company made in the chip field?!" Chen Yu wanted to know if Zhanlong Technology had continued to innovate based on the technology he had provided after so much time.

"Yes, we are already developing a 5nm process design, and the chip architecture has also adopted a more advanced design. However, it will take some time to actually produce a finished product. One reason is that our process technology is difficult to achieve. The manufacturing cost of a single 5nm chip is currently as high as 1 million yuan. It all depends on luck. Therefore, most of our experiments are based on 22nm," Zhuge Yun said.

"The manufacturing process is a major issue, a major issue for any chip company. How's the rare earth resource acquisition I asked you to do?! This stuff is a raw material for manufacturing chips!"

"We've already stockpiled 1180 million tons of rare earth, and we're still stockpiling! The cost of this stockpiling system is enormous. We buy rare earth at 2 yuan per ton, so for 1180 million tons, we spent 4000 billion yuan. Of course, part of this money was borrowed from banks. Storage is also a major issue. Fortunately, we've been refining rare earth, trying to turn it into industrial products as much as possible. This makes storage easier. But even so, with an investment of tens of billions, we've only refined 40 tons of rare earth. Currently, the annual industrial production of rare earth is only about 50 tons!" Zhuge Yun said after a moment's thought.

This number really scared some people.

Over 1000 million tons! That's incredibly ambitious. Who gave Zhuge Yun such audacity?

"Continue to acquire and store rare earths, but don't put them all in one place. Don't put all your eggs in one basket, or you'll easily lose everything. He Xing, you should also help out. The importance of rare earths is self-evident; the country has already begun to list them as strategic resources."

Rare earth elements are the core foundation for the development of electronic information chip technology; today's electronic information society simply cannot function without them. However, due to excessive mining, the chaos and disorder in the domestic rare earth production industry have made rare earth resources no longer what they used to be. These are non-renewable resources; the more you use, the less there is left, much like oil. At the same time, I'm planning to establish an aviation division. As you can see, Earth's resources are nearing depletion, and so many countries and powers are vying for them. Therefore, we must turn our attention to the universe. So many unclaimed planets are our targets for mining. Currently, the approach to these planetary resources is that whoever mines them owns them. But the problem is simple: the cost is too high, so no one can afford it.

Now it's different. My team and I have built a mech that can roam freely in space and fly between the Earth and the Moon without any problem.

What you need to do is use the core mecha technology I provide to analyze and create spaceships and corresponding industrial robots, mine resources, and refine them on-site. What we need are the core materials. This is a long and arduous journey.

So I'm planning to set up several companies.

The first is Starlight Mech Technology Company. All products researched by this company cannot be sold externally, and everything must be kept secret. Therefore, this location must be a place without government control. I plan to establish it in Africa, so we need a team there. The purpose of this team is simple: to guard the area and for future expansion into the space domain.

The initial investment was 100 billion US dollars. I already had the technology; it was readily available.

The second is Kunpeng Technology Company. This company's purpose is spacecraft, especially for transporting supplies. Like Starlight Mech Technology Company, it is a company that requires extreme secrecy, necessitating a large number of guards to prevent any leaks.

The third company is a mineral resources company, mainly engaged in the mining industry! Not only minerals on Earth, but also minerals from other planets. This includes the mining and refining of minerals.

The fourth robotics technology company's first batch of robots were industrial robots, designed specifically for industrial applications.

The fifth is a biopharmaceutical technology company. This company manufactures drugs to serve humanity. After entering space, we will have access to more resources, which will open up more possibilities and allow for a wider selection of items for use in medicine.

The sixth is Tianwei Security Company, which is responsible for the security of the five companies I mentioned earlier. My requirement is simple: to guarantee the security of these companies and to ensure that their secrets are not leaked.