857 Share of the Pie

CEO Li, who was sitting next to him, as well as every CEO sitting around him, all held their breaths and stared intently at the projector screen. They didn’t want to miss any details.

The head of the National Development and Reform Commission didn’t tell them who developed this technology. Otherwise, they would have gladly rushed out of the conference room and try to poach whichever research inst.i.tute that developed this technology.

As for the technical side of the carbon-based chips, the PowerPoint only included a transistor microscope image. After all, the CEOs sitting here didn’t understand the science behind all this.

The application of the carbon-based chips to quantum computers was a top-secret, so there was no need to speak about it at this conference.

The second half of the conference was mainly focused on policies formulated by the Communist Party of China, as well as how each department planned on coordinating the development of the semiconductor industry. The state wanted the major semiconductor companies to industrialize the carbon-based chips.

In order to allow the entire industry to move forward at an efficient pace, and to prevent internal compet.i.tion, China decided to set up a “semiconductor processor upgrade task force”. They would be responsible for helping various enterprises transition into the carbon-based chips.

Simply put, they wanted everyone to get their fair share of the pie. Then, everyone would take this technology to the global market.

At the end of the conference, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission said in a clear voice, “After we ramp up carbon-based chip production…

“We will become leaders of the global semiconductor industry!”

This meant that, after the carbon-based chip technology had matured and was market compet.i.tive, they would go full force in bringing the carbon-based chip technology to the market.

The conference ended.

w.a.n.g Zhengfei closed his notebook and retrieved his phone and Bluetooth headset from the staff members. He adjusted his collar and stood up.

Li Zixuan, the boss of the Huaxing Group, also closed his notebook. He muttered to himself at a volume high enough for w.a.n.g Zhengfei to hear, “I wonder which industry leader invented this stuff… Even Qualcomm will have to bow down to carbon-based transistors.”

Even though w.a.n.g Zhengfei knew Li Zixuan wasn’t talking to him, he couldn’t help but chuckle and reply, “Oh yeah.”

Li Zixuan looked at him and smiled.

“CEO w.a.n.g, do you have any clues? You’re not going to run off with the technology, right?”

“Why would I have any clues?” w.a.n.g Zhengfei shook his head and said, “Before the meeting, I didn’t even know why there were rumors floating around the semiconductor industry.”

Li Zixuan stared at this old man for a while.

I guess if CEO w.a.n.g does have more info, he’s not going to tell me…

It’s not like I can force him to tell me…

…

After CEO w.a.n.g left the conference room, he got into his car.

w.a.n.g Zhengfei sat in the back seat and didn’t say anything. He looked at his secretary, and without explaining anything, he asked, “I want to talk with Academician Lu in person, can we do that?”

The secretary froze and said, “Academician Lu? You mean…”

w.a.n.g Zhengfei: “That Jinling n.o.bel Prize laureate… I have some stuff I want to talk about with him.”

Even though Huawei was working with Star Sky Technology in the battery industry, they were still separated by Zhongshan New Materials.

Not to mention that Professor Lu didn’t seem to be interested in “sleazy” businessmen. Most of the company’s business side was managed by the female CEO. Lu Zhou was rumored to either stay in the library or the laboratory all day. Even his neighbors rarely saw him.

w.a.n.g Zhengfei felt a little annoyed that his connections couldn’t get him a meeting with Professor Lu.

As for why he wanted to see Academician Lu…

The reason was obvious.

He wanted to talk about the carbon-based chips with him!

Even though there was no evidence the Jinling Inst.i.tute for Advanced Study was behind the carbon-based chips, his instincts told him that this was definitely an invention by the Jinling Inst.i.tute for Advanced Study!

A long time ago, he asked his people to a.n.a.lyze the published research from the Inst.i.tute of Computational Materials and had them graph each research area category. It was obvious that the Inst.i.tute of Computational Materials was heavily involved in carbon materials research.

Not to mention, the Jinling Inst.i.tute for Advanced Study was the world’s strongest carbon material research inst.i.tute. He was 80% confident that Lu Zhou was the person behind all of this.

Cooperating with the Communist Party of China was fine, but if he could establish a relations.h.i.+p with the scientist behind the technology and that they could cooperate, then the profits would be unimaginable.

Not to mention Lu Zhou was an amazing scholar. Even if it weren’t for the carbon-based chips, it was beneficial for this CEO to have a chat with him.

The secretary froze. He didn’t expect his boss to make such a request. He didn’t know why his boss suddenly wanted to talk with Academician Lu?

However, he quickly put on a professional face and tried to find the best solution.

“Apparently, there is going to be a Quasi Riemann hypothesis report at the Jin Ling University, and the presenter is Academician Lu.”

w.a.n.g Zhengfei’s eyes lit up, and he asked, “Can we get a ticket?”

The secretary nodded.

“There are some being sold on Ticketmaster.”

w.a.n.g Zhengfei immediately replied, “Buy me two.”

All he needed was five seconds with Lu Zhou. He didn’t care about the report content at all.

The secretary nodded with a strange expression.

“Yes, sir.”

w.a.n.g Zhengfei noticed his secretary’s weird facial expression, and he frowned.

“Is there a problem?”

The secretary shook his head and smiled awkwardly.

“No! I’m just wondering how to connect you with Academician Lu…”

Buying the tickets is easy…

I can just buy it from Ticketmaster, and if they’re sold out, I can just call Jin Ling University. I’m sure they’ll be happy to give the CEO of Huawei a seat.

But…

It’s not like you can understand his report, so why are you going?

w.a.n.g Zhengfei said, “Don’t worry about that, just get me the tickets. This is extremely important!”

The secretary nodded.

“Yes, sir.”

The car began to move.

The secretary looked at his excited boss. He was curious, but he decided to shut his mouth.

I guess pigs are starting to fly.

My boss wants to talk with Academician Lu about academic problems?

When did you become interested in mathematics problems…

Maybe I should learn some mathematics to impress him?

However, when the secretary thought about the complicated equations, he decided to give up.