Great Power Technology.

Chapter 64 Continue Shorting
August 8, at 6:16, Shencheng, Joint Headquarters of Chip Project Team.

"How is the progress of the road construction now?"

Chen Hao, who was sitting in the chair, asked.

"At present, the basic construction surface cleaning has been completed, the building materials have entered the site, and the laying can begin immediately. It is estimated that the excavation of the roadbed can be completed within 8 hours, and a layer of asphalt will be laid at 2 in the morning. If everything goes well, the third layer can be completed tomorrow afternoon. The asphalt is laid and it can be put into use after 12:[-] the day after tomorrow.”

"Why does it take so long for one to three layers of asphalt to be laid?"

Chen Hao frowned.

According to his previous understanding, the construction of a three-layer asphalt road does not actually take long to lay, especially with sufficient mechanical assistance.

Now that the most difficult construction surface has been cleared, and the excavation of the road bed is also supported by a lot of manpower, why does it take so long to lay the road?

"Mr. Chen, it's like this. The temperature has begun to drop at night in this weather, and the speed of asphalt demulsification and condensation will be affected. This is an off-site factor and cannot be controlled."

"But we are not idle during the waiting period. We will carry out roadbed construction. This road will carry large load vehicles, and the quality of the roadbed is very high, so we can't be perfunctory."

Hearing this, Chen Hao finally nodded.

"Strictly control the construction plan, if it doesn't work, add more people!"

"There is no need to add more manpower. The manpower has reached saturation, and adding more will only affect efficiency. On the other hand, we also have the requirement to control the number of personnel. If there are more, it will be more difficult to keep secrets."

"However. The manpower is indeed okay, but the funds are problematic. The financial funds at the county level will not be able to support it."

"The appropriation has not been in place yet? How much is missing?"

"The budget allocation process is too long and it's too late. The current shortfall is about 300 million."

Chen Hao fell silent, and he looked around the venue for a week, looking at the person in charge of the finance department.

"Can you transfer funds urgently?"

The person in charge nodded and replied:
"There is a quota. I will transfer the money immediately, but I need a subsidiary account. It may take about half a day."

"Is half a day okay?"

Chen Hao looked at the reporter again.

"Yes, but it is best to set aside a sum of money in advance to purchase daily necessities. Now the local residents are very enthusiastic. We have received a lot of voluntary donations, but it is best to settle the money quickly. It will cost about 20 yuan. "

"You can't even get 20?? How did you budget??"

Chen Hao slammed the table.

"Mr. Chen, it's really urgent this time, and the plan was made temporarily. We really can't help it."

"Let me pay the money, give me an account, and I'll transfer it right away."

Everyone looked at the speaker, who was Ye Zhou.

Chen Hao raised his hand and pressed it, and said:
"Don't talk about it, it's not your turn to do it. Xiao He, go to make a report and transfer funds from the logistics account of the SASAC, and I will approve it!"

"Understood, let's do it right away."

After the topic of road construction was over, Chen Hao immediately organized the next topic. This kind of meeting is not like a retreat in the office. Each topic requires a lot of decision-making and discussion, and Ye Zhou is also mentally exhausted.

He finally understood what Chen Hao meant when he said "he will become the busiest person".

After finally making it to the break time, lunch was delivered directly to the conference table. Chen Hao took the plate and walked to Ye Zhou and sat down with a tired look on his face.

"How is it, are you used to it?"

Ye Zhou raised his head with a wry smile and replied:

"If you are not used to it, you have to get used to it. In Hua Ji's words, grow up quickly on the battlefield."

"It's good to have this awareness. Your burden will become heavier and heavier, and you will surpass my position at a rapid speed in the future. At that time, the pressure will be even greater. Prepare in advance."

Ye Zhou nodded, and the two of them looked at each other with a smile, and began to quickly pick the already cold lunch into their mouths.

On the other side of the sea, a conference room is full of senior strategic analysis consultants, and there is only one problem for everyone to solve:
What the hell are you doing?
"Judging from the current situation, we really can't find any evidence that the other party has an advantage in the negotiation. What they have in hand is nothing more than an EDA. I really don't understand why they want to delay the negotiation to such an extent. degree."

The speaker was a handsome white man with long hair, his face full of doubts.

"It's not just the negotiation. We assessed Ye Zhou, the key player in the negotiation. The other party also spent a huge amount of money to protect him."

"They have a very high level of protection for Ye Zhou. As long as strangers approach, they will immediately conduct a comprehensive review. We have failed several times in such operations. Now I seriously doubt that there is still a hidden danger on this Ye Zhou. More secrets."

said another dark-skinned man.

After his recent setbacks against Ye Zhou's series of actions, he has gradually lost his patience.

"So we don't know anything about the secrets of this Ye Zhou, and we still don't know anything about the cards in the opponent's hand?"

"Objectively, that's true."

Everyone in the conference room fell silent, and after a while, a white-haired man said:
"Actually, there is no need to be so pessimistic. All conflicts now revolve around the issue of the chip industry. No matter what kind of ideas they are playing, it is impossible to break through the bottleneck of chip manufacturing. This is our absolute advantage."

"The problem we are worried about is that they have made breakthroughs in some specialized areas of the industry, and they will use this as a threat to force us to make concessions in negotiations."

"According to Dr. Eisen's judgment, the areas where the other party is most likely to make breakthroughs are packaging and silicon wafer production. It is impossible to make breakthroughs in the key etching and wafer production links, because they cannot build lithography machines."

"So, the worst-case scenario is that the other party uses more bargaining chips in exchange for some benefits from us, which does not pose too much threat to our dominant position in essence."

Everyone nodded in agreement. They have always been absolutely confident in their country's technological strength, and the reason why they want to go to war is only out of caution against this biggest opponent.

Deep down, no one thought they could beat them.

"Then what about the layout of Blackstone Capital before? We have followed the bet and intend to take this opportunity to severely damage the other party's financial market. Should we continue to short?"

The white-haired man thought for a moment, then replied:
"Yes! Keep shorting!"

"In the worst case, even if the other party really has a breakthrough in a single process, it will not be able to change the reality that their industry is incomplete and unable to manufacture chips."

"In this case, the market will still crash, but it will crash later and require more hot money to hit."

"But coincidentally, we don't lack money at all!"

"So, go ahead and do it boldly. This time, we're going to teach them a lesson and make them suffer for not cooperating!"

(End of this chapter)