Chapter 209: The Ultimate Romance for Men!

To manufacture graphics cards, you absolutely need semiconductor chips produced by TSMC.
TSMC is not only a company owned by Jason Huang, who hails from the same hometown, but also the world's leading chip foundry.
The cooperation between the two companies had always been incredibly smooth, without any problems.
But one day, everything changed.
TSMC's supply suddenly stopped.
"TSMC is trying various roundabout routes to deliver goods to us, but it's only a temporary solution.
According to our intelligence, a company called 'Fanghuan Shipping' is behind this!
They are deliberately cutting off all raw material transport ships bound for TSMC's location in an almost barbaric way!
This has forced TSMC to halt production even if it wanted to!"
Manufacturing chips requires a wide variety of high-precision raw materials, including silicon wafers, specialty gases, chemicals, photoresist, and more.
These raw materials need to be imported from a large number of countries, including the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, and Germany.
And these imports are inseparable from maritime transport.
Now, this shipping route has been strangled by a company called "Fanghuan," a behemoth rapidly monopolizing the global shipping industry!
"The rumors circulating are that Jiangjin Group and Fanghuan have joined forces to strangle TSMC!
And...it's said they have China's support behind them."
"Even China has intervened? Why?!" Jason Huang couldn't understand.
"There are many reasons, such as those well-known special circumstances.
More importantly, ever since China acquired the ports, there have been rumors of some kind of secret cooperation between Fanghuan and China."
China has blockaded the skies, Fanghuan controls the seas, and Jiangjin Group has built a brand-new chip foundry in Europe.
With favorable timing, location, and human resources, these three forces have formed an impenetrable noose, their power terrifying!
Now, even an industry giant like TSMC is being strangled, struggling to breathe.
Now, it's not just TSMC facing a crisis.
The other two tech giants deeply intertwined with TSMC—Apple and Qualcomm—are also in dire straits.
If things continue this way, these two companies will be forced to abandon their past arrogant stance of "only using TSMC."
They will have to outsource their core chip orders to their competitor, Jiangjin Group.
"Boss, you have to personally negotiate.
There are rumors in the market that our competitor, AMC, has a better price-performance ratio than ours in Bitcoin mining."
AMC, the world's second-largest GPU company.
While it sounds second, in reality, compared to NVIDIA's 80% market share, its share is negligible.
It has even been consistently operating at a huge loss; it wouldn't be surprising if this company declared bankruptcy tomorrow.
However, things are unpredictable. If TSMC is indeed strangled by these three forces, then Nvidia, whose entire production system is built on TSMC, will also suffer a devastating blow.
At that point, with the balance of power shifting, it wouldn't be impossible for the half-dead AMC to overtake them, or even surpass them.
“That kind of thing… I absolutely cannot allow it to happen!” Jason Huang slammed his hand on the table, a ruthless glint in his eyes.
For the future of ViingA, he had to personally intervene and resolve this crisis.
“Who should I go to? Jiang Jin Group?”
“No, you shouldn't go to Jiang Jin, but to Fang Huan.”
“Fang Huan?”
“Yes. The reason Jiang Jin Group was able to build a mature contract manufacturer so quickly is because they acquired a top-tier chip manufacturer in Europe.
And the reason that chip manufacturer was sold was because its parent company, Deutsche Bank, went bankrupt.
Now all the rumors point to Fang Huan as the mastermind behind Deutsche Bank's bankruptcy!”
In an instant, all the clues connected. Behind all the events lay the same name—Fang Huan!
A chill ran down Jason Huang's spine.
"Holy crap, what kind of monster company is this?!"
"How did its tentacles manage to span Asia, Europe, and even the Americas, turning the entire world upside down?"
"Hoo—!"
"Send a letter to Fang Huan," Jason Huang stood up, a resolute glint in his eyes,
"Tell him I'm personally flying over to meet with their manager."
He wanted to see for himself who this guy was, capable of such a massive operation, manipulating the lifeline of the entire chip market like a puppet!
***
"Damn it! When did you sneak around and pull off something like this?!"
Huang Fengwen, craning his neck, stared wide-eyed at the magnificent building that rose from the ground and pierced the clouds, his mouth agape.
Su Hao, hands in his pockets, smiled nonchalantly:
"Not bad, Huang Ge? I specifically chose this location; quiet, few cars, wide roads, and not too congested."
Huang Fengwen's gaze laboriously shifted from the towering building to Su Hao's overly youthful face, his Adam's apple bobbing:
"So… this is that… 'guild base' you used to talk about all the time?"
"That's right." Su Hao grinned, a hint of nostalgia and pride in his eyes.
"I started scavenging around here last spring.
A while ago, a project was put up for auction; they said the funding dried up halfway through construction.
I hired the top construction team to thoroughly inspect it, inside and out, and found the foundation to be incredibly solid, and the location great, so I just picked it up."
Su Hao had indeed been talking about this for a long time.
Ever since he earned his first fortune, he'd boasted to Huang Fengwen that he'd one day build a place, a guild temple solely for "playing."
A paradise where his former "guild brothers," who had once dominated the game, could gather and have fun anytime in real life!
The first floor had to be e-sports themed.
They'd replicate the game they played, a super-luxurious, plus-sized internet cafe.
Upstairs? Bowling alley, billiards, karaoke, a private cinema… everything!
We also need to build a top-notch restaurant and employ a team of professional chefs, always on standby.
This is the ultimate romance etched into every man's DNA!