I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

The entire audience was shocked. They were not only shocked by the right rear door of the H20O, but also by the fact that Zhang Yuming would say it so directly in this situation, leaving Wang Wenxun no way out.

Wang Wenxun immediately denied it, saying, "Mr. Zhang, you can't just make baseless accusations. How come I don't know that our H20 has a backdoor? Where did you hear this rumor from?"

Zhang Yuming replied, "Chairman Yang told me this, and he would never lie to me about something like this. His engineers have already tested and found that the H20 has a backdoor, which means that once our AI model uses your chip, all our AI data will be controlled by you. If you are unhappy one day, you can delete the data through the backdoor, or even destroy our equipment. Anyway, I dare not use this chip, and our purchase contract must be cancelled."

Wang Wenxun immediately denied it, saying, "Chairman Yang did it on purpose! The U.S. government forced Sanxing to stop manufacturing chips for them, so he holds a grudge against us and spreads rumors to slander us. I can tell everyone with certainty that the H20 absolutely does not have any so-called backdoor, at least I don't know of any such thing as a backdoor."

Zhang Yuming replied, "Whether it exists or not isn't up to you or Chairman Yang; it's up to the data from the professional engineers' tests. Sorry, I have to go back now. By the way, if you're confident in H20O, we can go to Jiangcheng tomorrow to confront Chairman Yang. It's only a two-hour drive, it won't take much time. Think it over carefully. If you're willing to go to Jiangcheng, call me before 6 a.m. tomorrow. Goodbye."

Zhang Yuming immediately left the banquet with senior executives from Douyin Group.

Seeing this, Penguin's Little Ma immediately said to Wang Wenxun, "Mr. Wang, we need to re-evaluate the contract we signed. If, as Mr. Zhang said, the H20O does have a backdoor, we must also cancel the contract. I hope you can understand that no one wants their hard-earned research results to be easily stolen by others."

Wang Wenxun quickly said, "Mr. Ma, don't believe Chairman Yang's nonsense. I can assure you that H20 has absolutely no backdoors."

Little Ma replied, "I'll be going to Jiangcheng tomorrow to meet with Chairman Yang. Whether there are backdoors or not depends on the data, not on your or my words. Sorry, we have to go now. Goodbye."

Pony Ma immediately left with Tencent's top executives.

Subsequently, Luo Jun from DaMi also expressed his concerns to Wang Wenxun about the existence of a backdoor in the H20O chip. However, he did not leave immediately because he was worried that it was a misunderstanding. He did not want to offend Nvidia, lest DaMi run out of chips or have to spend more money to buy chips.

At this moment, the chat in Nvidia's TikTok live stream was filled with comments.

"Oh my god, the H20O actually has a backdoor. I was wondering why the chip was suddenly unblocked. So that's what happened."

"If it were me, I wouldn't want H20O either. Who can tolerate others easily stealing the data they've worked so hard to research?"

"That's not how it works. They had no choice but to choose the H20. If their AI wants to develop better, they have to sacrifice some secrecy in exchange for the H20. You know, Sanxing has already issued a statement that it will no longer manufacture chips for Yang Chen. Even if Yang Chen can design a chip that can replace the H20, they can't produce it."

"So, we're finally going to see Yang Chen get his comeuppance? That day has finally come, and it has to be the mighty Nvidia. As expected of the world's most valuable company, this is the strength it deserves."

The news caused a huge stir, and "Yang Chen said H20O has a backdoor" quickly became a trending topic on the internet.

With such a significant impact, relevant departments naturally had to intervene.

Zhou Haiyang, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, called Yang Chen late at night.

"Chairman Yang, I heard that your tests revealed a backdoor in H20O?" Zhou Haiyang asked bluntly.

Yang Chen replied very clearly: "That's right, there is indeed a backdoor, and we have solid evidence. Therefore, we suggest that you issue a notice to prevent companies in China from purchasing H20O, so that the research data you have worked so hard to produce can be easily stolen by them."

Zhou Haiyang said very seriously, "Chairman Yang, this is no joke. You know that H20O is the product of our negotiations with the United States. If it really has a backdoor, we must shut it out."

“Of course I know all this. I would never stoop to using unfair means to compete with my rivals; I always rely on my true abilities. I assure all companies that they can rest assured that I will have good news for them next month. Not to mention the H20, I can provide chips with equivalent performance to the H100 or even the H200,” Yang Chen said.

Zhou Haiyang laughed heartily and said, "Understood, understood. It has to be Chairman Yang, he never disappoints us. Then let's follow Chairman Yang's plan and issue an announcement tomorrow morning prohibiting domestic companies from purchasing H20O."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen immediately turned off his phone to avoid anyone calling and disturbing his rest.

Yang Chen looked at Chen Xi and the others; they were all staring at him.

"Have you resolved all the work-related issues? Can we talk about personal matters now?" Chen Xi asked.

Yang Chen nodded and said, "We can talk about personal matters now. Let's talk."

"Let's talk. How do you want to talk?" Chen Xi asked.

Yang Chen replied with a smile, "Didn't you want to talk to me? How do you want to talk?"

“But this is something you need to decide. Of course, you should tell me how to negotiate,” Chen Xi replied.

Yang Chen laughed heartily and said, "Alright, alright, I'll make the decision. Then listen to me, everyone go back to your rooms and sleep immediately. Chen Xi will serve you tonight."

Chen Xi immediately stood up happily and said, "I agree!"

The others immediately shouted in unison, "We disagree!"

Chen Xi said, "Important matters should be decided by men; women shouldn't interfere. It's settled then, ladies, go back to your rooms and get some sleep."

Huang Wei immediately said, "That won't do. You've already gained the upper hand, and for so many days now. If you were going to win, you've already won. If you weren't going to win, there's no point in you clinging to him. You should give us a chance. To be fair, I suggest we draw lots. Whoever draws A-Chen's name will be his tonight. You're the eldest sister, and we've already given you so much. You can't be too greedy and not give us any chance at all."

The others nodded in agreement with Huang Wei's words.

Chen Xi quickly said, "Sisters, I'm begging you, please don't compete with me tonight. I've calculated the dates, and today is my ovulation period, you know what I mean. After tonight, I promise I won't compete for a month, okay?"

The others looked at each other, and although no one was willing, they all nodded in agreement in the end, deciding to hand Yang Chen over to her tonight.

Chen Xi was overjoyed and quickly thanked them, saying, "Thank you so much, sisters! Tomorrow night it's my treat. Let's all go for a spa and then go sing karaoke. Okay?"

Zhao Jing said, "Alright, let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow. You guys go take care of your business. Let's go, sisters, we're going back to our rooms to enjoy some alone time."

Chen Xi smiled and bowed to each of the younger women who passed by her, saying, "Thank you for your cooperation."

No wonder ancient emperors, despite their luxurious lives, mostly died young.

If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll suffer in the future.

Early in the morning, many business leaders and relevant department heads from Sihai Group arrived, all there to verify whether H20 truly had a backdoor and how Yang Chen resolved the chip issue. Because Chen Xi had promised her sisters she wouldn't participate in the competition for the next month, she had pushed Yang Chen to his limits last night, causing him to sleep until after 10 a.m. When he arrived at the company by helicopter, hundreds of guests were already waiting for him.

Since everyone came to see Yang Chen for the same reason, Yang Chen simply received them all at the same time.

Yang Chen said loudly, "I know why you've all come. Seeing is believing. Come with me, everyone. I'll take you to the Sihai Electronics R&D base so the engineers can prove that the H20 has a backdoor."

At this time, the Semiconductor Industry Association, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other organizations had prepared announcements, waiting for Yang Chen to prove to everyone that H20O did indeed have a backdoor. They would then issue an announcement prohibiting domestic companies from purchasing H20O, and if they insisted on purchasing it, they would have to give a sufficient reason.

Yang Chen led everyone to the Sihai Electronics R&D base, where engineers tested H20O in front of everyone and proved that it had a backdoor.

The engineers immediately took action and quickly confirmed the existence of a backdoor in H20O in front of everyone. Everyone saw the conclusive evidence and had no more doubts.

Douyin Group President Zhang Yuming said with a smile, "Chairman Yang, it's fortunate that you notified me in time, otherwise I would have made a big mistake."

Penguin Little Ma followed up, saying, "Who says otherwise! It's all thanks to Chairman Yang, otherwise the results of our research, which we invested so much money in, would have been easily stolen by them."

Da Mi Luojun said, "Thank you, Chairman Yang, for exposing their true colors in time, but what should we do next? Without advanced chips, our AI development will be limited. They've given us two choices: either sell out their secrets or slow down the development of the AI ​​field. And it seems we don't have a better option."

Little Ma asked, "What does Mr. Luo mean?"

Luo Jun replied with a smile, "What I mean is, if there's a solution, we'll certainly reject H20O without hesitation. But if we don't have a better solution, we can only choose H20O. Even if it's just sharing data, at least we're actually making progress. They have our research results, but we have our own too, so we won't stagnate or fall too far behind them. But if we don't want H20O, it means they'll widen the gap between us in the field of AI even further. It's like if we both have nuclear weapons, it doesn't matter. But if they have nuclear weapons and we don't, then the situation is completely different. What do you all think?"

It has to be President Luo; there's absolutely nothing wrong with that statement.

Everyone burst into laughter, and all eyes turned to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen smiled and said, "President Luo was talking about a last resort, but we're clearly not at that point yet. Everyone, please be patient. There will definitely be good news about chips next month. In principle, I don't recommend that you purchase H20O or other foreign chips, because most of them have backdoors. Before, we had no choice. As President Luo said, everyone had them, so it didn't matter if they monitored and stole from us. Now that we have a choice, we must resolutely not let them monitor and steal from us anymore. That's all I have to say. You can decide for yourselves what to do. That's all for today. Please go back now."

Those guests who did not have any cooperation to discuss left directly, but those who did stay to wait for Yang Chen to meet with them.

A few minutes later, the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued announcements almost simultaneously.

There are three main points.

First, H20O contains a backdoor, so we advise against purchasing it.

Second, if H20O must be purchased, sufficient reasons must be given.

Third, a comprehensive random inspection of chips produced by foreign companies will be conducted nationwide, and any chips found to have backdoors, defects, or other problems must be immediately discarded.

These three points are essentially illustrating one issue: China wants to reject all chips produced by foreign companies.

Because foreign-made chips generally have backdoors and other defects, there was no other choice in the past, and we could only turn a blind eye to such problems.

Yang Chen's chip factory is now ready and is procuring raw materials. Once all the materials are in place, it will be able to start mass production of chips of various models and grades.

So why should we tolerate the crippled or backdoored chips produced by foreign companies?
Subsequently, Yang Chen posted a Weibo post specifically to respond to the debate among netizens.

"Our engineers proved to hundreds of company executives and engineers that the H20O chip contained a backdoor. Times have changed. We will no longer accept any chips with backdoors or compromised performance. We urge all companies to unite and sweep this foreign garbage out the door!"

Netizens left numerous comments.

“Well said! I’ve long been disgusted by the special products that foreigners provide to us, and I should have told them no long ago.”

"While it sounds inspiring and exciting, we need to be realistic. Without these foreign chip brands, what will we use? Are we just going to give up on development?"

"Anyone can show off, right? I can post something like that on Weibo too, but who's going to solve the chip problem? Are we going to let the entire AI field stagnate just for a moment of showing off?"

"Mr. Yang, if you're so capable, then manufacture domestically produced chips. Otherwise, stop spouting such useless nonsense."

……

Wang Wenxun himself is still in Haicheng, and the announcements from these two departments are undoubtedly equivalent to slapping him twice in the face.

Nvidia has 20 H30O chips in stock, and after the lifting of the ban, it placed an order with TSMC to produce 70 more. TSMC had already started production, and if Chinese companies do not purchase H20O chips, these chips will be wasted.

因为外国有满血的H100，甚至H200可以用，根本不会考虑只有H100大约20%性能的H20。

Wang Wenxun naturally couldn't stand by and watch his company lose so much money, so he quickly left the hotel to try and persuade the relevant departments not to ban H20O.

By this time, many media outlets were already waiting outside the hotel, and Wang Wenxun was immediately surrounded by them as soon as he stepped out.

"Yang Chen proved in front of hundreds of company executives and engineers that the H20O antenna has a backdoor. The Semiconductor Industry Association and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have also issued announcements prohibiting companies from purchasing the H20O. What do you have to say about this?"

"Didn't you say last night that you guaranteed there was no backdoor? Are you deliberately trying to trick us?"

"Do you even know that H20O has a backdoor? You're the CEO, you can't possibly not know, right?"

……

Faced with the reporters' aggressive questions, Wang Wenxun's palms were sweating nervously.

He knew he had to face the problem head-on at this point. If he avoided it, the media would exaggerate the issue, and H20O would have no chance at all.

Wang Wenxun forced a smile and said, "I think there must be some misunderstanding here. It's not even confirmed whether the chip used for testing is actually the H20 yet, so please adhere to the principle of seeking truth from facts and refrain from reporting news recklessly without confirmation. I'm going to the relevant departments to clarify the issue now. I will not allow anyone to slander the H20. I assure you that the H20 does not have a backdoor, and that the H20 will definitely sell like hotcakes in China. Everyone, please make way, I'm in a hurry to communicate with the relevant departments. Please wait for our official announcement. Thank you." (End of Chapter)