I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 626 Orange Interactive Entertainment Established! The lighting system is in place, but the polishing process is subpar?

The following evening, in a private room deep within the courtyard of Luzhou Prefecture.

Outside the window is a picturesque scene of Jiangnan with white walls, green tiles, and horse-head gables, but inside the house is completely different, exuding luxury everywhere.

Ma Wenteng was wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His flushed cheeks showed obvious signs of drunkenness, and he was puffing on a Zhonghua cigarette between his fingers.

He brought Liu Zhiping, Liu Shengyi, and Cheng Wu with him to Luzhou this time, but at this moment, there were only him and Chen Yansen in the private room.

The assistants, drivers, and entourage of both parties were in another private room.

Seeing that Brother Ma looked troubled, Chen Yansen picked up his glass and said, "How about we call it a day and continue tomorrow?"

"I'm not drinking anymore, alcohol is for the young and strong! Let's get down to business. The merger plan will proceed as you suggested, with Senlian Capital holding 51% and Penguin holding 49%. I have no objections."

Ma Wenteng took a deep breath and waved his hand.

“Okay, then I’ll add another 10 billion US dollars as start-up capital and risk reserve for each project.”

Chen Yansen put down his wine glass and spoke slowly.

What does it mean to add another 10 billion US dollars?
Little Ma snorted and rolled his eyes.

The commercial value of Penguin Video, QQ Music, Penguin Literature, and Penguin Animation far surpasses that of Orange Literature, Orange Short Drama, Kuaiying, and Wanhe Tianyi. You should definitely make up the difference!

However, he had already figured it out completely before he even set off.

After all, Chen Yansen gave him a week to consider it.

In his view, cooperating with Chen Yansen was not a bad idea.

"Can Weishi access the product pools of Pinduoduo and JD.com?" Ma Wenteng then asked.

"Sure," Chen Yansen readily agreed.

Little Ma's face lit up with joy, but before he could even celebrate for three seconds, another voice came through his ear: "Would you mind if I made games and PC games?"

Threat!

Ma Wenteng's expression froze for a moment, and he stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. Then he said with dissatisfaction, "Short videos are a strong area for Tencent. Do you think I can't succeed in this field?"

“Pony, don’t try to monopolize everything. You’ve poured billions of yuan into Weishi, has it been effective?”

Chen Yansen shrugged and asked in return with a smile.

Ma Wenteng rubbed his forehead, feeling both amused and exasperated. He had never seen such a hypocritical person.

Senlian Capital's businesses cover all aspects of life, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation. Recently, it even acquired a daycare center. It seems to want to be involved in every industry, yet it keeps advising others not to monopolize others' wealth. Doesn't it feel guilty when it says this?
Chen Yansen glanced at Little Ma, knowing what the other was thinking, but did not argue.

"When you're doing e-commerce, ride-hailing, and bike-sharing, when have I ever not supported you? Now that Tencent wants to make short videos, can't you support me just this once?"

Ma Wenteng looked at Chen Yansen with a resentful expression, his tone slightly aggrieved.

Chen Yansen was taken aback. He hadn't expected that Brother Ma would ignore profit and instead play the emotional card.

To be fair, Tencent did provide Senlian Capital with ample funding and traffic resources in its early stages.

“Pony, I won’t stop you from making short videos, nor will I suppress you. If you insist on getting a share of the pie, shut down Weishi first, and then open up the QQ and WeChat entry points to Douyin and Kuaishou. I can give you a portion of the investment.”

Chen Yansen thought for a moment and said.

"How much is 'partial'?" Ma Wenteng pressed.

“10%.” Chen Yansen grinned.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, if I were a few years younger, I would definitely drag you to the boxing gym and spar with you for a few hours."

Ma Wenteng was so angry he laughed.

Having navigated the business world for many years, this was the first time he had encountered someone as utterly shameless as Chen Yansen.

"Is alcohol afraid of the young and strong, but fists aren't afraid of the young and strong?"

Chen Yansen jokingly remarked.

With his strength and speed, one punch would be enough to send Little Ma back to the dead.

"You bastard! I'm over forty years old, can't you give me a break?"

Ma Wenteng muttered curses.

"Mr. Ma is in his prime, let's have another drink to wish us a pleasant cooperation."

Chen Yansen didn't take it seriously, filled Ma Wenteng's glass, and then clinked glasses with him.

As for the competition in the short video arena, since Ma Wenteng is unwilling to give up, let him do whatever he wants.

……

……

The next morning, a warm breeze blew and the sky was clear.

Ma Wenteng traveled by car to Senlian Science and Technology Park, where he signed an equity transfer agreement with Chen Yansen and simultaneously established Orange Interactive Entertainment.

Its portfolio includes companies such as Penguin Video, QQ Music, Penguin Literature, Penguin Animation, Orange Literature, Orange Short Drama, Kuaiying, and Wanhe Tianyi, with businesses covering literature, music, animation, and film and television production. Chen Yansen and Ma Wenteng didn't keep it a secret, having Penguin News and Toutiao make official announcements that same day.

"A major earthquake in the entertainment industry! Senlian Capital and Tencent join hands again, forming a close integration!"

"Another super unicorn has emerged! Its valuation may exceed US$150 billion!"

"Senlian Capital and Tencent join forces to fill the gaps in the digital entertainment ecosystem!"

Netizens were stunned after seeing the related reports.

Who would have thought that Ma Wenteng would have such courage to spin off Penguin Video, QQ Music, Penguin Literature, and Penguin Animation from the group?

The online discussion instantly exploded!

The search terms "Penguin's major split" and "Orange Interactive Entertainment's sudden emergence" surged into the top ten trending news in less than two hours, with the comment section filled with various speculations from netizens.

"There were rumors that Tencent was going to invest 20 billion yuan to save Weishi, but then it turned around and sold off all four of its major business segments: video, audio, literature, and animation?"

"Is Orange Interactive Entertainment trying to monopolize the entire entertainment industry?"

"Rumor has it that Pony Ma is going to marry his daughter to Chen Yansen, and Tencent Video, QQ Music, Tencent Literature, and Tencent Animation are the dowry!"

"Holy crap! Is this true?"

"Otherwise, why would Pony Ma (Ma Huateng) spin off the entertainment division?"

"So Orange Literature, Orange Short Drama, Kuaiying, and Wanhe Tianyi are the bride price?"

Upon learning the news, Youku founder Gu Yongqiang immediately realized that he had become a stepping stone for Senlian Capital.

But he still called Chen Yansen with his last glimmer of hope.

"Mr. Chen, regarding Senlian Capital's acquisition of Youku..." Gu Yongqiang hesitated before speaking.

"Mr. Gu, the 20% premium acquisition condition is too harsh. If it can be reduced to 30 billion US dollars, Senlian is willing to acquire Youku in two transactions to complete the acquisition."

Chen Yansen replied.

After acquiring Tencent Video, his interest in Youku waned considerably. He could have easily bought it, but not at a premium.

In fact, at this time, Youku's stock price had declined compared to the first quarter due to the surge in the number of paid users of Tencent Video, and its market value was only 30.7 billion US dollars.

Therefore, the price of 30 billion US dollars is not too low, but it is 10% to 20% less than the previously discussed 34 to 36 billion US dollars.

Gu Yongqiang pondered for a moment, maintained basic decorum, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then hung up the phone directly.

$30 billion?
too low!
He refused to believe that after years of experience in the video website industry, he couldn't possibly be no match for Chen Yansen and Ma Wenteng.

Just then, the phone I had just put down rang again.

Gu Yongqiang picked it up and saw that it was a landline phone number in Hangzhou.

the other side.

Li Yanhong sat in his office, his aura frighteningly low.

"What is he trying to do? Does he have to be so ruthless as to wipe them all out?"

Li Yanhong's eyes blazed with fury as he muttered under his breath.

From his perspective, Chen Yansen seemed to be targeting Baidu at every turn, first by joining forces with 360, Tencent, and Sogou to compete with Baidu for market share in the search engine industry.

Then, it acquired Shanda Literature, competing with Zongheng.

Now, with its deep partnership with Tencent and the establishment of Orange Interactive Entertainment, it seems they're pushing iQiyi and Baidu Bookstore to their doom.

Violence must be repaid!

There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names!

at the same time.

After a month-long research effort, the optical R&D department of Xingyuan Technology, located in Shanghai, has finally developed a lighting system.

In simple terms, it involves using a set of aspherical mirrors to focus the EUV beam into a micromirror array to shape and homogenize it. Then, the shaped and highly uniform light passes through the mask without any distortion and is projected onto the wafer.

But once the plan was proposed, everyone was stumped again!
The core technology of EUV lithography is to use extremely deep ultraviolet light for imaging. This light has an extremely short wavelength of only 13.5 nanometers, and its sensitivity to surface defects of optical components is far greater than that of visible light. Only by achieving atomic-level smoothness can the lithography precision and energy efficiency be guaranteed.

If the size of the mirror protrusions, depressions, or scratches is close to or larger than the wavelength, it will cause severe scattering and diffraction of EUV light, which will cause the light propagation direction to deviate from the design path, and ultimately result in misalignment and blurring of the circuit pattern formed on the wafer.

If used to produce chips, the yield rate would probably be less than 1%.

The awkward thing is that at that time, domestic research institutes did not have the engineering and industrialization capabilities to complete the polishing of mirrors for EUV lithography machine illumination systems.

After thinking for a while, Lin Nan sent Chen Yansen a progress report email, highlighting the current technical difficulties.

　Dear godfathers, I'm sorry, my wrist hurts a bit today. I'll try to write more tomorrow.

　　Ugh, I only got hard for three days before I went soft again. It's so uncomfortable...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)