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

Chapter 686 AMAS Bankruptcy Countdown: Ushering in a New Era of Lithography Machines! No Drinking Policy!
The next day was the first day of September.

Chen Yansen attended the relocation ceremony of Experimental Primary School in the morning and the relocation ceremony of Chun Shen No. 2 Middle School and Chun Shen No. 3 Middle School in the afternoon.

From then on, three more "Yansen" libraries and three more "Yansen" teaching buildings were added to the primary and secondary schools in Chun Shen.

In addition, students who excel in both the midterm and final exams will receive an additional scholarship.

In the evening, Chen Yansen returned to Luzhou by car.

When he arrived at Villa No. 6, Bihu Yunxi, it was exactly 7:30.

As soon as she entered the garden, she heard footsteps coming from inside the house, and Ye Qiuping jogged out to greet her.

She was wearing a light green apron tied around her neck and carrying a pair of cotton slippers in her hand.

"Here, Old Chen gave this to you."

Chen Yansen took out a 'red brick' and threw it into Master Ye's arms.

Ye Qiuping caught it instinctively.

She touched the thick red envelope, first surprised, then her lips curled up and a bright smile appeared in her eyes.

"Boss, is there any special meaning behind this red envelope?"

Ye Qiuping smiled sweetly, her heart pounding faster, and asked with great joy.

"I forgot to ask."

Chen Yansen looked at Ye Qiuping with a half-smile, his face full of mockery.

"Oh."

Ye Qiuping put away the red envelope, half-squatted down, and helped Chen Yansen change into slippers. Then she asked softly, "I made some sweet soup. Would you like me to serve you a bowl first?"

"Leave it there, I've already eaten."

Chen Yansen waved his hand in refusal, then lay down on the sofa.

He casually reached into the crack of the sofa and pulled out a very thin piece of underwear, which he examined for a moment.

He had never seen Ye Qiuping wear this style before; it must be newly bought.

Two slender gold chains connect the top and bottom, and they feel cool and refreshing in my hand.

"You bought new clothes? Go change into them and let me see."

Chen Yansen became interested and tossed the clothes to Ye Qiuping.

the other side.

After settling his family in, Wang Jingtao took a car to Luzhou and bought a plane ticket for a connecting flight to Asberba.

He searched online and found that there were frequent conflicts and clashes between the Omoro Armed Front, the Tireg Armed Front, and the Central Command's regular army.

In just two weeks, thousands of people have died.

Going to Abyssinia right now is practically suicide.

But he knew better than anyone that he had no way out.

Only by gaining Chen Yansen's trust and letting him truly see one's value can one's life have a chance to turn around.

That son of a bitch Cheng Jiale, just you wait!

After the plane took off, Wang Jingtao looked out at the blue sky and white clouds and secretly vowed to himself.

Meanwhile, the first episode of "Produce 101" has successfully concluded.

Orange Entertainment leveraged the promotional advantages of multiple platforms such as Tencent Video, Douyin, Kuaishou, and Toutiao to successfully transform eleven vibrant young girls into a rising star girl group.

The show's popularity has soared, with cumulative views exceeding 48 billion.

On the two major short video platforms, Douyin and Kuaishou, the popularity soared to 180 billion, and various stage clips and behind-the-scenes footage went viral across the internet.

Fang Xiang had worked so hard to promote this girl group, so naturally he wouldn't waste this momentum.

Immediately afterwards, arrangements were made for them to prepare records, shoot short dramas and movies, and a national tour was planned to fully promote commercialization and generate revenue for the company.

After finishing these tasks, Fang Xiang selected three members from the group who were beautiful and had curvaceous figures, and sent their video introductions to Chen Yansen.

"Fang Xiang, what are you doing?"

When Chen Yansen clicked on it, he was greeted with a series of short videos featuring bikini photos. He immediately frowned and sent a message to question the content.

"Boss, what I mean is, I need your help to check it out."

Fang quickly explained.

“I don’t care what other companies do, but at Orange Entertainment, I don’t want to see any messy things, like making artists drink with you or using them to exchange for project resources, understand?”

Chen Yansen's reply carried an unquestionable tone.

How could Chen Yansen not understand Fang Xiang's little scheme?

It wasn't that Mr. Chen suddenly changed his ways, but rather that he had never engaged in any of those underhanded and corrupt practices.

In his previous life, when he ran an MCN agency and engaged in live-streaming e-commerce, he gave the title of "girlfriend" to every female anchor and minor celebrity he dated.

Although the duration of these relationships varied, some lasting only one night, some a week, and the longest was no more than a year, he never forced his female anchors to attend parties, nor did he ever use them to exchange for resources.

"Boss, I was wrong." Fang Xiang immediately corrected his attitude after hearing this, afraid of displeasing the other party again.

Ultimately, it was the position of CEO of Orange Interactive Entertainment that was too tempting.

The base salary and stock options were secondary; what truly attracted him was the industry prestige behind the position and the implicit wealth that came with it.

His previous initiative to send those videos to Chen Yansen seemed to be an attempt to let his boss "choose concubines" and win his favor, but in reality, he was plotting to consolidate his own territory.

As long as you can please the boss, your position in the company will be more secure.

But who could have imagined that all his clever schemes would go down the drain, and his flattery would backfire spectacularly?

"This is a one-time offer," Chen Yansen warned succinctly.

The entertainment industry offers a wide range of jobs. Being an artist is just one of the professions that are on stage. There are dozens of behind-the-scenes positions, such as screenwriter, makeup artist, costume designer, photographer, lighting technician, and director.

Once it achieves a scale effect, it could potentially contribute millions of humanitarian contributions to him over the course of a year.

If Orange Entertainment is exposed in the future for "forcing artists to drink with clients in exchange for resources," it will not only be embarrassing, but it will also seriously affect its subsequent recruitment efforts.

After all, not everyone in the industry wants to make money while lying down; there are always some people who want to earn a living by their own abilities.

Chen Yansen never intended to change the entire industry, but he couldn't tolerate his "power bank" being bullied.

After hanging up the phone, Fang immediately summoned Yao Lingya, the director of the artist management department, and conveyed the boss's will with a serious expression and tone. No drinking?
Not exchanging artists for resources?
Is this still the entertainment industry?
Yao Lingya could hardly believe her ears when she heard this.

But then she thought again, the big boss really does have that kind of power.

With the backing of two major platforms, Orange Literature and Tencent Literature, the IP script can leverage multiple channels such as Douyin, Kuaishou, Toutiao, and Xiaohongshu for promotion and distribution, ensuring both financial support and ample exposure.

Furthermore, Kuaiying APP controls nearly 70% of online movie ticket sales, so who in the industry wouldn't give it some face?

Having figured this out, Yao Lingya immediately suppressed her surprise, nodded repeatedly, and patted her chest to assure everyone, "Okay, President Fang! I'll immediately convene a meeting with the artist management team to ensure the rules are implemented properly and that this kind of thing will never happen at Orange Entertainment!"

That afternoon, all the artists under Orange Entertainment received a notice that the company would no longer arrange for them to attend any informal parties.

As soon as the news spread, the artists present understood immediately.

After all, they were all in the same industry, and they immediately figured out the company's intentions.

In the break room, people gathered in twos and threes to chat, their words filled with emotion.

"I heard it was Brother Sen who personally gave the order! Some people online have said he's a once-in-a-millennium boss, but I think that's an understatement. Saying he's one in ten thousand years wouldn't be an exaggeration!"

A female celebrity held her phone and said with a smile.

The person next to him immediately chimed in, "That's right! He's so good to delivery drivers and food delivery workers, so he's even less likely to be harsh on us artists. Honestly, who wants to run around to those lousy parties every day? I'm not born a slut; isn't it better to earn a living with my own skills?"

Some people muttered worriedly, "But if this happens, we might not be able to take on some of the directors' projects, right?"

No sooner had those words been spoken than someone laughed and retorted, "What are you thinking? With our company's strength, which director would dare to offend us?"

In no time, Orange Interactive Entertainment's new policy spread across the entire internet.

Some people enjoy drinking with others, while others do not.

Although Orange Interactive Entertainment is a newcomer in the entertainment industry, its backing by Senlian Capital has attracted the attention of many.

At the same time, Orange Interactive Entertainment announced the establishment of an artist training program, specifically designed to provide high-quality talent for the company's short drama, TV series, and film projects, ensuring a steady supply of talent from the source.

It's important to understand that the rapid rise in popularity of short dramas is due to their novel narrative style and lighthearted, silly plots, which accurately capture the fragmented entertainment needs of today's users.

However, users' aesthetic tastes and needs will continue to evolve, and their requirements for content quality will become increasingly higher. Therefore, it is an inevitable trend for short dramas to move from "traffic-driven" to "high-quality".

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September 3, Shanghai, Xingyuan Technology Branch.

The material and software suppliers for the Dawn A220 EUV lithography machine gathered together, and everyone received a copy of the wafer transport and control system interface standard for the lithography machine.

In other words, domestically produced EUV lithography machines need to move from beta prototypes to the formal product stage.

Therefore, the core objective of a beta prototype is to verify the technical feasibility and system compatibility, and its functionality may be partially missing or simplified.

For example, in the research and development stage, the beta prototype only implemented basic exposure functions and did not integrate modules such as automated calibration and multi-wafer continuous processing required for mass production. It was only used to test whether key technical indicators such as light source stability and lens accuracy met the standards.

To meet the demands of industrial mass production, only by launching a formal product and adjusting functions such as automatic loading and unloading, real-time defect detection, and adaptive adjustment of process parameters can a highly stable continuous production capability be achieved.

Liang Jinsong and Lin Nan chaired the meeting, which also signified that, under the leadership of Xingyuan Technology, China had established its first EUV lithography machine supply chain.

The following morning, StarSource Technology held a press conference at the Shanghai Conference Center, where it publicly announced for the first time the existence of the 'Dawn A220' EUV lithography machine.

While netizens were shocked, they left comments in the live stream: "I woke up and found myself working 20 years into the future?"

"If I remember correctly, StarSource Technology just mastered the mass production process of 28-nanometer process, and now it has built a 7-nanometer EUV lithography machine?"

"Something's fishy here! Could it be some kind of junk trying to scam subsidies? Didn't someone grind down the logo on a chip before and claim it was their own product?"

"I definitely wouldn't believe anyone else could build a lithography machine! But Brother Sen? I believe him 100%!"

Subsequently, Liang Jinsong generously announced the current sales figures for the Dawn A220 at the press conference: a total of 6 units have been sold, generating revenue of US$4.2 million.

Two of them were sold to Huaxin International, while the other four were delivered to Xiao Rizi, Korea, and North American fabs, respectively.

Liang Jinsong did not disclose which companies these overseas factories belonged to.

However, netizens also understand that the Dawn A220 must have some merit, otherwise overseas chip manufacturers would never have taken the initiative to spend money to purchase it.

Of course, some netizens simply didn't believe it and left sarcastic comments such as, "Could it be that he set up a company overseas to produce and sell his own products?"

"There are too many scams. Let's wait and see!"

In fact, it's understandable that netizens would react this way.

The main reason is that prior to this, domestic public opinion had overly "mythologized" the difficulty of manufacturing lithography machines, to the point that everyone had reached a consensus: China certainly has the ability to build world-class EUV lithography machines, but this process will most likely take 10, 20, or even 30 years.

Given such widespread expectations, it's understandable that netizens would have doubts.
It can be niche, but it can't be shady!
In the live broadcast room of the press conference, voices of doubt and support surged and intertwined like two opposing waves in the barrage of comments.

Standing on the stage, Liang Jinsong glanced at the audience below, looking at the group of skeptical eyes. He did not rush to refute them, but instead raised his hand to signal the staff to play a video.

In the video, the Dawn A220 lithography machine is operating in a cleanroom, with a robotic arm precisely feeding a wafer into the cavity, and a laser beam projected onto the silicon wafer through multiple lenses.
The screen displays exposure accuracy data in real time: the 14-nanometer linewidth error is controlled within 0.1 nanometers, and the yield of 100 consecutive wafers is stable at 90.4%.

At this moment, Liang Jinsong's voice came through the microphone and spread in all directions: "I know everyone has questions."

Ten years ago, we even had to rely on imports for 60-nanometer DUV lithography machines; a year ago, when StarSource Technology was first established, no one in the industry believed that we could improve the yield rate of 28-nanometer chips.

But the data never lies: Star Source Technology is responsible for producing 60% of the current orders for the Tiangong A100T processor, and its product yield rate is almost the same as that of TSMC.

In addition, the annual conference of the International Semiconductor Association will be held in Shanghai on the 18th of this month, and Xingyuan Technology will also hold a procurement negotiation meeting at the same time.

As for the performance of the Dawn A220, I don't want to offer too many verbal explanations. Ultimately, we will let actual sales figures prove everything!

What the hell!

This is the unanimous sentiment of the reporters in the audience!

Liang Jinsong is so tough!
Moreover, the news that the International Semiconductor Association had chosen Shanghai as the venue for the exchange meeting also shocked them.

It's worth noting that prior to this, the association's annual exchange meeting had always been held in Phoenix, the United States, without any change.

This is the first time the event has been moved to Shanghai, which is undoubtedly unprecedented.

What they didn't know was that this seemingly routine industry exchange meeting was actually a "profit-sharing conference" in the semiconductor industry.

In the past, in such settings, it was always the Western countries that held the power of discourse and set the rules, while China could only listen passively.

Now, China has acquired the "microphone," transforming from a bystander into a core participant capable of "sharing the cake."

After Liang Jinsong sat down, Hu Ruihui, Wang Xiangchao, Zhang Yanjie and others took turns going on stage to share the technical parameters of the Dawn A220 with reporters and viewers in the live broadcast room.

Seeing a group of bigwigs from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Association take turns on stage, netizens couldn't help but believe that Xingyuan Technology had truly ushered in a new era for domestically produced lithography machines!

(End of this chapter)