Brother, just how powerful is our family?

"Brother, are you really sure?" Qin Yang carried a case of bottled water into the store and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Qin Feng nodded and said, "Yes, I have to go to the county government for a meeting this morning."

Qin Jianguo looked up from behind the counter, his gaze complex as he looked at his eldest son: "Xiaofeng, what you've been doing... it all seems too big. Chips, materials, university campus... how much money does all this cost?"

"Money isn't the issue," Qin Feng said calmly. "The issue is time."

The mother poked her head out of the kitchen, holding a dishcloth in her hand: "Your Uncle Wang's youngest son just came back from the south last month. He said the factory there was laying off workers. He had worked in an electronics factory for eight years, and they just laid him off like that."

"And then there's Old Li's daughter," Qin Jianguo continued, "She went to university in the provincial capital, supposedly a 211 university, but she's been renting and looking for work for two years since graduation. She came back last month saying she wanted to take the civil service exam, but there are only so many positions in our county..."

These trivial family matters are a microcosm of countless families in Huai County and even the entire Shenyang area.

As Qin Feng listened, his resolve grew even stronger.

At 8:30 a.m., several black cars slowly pulled up in front of the convenience store.

The first car was Qin Feng's Maybach, followed by two Mercedes-Benz G-Class cars, from which eight bodyguards got out.

"Dad, Mom, I'm going to a meeting." Qin Feng stood up and straightened his clothes.

Qin Jianguo and his wife walked to the store entrance, where neighbors and passersby whispered among themselves.

"Isn't that Qin Jianguo's eldest son?"

"I heard they made a fortune in Montenegro..."

"Look at this car, it must cost several million, right?"

"More than that! When they returned, I heard they were escorted by fighter jets!"

Qin Feng nodded to his parents and got into the car accompanied by the security team.

The convoy slowly drove away from the convenience store and headed towards the county government.

August 9, 2025, 9:00 AM, Huai County Government Conference Room.

The conference table was already full of people.

On one side were representatives from the national level of China, including Director Chen whom we had met before, as well as several bureau-level officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

On the other side were the leaders of Shenyang City and Huai County, including the city party secretary, mayor, county party secretary, county head, and other key officials.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was somewhat awkward.

Officials at the national level looked serious.

Local officials appeared both excited and apprehensive.

They were notified yesterday that there was an important meeting today, and all they knew was that it involved a major investment. But when they saw that leaders from national ministries and commissions were present in person, they realized that this was by no means an ordinary investment promotion event.

The conference room door was pushed open.

Qin Feng entered, accompanied by four guards.

Following him were ten team members—five chip experts and five materials experts, all of whom were cyborgs, with an apparent age between thirty and fifty.

"Good morning, leaders. I apologize for keeping you all waiting." Qin Feng smiled and nodded to everyone present.

Director Chen stood up first: "Mr. Qin, please have a seat. Let me introduce you all. This is Mr. Qin Feng, the founder of Huanyu Group."

After a round of polite applause, the meeting officially began.

The Party Secretary of Huai County spoke first, introducing the county's basic situation as is customary: "...Huai County covers an area of ​​1200 square kilometers and has a resident population of 68, of which 42% are agricultural residents. In 2024, the county's GDP was 286 billion yuan, with agriculture, food processing, and light textiles as its main industries..."

Qin Feng already knew these numbers by heart, and he listened quietly.

After the introductions were completed, a leader from the National Development and Reform Commission looked at Qin Feng and asked, "Mr. Qin, we heard that you intend to invest in your hometown. Could you elaborate on your plans?"

All eyes were on Qin Feng.

Qin Feng looked around and slowly began, "Distinguished leaders, before we discuss the specific plans, I'd like to tell you a short story."

The meeting room fell silent.

"The year I graduated from university, I went to the south to look for a job. During one interview, the company's HR looked at my resume and asked me where I was from. I said I was from Huai County, Shenyang City, Henan Province. He smiled and said, 'Oh, that place.' Then he asked me, 'Do many people from your area come out to work as migrant workers?'"

Qin Feng's tone was calm, but the local officials present all looked rather displeased.

"I wasn't angry because what he said was true. It's true that many migrant workers from Huai County, Shenyang, and even the whole of Henan Province work in the construction and decoration industry. But this shouldn't be a label for our hometown, much less an inescapable fate for our younger generation."

"I've been in Africa for two years, and I've seen and thought a lot," Qin Feng continued. "What we lack is not hard work or intelligence, but opportunities, platforms, and an industrial foundation that allows everyone to unleash their talents."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over each official present: "So, I've decided to invest back in my hometown. Not to make money—to be honest, Huanyu Group isn't short of cash. I'm here to change something."

A director from the Ministry of Science and Technology adjusted his glasses: "Mr. Qin, could you elaborate on which areas you plan to invest in?"

"There are two main directions," Qin Feng said, holding up two fingers. "First, the chip industry; second, the basic materials industry."

A murmur rippled through the conference room.

Chips and high-end materials are indeed the "bottleneck" areas that the country most urgently needs to overcome.

But can a county really support such a high-tech industry?

The director of the Ministry of Science and Technology couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Qin, the chip industry has extremely high requirements for talent, supporting facilities, and the supply chain. The current infrastructure and talent pool in Huai County are probably..."

"These are not problems," Qin Feng interrupted him, his tone firm. "The Huanyu Group has a complete technology system, from design and manufacturing to packaging and testing, all of which are proprietary technologies. As for talent, we will train our own."

An official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology leaned forward: "Mr. Qin, what specific technological path are you referring to in chip technology? We are currently mainly catching up in the 28-nanometer to 14-nanometer process, and we are still working on 7-nanometer technology..."

"It's not a silicon-based chip," Qin Feng said calmly.

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

"We have developed carbon-based wafer technology," Qin Feng continued. "The technology that has already achieved mass production has performance that is more than 100 times that of traditional silicon-based wafers, reduces power consumption by 70%, and costs only one-third of silicon-based wafers with the same performance."

"A hundred times the performance?!"

The director of the Ministry of Science and Technology practically jumped up from his chair: "Mr. Qin, are you sure it's a hundredfold? This...this has already exceeded the limits of Moore's Law!"

Qin Feng nodded and looked at a bio-engineered human expert beside him: "Dr. Qin, could you give everyone a brief introduction?"

The cyborg, addressed as Dr. Qin, stood up. He appeared to be around fifty years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and possessing a refined air. "Greetings, leaders," he said, "I am Qin Wenyuan, head of the chip R&D center at Huanyu Group. Our carbon-based chip utilizes a novel carbon nanotube array architecture, effectively suppressing the quantum tunneling effect. The currently mass-produced 'Huanyu-1' chip boasts a clock speed of up to 120GHz, 256 cores, and supports 1024 threads for parallel processing..."

A series of technical terms and astonishing parameters left the officials present speechless.