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Taishan Group, Xiaoshan, was watching the various comments on the internet with great interest.

Luo Zhenliang knocked on the door and came in: "Xiao Sheng, our current inventory can last for eight months. After eight months, there will be no chips available."

Xiao Shan nodded and said, "Let's issue a public announcement saying that our inventory can only last for another eight months. Hopefully, we can find a new source of chips after eight months."

Looking at Xiao Shan's unhurried demeanor, Luo Zhenliang was somewhat puzzled: "Mr. Xiao, do we really have a new source of chips?"

Xiao Shan's lips curled up slightly: "Just watch and see. The other side has put a lot of effort into the sanctions, so we should cooperate. We have to be tactful when we slap them in the face."

Luo Zhenliang instantly understood Xiao Shan's meaning and smiled, "Mr. Xiao, has there been any new breakthrough at the semiconductor research center?"

"Yes, many things are not ready to be made public yet."

The lithography factory has been completed and is currently conducting experiments on various chips to test yield rates and chip costs.

Professor Wu estimates that to achieve the desired results, it will take at least six months to a year of various tests and fine-tuning.

Soon after, Taishan issued a notice stating that its stockpile of chips could only last for a maximum of eight months, and that Taishan Group was actively exploring new chip supply channels.

This news instantly caused a global sensation.

"It's such a pity. In just eight months, we will never see Taishan's phone again."

"By then, who knows how much the current high-end phones will have increased in price."

"It was so hard to come up with a domestically produced mobile phone with a complete industrial chain, but I never expected it to disappear so soon."

"This time, many people should have woken up by now. In the past, many people said that Taishan was too unconventional. Now they know that Taishan had been preparing for this move all along. They just didn't expect the other party to be so shameless as to make the lithography machine they had already purchased unusable."

"I hope Taishan can overcome this difficulty. Is it really that difficult to manufacture lithography machines? Taishan has a very developed industry, can't it even manufacture lithography machines?"

"Do you know how modern lithography machines are made? They combine the world's cutting-edge technologies, and their distributors are all over the world."

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The internet is full of noise.

In Xiao Shan's office, his assistant knocked and came in: "Mr. Xiao, Morgan Stanley just called. Their head of Greater China wants to visit you."

Xiao Shan immediately laughed; the newcomer was clearly up to no good!

"Sure, I'm free at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Mr. Xiao."

The next morning, a group of people walked into Taishan Group and were led into a conference room.

Xiao Shan shook hands with the other party.

"Hello Mr. Xiao, I am Hu Kai, the head of Morgan Stanley's Greater China region."

"Mr. Hu, hello, please have a seat."

“I admire Mr. Xiao for building his business from scratch to where he is today. Even in the United States, many high-tech companies have extremely complex backgrounds. There is no one in the world who can build a company like Taishan. Even Samsung, which was supported by the United States and monopolizes most of South Korea, cannot be as involved in multiple industries as Taishan.”

Xiao Shan gestured for the other party to explain their purpose.

"Mr. Xiao should know that Taishan Group is involved in too many core technologies, and the United States will not watch Taishan continue to grow stronger. It should be said that no developed country wants to see such a behemoth as Taishan continue to develop recklessly. We are here with sincerity, and of course, the intentions of the top leadership of the United States are also behind us. We hope that Taishan Group will accept our financing. As long as Taishan accepts the financing, Taishan's name can be removed from the sanctions list immediately."

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "We are very grateful to Morgan Stanley for their timely help to Taishan Group, but we are not considering financing at the moment. Sorry."

"Mr. Xiao, would you be interested in hearing our offer before making a decision?"

“Sure.” Xiao Shan also wanted to see how well the Taishan Group was perceived by foreigners.

"Twenty trillion. Our valuation of Mount Tai is twenty trillion. If Mr. Xiao is willing, we can offer four trillion in cash to finance less than twenty percent of the shares."

Chapter 818, Slapping the US in the Face! (Please Subscribe!)

Xiao Shan was also somewhat surprised, not expecting the US to value Taishan so highly: "I'm glad you can give Taishan Group such a high valuation, but Taishan currently has no plans to raise funds. When we need funds, we will definitely contact you as soon as possible."

Hu Xuan also understood that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed, as Mount Tai involved too many technologies and had applied for a vast number of international patents.

With such a massive scale, there are too many things to consider.

Watching Xiao Shan see Hu Xuan off, Luo Zhenliang laughed and said, "I didn't expect our Taishan to be valued so highly."

A glint of cunning flashed in Xiao Shan's eyes: "This is harboring malicious intentions!"

Morgan Stanley quickly released the details of the conversation.

This includes news that Mount Tai was valued at 20 trillion yuan and that it planned to raise 4 trillion yuan, but was rejected.

The news immediately caused a global sensation.

Morgan Stanley is a well-known financial group in the United States, ranking among the top in the world, and even representing the will of the United States to some extent.

Morgan Stanley's valuation of Taishan is equivalent to the US valuation of Taishan, which far exceeds the valuation of many high-tech companies in the US.

If converted to US dollars, it would amount to nearly three trillion.

"What is 20 trillion? I don't even have 200,000!"

"I never imagined that the Taishan Group, which is usually inconspicuous and unassuming, possesses such high value. It's such a pity."

"The US is eyeing Taishan's technology. Isn't this just being a rogue state? They impose a ban on the other side, prohibiting them from buying chips, and then send companies to raise funds."

"I hope Taishan can hold on and support Taishan Group."

"It's unlikely that the ban will be lifted unless the US agrees to its financing plan."

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In the Xiaoshan office, a high-ranking official from Shenzhen called.

"Big boss, what made you suddenly decide to call me?"

"Xiao Sheng, you're practically the god of wealth in Shenzhen, so I naturally have to check on you. How's the situation at Taishan? There's a lot of news flying around outside, and we don't know which is true and which is false. With Taishan's inventory, how long can the chips last?"

Xiao Shan sighed: "The inventory will be depleted in eight months at most."

The senior leader paused for a moment before saying, "It seems your announcement is true; Mount Tai's inventory really can only last for eight months."

"Yes, leader."

However, the senior leader laughed and said, "I know that you, Xiao Sheng, have always been a master strategist. You must be confident that you can overcome this difficulty, right?"

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from the top leader. We have made new breakthroughs in chip manufacturing, but the US sanctions list has only been released for half a year. We can't very well slap them in the face directly! After all, this is a superpower. It wouldn't look good if we were slapped in the face by a single company."

"Eight months later, we'll use the newly produced chips directly, and then we'll say we found some more stock. We'll see when it's discovered."

The top leader laughed heartily and said, "It has to be you! If the US knew what you were thinking, they'd probably be furious. I'm relieved to know you have a solution. Many high-ranking officials in China are paying close attention to the situation in Taishan."

"Thank you for your concern, leader."

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Shan went to the semiconductor research center.

Professor Wu was reviewing various data at the research center: "Xiao Sheng is here. It's been quite lively outside lately."

"These are turbulent times, but as long as things go smoothly here, everything else will be fine."

Professor Wu slowly said, "Everything is going smoothly so far. The tape-out process is going very smoothly, the yield rate of the produced chips is also good, and the efficiency is very high. A large chip factory like a lithography plant is much more convenient than a single lithography machine. We can expose chips of different sizes at the same time, from the initial automotive chips to the later mobile phone chips. Currently, our maximum technology can produce three nanometers, but the yield rate is still not up to standard, and there is still room for improvement in the limits of chip production."

Xiao Shan nodded in satisfaction: "That's good. We don't need 3 nanometers yet; 9 nanometers are standard for high-end mobile phones. Our chip design has a very high utilization rate."

Eight months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the world's attention is now focused on Taishan Group.

Even many domestic manufacturers have gathered here.

Amidst the expectant gazes of the public, Taishan Group issued a statement.

"Recently, while cleaning out the warehouse, we discovered a large number of unregistered chips of various types. According to our calculations, these chips are estimated to last for about five months."

Meanwhile, Taishan Group continues to release and sell its mobile phones and other products, showing no signs of stopping.

"Holy crap, I was all prepared to stand up for Taishan, and this is what I get?"

"Is Taishan so careless? They didn't even register the chips that can be used for five months. But it's good that they didn't register them properly! It made me worry for nothing. At least I don't have to worry about Taishan's chip shortage for five months."

"Taishan is awesome. They can't even find out how many chips they have in their own warehouse. But that's fine too."

Morgan Stanley followed up with an announcement: hoping that Taishan Group would consider Morgan Stanley's financing, and that Taishan Group would no longer have to worry about chips.

Five months have passed in the blink of an eye, and Taishan Group has once again issued an announcement.

"A large stock of 7-nanometer chips was recently discovered in a warehouse at the branch factory. These chips will be used to produce Taishan's latest mobile phones."

The world was stunned when this announcement came out.

The US, in particular, almost panicked.

They were just waiting for Taishan to give up, either to shut down some of its operations or to accept financing.

As a result, Taishan's warehouse, just like Baibaofang, kept finding chips every now and then.

The US isn't stupid either. Taishan's inventory should have been depleted long ago, but the chip supply has been continuous and has never been interrupted.

They immediately called Teclast and Samsung to inquire whether Taishan's chips were manufactured by them.

Taipower quickly issued a statement saying that it had never manufactured 7-nanometer chips for Taishan and did not know who manufactured Taishan's inventory.

They also stated that the 7-nanometer breakthrough was only achieved last year, at which time Taipower had already terminated its cooperation with Taishan.

Samsung also issued a statement saying that it has never manufactured chips for Taishan.

The world was stunned. Could Taishan's seven-nanometer chip really be conjured up by itself?

The internet has become extremely lively.

"Taishan's warehouse is like Doraemon's magic pocket; it can produce anything, even high-end chips."

"I bet the US is racking its brains right now, trying to figure out who actually manufactured Taishan's chips."

"It seems that Mount Tai is confident in dealing with this crisis. I knew it. How could Xiao Sheng not have some skills to build such a large family business like Mount Tai from scratch?"

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Chapter 819, The Bewildered Eagle! (Please Subscribe!)

At this moment, in the conference room of the National Institute of Polymer Physics, Xiao Shan, Vice Minister Sun of the Ministry of Education, and Director Mao of the Institute of Physics were chatting.

Director Mao looked at Xiao Shan and said, "Xiao Sheng, you're a very busy man. You must have something important to tell us by calling us here."

Vice Minister Sun also looked over. He and Xiao Shan were acquaintances. Over the years, Taishan Group had been donating money to various universities.

Xiao Shan laughed and said, "Didn't Maestro lose over 10 billion US dollars to us recently? Since this money is just sitting idle, I'd like to invest in building a large collider. It would be a way to support the national physics education industry."

Both of them were a little dumbfounded when they heard this.

Then came the excitement, especially from Director Mao, who had been hoping for a large collider in China for countless years.

However, this amount of money is not small. There are too many areas in China that need funding, and there are countless scientific research projects. Naturally, equipment like a collider, which requires a lot of funding, should be given lower priority.

"Physics is the foundation of industry. Building a large collider can attract physicists from all over the world to gather in our country, which will have a significant effect on improving our physics level. We at Taishan are only responsible for providing the funds; the specific project preparation will require the help of the two of you."

The two immediately assured each other that everything would be arranged perfectly.

Building a particle collider is not something that can be done simply by saying one thing; it requires consideration of many factors.

However, the most important factor is still funding. Once the funding problem is solved, everything else is not a problem.

Soon, news spread that the Ministry of Education and the Institute of Physics were leading the effort, with Taishan Pharma investing over 100 billion yuan to build China's largest particle collider.

It can be said that it has once again attracted the world's attention. Currently, the world's only large particle collider is one in Europe, and even the United States does not have one.

"Taishan Group's support for high technology is admirable, but I just want to know, where do Taishan's chips actually come from?"

"The whole world is speculating about the source of Taishan's chips, but they still can't find it. There are only a limited number of companies in the world that can produce chips. Especially seven-nanometer chips, could it be that Taishan Group's semiconductor research center has made a new breakthrough?"

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The US is also searching the world for verification on this matter, even contacting all chip manufacturers globally to reconcile accounts.

Soon, numerous American laboratories began disassembling Taishan's latest mobile phone.

Not only the US, but also other mobile phone manufacturers and electronics organizations around the world are very curious about who is supplying chips for Taishan's mobile phones.

Taishan's claim of finding a large inventory in the warehouse can only fool idiots; most netizens are just watching it for fun.

Soon, numerous laboratory results from the US came out.

"The chip design follows Taishan's consistent characteristics, so it is certain that this is a chip designed by Taishan. As for the manufacturing, it is not yet clear which chip factory it came from, but it is very well made, and the technical level is no worse than that of Teclast and Samsung."

Upon hearing such a report, the US quickly mobilized its numerous intelligence personnel within China.