Chapter 122 Star Effect
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Ning Fan frowned slightly.

"Are the old ones no longer usable?"

Mr. Zhou was a little embarrassed and gave two dry laughs.

"It's not that it can't be used, but the precision of our current equipment is not as high as the latest equipment."

"If we use our current equipment to manufacture it, it may affect the success rate later."

"It is also possible that there may be deviations during the experiment."

"Then how did you do experiments in the past?" Ning Fan frowned when he heard this.

“We used these old equipments before, so the things we made…” Mr. Zhou didn’t finish his words.

Ning Fan understood.

What they lack the least now is research and development funds.

Although the profits on my side are not very high, as long as I have the mineral veins, the money will come in continuously.

But the equipment is not good!
If we want to develop cutting-edge chips today, we naturally have to replace them with better equipment.

If we use the previous equipment again, we may not be able to produce the product even if we are given the data.

Ning Fan rubbed his forehead and said, "Okay, send me the names of the equipment you need and I'll find a way to solve it."

When Mr. Zhou heard it.

Is this the confidence of being rich?
But when answering, there was still some embarrassment in the tone.

"Boss Ning, this is why I called you this time."

Ning Fan vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Mr. Zhou said: "Because photolithography machines are considered high-end in every country."

“So some equipment can’t be bought just by having money.”

"When we purchased it before, we only received it after reporting it to the relevant departments."

"But because we were short of funds, we didn't get the top materials."

"If you want to buy now, we need to contact you first, but the price may be very high."

Ning Fan felt relieved when he heard this.

"It's okay. Just go ahead and research. Just tell me how much money you need and pay me."

"No problem, no problem." Mr. Zhou finally put his mind at ease after hearing that.

After hanging up the phone, he quickly discussed it with Cang Leshan next to him.

Cang Leshan was delighted when he received a positive answer.

"Boss Ning, you are really rich and powerful!"

Then, another call came in.

A middle-aged man answered the phone.

He sighed first.

"Boss Cang, it's not that I don't want to help you, but you haven't made any breakthrough progress in all these years."

"Now the country attaches great importance to this aspect, I really have no choice."

Cang Leshan hurriedly explained.

Then he repeated what he wanted.

"Minister Huang, please help us one last time. This time, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

"We are confident that we will achieve breakthrough research results within two months."

Minister Huang on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time.

"Boss Cang, you are just a mobile phone company."

"I've funded you enough before."

"You still want these devices now. Do you know how valuable they are? We can't provide them to you completely."

Cang Leshan was not surprised when he heard this.

I have been dealing with scientific research over the years.

He also knew how valuable those devices were.

Many companies are scrambling to get it.

"I know I know."

“But this time we’re planning to buy.”

"You don't know, our company has been acquired by another company."

"No matter how much it costs this time, the head office will pay in full."

Minister Huang was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He also knew the situation of Cang Leshan's company.

Previously, the state also sponsored a lot of equipment for their institute.

But it has not been effective.

Of course, it is not just their company that is receiving state funding now.

Suddenly, I heard from Cang Leshan that a company had acquired their company.

I asked in surprise, "Which company is it?"

"This guy looks so wealthy, is he really here to do research?"

Upon hearing this, Cang Leshan hurried to explain.

"Minister Huang, rest assured. We are absolutely confident this time."

"And maybe you've heard of acquiring our company."

"It's the Ning Group in our city."

Minister Huang pondered for a moment in his memory but could not find any relevant information.

"I haven't heard of it. It shouldn't be a scientific research institution."

"No, no." Cang Leshan said.

“But they wanted to develop in this direction, so they acquired our company.”

"Can you help us one more time? We've paid for all this equipment."

Cang Leshan knew that Ning Fan had a huge mineral vein worth tens of billions, so buying some scientific research equipment would be no problem at all.

Minister Huang was fine, and he also sighed helplessly.

"Okay, I'll help you one last time."

"You also know how valuable those devices are. Not every company can get them if they want them."

"Okay, okay." Cang Leshan nodded excitedly when he heard it.

After hanging up the phone, he called Ning Fan again and told him what happened again.

Ning Fan also didn't expect that Cang Leshan's company had always been funded by the state. No wonder it had lasted so long.

He then said that as soon as the equipment arrived, the funds would be directly allocated.

Two days later.

Ning Fan received another call from Cang Leshan.

"Boss Ning, the equipment has been delivered now."

"The total value is 3.68 billion!"

Cang Leshan felt a little guilty when he spoke, after all, the value was too high.

Ning Fan was also shocked after hearing this, but he could understand it when he thought about the fact that he was researching lithography machines.

"Okay, I'll have someone transfer the money to you right away."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Fan called Shen Xi and transferred the money.

The profits of these few months disappeared in an instant!

Ning Fan also deeply felt how expensive scientific research is.

Then He Tan was called over.

"The App is now online. Please contact Tang Xia'an."

"Let her announce in her personal capacity that she has joined our company."

"Write another marketing plan and try to increase the popularity."

"Okay, President." He Tan nodded immediately.

Soon, the news that Tang Xia'an joined Ningfan Company became a hot topic.

At the same time, it also made the Ning Group’s short video app popular.

For a while, the entire Internet was discussing the topic of Tang Xia'an.

"He actually changed jobs. Was it to thank Ning Fan?"

"I think it's very likely, and they have also recruited a lot of young stars, so they plan to go into the entertainment industry."

"Never mind, I'll download the app first and watch Tang Xiaan's live broadcast in a few days."

Not long after the message was sent, the number of app downloads exceeded 100,000.

Soon it was the day of the live broadcast.

Before Tang Xia'an showed up, the scene was already crowded with major media.

(End of this chapter)