Faced with Meng Hao’s three soul-searching questions, Zhang Xijin unhesitatingly threw out a smiley emoticon.
“(՞••՞)”.
Following this, her text overflowed with the smug, self-satisfied grin of a female lieutenant. m..oΓg
“Mmm.”
“Don’t misunderstand.”
“Of the over ten million users who later flooded the livestream, less than two hundred thousand were my alternate accounts!”
What a joke.
One person.
Controlling over a hundred thousand alternate accounts?
Even an octopus monster with countless tentacles couldn’t do that!
Meng Hao narrowed his eyes.
Clearly, he didn’t believe a word of it.
“Honestly, if you don’t tell me, I won’t ship!”
Meng Hao playfully “threatened.”
Alas!
Zhang Xijin sent another helpless, shrugging emoticon.
【₍ᐢ•͈༝•͈ᐢ₎♡】.
“It can’t be helped, I was just too popular in school!”
“There were too many simps pursuing me, replying to messages and rejecting their fawning daily really tested my finger speed!”
“Nothing more, nothing less, it’s all down to practice.”
Fine.
It seemed Zhang Xijin had no intention of giving a serious answer.
However.
The viewers, in their blind spots, seemed to have found a clue.
“Tsk tsk tsk, I always felt the key wasn’t finger speed, but in rejecting so many simps…”
“Who would have thought, the military’s goddess Zhang Xijin once rejected boys who fawned over her, and now she’s ‘fawning’ over Brother Hao…”
“I advise you, girl, don’t be so arrogant. Treat your simps well, the heavens have their ways, the wheel of karma turns, who can escape it…”
“Girl, finger speed, tsk tsk tsk…”
“You upstairs, you’re too lewd!”
Within the livestream.
The majority of viewers were male.
Zhang Xijin’s “smug and arrogant” demeanor naturally caused them some discomfort.
Therefore.
The content of every single barrage of comments.
Was entirely aimed at “teasing” Zhang Xijin.
Unexpectedly.
Zhang Xijin, with her excellent professional skills and a heart prone to love, was hardly intimidated by the viewers’ taunts and lewd remarks.
She was the daughter of a Major General, a military goddess herself, with the rank of Lieutenant.
Naturally, she was bold and fiery.
“Yes, that’s right!”
“I *am* fawning over Brother Hao, and if you have the guts, you can have even a tenth… no, even one percent of Brother Hao’s awesomeness, and I’ll be impressed!”
“As for finger speed, while I don’t know what you’re referring to… but, Brother Hao, shall we arrange a private meeting to discuss the matter of finger speed?!”
Damn it.
What was all this?
How did the flames of war spread to him, Meng Hao?
Seeing the situation turning sour, Meng Hao had no desire to know what Zhang Xijin’s so-called “private discussion about finger speed” entailed.
He quickly distanced himself.
“Uh!”
“Alright.”
“The slots for the first two buyers of the lithography machines have been confirmed. It is the military, represented by Zhang Xijin!”
“Two lithography machines in stock, totaling 3 billion. Please transfer the payment directly to Huarong Technology’s corporate account, and we will arrange for shipping.”
“Thank you for your patronage!”
…
Seeing herself sparring with a multitude of opponents and not backing down from the barrage of teases from the netizens, Zhang Xijin’s face was filled with a smile.
However.
Her father, her direct superior, Major General Zhang Weimin, had a very unpleasant expression.
Although.
He was rather hopeful that his daughter might develop something with Meng Hao.
However.
In such a public setting, in front of twenty to thirty million viewers, to be so openly provocative and pursue Meng Hao.
It was still a bit uncomfortable for him, as a father.
He felt.
Like the prize cabbage he had carefully nurtured and cherished for twenty years was about to be taken by a pig.
Even though this “pig” was indeed excellent.
Still.
A father always had reservations.
“Look at you, what are you saying?”
Zhang Weimin reprimanded her with a displeased look… but his tone was quite gentle.
“Dad!”
“At work, use ranks.”
“Fine, Major General Zhang Weimin… you don’t understand the world of the young. If you show weakness now, you might be taken advantage of later… Besides, didn’t you and your dear General wife quite hope to recruit Meng Hao as a son-in-law?”
“And, our military also really hopes Meng Hao can join… If that elder hadn’t issued a strict order not to interfere with any of Meng Hao’s work, you would have tied him up and brought him back by now!”
“Both for public and private reasons, whether it’s the requirements of the unit or the family, I am simply following orders!”
Zhang Xijin blinked, leaving her father and direct superior speechless.
“You incorrigible girl!” Zhang Weimin said with some helplessness.
“Hey? Dad, you’re the one who said we shouldn’t use family titles at work.” The willful princess Zhang Xijin gave her father no room to maneuver.
Zhang Weimin rubbed his temples in exasperation.
Looking at the officers in the office who were trying to suppress their laughter, his face was one of utter despair.
“I’m not arguing with you anymore.”
“This operation you led was excellent.”
“You secured two lithography machines for our military… I will petition the higher-ups to promote your rank to Major… Such a young Major, there’s no precedent for it in the entire Great Xia Kingdom.”
Promoting the worthy, without regard for personal ties.
Zhang Weimin would never deny Zhang Xijin’s achievements because she was his daughter and he was worried about gossip.
Securing two lithography machines in stock this time was indeed Zhang Xijin’s merit.
Of course.
It was not at all due to this willful princess Zhang Xijin babbling nonsense in Meng Hao’s livestream.
Such as having fast finger speed, rejecting enough simps, and it all being down to practice, these were all smoke screens.
The reality was.
Zhang Xijin was the first to propose using hundreds of thousands of military officers, utilizing the military’s satellite network to access the civilian internet, and then madly snapping up the lithography machines.
Compared to civilian communication satellites, military satellites, whether in stability or data transmission rate, offered an exponential increase in performance.
…
Ren, the head of Huaiwei.
He had almost stopped all other work.
Sitting stiffly in front of the large screen.
According to his secretary’s report.
The entire Huaiwei Group, including its headquarters and various branches, with nearly one million employees, participated in this livestream搶購 (qiǎng gòu -搶購).
And nearly ten thousand employees at the headquarters had even worked overtime last night to set up leased satellite lines.
The results were quite good.
The third spot was secured by Huaiwei.
Although they only managed to acquire one lithography machine produced by Huarong Technology.
However, it was basically enough to handle the demand for high-end chips.
If push came to shove.
At worst, they would only use this lithography machine to produce the high-precision nanometer-process chip wafers needed for their high-end mobile product line.
For mid-to-low-end chips, they would continue their strategy of importing from Sansam and Fusang (Japan).
After all, the chips that the United States and other Western countries were restricting Huaiwei on were high-end chips with a 7nm process or above.
For mid-to-low-end chips below the 28nm process, the restrictions were not as stringent.
Knock, knock, knock.
Ren tapped his wooden desk with his habitual motion.
His originally extremely tense expression, after relaxing slightly, showed a hint of displeasure!