Ye Chen smiled upon hearing the voice.

"Well, Sister Yuan, Brother Qin, go ahead!"

"Mr. Ye, here's the thing. I've come to you with a mission this time!"

Qin Xuan, who was beside him, took over the conversation.

"Oh? Come to me with a mission? What do you mean?" Ye Chen adjusted his sitting posture, a look of confusion on his face.

"Mr. Ye, perhaps I didn't explain my identity clearly to you during our last meeting. Well... I'm from the Jiangzhou Branch of the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences. I mainly focus on research and development in the chip field," Qin Xuan said.

"The Jiangzhou Branch of the Institute of Semiconductors? Focus on the chip field?

The Jiangzhou Branch... chips... Qin Xuan

When these three things were connected in his mind.

In an instant, the name Qin Xuan became increasingly familiar to Ye Chen.

But at this moment, he had no time to think too much.

He said, "Well, go on!"

"Mr. Ye, didn't you acquire a semiconductor company in Yanjing before? First of all, as a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is wholeheartedly committed to the development of China's semiconductor industry, I really want to express my gratitude to you for your willingness to contribute to the development of the domestic semiconductor industry. Only those of us in this circle know how difficult it is to develop semiconductors!

For the development of the domestic semiconductor industry, apart from the necessary support from the country, relying solely on our Chinese Academy of Sciences is far from enough. In any case, cooperation with enterprises is an essential part!"

Qin Xuan cleared his throat.

"Unfortunately, the success of the semiconductor industry doesn't happen overnight. Before success, we have to endure hardships and invest a large amount of money. However, not many enterprises can withstand such hardships and are willing to do so! Our Jiangzhou Institute has cooperated with several enterprises before, but unfortunately, they couldn't hold on."

"So you want me to acquire the companies that cooperated with your institute?" Ye Chen raised his eyebrows. "No, no, no. That's not what I mean!"

Qin Xuan quickly shook his head.

"Then what is it?" Ye Chen asked.

"As I said just now, I came with a mission.

So, I represent the Jiangzhou Semiconductor Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

We want to cooperate with your Tenglong Technology! To be honest with you, Mr. Ye, we've contacted Huawei, SMIC, and several other large and high - quality enterprises before. But unfortunately, they have already entered the cooperation period with other branches."

Qin Xuan continued, "Considering that you've just completed the acquisition of a semiconductor technology company, we want to ask if you're interested in cooperating with us in the form of funding investment, focusing on the chip field."

"What? Your institute's project funds have to rely on seeking cooperation with enterprises?" Ye Chen was stunned.

Qin Xuan shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Mr. Ye, I'm not afraid of your mockery. Many times, this is the reality of the institute. It's not just our Jiangzhou Institute; many other local institutes are also in this situation! Although the country now attaches great importance to semiconductor development and is generous in allocating funds, there are just too many people sharing the pie! "

After a pause, Qin Xuan continued, "In the past, as long as a project was obtained, the funds provided by the country would be sufficient. But as more and more institutes participate, all hoping to make breakthroughs and gain achievements in the chip field, the funds are simply not enough to go around. In the past, funds were available once a project was established. Now, after establishing a project, we have to find funds ourselves. The country has relaxed the cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and enterprises, hoping that enterprises will join this money - burning development race. And our institute, after losing the cooperation with those previous enterprises, is now facing a shortage of funds."

"So your institute has set its sights on me?" Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and said calmly. "Yes, but this is also because you acquired a semiconductor company. If you hadn't entered the semiconductor technology research and development field, showing your ambition in the semiconductor field, we... wouldn't have dared to approach you," Qin Xuan said.

Ye Chen had long planned and thought about cooperating with the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

However, having thoughts was one thing.

He wasn't in a hurry. He was waiting. Waiting for the chip project named Shenxing II.

In his previous life, the take - off of domestic chips was not only inseparable from the 5nm high - end lithography machine but also from the chip project named Shenxing II. Because it was the successful breakthrough of this project that enabled domestic chips to achieve a series of leap - frog developments on the basis of the 5nm lithography machine.

So, what he thought before was to go to Yanjing again after a while and talk to Li Yuange. He wanted to see if he could get some information about Shenxing II by bringing up the topic of chip research and development, so that he could find a way to get involved.

Based on his previous - life memory, he knew that the Shenxing II chip project had already started and was in the hands of the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. But he didn't know which institute it was in. He only knew that although Shenxing II had started, it still had to go through many twists and turns before the project was successfully broken through. It was said that this project was almost destroyed for some reason.

Based on this, he thought about whether he could find the Shenxing II project through Li Yuange.

But he never expected that before he could look for the Shenxing II project.

The Jiangzhou Semiconductor Institute sent Qin Xuan to find him. Seeing Ye Chen fall into silence.

Qin Xuan thought Ye Chen was not interested in what he said. He immediately took out a document from his briefcase.

"Mr. Ye, this is the project plan of our Jiangzhou Institute for the future. You can take a look and then consider it! If you're interested, that would be great. If not, it doesn't matter. But one thing, I hope you can destroy it after reading. Although this project document is not particularly confidential, if it spreads, it will still have some impact on our institute," Qin Xuan said. After saying that, he handed over the document.

"Okay, I'll take a good look at it later!"

Ye Chen took the document and put it on the dining table in front of him, not intending to read it immediately.

"Okay, no problem! Actually, these are the intentions of the leadership of our institute. As an associate researcher, I'm just a messenger! Of course, if it can arouse your interest, that's undoubtedly what I hope to see the most! After all, funds are too important to an institute. Without funds, projects will face suspension, and us researchers can only focus on writing papers instead of making breakthroughs in scientific research," Qin Xuan said.

Ye Chen nodded with a smile.

Suddenly, he said, "Does Secretary Yan know about this?"

"Mr. Ye, it was only after getting my father - in - law's consent that I dared to come to you! To be honest... without his approval, I really wouldn't have dared to be so rash," Qin Xuan smiled.