Protect the "Vermilion Bird"!

Chapter 40: Protect "Vermilion Bird" Well! (Bonus Chapter)

Rao Huiling and Yu Bei felt a wave of awkwardness after hearing Luo Yao's last statement.

However, what Luo Yao said earlier was correct. The "Synopsys" trio did indeed control the entire chip industry chain. They could have figured this out themselves, but Luo Yao's mind worked faster than theirs.

Seeing the discomfort on Manager Lin's face, Yu Bei quickly continued, trying to ease the awkwardness caused by Luo Yao's words.

"Before long, the trio might very well restrict the use of licensing permits to control the entire industry chain."

"The fact that the Synopsys account couldn't be logged in before is a perfect example."

"The other side is already testing us."

The conference room was dead silent, everyone looking at Manager Lin without speaking. Luo Yao, bored, took a sip of water and put it down, realizing it was tea.

It was tea.

How bitter.

"We are aware of the situation, but you should also understand that replacing EDA software requires a large investment with slow returns. There are also risks associated with implementing new software. When you combine these factors, very few chip design companies are willing to switch from software they are already using successfully."

"We need to have a good talk with those design companies. We'll notify you once we have results!" Manager Lin seemed displeased. He stood up, ready to see them out.

Rao Huiling wanted to continue, but Yu Bei stopped her.

"Alright, Manager Lin, we've taken up enough of your time today. If other companies have questions, please feel free to contact me, Manager Lin."

"Alright, please take care."

After leaving the East Capital Investment Committee building, they got into the car and no one spoke.

"I think Luo Yao was right. Manager Lin clearly can't do the math himself, and he accused us of being alarmist!" Rao Huiling said, feeling somewhat indignant.

"It's okay. If Manager Lin won't help, we'll go to the East Capital Investment Committee and the Science and Technology Innovation Committee. We'll find a way," Yu Bei comforted.

"For now, let's focus on ourselves. Is the data migration work finished?"

Rao Huiling thought for a moment and said, "Two-thirds of the progress is done, it's almost finished."

She glanced at Luo Yao, who was sitting in the back seat without speaking, in the rearview mirror. Thinking he was discouraged, she tried to comfort him, "Luo Yao, don't take today's matter to heart. We'll definitely find a way to get Pangu EDA online."

"I wasn't thinking about that. I was wondering how Manager Lin, being so stupid, managed to become a senior executive?" Luo Yao said with a serious expression, causing Rao Huiling's blood pressure to rise.

"Luo Yao, you absolutely must not say that in front of Manager Lin, or he'll refuse to cooperate with us in the future."

"Then... I'll try my best."

"You promise! Or we'll deduct your salary!"

Luo Yao finally succumbed to the threat of a salary deduction and promised Rao Huiling he wouldn't call Manager Lin stupid in front of him.

Upon arriving at the Huaji campus, Rao Huiling didn't let Luo Yao rest. She took him to various product meetings, introducing him to people from the testing, marketing, development, and R&D departments.

As the workday neared its end, Rao Huiling made sure to remind Luo Yao to come back for more meetings the next day.

She realized Luo Yao needed some training, for example, on how to not call people stupid during meetings.

As the Chief Technology Officer, Rao Huiling could only guide Luo Yao as much as possible, trying to help him become a normal leader, but the reality was clearly not as she wished.

Luo Yao would still correct others when they made mistakes.

Almost at the same time.

A refined-looking middle-aged man in China's capital received a message through a secure channel.

[ "Vermilion Bird" is performing well, with clear logical thinking and the ability to accurately assess the current situation. ]

A look of relief appeared on the man's face.

The Vermilion Bird here referred to Luo Yao.

The authorities, in order to protect Luo Yao, had assigned many people to guard him. Among those who entered the East Capital Investment Committee with them were such individuals.

Every day, they would report Luo Yao's situation to the refined-looking man, including his daily work, intelligence test scores, and the people he interacted with.

The man quickly replied with a message.

[ Protect "Vermilion Bird" well. ]

The person responsible for reporting replied with "Received" and then began patrolling near the Luo family villa with others.

After a patrol, they suddenly noticed something moving in the distance.

They quickly signaled to each other and spread out to investigate.

"Ah! Who are you! What right do you have to arrest me!" the person angrily exclaimed after being grabbed by the collar.

"Who are you, and why are you here?"

The captured person said fiercely, "I'm an employee here, and I live here!"

"This is where the senior executives live. Speak, who exactly are you!"

Seeing that the interrogators were very familiar with the area, the captured person quickly said, "I really live up ahead, but I saw the scenery here was nice and wanted to take a look."

Clearly, the people who caught him weren't easily fooled. They took his photo and sent it to Peng Xun.

Upon seeing the person, Peng Xun felt a sense of familiarity. After checking the employee database, he discovered the man's name was Rong Jinke. He had previously been at the "Genius Base," and after Luo Yao didn't recruit him into the lab, he had gone AWOL.

"Excuse me, Mr. Peng, we need to take this person in for questioning."

Peng Xun didn't dare to stop them and quickly replied, "Okay, no problem."

"No, what right do you have to arrest me! I'm going to sue you!"

"For trespassing into an executive's residence."

"Who does this Luo Yao think he is, an executive! You must have made a mistake!" Rong Jinke resisted with his whole body, but in the end, he was dragged into the car.

As he sat in the car, Rong Jinke was still thinking.

Luo Yao was just smarter than him, but why was he an executive at Huaji? How long had Luo Yao even been there!

He had only accidentally seen Luo Yao in this area today, but he never expected that Luo Yao would actually live here!

Rong Jinke was both angry and anxious, not knowing what punishment he would face next.

Would he be fired by Huaji?

Unaware of any of this, Luo Yao went to work as usual the next day.

After three consecutive days of meetings, Rao Huiling took Luo Yao to Shannon Laboratory, where Luo Yao finally met Wu Tianming and Wang Ye, who had undergone the baptism of confidentiality agreements.

As soon as Wang Ye saw Luo Yao, he started complaining, "Boss, I dream about confidentiality agreements now, do you know? It's really brainwashing!"

"Can you tell us what the specific project is now?" Wu Tianming also looked utterly lifeless.

Luo Yao didn't speak and looked at Rao Huiling, who said, "Yes, come in." She gestured for them to follow her into the laboratory hall. Rao Huiling gathered the geniuses who were spacing out and said:

"Shannon Laboratory was established for no other reason than to hope that everyone, under Luo Yao's leadership, can forge a path for Huaji and China's chip industry."

Sergei raised his hand, and Rao Huiling signaled him to speak.

"Why Luo Yao, and not someone else? Is it because he's intelligent?"

Rao Huiling paused and replied, "Because Luo Yao developed a complete set of EDA software comparable to Synopsys."

"What?!"

The people in the laboratory instantly erupted.

"Are you kidding, Ms. Rao? Developed by one person?"

"Without downstream user data, nor fab data, how did Luo Yao manage it?"

"This is absolutely a fantasy!"

Wang Ye and Wu Tianming were even more stunned.

Luo Yao single-handedly created the entire EDA?!

Was this a joke?!

But this was personally announced by Rao Huiling. Wang Ye and Wu Tianming knew that no matter how much Huaji liked Luo Yao, they wouldn't lie about this.

"It's hard to believe, Ms. Rao. Can we see the software?"

Rao Huiling shook her head, "The complete software isn't available yet, but you can access some of its functions. This is also the part you will need to iterate on later."

Sergei and the others became excited and eagerly urged Rao Huiling to make arrangements quickly.

"Luo Yao, I'll leave this to you. You'll be in charge."

Luo Yao nodded and distributed the code for the modules that needed upgrading to the laboratory staff.

Since one module's code was too large, Luo Yao assigned 2-3 people to each module. This way, Luo Yao only distributed three modules.

"Holy crap! Boss, looking at your code makes my eyes go black. Why don't you just let me do the grunt work!" Wang Ye said with a mournful face.

"No rush, just take your time to understand it." Luo Yao knew that Wang Ye and the others couldn't grasp the meaning of his code immediately. But for coding, ordinary people could only practice constantly; otherwise, the only way to improve was by increasing their intelligence.

According to modern technology, this was simply impossible to achieve.

Time flew by, and a month passed. Under Luo Yao's leadership, the staff at Shannon Laboratory finally understood the architecture of the modules Luo Yao had provided.

"Boss, I think you truly deserve to be the smartest person here. How could I not have thought of this method of yours?" The lab staff had gotten used to calling Luo Yao "Boss" along with Wang Ye and the others. Now, everyone called Luo Yao "Boss."

"If you have this much energy, you should go read a couple more lines of code." Luo Yao glanced at the speaker emotionlessly, scaring them into quickly leaving.

Just as Luo Yao was about to reply to a message from the technical department, he felt his phone vibrate.

Luo Yao answered the call, and Rao Huiling's voice came through.

"Luo Yao, something has happened. Sanhua Enterprise, which produces DRAM storage chips, has had its Synopsys usage suspended!"

Luo Yao asked in confusion, "Only one company has been banned?"

"Yes, Sanhua has recently increased its production of DRAM storage chips. They officially started production three months ago, with a total investment of 38 billion yuan for the first phase of the chip project."

"The incident may have stemmed from Sanhua complaining to Synopsys, believing Synopsys software had monopolized prices."

"For now, only EDA has been suspended. I heard from sources that Synopsys is sending people to negotiate with them. If they don't agree to their price increase demands, there will be further actions."

"General Manager Lin wants us to hurry over and see if we can help Sanhua resume operations."

"If not, Sanhua will agree to Synopsys's terms and accept the increased prices!"

Rao Huiling sounded anxious, but Luo Yao was not in a hurry.

He just found it a bit ridiculous.

So stupid!

When have our Hua Country enterprises ever feared threats!

The winds of change are blowing, and the opportunity has arrived!

His Pangu EDA could go online.

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