Chapter 214 Listening to Yuanxin's Voice
Standing under the shower, Ye Rudai closed her eyes, enjoying the warm water flowing over her.
Su Yuanshan's advice for overcoming jet lag had been simple: just one word—endure!
So now, at 8 p.m. local time, she had been awake for almost twenty hours without sleep.
Yet she still didn't feel drowsy. She could only hope that after her shower, curling up under the covers might finally bring sleep.
Two days ago, she had called Su Yuanshan simply to ask for tips on adjusting to the time difference. After all, Phoenix—the city of the finals—was thirteen hours off from China, a complete day-night reversal.
But when Su Yuanshan picked up, he slapped his forehead and said he had been so buried in meetings that he completely forgot. Then he asked for her flight information and told her not to worry about anything—he would arrange everything for her on the west side.
Thus... she met Tang Wenjie and Yang Yiwen.
Having interned at Yuanxin before, Ye Rudai naturally knew that Tang Wenjie was Su Yuanshan's senior brother, and Yang Yiwen had once traveled with Xi Xiaoding to Silicon Valley to help establish Xinghai—and had stayed on there.
Now, Yang Yiwen was Xinghai's Vice President, overseeing legal and patent affairs, and held Su Yuanshan's proxy voting rights on the board. In a way, she was Su Yuanshan's representative within Xinghai.
As for Carly, although she held the titles of CEO and Managing Director, thanks to Yang Yiwen's presence, her role remained that of a professional executive. Otherwise, Carly could have had free rein over Xinghai.
Yang Yiwen was the sword hanging overhead.
That said, Yang Yiwen was always low-key. She never interfered beyond her authority, and actively cooperated with Carly, allowing her to lead Xinghai forward according to her strategies.
...
Outside the bathroom, Teacher Shen Yan from the university's logistics department called softly, "Yezi?"
Ye Rudai immediately opened her eyes. "Yes, Teacher Shen?"
"Oh, nothing. You were quiet for a while, and I thought you might have fallen asleep in there," Shen Yan said.
The logistics office had sent Shen Yan mainly to take care of Ye Rudai, the "main force" of their team.
Since the standard rooms on this floor were full, Shen Yan simply stayed in the twin room with Ye Rudai.
"I'm almost done," Ye Rudai replied, turning off the water and grabbing a towel.
As she dried herself off, she noticed the full-length bathroom mirror fogged with steam.
Reaching out, she wiped the condensation away and saw her reflection—a bright, youthful girl, almost unfairly pretty.
Ye Rudai winked at herself in the mirror, quickly dried off, wrapped herself in a towel, and tiptoed out of the bathroom.
Shen Yan was already lying in bed, only her head sticking out. In her late twenties, Shen Yan smiled at Ye Rudai, who bounced lightly onto the bed like a little deer.
"Yezi, we really owe your boyfriend for this," she teased.
"Ah..." Ye Rudai turned red, spreading her still-damp hair across the pillow and muttering softly, "Please, Teacher Shen, don't joke like that."
"I'm not joking. Yang Yiwen is the Vice President of Xinghai... What other school's contestant could get that kind of reception? Having a VP personally pick you up and accompany you?"
Ye Rudai bit her lip and stayed silent.
Seeing her embarrassment, Shen Yan chuckled and said, "Alright, sleep well!"
Ye Rudai gave a soft "Mm," turned off the light, and gently wiped the moisture from her hair with a corner of the blanket before quickly drifting into sleep.
The next afternoon, Yang Yiwen handed five business-class tickets to Shen Yan.
"You'll need to sit for three hours to reach Phoenix, so we bought business class tickets so you can rest properly," she explained.
Shen Yan was startled. "President Yang, this..."
"No worries," Yang Yiwen smiled. "Once abroad, we're all family. Besides, someone special insisted on it."
Then she walked over to Ye Rudai, studied her for a moment, and lightly squeezed her shoulder. "Xiaoshan told me to give you his encouragement."
Ye Rudai's cheeks flushed bright red. She could only respond with a tiny hum through her nose.
"He also said—'You'll understand'—whatever that means," Yang Yiwen said with a shrug.
Ye Rudai's eyes brightened instantly. She naturally understood.
He knew she hated people constantly saying "good luck" or "keep fighting." Especially at critical moments, such words were unnecessary.
People aren't tractors—you don't need to gas them up all the time.
Quiet focus was better.
...
Shanghai, Hilton Hotel.
Gao Xiaodi had finally led the CPU team to Shanghai. After their arrival, Yuanxin's local branch and the tech park logistics staff spent two full days getting these unwilling "young masters" settled.
After all, the tech park's living and working conditions were excellent.
And since they specialized in CPU development, everyone understood—since the wafer fab was in Shanghai, the X86 team targeting the consumer market had to relocate here too.
Of the 150 hectares Yuanxin had secured in the tech park last year, 100 hectares had been allocated to fab construction under Xinde International.
The remaining 50 hectares remained under Yuanxin's name and were now rapidly being transformed into a new R&D center.
This R&D center, adjacent to the fab, would become the core base for Yuanxin's chip development.
After several busy days, Su Yuanshan finally found time to start writing:
The Position of the Semiconductor Industry in the Future Industrial System.
This speech draft—or more accurately, this keynote address—was prepared for his father, who would attend the 1994 National Semiconductor Industry Conference.
This conference, organized by the National Semiconductor Industry Association, had been held annually in Shanghai since April 1991.
Professor Su Xinghe had participated for the past two years, but back then, Yuanxin was still relying mainly on EDA software, and developments like the YX architecture hadn't stirred much attention yet.
Even though EDA was a top-tier semiconductor product, China's semiconductor sector at the time faced urgent challenges in equipment, process technology, and self-sufficiency.
Thus, Professor Su's participation had been low-key, and he even declined speaking opportunities.
But this year was different.
After selling the EDA business and investing over a billion U.S. dollars, Yuanxin had triggered the establishment of a full wafer fab!
This move was equivalent in weight to two national-level 908 priority projects.
Yuanxin was now the largest semiconductor company in China.
If the conference organizers didn't listen to Yuanxin's voice now—what was the point of the semiconductor conference at all?
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