This transaction was essentially a win-win situation for both the Li family and Su Wu.

The Li family's motivations were twofold: firstly, they coveted the value of Ruyang Real Estate, and secondly, they wanted to increase their leverage in the confrontation with the Yao-Hu alliance.

As for Su Wu, he not only got the opportunity to expand Longyao mobile phone sales channels, but also received a considerable sum of money.

On a deeper level, Su Wu gained even more.

He wouldn't have received so many benefits if he had stayed behind the scenes as a middleman.

The feeling of double the happiness is really great.

Su Wu not only extricated himself from the quagmire of direct confrontation with the Yao-Hu alliance, but also obtained what he wanted.

Unfortunately, he won't be able to keep the remaining billions he has.

Don't be fooled by the large amount of money he has already invested this year.

However, these funds were all used for business development.

Now that the laboratory is built, the real highlight is here.

The laboratory is a bottomless pit of money; it burns through every penny it has.

In a sense, the speed at which the laboratory burns through money determines the development speed of Ruyang Technology.

Putting aside everything else, Su Wu spent a whopping 200 million yuan just to realize a color screen technology before the laboratory was even built.

And this is all under the premise that he has such technology at his disposal.

This color screen technology is on par with international standards; it's not just a bunch of colored pixels.

But it was this 200 million that gave Su Wu the confidence to compete in the mobile phone market.

Now that the lab is built, all that's left is to go all out and spend money.

All of Ruyang Technology's current profits from chips and mobile phones will be invested in this.

Most of the profits from Ruyang Foods will also be invested in this.

These sums of money total nearly 1 billion.

According to normal estimates, Su Wu estimates that he will burn through about 2 billion this year.

But this amount of money is nothing compared to those international technology companies.

It was no easy task for Su Wu to single-handedly shoulder the responsibility of leading the nation's electronic technology.

As for finding a partner, Su Wu couldn't think of any other targets besides banks.

In the current domestic environment, no one would even consider such an investment.

What they want is to make money, not burn money.

Su Wu didn't want to bring in a few short-sighted shareholders who would then ruin his company.

He wouldn't consider going public to raise funds unless absolutely necessary.

Some things must be in your own hands.

As a result, the little money Su Wu has left is not enough.

Now he doesn't even dare to think about splurgeing or having fun.

Because he now has a place to spend money.

The laboratory's research and development projects have all begun one after another, so the related production equipment cannot be neglected.

Electronic technology and mechanical production are inseparable; he cannot rely on only one.

While some items can be sourced internationally, there are risks involved in doing so.

Technology leaks and high costs are problems that Su Wu needs to solve.

Moreover, since the news spread that China was able to produce 180-nanometer chips, Japan has become wary.

While Yamaguchi-kai will make money as long as it's available, it depends on the circumstances.

Even if Su Wu could still cooperate with them, the price he would pay would be much higher.

Instead of doing that, Su Wu might as well set up his own machinery manufacturing plant and produce the relevant equipment himself.

So Su Wu consulted a lot of information and did a simple calculation.

Even if he were to set up a design-oriented factory, he would probably have to invest several hundred million yuan.

Moreover, even so, many domestic equipment cannot meet his production needs.

But building a new one is out of the question; that would only increase costs.

His best course of action now is to acquire some poorly managed factories and then upgrade and renovate them.

As for how to modify it, he already has an idea.

Now that he has established a foundation for cooperation with the Russian side, he can definitely approach them.

After all, Russia's precision manufacturing technology is quite good now.

The most crucial thing is that the Russians are bold enough; as long as the relationship is right, they'll sell you anything.

After logging onto the dark web, Su Wu contacted Polar Bear.

Since receiving chip support from Su Wu, the polar bear has been living a much more comfortable life.

He's now considered a capable person on the Russian side, and his status has risen sharply.

Now that Su Wu has come to him, he is naturally full of enthusiasm.

"My friend, what do you need?"

"I need some precision manufacturing equipment, and even some related technologies."

"That's not a problem. Could you elaborate?"

"Primarily used in the production of electronic equipment, such as..."

Both of them are straightforward and get straight to the point without any unnecessary chatter.

Su Wu's request was not a problem for the polar bear at all.

He has taken care of everything as long as it doesn't involve military industry.

As for the price, needless to say, it's much more affordable than everyday life.

If Russia hadn't been in a worse situation than China in terms of chips, Su Wu wouldn't have needed to go to Yamaguchi-gumi.

After some discussion, Polar Bear gave a rough offer of 200 million Dragon Coins and went to contact the merchant.

Su Wu also needed to finalize the factory's establishment as soon as possible.

That's something we'll have to trouble Peter with.

Peter Ma, who had complete control of Ruyang Real Estate, was also riding high, especially with Su Wu, the second-largest shareholder who didn't want to care about anything.

Upon seeing Su Wu's arrival, he couldn't help but joke, "Oh ho, so the second largest shareholder has time to come and inspect the work?"

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