Chapter 442: Do the replica chips have manufacturing quality issues?

In the morning, I first took Suya back to school, then went back to the airport, arriving in Luzhong around noon.

Despite having a private plane, most of their time is spent on land.

I called Wei Laisong before I came back, and we met for lunch.

When Xing Baohua arrived at the city hotel, the food and drinks had already been served.

While drinking and chatting, Wei Laisong casually mentioned the current crisis, and suddenly felt a headache coming on.

He also felt that the US wouldn't conduct a high-profile investigation of a company, or under what pretext.

But the key is sales. What can you do if someone just throws a hat at you and stops you from selling? If the largest foreign exchange earner in Shandong Province is about to lose its glory, will its leader still have any luster left?

Although it wasn't a fault of the war, it was still a bit unpleasant.

"What are your plans?" Wei Laisong asked.

"I plan to spin off the domestically produced machinery into a new company. It will not be profitable and will only focus on research and development. The products developed will be moved to another city to establish a new chip manufacturing plant, which will only focus on chip processing."

After Xing Baohua finished speaking, Wei Laisong replied, "Are you trying to break it down into smaller parts?"

"I suppose so!" The guy nodded slightly.

"How can the city cooperate with you?" Wei Laisong asked, taking a sip of his wine.

"The place where we research lithography machines shouldn't be too far from the laboratory. We can just find a piece of land in a county town below and relocate there," Xing Baohua said.

“Alright, let’s work on both fronts and get this done as soon as possible. I’ll have someone complete the land acquisition paperwork.” After saying that, Wei Laisong clinked glasses with Xing Baohua and then asked, “How confident are you that you can handle this?”

“I hope they can come and investigate thoroughly. But on a moral standpoint, I certainly won’t let them investigate us arbitrarily. So, I’m conflicted.”

"If the other party comes to investigate, won't we be exposed?" Wei Laisong said in surprise.

"No, there's something I haven't told anyone. When I received the news, I panicked and forgot about some things that had happened before. It was only when I calmed down and thought of a solution that I remembered this matter."

Wei Laisong asked, "What is it?"

“All the goods I produce and export, no matter which country they are sold to, use genuine chips. As for the replica chips, I switched them out and gave them to someone else.” Xing Baohua laughed as he spoke.

Wei Laisong was stunned, his face filled with astonishment. "Is this even possible?"

Then he asked Xing Baohua, "So, Sony discovered that the number of chips you imported and the number you shipped were not equal, and they suspect that you used machines provided by Philips to replicate Intel's chips, thus infringing on Intel's intellectual property rights. These machines with infringements will be pulled from shelves overseas, right?"

Xing Baohua nodded and said, "That's right!"

"After that, you swapped all the chips that Intel supplied to other domestic companies, keeping the genuine ones for your own use. You let domestic companies use those counterfeit products? This is equivalent to saying that no matter how much outsiders suspect or inspect your products, they are all genuine products with intellectual property rights?"

After saying that, Wei Laisong leaned back in his chair, smacked his lips, and then burst into hearty laughter.

After laughing, he pointed at Xing Baohua and said, "What a saying goes, 'A chance encounter can lead to unexpected success.' Your luck is undeniable. They say they want to investigate, but we definitely won't allow it. It's a matter of dignity and the bigger picture. However, we can ask Intel to come and take a look. We need to take the initiative and let them see for themselves, right?"

“Yes, we’ll invite them over under the guise of a business trip. I’ll try to find a way to get them to authorize a batch of production licenses, making it their only legal production and processing base on the mainland,” Xing Baohua said.

"Alright, you handle things here. No more drinks. I still have a few things to take care of this afternoon. Don't blame me for not reminding you, your company's sales records and finances need to be kept in sync. What if the person we invite is a stickler for details and wants to see your sales records? If we're going to put on an act, we'll set a trap." Wei Laisong put down his wine glass, stood up, and instructed Xing Baohua.

"I'll have someone do it this afternoon, and I'll personally supervise it later," Xing Baohua replied.

"If you don't have enough people, just say so. I'll send a few auditors over to help you check things out. Their eyes are amazing! They're experts at spotting fake accounts. They'll be more than capable of finding loopholes for you."

"Thank you then," Xing Baohua said, walking out of the restaurant with Wei Laisong, who had gotten up.

Back at Dami Technology, work began to be assigned, including reducing the accounts for products sold externally. Sales volumes were allocated based on the amount of chips purchased.

The financial statements need to be falsified, and the regional agent's shipping invoices need to be redone. The photos haven't been taken long enough to be faked.

These are all easy to do; even our own people can't understand them, let alone fooling ghosts.

After giving these small instructions, I went to the lithography machine factory to instruct them to prepare for the relocation. Preparations needed to be made in advance; the R&D base would remain local, but the manufactured machines would need to be moved.

Sony's actions have caused Xing Baohua significant losses. If it were just a financial loss, it would be manageable, but now the loss involves major components! Rice is currently lacking in products; just building the factory and adjusting the equipment will take more than six months, creating a gap in the supply of chips needed by Rice.

Sony's blatant scheme caused Xing Baohua some discomfort for a while. After leaving the lithography plant, he returned to the Rice Lab.

After entering, he said to the researchers who hadn't left work yet, "Take apart all the Sony products we bought before, one by one, and look for any that are similar to the patents of our rice products. We need to look for everything from the appearance to the core internal materials."

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