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Chapter 237 China's Chip

December in the Chinese entertainment industry seemed to have been accelerated, with one bombshell after another, leaving netizens dazzled.

First, the Queen suddenly announced her divorce on Haofeng's Weibo account, with the sentence "Our marriage has come to an end. I'm fine, take care of yourself," which temporarily crashed Weibo's servers.

Following closely behind, Wang Lihong, who has always considered himself a high-quality idol, also made a high-profile announcement of his relationship on Weibo, causing the fan community's servers to crash once again.

If these were merely gossip about celebrities' private lives, then what happened next brought the conflicts within the Chinese entertainment industry to the forefront.

Director Feng Xiaogang is making a strong entry into the Lunar New Year film season with his Lunar New Year comedy "Personal Tailor"!

Although the plot of this movie was criticized by various film critics as "rehashing old ideas" and "fragmented", the box office soared and made a fortune thanks to the support of screenings and publicity!

This really angered Director Feng!

Last year, he poured his heart and soul into "1942," a film with a heavy subject matter that he wanted to make a name for himself in film history, but it was a box office flop, causing him to question his life choices.

This year, he casually made a funny "cheap movie," but the audience flocked to buy tickets!

This stark contrast prompted the notoriously hot-tempered director Feng Xiaogang to launch a tirade on Weibo, posting seven consecutive messages and launching a tirade against film critics and viewers who gave low scores!

The old argument that "trash audiences create trash movies!" has been brought up again, mocking mainland audiences for their low appreciation ability and saying they are only fit to eat this kind of "vulgar food".

For a time, the war of words between Director Feng and film critics and audiences across the internet was fierce on Haofeng's Weibo, dominating the trending topics for several days.

However, just as the entire internet was gossiping and arguing about this mess in the entertainment industry...

A major tech news flash, first published by CCTV News and subsequently featured on the top of major official media outlets, swept all entertainment gossip into the dustbin of history with overwhelming force!

[Major Breakthrough! Huaxin Technology Achieves Stage Success in Reverse Engineering of 28nm Lithography Machine and SAQP Multi-exposure Technology! A Historic Step Forward in Domestic Chip Self-Reliance!]

That evening's news broadcast even featured a rare three-minute special report!

The footage shows the first panoramic view of the massive and futuristic semiconductor industrial park in Xuzhou New City Economic Development Zone.

Inside the cleanroom, young Chinese engineers are working day and night, tackling challenging problems around those sophisticated instruments.

The CCTV special segment explained to the people of the whole country in an easy-to-understand way the huge gap between Chinese and foreign chip technology, and how much of the country's lifeline this crown jewel of industry has blocked.

The news caused a nationwide uproar!

Under the main theme of "the rise of a great power", the national pride brought about by technological progress quickly ignited everyone's passion!

Netizens who were still arguing about celebrity divorces and directors cursing have now turned all their attention to this company that is carrying the banner of China's semiconductor industry!

"Holy crap! Huaxin Technology is awesome! This is the kind of cutting-edge technology we really need!"

"Look at them! They've been quietly working on lithography machines! That's a million times better than those actors who're always causing trouble on the trending topics!"

With Huaxin Technology's expansion into new markets, Li Feng, as the largest shareholder, has naturally been thrust into the spotlight.

In an exclusive interview with CCTV, Li Feng made a rare appearance on camera.

He wore a simple white shirt and no luxury watch, his expression calm and reserved.

"This breakthrough is absolutely not due to my personal achievement, but rather the result of the tireless efforts of thousands of engineers at Huaxin."

Facing the camera, Li Feng's tone revealed the humility and vision of a master craftsman: "But we must be soberly aware that this is only the first step in a long journey. The technological gap between us and the West remains enormous, and the road to independent research and development is still long and arduous."

"Next, Huaxin Technology will recruit tens of thousands of top semiconductor engineers and microelectronics experts globally! No matter the cost, we are determined to solidify the foundation of China's chip industry!"

After the interview aired, online praise for Li Feng reached an unprecedented peak.

Especially when financial media revealed that Li Feng had used 30% of Huaxin Technology's shares as an employee stock ownership plan, specifically to heavily incentivize top talent.

The entire internet is in an uproar!

"Giving away 30% of the shares to technical staff?! Boss Li's vision is absolutely boundless!"

"This is a true patriotic entrepreneur! He pours all his profits into the bottomless pit of technology and is even willing to share profits with talented individuals!"

"Long live Boss Li! From now on, I'll support any game or movie from Haofeng's company, even if it means selling everything I own! Consider it a donation to our country's chip industry!"

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Just as the world outside was celebrating Huaxin's breakthrough.

In Jinling, the scene was quite different in the newcomer apartment of Haofeng Film and Television.

After living together for several days, Chen Duling and Tian Xiwei, these two sisters who had gone through thick and thin together, had already become very familiar with each other.

Two nobodies, both still relatively unknown and not yet "at the table," were sitting on the sofa, eating takeout and analyzing the turbulent power dynamics within the company.

"Sister Duling, when will this ever end?"

Tian Xiwei, biting his chopsticks, said with some distress, "We haven't signed many male artists with Haofeng, but we're signing female artists one after another like dumplings being dropped into a pot! The competition is too fierce!"

"I carefully analyzed the current factions within the company yesterday," Tian Xiwei said mysteriously as he approached Chen Duling.

"In terms of status, the top figures in the company right now are the Great Tang Poet Immortal and Li Xin."

"Of these five people, Li Xin is the weakest, and her faction... is too weird! She currently has three 'high-quality fake accounts' under her command, mainly using a visually striking game like Connect Four! Those of us who don't look like her have no chance of joining her!"

"Among the remaining 'Poets of the Tang Dynasty,' Liu Yifei and Yang Mi are at the peak of their careers, undoubtedly the two leading figures!"

Chen Duling nodded. After being banished to this cold palace, she had put in a lot of effort to study the ecology of the harem.

"But don't you think Tang Yan and Liu Shishi's relationship has been a bit strange lately?" Tian Xiwei lowered his voice, his eyes gleaming with gossip.

"I heard that these two used to have a few female followers under their command, known as the 'Cat Sisters Group'."

"And guess what? Lately, that so-called sisterhood has quietly disbanded!"

Tian Xiwei became more and more excited as he spoke: "Look at that Nazha, I heard she used to follow Tang Shi around all the time, but recently she's actually gone to Yang Mi's side to curry favor! And that Ni Ni, she's also frequently going to Liu Yifei's film set, clearly trying to latch onto Liu Yifei's coattails!"

Chen Duling frowned slightly, understanding the implication: "You mean... Tang Yan and Liu Shishi have fallen out of favor?"

"Definitely!"

Tian Xiwei confidently analyzed, "Tang Yan is already thirty this year! In the entertainment industry where youth is everything, that's considered old. Her boss must be finding her too old and she's about to fall out of favor, so all the talent under her is scattering and going their separate ways!"