Urban God-level Youth

Qin Hao and his two companions exited the conference room, and Chang Jing spoke, "Mr. Qin, Mr. Ye, and Mr. Li's main boards have all been supplied, and they have placed an order for another five hundred thousand."

"What is our chip production capacity per day now?" Qin Hao asked curiously.

Chang Jing replied, "Currently, with four chip production lines, each line produces about thirty thousand chips, so about one hundred twenty thousand per day."

Chang Jing had invested six billion into the photolithography production line, increasing it to ten lines.

Currently, the PC mainboard workshop only produces mainboards for intelligent robots.

The mobile phone and washing machine mainboards were handed over to the Blueberry Group and the Kangmei Group.

Since the chip production now comes with an intelligent program, by then, they only need to install the chips onto the mainboards.

The main issue is that producing mainboards offers low profits, and it also consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, so it would be better to expand into chip production lines in the future.

Qin Hao and Xu Siyao looked around the company and then left.

Qin Hao said while sitting in the car, "Shall I take you home?"

Xu Siyao nodded reluctantly, "Mhm."

It was a little past four-thirty in the afternoon when Qin Hao dropped Xu Siyao off at her home; Yang Su's belly was growing bigger day by day, and after a brief conversation, he left.

On his way back, Qin Hao made a call to Xu Liangguo.

Xu Liangguo mocked, "You still have time to call me? Not busy counting your money?"

Qin Hao deduced a lot of information from his comment, and figured that many people above must be envious of him.

Almost a trillion Federation coins, how could some people not be envious?

If it were not for his relationship with the Xu Family, many accusations might have already been thrown at Qin Hao by now.

Qin Hao asked, "Mr. Xu, are some people not happy with me up there?"

Xu Liangguo replied, "It's good that you're aware. There are too many people with jealousy; what do you plan to do with the money?"

Qin Hao said, "Mr. Xu, the reason I called you was to discuss this matter. I plan to cooperate with the nation on the education issue."

"How do you plan to cooperate?" Xu Liangguo asked curiously.

Qin Hao replied, "I plan to allocate five hundred billion Federation coins, which is three hundred fifty billion Xuan Country Coins, into university compulsory education.

I've had someone crunch the numbers, and there are about thirty million university students nationwide. Each student costs roughly six to seven thousand a year for tuition and accommodation fees. At seven thousand each, it comes to around two hundred ten billion for thirty million students. The three hundred fifty billion should suffice for more than ten years.

As compulsory education will likely increase the number of university students, this amount should still sustain it for more than nine years.

I believe that in nine years' time, Xuan Country will see a surge in talents and substantial growth in economic strength.

And I truly believe that after so many years of development, Xinghai High-tech Company will have made enough money to support the future expenses of university compulsory education."

Xu Liangguo initially thought of advising Qin Hao to donate one hundred billion to the nation to demonstrate loyalty and silence the critics.

But to his surprise, Qin Hao decided to contribute as much as three hundred fifty billion Xuan Country Coins in one go.

Uncertain, he asked, "Xiao Hao, you're not joking, are you?"

Qin Hao replied, "Mr. Xu, I established this company to ensure a good life for my family and to make our Xuan Country more prosperous and powerful, surpassing the Northern Federation and becoming the world's leader.

With the spread of compulsory university education, more people will be able to attend university, and Xuan Country will be able to cultivate more talents, which are crucial for national development."

Qin Hao knew very well the importance of compulsory education, as he had caught the implementation of twelve years of compulsory education when he was in high school.

Many children from rural areas around Jiangshan attended his school. Before the policy, they had to pay nearly ten thousand in tuition fees each year.

For ordinary rural families, that was a substantial burden.

Furthermore, the expenses for attending university would only increase, not decrease.

A gratified smile appeared on Xu Liangguo's face. Although Qin Hao had some flaws in his personal relationships, he had no issues when it came to major moral judgments.

He said with a smile, "Not bad, Xiao Hao; your awareness is commendable. I was even planning to give you a lesson in politics."

Qin Hao: "Mr. Xu, could you please help me contact the upper level? I'll stay out of the negotiations this time, you decide, the money can be transferred at any time."

Xu Liangguo responded forcefully, "Okay, I'm heading to Jinchen City today!"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if an invisible pressure had lifted.

Having a lot of money is not necessarily a good thing; he had been feeling somewhat uneasy these past few days.

Upon returning home, Zhao Yuying and Han Meng were there. Seeing him come back, Zhao Yuying stared at him unblinkingly with her beautiful eyes.

Curiously, Qin Hao asked, "What's wrong, Ying?"

Zhao Yuying: "I now understand what you meant when you said, 'Having money also brings worries.'

"What do you mean, Ying?" Qin Hao did not understand her point.

Zhao Yuying: "Don't you know yet? Someone just leaked it online, saying you made 771.8 billion Federation coins just from selling seismographs alone. Xiao Hao, is this true?"

Qin Hao's expression changed slightly: "Online?"

Zhao Yuying nodded slightly: "Yes, just three minutes ago. It's a hot topic online right now, and it seems they are also discussing something about Zhou Island."

Qin Hao hurried into the study and turned on his computer. The forums and Wei Yan were almost all discussing this issue.

The person who leaked this news used a fake account. The transaction amount between Xinghai High-tech Company and every country was clearly stated. Just from the seismograph sales, the revenue had reached nearly eight hundred billion Federation coins.

This, which was supposedly for the benefit of all humanity, had become a means for Qin Hao to amass wealth. In order to make money, he had seemingly stopped at nothing.

Today, the Zhou Island Delegation also sent people to Xinghai Company to purchase the seismographs.

The buyers of the seismographs were various national delegations. Since Zhou Island is part of Xuan Country anyway, why did Qin Hao need to meet with them?

Does Qin Hao not regard Zhou Island as part of Xuan Country?

In order to make money, some people have already lost their nature.

...

This article was fraught with veiled threats; a slight misstep and Qin Hao could easily be accused of being a traitor.

Even with his formidable capabilities and influence, if he were saddled with such an accusation, his career could be over.

"Over seven hundred billion Federation coins, over five trillion Xuan Country coins? Holy crap, that's terrifying, isn't it?"

"This article reeks of jealousy. The money was earned by Mr. Qin's own hard work. If you're capable, why don't you invent something yourself too? And regarding the later remarks, it looks like you're just trying to smear Mr. Qin out of jealousy."

"Exactly, Mr. Qin is not the kind of person you describe. It's purely a smear campaign."

"Sour grapes. If someone had developed this thing, they probably wouldn't talk like this."

"Who is this newcomer? Everything Mr. Qin does, we have seen clearly. Mr. Qin earns his money fair and square, and we are fully convinced."

Qin Hao indeed had many fans online, and even though this person mentioned the Zhou Island Delegation, most people didn't believe it.

Of course, there was a small fraction of people, possibly fake accounts, who were frantically spamming and directly insulting Qin Hao as a traitor.

Just then, the fake account posted another message: "Heh, didn't expect so many people to be fooled by his appearance."

This is a video of the Zhou Island Delegation arriving at Xinghai Company, the meeting conducted by their company's vice president, a video of Qin Hao rushing over, and a video of the Zhou Island Delegation leaving half an hour later.

The crux comes at last, half an hour earlier, the head of the Zhou Island Delegation, Zheng Li posted this on Wei Yan. The authenticity can be verified by everyone.

Content of Zheng Li's Wei Yan post: "The negotiation with Xinghai High-tech Company went smoothly, and we're almost there. Mr. Qin is very friendly towards us; he once mentioned that he thought about migrating to Zhou Island as it's more affluent."

Wei Yan post of a delegation member, director of Baodian Group, Li Xing: "Mr. Qin is a great guy. Five hundred billion Federation coins should be about right even though it's pricey, but for the people of Zhou Island, it's worth it."

Another member, director of Baokang Group, Wang Xing: "It's clear monopoly does indeed breed arrogance – asking five hundred billion just like that, haha!"

With this message out, it was like a bomb lit at the fuse, exploding instantly.

[Update two]