Chapter 89: Suppression
"So what? Don't you want to?" Xi Xingyue asked.
"Or do you want me to continue working for others and help them make money?"

"Don't you believe in me? Don't you believe in my ability? Or don't you believe in me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you. I'm just wondering, which one is better, letting you start another company or letting you lead an investment team alone in Huasheng Investment Company?" Yang Hai shook his head and said.

"What's there to think about? Of course it would be better to open another company. If I go to Huasheng Investment Company, our relationship will be easily exposed. You can't be with her in public, and if your boyfriend finds out, it will be very troublesome." Xi Xingyue said.

"If we open another company, we won't have to worry about anyone knowing about our relationship, let alone Shen Ruobing. This will be good for both you and me."

"You are the boss of the company anyway. You just opened another company. What's the difference between you and me working at Huasheng Investment Company? I still have to work for you and help you make money. It's not like you support me for nothing without working."

Yang Hai thought about it and felt that what Xi Xingyue said made sense. If Xi Xingyue joined Huasheng Investment Company, Shen Ruobing would definitely know about it. Shen Ruobing would inevitably have some doubts, as she was already quite wary of Xi Xingyue.

So it is indeed inconvenient for Xi Xingyue. It would be a good idea to let her work in Huasheng Investment Company and open another investment company to let her take care of it.

And he would definitely do some screening. It was impossible for him to just ignore the newly established investment company. At least the strength demonstrated by Xi Xingyue must be enough for him to feel at ease.

"Okay then! Then just resign and register an investment company!" Yang Hai nodded and said.

"Really? You agree?" Xi Xingyue said in surprise.

"Now that you've said that, what else can I do except agree to you?" Yang Hai said helplessly.

"Thank you! Don't worry, I will definitely not let you down." Xi Xingyue said with a smile and made a solemn promise.

Xi Xingyue smiled and got into the quilt. Soon, Yang Hai felt a certain part of his body wrapped in warmth and moisture. He couldn't help but take a deep breath in comfort...

When she returned home, Shen Ruobing sat on the head of the bed reading a book, while also waiting for Yang Hai to come back.

"What's wrong with you? Is there any problem in the company?" Shen Ruobing saw Yang Hai coming back, got up from the bed and asked with concern.

"No! There is no problem in the company? Why do you ask?" Yang Hai said while sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Why do you look so tired? I thought something happened in the company!" Shen Ruobing said.

"It's not a big deal. It's just that a few suppliers asked for a price increase, and it's doubled. It's really infuriating." Yang Hai said with an unhappy look on his face.

"Samsung, which supplies mobile phone chips and screens, and IBM, which supplies processors, all demanded a substantial increase in supply prices, arguing that our phones were too expensive."

"What should we do? Without the supply from these companies, how can we produce our Huaguang smartphones?" Shen Ruobing said a little anxiously.

"It's nothing. Now that Butcher Zhang is dead, do we have to eat pork with hair on it? I just don't believe it." Yang Hai said angrily.

"I have contacted BOE and commissioned them to produce mobile phone screens. They also said that they can produce mobile phone screens that meet our requirements."

"As for chips, I have already asked the company's R&D personnel to independently design and develop a mobile phone chip of our own and commissioned SMIC to produce it. SMIC also sent a team of experts to assist us in developing our own mobile phone chips."

"As for smartphone processors, I have already asked the company's R&D department to solve this problem as soon as possible."

"It's just that the research and development of these things takes time, so we had no choice but to use Samsung's mobile phone screens, mobile phone chips, and IBM's smartphone processors."

"But since they have already started the attack, we can only speed up our progress and not be threatened by them."

"But we have already announced that we will temporarily change the supplier of our Huaguang 8S mobile phone in August. Will we make it in time?" Shen Ruobing said worriedly.

"Furthermore, if we temporarily change suppliers, can we guarantee the performance and quality of the mobile phones?"

"There is still enough time, and we already have a large amount of inventory. We can use the old ones first, and then replace all suppliers when we launch Huaguang 2. Therefore, the launch of Huaguang 1S will not be affected." Yang Hai replied.

"So you have already anticipated that these suppliers will raise prices, so you have already made preparations." Shen Ruobing said in surprise.

"Although I had anticipated this, I didn't expect the other party to react so quickly. I thought it would take at least a few years for a situation like this to happen." Yang Hai shook his head and said.

"Although I was prepared, I was still caught off guard. I hope the launch of Huaguang 2 will not be affected too much."

"I've known for a long time that you can't rely on others. You still have to rely on yourself at critical moments. Fortunately, our country's technological development is not too backward now."

"They always try to strangle us, but this time I'm going to let them know that it's not that easy to strangle us."

"We can definitely find companies in our country to replace them. Even if we are not as strong as them for the time being, we will always rise as long as there is a chance. One day we will be able to surpass them and do better than them."

Although Yang Hai said so, he was still a little worried. With the further development of science and technology, we will enter the 4G era and the 5G era in the future, and the requirements for smartphone chips will be higher. If European and American countries can't strangle you in other places, they will strangle you from the source. For example, they will prohibit China from importing the most advanced lithography machines, and prohibit some semiconductor chip foundries from manufacturing high-precision semiconductor chips for China's high-tech companies, so as to restrict the development of China's high-tech.

In the life before Yang Hai was reborn, he personally experienced this once. European and American countries took advantage of their technological monopoly to arbitrarily interfere with normal business competition. This was extremely shameless.

However, we have no way to deal with their shameless behavior and can only endure the humiliation and carry out research and development on our own.

However, due to the late start in the field of lithography machines, we can only produce lithography machines with low precision requirements and can only meet the production needs of ordinary chips. Most high-precision smart chips still have to be imported, especially the 5G smart chips needed in the 5G era. The precision requirements for chips are too high. Our country does not have the most advanced lithography machines and cannot produce such chips at all.

No matter how well the chip is designed, it can only be produced in the laboratory. If you want to mass produce it, it is impossible without the most advanced lithography machine.

However, due to the technological blockade of Western European and American countries, even if we have money, we cannot buy this most advanced lithography machine. It is still very infuriating to think about it now.

Yang Hai couldn't help but wonder, as Huaguang Technology Company develops, will it also face such problems in the future?

There is no need to think about such problems, as they will definitely be encountered. Unless Huaguang Company is willing to kowtow to Europe and the United States, honestly stay in the country for development and do not touch the interests of European and American countries, it is only a matter of time before it will be sanctioned by European and American countries.

European and American countries have not taken any action yet, but a few suppliers have jumped out and demanded a price increase. No matter how expensive your mobile phone is or how good your sales are, you can only earn so much, and the rest will be earned by them. This is typical bandit logic.

Shen Ruobing saw that Yang Hai was in a bad mood, and she couldn't help but feel a little distressed. She advised him: "You don't have to think too much. Even if Huaguang Mobile is blocked, the worst that can happen is that we can just give in to them. Before we develop and before we have the ability to confront them head-on, it's not shameful to be tolerant temporarily."

"Huaguang Technology Company now affects the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people, and there are hundreds of thousands of families behind it. Don't be too impulsive and offend all these suppliers. It will be difficult to demand anything from them later."

"We can earn a little less for now, but it would be best if the production and sales of Huaguang smartphones are not affected too much."

"I know! I will control myself." Yang Hai nodded and said.

"They are only raising the price now, but we have already signed the contract. During the contract period, they cannot raise the price at will. Before the contract expires, they still have to supply us according to the supply price of the previously signed contract, otherwise they will face huge compensation."

"That's why I said that the launch of our Huaguang 1S mobile phone will not be affected."

"As for Huaguang 2 in the future, I also believe in BOE, SMIC, and our own R&D team. They can and have the ability to overcome all difficulties."

The news that suppliers such as Samsung and IBM unilaterally proposed price increases inevitably spread in the company. Many employees in the company were very angry about the shamelessness of these suppliers, but at the same time they were a little worried about whether the company could survive this difficult time and whether their jobs would be affected.

Privately, the company’s employees couldn’t help but discuss the issue. What if the company went bankrupt and had to lay off a large number of employees?
"Our Huaguang Technology Company is still very strong and should be able to get through this difficult time. The most we can do is agree to let these suppliers raise prices, and the company will make less money. But we employees shouldn't be affected," said an employee optimistically.

"That's not necessarily true. What if the company stops making money? Our welfare benefits and wages will probably be greatly affected." An employee said not very optimistically.

"Even if salaries are not cut, some benefits, such as housing allowance, will be reduced, if not completely cancelled. For example, the reimbursement rate will be reduced from 600% to 300%, and the upper limit of yuan will be reduced to yuan."

"If the benefits and subsidies are reduced, it will be really troublesome. If the company really wants to reduce them, we will have no choice. Even if you want to sue, you can't, unless you don't want to work in the company anymore." An employee said in despair, shaking his head and sighing.

"When the company's performance is not good and it is not profitable, you don't want to work anymore, but the company may even hope that you will quit. The company wants to lay off employees, but it can't find a reason."

"Yeah! Even if that happens, will you really quit? If you stop working here and go to another company, you may not earn as much as here, and your benefits may not be as good as here." said another employee.

"No matter how bad the performance of Huaguang Technology Company is, no matter how much it reduces benefits and subsidies, it is still much better than working for other companies." Another employee said at this time.

"Instead of being here and worrying about this and that, we should work hard for the company and try to improve its performance. Only when the company's performance is good and the company makes money, we don't have to worry about the company cutting our benefits and various living allowances."

"My fellow workers, do you think I am right?"

"That's a good point. Instead of worrying about this and that, why don't we just work hard at our jobs?" someone responded loudly.

"Even if the company really needs to lay off employees one day, I believe the company will compensate us appropriately. As long as we are still working in the company, we must do our job well and be worthy of the salary the company gives us."

"The company has never treated us unfairly, so we should not let the company down. I believe that if there is any way, the company will not lay off employees."

"If it really comes to the point of laying off employees, then the company has no other choice, and we should not have any complaints against the company."

There are all kinds of voices in the company. Some people are pessimistic about the company, thinking that its future is worrying and that it will not be able to compete with those big international companies.

Some people are optimistic about the company's development, believing that large foreign companies cannot suppress the company's development. Huaguang Technology Company will definitely be able to overcome any difficulties, and its future development will definitely be better.

At this time, television news, newspaper media, etc., also reported this news, and the headlines were very eye-catching.

"Huaguang Technology, a domestic emerging technology giant, has been jointly suppressed by suppliers in the industry chain. The supply price has increased by 100%. Where will it go in the future?"

(End of this chapter)