[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-46":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting with a Hundred Billion Dollar Scam",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2076583,3287,"Chapter 46: Huawei's Attention! An Astronomical Offer!","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>Many locals in Modu who read the \"Xinmin Evening News\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>felt their first reaction was that Modu Engineering University must be crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had this school already become so extravagant?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They could casually expel a quasi-billionaire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a person is someone ordinary schools would rush to honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even one such person emerged, they would undoubtedly be the school's finest alumnus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Magic City University of Engineering directly pushed this billionaire away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, many Magic City residents had already learned from the newspapers about a remarkable young man named Lin Yi in Magic City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had started his business only recently, yet his company was already valued at one billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for Magic City locals, ninety-nine percent had never seen so much money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Sina and NetEase also reported news about Lin Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These reports were largely similar, all questioning Magic City University of Engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Magic City University of Engineering became the target of media criticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people online said the university's leadership was either idiotic or had their brains trampled by a chicken in childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it would be impossible to make the imbecilic decision to expel Lin Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for a school where the leadership is like this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>does enrolling there really hold any future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news swept across the entire internet at the speed of light, quickly becoming a trending topic on major platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then evolved into: \"Billionaire Boss Cruelly Expelled by School!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spearhead pointed directly at a certain university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many netizens left comments:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have a net worth of one billion; does that mean if I go there, I won't see tomorrow's sun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, I declare you the most bizarre school of the year, bar none!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether a school expels someone shouldn't necessarily relate to how much money they have!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I agree with this, but Boss Lin from the Engineering College didn't commit any illegal acts; he merely skipped classes to start a business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such a person to be expelled... I can only say I am thoroughly impressed with the Engineering College's leadership.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Ming served as the president of Magic City University of Technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was extremely busy every day; on one hand, he worried about the school's employment rates,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and on the other, he hoped the school would thrive under his leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, even as president, he maintained strict demands upon himself daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, just as usual, he prepared to attend the weekly meeting of the school leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would discuss recent teaching issues and corporate partnerships,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hoping to improve the school's employment rate in the next semester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, there were only so many good enterprises in society, yet so many universities in Magic City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The positions at top companies were basically carved up by key universities like Fudan and Jiaotong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very little was left for the University of Engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, generally when a cohort of students just entered their senior year, the school would connect with enterprises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, this meant arranging internships and campus recruitment fairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as President Wei wanted to step out of his office today,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he ran straight into the director of the school's network management department, who rushed over panic-stricken and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President, it's bad... negative news about our school is everywhere online!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Negative news?\" President Wei was startled; this was what he feared most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because negative news could severely damage a school's reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If mishandled, he would not only face reprimands from higher authorities,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the school could also suffer declines in application and employment rates due to the negative publicity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The losses would be enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, the school had a dedicated public relations department for such situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if even the network regulatory authority was at a loss, they could only turn to him, the president.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has anything happened at the school recently?\" President Wei asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, the network director immediately took out his phone, displaying the top trending topic on Sina Weibo:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Billionaire Boss Cruelly Expelled by School.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>President Wei took just one glance, and his eyes nearly bulged out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face flushed with blood, he slammed his fist onto the desk with a bang and roared in anger:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who, who did this...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the person in charge of network affairs fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Investigate, investigate this for me, and immediately retract the school's expulsion notice! For an outstanding student like Lin Yi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we should not only refrain from punishing him but should instead award him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>President Wei ordered directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that during the school leadership meeting that day, this president was absolutely furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He declared that whoever was involved in this matter would be dealt with strictly and severely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, someone was going to be made the scapegoat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lin Yi was experiencing both happiness and pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company's reception phone rang incessantly, twenty-four hours a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly hired customer service miss was simply enduring a relentless barrage of phone calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single call was an inquiry about Fengyi Technology's new battery: when it would go on sale and what the pricing would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, the customer service miss replied that everyone should refer to the official website announcements for the timing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, inside the conference room of Fengyi Technology,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi was receiving Yu Dong, a senior executive from Huawei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Old Ren at Huawei instructed Yu Dong to keep an eye on Fengyi Technology, this right-hand man of Old Ren, the President of the Strategy and Marketing system,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>immediately traveled from Pengcheng to Fengyi Technology in Modu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, he was coming pursuant to Old Ren's orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, he was also there to conduct an on-site inspection of Fengyi Technology to see if it was truly as advertised online,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and whether the new lithium battery could be integrated into Huawei's supply chain system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, upon seeing Fengyi Technology's office located in the Songjiang Entrepreneurship Center, Yu Dong felt somewhat disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was merely a startup company that had just been established.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the two parties made contact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi, the boss of Fengyi Technology, took him to the R&D center to show him samples of the new battery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the battery tests,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Huawei experts who had accompanied Yu Dong were all so astonished they were speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true regarding safety, the most critical aspect of mobile phone batteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The performance demonstrated by the cobalt-free solid-state battery was exhilarating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, in terms of capacity, charge-discharge speed, power loss, and other metrics, the new battery's performance deeply impressed Old Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, what Old Yu cared about most were the sales price and production capacity of Fengyi Technology's new battery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the conference room, personnel from both sides sat together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Old Yu got straight to the point:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder if Boss Lin's Fengyi Technology is open to financing from Huawei!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Financing! Does Huawei also engage in venture capital?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi was slightly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Yu Dong shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We Huawei are a technology enterprise and do not engage in venture capital,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but to ensure the stability of our supply chain, we do take equity stakes in supply chain companies...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing him say this, Lin Yi suddenly understood, then apologized saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My apologies, President Yu, but Fengyi Technology has no intention of accepting financing at this time....!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1229,"2026-06-16T04:10:19.707Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","d4d42fd108ec4542d7b02858ab3ff50dd4342885caeb87cfce9cc3919c8d2159","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-47","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-45",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]