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Fairy, Hand Over My Grandpa!","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-354",354,"\u003Cp>「merrymerrychristmas」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「lonelylonelychristmas」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Want to send wishes but don’t know who to give them to, love has been tied into a dead knot…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragmented singing slipped through the window crack, silently creeping into Chen Yansen’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike Keller and Wu Shengyu from the Chip Design Department held a computer, eyes locked on the screen, gradually analyzing orangez1’s instruction encoding and pipeline efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From encoding efficiency, orangez1 has lower access power consumption than ARM Cortex-A9, and using extended instructions for privilege-level control effectively reduces system call power consumption, Boss—is this your design?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike muttered to himself, then looked up, stunned at Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know when Chen Yansen had started preparing, but based on his knowledge of ARM, every CPU architecture’s development cycle took at least two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, had Chen Yansen begun developing his own CPU architecture right after Orange Tech was founded?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike found it hard to believe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How does it compare to ARM Cortex-A15?” Chen Yansen didn’t answer directly but asked instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Through out-of-order execution and multi-issue technology, orangez1’s execution efficiency is 40% higher than ARM Cortex-A15, but to fully judge its superiority, we need simulation tools for performance modeling to get precise quantitative results.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike replied immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So we’re not buying ARM instruction set patents?” Wu Shengyu was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>orangez1’s technical difficulty far exceeds Huawei’s HiSilicon K3V2 chip—the former is building a skyscraper from scratch on a mudflat, the latter is just decorating and beautifying an existing structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No comparison at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’d pay when it’s free?” Chen Yansen chuckled, patting Wu Shengyu’s shoulder teasingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mike.” Wu Shengyu called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“OK, I get it,” Mike nodded, turning to Chen Yansen: “Boss, give us a week—no, five days—to test orangez1’s architecture, cache design, and power efficiency.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Work hard—the Tiangong T100 needs adjustment too,” Chen Yansen nodded slightly in reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If orangez1 is better than ARM Cortex-A9, even tearing it down and starting over is worth it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Shengyu said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange Tech’s technical foundation was more terrifying than he’d imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, companies like Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Apple all had to spend huge sums to license ARM’s instruction set architecture to ensure chip performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Chen Yansen had come in and started from scratch, launching Orange Tech’s own CPU architecture standard—this was clearly meant to overthrow ARM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Wu Shengyu’s heart surged—he suddenly felt his decision to return home might have been right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the ecosystem issue, it wasn’t a problem for Orange Tech, since it was fundamentally a terminal device manufacturer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Mike Keller and Wu Shengyu left, Chen Yansen summoned Ding Houmeng from the Intellectual Property Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the orangez1 CPU instruction set technology—apply for domestic and overseas patent protection. I’ll send you the strategic layout. Core patents include instruction encoding, branch prediction algorithms, register renaming mechanisms, and hardware-level encryption instructions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, don’t overlook peripheral patents like compiler optimization algorithms, instruction schedulers, and dedicated instructions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen spoke bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Boss,” Ding Houmeng picked up the documents on the desk and replied solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the head of intellectual property for a smartphone company, he clearly understood the importance and difficulty of CPU instruction set technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though filled with doubts, he didn’t question it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, I recall that innovations in integrated circuit patents qualify for substantial R&D subsidies and tax breaks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen said slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are indeed such policies—I’ll coordinate with Zhou Zong first, then report back to you once it’s handled,” Ding Houmeng replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I understand,” Chen Yansen smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, I’ll leave you to your work—I’m off now,” Ding Houmeng rose to take his leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his tasks, Chen Yansen stretched, stood by the window with his teacup, and thought silently: I’ve finally completed the orangez1 development process before 2013.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting back at ARM wasn’t easy—he’d been mentally drained for over a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen instantly decided: before his spiritual power could sustain prolonged use of the [Planck Clock] talent, he wouldn’t recklessly exhaust himself again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>December 25th, Christmas Day—orangez1 was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to patent secrecy, even within Orange Tech, few knew about it; only Mike Keller, Wu Shengyu, Ding Houmeng, and a handful of others understood it in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, instruction set licensing comes in three forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First: architecture licensing, allowing clients to design their own processor cores based on the instruction set architecture, permitting extensions or modifications while maintaining compatibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Apple purchased this type of license from ARM—it offers the highest flexibility and the highest price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depending on client scale, market positioning, and license duration, the one-time fee ranges from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Huawei paid a staggering one billion U.S. dollars for a perpetual license to ARMv9.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second: core licensing, also called IP core licensing—providing ready-made CPU cores that can be integrated with components like GPUs onto a single SoC chip, but without major design modifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SunStar and MediaTek purchased this tier of license—lower flexibility, lower licensing fees, higher royalty rates, but faster product launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third: usage licensing, permitting clients to use only pre-packaged CPU cores, with no modification or extension allowed—typically used in embedded systems or low-end markets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lowest licensing fee, worst flexibility—commonly used in cheap IoT chips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chips in Ofo bikes and YunSu delivery lockers are mostly products of this licensing type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen planned to license orangez1 at low prices first, to seize the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raise it early, harvest later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Develop one generation, deploy one, reserve one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>orangez1 was merely the starting point of Orange Tech’s self-developed CPU architecture—not the endpoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he’d see how ARM would still make money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck, even Laozi  dares to rip me off? Looking for death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen’s eyes narrowed slightly, a cold glint flashing: “Domestic chips will begin with orangez1!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike Keller and Wu Shengyu were busy verifying orangez1’s superiority; Ding Houmeng was busy with patent applications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go to Sanjiaozhou tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sent a message to Song Yuncheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why don’t you rest for two days? You look exhausted lately,” Song Yuncheng replied instantly, picturing Chen Yansen’s weary expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not tired.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you buy medicine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen read the message and burst out laughing—he’d been too gentle with Song Yuncheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buy medicine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve never taken any of that crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen sneered and typed back quickly: “Your Q4 performance bonus is gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Song Yuncheng clenched her teeth, heart full of grievance: I was just concerned about your health!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mimo had been live in North America for twenty days; user numbers in the U.S. and Canada were skyrocketing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cumulative registrations exceeded 10 million; daily active users stabilized at 4.3 million, with extremely high engagement and retention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of bizarre short videos had immense appeal to users, and with the recommendation engine working behind the scenes, users became increasingly addicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, users’ mobile data was drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, heavy Mimo users had to subscribe to unlimited data plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Mimo’s influence, T-Mobile’s Unlimited 4G plan, Sprint’s Everything Data plan, and MetroPCS’s 4G LTE for All plan all sold out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, T-Mobile’s marketing director had the sharpest business sense—he immediately contacted Mao Chaorong, wanting to promote T-Mobile’s Unlimited 4G plan on Mimo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a CPM of $30, a CPA of $50 (commission per phone plan purchase), and a $500,000 advertising contract, Mao Chaorong didn’t hesitate—he accepted immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he hadn’t expected Mimo’s download and viral growth to be this fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until video editor Harrison appeared—his editing skills were like magic; his first uploaded video gained 2.6 million likes in just two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video was reposted on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, with Mimo’s watermark clearly visible in the lower right corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then uploaded a second video: the previously popular Harry Potter magic broom—but his filming and editing were far superior, making it impossible for ordinary viewers to spot any flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two videos earned him 1.3 million followers on Mimo, making him a minor internet celebrity overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a flood of skilled special-effects editors flocked to Mimo, gradually improving the platform’s video quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Mimo surpassed 10 million users, Wall Street investment firms immediately took notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter never exploded with such ferocity at launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Investment offers poured in from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and Bessemer Venture Partners—each offering hundreds of millions in funding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Chaorong couldn’t decide—he immediately reported the situation to Chen Yansen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“$10 million for equity in Mimo? Dream on!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yansen rejected it without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mimo and Today’s Headlines were under the same company; a funding window would open eventually—but not now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Zong only ever took others’ advantage—did these Wall Street fools think they could take his?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After understanding Chen Yansen’s stance, Mao Chaorong gained confidence—he didn’t refuse, only delayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Twitter, which had just acquired Vine and was still testing features, couldn’t hold back after seeing Mimo’s explosion—it launched a massive promotional campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Chaorong cursed under his breath upon hearing the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized—Mimo’s first competitor had arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2012, Twitter, though lagging behind Facebook in user base and daily active numbers, was still a phenomenon-level social app in Europe and America, with over 600 million users and more than 200 million monthly active users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Twitter threw all its weight behind Vine, Mimo would struggle to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Chaorong knew he couldn’t avoid it, so he accelerated expansion, aiming to flood Mimo’s downloads with money before Vine gained momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yan provided Mimo with 20 million U.S. dollars monthly for promotion, but only half had been spent so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ten days, another 20 million U.S. dollars would arrive; Mao Chaorong no longer dared to be frugal and raised the customer acquisition cost threshold to enable large-scale ad buys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving Mao Chaorong’s work report, Chen Yan raised no objections, replying only: “If you need more money, I’ll add more!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Encountering competitors is normal; internet products in Europe and America constantly copy each other—there can’t be only one product in the short-video market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens or hundreds of competing companies clashing in chaos is the norm in business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victor becomes king!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days later, a regular Friday at the Yanjing Huake Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Orangez1’s self-developed CPU architecture? A new product from OrangeTech?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Ruihui, in charge of the Loongson project, adjusted his glasses and asked his assistant in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The news came from the Intellectual Property Association, but OrangeTech’s submission only included instruction formats, execution flows, and code examples—performance metrics remain unknown.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assistant replied with strict precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Loongson 1 was originally designed using the MIPS instruction set, now out of patent protection, but its outdated version offered limited reference value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years ago, the Huake Association spent a sum to purchase permanent licenses for MIPS32 and MIPS64 architectures, enabling the creation of China’s first quad-core CPU, the Loongson 3A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to ARM’s instruction set, MIPS, though also a RISC, was far inferior in architectural design and power optimization, with severe limitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve heard of this company—last year, its smartphone shipments surpassed Shanxing. Quite impressive,” Hu Ruihui remarked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad, and Lenovo had all been striving to catch up, but between 2009 and 2011, they were crushed by foreign brands like Shanxing, Apple, and Nokia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after OrangeTech’s founding was this situation completely reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Hu, are you suggesting…?” The assistant had a hunch but dared not be certain, probing cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call them. I’m going to Xu City.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Ruihui spoke plainly, instructing his assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, since OrangeTech dared to file a patent and submit an international application, it must have full confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, while MIPS had strengths in single-thread efficiency and architectural simplicity, its ecosystem scale and commercialization model made it hard to compete with ARM in mainstream markets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loongson couldn’t remain confined to internal use—the commercialization issue couldn’t be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of Orangez1’s true performance, Hu Ruihui had to go to Xu City and personally test its power efficiency, cache, and execution speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if it was a surprise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Mr. Hu. I’ll handle it immediately,” the assistant nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Chen Yan had not publicly announced it, many tech giants in the industry had learned of Orangez1’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most scoffed, refusing to believe OrangeTech’s R&D capabilities—but there were also many like Hu Ruihui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before departure, Hu Ruihui thoroughly researched Chen Yan and OrangeTech’s development history, and was secretly astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OrangeTech’s AuroraOS operating system, camera algorithms, battery management system, and voice interaction engine had all advanced without detours, sprinting full-speed down the correct R&D path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extremely rare in the field of scientific research!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some mental speculation, Hu Ruihui regarded Chen Yan as a brilliant young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to him, the outstanding youth he imagined was dressed in a Scorpion Spirit cosplay, busy battling the Golden Gourd Immortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Monster, give me my grandfather back!” Ye Qiuping, fighting off shame, pouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! You’re the monster!” Chen Yan sat upright, thoroughly enjoying himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2152,"2026-06-19T19:17:19.606Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1fda526ca570ff37081adbc8e8addc5cc4825214a38d4dd2eea9735623fda7d8","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-355","i-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-chapter-353",387,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-get-stronger-every-payday-with-one-billion-emp-cover.jpg"]