Yanjing Conference Center, Room 305A.
Bottles of mineral water and neatly folded conference brochures lined the long table as attendees gathered in small groups, making conversation.
A large LED screen at the front of the room displayed a line of white text on a blue background: The First Integrated Circuit Industry Exchange and Promotion Conference.
Judging by the number of empty seats, half the attendees had yet to arrive.
"President Liu, it's only been five days, and the Yaocheng X2 has already shipped over two million units globally. If Huaxin International could secure the manufacturing contract for the Celestial Craft A100 Chip, you'd surely solidify your position in the 28-nanometer process node space."
He Boting of Hisilicon remarked to Liu Xunfeng of Huaxin International.
'Solidify our position?'
'With what?'
Liu Xunfeng fiddled awkwardly with his cuff. If the man speaking hadn't been the president of Huawei HiSilicon, he would have lost his temper by now.
