Chapter 942: Chapter 242: Young Master Xu’s Major Event (Career)

That evening, Xu Lin spoke to Ning Yuhuan and the others, telling them he would be abroad for business in the coming months.

Xu Lin originally planned to stay abroad for ten days to half a month.

But plans can’t keep up with changes.

"It’s time to buy GPUs and servers."

GPUs and servers can be purchased separately.

Among them, one hundred thousand H100 GPUs require about 30 billion RMB, and the corresponding high-performance servers need 12,500 units, starting from billions as well.

So, together, the total cost is over 40 billion, maybe more.

And that’s not the total cost; various miscellaneous costs add up to more than 50 billion.

Only Xu Lin can play like this in the world; others are big companies, incomparable. For individuals playing AI, they can only use large companies’ models to generate some AI tools.

Not long after, Xu Lin contacted Fernando.

"Xu, how have you been lately? You’re wanted, and still abroad?"

"I’m in Tokyo, not a big problem."

Xu Lin: "Once again, I need your help. This time, I need 100,000 H100 GPUs, but due to the quantity, to avoid being targeted, part of it should be purchased through the black market and other channels."

Fernando: "Understood."

Xu Lin: "The fee is 200 million US dollars, how about it?"

Fernando: "Deal!"

Xu Lin: "This is the first part. In addition, we also need to purchase 12,500 high-performance servers, model Supermicro SYS-821GE-TNHR, excluding GPUs, all other configurations maxed out, ask how much it costs?"

Fernando: "Okay, I’ll ask."

Since Fernando met Xu Lin, he’s faced many cognitive barriers.

Not to mention, whatever business he does, even if you want arms, he can get them.

But what Xu Lin wants are servers and GPUs.

Fernando, after all, has extensive connections.

An hour later, Fernando replied to Xu Lin.

The type of server he wanted, excluding GPUs, with all other configurations maxed, costs 210,000 US dollars each.

In other words, one server, more than 1.49 million RMB.

12,500 units, it’s more than 18.6 billion.

Fernando: "Xu, is this price acceptable?"

Xu Lin: "Yes."

Fernando: "It will be a problem to enter Japan later. I need to clear some people; Xu, this will cost an additional 100 million US dollars, what do you think?"

"No problem."

It’s just a toll fee; Xu Lin readily accepted. This money is not for Fernando but to deal with some people.

With money paving the road, nothing can’t be done unless the money isn’t enough.

"Still short about 10 billion; by the time Fernando needs to pay, this 10 billion should be completed... no, it must be completed."

Xu Lin suddenly slapped his forehead.

Damn, just launch a new item in the game store, right?

Xu Lin acted immediately and spent over two hours completing the second game item: Treasure Hunting Rat.

As the name implies, it is used for treasure hunting.

The treasure hunting radius is 500 meters, meaning treasures appearing within a 500-meter radius of the Treasure Hunting Rat will trigger an alert.

Of course, this is only for finding ownerless items, like a treasure in a grave; you certainly can’t find treasure on a living person, as that would require robbery.

This Treasure Hunting Rat corresponds to a new gameplay mode, the treasure hunting mode.

Therefore, working with the gameplay, Xu Lin spent another night letting the map randomly generate various treasures.

Huaxia time, the next day at noon, Xu Lin officially launched the new item in the game store.

Price:

Domestic: 100 RMB.

North America: 100 US dollars.

After going live, Xu Lin updated two new Weibo posts.

The first: The new item is now available, this is a new gameplay, the era of great treasure hunting has officially begun, welcome everyone to experience it.

"Young Master Xu, this item is too expensive, 100 RMB, poor student party."

"Indeed a bit pricey, but I heard it’s 100 US dollars in North America, converting to over 700 RMB, instant psychological balance."

"Over 700 RMB in North America? I’m comfortable now."

"Game items are updated simultaneously, so over there in North America, is the game run by Young Master Xu?"

"How’s the market in North America?"

"How is it? Of course, it’s a massive hit. Due to Young Master Xu’s arrival, GTA6’s sales in North America directly halted, affecting even the PS6 sales in North America. It’s terrifying; how’s the market over there?"

The second Weibo: Next, I will retreat for a while, maybe three months, maybe half a year. I’m going to complete a very grand project. Wait for me to emerge and I will amaze the world!

"Young Master Xu, retreating for so long, planning something big?"

"Last time Young Master Xu disappeared for a month, the second game launched, maybe this time, it’s to create the third game?"

"Could be."

"I’m instead worried about Young Master Xu’s safety; he has a bounty by the United States; is he safe now?"

"Talent like him, our country must protect well, just afraid something happens to him."

No one knows what Xu Lin is going to do.

It’s also after Xu Lin posted on Weibo that he disappeared completely.

For the next six days, Xu Lin remained in Tokyo, finalizing the factory, including network and electricity stability.

On the eighth day, Fernando called; the servers have been shipped.

As for the GPUs, they were shipped on the fourth day.

For GPUs, 60,000 units purchased from NVIDIA, the other 40,000 units through various special channels.

Total price is 28.9 billion.

The tenth day.

Fernando called again.