Chapter Three: You Block the Chips; I Buy the Rules

YaoCore kept forty percent but waived purchase priority for three years. This morning, the remaining equity went to bankruptcy auction.” Wanqing smiled. “While everyone watched this broadcast, Ruifeng bought sixty percent for thirty-one million yuan.” People who understood the industry inhaled sharply. A company YaoCore considered garbage had just become a legal exit from cloud control. “Thirty-one million cannot buy a supply chain,” Han said. “We won’t begin by selling chips,” Wanqing replied. “We’ll sell compatibility rights. Any manufacturer may join the Spark Safety Alliance and use the recovery protocol for local control. Initial licenses are free. Members jointly fund fabrication and share the base standard.”