Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Content warning; Xenophobia
Everyone was testing the 5G network speed, except Xuan Ming, who was holding up his phone and carefully taking pictures of the little curly-haired boy standing on the podium.
Zhuang Li looked at his “unemployed” lover and couldn’t help but smile.
So Xuan Ming also laughed softly a few times, sent these lovely photos to his mobile phone and kept them properly.
“Dr. Zhao, are you going to start explaining the construction plan for 5G developed by the future map? Please come in.” Zhuang Li stretched out his arm in an invitation gesture.
Zhao Zhensheng, who originally wanted to be the finale, stood there with red cheeks, not daring to say another word.
After hearing the discussions in the audience, he just tried the phone and found that everything Zhuang Li said was true.
At this point, what else could he say? His 5G anchoring networking technology could indeed save a lot of expenses for the country, but Zhuang Li’s chip compatibility technology could reduce this expense to a minimum, and completely eliminate the interference of surrounding signals, and achieve a delay of 1 millisecond.
In an era where data was king, such a network would play a very important role in the country’s development and construction.
The “future war concept” that the United States had been vigorously promoting, namely the “robot army”, could only be realized in such a network environment.
I actually lost to an unknown person? Zhao Zhensheng closed his computer and left the podium in embarrassment. He no longer had the courage to explain his 5G concept.
The government official sitting on the podium announced into the microphone: “Thank you all for attending today’s investment promotion conference. After consultation, we have decided to entrust our country’s 5G network to Haiming Group. I hope that China will get better and better in the future, and I also hope that our companies will have more talents like Mr. Zhuang.”
As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out in the audience.
The delegations sitting in the audience all knew that the government said that it selected Haiming Group after consultation, but in fact it had already decided on this company before the meeting. Otherwise, where did the 5G base station on the rooftop come from? And where did the 5G mobile phones that were built in advance come from?
No wonder the investment promotion conference was delayed again and again and postponed several times. It turned out that they were waiting for the research and development results of Haiming Group!
Thinking of this, the delegates attending the meeting did not feel dissatisfied. Haiming’s technology was so advanced that it was worth the government’s wait.
Let alone three months, the government could afford to delay even a year or two. As long as Haiming Group’s 5G chips started mass production and were installed on 4G base stations on a large scale, China would be able to build a 5G network covering the entire country within three years.
This speed far exceeded that of any country in the world.
When China started developing a large army of robots, other countries may still be dreaming about it!
Thinking of this, the delegates applauded even more enthusiastically.
Only Tu Si’s face turned pale. After the meeting, he immediately took Zhao Zhensheng away without saying hello to the government officials.
Returning to the car and driving away from the venue, he ripped his tie loose and let out a breath.
The secretary sitting in the passenger seat handed over a tablet and said, “Mr. Tu, the investment promotion conference is live! Haiming Group’s 5G speed test video has become popular at home and abroad! The whole world is paying attention to China’s 5G technology!”
Tu Si took the tablet and quickly watched the video, then flipped through the comments below, all he saw was ecstasy and emotional avowals.
[My country is awesome!]
[My nation ascended to become a kingdom without making any noise!]
[I finally saw my nation embark on the road to rejuvenation in my lifetime, and I burst into tears!]
[As usual, let your European and American countries have two hundred years first. But once China has accumulated strength, you will have to give way to us!]
[Oh my god! The head of the R&D department of Haiming Group is so attractive! I can do it!]
[With such a smart mind, such amazing skills, and such a beautiful appearance! This Mr. Zhuang Li must be God’s own son!]
[Chinese scientists are really amazing! They are really awesome this time!]
[It is said that China will be able to use 5G within three years, which is at least ten years faster than other countries! This is too cool!]
[Haiming Group is worthy of being the most powerful telecommunications company in China. It has made a big profit without making any noise!]
As public opinion spread, the share price of Haiming Group, which had been plummeting since Zhao Zhensheng left, soared after the live broadcast ended; however, Future Map, which had been showing good momentum, suffered setbacks and its share price plummeted.
Tu Si’s phone kept ringing, all of which were calls from the major shareholders of Future Map who were panicking.
Having lost the government’s 5G orders and without sufficient high-end technology to fill the gap, and having forged a mortal feud with Haiming Group because of poaching Zhao Zhensheng, Future Map would inevitably suffer a heavy blow.
Did the future map still have a future? This was an unknown thing.
Tu Si didn’t answer any calls, just stared at the tablet and sneered: “The Haiming Group won’t be proud for long. Zhuang Li’s 5G technology is completely dependent on the upgrade of 5G chips. The United States is committed to stifling China’s high-tech development and will definitely take corresponding punitive measures. The technology has just been released and has not been widely promoted, but the media is promoting it enthusiastically. Are they afraid that the United States will not see it? The Chinese government is too eager for quick success!”
“Yes, the United States will definitely restrict the export of chips to China. Without lithography machines, Zhuang Li’s 5G chips will be useless no matter how advanced they are.” Zhao Zhensheng analyzed: “The United States will probably play the card of restricting chip exports. Until China is forced to have no choice but to use Zhuang Li’s 5G chips in exchange for lithography machines. Countries without independent research and development capabilities are so pathetic.”
When he said the last sentence, Zhao Zhensheng smiled sarcastically, not even having the slightest love for the motherland that raised him.
“Then let’s wait for the United States to take action. Zhuang Li’s 5g chip would not be put into production, and the government will have to ask us for help in the end.” Tu Si took a deep breath and finally smiled easily.
“The United States is the only country that does not restrict our company’s chip imports. Isn’t this too conspicuous?” Zhao Zhensheng asked worriedly.
“So what if an eye is shot? The United States has China by the neck, and the government has to swallow this humiliation even if it doesn’t want to. When the United States bombed the Chinese embassy, didn’t China have to swallow its anger?” Tu Si waved his hand indifferently.
His indifference towards China was equally shocking.
After returning to the company, Tu Si immediately convened a shareholders’ meeting, presented facts and reasoned with everyone, asking them not to be anxious.
“The international situation is very unfavorable to China. The chips developed by Haiming can only be produced by foreign companies. Once the United States issues a chip export ban, Haiming Group will have no way out. You just wait patiently for two days, there will be a turning point in the future.” He said confidently.
Sure enough, a few days later, the United States issued the strictest ban in history, not allowing any Chinese company to import US chips under any name, and even ordered other countries to stop producing chips for China.
This was a decisive blow!
The use of chips ranged from military manufacturing, medical diagnosis, satellite launches, to people’s livelihood and national economy. Without powerful chips, there would be no powerful machines. Without powerful machines, China’s productivity would regress by many years, and the whole world would leave China behind and run forward.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This was a vicious cycle.
An American made the following statement on the Internet: [This is a dimensionality reduction attack, you know? China is still one dimension away from the United States!]
Dimensionality reduction attack, these four words were slammed in the face of the Chinese by the Americans. The Chinese websites that were once full of jubilation are now filled with despair and helpless rage.
Having experienced the invasion of the great powers and the slaughter of the Japanese army, the Chinese people were too eager to be strong, too eager to have strength, and too eager for their country to stand at the top of the world and not be bullied by any race.
But why was this road so difficult?
What did the Chinese nation do wrong to deserve such treatment? We are a nation that loves peace, loves life, and loves all that is beautiful. Why do Western powers trample on our dignity so wantonly?
Public opinion was in a panic, and the soaring stock price of Haiming Group suddenly fell.
Some enthusiastic young people left such questions on the official website of Haiming Group: [Teacher Zhuang, you are so smart, can you answer a few questions for me? When will China stop being strangled by foreigners? When will China stop being bullied by foreigners? When will China surpass the United States and become the world’s number one power? Can we still achieve the glory of the past?]
These young people originally thought they would not get an answer.
For more than two hundred years, the Chinese people had been troubled by these problems. Generation after generation had worked hard to catch up to the life they had today, but there was always a little bit missing.
But this tiny bit was like a chasm that was difficult to cross.
The Western powers had launched a high-tech blockade against China from the very beginning. They could thus not even touch the world’s most advanced science and technology, let alone learn from it.
China needed high-tech talents. This urgent call had been made for many years, and how many people had been working hard for it?
But in the face of cruel reality, this voice had become so weak.
A day passed and this question still did not receive a response.
When the passion of Chinese youth began to cool and their indignation turned into weakness, Zhuang Li posted four words on his personal Weibo: [Now, at this moment.]
What did this mean?
Everyone was confused, but the next moment, the Chinese government actually released a piece of heavy news that the newly established Mingli Technology Co., Ltd. of Haiming Group was able to mass-produce 1-nanometer chips. The US ban was just a piece of paper for China and had no deterrent effect at all. Because even the most advanced lithography machine in the world could only produce 2-nanometer chips, and it was not yet mass-produced, it was only in the experimental stage.
The Chinese youth rubbed their eyes, looked at the web page, rubbed their eyes again, looked at the web page, and finally understood what Zhuang Li’s four-character Weibo post meant.
He said – China’s time is now, and at this moment, it is going to surpass any other country in the world and achieve a great rejuvenation!
[Tell me this is not fake news!]
[I cried while reading this news!]
[It’s not fake news, Haiming Group has released a video! They actually produce chips in test tubes instead of photolithography machines! One test tube can produce many chips, and the cost is low, which is much more advanced than foreign technology!]
[Aaaaaah! I just watched an interview video with Mr. Zhuang. He said that he has developed circuits and chips for quantum computers. In other words, with quantum computers, our country can completely abandon photolithography technology in the future! Quantum chips are chips for quantum computing, and ordinary chips are digital integrated circuit chips. These two things are not the same thing at all! The principle is too profound, I don’t understand it. Anyway, you just need to know that with Mr. Zhuang’s chemical chip manufacturing technology and quantum computers, we don’t need American chips at all!]
[Hahaha, this makes me laugh to death. Our country spends more than 1 trillion dollars every year to buy chips from the Americans. If such a large market disappears, who will the Americans sell their chips to in the future? Which country can replace China? Our market is too big, okay? Without the money we use to buy chips, the high-tech companies in the United States will not have enough profits to invest in research and development. Without enough research and development funds, their scientific development will definitely slow down. This is called cause and effect!]
[Today is a day to be proud of!]
[I cried until I broke down! I was so happy, so happy!]
[I have been standing on my balcony and yelling for almost half an hour! Where can I set off firecrackers? I want to set off hundreds of them!]
After being silent for a few days, the Chinese people were once again filled with joy. They praised their motherland and the scientific researchers who contributed everything to the development of their motherland in the warmest language.
After the news came out, the US President told the world with certainty: “This is fake news!” However, when leaving the interview venue, he stumbled and fell on the stairs.
This fall seemed like a signal, foreshadowing that this once extremely powerful country would inevitably decline.
Tu Si, who was sitting in front of the TV watching this scene, covered his face and uncontrollably thought of the nightmare.
Was Zhuang Li really invincible?
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