Scientists who revitalized the country (8): Press conference

The chip export restrictions jointly set up by many countries against China quickly spread around the world. Many well-informed netizens heard about this incident immediately, and they were filled with indignation and cursed on the Internet.

“Fuck! These foreigners are so shady. If you have the ability, you can confront us! I’m afraid you will be my grandson!”

“Why don’t they sell things to us! Why don’t they!”

“Doesn’t this violate the monopoly law? What do international organizations do for a living! Why don’t we sanction them!”

“Don’t be ridiculous, do you think the key point is whether to sell chips or not? This time it could be a chip, next time it could be a chip core. They have made it clear that they want to join forces to target us and surround us to bully us! Is it useful for you to talk about the law? Who can punish them? Themselves? “

“Several foreign semiconductor giants have mastered the core technology and have been at the top of the entire industry chain from the beginning. The entire industrial ecology is built around them. From a standpoint, there is absolutely nothing we can do against them. If we make a big fuss, we will only lose more face. “

“Oh, I was bragging about how powerful China is before, but now people start to say that there is nothing they can do if they take action against us. Sure enough, we are still far behind others! With all this talk, why not do more practical work? He will fool people all day long.”

“It’s just that you can’t even handle a SLR lens and a ballpoint pen ball, but you still have the nerve to brag about how powerful you are! You can climb over the wall and take a look at what the world is like. Don’t live in a dream all day long.”

“The two people upstairs are so funny. I really thought they were going to climb over the wall, but everyone was drunk and I woke up alone.”

“Don’t pay attention to those two idiots. They spend all their time trying to make other people’s ambitions destroy their own prestige. I don’t know what their intentions are.”

“Eh… In fact, the chip issue has exposed too many problems. Our country has only been engaged in semiconductor manufacturing in the past two years, and most of the talents come from overseas. In such a large industry, talent training cannot keep up with the development of the industry. From substrate materials to epitaxy to wafer manufacturing, there is a lack of talents in every link. This is not something that can be caught up overnight—it’s not that they don’t want to do it, but that they are powerless. “

“Speaking of overseas talents, I suddenly thought of our boss Si Qi. If only he could solve this crisis.”

“You think too much. Si Qi’s mathematical theory is very powerful, but he is helpless in the face of this incident – do you expect him, a person engaged in theoretical research, to build a lithography machine for you on site? There is no lithography Machine, how to make a chip!”

…

“We don’t need a lithography machine.” In the conference room, Si Qi suddenly said: “Even if there is no lithography machine, we in China can still develop chips, and they will definitely not be worse than theirs!”

“What are your ideas?” an academician asked: “I heard that you have been tinkering with materials recently, like carbon nanomaterials…”

“Carbon nanomaterials? This thing is not easy to work with…” An academician on the side frowned and said to Si Qi: “Do you need help? I have a few students here who specialize in materials science. They are idle. Do you want to ask them to come over and help you?”

At this moment, a group of people were sitting here, discussing issues thoughtfully, and the atmosphere was very united.

This atmosphere was completely different from the original owner’s situation of working alone in the E country research institute. There, the original owner was discriminated against, and any request he made would be looked at with contempt and disgust, as if the original owner’s ideas were unreasonable. Not to mention caring carefully and attracting attention, not being suppressed and excluded was considered a good thing.

But here, Si Qi never had to worry about such problems. Everyone worked together to face difficulties. Even if he didn’t ask for many things, the superiors would arrange them for him as soon as possible after hearing about it. They would give him whatever equipment he needed, and they would give him whatever materials he needed. This was true in work, let alone in life.

It had never happened that the labor force was exploited like in E country, and the original owner was often asked to work overtime overnight. If Si Qi went to bed late, Chu Lian would come over and urge him to pay attention to his body and rest early. Eating is the foundation of the basics. Every time the food cooked by the kitchen aunt perfectly suited Si Qi’s taste, the key was that it was also very nutritious, which was completely different from the cafeteria bread that the original owner ate.

Si Qi only needed to do what he wanted to do in peace and quiet under the care of the state, and the state father would help block everything else.

This was one of the many reasons why he liked this country, and it was not just the natural filter caused by inheriting the identity of the original owner.

Si Qi said: “Of course you are welcome to join. I just have new progress here and I need your help with the finishing experiments.”

The eyes of several academicians around him lit up: “What? Have you succeeded?”

Si Qi smiled slightly. This rare smile made many people feel relieved, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

“It’s almost successful. As long as this thing is completed, we will no longer need foreign help…”

A group of people talked enthusiastically, and the whole meeting lasted for a long time. It wasn’t until the moon hung on the branches and the stars twinkled that the people sitting in the conference room left with relaxed expressions. There was a burning fire in everyone’s eyes, and that fire was called hope.

Chu Lian didn’t know what happened inside, but he could guess that things had taken a turn for the better.

After that, Si Qi became busier than before, spending time in the research institute every day, working on research that only a few people could understand. A group of experts gathered from all over the country rushed here, and everyone was working day and night. 

Chu Lian could see that they were tired. But while they were tired, everyone’s eyes were bright and shining, as if they had inexhaustible energy in their bodies, and they wished they could stand at their jobs 24 hours a day.

Whenever Chu Lian saw the young man standing in front of everyone with his slender and tender body, head held high, typing on the words on the whiteboard and speaking loudly to them, he would feel an indescribable touch.

At the same time, the current situation of China being sanctioned by chips did not seem to be improving at all from the outside.

Except for a few sensitive people who noticed something was wrong with the reaction above, and those who were sensible did not dare to speak out, domestic public opinion was becoming more and more anxious day by day.

People were angry at the behavior of foreign countries and wanted to roll up their sleeves and have a fight with those people. They were also angry at their own country’s inaction and felt uncomfortable that China was really being manipulated by others but couldn’t do anything.

Public opinion was gradually becoming pessimistic. Internet trolls were spreading rumors everywhere, claiming that China would have no chips and its future technology would be pushed back for decades, leading to unstable public sentiment.

Foreigners watched China being beaten and remained silent, the laughter was endless. They enjoyed watching China’s jokes every day.

When everyone’s emotions were suppressed to the extreme, a press conference was suddenly held.

The organizer not only invited major domestic newspapers and news radio stations to watch the entire event, but also invited major foreign semiconductor manufacturers to visit.

Many Chinese media who were holding back their breath immediately heard the news and rushed to the scene immediately, setting up large and small equipment around the venue.

Although they didn’t know what would happen, the real scene in front of them made people feel a sense of anticipation.

The foreign semiconductor manufacturers had an arrogant attitude and did not care about this. After the requests, they sent a few senior executives to watch the joke.

At this moment, these people were sitting in the front row of the venue, with disdainful smiles on their faces, pointing around from time to time, not taking the livid Chinese around them seriously.

“Why did they call this group of people here?” A reporter working on the live broadcast on the TV station muttered in a low voice: “The audience will probably curse to death after seeing this.”

“Don’t care so much, just do what the boss says.” The leader glared at her.

The reporter muttered: “Aren’t I afraid that things will get too big and I can’t handle it? This is a live broadcast. If these people suddenly provoke us and make us unable to get off the stage, this scene will be seen by viewers across the country in front of the TV…”

The leader looked unhappy and criticized: “If you have the time to say depressing words, why not think about how to fix things if something goes wrong later!”

The reporter said in frustration: “Are you assuming that we will lose face? What you said really makes me lose all enthusiasm…”

As soon as she finished speaking, the lights suddenly shone on the podium. Everyone’s attention subconsciously shifted to the front. A young man wearing a suit slowly walked out, quickly attracting the attention of the entire audience.

——It was Si Qi.

The boy who had become famous both domestically and internationally had attracted the attention of countless people.

The flashlight and camera below were immediately focused on him. He looked calm, as if he was born to stand in the spotlight. His handsome face attracted everyone’s attention. It almost made people forget that he was just a child who had just grown up, but a heavyweight who played a decisive role and could change the world.

He raised the microphone, briefly introduced himself, and then said calmly as audiences across the country and even the world watched: “Thank you for coming. The main content of today’s press conference is to introduce to you a product independently developed and successfully developed by China, carbon-based chips.”

…Carbon-based chips?

What the hell?

Weren’t the ships restricted by foreigners “silicon-based chips”?

But… What this sentence meant was that their own country had also produced chips, right?

The media at the scene all breathed a sigh of relief, put their hearts in their stomachs, raised the corners of their mouths, and looked at Si Qi with joy in their hearts. They focused their cameras on Si Qi, full of silent expectations.

However, after listening to the translation, several executives from internationally renowned semiconductor manufacturers were all stunned. Then they suddenly burst out laughing, pointing at Si Qi in front of everyone and saying: “Carbon-based chips? Hahahaha, what did I hear? Someone actually said carbon-based chips?”

“No one can use carbon as the main material of the chip!”

“I’m afraid you’re dreaming!”