Scientists who revitalized the country (7): Technology blockade

Because of Si Qi’s shout, the security personnel around the villa area immediately moved.

“What happened!”

The anxious voice of a colleague sounded on the communication device on Chu Lian’s chest, which suddenly brought Chu Lian back to the real world.

He looked at the back of Si Qi who was running towards the bedroom like a frightened rabbit. He subconsciously touched his hot face, picked up the communicator and replied: “It’s okay, I accidentally scared Mr. Si when I suddenly appeared in the house.”

The colleague paused and said in confusion: “…Didn’t you go in more than half an hour ago?”

Chu Lian: “Mr. Si was busy and didn’t notice me.”

After repeatedly confirming with his colleague that nothing happened to Si Qi, Chu Lian put down the communicator. Not long after, before he could completely separate himself from the scene he just saw, he saw Si Qi walking over wearing low-key dark blue pajamas.

The other party was as dignified and elegant as a noble prince, and he looked calm and composed as if those things just now had nothing to do with him.

Chu Lian: “…………”

Now that things had happened, was there any use in changing the clothes again to cover it up?

Si Qi coughed slightly and explained: “These are my usual pajamas.”

Chu Lian responded awkwardly: “You don’t need to explain it to me. In fact, the outfit just now was pretty good-looking.”

Si Qi said calmly: “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

The corners of Chu Lian’s mouth twitched, he wanted to laugh but didn’t dare.

But in his mind, the youthful and cute look of the young man flashed subconsciously.

Because Chu Lian’s daily job was to follow Si Qi all the time to ensure Si Qi’s safety and prevent him from suffering any danger or inconvenience, his eyes would always follow Si Qi, and his attention was always on Si Qi.

This made it easier for him than others to discover some of Si Qi’s small details, such as Si Qi slamming the table domineeringly in front of others, and afterwards blowing his red palms when no one was around. Or maybe he accidentally stubbed his toe and secretly pursed his lips in grievance, but on the surface refused to say a word…

Weirdly cute.

Seeing that Chu Lian seemed to be still thinking about the incident just now, Si Qi changed the subject and said: “It’s so late, why did you come here suddenly?”

Chu Lian smiled and explained: “I see that you are alone at home during the Chinese New Year, so I came to stay with you.”

“That’s it…” Si Qi glanced at the table full of food and sat down at the dining table in a familiar manner.

This was not the first time Chu Lian had cooked for him.

Picking up the pudding prepared for him by Chu Lian and eating it in one bite, Si Qi narrowed his eyes happily.

He liked this food.

Because he liked to eat it, Chu Lian prepared some for him almost every day and put it in the small refrigerator in the car for him to enjoy as he pleased.

Si Qi: “It’s Chinese New Year, aren’t you going home?”

Chu Lian: “I will be alone if I go back.”

Si Qi thought for a while and said, “Then stay here today.”

Chu Lian laughed: “Okay.”

He lowered his head and noticed that Si Qi’s feet were bare on the ground.

No matter how indifferent the young man’s face was and how elegant his sitting posture was, the two little feet under the table were still swaying happily from eating pudding.

Every time he noticed these small details, Chu Lian always felt funny and smiled.

The weather was still a little cold, and the round and shiny toes were slightly pink like cherry blossoms. Although Si Qi’s house was specially covered with a thick layer of wool carpet, Chu Lian couldn’t help but say : “Didn’t I tell you to wear slippers?”

Si Qi quibbled: “There is floor heating here, so there is no need to wear shoes – I say, mathematicians don’t do useless things.”

Chu Lian thought for a moment and said, “So, you don’t need to eat pudding next time? Because pudding is not a necessity in life.”

Si Qi’s expression went blank for a moment. Facing Chu Lian’s handsome face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he muttered unwillingly: “…Damn it.”

Seeing that he had given up, Chu Lian took the slippers and socks and placed them at Si Qi’s feet. He raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile.

Si Qi looked at the pudding in his hand and then at the slippers at his feet. He finally gave in and muttered softly.

Overall, this New Year’s Eve was quite enjoyable.

After the New Year, the festive atmosphere had not completely faded away. People were still visiting relatives in their hometowns and experiencing a rare relaxation once a year.

It was at this time that a sudden warning was sent to the higher-ups in China, causing quite a shock in the area.

After receiving the notice, Chu Lian drove Si Qi to the conference hall as soon as possible.

At this moment, festive red lanterns were hung in the streets and alleys, and the faces of pedestrians on the road were all smiling. Chu Lian recalled the serious and even dignified tone of his superior on the other end of the phone, and his expression became tense unconsciously.

After sending Si Qi into the heavily guarded conference hall, Chu Lian was waiting in the lounge outside the door. 

There were many “bodyguards” around big shots gathered here. Many of them were old acquaintances with Chu Lian, and they had often bumped into each other in the past six months. 

“Those guys really didn’t stop for a moment. They deliberately chose to do this kind of thing on the first day of the New Year. It was clear that they were deliberately trying to mess with us.” A young man shrugged, “Do you think our manned spacecraft’s successful arrival on the moon scared them? Haha, they are a bunch of cowardly guys.”

“It’s not just the spacecraft. We have progressed too fast in recent years, which makes them feel threatened. They have already started to sanction us in various aspects, but we have solved them very well.”Another young man said in an indifferent tone.

“Hey, it’s really bad. If this were to be done with real guns, I wouldn’t give in to those foreign devils at all! But they used such disgusting methods to make trouble for us in a roundabout way. Apart from being annoyed, I couldn’t do anything just looking at it!” A grumpy young man simply cursed.

“Don’t say that. Aren’t the people we are guarding trying to figure out a way for us? We can be considered as indirectly contributing.” The young man sitting next to him smiling and drinking tea comforted him. As he spoke, he also turned his gaze to Chu Lian aside: “Speaking of which, we have been so successful recently thanks to Mr. Si’s help. My leader has praised Mr. Si in front of me more than once.”

“Ah, my leader said so too.” The grumpy young man’s eyes lit up and he said with envy: “You are so lucky to be assigned such a task.”

Chu Lian smiled slightly, with unconscious pride in his expression.

“But what happened today? It feels like everyone’s face is tense, it seems very serious.” The irritable young man asked curiously.

“It’s a chip.” One person answered.

“chip? “

“Yeah.” The person who spoke before nodded, “Anyway, it will soon be publicized by foreign media and everyone will know about it. It won’t be long before you hear about it.”

“The chip… is the thing used in computers?” Someone raised an eyebrow and asked, “What’s wrong with this thing?”

“This thing has great uses.” The man explained: “Aerospace, communications, computers, machine tools… Almost the entire high-tech industry chain is closely related to chips. Can you imagine what a house would look like without bricks? What would happen to the industry without oil and coal mines? Now foreign countries have joined forces to contain us and announced that they will no longer give us any chips! This is tantamount to directly strangling our lifeblood, making it impossible for us to do anything we want to do in the future! “

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became solemn.

Soon after, one person tried to say: “Can’t we make it ourselves? Aren’t there many domestic chip factories?”

“Can a house built of wood be the same as a house built of stone?”

This group of people who had been with the leaders all year round had a high level of vision, and they were well-reasoned and well-founded in what they said. 

“Most of our country’s electronic control core chips rely on imports, and the so-called chip factories in China are OEMs for foreign low-end chips. Those cheap little toys that we see in the wholesale market and break after a few months use our own chips…” 

“We are not afraid of running out of food or energy. What we are afraid of is technological blockade! But all our key technologies have to be imported from abroad, and they are all discarded by others! You can figure it out. People are hiding it, let alone taking the initiative to teach us! Therefore, we are always a few steps behind, and we are always paying for the outdated technology that others have eliminated. ” The man shook his head helplessly, “Restricting the import of chips is more vicious than restricting the import of oil! Without the support of this thing, it will be difficult for us to develop high technology.”

After hearing this, someone gritted his teeth and said, “I finally understand. They are trying to take money from the bottom of the cauldron! It’s so cruel!!” 

“So, can’t we make it ourselves? It’s just a chip!” The grumpy young man from before said anxiously: “We have already made nuclear bombs, but we still can’t make a chip?”

“Can it be the same? If you want to make something, materials, talents and equipment are all indispensable. There is no way it can be made just as soon as it is said to be made.” The young man drinking tea said helplessly: “Talent and materials aside, you know the lithography machine, right? It’s the thing used to make silicon-based chips. This is a big treasure for others. We have tried every means to make this thing, but there has been no progress, and it is even less possible for others to take the initiative to teach us! Just because we can’t build a lithography machine, we can only spend a lot of money to buy finished products. But now that people see that we have developed, they simply don’t even sell the finished product. “

It’s like two families competing to see who can build a taller house. Because E Country had mastered the art of making stone bricks, it could always sell its excess stone bricks to China, and then use the money earned from selling stone bricks to research and make more and better stone bricks to build houses higher and stronger.

But now, while China was buying their stone bricks, they were building houses faster than they were. So they became anxious and turned against selling the stone bricks to China, which fundamentally eliminated the possibility of China continuing to become stronger!

How could this not make people grit their teeth in anger, but they just won’t sell it, and there’s nothing they could do about it!

One person said with joy in his misery: “Having been forced to use this method to deal with us means that they are already afraid of us!”

If thought about from another person’s perspective, for E Country, this move actually injured the enemy by one thousand and damaged itself by eight hundred. Having lost such a large importing country like China, they would lose at least hundreds of billions in revenue every year. But they still did this, which showed that the speed of China’s power was beyond their expectations, so they would rather lose some of their profits to prevent China from continuing to develop.

“What will we do next?” One person sighed: “Hey, E Country is determined to harm us!”

“Why are you panicking? We have gone through so many hardships in the past, and now the situation is so much better than before. Can we still be afraid?” Another person said carelessly: “Our country, China, is a country that has been strong for thousands of years. It takes one or two hundred years for others to catch up with us in the blink of an eye!”

When the person who spoke before heard this, he smiled and comforted himself: “That’s true.”

Scientists who revitalized the country (6): GPS and little dinosaurs

He originally came here to help solve engineering calculation problems, but unexpectedly he solved the material problems first. 

To express his gratitude, the minister invited Si Qi to have a meal in the canteen of the Engineering Department.

There was only the last piece of bamboo shoot tip left on the plate. Si Qi and the minister stretched out their chopsticks at the same time, and Si Qi retracted his hand silently.

“You’ve also seen it, they´re lagging behind in terms of strength and are getting frustrated!”

The minister picked up the tips of the bamboo shoots and put them in Si Qi’s bowl, “Four years ago, country E had a confrontation with our fleet on our national border. The situation was so tense that it was no surprise that a conflict suddenly broke out. I happened to be on those fleets and witnessed the situation with my own eyes…”

The minister said in a melancholy tone: “Due to the backward positioning and navigation system, several of our country’s missiles were all shot blank! The ship was lost at sea for several months! Do you know how we spent those months? There was a lack of food, water, and electricity. We stayed in that steamer-like steel cage for several months, as hungry as a bunch of mummies! But that’s nothing. The key is the shame and anger that can’t even touch the enemy, and the powerless feeling of being teased and played by them, which is the most tortured thing. “

Seeing Si Qi put down his bowl and chopsticks, listening to him carefully, the minister said seriously: “GPS communication! After I got off the ship four years ago, I vowed to develop our own GPS satellite positioning, and no one would turn off our satellite navigation unscrupulously again! Now that the project has advanced more than half, only the core calculation part is left unsolved. We need your help.”

Si Qi nodded and said, “No problem, that’s what I’m here for.”

In order to fulfill the wish left by the original owner, and in order to return the results of his hard work to his country.

If it weren’t for Qian Lu’s intervention, this should have been something owed by China.

“As long as you have this awareness, it took E country seven years to develop positioning and navigation. We will try to complete this project within three years! We will definitely not lose to them!”

While speaking, the minister habitually rubbed the watch strap on his wrist, with an excited look on his face.

Si Qi noticed this and asked doubtfully: “This seems to be a brand from country E?”

But looking at the minister, he seemed to cherish it very much.

The minister followed his gaze, his expression changed slightly, and he sighed and said: “I bought this when I was studying in E Country decades ago… Back then, a man from E country pointed at my nose in front of me! He said that I am a second-class citizen and don’t deserve to wear such a good watch! It made me so angry that I spent all the money I had on buying it, just to remind myself  to never forget the feeling I had at that time!”

After Si Qi heard this, he thought for a moment and said, “Are you sure that person was not hired by the store?”

Minister:? ? ?

Chu Lian, who was invited to eat with him, choked and kept coughing while covering his mouth: “Cough cough cough…”

The minister was dumbfounded, and finally came to his senses after a while, “Even if you think of this possibility, don’t say it to my face…otherwise, what will the pain I’ve suffered for these decades be? “

Si Qi showed a rare smile and said to the minister: “You are wrong. It is precisely because it is painful that it needs to end as soon as possible.”

The minister was stunned.

After a moment, he figured out what Si Qi meant by his words.

Si Qi did it on purpose… to help him break free from the curse of this watch, to free him from the shackles of decades.

Whenever he saw this watch in the future, the humiliation of that year would resurface in his heart, and he would subconsciously think of Si Qi’s words, “IAre you sure that person was not hired by the store?” and then burst into laughter.

He accepted the boy’s favor, but he still didn’t want to forget the hatred. Just as he was about to say something to Si Qi, Si Qi stood up and said to the minister in a calm tone: “It won’t take three years, at most a week.”

The minister looked at him in surprise.

At this moment, he still didn’t know the meaning of Si Qi’s words, nor did he know what kind of miracle he would witness next.

Only a week later, the news that China suddenly developed a new generation of GPS satellite positioning system quickly spread throughout the academic world. The accuracy of its system was hundreds of times higher than the technology currently used around the world, and its efficiency had also been greatly improved. It could be described as an epoch-making masterpiece. Such achievements quickly attracted the attention of many people.

When many foreign scholars heard the news, their first reaction was to ridicule China for talking nonsense and bragging without being reliable. How long had they been working on this project? How could they have completed it so quickly, and even done it better than the superpowered E County? One could tell they were lying at first glance.

However, a month later, China updated all satellite systems and published the results and registered patents on the international platform, and everyone was welcome to come, buy and use them.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the obvious facts in front of them.

How come it becomes true if you keep bragging?

After reading the specific data, people from all countries were impressed by this new technology. After looking at the quotations, they found that the rental prices were not unacceptable.

They must buy it, otherwise their technology in this area would never be better than others and they would be at a disadvantage in international competition.

And they only needed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year to get the right to use this research, which was  countless times cheaper than doing research alone. No matter how they thought about it, buying it was more cost-effective.

So after China opened the access, many countries rushed to purchase the right to use this patent and replaced it on their own satellites.

The technological leadership in such cutting-edge fields had made China stand out in the international arena and had visibly improved its status a lot. Many neutral countries reported this news impartially, which aroused the amazement of many foreign people. They suddenly discovered that China, which was originally very ordinary, seemed to have unknowingly moved to the forefront, and its development momentum was getting stronger, more powerful and prosperous.

E Country was furious about this incident. They were once the leaders in this field. They slapped the table in public and scolded China for their ulterior motives, claiming that only their country’s positioning system was the safest and most reliable.

But no one paid any attention to him.

Everyone had seen what E country had done in recent years. Everyone knew who had ulterior motives and who was calling for the thief to be caught.

Seeing E country jumping up and down like crazy, obviously furious but unable to do anything to China, the people of China felt really indescribably refreshed.

Others saw in the news that the calculation part of this system was written by Si Qi himself. They happily showed off this to netizens in E country, saying such talents look down on you and are more optimistic about our own country! Those things you said about E country being the strongest are just bullshit! No one believes it at all!

The intelligence department of E country learned the news and was so angry that it exploded. It was conceivable that a certain culprit in E country was going to be unlucky again.

But that man’s bad days had just begun.

Mathematics is a panacea, and many scientific and technological fields can only be developed based on mathematics. From GPS positioning and navigation to material analysis program calculations. Regardless of the field, everything that is studied will have something to do with mathematics in the end.

Many academicians and chief engineers who were deeply troubled by their projects at hand thought of giving it a try after encountering bottlenecks, and applied to their superiors for Si Qi to assist.

Accompanied by Chu Lian, Si Qi signed a lot of confidentiality agreements, went to many places that the outside world had never heard of, and met many great people who were anonymous and whose names had never been revealed.

These people had worked hard all their lives and spent decades laying a deep foundation in various fields, and now they had reached the stage of bearing fruits.

Si Qi was lucky enough to participate in this stage of work and witnessed the birth of many achievements with his own eyes.

Therefore, in the next more than a year, following the GPS satellite positioning system, China’s cutting-edge scientific and technological projects had made rapid progress, with good news one after another.

One after another, world-shaking achievements emerge in a blowout style, attracting more and more attention from around the world.

——The sleeping dragon finally woke up, and they were about to catch up with us. Many people had such a premonition.

This was the product of hard work and a deserved reward for the many people who had worked hard for decades.

Not only did the citizens feel the rapid evolution of their motherland in person, but they also had more and more smiles on their faces. The country had also become more and more confident in speaking, gradually showing its strong and inviolable side.

On New Year’s Eve, China’s manned spacecraft was successfully launched. At the moment when the bright national flag was inserted into the soil of the moon, the whole world saw the power of China and realized that this was no longer a country that could be manipulated at will.

Chinese people should stand up long ago.

After Si Qi watched the New Year greetings sent back by the astronauts on the news, he turned off the TV, stood up and stretched.

China in this world had a tradition called “staying up late on New Year’s Eve”, which meant lighting up the lights at home on New Year’s Eve and getting together as a family to welcome the New Year. 

Every time Si Qi came to a new world and inherited the body of the original owner, he would retain the character and habits of the original owner to ensure that people around him would not notice the change.

So he turned on the lights in the house, went to the bathroom and took a shower, preparing to get through the year before going to bed.

Chu Lian, who was guarding outside Si Qi’s house before getting off work, sat in the car and looked at the lights in the house. A colleague used a communication device to say to him: “We are here to protect him. It’s hard to celebrate the New Year. You should go home and rest early. “

Chu Lian shook his head and said, “Mr. Si is still working.”

When his colleague heard this, he sighed: “It’s already the Chinese New Year, but Mr. Si is still working so hard… Sometimes I really feel sorry for him. He is so young and has given so much to our country, but there is no one around him during the Chinese New Year.”

Chu Lian thought for a while and said, “I remember that Mr. Si always has fresh ingredients stored in his refrigerator?”

The colleague replied: “Yes, there are dedicated people taking care of this…what’s wrong?”

Chu Lian: “I’m going to cook him a New Year’s Eve dinner. At least he won’t be alone on this New Year’s Day.”

The colleague said with envy: “That’s great. I also want to celebrate the New Year with Mr. Si.”

Chu Lian curled up his lips and said with pride, “This is my privilege.” Then he got out of the car, walked to the house and knocked on the door.

After waiting patiently for a while, Si Qi did not respond.

This was not the first time. Every time Si Qi was studying something in the study, he would be unable to hear anything going on around him.

At that time, Chu Lian needed to go over and remind Si Qi that it was time to rest and eat. Otherwise, He really didn’t know that this young man who forgot time as soon as he started working could torment himself.

He opened the door with the key, glanced at the study, and found that Si Qi was not there.

He heard the sound of water drops falling from the bathroom again, it was no wonder that Si Qi didn’t hear him knocking on the door.

Turning around and going to the kitchen, he found the ingredients from the refrigerator and recalled some of Si Qi’s favorite dishes. Chu Lian was busy in the kitchen with familiarity.

Half an hour later, Chu Lian put the hot meal on the table. He glanced worriedly at the bathroom, which had been quiet since just now, and thought that something might have happened to Si Qi.

Until a splash of water suddenly came from inside, Chu Lian breathed a sigh of relief and took out the pudding he had made before from the refrigerator – this was a little-known hobby of the cold-looking Si Qi, he actually liked to eat sweets.

In the bathroom, Si Qi casually wiped the water droplets from his hair with a towel. Since it was rare to have a break during the New Year, he relaxed a little too much and almost fell asleep in the bathtub.

He soaked for too long and his head felt dizzy. With his cheeks lightly powdered, he put on his favorite little dinosaur one-piece pajamas and staggered out of the bathroom.

While lowering his head to wipe his hair, he hummed casually and lazily.

“I am a little golden dragon~little golden dragon~I have a little tail, so small!!!”

Suddenly seeing a person’s feet appearing in front of him, Si Qi jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, raised his head and bumped into Chu Lian who was standing at the dining table face to face.

Chu Lian stood there in confusion, and the apron in his hand fell to the ground at some point. He kept this expression and watched the whole process after Si Qi came out of the bathroom. At this moment, his eyes were full of shock and he was almost speechless.

Chu Lian subconsciously recalled Si Qi’s usual appearance –  a cold expression that remains unchanged for thousands of years, the cold voice like a summer wind chime, the simple and reserved white shirt always buttoned to the highest button, and the trousers wrapped around the slender straight legs, with a little elegance and ascetic restraint in the rigor.

He looked at the red face of the young man in front of him, which was full of panic, and his watery eyes like black gemstones were wide and round. Wearing a pair of plush green little dinosaur pajamas, there was a layer of relaxation and laziness lingering around his body that had not completely faded away after bathing. Combined with the set of soft, fluffy and childlike pajamas, he looked indescribably childish and cute…

Chu Lian’s head was buzzing and he couldn’t say a word.