Scientists who revitalized the country (12): Paranormal Events and Quantum Computers

Si Qi and Xiu Xiu laughed loudly in their consciousness. In front of Chu Lin, Si Qi’s fingers moved quickly on the keyboard, continuing his next prank.

Soon, for the next week, news about “frequent paranormal events in E Country” appeared repeatedly on the Internet, causing every resident of E Country to suffer greatly.

For example, the alarm clock for work always went off half an hour early, and the bell for class dismissal always forgot to ring; the newly produced instant noodles always contained only noodles but no seasoning packets, or only seasoning packets but no noodles; Coffee with a note that it was unsweetened was always filled with sugar, and coffee with a note that it was filled with sugar was definitely only black coffee; the ketchup and mustard sauce in the supermarket had swapped packaging, so many people had tasted the refreshing taste of mustard-flavored pasta.

The whole of E country was in turmoil over these awful things. More and more people were laughing at E country. What was wrong with E country recently?. Was it retribution for doing too many bad things? Or was the technology so bad that it couldn’t even do such a small thing?

People took to the streets to protest, claiming that this was done by hackers, but the government could do nothing about it.

The leader of E Country was extremely worried because the classified intelligence sent by his subordinates had turned into a cartoon for the tenth time, with a little golden dragon wagging its tail happily.

The superiors in China speculated that this might have been done by the research institute where Si Qi worked, after all, the project that Si Qi was currently working on could achieve just such an effect. 

But they felt that Si Qi’s cold and self-restrained look didn’t seem like someone who would do such a thing, so they reminded Chu Lian in a roundabout way, asking him to pay attention to whether someone had secretly misappropriated things from the research institute to play a prank.

After Chu Lian heard the news, he subconsciously felt that it was most likely Si Qi who did it, because only he had the ability to do such a thing, and only he could think of doing such a thing…

He asked Si Qi tentatively, “Today is your birthday. Why don’t you take a break and continue playing on the computer?”

Si Qi said seriously: “I’m working.”

Chu Lin thought for a moment and asked, “Do you want my help? I was also very naughty when I was a kid and did a lot of pranks.”

Si Qi turned around and asked, “For example?”

Chu Lin was a little dumbfounded: “…it was really you who did it!”

“What’s wrong?” Si Qi said confidently, “This is also a serious test! Do you have any ideas? I’m thinking of letting everyone’s doorbells ring suddenly, and then when they walk outside, they would find that no one is knocking on the door.”

Chu Lin thought about it and suggested, “How about changing the position of the cooling and heating buttons on their air conditioner remote controls?”

Si Qi’s eyes lit up: “You are such a genius!”

Chu Lian said modestly: “It’s just so-so, and the plus and minus buttons for adjusting the temperature could also be reversed.”

Si Qi nodded repeatedly: “You are really smart. The people of E Country will definitely be very surprised by your gift.”

After hearing this, E Country exclaimed that it was great!

With the strong support of Chu Lian, the foreign reinforcements, the “paranormal events” in E Country were getting more and more serious, as if there would never be an end to it.

The whole world was watching their excitement and wondering what was going on.

It was impossible that there really was a god punishing E Country, right?

But if it wasn’t God, who in this world could do such a thing, not only making E Country look ridiculous, but also leaving nothing behind?

Time passed unknowingly and it was already a month after the carbon-based chip was launched, and the second press conference started on schedule.

Even though there was no official invitation from China this time, almost all the major foreign media that could be named came here as soon as possible.

People all over the world who were concerned about this matter all sat in front of their TVs, waiting for the so-called “better invention.”

Some foreigners who stretched their hands too far even took out a photo of a “big metal box”. This was the result of a month’s joint efforts by all the scientific researchers and construction workers in Si Qi’s institute. It condensed the wisdom of countless people and was a confidential matter that had not yet been announced.

Except for Si Qi and a few other people, no one knew what it was used for.

After Si Qi appeared in the camera again, this time, everyone’s expectations of him became even stronger. An overwhelming pressure swept over him, but Si Qi did not feel anything.

In front of everyone, he calmly announced straight to the point:

“The theme of today’s press conference is ‘quantum computer’.”

Everyone looked confused after hearing this: ???

What the hell?

Was he confusing supercomputers with quantum computers?

The media at the scene looked at Si Qi in bewilderment. Si Qi continued, “China has already manufactured a quantum computer and has officially put it into use.”

However, the scene remained silent, as if a mute button had been pressed.

A netizen asked curiously: “What is a quantum computer?”

Someone quickly responded:

“If we gather China’s existing strength and use chips to stack them, we may be able to build a supercomputer system with a floating-point computing power of more than 100 trillion times per second, which is the so-called supercomputer.

In front of a supercomputer, a home computer is just an abacus, it can’t do anything. It’s like one is a sharpened dagger, and the other is a devastating nuclear weapon.

And this kind of nuclear weapon is nothing compared to the quantum computer that Si Qi mentioned so casually.

For example, to factor a 129-bit number, it would take 1,600 networked supercomputers working for eight months.

To factor a 140-digit number, that time would extend to hundreds of years.

But with a quantum computer, you can get the result directly in seconds.

Its computing power is enough to easily crack the huge formula that looks like a star. The so-called most secure bank password in the world is no different from non-existence to it.

This is something so powerful that it can be called terrifying, no, it is something more terrifying than terrifying!!

Imagine two armies facing each other, and suddenly the enemy loses all means of communication, loses all detection capabilities, and can’t even launch missiles from their silos.

The other party has no other thoughts except despair at this moment.”

And our Chinese quantum computers can do these things at will – this is a weapon that only gods can wield!!”

Audiences around the world were silent for a few seconds.

The word “impossible” subconsciously came to the minds of many people.

However, those who reacted quickly suddenly remembered how unlucky E Country had been during this period, and how E Country had been miserably tortured and had no power to fight back. Cold sweat broke out on them, and their entire backs felt chilly.

Before they could even think about it, they were horrified and shocked by this incident.

The reporters at the scene finally reacted and went into a frenzy, shouting one after another: “Do you know what you are talking about? The emergence of quantum computers will have a huge impact on the entire world! The financial system will collapse in an instant, and there will no longer be any secrets in the cyber world! Do you know what the consequences of this will be?!”

Looking at the crazy crowd below, Si Qi said calmly: “China is a country with a moral bottom line. It will not use its own technology to actively bully anyone.”

The Chinese who have been tortured recently: Excuse me? Can you say it louder? I can’t hear you??

Si Qi: “At the same time, we also have a strong sense of social responsibility. Although quantum computers are powerful, before we release them, we have installed supporting defense programs on all domestic network facilities to ensure the information security of every user.”

Foreign netizens went crazy: What about us? Do we need this defense program too? ! ! Look here! !

Many people rushed to the bank the moment they heard the news. They wanted to withdraw all the money in their accounts quickly, otherwise they might be hacked by China’s quantum computers in the next second! !

“So people don’t have to worry about their bank passwords being cracked, or their privacy being exposed online. They can surf the Internet with confidence as before.”

All the unlucky people who caused the entire financial world to collapse because of Si Qi’s words: …I don’t believe you! !

Chinese entrepreneurs: This roller coaster was so damn thrilling.

Si Qi briefly introduced the functions of the quantum computer, took a sip of water, and said slowly: “Now we will start the question-and-answer session.”

The reporters below raised their hands like crazy. Si Qi pointed to a domestic media. The girl with black hair and brown eyes stood up excitedly and said to Si Qi: “May I ask how did you come up with the idea of ​​developing a quantum computer? Did you encounter many difficulties in the process? How did you overcome them?”

Si Qi said: “my country started late in the field of scientific research and still has many shortcomings. However, quantum computers can replace a large number of talents and quickly solve huge data analysis problems in physics and chemistry. With it, the gap will no longer be a gap. This is the main reason why we developed quantum computers.”

Foreign netizens complained in their hearts: This is of course not a gap, you guys just stood on the finish line! When others were running hard on the track, only you were rushing on the plane!

A group of hardworking and united people, equipped with such an indestructible weapon, could quickly surpass even 10,000 competitors in front of them!!

“As for the difficulties…”

Si Qi thought about it and said honestly: “I haven’t encountered any difficulties. It’s quite simple.”

When the Chinese heard this, they all burst into laughter.

The foreign researchers’ faces turned blue and purple with suffocation.

It was so infuriating!

It was so infuriating that they couldn’t even say a word to refute it!

As if this was not exciting enough, Si Qi continued, “Quantum computers have a huge impact. They cannot only serve research fields such as mathematics and physics, but also practical application fields such as business and finance. Other fields such as weather monitoring, earthquake warning, and medical research can also provide effective help…”

All the audience complained in their hearts: Why don’t you just say that quantum computers are the same as carbon-based chips, and that they can directly change the world? We understand!

The restless media below raised their hands desperately, and their anxious emotions finally moved Si Qi above.

Si Qi pointed to a reporter, who jumped up and asked Si Qi, “Are you going to share that defense program with the world?!”

This sentence immediately touched everyone’s nerves.

Without this defense program, the entire world, except China, would no longer dare to use computer equipment.

Their scientific research organizations were afraid of the existence of quantum computers and dared not store anything on them. They also dared not use computers to perform calculations because they had no idea whether the results were real or what China wanted them to see. The only reliable thing was the most primitive abacus.

Moreover, all the military threats were meaningless to China. After all, no matter how many weapons were produced, if they couldn’t be moved, what use would they be? Maybe after pressing the launch button, the missile would be controlled to hit its head.

Under everyone’s tense gaze, Si Qi nodded and said without hesitation: “Of course, we are happy to share this set of defense measures, and everyone is welcome to install the program.”

The world economy was interdependent, interconnected and mutually reinforcing.

China only needed to maintain its leading position. There was no need to force the whole world to oppose itself, just like there was no need to hide carbon-based chips and refuse to sell them.

“So…” The reporter breathed a sigh of relief, then asked nervously, “Will you share quantum computer technology with the world?”

Si Qi glanced at the man and nodded, “Everyone can use our computer.”

But it was absolutely impossible to have this technology.

If others wanted to use it, they had to pay money and resources to rent it.

The foreigners sitting in front of the TV wailed in frustration. They grabbed their hair in anger and anxiety, but they could do nothing about Si Qi and the others.

They knew clearly that after this incident, no one would dare to cause trouble for China again.

Because they knew in their hearts that even if China’s current technological foundation was not yet the world’s leading, even if China’s material conditions were not yet strong enough to be unmatched, they could easily deal with anyone, and would not lag behind anyone in the future!

Mocking, questioning, provoking, scolding…

Everything had become a thing of the past with the advent of quantum computers.

Scientists who revitalized the country (11): Unlucky pilot

Since China launched its carbon-based chips, scholars and officials from all over the world had been flying to China one after another, claiming that they wanted to learn and communicate with China.

After landing, these people all asked to meet with Si Qi for a talk, and their purpose was self-evident.

The state respected Si Qi’s freedom and would not prevent him from communicating with anyone. However, Si Qi had no intention of wasting time with this group of people. He declined all visits and stayed in the institute all day without going out. The research institute was also guarded by a strict security team with three layers inside and three layers outside, and not even a fly could get in.

Therefore, those who came from thousands of miles away could only settle for the next best thing, which was to carry out their open request, and have academic exchanges with Chinese scholars and visit the equipment. 

Unfortunately, China was not particularly good at these two things at the moment. They lacked materials, people, and everything else, but the most lacking was time.

This allowed scientific researchers from various countries, who had been hit hard by carbon-based chips, to stand up straight and be proud again.

Unlike major semiconductor manufacturers that originally produced chips and developed equipment at the same time, China did not have the equipment development technology that was sufficient to match carbon-based chips.

Just like an excellent motor should be installed in a high-performance sports car to unleash its full potential, rather than being wasted in an old car.

How to transform an outdated old car into a super luxury sports car worthy of carbon-based chips, how to make good use of the performance of carbon-based chips, and how to transform the technology that was originally impossible to achieve from theory into reality, all required a lot of time, energy and patience to polish.

If China, which possessed the technology to manufacture carbon-based chips, had already occupied the upstream position in the production chain surrounding carbon-based chips, then what the countries around the world had to do next was to take the lead in occupying the midstream position and take the biggest piece of the pie in all industries surrounding carbon-based chips.

Mobile communications, security control, aerospace, industry and agriculture… Countless industries were engaging in technological competitions around carbon-based chips. Whoever completed the technological reform based on carbon-based chips first would have the greatest advantage in this competition and would be able to become the winner of the next era.

So what if China could manufacture carbon-based chips? If it only had chips but could not produce matching equipment, it would be useless!

In the subsequent exchange activities, Chinese scholars clearly felt the contempt and disrespect of these foreign researchers. They were clearly conducting activities on their own territory, but these people had no idea what courtesy was, and their arrogant appearance was really infuriating.

“What do you mean by ‘It’s normal that you don’t understand, after all, you are Chinese’, you damn foreigners!” A gray-haired old man complained to his colleagues beside him angrily: “Sooner or later, we will surpass them! Let them never say such things again!”

A younger colleague at the side smiled helplessly and said, “Why are you so anxious? This is not the first time we have encountered this. At least we have changed from being pursuers to being their competitors. This is a big improvement.”

“Don’t tell me this nonsense. Why didn’t Si Qi come? If he came, how could these people dare to be so arrogant?” The old man said angrily, “We should ask him to come over and put an end to the arrogance of these guys!”

A colleague recalled: “It seems that he was working on the previous research… the one he announced at the end of the press conference. He gathered a large group of people to help, and made it very mysterious. His superiors asked no one to disturb him.”

The old man frowned, “Now the whole world is busy with technological innovation, and his efforts are needed most. What is he researching that could be more important than occupying the racetrack?”

“I don’t know, but he is definitely researching something more important than occupying the track.” The colleague smiled and said, “Didn’t Si Qi stay indoors for a month before the carbon-based chip appeared, and then he dropped a bombshell when he appeared. Since he said it was a ‘bigger surprise’, he certainly wouldn’t be aimless.”

The old man thought about it and relaxed his brows: “That’s true.”

As everyone knows, although Si Qi was young, he was very steady in his work.

After the launch of the carbon-based chip, all scientific research industries in the country were quick to respond and immediately changed their research and development direction without any impact. This would have been impossible without the advance warning from the research institute.

Si Qi, who was so meticulous in his work, would put aside such a large number of domestic affairs in front of him and do some new research. This showed that compared with the current problems, new research was more important…

Therefore, at this moment, everyone was curious about what Si Qi was doing, including the system Xiu Xiu following Si Qi.

He looked at the group of people outside working on a new project, and then looked at the complicated program on the screen that seemed like a spell, and said to Si Qi:  [Master, what are you writing? Is it an interstellar spaceship?]

Si Qi smiled and said: [It would cause a lot of trouble if we bring out this technology now, and China can’t build an interstellar spaceship at the moment.]

Xiu Xiu said with regret: [Ah, the technology in this world is too backward. It’s not fun at all for Xiu Xiu to be here. I can only watch cartoons and play games all day.]

Si Qi knew how depressing it would be for Xiu Xiu to only talk to him all day and all night, so he comforted him: [Be good, I will give you a surprise later]

Xiu Xiu’s eyes lit up, and he spun in circles in his consciousness: [Is it a gift? Yeah~~! The master is the best! Kiss (づ￣3￣)づ]

Si Qi couldn’t help but chuckle.

Chu Lian placed the milk tea next to Si Qi’s hand, noticing that Si Qi seemed to be in a good mood, and asked him, “What happy thing happened to you?”

Si Qi made up an excuse: “The project is progressing smoothly.”

Chu Lian smiled and said, “It doesn’t look like it.”

When Si Qi solved world-class mathematical problems one after another and created carbon-based chips, everyone around him was so excited, but he never smiled.

It was as if to him, these were all trivial matters and there was no need to be happy about them.

On the contrary, if he ate delicious desserts or drank a cup of mellow milk tea, Si Qi would relax his brows and his aura would become softer.

Others may not be aware of the subtle changes, but Chu Lian, who followed Si Qi every day, took him as the center, and paid attention to his situation all the time, could see it at a glance.

“Nothing can be hidden from you.” Si Qi raised the cup and curled his lips. He took a sip of milk tea and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction. “I want to give a gift to my closest friend.”

Chu Lian was startled after hearing this, and then he smiled with his teeth showing, looking extremely happy.

“What are you going to give me? Actually, I’m very interested in reading.”

Si Qi was confused:?

Chu Lian looked back:?

Si Qi was puzzled:? ?

Chu Lian was silent: …

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Chu Lian said hesitantly: “Aren’t you talking about me?”

Si Qi: “…………”

Chu Lian’s voice became lower and lower: “I thought I was the closest person around you…”

Si Qi: “…………”

Why did it feel like Chu Lian seemed a little aggrieved as he spoke?

Si Qi said awkwardly: “Of course I’m talking about you… Books, right? No problem.”

Chu Lian’s cloudy sky immediately cleared up, and he said with a smile: “By the way, your birthday is coming soon, April 7, the same as your name¹.”

He had  to prepare a gift for Si Qi when the time came.

Si Qi: “Hmm…”

Speaking of names, Si Qi felt more than once that the name Chu Lian was too advantageous.

Someone noticed that there was always someone following Si Qi, so they asked Si Qi, “Who is this?”

Si Qi was not sure about Chu Lian’s specific identity, so he said, “He is Chu Lian.”

The person who asked the question was stunned: “First, first love²?!”

Si Qi: “…………”

So every time he called Chu Lian’s name, was he actually calling his first love?

Si Qi said to Chu Lian: “You must be the popular lover of many people.”

Chu Lian was surprised to hear this, and said in surprise and joy: “Huh?”

Was Si Qi complimenting him on his charm?

…

Perhaps because E Country lost face in front of the whole world because of China’s carbon-based chips, it had recently been very arrogant towards China.

Fighter jets flew over China’s borders provocatively, and giant steel ships regularly visited the coastal defense lines. The news media, the financial sector, the forefront of science and technology…all aspects of the attack on China were bound to use actions to tell everyone that even if they lost in carbon-based chips, in other fields, E Country was still the world’s boss.

This kind of demonstration lasted for several days, and the whole world watched China making a fool of itself for several days.

The upper echelons were furious at this provocation, their faces were livid, and they were furious. The media suppressed the incident and did not report it, so the people did not know how much their country had been insulted, and they lived their lives peacefully. Only if the relevant departments bore all the pressure and gritted their teeth to confront E Country, they must not let the other side underestimate them no matter what. However, in the face of the obvious gap, they were still powerless.

It wasn’t until April 1st, a seemingly ordinary day, that Si Qi finally finished sending the gift to Xiu Xiu.

The department’s engineering work was still in its final stages, and the “gift box” – a steel chassis covering several thousand square meters on the outskirts of the capital – was still under construction. He should have waited a few days before giving the gift, but it seemed like it was a good time to give it now.

Knowing what he was going to do next, Si Qi smiled and said to Xiu Xiu: [Today is April Fool’s Day. Do you want to play a prank with me?]

Xiu Xiu was very excited: [Of course! Xiu Xiu loves pranks the most~~]

At the same time, at the border of China, pilots from E Country came here to “go shopping” again today.

Relying on the excellent performance of his fighter plane, he easily left the fleet sent by China to confront him behind. If China dared to attack him, he could also let them know the power of E Country’s technology.

Imagine how mad those Chinese people who were following closely behind him and doing useless work must be at this moment. The pilot was very proud and thought that he would not get tired of this even if this continued for another hundred years.

Just when he was feeling proud, a series of garbled characters appeared on his operating interface.

The pilot quickly looked over and pointed his finger towards the command tower, trying to seek help.

After the screen was garbled, it finally formed a sentence: [Are you my master? ]

Pilot: ????

The pilot was confused, thinking that the fighter’s flight program was infected with a virus? Impossible? Who else in the world had more advanced network defense technology than the military of E Country? ?

[What is my name?] the screen continued.

The pilot was stunned for a long time, and suddenly thought of a science fiction movie he had seen before. His expression suddenly became excited, as if he had won a jackpot of several million.

Oh my god!!

An intelligent AI was born in his fighter plane! !

The pilot looked excited and tried to say to the air: “You are a Flying Eagle 012 series fighter…”

Screen: [This name is really ugly]

The pilot was even more surprised to see that this intelligent AI could communicate: “What do you want me to call you? I can call you any name you like!”

The control tower at the command center received the call and asked, “This is the control tower, pilot Eagle, what’s going on over there?”

The pilot excitedly shouted: “My fighter has become self-aware! It’s talking to me!”

Tower: “…………”

There was silence for a few seconds, then the caller asked, “Are you hallucinating? We suggest you stop the mission and start returning.”

“No! I didn’t! This is real! It’s a miracle!!” the pilot said excitedly, “I can still see it talking to me now. It said – ‘I like the scenery of China. Why don’t you call me Aihua…³‘?”

Tower: “…………”

Pilot: “…………”

The pilot said to the fighter plane, “Our E Country is also beautiful. Why don’t you consider calling yourself Edward? This is more in line with our style—”

The fighter plane said in disgust: [E Country is not beautiful at all. As soon as I got back, you locked me in a dark room. I hate that place.]

The pilot hurriedly explained: “This is a misunderstanding…”

The tower urged: “Eagle, please terminate the mission immediately and return home–“

Fighter: [Are those fighters behind me my partners? I want to play with them]

The pilot was shocked: “What! No!”

The tower’s tone suddenly turned serious: “You have no right to refuse, obey our orders!!”

However, the pilot and the control tower still saw the fighter plane’s speed slowing down visibly, and it was soon caught up by the group of planes behind it.

A group of fighter planes trapped the pilot in the middle and said to him through the communication equipment: “You have entered our territory without permission! This is the last warning! Leave immediately!”

The pilot listened to the accusations in his ears, and was exhausted while explaining the reasons to the extremely amiable tower. He also had to watch the fighter plane on the screen complaining about why he did such a thing, and that he must apologize for doing bad things.

When the pilot saw the fighter’s accusation, he blurted out: “What do you want to do! I don’t want an apology!!”

The voice from the tower was terrifying: “What?!”

The pilot’s face turned purple: “…………” This is going to kill me!

The fighter plane ignored the pilot’s opinion and used external light and shadow equipment to send out Morse code.

This text was soon deciphered by interested people all over the world.

[Sorry, I was wrong QAQ, China is the best in the world! ]

The tower on the other side of the ocean: “…………”

The pilot who almost collapsed: “…………”

People all over the world who were watching this place all the time, waiting to see China make a fool of itself: “…………”

What the hell???

Notes

1. Si Qi’s name is written 司祁 (SīQí), although it has different tones, it’s similar to 4 and seven.
   四, Sì, four, April is the fourth month.
   七, Qī, seven
   In the future Si Qi will use 47 as a nickname in some worlds. ↩︎
2. 楚漣, chǔ lián, Chu Lian.
   初恋, Chūliàn, First love. ↩︎
3. China is also known as Huaxia, sometimes just Hua.  Aihua uses the character for love (愛, ai), so love china. ↩︎

Scientists who revitalized the country (10): Crying while laughing

The emergence of carbon-based chips had completely reversed China’s predicament of having no chips available. It overturned the world chessboard and rewritten the rules of the game, making those who once laughed the loudest no longer able to smile.

The executive who had been laughing without blinking his eyes not long ago, now sat at the press conference with a pale face, like a bereaved dog, unable to utter a word.

Having lost the highest technological frontier in the semiconductor industry, what they had lost was certainly not China’s annual revenue of hundreds of billions of dollars in imports and exports of chips, nor the collapse of assets of just a few groups, but the rewriting of the semiconductor ecosystem composed of countless countries united together!

The impact behind this was earth-shaking.

“We must stop China from continuing to act arrogantly!” In the office of the Minister of Science and Technology of E Country, a director of a major semiconductor manufacturer said angrily: “China’s carbon-based chips are being sold all over the world. This monopoly has violated the provisions of the monopoly law. They must hand over the patents and share this technology with the world!”

The director of the Science and Technology Department leaned back in his office chair impatiently and asked the director in front of him, “Do you have the ability to make China give up their technology? Otherwise, think of a way for me and tell me how to pry this treasure that spits out gold from their mouths?”

The director shouted, “You can unite with several major countries to exclude them like before! Refuse to buy carbon-based chips! It’s ridiculous that a great country like E wants to buy chips from a backward place like China! Don’t you feel ashamed?!”

The director of the Science and Technology Department sneered and pointed at the director in front of him: “Don’t think I don’t know what you are up to. You don’t want your chips to fail to sell and you don’t want your group’s interests to suffer, so you have to drag everyone down with you!”

“So what! The hundreds of billions of dollars we donate to the government every year are not for charity. If we fail, the entire country will never be able to stand up again in the semiconductor industry! Only we can defeat that damn carbon-based chip! Only us!” The director roared, “You have benefited so much from us, you have an obligation to come up with a reliable plan at this time!”

Their group had put all their efforts into silicon-based chips, not just chips, but also the subsequent research and development of chips, the production and research of mobile phones, computers, and any high-tech equipment around chips. Now they had all become waste! If this matter was not handled properly, the entire group would be ruined and there would be no future at all!

The director of the Science and Technology Department slammed the table in annoyance: “You don’t have to tell us, we are also trying to find a solution, but now the whole world is rushing to buy Chinese chips. If we don’t buy them, our technology will lag far behind the rest of the world! You expect us not to buy them, and you also want other countries not to buy them, ha! Do you think everyone is a fool?! They hope that we don’t buy them, give up our quota, and then take this opportunity to step on our heads!”

No matter how reluctant they were, they had to fly to China to sign the contract as soon as possible, find ways to purchase a large number of carbon-based chips, and then replace the country’s latest technology from silicon-based chips to carbon-based as soon as possible.

A minister said irritably: “China is no longer as weak as it was in the past. They are rising like a rocket! Don’t you see that they are becoming more and more powerful in diplomacy? We have used so many means in recent years but have not been able to make them surrender. You actually expect to scare them with verbal threats! If you are so powerful, then you should take this position!”

The director was so angry that he groaned. The minister continued, “After you buy the chips, you should study the manufacturing process of the chips as soon as possible and try to master this technology! China is so stupid that it is willing to sell the chips unconditionally. We should make good use of this opportunity! Let them never be arrogant again!”

The director rolled his eyes and said, “That’s a carbon-based chip! Even if you ask all the Nobel Prize winners in the world to come here, they may not be able to come up with something that only exists in theory!”

“Then go and learn!” The minister said bluntly: “Send a large number of experts to exchange ideas and become their OEM factories. Do what China did to master carbon-based chips!”

“You actually want us to be a contract manufacturer?! We are the best semiconductor group in the world!!” The director was furious.

“It was the best semiconductor group in the past! Now that silicon-based chips have become a thing of the past, we must become the loyal supporters of carbon-based chips and seize the front row of the new track! Otherwise, will we still have a say in the world in the future?!” The minister said angrily, “Don’t cry to me here about your pitiful self-esteem. This is how China came step by step. They have been a world power for thousands of years, and they have been able to swallow their anger and chase after us for so long in recent years. You have only been the number one in the world for a few decades. Why should you not let go of your dignity?”

The director gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. After a long while, he could only accept this cruel reality and warned the director of the department: “You are raising a tiger to harm yourself! You are cutting your own flesh to feed your opponent!”

“Enough! Shut up! I know the dangers here better than you do!”

While China was manufacturing chips for other countries, it was also accumulating more experience. All these experiences were provided to them by others with money, so they had nothing to lose! Moreover, they could use this money and experience to invest in the next round of research and development and improvement, further expand their own advantages, and ensure that their leading position would not be threatened, forming a very good virtuous circle.

In contrast, the research and development in E Country had come to a complete standstill. As one side gained while the other lost, the gap between the two sides would only get bigger and bigger, and they would never catch up.

This used to be the advantage of E Country and their source of pride, but now it has completely become the advantage of China! 

But E Country had no choice but to grit its teeth and spend a huge amount of money to buy it, otherwise it would lose even more miserably in international competitions.

The Minister said: “We have the most and best talents from all over the world, who can help us quickly narrow the gap. When it comes to researching new technologies, we are never afraid of anyone!”

The director said bitterly, “Come on, do you think China has no talents? The achievements China has made in the past year are the result of their continuous efforts over the past few decades! Those people can work without food or drink for the sake of their motherland! And what do we have? You expect a group of people who come to us because of money and benefits to work hard for us? Have you forgotten Si Qi? The world’s best mathematician who solved eight world-class problems!”

The Director of the Science and Technology Department froze, and the director continued to taunt him, “I can’t believe that Si Qi came to our country. You let him go back to China and fight against us. I really don’t know what your investigation department is for!”

These words were like a sharp knife, stabbing into the most vulnerable part of the minister’s heart, making his face turn pale and blue. 

After the director left with a sour face, the minister immediately picked up the phone and said maliciously to his subordinate on the other end of the phone: “I remember that the one who deliberately let Si Qi run away was his classmate, a guy named Qian?”

“Maybe it wasn’t intentional? Ha! Ridiculous! I’m 100% sure this was his conspiracy! He let a dozen students stay to divert our attention from Si Qi, and he deceived us for so long that we cultivated him as our own!”

“I don’t care that he changed his nationality and is now a citizen of our E Country. That must be his trick! He wants us to let down our guard against him!”

The minister slammed his fist on the table and gritted his teeth, saying, “It’s better to be a citizen of E Country! We are not as gentle to our people as China is! I want him to feel how reasonable our law enforcement procedures in E Country are!”

“Get him out of the institute right now! Let him know that fooling us will cost him his blood!”

Less than ten minutes after the order was issued, Qian Lu, who was leisurely savoring the sweet aroma of coffee in the institute’s office, was suddenly forcibly lifted up from his chair by a group of fully armed soldiers.

“Hey! What are you doing? Let’s talk it over!” Qian Lu shouted in panic.

“We have nothing to say to you, a yellow monkey.” The strong man punched Qian Lu in the abdomen with all his strength, causing him to bend over and spit out blood. Then countless people rushed forward, punching and kicking him as he fell to the ground, and slapping him hard by the hair.

A tooth was knocked out and Qian Lu screamed and begged for mercy, repeatedly saying “Why”, “I am your compatriot”, “Police! Call the police!” However, his colleagues standing outside with their arms folded on their shoulders pointed at Qian Lu with a smile on their faces and laughed.

He was surrounded and beaten by dozens of people for nearly half an hour. No one came to help him. The security personnel threw him to the side of the road and spat at him several times.

“That’s not true. This is where the most advanced ideas and the most egalitarian thoughts come from… I’m not wrong… I’m not wrong…”

After half an hour of beating, Qian Lu had realized something, but he dared not admit it. He got up slowly from the ground in a daze, his head was dizzy and he seemed to have a concussion. At this moment, he was dizzy and could not see the scene in front of him clearly.

He blinked hard to widen his bruised eyelids as much as possible, then took out his cell phone with great difficulty, wanting to ask his classmates for help.

However, the phone seemed to be broken. The address book could not be opened no matter what. It even opened the network uncontrollably, and various texts and videos popped up automatically.

Qian Lu was a little dazed, looking at the screen. The next second, he was struck by lightning, his face turned pale and he trembled as he read the contents on the screen.

The screen clearly described the historical records of China’s invasion by other countries, showing how foreigners bullied the Chinese, how they insulted the Chinese as second-class citizens, and how they trampled on Chinese soil and killed countless Chinese.

Photos, information, and even videos, each one was so bloody and horrifying.

These were clearly things taught in class, and Qian Lu clearly understood them better than anyone else, but he turned a blind eye to them, and his mind was filled with only thoughts of throwing himself into the arms of the enemy so that he could live a better life.

The content on the phone kept jumping, with lines of text and pictures, all of which deeply stimulated his nerves.

His face turned pale and he no longer had the courage to face all this. He raised his hand in despair and smashed the phone to the ground, breaking it into pieces. Then he stood up by holding on to the wall and walked breathlessly towards his rented house step by step.

But when he got there, he found that his landlord had thrown all his books and clothes onto the street with a gloomy look on his face. The things were trampled by the shoes of passers-by, leaving footprints one by one, and even traces of being run over by car tires.

Qian Lu’s eyes went dark, and he rushed forward in anger to stop him: “Stop! Why did you throw my things out?”

“I don’t want to rent the house to you, what’s the problem?” The landlord, who was tall and strong, as strong as three Qian Lu’s, pushed Qian Lu and made him stagger back.

“The government found me and said you were a spy sent from abroad. Get out of here, you damn bastard, or I’ll beat you to death!”

The landlord raised his thigh-like arms and punched Qian Lu in the head.

Qian Lu was so scared that he jumped back, and was so angry that he was fuming. He roared, “Bullshit! I am obviously from E Country! I have helped E Country retain so many talents, and I have done so many bad things for E Country. I have always been targeting my own country! If I really am a spy, I am also a spy from E Country!”

The landlord kicked Qian Lu in the body, knocking him over, but he narrowly avoided falling under the wheels of a passing car.

“Shut up, you damn bastard! you wouldn’t do that!”

“I really did it!!” Qian Lu yelled in grievance.

“Then you have to move out of my house. I don’t accept scumbags here! I don’t accept traitors!” The landlord said with disdain: “You can even betray the motherland that raised you, how can you prove that you won’t betray a second time!”

Qian Lu listened to these words and looked at the mess of supplies on the ground, and he felt dizzy.

He searched the ground with a livid face, but couldn’t find anything valuable. He asked, “Where’s my money?”

The landlord rolled his eyes and said, “Of course it was collected. Who knows if it was your activity fund?”

Qian Lu’s body swayed, and he clenched his fists and shouted, “Then give me back my rent!”

The landlord sneered and said, “You’re dreaming! If the next tenant knew what you do, he would definitely be disgusted and not want to stay here. You must compensate me for this loss.”

Qian Lu was so angry that he yelled, “There is no such ridiculous provision in the law! I will call the police and have you put in jail!”

“Haha!” The landlord laughed out loud at Qian Lu’s words and mocked, “You’re already on our country’s blacklist, and you still expect the law to protect you? I tell you, even if I beat you up here, no one will care whether you live or die! There will be no police to help you!”

Qian Lu felt chilled to the bone after hearing this. He looked at the arrogant landlord opposite him, and a feeling of helplessness weighed on his heart, making it almost hard for him to breathe.

His fists loosened and tightened, and suddenly, he took a deep breath, raised his head abruptly, and said to the landlord: “I am Chinese!”

The landlord opposite him changed his expression subtly.

Qian Lu said fiercely: “Refund my rent immediately, otherwise I will contact the Chinese embassy and ask them to seek justice for me!”

The landlord was suddenly speechless: “…………”

Qian Lu urged loudly: “Hurry up!”

The landlord didn’t know that Qian Lu had changed his nationality. Thinking about China’s consistent protective behavior in the international arena, the landlord spat at Qian Lu unwillingly, took out a few crumpled coins from his pocket, threw them on the ground, and said to Qian Lu: “Get out!”

Qian Lu looked at the coins in silence, and then looked at the mess around him with a frenzy, and suddenly lost all his strength. He knelt on the ground exhausted, holding his head and crying.

Some classmates came here after hearing the news, but they just watched him cry silently and didn’t think of coming over to help him.

Suddenly someone said, “Let’s go back.”

Another person frowned and said, “Where to go back to? China? It would be too embarrassing to go back now…”

“It’s shameful that you can’t even be strong as a human being.” The man who spoke said in a cold tone: “You have also seen what happened to Qian Lu. We will never make it here and will always be discriminated against. The future of China will never be worse than that of E Country. It may even have the potential to surpass E Country. Going back is the wisest choice.”

Everyone was silent for a long time, and finally sighed.

“That’s true.”

“If we had known this would happen, we should have followed Si Qi back from the beginning.”

“It was this bastard Qian Lu who deceived us and tricked us into staying here.”

“Let’s go, don’t worry about him. If we still have contact with him after we go back, we will never be able to clear ourselves of the guilt even if we jump into the Yellow River.”

Qian Lu watched the group of people turn around and leave, then sat on the ground in a daze and helplessness.

People were coming and going around, but no one stopped for him.

It was as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.

He covered his eyes, and laughed with his shoulders shaking. He laughed at his own stupidity, his own absurdity, and the fact that everything he did was so ridiculous.

He started to cry while laughing.

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!”