The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 244 The First Exchange Meeting and Project Establishment Conference

"Of course, we can also barter for some agricultural products, processing machines, etc."

This condition is quite harsh.

But Xia Kingdom had to accept it because they really needed these things.

"The idea behind this is to change it, but they need to ask you about the technology to be used." Guo Mo on the side interrupted.

Even if we put aside the exchange of interests, the Xia Kingdom will not refuse the political benefits brought by the transaction.

Hostile to the OM camp and rejected by Big Brother, their situation is truly difficult!
Li Mu pondered for a long time. Facing such national affairs, he needed to be extremely cautious.

After a long time, he said:
"I think exchange is feasible, but we can only exchange technologies that we have eliminated."

“Technological leadership is the foundation for us to establish equal relationships.”

"Once we lose this lead, I'm afraid Big Brother will no longer be so polite to us."

His words made Dong Huaxing, Guo Mo and others nod their heads repeatedly.

How could they not see Big Brother's attitude towards them? If they had not been so far ahead in semiconductor technology, it would have been impossible for him to come back to them.

"So what technologies do you think can be provided?" Guo Mo asked again.

This issue is the most important reason why they called Li Mu over.

The higher-ups may not know as accurately as Li Mu about what technologies can be provided and what technologies cannot be provided, so it is most appropriate to let him complete them.

Li Mu did not refuse and immediately listed a list of technologies, including a list of information on small and medium-scale integrated circuits and chip manufacturing.

After finishing writing, he raised his head and said:

"According to this list of information, after Big Brother gets it, he can quickly catch up with Emperor M's level in a short period of time."

"After a period of development, we can even surpass each other."

“But if they want to catch up with us, it will take at least five or six years, but by then our level will no longer be at this stage.”

"Enough, enough." Guo Mo, Dong Huaxing and others all breathed a sigh of relief and smiled happily when they heard his words.

Although Big Brother's military strength is strong, in terms of technological strength, it is actually not as good as Emperor M. It only focuses on improving military strength and ignores the development of other aspects of technology.

Even for this semiconductor technology transaction, I'm afraid they came into contact with them because they saw the potential to improve the computing power of computers.

After all, their research direction was wrong from the beginning. They focused on the research of transistor computers. If they wanted to improve the computing power, it would cost extremely high costs and huge manpower and material resources.

This is just to maintain a level similar to that of Emperor M.

It’s not unacceptable in the first place, after all, the gap is not that big.

But when they suddenly saw that Xia Guo, their former little brother, had created something that surpassed Emperor M's best computer by many times in computing power, they could no longer sit still.

……

Afterwards, Li Mu discussed with Guo Mo the details of the technology exchange, and then hurriedly left with Leader Qiu and Gu Zheng, taking the list of information he had written.

It is definitely impossible to give the technology exactly as he wrote above, and it will definitely require many discussions.

But this has nothing to do with him anymore. The important thing is to continue concentrating on his own research.

After saying hello to Dong Huaxing, Li Mu prepared to say goodbye and leave.

The latter suddenly caught up and said, "Li Mu, do you have any ideas about expanding the market over there with Big Brother?"

"This trade is quite different from the previous official trade."

"I think the main purpose is to exchange for supplies, and making money is secondary." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

Hearing this, Dong Huaxing asked, "Oh, what do you mean?"

Li Mu explained:
"The system in Big Brother is the same as ours. It is impossible to reap huge economic benefits like we did in OM countries. This is one of the reasons."

"Secondly, we have little use for Big Brother's money. We can't buy high-tech equipment, nor can we conduct other commercial transactions."

"To put it bluntly, Big Brother is still on guard against us. It's hard to say what our relationship will be like in the future."

His method emphasizes the word "stability".

After all, his appearance had led to a easing of the tense relationship between Big Brother and Xia State, which was already an "accident".

But it is hard to say whether such "accidents" will happen frequently.

The reason why Big Brother and Xia State fell out was the conflict between their national interests.

Even if there is a temporary easing, the situation may become deadlocked again in the future.

Li Mu could see that although Dong Huaxing and others were dissatisfied with Big Brother, they still had expectations.

After all, he is the boss of his own camp. Even though things are unpleasant, they will not completely fall out - at least not now.

He couldn't say that Xia Kingdom and Big Brother would break off diplomatic relations for more than ten years in the future, or even make it clear that they were planning to attack them.

"But the possibility of easing relations cannot be ruled out." Li Mu thought secretly.

Because of his appearance, this era has become very different.

I just don't know if a little butterfly like me can stir up a storm that will affect the overall situation.

……

The exchanges between the two countries have always been complicated.

However, what surprised the Xia country's diplomats this time was that after listening to the conditions they proposed, the special envoy sent by Big Brother only delayed for a few days and then readily agreed to the conditions.

So much so that they even began to doubt whether they had given too much.

Fortunately, the transaction went quite smoothly in the end. The two parties reached this cooperation under the witness of journalists and quickly published it in the newspaper the next day.

This is also part of the deal, sending a signal to neighboring countries to make those who are ready to make moves feel a little apprehensive.

But those at the top are well aware that this is a drop in the bucket for the worsening situation.

Asan, who is eager to make a move, will definitely not miss this good opportunity.

……

Five days passed. Li Mu sat in the car, watching the news reports about the cooperation between Xia Kingdom and Big Brother, with a thoughtful look on his face.

We handed over so many world-class technologies, but what we got in return were just some agricultural products and a few industrial products as reported in the newspapers. The value of what we paid is not commensurate at all.

"It's because the country is too weak, otherwise we wouldn't have to suffer this." Li Mu thought secretly.

Just as he was sighing, the car stopped in front of a building with red walls and green tiles.

The first inspection... the second inspection... the third inspection... after going through nine thorough inspections, he finally arrived at a small courtyard.

Guan Jianmin followed him and walked in quickly.

The staff member in charge of this matter stepped forward and said, "Advisor Li, everything is ready. The meeting will start soon. Let's go in quickly."

"Yeah, okay." Li Mu nodded, without any more nonsense, and followed the other party into the house.

There were a large number of communication equipment inside, connected to the meeting room of the First Ministry of Machine Building, and the layout was exactly the same as the room he used to attend the meeting last time.

In order to protect his personal safety and avoid being eavesdropped, there are seven more rooms like this one. Each room is randomly selected for each meeting to prevent it from being used by someone with ulterior motives.

Li Mu walked to the table and took out a lot of documents that he had improved in the past few days from his briefcase. Then he picked up the microphone next to his ear and waited for the meeting to begin.

The microphone here uses a program-controlled digital switch, so the call quality is quite good and he can clearly hear the noisy sounds from the conference room.

However, once the noise starts, it will be difficult to hear clearly, and at this time the communication personnel behind you will be needed to convey the correct information.

……

One machine department, conference room.

The Semiconductor Group's "First Technical Team Exchange Meeting and Project Establishment Conference" co-chaired by Qiu, Guo Mo and Gu Zheng officially began.

Although there are fewer experts and professors this time than last time, the fields involved are more extensive, including a large number of disciplines such as optics, electricity, materials science, medicine, chemistry, etc.

Moreover, most of these people are authoritative experts and professors in their respective fields. Although their levels may not be top-notch, they are at least at the forefront of Xia Country.

"Ahem~" Leader Qiu coughed twice, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Then he said:

"As you all know, the original intention of establishing the Semiconductor Group was to integrate resources and coordinate the efforts of the whole country to develop the semiconductor industry."

"Now, with the help of the chief designer of 'Hetu', we have established the next research and development goals."

"That is the application of superconductor technology and CCD technology. What is superconductor technology? Actually..."

……

Leader Qiu first popularized the technical concepts of superconductors and CCD to the professors below, which left the people below stunned.

After he finished speaking, someone immediately raised his hand and asked, "Leader, isn't the application of superconductor technology and CCD technology a bit too hasty?"

"Yes, these two technologies have not been verified. What if the research goes in the wrong direction? I think we should consider it carefully and verify it carefully." An expert echoed.

If it was Li Mu who proposed this plan, then many people present who knew his identity would not have any doubts and would only have one thought in their minds - just do it.

But it is hard to say about this mysterious "River Map".

Although the abilities demonstrated by the other party last time were indeed worthy of admiration, scientific research was no joke. They had heard of superconductors, but had never heard of their use in power transportation, medical equipment, and cooling technology.

Not to mention CCD, even this concept has not appeared yet.

In response to the question, Leader Qiu did not finish his speech, but just looked at Guo Mo. The latter was responsible for directly leading the entire technical team, so it would be more appropriate for him to answer questions and resolve doubts.

Guo Mo received the signal and said:

"Please trust our chief designer Comrade Hetu. This development plan has been carefully calculated and considered."

"As for the issue of mistakes, I don't think it matters."

"Scientific research is bound to make mistakes. It's better to have a direction than to just sit there and do nothing."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people lowered their heads with embarrassed expressions.

During the time they have been in Kyoto, they have learned a lot about semiconductors, hoping to develop some new products to generate revenue for the country and bring honor to themselves.

But the fact is that after a long time, they still couldn't come up with a suitable semiconductor product.

One day, a professor excitedly told Guo Mo about developing semiconductor batteries, which made Guo Mo scold him.

The batteries are made, but to whom should we sell them?

The power infrastructure in foreign countries is much better than theirs, and most of the foreigners are not interested in selling it to them.

Keep it for yourself - they don't even have electricity, let alone batteries.

A professor raised his hand and asked a question in a Funan accent: "Leader, the application of superconducting technology in medical equipment is not a small project. Both the experimental site and experimental conditions are very high."

"Don't worry, we will do our best to meet your experimental needs." Guo Mo said slowly.

The level of support from above for the semiconductor group is absolutely beyond anyone's imagination, and these are not problems at all.

Seeing that the people below wanted to ask some irrelevant questions, Guo Mo emphasized: "Please ask more about technical issues. Comrade Hetu's time is precious and must be cherished."

This statement brought back the crowd who were still busy discussing whether the application of superconductor technology and CCD technology was feasible.

The professor from Funan just now continued:
"I have a question about CCD technology. Comrade Hetu has made a detailed analysis and disassembly of the principle and structure of CCD in the proposal."

"But I still have some doubts about the manufacturing process of CCD. Its process is quite complicated and the cost is very high."

"I'm wondering if there's a possibility to use new technology to reduce the cost first, and then invest in research and development."

After he finished speaking, he received the approval of some experts and professors.

Because it is a brand new process, it gives them a lot of room for imagination.

Is the CCD technology that Li Mu used good?
Of course.

But this is a proven fact that only he himself and some people who have been with him for a long time and are very clear about his abilities are certain of.

Of course, this may not be the case for these experts and professors.

Guo Mo opened his mouth and was about to explain when he was stopped by Leader Qiu.

If he wanted to make "Hetu" the core of this research team, and let them follow Li Mu's instructions and conduct research as easily as the Semiconductor Research Institute, he needed to resolve the current difficulties himself.

Thinking of this, Guo Mo immediately said: "Okay, then let's ask Comrade Hetu to answer your questions."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the experts and professors in the audience turned to the loudspeaker hanging in the conference room.

Soon, Li Mu's slightly distorted voice came from the loud speaker:

"Professor, I just read your question, but I don't think scientific research is something that requires too much consideration of costs. It should not be done until the cost is reduced to a certain level."

“It is true that the current CCD manufacturing process is quite complicated, but this does not mean that it is not valuable.”

"In the proposal, I listed the applications of CCD technology in various fields, which are all inferences based on realistic and achievable foundations."

(End of this chapter)