Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 80 International Situation
After the interview, Hu Li returned to "normal" from his perceptive look.

Hehehe.

Hiss haha.

The place we found today was more authentic, and at least Lu Yao enjoyed the food there.

The slightly spicy food in Sichuan and Chongqing is equivalent to medium or above spicy for her.

After finishing the meal, her lips had already turned a cute red color as she continued to slurp.

On the contrary, Xu Ruochu, who was eating the clear soup pot, looked calm and composed, as if he was mocking Sister Xiaoli for overestimating her own abilities.

Hu Li wanted to sit in the bar, but was forced into the car by Xu Ruochu.

The interview is not over yet, there will be another one tomorrow. How can a boss be so ridiculous? You should have a working attitude when you are working.

After being scolded by her, Queen Hai, knowing that she was in the wrong, lost her temper and sat obediently in the passenger seat of the Maybach.

"Oh yes, Lu Yao."

She turned her head and looked at Lu Yao from the passenger seat and said:

"Tomorrow, you and Xiaochen will go to dinner together. I have arranged for you to meet some leaders from your school. You can meet them in advance."

"……it is good."

Lu Yao understood her good intentions and agreed readily.

Soon, after sending her all the way to the hotel, the Queen of the Sea, whose passion was rekindled, asked:

"Why don't you go have a drink and relax?"

Then he was defeated by Xu Ruochu's glaring eyes.

"Okay, okay, just pretend I didn't say anything and let's go."

With a wave of her hand, she skipped into the hotel.

Lu Yao drove Xu Ruchu back to Fortune Garden.

After passing the first traffic light, he thought for a moment and said:
"Chu Jie, I have one week left before school starts."

"Well, what?"

Xu Ruochu was looking at today's personnel information with a reading light and asked casually.

Anyway, it’s in Fuhua.

Just start school when it starts.

As soon as this thought popped into her mind, she heard Lu Yao's words:
"Do we need to find a new assistant?"

"..."

Xu Ruochu paused as he was about to turn the page.

Half a second later, he raised his head belatedly.

Obviously, she was aware of this, too.

But immediately, a very strange emotion filled my heart.

Extremely tangled.

However, in the end, reason prevailed.

Idea, woman's way of saying:
"okay, I get it."

Seeing that she understood, Lu Yao thought for a moment and continued:
"Sister Chu, there is one more thing..."

"how?"

"When I was looking for a cleaner today, I found out... your house is just a little messy, but not dirty."

"Of course you've been taking care of it, so how could it be dirty?"

Lu Yao thought to himself that you are quite self-aware.

But in the final analysis...he was grateful to Xu Ruochu.

So he continued:

"If you really don't feel secure with housekeeping, then I suggest you just hire a cleaner. How about once a week?"

"...But won't you still come home?"

"I can come over on Saturday and Sunday to help you watch it."

"..."

She paused again in turning the pages.

Then, without even thinking about it, he said:

"Okay, then you arrange it..."

She didn't finish her words and seemed speechless again.

But Lu Yao has already nodded:
"Okay. Also, it would be even better if the assistant could find someone who can cook. If we always eat out..."

"...Well. Then let's separate the driver and the assistant. As for you..."

"No, I'm here to help Sister Chu. Besides, you need to change your clothes, too. And Xiaochen and I are already familiar with each other, and we go to the same school."

He didn't plan to continue taking the 30,000 yuan monthly salary, even though he knew the other party was not short of money.

But one code equals another.

These changes at home, whether in the environment or on her parents' side, are all due to her kindness.

Have to pay it back.

And his words inexplicably made Xu Ruochu feel better.

And he suddenly thought of something and said:

"So we're just friends from now on?"

"……what?"

Lu Yao was a little surprised that she suddenly said this.

But Xu Ruochu closed the information in his hand, with a half-smile on his face:

"You won't go back to being the designated driver 107, will you? That Lu Yao... is very difficult to deal with."

Just like a wild horse.

she said to herself.

"Hehe. This... I'm too young."

Lu Yao could only laugh dryly.

Xu Ruochu also smiled and said:

"Just treat me like you treat Hu Li. That way... it will be more comfortable."

"That'll have to wait a few days."

"Ha~"

She chuckled and then asked:

"Do you like the beach?"

"...Aren't we near the sea?"

"Well, but I noticed that when we were in Qinghai, you were very interested in what Xiaochen said about sailing a yacht. I thought you liked going there."

"It's okay. Mainly because I haven't sat on it before."

"That's it..."

The woman in the back seat looked thoughtful.

"Come to think of it, there are still a few days left before your school starts..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yao guessed her plan and quickly shook his head:

"There are so many things going on in the company. Why didn't you let Sister Li slack off just now..."

"……you."

"what?"

"You. Since we are friends from now on, I don't need you anymore."

"Then you stay here quietly."

"Ha~"

She chuckled again.

……

After sending her back, Lu Yao drove back home.

This time, the Maybach stopped in front of the Mercedes-Benz S.

After opening the door, Lu Yuanshan asked a soul-searching question:
"Why are you off work so late?"

Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

I was thinking, why do I see the shadow of slacking off in you?

……

"Look at my Weibo, how are my photos?"

"Okay, let me take a look."

"Isn't it very cute?"

"It doesn't hurt, does it?"

"It doesn't hurt. Maybe it's because I locked it up all day and it got angry. Hehe, so cute."

"Don't forget the dog license."

"Don't worry, I'll get it tomorrow. But I still have to send it to the fire department for training. I'm a little reluctant to do that."

On the sofa, Lu Yao was revising his thesis on his laptop while sending messages to Hu Li from time to time.

Since the first day Haihou came back, she inexplicably started to like texting him.

Sometimes we can chat for three or four hours.

Lu Yao thought to himself, she can’t treat me like a fish, right?

After all, when we first met, she was always fiddling with her phone, and there were quite a lot of fish in the pond.

But she doesn't seem to have visited the fish pond much recently.

At least, it had been a long time since Lu Yao had been with her and heard someone calling her or asking him to take her to an appointment.

While staring at the computer screen, he used these trivial matters as a pastime to change his thinking.

This paper is already in its third edition.

In this version, he changed it to a rational style.

Without exaggeration or exaggeration, it describes the current weaknesses of the country's semiconductor industry from the perspective of an observer, and also digs into the history of Korean semiconductors, as well as the current competition between Japan and South Korea, which can only be said to be in its infancy.

But he also planted a "prophecy", predicting that there will be a competition between the national strength of Japan and South Korea in the semiconductor industry in the future.

It also implies that the same may be true for China and the United States.

This kind of calm and observational article is actually more difficult to write because it cannot contain subjective emotions.

Since he could no longer deliberately use flowery words, he could only list a large amount of piled-up data.

"In the entire semiconductor supply chain, including chip design, intellectual property, tools, and manufacturing, our market share is less than 3 percent, while American companies have reached an astonishing 37 percent, South Korea has 19 percent, and Taiwan has 12 percent."

"If our production capacity increases, it will inevitably reduce the export space of other countries. In 2009, IC exports accounted for 18% of South Korea's exports, 22% of Singapore's exports, 19% of Malaysia's exports, and 21% of the Philippines' exports. Even Taiwan's exports accounted for as much as 40%."

"The increase in our production capacity will inevitably affect the exports of other countries. So, imagine, when we hinder them from "making money", will the friendly attitude turn into coldness, alienation, or even unfriendly hostility?"

After he typed this paragraph, he subconsciously switched the web page.

The webpage contained news that Samsung, TSMC and Intel successively invested in ASML, a company that produces lithography machines, in 09.

Although he was born again, he sometimes had to admit the amazing foresight of these companies living in the present. So he was considering whether to include this foresight in the paper.

If it is added, then he will need more scientific data related to the international situation to support it.

Otherwise, it is just empty talk and directly saying "ASML may not sell products to us"... in fact, it lacks theoretical support.

Seems a little more prophetic.

However, his thoughts obviously did not receive Hu Li's approval.

Haihou sent a message and waited for more than ten minutes. Seeing that the other party ignored her, she simply called directly.

After Lu Yao was awakened by the ringing of the phone, he looked at the caller and asked after answering the call:

"Hey, Sister Li, what's wrong?"

"You're not replying my message again!"

"Uh...oh, I didn't see that."

"……What are you doing?"

“Writing a short article about the chip industry.”

"Why write this?"

"I……"

After hesitating for a moment, he said:
“I am trying to analyze the prospects of the microelectronics industry from my own perspective.”

"Ha~"

Hu Li couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You should understand, right? This kind of industry requires tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars in investment. Analyze it from your own perspective? How much money do you want to make?"

"It's not about making money, it's about the future. The future of our country."

"Oh? So awesome? What did you analyze? Oh, bad boy, bite me again! Do you want to eat dragon fruit?"

She seemed to be still playing with the dog.

But Lu Yao didn't care, but sighed:

"Alas, it's not optimistic."

"Ok?"

Hu Li was stunned, kicked away Xiao Bu who was frantically "tearing" his toes, and asked doubtfully:
"The outlook is not optimistic? How can you say that?"

"This one……"

Lu Yao looked at his unfinished paper, thought for a moment, and asked:
"Sister Li, do you know anyone who studies the international situation?"

"International situation?"

"Yes, I need some... data, I guess. There isn't much that can be found online, and the data released by the United Nations is very general. My article needs more comprehensive data support, and few people can access these international trends on the Internet."

"I see. You need someone who can see the internal publication? What level?"

"Isn't it possible to see the internal publications..."

Lu Yao thought to himself, are you going to put me in a dog cage?

"I just want to find some experts in this field to help me look at the content of this article. Because they are more sensitive to these international situations. I am not sure whether it is my own fantasy..."

"...Then tell me first, why is it not optimistic?"

"Okay... do you have a computer nearby? I'll send you an email."

"Yes, wait for me to open it. I'll send you the email address so I can see what you wrote first."

"…Then let's chat on QQ? Do you have QQ?"

"Yes, I sent it together. Let's chat on QQ."

"it is good."

Soon, Hu Li’s QQ number and email address were sent.

After Lu Yao was added, he sent over this unfinished article.

Hu Li’s QQ nickname is quite... Shamatte.

Call: ┃、ˊ檮

Quite non-mainstream.

┃、ˊYan 誮: "Let me take a look first."

A journey of a thousand miles will reveal the true power of the horse: "Okay."

┃、ˊYan 誮: "Can you turn on the voice?"

A journey of a thousand miles tells a story: "Yes, do you want to open it?"

┃、ˊYan 誮: "Are you dressed?"

A journey of a thousand miles tells a horse’s strength: “.”

┃、ˊYan誮: "Hehe. Wait for me, I'll send you the video after I finish watching it."

A journey of a thousand miles will reveal the true power of the horse: "Okay."

She fell silent, while Lu Yao continued to think.

About ten minutes later, a video sound came from the laptop.

Lu Yao put on headphones and connected the video.

His laptop is actually very old, and the video pixels are quite blurry.

There's even some distortion.

But Hu Li's side was quite clear.

I saw that the sister was wearing a hood and it seemed that she had just washed her hair.

She was wearing a very ordinary set of pajamas and holding Xiaobu in her arms.

Xiaobu obviously saw him on the screen and immediately began to sob.

"Hey, Sister Li, can you hear me?"

"Yes. What is this lithography machine you are talking about?"

"Just think of it as a disc burner that burns chips. A disc burner writes content onto a disc, but this one writes onto a chip."

“Is it important to the chip industry?”

"Yes. And ASML is the manufacturer of this machine?"

"Ah."

“Is there a replacement for it?”

"At the current technical level, yes, but it's hard to say about the future. As for the current alternatives... there are actually only a few companies in the world that can produce lithography machines, ASML, Nikon, and Canon. The properties of these three companies are the same as what I wrote..."

“It’s all controlled by the United States, right?”

"To be precise, it is Western control."

"That is to say, if they decide not to sell to us, it will only take a minute. Do we have any in our country right now?"

"Yes, it's in our Magic City, Magic City Microelectronics Group. But the technology is at least 20 years behind."

"That long?"

"Yes. How can I tell you this?"

He really couldn't explain the future EUV lithography machine to Hu Li for the time being.

I can only explain:
"Sister Li, just understand it this way. The reason why we can carve shapes of several hundred nanometers on silicon wafers is, to put it bluntly, by using the wavelength and color of light. It is currently recognized that purple light is the best light source, and when doing photolithography, we not only need purple light, but also photoresist to corrode the material along its path when the light shines on it, so that we can get the desired image. For this set of things, if you only have purple light, it won't work. The photoresist can't keep up, and the power can't be increased. It can't bombard the tin to a sufficient temperature, and it won't work... It's not just a machine, but the crystallization of technology after a high degree of industrialization."

What he said is actually relatively general. If we really want to explain the principles of lithography in detail, even a 50,000-word paper may not be enough.

The instruction manual for using the EUV lithography machine is enough to fill a room.

But Hu Li understood:

"That is to say, even if we buy a photolithography machine, we still can't do it without photoresist. And even if we have photoresist, it still won't work if others don't sell us the materials...right? Everyone must give the green light before we can produce these CPUs in sets?"

"Yes, that can be understood. The technology in this industry is currently highly monopolized."

"So your article... is a hypothesis?"

"...Yes, that's the worst-case scenario. It might be a bit too much, but if it really happens..."

"We must prepare for the worst in everything. This is the basis of the struggle."

Hu Li put Xiaobu down directly, stared at the screen in front of him, and a serious look appeared on his face.

She doesn't understand technology.

But she understands people.

So, after thinking about it, she said:
“Can I show this article to others?”

"Yes, the information I looked up is all publicly available on the Internet, but I haven't finished writing it yet."

"I think this is enough. Let alone finding someone who studies the international situation, even I feel that what you wrote here may... easily become a reality in the future. But the question is... do you have an answer?"

"what is the answer?"

“The answers to these questions.”

"Have."

"How to deal with it?"

On the clear screen, she looked curious.

On another distorted screen, a blurry Lu Yao said:

“Don’t be afraid of hardships or difficulties. Face them head-on and forge ahead.”

"..."

The corner of Hu Li's mouth twitched.

"That's it?"

"That's it."

Lu Yao sighed helplessly:
"The gap in technology cannot be made up by just thinking about it. Just like the atomic bomb, wasn't our atomic bomb also developed by those heroes after Big Brother laid out a large model foundation? Sister Li, the most difficult thing in the world is the starting stage from 0 to 1. We are at this stage now, and... I think the sooner we start, the better."

"Well……"

Hu Li tilted his head.

My eyes couldn't help but fall on the boy on the other side of the video.

The pixels are fuzzy and not very clear.

But... that distress has already overflowed from the screen.

After thinking for a while, she said:
"Then I'll help you find someone, and we can arrange to have a chat. If possible, it would be best to find someone to polish it. Once this cutting-edge article is completed, I'll help you show it to more senior people. How do you think?"

“…Isn’t that too exaggerated?”

Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

He had a hard time guessing how great the "expert" Sister Li was talking about was.

Three or four floors... maybe more than that?
"No, the most important thing about cutting-edge articles is not the scientific theory, but whether we are prepared and capable of accepting the sense of crisis once it becomes a reality. You haven't seen anything more exaggerated... I've seen theories about the end of the world."

"OK then……"

"Well... then you have to treat me to a meal! I want to eat Auntie's sweet and sour pork ribs!"

"Uh……"

Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then smiled:

"it is good."

"Hee hee~"

On the other side of the video, the woman in pajamas was smiling.

(End of this chapter)