Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

"Boss! Hang in there!" "Boss!"

In the last second before consciousness completely plunged into darkness.

He seemed to hear his brothers' exclamations.

It was as if I could see my father in heaven, with that contented smile...

"dad……"

He murmured softly to himself.

"I think I did it..."

Ninety days.

For three whole months, in that top-secret national laboratory, which was surrounded by heavy explosion-proof doors and the most advanced security system.

There is no distinction between day and night, and no noise from the outside world.

There was only the cold ticking of the instruments and the intense, almost brain-draining, simulations performed by hundreds of researchers.

Ever since Liu Ming spat out that mouthful of blood on the cleanroom floor, this "suicide squad," composed of the nation's top minds, seemed to have been infused with a reckless, tragic, and mad spirit. They knew that their commander, who was not yet thirty, was truly risking his life to carve out a future for them.

……

"drop--"

A crisp electronic notification sound, like the chirping of birds at dawn, broke the two-hour silence in the laboratory.

Inside the huge isolation chamber, the robotic arm slowly retreated, and the cold light of the dust-free lamp focused on the silicon wafer that had just undergone countless extreme processes such as photolithography, etching, and doping.

On the large screen, various performance test data are fluctuating wildly.

10%. 50%. 90%.

Until the progress bar reaches 100%, a huge green "PASS" message pops up in the center of the screen.

The hundreds of people in the audience held their breath, their eyes fixed on the tiny, multicolored wafer, no bigger than a fingernail.

"Yield rate...98.5%!"

A young doctoral student in charge of the testing, his voice trembling and distorted, suddenly ripped off his cleanroom cap and roared almost hoarsely.

"Success!" "Our chip fabrication was successful!"

"Boom—!" It was like a nuclear bomb detonating in the laboratory!

The cheers, screams, and even cries that were loud enough to lift the roof off instantly drowned out everything!

Those academicians, who are usually gentle and serious, were like a group of children who had received their favorite toys. They hugged each other, patted each other's shoulders, and some even jumped and danced excitedly on the spot.

Ninety days and nights of torment. The humiliation of generations of researchers.

At that moment, with the birth of that small yet incredibly heavy chip, it was completely shattered!

……

"Get out of the way! All of you, get out of the way!"

Liu Ming's face was still a little pale. With Chen Momo's support, he strode through the frenzied crowd.

He arrived at the isolation chamber. Through the thick bulletproof glass, he looked at the chip lying quietly in the tray.

That was no ordinary chip.

That is a fully domestically produced 7-nanometer chip that completely adopts the underlying instruction set architecture independently developed by "Longteng", completely bypassing the patent pools of the West that are like a malignant tumor, and with the support of "two-dimensional diamond thin film" technology, it perfectly realizes the refraction control of extreme ultraviolet light source!

Its birth signifies that China finally possesses its own sharp sword in the semiconductor field, capable of piercing the iron curtain of blockade!

"Director Liu... Director Liu..."

The 75-year-old Academician Li, who had been leading the research and development, walked shakily to Liu Ming's side.

His white hair looked somewhat disheveled under the cleanroom lights, and his wrinkled hands carefully held the newly packaged sample chip.

"We've tested this chip."

Academician Li's voice choked with emotion, and tears streamed down his deeply furrowed brow.

"Its computing speed is 15 percent faster than the most advanced Western chips of the same level currently on the market."

"And because it uses your new architecture, its power consumption has been reduced by a full 20%!"

"This isn't just overtaking on a curve, this is... overtaking by changing lanes!"

Before he could finish speaking, this elderly academician, who had dedicated his entire life to scientific research in China, and who had also lived a life of frustration, said...

Unexpectedly, his knees buckled. Amidst everyone's horrified gazes, he tightly gripped the chip representing the future of the Dragon Kingdom, and knelt heavily… in the direction of Liu Ming!

"Mr. Li! What are you doing?" Liu Ming was shocked and quickly tried to help him up.

But Academician Li held Liu Ming's hand tightly, tears streaming down his face, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Director Liu! This kneeling isn't for your official position. It's on behalf of all the Chinese researchers who suffer discrimination abroad and weep in their labs because they can't buy equipment. Thank you!"

"If it weren't for you taking on so much pressure to get us funding and shield us from the open and hidden attacks from the outside world."

"This 'spirit-building core' is something we old bones could never create, even if we died!"

Liu Ming's eyes instantly reddened.

He used both hands to help the national treasure-level elderly man up, looking at the researchers around him who also had tears in their eyes.

He knew. In those ninety days, this group of people paid not only with their sweat, but also with their lives.

"The country is the one that should be thanking us." Liu Ming took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging emotions.

He turned around, his gaze piercing through the thick walls of the laboratory, as if he could see a much larger and more treacherous battlefield outside.

"The creation of this chip is the first battle we've won." "But this is only the beginning."

"Because some people simply won't stand by and watch us stand up."

……

At the same moment that cheers erupted in the laboratory.

During the three months Liu Ming was in seclusion, he did not allow the outside world to calm down.

On the contrary, the "death list" compiled by him and Ghost Hand, involving dozens of high-ranking officials and comprador capitalists, had already been placed on the desks of the top leadership.

He looked at the thick file without saying a word, but drew a large, alarming circle on it with a red pen.

Joint action by various departments.

He was taken directly from his office and then pinned to the ground in the VIP passage of the airport, where he was preparing to flee overseas.

There was no leniency, no room for compromise.

This is the most thorough and ruthless eradication of that "interest group" that has been entrenched on the backbone of China's technology sector for many years, sucking its blood.

……

"Have you heard? The executive vice minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, who was in charge of research funding, went in yesterday!"

"It's not just him! Several department heads at the National Development and Reform Commission have been invited for 'tea' (a euphemism for being questioned)! It's said that pulling up one radish (a metaphor for a thorny issue) leads to other problems, implicating several multinational investment companies!"

"Things have really changed. Those people who made their fortunes by betraying their own people have been completely wiped out this time."

In the major government compounds of the capital, everyone felt insecure.

Those bureaucrats who were usually high and mighty and thought they could control everything finally realized that when the state machinery truly began to operate, and when the top leadership was determined to undergo radical reforms, they would understand the true meaning of reform.

Their pitiful power and connections are as fragile as paper toys.

Amidst this atmosphere of fear and unease.

A personnel appointment for Liu Ming was quietly, yet like a thunderclap from a clear sky, issued to various ministries.

[Decision Regarding the Appointment of Comrade Liu Ming as Chief Commander of the National "Loongson Project".] [This position grants absolute approval and veto power over all related projects in China's semiconductor and high-end manufacturing sectors.]

At 28, he was a director-general at the provincial level, and now he has been given this powerful title that is comparable to that of a "technology czar".

The entire officialdom of the capital city fell silent.

Everyone knows that the power structure of the "old comprador era" has been completely shattered by this young man named Liu Ming.

And he will lead the Dragon Kingdom's technology with that newly born "Pride Core" to usher in a brand new era of...hegemony.