When Fidel arrived in Shanghai from Los Angeles after more than ten hours of flight, he was fascinated by the night view of the city. This place was once known as the 'Paris of the East', but now Paris pales in comparison to it.
When he walked out of the airport, someone came to pick him up. A fat man came forward and hugged Fidel, "Ah..., my dear friend, I am so happy to see you. It has been a long time since I met someone I can talk to."
The fat man's name is Chuck. He is a former CIA employee. He has done many jobs and has a wide range of contacts and channels. He has been engaged in some prohibited smuggling activities in Shanghai over the years. Fidel contacted him because he hoped to use his network.
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The two got in the car, and Fidel asked, "How are you doing?" Chuck waved his hand, shook his head and said unhappily: "It's terrible, it's really terrible."
"I thought you lived a very prosperous life." Fidel just treated it as a friend complaining and chuckled.
But Chuck started the car and started on the road, and said seriously: "Fidel, I'm serious. My situation is terrible. Now I can only dance in nightclubs with girls in my arms every day, or brag about nothing. But I have already
There has been no big business for more than a year.
Now I can only smuggle some prohibited goods to Beibang, or try to get some good things for the Persians in the Middle East. But these families are all poor, and they can't make me a lot of money. Oh, by the way, I haven't been able to make a lot of money recently.
The Persians don’t look for me anymore, which makes me very unhappy.”
There is a blockade in this world, and some people engage in smuggling for high profits. When Chuck stays in Shanghai, he is trying to find ways to resell non-for-sale goods from Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries to rabbits. But in the past year, his business has declined sharply, because his largest customer
Abandoned him.
"I used to try to bring a few kilograms of high-grade carbon fiber to the Rabbit Government every month, but they stopped buying from me two years ago." Chuck started to complain one by one.
"I bet the satellites launched by Rabbit are all made of carbon fiber provided by you. You have helped them a lot. The CIA should really send you to prison." Fidel teased.
"Yes, that's right." Chuck laughed a few times and then cursed bitterly: "I don't know how it happened, but Rabbit opened up the channel to purchase directly from the footbath 'Toray' company. And 'Teijin'
The same is true for companies. They purchase hundreds of kilograms or even tons each time.
I have secretly investigated and found that in order to cover up the fact that the company's performance was growing last year, Toray even killed two financial personnel who tried to report the matter. In addition, in order to whiten their income, their top management also tried to launder money. Those bastards made a lot of money.
I took away the profits that originally belonged to me.”
Chuck slapped the steering wheel in anger, and Fidel asked: "No one reported this?"
"Yes, but they are all dead. Rabbit's National Security Bureau is protecting this smuggling line, and one of my subordinates was hacked to death on the streets of Tokyo for investigating the matter. The police in the foot basin said that he died in a gang dispute, and I was frightened and hurried
Escaped the footbath.
There must be a big secret hidden here, but I don't dare to investigate anymore. If I mess around again, I will also become a hunting target.
The funny thing about this is that the blockade in the past forced Rabbit to develop its own carbon fiber. But now that high-grade carbon fiber can be easily purchased from the footbath, Rabbit has actually slowed down the technological development of the domestic carbon fiber industry."
Chuck was smiling bitterly, but Fidel felt that the rabbit was penetrating deeper and deeper into the foot basin. He continued to ask: "Is there anything else? It's weird."
Chuck shrugged and sneered: "Weird? There are so many strange things. I have so many stories in my stomach. For example, Rabbit recently created a smart doctor, and there happened to be something related to it.
The best lithography machine in the world is manufactured by ASML in the Netherlands. Due to the restrictions of the Wassenaar Agreement, Rabbit cannot purchase the latest lithography machine to manufacture chips."
Fidel naturally understands the Wassenaar Agreement. This is a continuation of the Batumi Agreement and is a targeted technical barrier. As long as it is something that Rabbit urgently needs, the signatory countries of the Wassenaar Agreement will not sell it. And the more the enemy does not sell it,
Sell, the more the rabbit wants to buy.
In terms of lithography machines, Rabbit's solution is to cooperate with IMEC, a Belgian microelectronics research institution, and purchase the ASML lithography machines they have used for five years, which will comply with the provisions of the Wassenaar Agreement. But in the semiconductor field, it took five years
Just two or three generations behind.
"You know what? This business is very easy to do, and the Belgians are very happy. They can easily make a lot of money from it. But starting last year, Rabbit's chip manufacturer no longer buys used goods from Belgians."
This kind of story is very interesting, and Fidel listened very fascinated. When Chuck paused, he asked: "Has the rabbit's technology made a breakthrough?"
Every time Rabbit's technology breaks through a little bit, the Wassenaar Protocol is slightly changed. For example, in the lithography machine, when the Shanghai Magic City Optoelectronics Institute developed a 180-nanometer process, the Wassenaar Protocol was stuck at 90 nanometers.
If you get 90 nanometers, it will get stuck on 60 nanometers.
But this time..., Chuck shook his head and said: "It's not as simple as a technological breakthrough, it's a leap. The Belgians originally thought that Rabbit had a technological breakthrough, and wanted to lower the blockade standards and sell older machines.
But Rabbit directly stated that they didn't want anything, not even the latest ten-nanometer lithography machine. The Belgians lost all their goods. They angrily asked the Wassenaar Committee to investigate the matter and wanted to know who was behind it.
Behind the scenes, they provided equipment to Rabbit, causing them to lose money.
But the result of the investigation is that no one is selling. No one knows what happened? The Belgians won’t sell the lithography machines even if they lower the price. Rabbit won’t negotiate at all, just one sentence - don’t.
But at this time, Rabbit announced that it would skip the current mainstream 14nm, 10nm or even 5nm and directly launch the 3nm lithography process. They claimed that a new wafer fab was under construction and it is said that it will be put into production in two years."
Fidel has been in constant trouble in the past two years, but he has not paid attention to the news about lithography machines. But he also knows that semiconductors are among the few rabbits that have not been in the first-class industry, and lithography machine technology is more than ten years behind the world's advanced level.
Among the products imported by Rabbit every year, mid-to-high-end chips account for the largest amount. If this thing is caught up or even surpassed by Rabbit, it will be great fun. The geopolitical landscape will be shuffled.
Every country in the world is like rabbits that can do anything. In fact, rabbits are the only ones that can do anything.
Some countries and regions rely on a certain industry to support their citizens. For example, the booger country relies on shipping to drive finance. For example, South Korea relies on semiconductors and shipbuilding to become a powerful country. For example, an island in the southeast relies on semiconductors and... to get by through fraud industries.
If Rabbit opens up the chip manufacturing industry chain, it will not be a matter of occupying the domestic market, but it will inevitably be dumped on a large scale. Many countries and regions will not be able to mix it up - still want to be lucky? Go to hell!
Having just arrived in the Magic City, Fidel was given a warning before any investigation even started. Fidel realized that the situation described by Chuck was extremely serious, "Is this news reliable?"
Chuck shook his head and said: "There are all kinds of unconfirmed news here at Rabbit. No one knows whether they have really made a leap in chip manufacturing technology. The new wafer fab has not even revealed the specific location.
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However, it is true that second-hand lithography machines in Belgium cannot be sold. This situation has even implicated ASML in the Netherlands, and all countries in the entire semiconductor industry are worried."
Chuck said it could not be confirmed, but there was already a lot of indirect evidence. Fidel did not expect to face such a bad situation as soon as he landed. It seemed that there were many 'surprises' waiting for him next.
God, why did you create the eagle sauce, but still leave the rabbit to cause trouble?