‘Holy Light’ moved its headquarters management to the Imperial Capital, but its research and development remained in Tianyang as much as possible. The original twelve-story headquarters building was vacated and filled with scientific researchers from all walks of life.
During lunch time, Mr. Zheng Ping came out of the office and went to the cafeteria. He kept saying hello to people along the way. He was senior and was the first professor to defect to the Holy Light. Everyone must respect him.
The canteen is newly built and can accommodate hundreds of people dining at the same time. Japanese food, Western food, and Chinese food are all reasonably priced and everyone likes them.
Professor Zheng ordered a Japanese meal to try, but turned around and found that he could not find an empty table. He looked around in the crowd for a while, and someone immediately waved to him, "Mr. Zheng, there is a seat here."
There were more than a dozen people sitting in front of a long dining table. Everyone greeted him warmly, and they suddenly squeezed to make room for the old professor.
"Old man, you are serving foreign food." A young man with a long and thin face pointed at the old man's dinner plate, "Is this Japanese sushi delicious?"
"Hey...it's rice balls wrapped in seaweed, with some sauces and vegetables added to it. It's hot now, so it's sour and refreshing. This is fried shrimp, which tastes pretty good. What about miso soup?
, I also want to try something new."
The old professor shared the fried shrimp sushi on the dinner plate with everyone, and everyone laughed together.
‘Slender Face’ bought four large chicken drumsticks on his own plate and shared them with everyone. He also said happily:
"The food at 'Holy Light' is really good, and the money is very satisfying. I have no other hobbies when I come here. I just want to eat chicken, duck, and fish every day."
Everyone laughed. The old professor heard that "Slender Face" had a strong accent and asked with a smile: "Is it from Shaanxi?"
"I'm from Baoji, and I came to Tianyang to receive the training of the Holy Light. Alas... I don't want to go back after I come here. But I can't do it if I don't go back."
‘Slender Face’ lamented and regretted, “We are engaged in diffused silicon pressure sensors. We were established in the 1970s and are known to the public as the Transistor Factory. It is a mailbox unit and is a neighbor of those who engage in rocket engines.
When the Dongfanghong satellite was launched that year, our institute was also a supporting unit, and was awarded an award by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense afterwards."
The mailbox unit is a confidential unit, and there is often only one number for external communication. The dozen or so people at the dinner table are from all over the country. When everyone raised their heads, they all knew that each other's origins were unusual.
‘Slender Face’ continued: “‘Holy Light’ wants to invest 30 billion US dollars in semiconductors, and the ministries and commissions have begun to organize an industry-wide conference. Our office and brother units are about to explode, so let’s work together to defeat Mr. Zhou.”
The expression "beating the autumn wind" was so appropriate that everyone at the dinner table laughed.
"Our products are used in aerospace and have been doing well. But these years have failed. Our technology cannot keep up with foreign products, and life is getting harder and harder.
The photolithography machine we use is still a product of Shanghai Magic City in 1972. Compared with foreign products, it really should be thrown into the trash.
Others can automatically produce a wafer with a photolithography machine and produce hundreds of chips. But we use manual photolithography and sell the chips individually. The technology is backward and the product indicators are completely uncompetitive with foreign countries."
The words "thin and long face" triggered deep sighs at the dinner table. As long as technology is discussed, everyone feels uncomfortable.
A middle-aged man at the same table said: "I am from Pingliang, Gansu Province, and I am also a military industrial unit. When it comes to this lithography machine, we are the ones who have the most trouble."
In the past two years, hundreds of young and old men in the whole factory tightened their belts, collected one million soft girl coins, exchanged foreign exchange, and sold a second-hand Japanese photolithography machine. It was only through patriotic businessmen that they bought it."
Bah..., the thin and long-faced young man immediately scolded with dissatisfaction: "Shit patriotic businessmen, they have to spend several times the money, and the things are not done well. In fact, they are just compradors, bullying us into not being able to purchase directly from abroad."
The middle-aged man chuckled bitterly: "It's 'patriotic' if you can help us buy it. Who is going to let us fall behind? The photolithography machine we bought is still in pieces and we have to assemble it ourselves.
It cost more than one million, and the lifeblood of the entire factory was tied to that machine. The unit attached great importance to it, and the entire factory selected and trained people to get started, and also invited professors from "Xijun Electric" to provide guidance.
Japanese products are really different. The lens is adjustable and easy to operate. The lens and mask are connected with optical fibers. The image resolution is an order of magnitude higher than that of domestic products.
This equipment is good, but it cannot be used after assembly. After struggling for several months, I still don’t know what the problem is. We called the Japanese original manufacturer for help, but they said that it was not shipped through formal channels and did not provide any technical support.
Seeing helplessly that the equipment we finally obtained cannot be used, our whole factory burst into tears. More than one million yuan was wasted, and I shed tears every time it gets dark, thinking about death!"
There was a sigh around the dinner table, and everyone murmured to themselves about their own sufferings - it's too difficult, it's been so difficult these years. My skills are inferior to others, and I'm bullied everywhere.
But after feeling uncomfortable, the young man with a "slender face" said happily: "It's better now, 'Holy Light' is really interesting. Mr. Zhou is the real patriotic businessman."
Thirty billion U.S. dollars were spent, equipment and technology were freely given, and foreign experts were invited to give lectures.
My visit this time has really opened my eyes and broadened my horizons. I’m not bragging, when I go back after completing my studies, I will definitely be able to improve the technical level of our factory by twenty years.”
The atmosphere at the dinner table immediately changed with the topic, and everyone started talking about what they had learned from the Holy Light. Some people learned photoresist, some learned wafer manufacturing, some learned cutting and polishing, and some learned advanced light sources.
There are so many institutes from all over the country, and there are brother units everywhere. A closer look shows that the domestic semiconductor industry chain is quite complete. Any technology provided by "Holy Light" has corresponding units to undertake and digest it.
Some of the teachers in charge of the class are hired with high salaries from abroad, or it may be Sofia who provides guidance, or it is more likely that President Zhou personally conducts a brainstorming session, linking the brains of a hundred people, and pouring in a huge amount of information in a few minutes.
This is equivalent to batch cramming training. Hundreds of people each time, one month of semester, can provide thousands of first-class talents for the semiconductor industry in one year.
But a few thousand people are not enough. The entire semiconductor industry chain needs millions of highly qualified employees.
"I found that Mr. Zhou is actually quite a thief." "Slender Face" added happily, "I met a senior sister from the previous batch in class a few days ago. She has been abroad for almost ten years, and she was actually recruited back by 'Holy Light'
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Before, she was ostracized by some old guys in the institute and went abroad in anger. Now she is back to be responsible for reviewing cooperation projects. Oh my God, she knows all about the bad things in our institute.
My senior sister took revenge this time, pounding the table and yelling at the old guy in the institute for being a stupid pig with a vegetarian diet, and the projects he submitted were all shit. She was really scolding her in person, without showing any mercy, but it was very exciting.
Those old guys usually don't have much ability, but they are very good at handing out benefits, grabbing housing, and shifting blame. It's rare to see them being scolded like grandchildren. It's really fun.
I really admire Mr. Zhou, how did he come up with this trick?"